New York City~~Friday~~~

I wake up, and did my usualy routine. I get out of the bed and went to the bathroom, I get my phone to see what time was.

"Shit! I late." I said, I have 3 hours to be there in the andres.

I run to the bathroom taking a quick shower and doing my hygiene, I choose my clothes for the day a black skirt a red shirt, gray socks that go up to my thighs and a black shoe with red sole. I brush my hair almost pulling it from the scalp, I made my simple makeup only for the day. I run from my room to the kitchen where I prepare coffee and put in a travel cup. I grab my black coat and my bag, put my journal and my wallet...... but I think I'm forgetting something ....... what should be ..... My Phone! Run taking it from my dresser and put in my bag and take the coffee. Get out of my apartment closing and locking the door. Run in faster the stairs almost falling five times along the way.

In the bustling streets of New York see a lot of people running to do what is in their agendas, I try to stop a taxi but it just goes.

"You idiot!" Scream for taxi driver.

I call another taxi this time stop and I enter, close the door.

"Where?" he asks.

"For 45 East Evans Street." I said and I drink some of my coffee, it was not long until it arrived there.

The cab driver that was taking me seemed to know the route well. He probably could have done the drive blindfolded, but was a long drive I almost sleep there, thanks to my cofee that I tay awake.

I came up to the building, it looked like hardly anyone was living it and the city was surely not making an effect to rebuild some of it, but they cold. It look like a horror movie, like at any moment a....vampire or a zoombie will pop out of there and come after me.

I opened the door, not knowing what room she was supposed to be at so I just walk up, to I see something that will make me stop and say ' Is here.', so I just alked up the stairs, and when I walk I stop when I see a old man against the door number 6A.....I think.....mabe not......

"Hi." I said drink my cofe.

"Let me be the first one to kick my ego to the curb." The older magician told me, I just laugth.

"Sorry."

"Don't be. I'm Merritt." He said.

"The magician." I said, he just lift his eyebrow "My friend's mom loved you."

"How old are you?" he ask.

"22." I said.

"Of course." He said " And you are...?" Merrit asks me.

"Sorry, uh, I'm just a bit nervous. I'm Pammela Rosaly White." I say to him, held out my hand for Merritt to shake, "Oh, and sorry I don't really know who you are, is just that I don't watch so much TV." I added a bit embarassed.

"Don't worry about it, kid." He said waving his hand .

"So, Merritt, if I remember you are a mentalist?" I asked.

"Yep." He said.

In the meddle of the talk a male and female voice echoed the stairwell – they were arguing.

I turn around seing a redhead woman and a shaggy haired man, the redheaded woman and shaggy haired man stopped when they saw us. The woaman was redhead and have gren eyes, and the man have shaggy dark hair and blue eyes....hi eyes were sooooo beautiful, I think a saw him before, performing in the stret.

"Yeah, excuse me." The saggy man walk to the dor, passing me and Merrit.

"Door's locked." Merritt said to us.

"Is it? I'll check." The shaggy haired man walked to the door as Merritt made his way to the redhead.

"You. Now, hold it, don't tell me. Uh, Helen? No, no. Henley." Merritt said to the redhead.

"It's on your coffee cup." The shaggy haired man say.

"Thanks for keeping in honest. That wasn't mentalism, by the way. It was just an observation. Second observation, you are beautiful." Merritt smiled at Henley.

"Thank you." She says.

"I'm Merritt McKinney." He say smiling at Henley.

"Henley Reeves."

"That's very nice. Very well-polished, nice bit." The dark haired man moved back to where Henley was standing. "Uh, J. Daniel Atlas. Nice to meet you." Daniel held out his hand for Merritt to shake. Before their hands touched, Merritt flipped him off. "Very nice. I know who you are and I just want to say that I'm not interested in you doing your mentalism thing on us." Daniel explained.

"Well it's working." I said, smiling at him.

"Sorry, and you are?....I have see you before." He said "In one of my tricks."

"Yeah, I'm Pammela Rosaly White." I said to him, he smile and shake my hand.

"As I was saying, especially when we don't know who brought us here or even if it's real." Daniel said. Merritt put his finger to his mouth, shushing Daniel. Henley giggled slightly, gaining Daniel's attention.

"Hold on, I'm sensing...I'm sensing are a control freak." Merritt said.

"I'm sorry, have we met before?"

"It doesn't take a mentalist to figure that out. You are a control freak." Henley added. "Well, I take that as a compliment." Daniel smiled.

Oh, he's one of those people.

"Oh, well, only he would take it as a compliment."

"Okay, great. Good, another compliment."

"Wow!"

"So, that's why you're no longer a couple." Merritt and I questioned, and it didn't take a mentalist to figure that out either. Both Daniel and Henley said no about being a couple to Merritt.

"He used to, uh, saw me in half." Henley said.

"Uh, excuse me. I was the main attraction." Daniel said.

"I don't think so, you know Danny boy, the majorite of times people go to magicians showw to see the asistent and not the main attraction." I said to him with a smile "..but I wold for you." I said very low, winkin at him. But I think he listened because he wink back making me blush.

"But I was too fat for Danny." Henley say, wow realy?

"Danny, you never tell a girl she's fat!" I growled at him.

"I said that one time because of the-the trap door." Daniel tried to explain himself for calling Henley fat. "There were specs."

"You built it this size." Henley showed Merritt and I the size of the door that Henley had to fit through. "No one could fit through that. No one!" Henley snapped.

"Rebecca fit through." The mention of Rebecca's name and Henley looked as red as her hair. "Rebecca fit for years." Daniel accomplished his plan of pissing off Henley that was for sure.

"Okay," Merritt finished his laughter "So he never made you feel special. And, trust me, you deserve to be made to feel special." Merritt smiled at Henley "You too Pam, can I call you Pam?" He asked, making me smile.

"Yes." I said with a smile, I caugth Daniel waching me.

"That's a really nice story. Hope you guys enjoy each other's company." Daniel said, turning to walk away. Everyone went to turn to watch him leave when Daniel stopped. There was another man in the hallway.

"No way. J. Daniel Atlas?" The man approached the team by 6A "Dude, I've seen everything that you have ever done. I mean, you're like... I-I idolize you. Seriously." The man said.

"From a true fan. It's so nice to meet you." Danile said.

"I'm Jack, by the way." Jack smiled at Daniel as they shook hands.

"Well, hi Jack. I'm Merritt, that's Henley, and you already know Danny-Boy here." Merrit say. I just smile shily.

"And this is Pammela." Danny say putting his arm aroun me.

"Question: did you get one of these?" Merritt held up his card to the rest of the people in the hallway.

"Yeah, uh," Jack looked through his messenger bag. "Death."

"The High Priestess." Henley say.

"I'm the Lover." Daniel said, with some pride.

Henley coughed into her hand, "Three minutes." That made Alexandria laugh a little.

"Hermit." Merrit say allitle dow, than everyone turn to me.

"The Joker." I said happy.

"So, uh, what are we... Are we waiting for someone? Why-why are we just..." Jack asked.

"The door's locked." We stated.

"Oh, no. Nothin'-nothing's ever locked." Jack moved through the four magicians, bending down to the door lock. He used his lock picking tools to open the door; it took under 30 seconds for Jack.

Jack pushed the door open as three of us pulled out either our iPhones that had the flashlight app or a handheld flashlight, like Daniel had.

"What is this place?" Henley asked, walking into the apartment first. Henley shoved open the bathroom door, exclaiming in disgust over how filthy it was.

"Whoa. Thought my apartment was nasty."Merrit stated.

"And I'm never going to your apartment, Merritt." I stated, continuing their walk through the apartment, looking for any signs of life. Or, anything really that gave them hope that this wasn't all a trick in itself.

"Man, it's freezing in here."

"Me too. Why did I come in a skirt?" I say complaining. Danny just laugh.

Daniel's flashlight landed on two things on the ground – a card and a white rose.

"What's that?" Henley asked when her eyes were drawn to the card and flower.

"I don't know." Daniel was first into the room, picking up the notecard.

"What's it say, Daniel?"

"'Now you don't.'" Daniel shined his flashlight at the card. I bent her head close to the card, making sure it wasn't going to change or something. I pick the card and read to me, Daniel put his chin in my shoulder and with one arm around me.

"'A rose by any other name...'" Henley picked up the white rose; plucking it into the glass pitcher.

"...would smell so sweet.'" I finished as the water from the pitcher started to come out from the bottom, flowing towards the missing floorboards in the center of the room.

"Guys, what's happening?"

"Whoa."

"This is incredible." I smiled at the sight. Whatever was going on, whoever put them up to this – that person wanted them bad.

"Look at that."

"Whoa." Daniel exclaimed as the water filled the grooves.

"It's gas!" Jack said.

"Relax. Just dry ice."

"Cool."

"Wait, what do you think this is all about?" Daniel asked.

"Hang on, hang on." Merritt brought his hand to his head "I got nothin'."

"Okay, thank you, thank you for the delay." Daniel stated.

"I'm just trying to create the space for wisdom." Merritt explained, motioning his hands. I just rolled my eyes at them, walking around in the dry ice, trying to figure out what was going on.

"Danny, be honest. Did you do this?" Henley asked.

"No. Wait, did you?" Daniel asked Jack and me.

"Uh, I wish."

"Nope, can't say I'm that good at magic to trick the five of us here." I explained, holding my hands up in defense.

"Why didn't anyone ask me if I did it?" Merritt asked. No one said a word to Merritt "Oh, great." He groaned, knowing how he looked to the younger magicians.

"Electricity's out." Jack told the group as Daniel flicked at the light switch on the wall.

"Huh, well, let's check." Merritt turned on the only bulb in the lamp hanging from the ceiling. Suddenly, the room started to fill with light from three different angles. We stepped closer to the images being shown to them, not really sure what they were seeing exactly. That's relly cool, It's blueprints.

"Blueprints." I said with a smile in my face.

"They're incredible."

"Who do you think did this?" Jack asked.

"I don't know, but I really wanna meet them." Henley exclaimed.

"Guys, it's a show." I said in awe. Whoever did this, wanted us to put on a magic show. Daniel reached out to touch one of the floating images.

"Now we see....." I said in awe alking and touching a image.