The Wizard and the Wormhole by Michael Dahl

Author:Michael Dahl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 9781434265074; Stone Arch Books; Michael Dahl; Lisa K. Weber; Hocus POcus Hotel; Stage magic; magic; magicians; magic tricks
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2015-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

Charlie sighed, relieved. The unseen footsteps hadn’t been looking for him. They had simply dropped off the flowers. But what an odd way to sign your name. “The DeV.?”

Charlie replaced the card, closed the door, and hurried back to the elevators to show Annie what he had found.

“When was Brack supposed to meet Dragonstone last night?” asked Charlie.

“The rehearsal was at eight o’clock,” answered Annie. “When Brack never showed up, we called upstairs, but he didn’t answer.”

They were standing in a hallway on the twelfth floor. They figured that floor was the best place to start their search for Ty. And if they found Ty, they might find Brack.

Charlie figured it was too much of a coincidence that both friends had vanished within 24 hours of each other. Their disappearances had to be connected.

“And Dragonstone was there already?” asked Charlie.

Annie nodded. “He got to the hotel right before the rehearsal. He didn’t even have time to eat or go to his room. And while we waited onstage, he said that he wanted Brack to introduce his final act, the Empty Straitjacket.”

“Really?” said Charlie. “So who was that DeVille guy?”

“A friend of Mr. Dragonstone’s,” said Annie. “When the rehearsal was almost over and Brack still hadn’t shown up, Dragonstone called DeVille. DeVille came to the hotel this morning.”

“This morning?”

“Yes, right after Tyler left for school.”

“So when did they have time to rehearse the Glass Door Trick?” asked Charlie.

“I’m not sure about that,” said Annie. “I don’t think Dragonstone even mentioned it last night. It seemed like something DeVille came up with on his own.”

There’s something fishy about that, thought Charlie. But if Brack disappeared last night, Dragonstone might not be involved. Not if he was at rehearsal the whole time Brack was absent. Still, magicians were awfully tricky characters.

“Now what was it you wanted to show me?” asked Annie, sidling up closer to him.

Charlie pulled out the fake red beard and mustache from his backpack and explained them to her.

Then he knelt down on the thick hallway carpet and unrolled the blue paper he had found in the dressing room closet. Annie knelt down next to him.

“I found this in Dragonstone’s dressing room,” Charlie told her. “I’m sure it came out of an empty tube I found up at Brack’s place. This stamp is on both of them.” He pointed to the official words at the edge of the paper. He saw two more words he hadn’t noticed before in the dim closet: ORIGINAL COPY.

Annie gasped. “It’s the hotel,” she said. “The Hocus Pocus — I mean, the Abracadabra. It’s the whole hotel.”

The blue roll of paper was actually made up of several sheets. And as Charlie stared at the top sheet in front of them, he realized Annie was right. These were blueprints for the old hotel.

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