No Turning Back

'We have your wife and daughter,' a man said over the phone to magician Max Starfire. Who sat alone in his dark dressing room in his theatre.

'Max! why so serious?' said Blake Fire doing a Joker impression seeing his worried face as he walked in the room. Blake was his partner in the magic act.

'Shut up, Blake this is serious! Go away!' Max snapped back,

'We can use him too,' the voice on the phone said, 'tell him to stay we will use him too,'.

'Blake please don't go! They need you!' Max said.

'Who needs me?' asked Blake.

'The people who say they have Astra and little Astry,' Max burst out.

'Have they any proof they have them?' asked Blake.

'Nothing but their word so far,' said Max,

'Put it on speaker phone I'll close the door,' Blake said.

Max turned on speaker phone and Blake closed the door.