Hotel Chrysalis
Fanfic by: NekoSama (aka Chris)
Email: nekosama@i...
Catagory: Angst/Parody
Rating: PG
Summary: Ficette:A Darien dream sequence with the lyrics of the Hotel
California by the Eagles
Standard disclaimer: The Invisible Man and all the characters are not
mine and are used without permission. I am not getting paid for this.



--On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of
colitas, rising up through the air. Up ahead in the distance, I saw a
shimmering light, my head grew heavy and my sight grew dim. I had to
stop for the night. There she stood in the doorway. I heard the
mission bell.--

"My God... It's Allianora, Alive!" he ran up to her.

--And I was thinking to myself, `This could be heaven and this could
be hell.'--

He wasn't sure if she was even real until he touched her sleeve. She
just smiled and nodded at him.

--Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way. There were
voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say, `Welcome to the
Hotel Chrysalis...such a lovely place... such a lovely face...Ready a
room at the Hotel Chrysalis... anytime of year, you can find her
here.'--

He followed her down the hallway, and into one of the rooms taking
her into his arms and kissing her tenderly. Next thing he knew it was
morning.

--Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends. She's got
a lot of pretty, pretty, boys that she calls friends. How they dance
in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember, some
dance to forget.--

He grew jealous seeing her dance with the young men from Chrysalis,
and he wanted to stop her and bring her back up to his room.
Something in her eyes told him not to, though, and so he only
watched, longing to hold her again.

--So I called up the captain, `Please bring me my wine.' He said, `We
haven't had that spirit here since 1969.'--

Darien was shocked hearing Stark's voice on the other end of the
phone, maybe the alcohol would not be such a good idea after all.

--And still those voices are calling from far away. Wake you up in
the middle of the night, just to hear them say, `Welcome to the Hotel
Chrysalis...such a lovely place... such a lovely face...They're livin
it up at the Hotel Chrysalis... what a nice surprise, bring your
alibis.'--

Darien had to laugh at that, remembering all the times he had to come
up with an alibi for one reason or another.

--Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice. And she
said, 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device.' --

He recalled how Allianora had told him about her `gift' that
Chrysalis had given her before she even knew that there were strings
attached. Much like him and his quicksilver gland.

--And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast, they
stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast.--

No matter what he'd done Chrysalis always seemed to slip away at the
last moment.

--Last thing I remember, I was running for the door. I had to find
the passage back to the place I was before.--

He needed to escape from here and get back to his life. It wasn't the
best life in the world, but anything would be preferable than being
trapped here.

--'Relax,' said the night man, `We are programmed to receive. You can
checkout any time you like, but you can never leave.'--

Darien shot up in bed his forehead dripping with sweat. He was glad
to be at home safe in his bed, except he was a little troubled now
having seen Allianora in his dreams this time. He ran his fingers
through his hair an something on his nightstand caught his attention.
There was a gold double-helix pin lying there, and a note beside it.
With one word.

--Soon.--

"Aw crap!"

The end

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