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Children of Collinwood Chronicles
Part 2
Shadows Into The Looking Glass
Vicki felt the transition and was suddenly aware she was no longer in her body. The mirror showed her image and it was her body but it was not her body. She was a lot younger and those extra five pounds were nowhere to be seen. Reaching fingertips forward she furrowed her brow touching the image in the mirror before her.
What had happened? The last she remembered was she had touched Jeanette. Had Logan tried to prevent her from helping her baby? Her baby was in pain and seizing and she had to do something. It was a multitude of screams of "Don't, No, and Not Yet!"
That had gone over her head and brought her to where? She did not know this place. She was not in Vlad's castle she would have know the castle like the back of her hand. This was different and had a different feel. She was out of her element totally.
Moving to the balcony she cocked her head and peered around at her surroundings. This was not the lab, or like any place she had known. This was someone else's life and she was in another person's body.
That person did look like her. Hearing the door open behind her she turned to peer at a man that looked like someone she should know. She was not sure whom he was but waited, her best tactic would be to listen and try to figure out what was going on. The man appeared to think he knew her so she would play along until she figured out what was going on and then make her plans carefully.
She could not contain her concerns for her daughters who had both suffered from this new element of their job. It was the same element that had now appeared to catch her in its existence and was obviously testing her resolved.
'Breathe Victoria, take a deep breath and watch and listen,' she thought while she waited telling herself that perhaps something was going to be revealed by this self empowered man that now paraded before her.
She looked at him impassively doing his peacock dance and found him boring but somewhat amusing. "Now my dear do you like your room?" Vicki looked around and shrugged, "Its ok as far as rooms go. I have seen much grander accommodations by a Prince that had obviously a bigger principality than you."
Nicolai snapped his head back as if she had physically struck him. "Oh and whom might that be." His superior tones were boring her and she wondered who he was trying to impress her or him self?
"Well to begin with, um what did you say your name was?"
He was struck by such a change in attitude. "I am King Romanov and you are Queen Josephine my wife."
Vicki held up her hand and the look she portrayed was a one of minor disbelief and sarcastic humor. "Well let me see, I am not Josephine Romanov, I am Vicki Collins, an I am married to Barnabas Collins. As for the home that held more opulence than these surroundings was Vlad Tepes, of Romania. He was not as pretentious as you, but he was impressive with his ability to lord his power and exert his presence over me. Much to his detriment I might add."
Vicki moved to the bed and looked at it, punched it with her palms and then found it was comfortable enough and sat on its edge. "Oh do go on I think you were about to threaten me with something rather nasty and dire should I not blaa, blaa, blaa, whatever threat you have. " He looked at her in shocked silence.
"You are not Victoria Winters Collins! Madam who are you and what have you done with Victoria Winters Collins?"
He was puffing up his chest and looked like he was about to explode. "My dear sir, I most certainly am Victoria Winters Collins. I have been Victoria Winters Collins for nearly thirty years."
The self proclaim ruler was beginning to huff and puff and she knew he was about to explode from apoplexy, "Oh do quit doing that, you are going to hyperventilate and I am not going to pick your jelly butt off the floor."
She stood and moved to the window and looked out to the gardens below. "And Vlad had much nicer gardens." Nicolai was beginning to find his temper reaching its limits.
"What have you done with Vicki? I want my Vicki back."
Vicki turned and laughed. "Your Vicki? I thought you said she was some lady named Josephine. Obviously you must be suffering some kind of god delusions and need to seek counseling dear boy, you are loosing it!"
Nicoli was about to explode he even began his stuttering "But , but, but, this is preposterous. I demand you bring Vicki back now!"
Vicki cocked her head and smiled at his flustered mutterings. "Why so you can bully her? I must say I am glad I am me because I don't like bullies and do you know what else? I don't like you or your attitude!"
She turned and moved past him. "I am hungry where is the kitchen." He watched her move past him with a flourish and stood watching her leave. "The very idea Tepes is a bounder and a poor excuse for a vampire and lives in a run down castle. Just who is this woman?"
He turned and followed her out the door and watched her head for the stairs. "You, where is the kitchen!" She commanded one of his servants and followed them to the kitchen.
"Something is not right, she was so sweet and pliable. What happened, that woman is not the woman I had brought here from Martinique and there is no way she has been married to Barnabas Collins for almost 30 years, they were married barely a month ago. There is some shenanigans afoot and I will find out what is going on."
He with what might be thought his tail tucked between his legs moved down the hallway and headed to the kitchen. "Well maybe she needs to feel my wrath and perhaps she would not be so flippant."
He needed to calm his self before he faced her again and decided to go to the dungeon and play in his black arts room. Perhaps Diablos could advise him of what was going on and give him the answers he wanted.
Vicki finished her light snack of fresh fruit and stood. "How do I get to the garden?"
The maid curtsied and nodded to the rear door, Vicki smiled her appreciation told her she had done a wonderful repast for her and complimented how pretty her eyes were. This immediately made her a hit with the kitchen staff. She wandered out to the garden and noticed the floral beds were very nice and sighed moving to the bench under a grove of cypress trees she seated her self.
"Ok, now if I have the white power with the help of Michael in my realty. I wonder what deity here affords such powers and if they would help me?" Closing her eyes she began to chant softly, "Those that thrive for the truth and justice of what is right and not might, please appear to me."
She waited and sighed, perhaps here in this reality, they did not have white magic to counter the black arts. She closed her eyes and sent her plea again, "For those here that thrive for the truth and justice of what is right and not might, please help this white powered witch out of her realm and element."
From behind she felt the air grow tense with static and the hair on her arm rise and she smiled stood and bowed her head to the presence that was appearing before her. A young lad with golden hair and blue eyes wearing armor that shone with the brilliance of the sun hovered before her.
"Welcome white powered one, I am Gabriel the giver of gifts and the seeker of justice and truth."
Vicki curtsied, "I am honored, you are very much like the one that guides me in my realm or realty."
He nodded, "His name is Michael he is for you there what I am here."
Vicki smiled and feeling very gratified that he would grace her with his presence. "I am unfortunately trapped here in another's body, and hope that there are efforts being made to get me home to where I belong and the Vicki of this reality back to her body."
He drifted over and stood on the ground. "You are strong in your gifts so you must have been practicing them for a while."
Vicki nodded, for me a long time would be over 30 years for you that is a drop in the bucket."
He studied her and looked impressed, "In your reality you were given a great gift of the guardian's light, here without my help you will not have that protection."
Vicki smiled, "I do not plan to use it here unless I am threatened and there is a real need for it to be used. That is why I ask for a special dispensation for the gifts that were bestowed on me in my reality that if you find me worthy to grant me those powers here. Is there any plans to bring this Vicki here into the fold of the white empowered witches?"
Gabriel smiled studying her while he leaned against the stone bench. "She would have been empowered had this problem not arisen. She, like you has great potential."
Vicki nodded, "I had hope that would be the case in this realty. It appears she like I was attracting dark powers that would threaten her family and those she loves. I only ask for the assistance until I can be returned to my reality."
Gabriel thought a moment. "I will grant your request while you are here Victoria Collins, if you at anytime abuse those powers then I will have to take you before the council of white powers to decide if you should be stripped of your powers here".
Vicki curtsied, folding her hands neatly in front of her and bowed her head. "I understand I have yet to abuse those powers in my reality I doubt I would do so here."
Gabriel moved and laid his hand to her head and Vicki could feel the empowerment of his touch granting her the power to practice her craft in this reality. After giving her the powers she requested, he lifted her chin and peered into her eyes and kissed her forehead. "I grant you the right to carry the guardian's light within you. Use it wisely."
He stepped back and disappeared. Turning she felt a little more secure and then paused, "Sprits of the Elements, do you come to the call of the white powers?"
Four male apparitions floated in and around her looking at her in curiosity. The male figure that had to be kindred to Sorcha floated to the ground and smiled, his eyes were as brilliant blue and his skin as tanned as Sorcha's "My lady Victoria, I am Archer. I am also the element that represents fire in this realty. We have been watching you. You have much grace."
She smiled and bowed to him, "I am honored Archer, in my reality your sister is Sorcha. She is sister to me and Aunt to my offspring."
He smiled and bow, "While here I shall be your brother and guide."
She watched as the male counter part to Aerith moved to her side and bowed, then taking her hand he spoke softly when he spoke the flowers and trees ruffled in excitement at his presence. "Shh my children, allow us to meet a sister that had been long awaited by us all. My dear Victoria I am your brother Byre I bring the beauty to the gardens and the green to the grass. I welcome you to our world."
He bowed and Vicki thought he was the counter to her sister, with his brown hair with a crown of leaves in his hair and his clothing of the muted shades of the earth and leaves that surrounded them.
Floating to the other side another form appeared and he was very much like Canice had and he settled next to her "I am Arius brother to you that touches the skin with the caress of a soft breeze, I bid you welcome."
He was so much like Canice she could not help but smile, then he came, the one so like her sister Earwayna, he bowed and drifted to her side, "I am Pio, the brother of the water and bid you welcome while you stay here I pledge to help you if you should need me."
Vicki noticed the male counter parts to the elementals in this reality were as fey and delicately handsome as the females were in her reality beautiful. "I must say you all remind me of my sisters, Aerith, Canice, Sorcha, and Earwayna, where they are incredibly beautiful you all are extremely handsome thank you for the warm welcome."
They all floated to stand before her and then knelt "We pledge our allegiance to our sister that is here to visit."
Vicki nodded to each of them. "I thank you for this great honor and cannot tell you what a relief it is to have some friendly faces to look upon. I fear the man that claims to be king here is kind of odious and I think he has dabbled in the dark arts."
Arius nodded, "In deed he has and he has been most cruel to a lot of the populace here. He had his dark master hold this country in suspension so that the time has not passed for many of those that live in the village it is as it was over 200 years ago which is sad. These people deserve a better leader with a kinder heart."
Vicki smiled, "Well perhaps while I am here we can change some things. Perhaps make him see the error of his ways."
All four men looked excitedly at the thought then looked down and sighed. "But that would abuse your powers just given."
Vicki shook her head. "No, my dear brothers, we will do it by acts of kindness. No need to use magic unless dark powers are being used against you."
They all agreed and then hearing the approach of another human they began to disappear one at a time.
Nicolai came around the pathway and stopped looking at her standing in the soft sunlight, the very air around her seemed to be drawn into the vision she made standing in the glow of the guardian's power.
He was struck by how the light affected her appearance to make her look more pure, more beautiful than he had thought. "My dear, perhaps we got off to a bad start. I would hope you would accept my deepest apologies."
Vicki folded her arms and looked at him. "Prince Nicolai, we got off to a bad start because you took me from my husband while I was on my honeymoon and you are trying to convince these poor people that I am your wife Josephine Cristobel or whatever her name was. I know that woman lived over 200 years ago and was the cousin to Josette duPres Collins. How that poor woman was unfortunate enough to marry you I have no idea. As long as you understand, I am not Josephine, I am Victoria Collins we will have no issues."
He had listened to her lecture and sighed then he studied her for a moment. "How can such a beautiful woman have such a mouth?"
Vicki folded her arms over her chest and watched the peacock as he was starting to gear up for his tirade. "You would do well to just keep your mouth shut and do as I tell you. I am sure you would not appreciate me making your husband pay for you're over active mouth."
Vicki leaned against the water fountain looked at him for a moment. "Fine, I will speak when spoken too, in public and I will attempt to be civil to you in public, I will even go so far as to grant you the leave to try and let these poor foolish people believe I am Josephine duPres, what I do not agree to is any private civil time, you have taken me by force from my honeymoon and you have now threatened me and my family."
"Nicolai Romanov you have no idea what you tempt by threatening me and those I love, I will if attacked protect myself. You do understand that I could squash you like a bug if I choose to do so? "
She turned and moved to stand in front of him and locked her gaze into his. "You are correct I am not that poor young woman that had the misfortune of being taken off her honeymoon to be brought here for your sick ruse you hope to pull off on your family. I am someone you have never had to deal with and pray you never do, my temper is far worse than anything you think you can do to me. Remember that well. Once I figure out how to get out of this realty I plan to make sure that the Victoria Collins in this realty knows as much as I do about the ways of the white powers."
Taking a deep breath she watched him while he studied her and knew he had just found he had bitten off more than he realized and then she spoke of the mythical white power sources, she did have a brilliant glow to her body and she did seem to have more confidence and she had spoken of another reality.
Until he could find a way to control her he would obviously wish to agree to her terms. "I agree." He spoke softly and she nodded, walked past him and said softly, "Wise choice, I make a very nasty bitch witch." She continued on down the path leaving Nicolai to wonder what had just happened.
Logan held Jeanette in his arms. "What the hell just happened?" Jeanette looked over at the totally bewildered woman that now had control of her mother's body and she looked around at the room then to those that occupied that room. "Mother?"
The Vicki of the alternate reality looked at the woman that had to be close to her age if not older and she was calling her mother. "Um no, who are you people?"
Jeanette muttered under her breath, "Shit," Looking to Cameron, "Cameron, light sedate!"
Cameron pulled Vicki to him muttering a soft chant he watched the woman they all knew as Vicki's eyelashes fluttered and she collapsed into Cameron's arms. "Put her in the chair. "
Jeanette moved out of the way and watched Cameron lay her in the chair. "Well we have a major frack up now. My mother's consciousness is in her body. Jeanette nodded to her mother lying unconscious in the chair. She sighed and continued to speak, "I fear that her consciousness is now in my mother's body. Now how do we handle this mess up?"
Logan sat back and looked from Jeanette to Vicki and sighed, "I am not sure how we can fix this one Nettie, looks like we need to figure it out as we go."
Cameron jerked Jeanette to his body, "Not until she is cleared by med lab, she has been under and seizing, Josette is in a chemically induced coma. They are giving her time to heal before they bring her out."
Jeanette turned to look at Cameron holding her and she found he was not that magnetic like she had previously thought. If anything she was getting damn down right resentful because he was holding onto her so tightly. He disappeared with her and then reappeared next to Logan.
"She is undergoing an exam now. Logan do not make me have to go to Damian to straighten this shit out. He will use it to his advantage."
Logan shook his head. "No we won't need Damian but we will need to try and figure out how we can transfer the consciousness of this woman from Vicki's body back to hers and we may have to have them together when we do it. I just want to make sure Nettie is fine before we attempt it."
Cameron sighed, "How long will the exam take?"
Logan shrugged, "Depends on what they find. It could be a few hours or it could be a couple of days."
Cameron picked up his earpiece and moved to the door. "I am going to Collinsport and check things out. We have Intel that a big event is about to break loose and I know that Lydia called Aden around an hour ago to tell him she needed someone to meet her at the Sheriff's Department. So, I will go check it out, you contact me once you know what needs to be done." He turned and stepped through the dimensional door leaving Logan with the Cadet.
Logan turned at the open-mouthed Cadet and spat out, "What are you looking at? Go write up your report and bring it back to me to sign off."
The kid looking wide eyed and shell shocked stepped back and started out the door. "Hey kid!" Logan called to him and he paused and turned to look back, "Good job."
The boy smiled and then rushed out of the room. Truth be told all the rumors that had gone on around the department about Logan had him scared crapless and he was really intimidated by him. Hearing him say good job made this night better than average.
Cameron appeared in Lydia's empty office with a subtle flash, he sat on the edge of her desk and played with the Newton's cradle on her desk. He found it interesting to hear the metallic balls snap, click, and snap, click back and forth while he watched he could hear her in the outer office.
"Right I need those results as soon as they come in Karen." She opened her door and stopped.
"Hello Cameron."
He glanced up from the cradle and smiled, "Hello Detective Patterson."
She walked into the room. "Aden said you have something you needed to pass along." She moved to her desk and sat down in the chair and cringed when it gave a resounding loud squeal. "You need a new chair." He observed.
She flopped down and sighed. "Yeah not in the budget." He slid off her desk. "So tell me what is going on?"
Lydia looked at the cradle for a moment and then she sighed, "Collinsport, Logansport and Belmont are experiencing a baby boom."
Cameron laughed, "Well it was a really cold winter."
"No Cameron, its young girls that are getting pregnant and they don't know how they got pregnant."
Cameron laughed, "They don't know that having sex will make a baby at the right time?"
Lydia was not sure how to get her point across. "No they know having sex will cause babies, but these girls are not remembering how they had or when they had sex. They are coming up pregnant. I also had reports of two of them giving birth to still born boys." The boys were put in the morgue and the baby boys are disappearing from the morgue."
That did catch his attention and he shifted his arm exposing his bracer and typed in a few words and waited for the computer to come back to him with its results. "Well it sounds like a demon that is called an Incubus, they impregnate the women they give birth, the birth is always a boy and still born. The Incubus collects the still born and they keep them in hell until the age of seven when the child begins to breath and act like a normal birth."
Lydia sat back and thought a moment. "So I guess I need to look for a Horney demon and by that I don't mean horns on the head but over sexed."
He nodded "They usually are very good looking and charming and they target young fertile women and get them into bed and have sex with them, once they start having sex, they begin to manipulate the ovaries to expel an egg and then they get the young woman pregnant. Once the act is over they don't remember anything about what happened."
Lydia frowned, "Then in essences they rape the women?"
Cameron nodded; he stood and moved to the bulletin board that held a map of the entire city and county. "How many women have you estimated he has pregnant?"
Lydia leaned forward and opened the desk drawer and pulled out a file. Opening the file she thumbed through the pages. "I have 12 reports for Belmont, 20 from Logansport and in Collinsport so far 10 reported assaults that have resulted in pregnancy."
Cameron held out his hand. "Give me your reports and I will look into it for you."