Part 9 (by Shandi)



    Shandi sat on her couch peering out her picture window. She 

sighed heavily and glanced at the clock on the wall. It was getting 

late and she hadn't heard from Shannon, Lorie, or Raven. She was 

worried about her friends, and the plans they had. Nothing had 

seemed to be working out for her lately and she definitely didn't 

want to miss the last KISS concert. She got up and walked 

acrossed her living room to her kitchen to get a drink. As she 

rummaged through the fridge to find the last can of soda, the 

phone rang. She dropped the can and dashed to the phone. 

      "Hello?" she said eagerly awaiting who had called. 

      "Shandi?" The voice asked. 

      "Yeah, this is her, who's this?" 

      "It's Andrew, I wanted to call and see if your still going to 

make it here tonight..." He asked. 

      Shandi's heart soared when she realized Andrew had called her. 

Ever since she had met him last summer at Hotter Than Hell's 

show in Utica, NY, she had fallen badly for him. But she was still 

torn between her love for John. "I'm not sure actually, my friends 

are really late and I have no way of reaching them..." she sighed. "I 

really wish I could make it, hopefully I  will." 

      "I hope you can too, I've been looking forward to seeing you 

again, and  we're gonna have a killer time at the concert." 

      "We're going to have a great time," Shandi said, her heart 

fluttering. 

      "Anyways, I've got to get going. The guys and I have to get our 

costumes together for tonights show." 

       "Alright, I have your room number written down, so if I get 

there earlier enough, I'll make it to the show to see you," She 

purred. 

        "Ok, I'll see you later, my little sex kitten," Andrew teased. 

        "Bye," Shandi said giggling and hanging the phone up. She 

remember one of  their first phone conversations, Andrew called 

her his sex kitten. She knew  she was going to have a tough time 

being around Andrew, John, and the guys in KISS! 



       Shandi walked back over to the fridge and pulled out the can 

of soda she had found before. She decided to go and check her E-

mail once more to see if maybe one of her missing friends had 

tried to contact her. She logged on and found a few E-mails from 

some of the list girls, but they were just about how excited they 

were to be meeting up. While checking her E-mail, she was IMed 

by John. 

     JOHN: Hey, ready for tonight? 

     Shandi sighed, this was going to be tough on her. 

     SHANDI: Yeah, it's awesome that the tribute bands are getting 

together and putting on a big show. I don't know if I'll make it 

though, my friends are missing. 

      JOHN: What do you mean, missing? 

      SHANDI: They were supposed to be here a while ago but they 

haven't showed up yet, and haven't called or E-mailed. 

     JOHN: That's weird. You want me to come get you? 

     SHANDI: Would you? I really don't want to miss the shows 

tonight. I'll leave a note for the girls in case they finally show up. 

     JOHN: Ok, I'll be there in a few hours. Be ready. 

     SHANDI: I will, I hope they're ok. 

     JOHN: Me too. See ya later. 

     SHANDI: Bye 



     John logged off and Shandi smiled to herself. Now she wouldn't 

be missing the tribute bands shows tonight. She really hoped her 

friends were ok. While she was thinking about them, she received 

another IM, from a strange screen name. She wondered who it was, 

so she checked the profile. There was nothing, except an unusual 

quote. It read: 

      "Things don't always appear the way they are, Things happen 

which make people have to do outrageous things to save the ones 

they love and care about. You know the truth." 

      "Odd.." She thought to herself. After checking the profile, she 

went back to the person's IM. 

     CJ1981: Hello 

     SHANDI: Hi, who's this? 

     CJ1981: That's not important. Your a friend of Stephanie's, 

correct? 

     SHANDI: You mean Steph from Australia? 

     CJ1981: Yes, that's her. 

     SHANDI: Yeah, she's on my KISS mailing list, why? 

     CJ1981: I know why your friends aren't there to pick you up. 

But I can't speak any more if it to you over the computer. 

     SHANDI: What? Why? Your freaking me out. How did you 

know? 

     CJ1981: Just trust me, I need you to come to NYC for the final 

KISS show. 

     SHANDI: I am going. In fact I'm leaving soon for the city. 

What do you need me for? 

      CJ1981: Like I said, I can't speak anymore of this to you now, I 

will find a way to contact you once you reach the city. 

      SHANDI: Ok then. 

      CJ1981: See you soon. 

 

             

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     Eric logged off of Peter's laptop and spun in his chair to face 

Peter. He sighed a breather of relief and smiled at his friend. 

     "Well?? Is she coming??" Peter asked anxiously. 

     "Yes, she'll be here within a few hours." Eric replied. "She's 

going to be a big help in this situation, so is Stephanie and the rest 

of the girls from the list." 

     "I hope your right. One of them had already been captured by 

Buttercup, we don't need anymore of them taken by this lunatic!" 

Peter said shaking his head. 

      "You're right, we're going to have to keep the girls safe. 

There's a lot of them, but we need them all to help. If it works, 

we'll rid ourselves from E.V.I.L." 

      "That'll be a great day for us!" Peter announced. "Plus, I can't 

wait to meet all these girls!" He smirked. 

       Eric grinned...."Me neither." 

       

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     Shandi logged off and shook her head. "What the hell was that 

all about?" she thought to herself. She decided she had definitely 

stay around people she trusted for the next couple of days in case 

that person tries to get to her and harm her. 

      She walked into her room and stared at herself in the mirror. 

She wore her black leather hip huggers, platform boots, and low 

cut blue tank top. Her long brown hair fell across her shoulders and 

down her back. She nodded with approval at her reflection. She 

went over to her luggage and carried it out to the living room. She 

sat back down on the couch and looked out the window again, 

waiting for John to come pick her up. She could feel that the next 

few days we're going to be awfully strange.