The Monkees Part 1

Chapter 21

Peter was gone. Mike was about to flip. He looked everywhere but couldnt find Peter anywhere. "Man. Peter sure takes alot of lookin' after." Micky stated as he tipped over a vase to look under it.

"He really is gone." Davy pointed out.

"I know Davy. Please dont state the obvious." Mike realized he sounded a bit rude. "Sorry Davy. I'm just frustrated."

"its alright man. I know how you are feeling. What should we do about Petah?"

"Not sure. We will find him. Just stay calm guys." Mike stated not even realizing he was the one that  was flipping out.

"Mike, me and Davy are the ones who are calm. Its you who needs to calm down." Micky stated walking up to Mike and patted him on the shoulder.

"huh?" Mike questioned not knowing what Micky was talking about.

"Micky's right man. Your pacing around and talking pretty fast. Faster than usual. Your the one that needs to calm down." Davy said.

"You're right guys. Maybe nothing bad happened to him. Maybe I'm just paranoid."

"Thats the spirit Mike. Now, lets think of all the places Petah would probably go this early in the morning."

"Yeah. Good idea Davy. Davy, see if he's at the beach. Me and Micky are going to discuss where Peter likes to hang out."

"Okay." Davy took off out the back door and down the beach.

"Okay Mick. Think. Where does Peter like to hang out in the early morning?"

"I'm not too sure. There cant be too many places Peter likes going."

Davy walked back to the pad without Peter. "No luck Mike. He wasn't at the beach. Any luck finding his favorite places to go?"

"Wait!! Mike, he keeps a journal of all the places he visits and the places he likes going to." Davy mentioned realizing it was important for them to know that Peter kept a journal as well. So Mike didn't feel too bad about his journal that he kept since he was in the air force.

"Do you happen to know where it is?" Micky asked just as Davy sprinted towards his bedroom. He was gone for a good 10 minutes before coming back with Peter's journal in hand and skimming each page.

"Okay, so far there isn't a place he visits that's in town that is on a regular basis much less in the morning. Maybe something terrible really did happen to Petah and we just don't want to admit it guys."

Mike's face fell flat as he came to a realization that something bad could've happened to Peter. But he didn't know what.  "We need to find him. Okay............Did any of you see who was chasing us yesterday? Who those four goons were?:

"Well, we know one of them was Babyface for sure. Remember, you tackled him." Micky said with a slight smirk on his face.

"Yeah. But who were the other three?"

Davy spoke up: "I think, if I'm not mistaken, one of them looked like Dr. Mendoza. The scientist who drained us of our musical ability."

"Okay. So, we know who 2 of them are. Mick? Any ideas?"

"Yeah. One of them was Dragon Man and the other one looked an awful lot like Dr. Markavich. The one that kidnapped Peter and made him lose his memory in that hospital."

"Okay. Now that we have identified them, we need to crack down on who has him. It could be any one of them.Or it could be all of them trying to get to us. Who knows?"

Peter's POV

I awoke in a very dark place. I couldn't see anything. My only hope was that Mike and the guys find me and soon. I dont want to go through what happened last time. I was kidnapped by Dr. Markavich and he caused me to lose my memory. I couldnt remember who Mike or Davy or Micky were. I felt pretty bad cause they were my closest friends. I mean, how could I forget them? Apperently, its possible and it happened to me once.

I think too much. I thought to myself. I need to get out of here. But where is here? I havent got the slightest idea where I am. No one has told me anything and I literally havent seen anyone come in while I have been awake. Think Peter Think. How can you escape without being noticed?

If only I kept a knife in my boot like Davy or something. Maybe I should start doing that. It could get me out of these kinds of situations. Thats not a bad idea. Maybe once I get out of here, I could go to the hardware store and buy a pocket knife for myself to stick in my shoe just like Davy. Hes smart enough to do it.

Suddenly, I heard a door open and it brought me out of my thought. I still couldnt see anything. Thats when I came to the conclusion that I was possibly blindfolded. Yep. I was. They lifted the blindfold off my eyes and I realized that my eyes were out of focus and they were trying to focus but failed.

It took a full 5 minutes for my eyes to fully focus and when they did, I saw Dr. Markavich standing right in front of me. I thought he was put away. Why is he coming after me again? What did I do this time?

"I bet your wondering why your here Peter."

"Yeah. That has crossed my mind Doctor. Would you mind telling me why Im here?"

"Lets just say, we have some business to finish that we didnt finish at the hospital."

I found myself getting a little smart: "What do you plan to do to me? Erase my memory just like last time? You didnt do a very good job because that only lasted about 10 or 15 minutes when you told me it would last till spring."

"No. I got a better plan. And if I tell you what it is, it wouldnt be a secret plan now would it?"

"No I guess not. It doesnt involve my friends does it?"

"You ask all the right questions. It does involve your friends. Its basically a trap that Babyface thought up after we found him tied to the tree. He knows who tied him up. So your buddy Mike is going to pay for it whether you like it or not."

Mike is in trouble again. Can he escape it just like all the other times he found himself in trouble? Stay tuned to find out!