"Cain?!" Came the shriek from the hallway.
Cain pulled away from Riff. "Mary? Mary, what do you need?"
"Cain, help! Ah!" She cried.
Cain slid off the bed and Riff helped him dress as quickly as possible. The two ran to the far end of the hallway. A trail of blood on the white marble tile began. It turned left, the right, then left again, leading them to the great room.
"Mary!" Cain yelled. In the middle of the dark room, his sister was tied to a chair, with a gag and a some rope tying up her hands.
Riff couldn't help but steal a quick glance of Cain. How is it that even at a time like this, all I can think about is Cain? Is it really possible that this is even real? Dammit. I told you not to get your hopes up! Now you're going to snap back to reality, and this will all just be gone.
Mary shrieked as the dark, cloaked figure next to her pulled out a knife. She was sweating bullets as he slowly moved the knife towards her exposed throat. A crack of lightning exploded in the distance. The figure chuckled. "Goodbye, Mary Weather." Another bang of thunder. Except this time, it came from just inches away from Riff. His head spun to the left, to see Cain's arm outstretched, with a gun in his hand. He looked back at the man - who was now on the ground in a puddle of his own blood - wirthing in pain. There was a gaping hole was in the left side of his neck, plugged by a single silver bullet. He choked on the blood that poured from his mouth onto the large white tiles. And then, he melted. Just turned into puddled, then evaporated. A woman's dark laugh broke the awed silence.
"So, Cain, don't you just love how everyone is after your loved ones?" The woman said as she stepped into the moonlight. Cain gasped. "Surprised to see me, aren't you?"
"Lucille! Why? I thought that we were friends!"
"Yes, you wanted to be friends, But Cain, I want so much more than that. So I need Riff out of the picture for that." Lucille smiled to herslef.
"Well then what the hell does this have to do with Mary?!"
"A trap." Riff whispered.
"Exactly. I never intended to hurt your darling sister." She said, lunging forward in a feline way.
"Riff," Cain whispered as Lucille charged across the room, "Run." Lucille pounced onto Riff. An agonized scream filled the air.
TBC. . .
Okaaay, this one was really short, but I wanted to leave a cliffhanger!! (Hahah for you. XD, welp, at least I know people are actually reading this.)