e shtunë, 12 maj 2007

Send me a signal




After the taping of the talent show, Nhu Loan went back to her apartment for some relaxation. The prank she and the contestants pulled off really exhausted her and all she wants to do now is have a nice bubble bath and then after go channel surfing on tv. She slump her way to the bathroom, she turned the faucet of the bathtub and grabbed the bottle of Victoria's Secret love potion bubble bath and poured it under the running water. The bathtub begin foaming instantly, she got undressed and slipped into tub. She soaked for like a half an hour, breathing in the light fragrance and lathering herself in foamy goodness. When she felt her skin was getting a bit wrinkly she rinsed off and slipped into her robe. She was definitely relaxed and ready to sit down and watch some late night shows. She plopped herself on the couch, she had a bowl of cheese puffs in hand and the remote in the other. Flipping through channels while munching on the chips, she didn't find anything good on tv. No surprise since there's never anything good, but then something caught her eye, it was a new episode that premiered earlier and now it's playing again. It was a reality show, and Nhu Loan is a reality show fan herself. The opening sequence was explaining about the show and that these two famous people are trapped in an old church and their struggles. She thought it sounded similar to survivor but she thought since there's celebrities, it'll be interesting. She popped a cheese puff into her mouth when Minh Tuyet and Luong Tung Quang came on screen. Her mouth suddenly hang wide open, the cheese puff dangled out of her mouth as she was shocked at what she was seeing in front of her eyes. She didn't knew the prank would go that far, the cheese puff finally fell to the ground as Nhu Lona reached for the phone and immediately called the police. After a long explanation, they accept the case and will be right on it. They told her to report to the police station for questioning. She hung up, let out a long sigh then got up to change into some casual clothes before heading to the station.
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Bang Kieu found himself once again sitting on the chair inside his room, the exact same spot he was 3 hours ago. There were several empty cups of coffee lying around on the table. All that caffein didn't help him like they usually do. He's just as clueless about where they were now and 3 hours ago. He went inside that theatre and searched every possible places for any traces of them but none was found. This is too frustrating!!!
Bang Kieu took out LTQ's phone and started to play with it. What if there was something in there? By accident, Bang Kieu pressed the speed dial, which to his surprise, was Minh Tuyet. He was about to cancel it but held it to his ear instead. It was worth one last try before bringing this to the police. SHE PICKED UP!
"TUYET!" Bang Kieu screamed in excitment and relief.
"....."
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"Oh my gosh! Quang! It's Bang Kieu!" She called to LTQ. "Hello! Can you hear me?"
"....."
"Man, the signal is so low. Quang, come here." Minh Tuyet gestured for him to come closer, for the first time since their stay at the creepy old church. "Get down on your hands and knees." She ordered.
"What?" He cried in confusion.
Too irritated to say anymore, Minh Tuyet shoved him to the floor with one push and climbed onto his back to get better signal.
"OW! What are you doing? Crazy women!...Naughter girl!" LTQ protested.
"Kieu! Can you hear me now?" Minh Tuyet said, ignoring LTQ. I'll get you later, she thought.
"Ye...b...its...v..y...."
Minh Tuyet tried to stand on her toes to get taller.
"WOMEN, YOU'RE WEARING HIGH HEELS! FOR GOD's SAKE!" LTQ yelled.
"We're at an old church in the mountains! Save us!" Minh Tuyet said, still ignoring the mumbling LTQ who was in pain.
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Minh Tuyet was still inaudible for him. Bang Kieu tried to climb on everything he could find climbable. First his chair, then the sofa, the bed, the table... He finally decided that it's best if he climbed onto the rooftop. And so he went.
"HOLD ON!"
Bang Kieu knew that if a paparazzi get a snapshot of him, or even worse, a video of him, climbing the rooftop, yelling into the phone like some ranaways from the mental institution, he will be in big trouble. But who cares. He needed to get better signal.
"CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?"
"Yes! It's a..bit.... but I can hea.. yo..alright!"
"WHERE ARE YOU?"
"I'm not sure. All ... know is me and LTQ wa kid..na..p..and we... in some abandoned ch..urch in the mountain!"
Bang Kieu took mental notes of what she said... abandoned church in the moutain.
"ARE YOU GUYS OKAY?"
"OF COURSE NOT! COME GET US!"
Bang Kieu had to pull the phone away from his ear to prevent her voice from damaging it. Lucky for him the signal was weak. Just wonder what she can do when the signal was good.
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"And.." Minh Tuyet could not finnish her sentence. The door burst open and the guy who threatened them earlier came out of nowhere.
"You B*tch!" He ran toward her, grabbed the phone. Minh Tuyet jumped at him and tried to bring him down but he was too strong. The guy, with one hand trying to wrestle Minh Tuyet, threw the phone on the floor with his other hand and broke it into little pieces. He then broke Minh Tuyet's grip of his neck easily and shoved her into LTQ, who was standing and doing nothing during all that time.
Minh Tuyet pushed LTQ away and yelled "What are you doing? Why didn't you jump in and help?"
Minh Tri: "Chickens." He turned to Minh Tuyet, "One more time, and you're dead."
He left, laughing like crazy on his way out.
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Bang Kieu called Duong Trieu Vu. If there was anyone who can help now, it's him.
"What's up?" Duong Trieu Vu said.
"Hey, do you know where the D.R. gang was at two nights ago?" It must be them, Bang Kieu thought. He heard Minh Tri's voice on the phone before the other line went dead. Everything's so clean. No traces left behind. It must be them.
"Oh, I saw them hanging around the what's-its-name Theater. It was odd since that's our territory, you know. They don't wander around there much. They're not supposed to..."
"Alright, alright. By any chance, do you know of any abandoned church around here that's located in the mountains?"
"Yea. There's one in the Little Hills."
"Directions?"
He gave him the directions as Bang Kieu wrote them down on a piece of paper.
"Thanks." He hung up. DTV was about to ask something but there was no time. He had to act fast. If Minh Tri's there, that's super bad news.

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