Kristen DiMera, Tony DiMera, Stefano DiMera, Celeste Perrault, Marlena Evans, John Black, Billie Reed,Gina/Hope Brady, Bo Brady, Peter Blake, Jennifer Horton, Roman Brady
The Story
In late February, Tony made Stefano leave Salem, so he traveled to Maison Blanche. From there, he sent John puzzle pieces. There were a total of 3 puzzle pieces, which together formed a picture of a window and a column. John knew that Stefano was taunting him, and tried to find out more about the house in the picture.
Meanwhile, Kristen was
filing Stefano's state for probate when she came upon a
picture of one of his houses, Maison Blanche, located in New
Orleans. She was captured by a drawing of the southern
plantation, and decided she didn't want to give it up. She
was fascinated by it and planned to go there, unaware that
Stefano was alive and hiding there. After more research, she
found that the house held A LOT of history dating back to
the civil war. It was even in a history book. She also
learned that there was a legend that the house had once
existed somewhere else, and it had disappeared. Intrigued,
she decided to go there.
Meanwhile, John asked Marlena to put him under hypnosis, thinking that the house was connected to his past. He only remembered the name Maison Blanche. But Roman then remembered having been kept in a Southern mansion before being taken to San Cristobal. He said that he'd once escaped and seen a sign saying "Tolly Import-Export Industries". John tracked this company to New Orleans, and went to investigate.
When Kristen arrived at Maison Blanche, she was met by Celeste. Celeste was a former lover of Stefano's and still harboured feelings for him. To keep Kristen from finding Stefano, Celeste drugged Kristen's sherry and Kristen passed out.
When John got there, he found Kristen laying on the floor unconscious. He also found a diary, written in code, detailing his own past. He went to seek help from Celeste, but couldn't find her. When he came back to the room Kristen was in, he found Stefano standing above her. At that moment, Celeste came and hit him over the head with a blunt object. When John woke up, he was in the basement dungeon. His cell had a television monitor, and Stefano was there laughing, telling him that he was going to brainwash him once again.
Kristen woke up the next day, and while she was suspicious, Celeste convinced her that it was the jet lag. She then met with a charity association and decided to donate the house to a New Orleans Historical Society, and planned to organize a cotillion celebrating this. While investigating his cell, John found an old inscription on a wooden post. It read "Johnny Black -- 1985" John realised that Maison Blanche was where Stefano had originally brainwashed him many years earlier. He then discovered a window in the cell.
Stefano had Tony come to Maison Blanche to take Kristen back to Salem. When Tony arrived, Stefano tortured John by making him watch Tony and Kristen make love. John saw Kristen & Tony walking in the garden and called out to them, but they couldn't hear. He managed to escape from his cell, but by the time he got to the garden, Kristen and Tony had driven off. Then a pack of fierce dogs chased him. John got away from the dogs by going back into the house. In there, he was lucky to find a gun just lying around, and then succeeded in capturing Stefano.
John didn't know that Stefano lured Marlena to Maison Blanche by playing a tape of John's voice asking for help. So she packed her bags, told Carrie where she was going, and went to New Orleans. Marlena arrived in New Orleans as Tony and Kristen left, narrowly missing each other at the airport. Tony and Kristen returned to Salem both unaware that John was a prisoner there.
Stefano told him that he'd best let him go because Marlena was in his possession. John didn't believe him, so Stefano turned on a television monitor. On it, John was horrified to see Marlena unconscious, tied to a chair in the living room. So John gave up the gun and was sent back to the dungeon.
Upon arriving at her hotel, Marlena met Celeste. Celeste pretended that she had befriended John and told Marlena that he'd been in a car accident. Upset, Marlena rushed to the phone to tell her family. Before she could make that call, Celeste chloroformed her.
Stefano then took Marlena as his prisoner also. Stefano asked Marlena to help him by encouraging John not to fight the brainwashing. Naturally Marlena refused which angered Stefano. When Stefano allowed John and Marlena to see each other, John told Marlena to save herself and not try to help him. Marlena refused and tried to stop Stefano drugging John.
Meanwhile, Roman asked Carrie where Marlena was because he wanted to talk to her (he'd been thinking about a reconciliation). Carrie told him that she'd gone to New Orleans to see John, and Roman wrongly assumed that the two of them had planned a sexual tryst. This ruined ANY chances of reconciliation for the two. Roman soon buried himself in work, and became dedicated to busting Peter for dealing drugs at his nightclub.
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Also in Salem, Kristen invites her best friends Billie and Jennifer, and Bo, Peter, and Tony to come a chari |