A Crow Black Dream

Note: I do not own the characters, songs or the Crow. I own the ideas, I began this once before but I hated it and now I'm re-writing it.

Part One: Prologue

(Don't Fear) The Reaper

She left the doctors office, trembling, unsure of what to do. She placed her hand on her stomach, feeling a surge from the life that grew within her. To tell or not to tell, that is the question, she mused with a smile. She climbed into the car and heard her phone ring; she picked it up and smiled at the name sealing her decision to tell.

"Hey babe, where are you?" came the voice of her beloved.

"I'm just starting my way over, what's up?" she asked, closing her car door and locking it.

"Could you swing by the store and get some popcorn? Its movie night and tragically there is no popcorn." She said, smiling to herself.

"Ok, I'll get popcorn. When I get back I have good news for you." She said, smiling to herself.

"Cool, well hurry up." He insisted, she laughed again joyfully.

"Ok, I will. Love you." She said tenderly, meaning every word.

"Love you too." He replied just as tenderly, then they said their good byes and hung up. She turned on the radio and drove into town, where it was raining. Oh goody she thought, though nothing could ruin her good mood. She parked her car and hurried to the front door of the super market, just as she was about to enter two hands grabbed her and began to drag her away. She began to struggle when a low voice hissed in her ear.

"If you fight, we'll kill you and your child." She immediately stopped and was dragged over to a waiting van. She was thrown in roughly, landing hard on the carpeted floor.

"Who in the hell are you and what do you want?" she asked, looking to the two men and one woman. The woman who was driving didn't reply, neither did the in the passenger seat with the gun aimed at her but the man who was tying her arms and legs replied to her angry question as he began to tie a gag to her mouth.

"Our boss wants to see you." It had been the same man who dragged her away from the store.

"Shut it Gats!" the man with the gun said, changing his aim to the man called Gats.

"Bite me Bullet." Gats threw back. Oh dear God, it's like being kidnapped by the three gun-toting stooges! If her name has anything to do with guns, I'll probably laugh. She mused, trying to ease her panic. Soon she was blindfolded and dragged from the van by her hair. She knew if she cried out it would make it worse, so in silent fear and rage she allowed herself to be dragged to an unknown place. She was still gagged and blindfolded when she felt them lift her and hang her upside down by her bound ankles. Her blindfold was removed and a darkened warehouse was her view, the smell of rain, gasoline, and mold hit assaulted her senses. A man she didn't recognize was standing in her view. Let me guess, boss man she thought. The man smiled at her, it was a dark smile that made her want to shudder.

"How nice of you to join me, I've been waiting for you. Now, now, where's your manners, speak when spoken to." He snapped, smacking her across the face. "I'm not one to make big speeches so I'll tell you want I want from you child. I need your blood, I've been watching you and I know you blood is the key to power and I will have it." He said, pulling out a sacrificial dagger. Running it from a ½ inch from her hairline in straight thin line to her cheekbone, then tracing her lips, slashing a thin line from the corner of her mouth to mid cheek on both sides. She could feel the blood flowing on her face, and then felt the blade slit her throat and all the blood within her body began to rush out and collect in a bowl that was on the ground under her body. She began to cry, knowing that she and her child were in danger, her tears mixing with her crimson blood. No, please God; don't let this happen, I cannot lose my child. Please God, grant me the will to fight she prayed but realized she was in fact, going to die. The sun began to set, she felt the rays on her face she remembered what day it was. The Day Of The Dead, she realized and saw a crow land on a crate nearby, its dark eyes gazed into her eyes until she took her final breath and saw no more.