Chapter 8:

Paris, France
Robin's Apartment Building
7pm
September 10, 1999
Faison continued to puff his cigar then said calmly, ''The plan is succeeding so far.''
Helena asked, ''How is young Mr. Spencer enjoying his trip?''
Faison sneered, ''He is constantly giving me attitude. Teenagers today, have no respect for their elders.''
He paused, ''The Spencers have brought some friends along. The newly engaged Kevin and Lucy, Mac and Felicia, Nicholas, and recently Robin Scorpio.''
Helena's eyes narrowed, ''Nicholas, I should of expected him to aid Laura in her search for Lucky. Nicholas' only fault is that he loves his half-brother and sister.''
Faison smoked his cigar then asked, ''What about your son, Stefan. Does he suspect that you are involved in the kidnapping of Lucky?''
Helena replied, ''He's suspicious especially since Nicholas mentioned to him, that I might of played of part in this whole matter. But he has found no proof against me so far.''
Faison cracked a evil grin, ''Excellent. Now, let's visit young Mr. Spencer. He must be so lonely. You can observe Lucky from the TV monitor room.''
''Wonderful!'' Helena purred, ''Are the plans set for the Eiffel Tower tomorrow?''
Faison said calmly, ''Yes, everything is in order. I'm heading to my place. Why don't you follow behind me in your car?''
Helena nodded, then they headed toward their cars in the visitor parking lot and drove away.
Afterwards, another shadowy figure came out from the apartment building.
Ryan Chamberlin laughed wickedly, ''Well, Well, so the Scooby Doo gang is going to the Eiffel Tower tomorrow. Felicia, soon we will be reunited.''

Faison Secret Hideout
Paris, France
Around 8pm
Same Day
Lucy stared at the computer hoping the make the right move in the chess game. He prayed for the best, and played. Then the computer made it's move and he heard the familiar words, ''Checkmate.''
''Damn! said Lucky, ''At this rate, I'll never beat Faison.''
He was frustrated and tired. He didn't know where he was, and Faison refused to tell him. But he had faith that his parents, Mac, Felicia, Kevin, Lucy, and Nicholas would find him. Seeing all his parent's friends and Nicholas had give him so much hope, something he hadn't had for such a long time.''
Then the door opened suddenly, which interrupted Lucky's thoughts and Faison entered the room.
''Lucky. How is your chess game progressing,'' Faison asked as he entered the room.
''Oh, just peachy!'' Lucky said sarcastically, ''I demand to know where I am!!''
''You demand....You demand!!'' Faison said coldly, ''I was going to be generous tonight and mention our location. But with your attitude, nothing. You'll just have to wait one more day!
With that he smugly smiled and departed the room, leaving an ticked Lucky.

The Eiffel Tower
Attitude 95 Restaurant
1st Floor
About 5:30 pm
September 11, 1999
''I'm sorry, I rushed you guys to the Eiffel tower last night. I thought it closed at 9 but it really was 11pm,'' explained Robin.
''That's okay!'' Mac said as he took a bite into a French Pasty, ''Mmm, this is good. This restaurant is wonderful!!''
Luke became annoyed, ''Mac, we are not here to stuff your face with French food and pasty, but to find Lucky. I swear you ate more off all us together.''
Mac put his food down on the plate, ''Luke, calm down. We can't do much till 6pm. We might enjoy ourselves, Spencer.''
Luke glared at him, but Kevin interrupted the men by saying, ''We should leave and get in place. Ok, remember Lucy and I are at the Top. Mac and Felicia; the second floor. Robin and Nicholas are here on the first floor and Luke and Laura on the ground floor. We don't where Faison and Lucky will be, but we must be prepared for anything. I will take care of bill first.''
Luke slapped Kevin on the back, ''Thanks, pal!''
Kevin grit his teeth and forced out an answer, ''Your welcome, pal!''
Then he left and headed toward to front to pay the bill.
Then Nicholas spoke up, ''I have hired some guard men to surround the tower for more coverage. They will be disguised as French men so blend into the background.''
Laura gratefully said, ''Thank you, Nicholas.''
Luke said sarcastically, ''So, you don't think we are unable to handle it ourselves!''
Nick became flustered, ''That's not true, Luke. I was only trying aid for our search for Lucky.''
Luke slowly cracked a smile, ''Nicholas, I do appreciate your help, really.''
Laura felt relieved as she noticed Luke struggle to accept more of Nicholas' help. She knew it hard for him to do so.
All right, Knowing Faison,'' Felicia chimed in, ''He won't come to 6pm sharp. But just in case, we better get in position now. We can't use any electronic equipment due to the tight security at the tower.''
Then Luke clapped his hands, ''Time to go, everybody!''
As Kevin returned to the group, Lucy grabbed his hand, ''Doc! You know from the top floor, we can view Paris. Very romantic, if you know what I mean!''
Kevin's eyes twinkled and he chuckled, ''That's my Lucy. Led the way, Ms. Coe.''
Then they took off in the direction of the large capacity elevator then entered it. Ryan Chamberlin came out the second set of elevators a minute later. He was disguised as a German tourist wearing a black wig and big hat. He hope he could find Filly on first floor. He knew that his brilliant disguise would fool her and the others. He went to restaurant first. Ryan observed Felicia and Mac walking toward the front entrance.
''Damn it. Mac's always around my Filly,'' Ryan muttered.
He determined then, he would just have to get Felicia alone and separate that pest. from her life.
As they came closer, Ryan heard Felicia mention, ''Kevin said the second floor. Let's go.''
Then he ducked into the gift shop nearby so they would spot him. Then he waited for the next elevator, and went to the second floor.

As Robin and Nicholas watched for Faison by the
elevators, Robin commented, ''I still can't believe what you told me last night, that Katherine pretended to be pregnant. Good thing, you dragged her to a free clinic and forced her to take a test.''
Nicholas nodded, ''I know. I had a feeling she was lying. I must of been out of mind become involved with Katherine. But it was partically my fault, I did chase after her,''
Robin smiled, ''Good, It's wonderful you are learning from your mistakes.''
She paused and changed the Subject, ''Faison is creepy. I can still hear his words.''

He's blindfold around the world to a secret location
Where in the World is Lucky Spencer?
Robin paused then continued, ''Nicholas, I have a feeling that Lucky is okay. I know you are worried, but your brother is built tough.''
Nicholas smiled and hugged Robin, ''You're amazing. When things are down, you are always managed to find a way to be cheerful.''
Robin blushed then said, ''We better stop chatting and look for Faison and Lucky.''
Nicholas nodded and the two became silent as they watched the elevators.

Eiffel Tower
Ground Level
5:55pm
Luke paced nervously by ticket office, ''What sort of tricks will Faison pull now. He won't just hand Lucky to us! Faison and Helena are going to drag this out, but we can't afford to lose the trail on Cowboy.''
Laura put her arms around Luke, ''From what Felicia has told about Faison, he likes to play games. We can't lose it because that exactly what he wants.''
Luke grinned at his wife, ''You're an angel. You always know what to say.''
Laura smiled lovingly at Luke, then looked at her watch. She had adjusted her watch to Paris time, the other day. The hand had just hit six o'clock
''It time, Luke!'' Laura exclaimed