Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Steve joins Kayla at the Brady Pub. Steve apologizes for being late as he was on the phone with Abe. Kayla asks if there’s any news on Theo. Steve says none and that he thought getting the FBI and ISA to coordinate with the Salem police would lead to something but it’s like Theo just vanished. Steve adds that all they know is that Theo was last seen leaving the Pub. Kayla feels with Chad missing too, it can’t be a coincidence. Steve seriously doubts it and says they are trying to keep Thomas and Charlotte in the dark as long as possible. Kayla points out all of this happening around Christmas time makes you count your blessings. Kayla thanks God that their kids are happy and safe..
Alex guesses he and Stephanie should get to work now. Alex says he hates to leave her but he looks forward to decorating for Christmas with her. Stephanie says she’ll be waiting. Alex kisses her and then goes to leave when he sees a fan mail letter on the table. Alex stops and opens the envelope, then drops it in shock. Stephanie questions what that is. Alex responds that he doesn’t know what it is as Stephanie says they have to get out of there and they rush out the door. Jada comes over and asks if everything is alright. Alex tells her not to come any closer.
Gwen finds EJ’s cell phone on the floor of the living room in the DiMera Mansion and says it’s unheard of for EJ to leave it behind, so she wonders where he is.
EJ regains consciousness in the DiMera Crypt and jumps to his feet in shock as he’s greeted by Theo and Chad. EJ hopes he’s not in Hell. Chad says it’s close but it’s the DiMera Crypt. EJ calls that impossible while Chad states here they are.
Kayla tells Steve that worrying about her friends kind of killed her appetite and points out that Steve only doesn’t clear his plate when he’s not telling her something, so she asks if something else is going on with Theo and Chad. Steve responds that it’s not about them, but a report he’s waiting on. Steve then gets a message on his phone and tells Kayla that they’ve got to go. Kayla asks what’s wrong but Steve says he doesn’t know yet as they race out of the Pub.
Jada questions what’s going on. Stephanie reveals that there was a letter addressed to Alex and when he opened it, there was a white powder inside. Alex starts talking about how he doesn’t think he got any on him while Jada tells him to remain calm. Jada talks about it could be a bio threat situation and they could’ve inhaled something. Alex asks what to do. Jada instructs them to go outside and not come in to contact with anyone else while she will call them with the next steps. Jada makes a call to alert the fire department and police to a possible biohazard situation. Jada says to send officers and first responders to block off the building.
Gwen returns to the living room, calling out to EJ that she knows he’s still around since his car is in the garage. Gwen states that she’s not finding this game of hide and seek very amusing. Gwen adds that it’s really starting to freak her out. Susan then enters, startling Gwen. Gwen asks if she’s seen EJ. Susan says she hasn’t and asks why she’s so concerned about him. Gwen responds that they were talking and she stepped out, then when she came back, he was gone. Susan suggests he just went outside but Gwen reveals he left his phone. Susan admits that is weird since the phone is practically glued to EJ’s hand. Gwen says she first thought EJ was avoiding her. Susan declares that she’s getting a feeling that something is wrong.
EJ questions all of the missing family members being in the crypt the whole time. Theo questions why no one has searched for them here. EJ reveals that he had the entrance to the crypt sealed off a few years ago. Chad asks if it never occurred that someone unsealed it. EJ explains that no one knew Chad was missing until recently, pointing out that Tony went missing across the world. EJ says that it didn’t occur to him until Theo went missing and Chad missed his trial that something nefarious may have gone on. EJ adds that he just assumed Kristen escaped from prison. Chad informs him that she didn’t and that she was grabbed from the prison yard, so she’s a victim like the rest of them. EJ questions who they are a victim of and asks where Tony and Kristen are now. Theo says they are out back with blankets and water. Chad mentions that Kristen is resting for the first time since he got there, so he asks EJ to leave her and Tony alone unless he has some grand escape plan to tell them about. EJ questions what they have been doing. Theo says they agreed to sleep in shifts. EJ asks what the hell is wrong with them both. EJ declares that they are DiMeras, strong, cunning, and ruthless, so he questions why they haven’t charged the guard and made them rue the day that they crossed their family.
Gwen tells Susan that she hasn’t taken much stock in her premonitions but asks if she has a vibe that EJ is in trouble. Susan calls it common sense since EJ’s brothers and nephew are already missing, so this doesn’t bode well for EJ. Gwen suggests they could be assuming the worst and that EJ just dropped his phone. Susan insists that EJ would never do that and this is not good. Susan decides she’s calling the police. Gwen questions that being a good idea. Susan tells the police that she can’t find her son and he is in danger. Gwen keeps hold of EJ’s phone as a call from Rita comes in, which Gwen ignores. While Susan argues with the police on the phone, Gwen does a factory reset on EJ’s phone to delete all messages, logs, and data. Susan hangs up and tells Gwen that the police are on their way and exits the room.
Jada and Stephanie watch in the town square as Javi checks on Alex. Javi says that everything seems to have come back negative, so Alex must have avoided contact. Stephanie suggests maybe the powder wasn’t anything serious. Jada points out that they won’t know until they have it analyzed and they will still have to seal off their building. Javi instructs them to avoid contact with anyone else until then. Jada asks Alex if he has any idea who sent the letter or if he recognized the handwriting but Alex says no. Jada then gets a phone call that shocks her.
Theo tells EJ that it’s not that simple. EJ argues that with four and now five of them, surely they could use brute force against whatever masked guards are watching them. Chad argues that they could end up shot between the eyes. Theo says they didn’t want to risk ending up like the bones they found. EJ questions who the bones belong to. Chad says they don’t know and explains trying to dig their way out until they came across human bones. Theo talks about how it appears to be a male and suggests it could be another cousin that has been missing. EJ argues that Stefan hasn’t been missing that long but supposes it could be Dimitri. Chad points out it could also be an enemy of the DiMeras. EJ decides they need to identify the remains when they get out. Theo says that’s if they get out.
Kayla and Steve rush to the town square to check on Stephanie but Javi stops them and instructs them to keep their distance. They question what’s going on and point out their place being blocked off. Stephanie promises they are fine while Alex says they need to remain extra cautious until they get the results back from the lab. Kayla questions the biohazard. Javi explains that a suspicious white powder was found in a letter addressed to Alex, so they evacuated the building. Steve questions if Jada has the situation under control. Jada says they will know more once her team has finished sweeping the building and adds that she just got a call about an urgent matter that needs her attention. Steve questions it being more urgent than a biohazard. Jada asks Javi to handle this. Javi admits he’d prefer that she stay put but acknowledges that she didn’t come in to contact so she should be good to go. After Jada hurries off, Alex asks Javi if there’s any idea when they will be cleared. Javi acknowledges that the likelihood of them being infected is minimal, so best case scenario is about an hour or so. Steve asks what the worst case scenario is. Javi says if the danger spread, they’d have to condemn the building.
Susan talks to Gwen about waiting for the police to arrive and says she hasn’t gotten a single vibe about where EJ could be. Gwen thinks that could be a good thing but Susan argues that she should’ve gotten a feeling by now that EJ is safe but she has nothing. Susan declares that it’s like something or someone is blocking her. Susan asks if Gwen is sure that she didn’t see anyone around before EJ disappeared. Jada then arrives and says she felt she should handle this herself. Susan tells Jada that EJ is missing and disappeared just like Chad, Theo, and Tony. Susan says she told EJ to be careful but he didn’t listen and now could be in more danger.
Chad and Theo tell EJ that they’ve tried to find their way out but there is nothing they can exploit. Theo says they need to recharge so Chad tells him to get some sleep now that EJ is there. EJ calls it troubling how easily they have accepted their situation. Chad feels they are being practical and asks how his kids are. EJ says they are fine and appear to have been spared along with Johnny. Chad bets all hell broke loose when he didn’t show up in court. EJ reveals that the judge issued a continuance. Chad is surprised as he thought Jennifer would jump on it. EJ says that he spoke with Jennifer and as much as she wants custody of the kids, she wants to do it fairly and he made her understand that Chad never would’ve missed the trial unless something was terribly wrong. Chad hugs EJ and thanks him. EJ informs Chad that the Deverauxs were truly worried about him even if they didn’t want to show it. Chad calls this a nightmare, arguing that he should be out there with Thomas and Charlotte. Chad asks why this is happening to them, questioning who could be behind it and why.
Steve goes over what happened with Alex. Alex and Stephanie thinks it could be an overreaction. Kayla argues that it could be dangerous. Stephanie says that everyone is conditioned to freak out over white powder. Alex brings up the disturbing fan letters that Stephanie has been receiving which Kayla questions. Stephanie says it’s probably nothing but tells her that she has gotten letters from someone claiming to be in love with her. Alex notes that the letter was similar to the ones he showed Steve. Kayla guesses this is what Steve wasn’t telling her. Steve says he didn’t want to worry her. Stephanie argues that Kayla isn’t the only one in the dark and questions Alex not telling her that he brought Steve in on this. Steve brings up how there were more letters all saying the same basic things while Alex notes that there were no threats or escalation, so there was nothing the police could really do about it. Steve says lucky for them, he’s not the police. Steve informs them that he got a message from one of his contacts as he had the letters ran for prints. Alex thought they couldn’t find anything. Steve says he thought it would be worth it to try and that only Holly’s prints were found since she brought the letter, so the writer must have gone out of his way to make sure his prints were not on it. Kayla worries that could be because he knows he’s already in the system and has a criminal record which Steve points out could mean a history of doing things worse than writing creepy fan letters.
Jada reveals to Gwen and Susan that her team didn’t find any sign of forced entry in the DiMera Mansion and they are interviewing the staff now. Jada asks if Gwen is sure she didn’t see anyone unusual there. Gwen assures there was no one else there, like EJ just vanished. Susan points out that EJ would never leave his phone behind unless he was dragged out against his will, so Gwen hands the phone over. Jada finds it strange that the phone has been wiped and asks if there’s any idea why EJ would do that. Susan says absolutely not which means someone erased his phone so they can’t find out what’s on there.
EJ assures Chad that he shares his frustrations with being trapped. Chad remarks that he’s not sure that he does. EJ argues that if anyone can empathize with him about being estranged from his son, it’s him. Chad explains that he doubts his sincerity and brings up Kristen thinking EJ was behind this. EJ remarks that Kristen will have to eat crow since he’s met the same fate. Chad argues that whatever they injected with had he and Theo knocked out cold while EJ seemed to shake it off in minutes. EJ questions what possible motive he could have. Chad points out that Kristen thought he wanted to take over DiMera Enterprises. EJ mocks the idea that he would run DiMera from in here. EJ asks if Chad believes this same theory. Chad argues that EJ is never the victim and more often the victimizer. Chad asks EJ to look in his eyes and tells him he’s not behind this.
Stephanie questions why the letter writer would send the white powder to Alex. Steve explains that the writer is obsessed with Stephanie and wants to be with her, but that’s not possible as long as she’s with someone else. Stephanie asks if they want Alex out of the way so they can live happily ever after. Kayla calls it all just speculation while no one knows anything. Alex gets a call from Javi, hoping he has good news.
Susan calls it obvious that someone erased EJ’s phone so the cops couldn’t see what was on it and declares that someone is the person who kidnapped him. Gwen goes along with that idea but Jada is not so sure, questioning why they would waste time to erase the phone. Jada feels the phone was wiped clean to erase any evidence of something illegal, either by EJ or someone he knows. Susan argues that EJ is a victim. Jada says the facts are that EJ rejected security detail and they’ve found nothing suspicious while he was a suspect in his siblings disappearance. Jada suggests EJ could have staged his kidnapping to throw them off the trail. Susan refuses to believe it and tells Jada to go find EJ because the longer he’s gone, the more danger he’s in.
EJ tells Chad that his accusations are absurd and insulting. EJ questions why he would have needed to take Kristen out if he wanted control of DiMera when she was in prison for shooting him. Chad argues that EJ always has to have a grand plan up his sleeve. EJ responds that maybe he’s in just as much danger as they are and whoever kidnapped them is trying to sow the seeds of dissension between them.
Alex and Stephanie return home with Steve and Kayla where Javi has Alex sign papers as they reveal the powder was just sugar and the letter was from his great Aunt Betsy, writing him a thank you note for sending her a fruitcake. Javi jokes that he should probably send all of his neighbors fruitcakes because they won’t be happy about having to evacuate the building over powdered sugar. They thank Javi as he exits. Alex feels like an idiot for overreacting. Kayla understands given all that was going on with Stephanie. Steve says he hates to say it but it could only be a matter of time before the letter writer becomes dangerous. Stephanie says she doesn’t disagree but asks what to do about it now. Steve suggests around the clock protection which he’d be happy to provide. Steve then declares that until they know more about who is sending the letters, he’s moving in.
Jada assures Susan that she’s taking EJ’s disappearance very seriously and she’s just being transparent about theories. Jada says she will take EJ’s phone to the lab to see if they can recover any data, pointing out that there’s no such thing as fully erasing something digital so she hopes their tech guys can pull something from it. Gwen then drops her drink, smashing the glass. As they go to pick it up, Jada then finds a syringe under the table. Susan argues that she knew someone injected EJ before dragging him away. Jada says she will bring it to the lab so they will know more. Jada adds that she’s more inclined to believe Susan now and promises to be in touch as she exits. Gwen tells Susan that she got what she wanted as the police are now on the hunt for EJ. Susan says that’s no thanks to Gwen as she feels like Gwen was trying to stop the cops from snooping around here. Gwen calls that absurd. Susan accuses her of hiding something and warns that if she finds out she had anything to do with EJ, she’ll have to answer to her and EJ won’t be the only one to vanish without trace.
EJ asks if Chad wants to keep throwing baseless accusations at him or if they should focus on getting out. Theo comes back and asks if everything is alright. EJ questions his nap. Theo says it’s hard to nap while they are going at it. Chad apologizes for waking him up. Theo says he’s glad they did because he noticed Kristen talking in her sleep and he felt her forehead, so she’s burning up with a bad fever. Theo questions what they can do about that while trapped here.
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