Kidnapped or not, it just wouldn't be the right thing to do to turn Martin down, if not for him then at least for his sister who is dying of cancer and wasn't part of your kidnapping int he first place.


"I'm in" You tell Martin.


Martin faces quickly turns from sad, to surprised to overjoyed in a span of five seconds. He puts his arms around and hugs you.


"Thank you, Linda" He responds, still holding on, the nervousness you've seen in him appears to have melted away.


He eventually realizes what he is doing and let's go, his face has a flash of embarrassment.


"So, Kate is coming home later today, you can meet her, talk to her and in the evening you can go down to the Whishaw and give the concert"


"Sounds good"


 Martin walks back to the house, seemly forgetting the fact you are left outside without anyone watching. You sit down in the lawn chair he was sitting in earlier and enjoy the fresh air. After an hour or two of lounging you hear footsteps approaching, you turn to see Jeanette standing nearby.


"It's time meet Kate, Martin and I are heading out" Jeanette says as the two of you walk back to the house.


Once back inside, Jeanette heads out the front door while you see someone sitting in the room with the love seats. This is no doubt this Kate, she is about five feet tall, has short brown hair and a somewhat narrow chin. Upon seeing you, a huge grin appears on her face as she runs towards you.


"Oh my god, it's you, it's really you, sorry I'm acting like a total weirdo. I mean part of me was thinking Martin had simply lost his mind when he said you were here" Kate says excitedly.


Her outgoingness makes you surprise she is related Martin.


"It's alright, I'm human like everyone" You reassure.


Almost as she soon she gets up, she goes back to sit down on the love seat, no doubt all she going through is leaving her with limited energy. You go and join her on the love seat.


"I know Martin kidnapped you" Kate's tone becoming more serious.


"I imagine it's all anyone is talking about for past few days" You responded.


"My brother is a good person, sure he's an oddball but I love him, I just don't want you to think he's a monster, please forgive him and try to understand why he did what he did"

You don't Forgive Martin

After all the terror Martin has put you through, you still manage to have a heart and put on the concert, but forgiving him is just simply asking for too much. You want to say you will because that is what Kate wants to hear, but a comforting lie is still a lie and you're the not kind of person who would lie to a person with cancer.


"I'm sorry I can't" You truthful tell her.


Kate stares at you the way a kid does when their parent tells them there's no Santa Clause.


"You'll still get your concert"


 The next few hours are the longest and some of the most painful hours of your life. You try to talk to Kate about a variety of subjects, but she always just responded with one word answers. You get a little annoyed how you're the one who gets kidnapped but you're the bad guy.  The torture comes to end when Kate goes and orders a pizza, you remain in the room with the love seats with Kate eats the pizza by herself in the kitchen. You don't have any lunch and you wonder how you will do the show on an empty stomach.


Finally Martin and Jeanette come home, Kate walks to over to them, putting on a facade.


"How are you two getting along?" Martin asks completelyobvious.


"Doing great" Kate says with a very convincing fake happiness.


You join the three in the foyer ad Martin turns his attention to you.


"So now we're off to Whisaw" Martin says as he takes a piece of paper out of his pocket and hands it to you.


"These are the songs you're going to sing"                                          


You look at the note and sure enough it has the names of the songs you're going to sing. There is about ten of them and  you know them all by heart, there is no need to rehearse. The four of you head outside and into Martin's car. It looks a bit old and is the color of walls in the basement. You all manage to squish in, with Martin driving, Jeanette in the front, and you and Kate in the back. The car ride is filled with awkward silence.

You to the concert

Martin drives the car into the parking lot of the Whishaw theater. The building is about two stories and made out of bricks. Giant gray metal letters spelling out the word "WHISHAW" are above the front door. The parking lot itself needs a few repairs as grass is beginning to grow in the cracks of the pavement. As you get out of the car you look at the people across the street, walking to and from the various shops. You hope that someone will see you, then you could get out of this mess without feeling even more guilty but they seem busy with their lives that if anyone did see you they wouldn't notice you were the famous Linda Niles who got kidnapped. You, Martin, Jeanette and Kate walk towards the entrance of the theater.


"So how does this work,?" You ask, your mind focused solely on getting this over with


"It's like karaoke, the music of your songs will play and you do the lyrics" Martin explains.


The four walk into the building. Inside you see posters for plays, singers and bands you've never heard of. On the opposite wall, two sets of double doors leading into the auditorium. There is a concussion stand advertising food that may or may not have expired long ago.  A ticket booth on the right looks like it is in need of a good dusting. The carpet looks a bit dated and while the wall color is not nearly as bleak as the ones in the basement, it is beginning to peel.


"She's really something isn't she" Martin says marveling his theater.


"Yeah" You respond, not really paying attention what he just said.


The four of you head into the auditorium, the stage has a microphone with a spotlight shining on it


"I've got to get the music on, good luck" Martin bluntly states as heads off and goes through a door to the right of the stage.


You walk up a set of steps and onto the stage. Gently you tap the microphone to see if it's working. The tapping sound echoes throughout the theater, confirm the mic works. Jeanette and Kate take their seat as the music for the first begins to play. You can't help but notice Kate is giving a rather nasty glare. Shortly after you begin singing Martin comes in and takes a seat next to Kate.


The pain in your stomach from not eating greatly effects your ability to think straight. You give without a doubt the worst performance of your career, thankfully it is also the almost audience of your career and you doubt they will ever tell anybody. After the performance is over the three just stare at you.


"Well, thank you for doing that" Martin says unsure of how to handle the situation.


Jeanette is at a loss of words and Kate flat out ignores you.


"So what happens now?" You ask, eager to get out of here.


"Now we say goodbye, if you leave here and walk down three blocks, you'll find the police station" Martin explains.


You walk out of theater without looking back, you inhale deeply after you're outside. You don't plan on turning them in, you just want to put as much distance between you and this town as you can. The experience you have at Destiny Hill is so dreadful you want nothing to do with singing ever again. Over the next few months you become reclusive and live your life in solitude. People begin to talk about the successful but short career of Linda Niles.