Fantastic S1 Episode 04

Its a new day in Fantastic City. Rebecca is pacing back and forth in her hotel room, after having been awake all night, thinking about her messages from "Andre". "I don't understand how this could be...not only was Andre's brain bashed in with a fireplace poker, but he fell off a two story balcony! How could anyone survive that? What am I saying? This is the same man who survived falling into a volcano, of course he could have survived this, too. But, there is always the chance that this might not even be Andre. It could be someone posing as him." Rebecca suggests. Rebecca sighs. "There's only one way to find out, though. I need to respond to those messages." Rebecca says. Rebecca sends a message asking "Who is this?" Rebecca takes a deep breath, and awaits a response. A few minutes later, Rebecca receives a message saying "As if you don't already know, dear sister." Rebecca types her response, which reads "You are suppose to be dead." Rebecca puts her phone down, and anxiously waits for a response. A little less than a minute later, "Andre" responds with "This is hardly the first time I've returned from the dead, and it likely won't be the last." Rebecca sighs. "This does sound arrogant enough to be him..." Rebecca notes. Rebecca types her next response, which asks "What do you want??" A second later, a message comes in, simply stating "Justice." Rebecca glares at the phone, and before she can respond, she receives a new message. "You murdered me, yet you practically got off with a slap on the wrist. Not to worry, though, my plans for you will make up for your lack of punishment. You will pay dearly for what you did to me, mark my words." Rebecca puts her phone in her pocket. "I'm not going to let him toy with me." Rebecca says, before rushing out the door...

At New Horizons, Lucas is in his office, reading something on his computer, when Lydia comes in. "What are you doing here?" Lucas wonders. "You and I need to discuss one of the stories the print division put out, the one about the two year anniversary of Andy and Rebecca's accident, and Andre's death." Lydia says. "What about it?" Lucas asks. "In my opinion, the story was distasteful to Andy and Rebecca. You never should've green lit this story!" Lydia tells him. "The story is going to bring in a ton of views! Andre wasn't just infamous in Fantastic City, he was infamous around the world! Plus, despite the tragedy of it all, the initial stories we ran on Andy and Rebecca's accident two years ago, along with the fall out of it, brought in a lot of new readers." Lucas notes. "I still don't like it! You never should've ran this story!" Lydia says. Lucas takes an exasperated breath. "Just to remind you, our contract states that you will stay out of the day to day operations of New Horizons." Lucas reminds her. "I'm aware of that, I'm just trying to make sure that New Horizons doesn't get a bad reputation for being insensitive." Lydia says. "Masters Corp isn't exactly known for being the poster child of sensitivity. From what I remember you telling me, your father ran the company with an iron fist, and he would screw over anyone to expand his business." Lucas recalls. "I'm aware of that, but I have spent the better part of the last five years trying to turn the company around. Trust me, I don't want the stench of my father or my mother following the company around." Lydia says. Lucas sighs. "I know, and I'm sorry. I know you aren't trying to follow in Walter or Madeline's footsteps." Lucas says. "I'm sorry, too. You're right, I need to learn to let you run things your way. After all, you know more about the media industry than I do, I guess." Lydia says. Lucas smiles, and Lydia notices. "What is it?" Lydia asks. "This just reminded me of when we were first getting to know each other, back when you recruited me to help you find out who "killed" Dylan. We didn't get along very well then, either." Lucas remembers. "We didn't, but that changed, after a while. I realized that you weren't such a terrible person afterall, and before I knew what hit me, I was madly in love with an incredible man." Lydia says. "I only became that man because an incredible woman loved me." Lucas notes. The two stare into each other's eyes for a moment, but Bethany barges into the office.
"Bethany, hey. I wasn't expecting you." Lucas says. "I figured you could use a break, so I was gonna take you out for something to eat. What's she doing here?" Bethany asks. "I'm here on New Horizons business, since I own the company, now." Lydia says. "You do? No kidding, I never would've known if you hadn't told me for the fifty seventh time." Bethany sarcastically says. Lydia rolls her eyes. "Hey, while you are here, breathing up all of our oxygen, I actually wanted to talk to you about something." Bethany says. "No, I don't know of a plastic surgeon that can take care of those wrinkles under your eyes." Lydia says. "What wrinkles?" Bethany asks. "I'm kidding. What do you want?" Lydia asks. "Stanpatos Enterprises lost out on acquiring Luna Tech. We were very close to closing the deal, yet somehow, somebody again beat us to the punch. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?" Bethany asks. "I know that you are an incompetent mess, so it doesn't surprise me that you are having difficulties closing deals." Lydia notes. "That's enough. Weren't you on your way out?" Lucas asks. "I was. Lucas, always a pleasure." Lydia says. Lydia goes to leave, but Bethany steps in front of her. "If I find out you've been sabotaging me, you will be sorry." Bethany warns. "I'm already sorry, sorry that I saw you today. Get out of my way." Lydia says, before pushing her way past Bethany. "So what's going on with Stanpatos? You lost another deal?" Lucas asks. "I'll tell you all about it once I get some food in my stomach. Lets get out of here." Bethany says. "Gladly." Lucas says.

At the Goo Castle, Andy comes down the foyer stairs, opens the front door, and finds Rebecca standing outside. "Sorry to bother you. I figured I'd use the doorbell, this time." Rebecca says. "No problem. What brings you by?" Andy asks. "I need to talk to you, its really important." Rebecca says. "Sure, come in." Andy says. Rebecca walks in. "What's going on?" Andy asks. "I think Andre might be alive." Rebecca reveals. "No, that's impossible." Andy says. "Andy, it is ALWAYS possible." Rebecca notes. "Why would you think that?" Andy asks. "He's been texting me." Rebecca reveals. "What? Are you sure its really Andre, then?" Andy asks. "I'm not positive, but the messages do sound like him." Rebecca notes. "Can you show them to me?" Andy asks. "Yes, of course." Rebecca says. Rebecca pulls out her phone, and looks for the messages. "Wait...this can't be right..." Rebecca mutters. "What's wrong?" Andy asks. "The messages from Andre...they're gone!" Rebecca reveals. Rebecca continues looking for the messages. "Maybe they got moved somehow...hang on." Rebecca says. "Are you absolutely sure you got messages from Andre?" Andy asks. "I told you, they sounded like him!" Rebecca repeats. "No, are you sure you got messages at all?" Andy asks. "Wait, do you think I dreamt it up?" Rebecca asks. "Not...not exactly." Andy says. "Oh, I see. You think I imagined it." Rebecca realizes. "Rebecca, you spent nearly two years in an insane asylum because of pain that Andre caused you. Maybe...maybe he still has a hold over you." Andy suggests. "I was deemed sane, and fit to return to society. Besides, Ava is awake now, the havoc Andre wreaked on our lives is over! I can't think of any possible reason why I would be imagining messages from him!" Rebecca says. The camera slowly pans up, and reveals Daisy lurking at the top of the stairs. As Andy and Rebecca are talking, Daisy flashes back to the previous night.

"I think I'm gonna turn in for the night." Andy says. "I'll be up in a bit." Daisy says. "You aren't coming?" Andy asks. "I'm going to stay up for a little longer, and read." Daisy says. "Oh, okay." Andy says. Andy kisses Daisy. "I love you." Andy tells her. "I love you, too. Good night." Daisy says. "Good night." Andy says, before walking out. Once Andy is gone, Daisy reaches into her pocket, and pulls out a burner phone! Daisy types Rebecca's phone number in, and then sends a message to her saying "Did you miss me?" Daisy contemplates for a moment, before sending Rebecca another message, stating "You should've hit me a little harder. Perhaps you would've actually killed me."

Back in the present, Daisy listens as Andy and Rebecca continue to go back and forth. "Okay, if Andre, or somebody pretending to be Andre, texted you, then where did the messages go?" Andy questions Rebecca. Daisy once again flashes back to the prior day.

"Hey, since she's no longer in a coma, how about I get a picture of the two of you with her?" Daisy asks Andy and Rebecca. "Oh, sure. That sounds great." Rebecca says. "Why not wait until she's awake?" Andy asks. "You know what they say, no time like the present." Daisy says. Daisy turns towards Rebecca. "Rebecca, can I use your phone to take the picture? That way, you'll already have the picture, and you can do whatever you please with it." Daisy says. "Yeah, that's fine." Rebecca says. Rebecca hands Daisy her phone, and Andy and Rebecca sit on the bed next to Ava. "Okay, give me one sec..." Daisy says. On Rebecca's phone, Daisy can be seen installing an app that gives Daisy access to Rebecca's phone, including her messages, on Daisy's phone.

In another flashback, taking place a few short minutes ago, Andy and Daisy are up in their bedroom, finishing getting dressed. "You look like you're ready to take the day on." Andy comments. Daisy smiles. "I always am. What about you, Mr. Commissioner, are you feeling fierce today?" Daisy asks. "I'm the police commissioner, I have to be." Andy says. Someone rings the doorbell. "I'm gonna go get that on my way out, see you later. I love you." Andy says, as he kisses Daisy. "Love you, too." Daisy says. Once Andy walks out, Daisy pulls out her phone, and opens up an app. Daisy now has access to everything on Rebecca's phone, via the app. Daisy goes into Rebecca's messages, and sees the message chain with "Andre". "I'm sorry, Rebecca, but dead people don't text. Next time you want to talk to Andre, hold a seance." Daisy says, before deleting the message chain.

Back in the present, Daisy smiles to herself. "Maybe I accidentally deleted the messages." Rebecca suggests. "Maybe, but no offense, you usually aren't that careless." Andy notes. "I have been a little off my game the past few years. I'm sorry for bothering you with this." Rebecca says. "You could never be a bother." Andy says, as Daisy rolls her eyes upstairs. "Let me know if you hear from Andre, again." Andy says. "I will. Take care." Rebecca tells him. "You too." Andy says, before Rebecca walks out. A moment later, Daisy comes downstairs. "What was Rebecca doing here? Is everything okay with Ava?" Daisy asks. "Yeah, Ava is fine. I'm not sure about Rebecca, though." Andy says. "What's going on?" Daisy asks. "Rebecca says that she got text messages from Andre." Andy reveals. "Um...Andre is dead, isn't he? We are talking about THAT Andre, right?" Daisy asks. "We are. Anyway, Rebecca went to show me the messages, but they weren't there, and honestly, I'm not sure if she ever got any." Andy admits. "Do you think Rebecca could be having another breakdown?" Daisy wonders. "I hope not, but given the pain Andre caused her before his death, I can't be too sure." Andy says. "Well, I hope everything is okay with her." Daisy lies. "Me too. Anyway, I need to get going, for real this time. I love you." Andy says, as he kisses Daisy. "I love you, too." Daisy tells him. Andy then walks out. Once Andy is gone, Daisy smiles. "Everything is going according to plan." Daisy brags...

Lucas and Bethany are sitting in The Ancient Jewel, eating. "It wasn't enough that bitch stole the Bradley Shipping deal from me, but she had to move in on the Luna Tech deal, too! Those are some major companies, Lucas! If Stanpatos had managed to acquire them, it probably would've given us a significant lead over Masters Corp! But, Lydia couldn't have that, so she had to play dirty. And, I know she isn't doing this alone! I have made sure that the negotiations for those deals were kept top secret, only a select few at the company knew, including Lydia's zombie hubby." Bethany says. "You think Dylan is feeding Lydia information?" Lucas asks. "Dylan is Lydia's husband, of course he'd want her to best me. Well guess what? That's not going to happen!" Bethany says. "And you are sure that Lydia is the one sabotaging you? How do you know its not some new competitor?" Lucas asks. "Because Lydia is probably jealous of me, and wants to do everything in her power to destroy me!" Bethany claims. "Even so, you should still try and find out for sure, in case it turns out someone else is behind this." Lucas notes. Bethany sighs. "I know you're right, I'm just worried that if I devote time to trying to look in other directions, that will give Lydia the chance to strike. Besides, I don't even know where to start looking." Bethany says. "I have an idea. There is someone you can turn to that knows Stanpatos quite well." Lucas says. "Oh God, you can't be serious." Bethany says. "I know its not ideal, but Alexios could be a big help." Lucas notes. "Alexios has been hounding me to give him a second chance for the last two years! I don't want to give him the wrong message, just when he is finally starting to leave me alone!" Bethany says. "Trust me, I don't want Alexios anywhere near you, either. But, he could prove to be a valuable ally in bringing down whoever is sabotaging the company." Lucas notes. Bethany contemplates.

In Lydia's office at Masters Corp, Dylan is sitting across from Lydia. "I just had another run in with Bethany. She is still insisting that I had something to do with those lost deals at Stanpatos Enterprises." Lydia reveals. "That's not all. Bethany has moved on to accusing me of being your mole. Unfortunately, my boss doesn't seem to trust me for whatever reason." Dylan says. "Bethany has good reason not to trust you, given what's in motion." Lydia says. Dylan smiles. "True. Soon, Bethany will FINALLY be out of the way." Dylan says...

At Stanpatos Enterprises, Bethany is in her office, when someone knocks on the door. "Come in!" Bethany calls out. Alexios walks in. "You summoned me?" Alexios asks. "Don't get excited, this is about business. Someone has stolen two very lucrative deals from Stanpatos, and I have no idea who it is." Bethany reveals. "Do you have a suspect in mind?" Alexios asks. "Personally, I think its Lydia, and I think Dylan is feeding her info. But, I want to be sure, which is why I called you. Outside of your fruit cake brother, Franco, you are the only living Stanpatos with extensive knowledge of the company. Do you know of any enemies of the family?" Bethany asks. "Well, lets see...I remember hearing that Andre and The Master had some kind of feud, so I guess The Master could be considered an enemy of the family, especially given his history with Dylan, too. Also, you probably remember this, but Lysandros Masters once got into it with Andre and Katie Cat over some cloning machine that the Cats developed." Alexios recalls. "I talked to Clara on the phone yesterday, and she and Lysandros are apparently living their best life in Europe. Besides, Lysandros pretty much cut all ties with Fantastic when he sold Lydia back the Masters family mansion. As for The Master, it would be kinda hard for him to run all of these companies, since he's a fugitive. That leaves Lydia." Bethany says. "Hardly. I only mentioned two of the biggest potential threats. This family has a long history of making enemies, a lot of which I probably don't even know about. Don't worry, though, I'll make some calls, and see what I can find out." Alexios says. "Thanks, I appreciate it. You can go now." Bethany tells him. "Uh, alright. Have a nice day." Alexios says. "I'll try." Bethany tells him. Alexios walks out. Once Alexios is gone, Bethany clicks on a button on her office phone. "Chris, I need you in my office." Bethany says. A moment later, Chris walks in. "Yes, Miss. Wilson?" Chris asks. "You saw my ex just walking out of here, right?" Bethany asks. "I did, ma'am. I was a bit surprised not to see security escorting him out." Chris notes. "I invited him, this time, but that doesn't mean I trust him. I need you to make arrangements to have him followed. He's Dylan's brother, which means he could be working with the enemy." Bethany says. "Consider it done, boss." Chris says, before walking out.

In the Goo living room, Daisy walks over to Queen Goo's portrait. "I did good, didn't I? Andy is starting to question Rebecca's sanity, and with any luck, it won't be long before Rebecca starts questioning it, too. And yet you were so sure that those two were going to end up together, and have their happily ever after. But...as great as this is going so far, my work still isn't done. A few text messages from a dead guy won't be enough to drive Rebecca to loony town, so if my plan is going to work, I'm going to need to crank it up a notch. Fortunately, I know exactly how to do that." Daisy tells the portrait...

In Bethany's office, Chris comes back in. "Did I call you and forget?" Bethany asks. "No ma'am." Chris says. "Then what are you doing in here, Chris?" Bethany asks. Chris attempts to catch his breath. "Why are you so out of breath? Did you just run a marathon?" Bethany asks. "I ran all the way here from my desk!" Chris notes. "Chris, your desk is practically right outside my office..." Bethany says. "Never mind that! I just got a phone call from the person I had tail Alexios." Chris says. "And?" Bethany asks. "Alexios lost the tail!" Chris reveals. "How is that possible?" Bethany asks. "He must've known he was being followed. At least, that's my guess." Chris says. "If Alexios went through the trouble of losing his tail, that means he has something to hide..." Bethany realizes.

At the docks, Alexios is looking out at the water, before checking his watch. "You can stop being so impatient. I've arrived." A voice says. Alexios turns, and sees Dylan standing in the shadows. "Oh how blessed I feel." Alexios sarcastically says. "Why did you call?" Dylan asks. "Bethany recruited me to find out who is sabotaging Stanpatos." Alexios reveals. "Wow, that's quite the twist. Last I heard, Bethany wanted to tie you over a fire pit, and have you for Friday night dinner." Dylan notes. "Bethany is desperate. She didn't want to come out and say it, but I can tell she's worried the board might end up firing her over this." Alexios says. "Good, I'm glad. She's an interloper, she never belonged at the company in the first place." Dylan notes. "I need you to be honest with me, are you the mole at Stanpatos?" Alexios asks. "No, I'm not colluding with the person sabotaging the company. But, I'm not gonna deny that this person's shenanigans are a huge help towards my end game, removing Bethany from the company, and taking her place as CEO." Dylan says. "I'm still not comfortable with that plan. I don't want to hurt Bethany." Alexios says. "You didn't have any problem hurting her when you cheated on her. Besides, you two are no longer a couple, you don't owe her any loyalty. So, what are you going to do?" Dylan asks. "What Bethany asked. I'm going to try and find out who is sabotaging Stanpatos." Alexios says. "Good plan. But, I need you to do me a favor. Whatever information you find out, you need to keep me in the loop, along with Bethany. Every piece of info you give her, give me, as well." Dylan says. Alexios nods. "Will do." Alexios says.

At the Goo Castle, Daisy smiles at Queen Goo's portrait. "I hope you're paying close attention, Granny. Its show time." Daisy tells the portrait, as she pulls out her burner phone...

Rebecca is walking through the common area of the King Beast Plaza, when her phone begins to ring. Rebecca checks the Caller I.D, and recognizes the number as the one "Andre" texted her from! Rebecca answers the call. "Who is this?" Rebecca asks. "Hello, dear..." Andre can be heard saying!