***NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME AS THE SNEAK PREVIEW VENDETTA CLIP. IT HAS A FEW THINGS ADDED BUT ALSO GIVES GAME PLAYERS AND READERS SOME CLUES AS TO THE MCF'S PLAN AND POSSIBLE IDENTITY SO REUSING IT AS THE FIRST CLIP IS A GOOD IDEA TO START THINGS EASY. THE VENDETTA GAME IS UNDERWAY!!!***

The MCF is in a wooded area, talking to his/her associate via cell phone.

MCF (with voice changer): You understand your instructions, right?

Associate: Yes. Our prisoners are doing just fine at the moment.

MCF: Excellent. The time has come to put the big parts of the plan in motion. Everything up until now has been child's play. Blowing up Samantha Brady's apartment, shooting Roman Brady, giving out Bo Brady and Victor Kiriakis's whereabouts...no more of that.

Associate: Why did you do all that anyway if it accomplished very little?

MCF: Oh, it accomplished alot. I struck the fear of God into all of Salem and my enemies. They needed to feel my presence and now that they have, the game can begin.

Associate: So, that is why you had Alan Harris pull Samantha away before the bomb went off. You didn't want her to die.

MCF: Oh, but I did. Same goes for Roman, Bo, and Victor. If any of them died, it would've been a bonus. Sadly, none of them did but I am pleased in a way. My plans are now on a larger scale. No more thinking small. It's time to destroy my enemies all in one swoop. We must set the stage for what will be a grand event that will rock Salem to it's core. My enemies and all who associate with them won't know what hit them.

The MCF laughs as the scene shifts to Tony and Anna, still imprisoned in the cell that the MCF's associate is monitoring. Tony and Anna are now awake and are trying to look outside the cell to see what is going on.

Anna: Who do you think did this?

Tony: I don't know. I have been trying to figure it out for some time. Everyone around here wears masks. If I didn't know any better, I would think...

Anna: It was Stefano.

Tony: He wouldn't do this. This is someone else. Whoever they are, they have alot of minions. I just don't know why they want you.

Anna: Well, why do you think they want you?

Tony: Well, possibly because of who I am.

Anna: You think someone wants revenge on you or Stefano?

Tony: There is no telling. All I know is I have this feeling...this feeling that whoever is behind this isn't playing around. They mean business and somehow we play a big role in whatever he or she is planning.

Anna: I'm scared, Tony.

Tony takes Anna in his arms.

Tony: I know. We will find out what is going on. We will help each other through this.

The scene shifts to The Spectator where Jack, Billie, Greta, and Frankie are hard at work researching James McCluer in hopes of finding clues to his whereabouts.

Jack: I feel like McCluer is the key. We know he is in league with the cloaked one and we know he probably did this for his family.

Billie: And is probably in so deep now he can't get out.

Frankie: Either that or this cloaked person is manipulating him. I mean, he is probably distraught over his family's death and this the cloaked person may be using that to his or her advantage as a way of getting James to do what they want.

Greta: Are we sure that James didn't kill his family? I mean, do we know if he is as good as we think?

Jack: From what JJ and Angel told Billie and I...I don't see this man killing his family in a bloodbath. I think James is are only shot of tracking this cloaked one down. I mean, it's hard to pick up on his or her movements.

Billie: You know what they say...you can't stop what you can't catch. What about Marlena? This cloaked figure obviously hung her out to dry and we know she was involved with him or her.

Frankie: Yeah but Marlena is not in the state of mind to give us anything worthwhile right now. Besides, no one can visit her and she probably wouldn't give this person up anyway. She is probably hoping the cloaked one or someone that works for him or her will come for her.

Greta: Do we know for sure if Marlena set that fire at Chez Rouge?

Billie: It looks that way but she hasn't actually confessed. I think she did though. Abe got a call from someone with the same mechanized voice as the person that called him to tip him off to Victor and Bo's whereabouts tow months ago. It was probably the cloaked figure and he or she was probably ticked off at Marlena. Maybe he or she didn't want the fire set and Marlena acted against his or her orders. Whatever the case, it's pretty clear the cloaked figure turned her in for some reason.

Jack: Yeah...well, let's keep working. Hopefully, we can come up with something to find James. God knows if we don't stop this cloaked nutjob before he or she strike again...there is no telling what they will do next.

The scene then shifts back to the MCF. The MCF is in a warehouse district and enters a warehouse. He or she goes all the way to the back of the abandoned building to an office. The MCF opens the doors and turns on the lights. The MCF goes over to the desk and opens one of the drawers, revealing listening devices, bugs, and other spy gadgets. The MCF then gets up and opens a closet near to the desk, revealing a shrine featuring pictures of many Salemites.

The camera pans over all the pictures. We see pictures of Roman, Sami, Lucas, Will, Carrie, Austin, Eric, Nicole, Steve, Kayla, Bo, Victor, Caroline, Maggie, Marlena, Shane, Kimberly, Hope, Belle, Philip, Abe, Lexie, Stefano, Tony, Anna, Jack, Billie, Max, Abby, Cassie, Chelsea, Cal, Doug, and Julie. We then see in the center of all the pictures the word...

REVENGE.

The MCF points towards the pictures and laughs, saying:

MCF: Soon, dear friends. Revenge will be achieved. The game has begun...a game you all will, unfortunately, lose.

The MCF laughs sadistically as the screen fades out to...

Here is the list of VENDETTA Game Players so far:

Rick

Hoganstays

DH23

Tishy

Ryan Chandler

psychofan

daysfan

I have PM's out to some more people and new players are being accepted until Thursday, when the second clip will be posted. Please PM me by then and you will be added to the list. Thursday is the latest to join so spread the word and get more people involved. I know there are some out there still interested so get back to me please. The game is underway. ENJOY!!