Note: Read the first four chapters of The House Of Miss Terrie before this story if you have not already, so you don't get lost.
One day, a week or two after he freed Natalie (the seductress formerly known as Miss Terrie ) from her other worldly kidnappers, Rich woke up.
It was a nice and bright sunny day. Rich has been in constant contact with her, since his adventure, but just in his dreams. He hasn't been able to contact her in real life. Even though he had the adventure of the lifetime, got to be inside the shoes of the luckiest man he ever met for a while, and inside some of the hottest females in entertainment, he still wanted to touch for real the woman he freed.
Rich was thinking about what he had told about what happened to him in his last dream by her. She told him he was kidnapped by an alien force, using a previously kidnapped and brainwashed young woman named Natalie Terrel, under the new identity of Miss Terrie, to conduct experiments on them. It involved the illusion, of a strange house, and interacting with and fucking female celebrities, among other experiments. Then, if the results meet the kidnappers expectations, the people are changed into workers for them and brainwashed like Natalie.
The technology used was so advanced, but yet strangely some of the illusions created seemed to be based in reality. Rich was trying to think about if the dreams he had, with Natalie were dreams, or genuine contact in some strange manner. The dreams he had seemed real enough, but there was a certain magic of realism that was missing. The time he was with the female celebs also seemed real to him, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Mariah Carey, but for a while, he dismissed those interactions as maybe computer created fantasies, like Star Trek's "holodeck " .
He didn't care so much if the celebs time was real. He wanted to know for sure, that his time with Natalie was real. He wanted to touch her for real, and in person, not in some strange dream. He was worried because the last time he saw her, she seemed distant and distracted somewhat, like something was bothering her and she wasn't forthcoming about it. Also, for some odd reason Natalie wasn't giving any specifics about how was he connected to the fashion designer Fredrick Johans (when Rich was abducted and met the women, they all saw him as this Johans guy ), among other things. He pondered all these thoughts, and wondered for a while, if he'd ever know the answers to those questions.
Anyway, he did his usual morning routine, which still didn't include going to work, just yet. He still didn't have a job, and the rent date was coming. He feared he was going to have to ask his father to help him. He had a good relationship with his father, but he wanted his son to learn stuff on his own. Rich filed for unemployment two days before, but his amount wouldn't put him anywhere near the rent total. He used the bathroom, took a quick shower, got dressed, and made himself breakfast. While eating he flipped on his favorite national news channel. They were in the middle of a story about a criminal bank robber who had been caught. Then the next story really caught his eye as the reporter spoke.
"Well, a pleasant story coming out of a small Long Island community yesterday. A young woman originally from New Jersey missing for 12 years has been found alive and well in a Long Island hospital. She is identified as California native Natalie Terrel, last seen traveling on a Nebraska interstate, to visit her mother. The car was found in Canada about a month later. No trace of her was found. Her story was featured on Unsolved Mysteries and news broadcasts everywhere. According to doctors, she had been in a coma for 12 years here at this small area hospital. She seemed healthy, but didn't wake up or respond to treatments to awaken her. Since she was first reported missing, after she didn't return to meet her fiance', Robert Smith, her family has still been searching. The case was closed 5 years ago. She just woke up yesterday, asking for her family. Doctor's don't know what caused her to go into a coma, and her family has been brought in and reunited with her. Sadly though, her fiance' died from lung cancer three years ago, and her family accused him of having something to do with her disappearance, right until the end, despite his solid alibi. Authorities told us, after an interview with her, that said she had no idea what happened after Nebraska, and had no reason to suspect her fiance' of any foul play at all. Her mother and family now reside in Upstate New York. Doctors will keep her one more day here for observation, and then may be released as soon as tomorrow. Hugo Wildman. Long Island . " said the reporter.
Rich was surprised to hear this, and thrilled at the same time. " Oh, my God , " He said to himself. He knew we was going to have to go and eventually see her.
"Great story, Hugo. In the gossip pile, this week. Persistent rumors continue to fly about the sexuality and mental stability of fashion designer Fredrick Johans. Rumors that the self proclaimed gay celebrity has slept with famous people like Jennifer Lopez to Tyra Banks persist still, even after he denied them in a recent Talk magazine interview in their final issue. Even some of the celebrities and their loved ones, have defended him, denying the allegations. Just another batch of silly nonsense, but one unrelated fact about him, is that Fredrick is seeing a sleep counselor for bad dreams, and is taking a couple of days off to rest from his frantic schedule. His doctor wouldn't comment, but sources say he's growing unstable because of some dreams. CO - founder of Johans fashions, William de la Bourge, will oversee the business until he returns, such as the launch of next season's line of menswear. And now, the weather....." said the other reporter, as Rich turned the volume down on his TV
Hearing this news about Fredrick, his gut started to react to him, and made Rich wonder even more about what happened to him. Is there some real life connection to his dreams to keep in touch with Natalie, the experience Rich had while abducted, and Fred's bad dreams? Rich thought about it, and he came up with an idea as he always trusts his gut .
"I guess, Natalie is the only one who can fill in the blanks. I'm going to see her now . " Without wasting another second, he started planning and getting ready to travel from Southern New Jersey to Upstate New York. While it wouldn't take more than a couple of hours, Rich knew he'd best wait until after she was released the next day, and got back in with her family.