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CHAPTER THREE ━━ a show to remember

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THE MAGICIANS NOW FOUND THEMSELVES WAITING backstage for their final act this evening. Throughout the year they've gotten to know each other and formed a close friendship that came even closer to some sort of dysfunctional family. Performing together became natural for them, a second nature and an amazing experience.

They've become a dynamic team. A group of no ones, together the next big hit to hit the stage.

After a magnificent first half of the show, they were now ready for their final performance in Las Vegas. Something no one had seen, the biggest trick of the night. The act that would set their plan into motion.

"You've got everything ready?" Wren asked frantically as the nerves finally got to her and jitters coursed through her veins. "The helmet is working, right?"

"Everything is working and ready, Wren." Henley replied, following the brunette's rapid movements as she paced around. "And please stop pacing you're making me dizzy."

Wren sheepishly smiled at the redhead, halting in her tracks as she rubbed her arm. "Sorry."

The other four magicians sighed in content now that the petite girl was sitting down again on the couch and kept to herself.

But their moment of peace was short lived as the brunette looked back up with wide eyes. "Are you sure everything is working?" She asked again biting her lip.

Daniel groaned. "Wren, for the last time we're ready, nothing is wrong. Stop worrying."

Wren narrowed her eyes at him. "I would have thought that you'd like me checking everything. Aren't you the one who is always telling us that everything needs to be perfect." She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

Merrit sighed glancing between the two. "And there they go again." He faced Jack and Henley.

"That isn't true. I just like to make sure we're not messing anything up." Daniel corrected her.

"That is the same thing." She pointed out.

"It isn't."

Wren gave him a look. "It is."

"No it's not."

"Yes it is."

"No it is not."

"Stop it." Henley interrupted them. " Both of you."

"It looks like Wren is taking over Daniel's supervisory nature." Jack grinned shuffling a deck of cards in his hands.

Wren glared at him. "I'm not controlling." She protested.

They all gave her a look. "Okay. So maybe I'm starting to get a bit controlling." She admitted, puffing out a breath of air.

"A bit?" Merrit asked flabbergasted.

"Alright so what." She waved her arms around in defeat. "I'm nervous. I tent to get controlling when I'm nervous." She sighed.

"We will do great Wren." Daniel assured the woman.

"I don't get how you guys aren't nervous. " She groaned. "I mean, we did rob a bank and now we're about to throw 3.2 million dollar in the audience. " She whispered as if cops would spring them any second.

"It's part of the plan. We worked hard for this. I'm sure we do just fine." Daniel shrugged while the others nodded in agreement.

"And you're so sure because..." She trailed off.

Daniel gave her a cocky smirk. "Well I did come up with the plan so that says something." That statement made everyone groan in annoyance.

"No you didn't, the eye did,"

"Your ego is showing, Atlas." Wren Muttered.

"It's time." Henley stated.

All the horseman stood up waiting behind the curtains, all the nerves leaving her body as excitement filled her up. Wren smiled as she peeked through the large curtains to watch the audience.

"Let's do this." She whispered to herself but Daniel heard her and gave her a small smile with she gladly returned.

"Merrit McKinney, Daniel Atlas, Henley Reeves, Wren Walsh, Jack Wilder. Arthur Tressler and the MGM brand proudly present the five horseman."

This was it.

"Thank you. Tonight we would like to try something that well..," he paused looking for the right words. "Well sets us a bit apart." Merrit started walking around the circular stage.

"For our finale trick were going to do something never before seen on a live Vegas stage." Henley told the audience.

"Or any stage for that matter." Jack grinned at the audience eagerness.

"Something completely new in the world of magic." Wren shouted loudly her hair bouncing on her shoulder as she threw her hand up.

"Ladies and gentleman." Daniel called out going up a higher platform ready to announce there last trick. "Tonight... We are going to rob a bank." He stated as the crowd went wild.

"That's a lot of excitement for crime."

"I'm getting excited. What about you people?" Henley asked turning to look at the cheering crowd.

"One."  "Two."  "Three."

And at that moment both Jack and Merit jumped in the air giving a high five.

"Okay. Okay, please settle down." Daniel stilled the crowd as Wren looked around in glee, the bright stage light illuminating her face.

"Now who here has a bank they would like us to rob?" He asked. Again the crowd went in an uproar raising their hands shouting out to be picked.

Wren whistled. "Never thought I would be seeing people getting so excited about a crime."

"That are a lot of people with a vendetta." Daniel added grinning. "We will choose someone at random then."

Jack, Henley and Merrit walked around with bowl filled with little balls. Trying to see who they would pick. "My associates make sure it's random, right?"

"Elvis help me out here." Jack asked holding the glass bowl out for the Elvis look-alike.

"In Jack's bowl are ping pong balls with section numbers." Daniel explained. "Jack can you hand me a section number."

Jack threw his ping pong ball at Daniel who caught it.

"Thank you." Daniel grinned looking at the small white ball. "Section B. Where is section B." Daniel asked turning to look around.

All the people in section B were shouting and cheering and Wren grinned "Okay there. It is gonna be one of you guys. Get ready."

"I don't know why they're all so happy it is only going to be one of them." Daniel joked before turning to Merrit. "Can I get a row? "He asked but before he could catch it, Wren did.

Wren gave Daniel a wink before turning to the audience. "We are looking at row number five." She announced loudly, showing the number to the crowd.

"And Henley can I please have a random seat number." Daniel questioned stealing a glance at Wren who was smiling at the audience.

Henley threw the ping pong ball at Daniel who caught it in his hand after it bounced on the ground once.

"Ah lucky number thirteen. B-5-13. Where are you?" Daniel held all three ping pong balls in the air after Wren gave him the other one. "Sir stand up. There you are. Could you just confirm for me that this is in fact your seat. B, Five, Thirteen." Daniel asked.

"Yes." The man nodded stepping aside to show everyone his seat number.

Daniel threw the three small balls away and Wren quickly stepped out of the way before she was hit with the white balls, making the audience laugh.

"Now can you please tell us your name and your bank." He clapped his hands together.

"Well my name is Etienne Forcier and my bank is Crédit Républicain de Paris." Etienne answered swiftly with a smug smile.

"French. Okay...uh... We were hoping for something a little bit more local, a kind of mom-and-pop credit union with no security. But that's fine. A promise is a promise. Could you please come up the stage and we'll, uh, we'll rob your bank." Danny clapped his hands together as Jack went to help Etienne on stage.

"And while he does that, uh, there is someone here tonight without whom we would just be five magicians working the circuit, trying to get.. well actually trying to get here. You probably know this man and if not the many, many companies he put his name on, he is our friend and he is our benefactor, Mr. Arthur Tressler." Danny declared and pointed his hand towards Arthur. "Please stand up Art, please stand up."

"The only man here with the queen's cell phone number." Merrit added with a cheeky grin.

"Please stay standing , Art."

"Uh, I wanna say that when we came to Mr. Tressler that we promised that as a unit we can become the biggest name in magic."

"We wanted to say thank you and by the way Art as you noticed on the sign that we put your name on top." Henley told Arthur.

"If you turn out to be as good as you think you are, dear girl, that won't be necessary much longer." Arthur spoke eloquently, his voice holding a flicker of prestige.

"We haven't done our closure yet, you can watch it and then you can decide for yourself." Henley smiled.

"You'll surely be surprised" Wren added with a charming smile.

"Ladies and gentleman, Arthur Tressler."

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