Part 6
Erin looked at her car clock as she pulled into a spot across the street from Inferno, 11:45. The
club was brightly lit in red, orange, yellow, purple, and dark blue neon. She turned off the
engine and got out of the Explorer, she stood looking at the club and hearing the music and
people inside almost made her turn around and go home, but she resisted and made her way
across the street to the line outside the club. She stood there noticing that she didn't stand out
against the crowd, and she noticed that the line was moving pretty fast because most of the
people were being sent away. When she got up to the Bouncer she immediately recognized him
as her former lab partner who had to take the class to graduate.
"Name?" the very muscular black man asked looking at his list.
"Erin."
"Is that what it's under?" He continued looking at the list.
"Maybe Solar." she grimaced a little saying that. The bouncer looked up at her and immediately
recognized her.
"Erin!" he said throwing his arms around her.
"Hi Sammy." she said hugging him back, "Your looking good she said noticing his tight shirt
which displayed him very well.
"You know, I have to keep in shape for the ladies."
"Yeah, of course."
"Hold up here you are." he said marking her off the list, "Go on in."
"Thanks Sammy, bye." she waved back at him as she entered the solid black doors.
Stephen, who was further down the street with Dave, saw Erin go in and the two immediately
got in line. They both wore blue jeans, Stephen with a dark blue shirt and dark blue jacket, Dave
with only a shinny green shirt. After giving Sammy the names of Lightning and Dave they
entered the black doors to the club. Inside was again lit by red and orange neon flames.
"I think I see why Jason chose this place." Dave said above the music.
"Do you see Erin anywhere?" Stephen went on ignoring him.
"No, but I see your rival." Dave joked pointing to Jason in the corner of the bar. Stephen shot
him an evil glance, but in reality he had been thinking about Erin ever since she showed them
her pen. He didn't want anything to happen to her, not now, not ever.
"Okay let's keep looking for Erin though." Stephen changed the subject and continued looking
for her. Dave noticed her at the front of the room listening to the band and pointed her out to
Stephen. The two of them watched her blue and auburn streaks intertwine with golden hair as
she moved to the music. Stephen watched her without hearing the music, he watched the way
her body moved, how her dress wrapped itself around her, how her hair bounced and moved with
the rest of her, until she stopped and he was drawn back into the real world where the band had
stopped and Dave was noticing the way Stephen looked at Erin.
"What?!" Stephen asked trying to look confused.
"You like her." Dave called him out.
"I do not." Stephen tried to make his way to the bar.
"Yes you do. I saw the way you were looking at her." Dave continued behind him. The two sat
down facing the dance floor.
"I don't know, maybe." Stephen started looking at Erin who had consumed herself in the
atmosphere of the club and for once wasn't an outcast.
"It's just that... I don't know." Stephen tried to explain.
"Solar." Dave pointed out.
"Yeah, I mean we work great together, and I've never wanted to let her go, and I've looked into
her eyes, and I've known her for so long, and she use to be one of my friends even though I don't
think she knew it. We use to pick on her, but when we were alone..." he stopped himself
realizing that he was talking about Erin instead of Solar. Dave was looking at him with an I told
you so look on his face that suddenly went away when he looked over Stephen's shoulder.
Stephen noticed the change and looked behind him to see Erin coming to the bar oblivious to the
presence of them and Jason. Stephen also noticed Jason heading toward Erin, like a lion hunt's
it's prey. Dave made a move toward Erin but was quickly stopped by Stephen standing up in
front of him, Stephen quickly made his way through the hordes of people to reach the point right
beside Erin a moment before Jason.
"Coke please." Stephen blurted out to the bartender without thinking. Erin looked at him
standing beside her and almost collapsed.
"What are you doing here?" she asked irritated, but before he could respond an orange rose with
silver edges was in front of her, it almost shined in the darkness away from the neon and moving
people.
"I didn't know if you would come." A low voice behind her said. At the remembrance of the
story Erin couldn't help but look at Stephen and was surprised when she saw he was angry and
directing it at the owner of the voice. She took the rose from the hand that placed it in front of
her and turned around to see Jason looking at her with such a longing in his eyes.
"It's so good to see you again." Jason said moving a blue piece of hair out of her face and
placing it behind her ear, and any one who was watching could see it was with a lover's touch.
At he realization of this Erin blushed and Stephen became even madder.
"What do you want?" Dave asked coming up behind Stephen, when he saw that even if Stephen
could talk through his anger what came out wouldn't be nice. Erin turned back to see Dave
standing beside Stephen, who had crushed the can in his hand and it looked like blood was
dripping from his hand. Erin noticed the blood and dropped the rose to take Stephen's hand, to
everyone's surprise especially Stephen's. She quickly took him to the unisex bathroom and
began to clean his hand under the faucet until all the blood had been washed away. Stephen just
watched with amazement as her hands held his with such love and dedication.
"Just a small cut, but it was near a vein." she let go of his hand and dried it with the brown paper
towels, "To clot the blood. I don't know why but it works." She explained as she tore at the
bottom seam of her dress and began tearing around the dress to tear off a piece of fabric. She
took off the paper towels and since the blood had stopped she tied the fabric around his hand.
"It'll be okay, but it should be properly cleaned." she said looking up at him again, feeling like
she should apologize for even being here.
"Um... thanks." he said looking into her eyes, knowing that he couldn't let her go. He just
couldn't reach out though.
Jason picked up the rose Erin had dropped on the floor.
"Does she really still love him?" he questioned to no one general.
"Beat's me, I've only know them for two years and I'm still confused." Dave answered. Jason
looked at him and a sudden spark hit him.
"Your Earth!" Jason said to Dave, kind of shocked he hadn't know it before.
"Just a little louder, I don't think the band heard you. You would be?" Dave asked.
"Night, pleased to make your formal acquaintance." He held out his hand which Dave shook.
"What did you mean by she still love's him?" Dave asked sitting down. Jason looked at him
confused.
"You mean you don't know?" Jason asked sitting down beside him.
"Know what?"
"About the past."
"Ugh. I'm terrible at history." Dave groaned out.
"No, your past. The past of the warriors, the Great War." Jason looked at him questioning,
"Have you not been told who you are?"
Dave shook his head, "Erin's never actually got around to sharing that with us." Dave gestured
to the direction of the bathroom seeing Erin and Stephen come out with a noticeable tension
between the two.
"You have to be kidding me." Dave said at the realization that they didn't solve anything. Jason
approached Erin, which made Stephen come closer to her, which made Dave roll his eyes at the
whole thing.
"I want to apologize," Jason started, "I should have realized that your not Solar, at least not the
one Night knew." Erin smiled at the compliment but was interrupted from saying anything by
the onslaught from Stephen.
"So who are you and why did you want us here?" he demanded as Dave fell on the floor as he
tried getting off the stool.
"It wouldn't be complete without me." Jason said somewhat defiantly to Stephen. Before
Stephen could respond Erin touched the locket around Jason's neck as he pulled her own from
it's hidden position from under her neckline.
"How do you two have the same locket?" Stephen demanded hurt by the fact that the only thing
he ever gave Erin was a hard time and a few bruises.
"You know what they don't, don't you?" Jason asked Erin, ignoring Stephen. She nodded still
cradling his locket in her hand.
"You received this for a purpose, as I did mine." She stated.
"We should move this somewhere else." Dave said, feeling like things were about to get intense.
He started moving Stephen out the door, knowing he wouldn't move himself.
"My house is empty." Erin told Dave when they got outside. He helped Stephen down the
sidewalk to the truck and Erin told Jason to follow her in his car before she crossed the street.
Erin looked at her car clock as she pulled into a spot across the street from Inferno, 11:45. The
club was brightly lit in red, orange, yellow, purple, and dark blue neon. She turned off the
engine and got out of the Explorer, she stood looking at the club and hearing the music and
people inside almost made her turn around and go home, but she resisted and made her way
across the street to the line outside the club. She stood there noticing that she didn't stand out
against the crowd, and she noticed that the line was moving pretty fast because most of the
people were being sent away. When she got up to the Bouncer she immediately recognized him
as her former lab partner who had to take the class to graduate.
"Name?" the very muscular black man asked looking at his list.
"Erin."
"Is that what it's under?" He continued looking at the list.
"Maybe Solar." she grimaced a little saying that. The bouncer looked up at her and immediately
recognized her.
"Erin!" he said throwing his arms around her.
"Hi Sammy." she said hugging him back, "Your looking good she said noticing his tight shirt
which displayed him very well.
"You know, I have to keep in shape for the ladies."
"Yeah, of course."
"Hold up here you are." he said marking her off the list, "Go on in."
"Thanks Sammy, bye." she waved back at him as she entered the solid black doors.
Stephen, who was further down the street with Dave, saw Erin go in and the two immediately
got in line. They both wore blue jeans, Stephen with a dark blue shirt and dark blue jacket, Dave
with only a shinny green shirt. After giving Sammy the names of Lightning and Dave they
entered the black doors to the club. Inside was again lit by red and orange neon flames.
"I think I see why Jason chose this place." Dave said above the music.
"Do you see Erin anywhere?" Stephen went on ignoring him.
"No, but I see your rival." Dave joked pointing to Jason in the corner of the bar. Stephen shot
him an evil glance, but in reality he had been thinking about Erin ever since she showed them
her pen. He didn't want anything to happen to her, not now, not ever.
"Okay let's keep looking for Erin though." Stephen changed the subject and continued looking
for her. Dave noticed her at the front of the room listening to the band and pointed her out to
Stephen. The two of them watched her blue and auburn streaks intertwine with golden hair as
she moved to the music. Stephen watched her without hearing the music, he watched the way
her body moved, how her dress wrapped itself around her, how her hair bounced and moved with
the rest of her, until she stopped and he was drawn back into the real world where the band had
stopped and Dave was noticing the way Stephen looked at Erin.
"What?!" Stephen asked trying to look confused.
"You like her." Dave called him out.
"I do not." Stephen tried to make his way to the bar.
"Yes you do. I saw the way you were looking at her." Dave continued behind him. The two sat
down facing the dance floor.
"I don't know, maybe." Stephen started looking at Erin who had consumed herself in the
atmosphere of the club and for once wasn't an outcast.
"It's just that... I don't know." Stephen tried to explain.
"Solar." Dave pointed out.
"Yeah, I mean we work great together, and I've never wanted to let her go, and I've looked into
her eyes, and I've known her for so long, and she use to be one of my friends even though I don't
think she knew it. We use to pick on her, but when we were alone..." he stopped himself
realizing that he was talking about Erin instead of Solar. Dave was looking at him with an I told
you so look on his face that suddenly went away when he looked over Stephen's shoulder.
Stephen noticed the change and looked behind him to see Erin coming to the bar oblivious to the
presence of them and Jason. Stephen also noticed Jason heading toward Erin, like a lion hunt's
it's prey. Dave made a move toward Erin but was quickly stopped by Stephen standing up in
front of him, Stephen quickly made his way through the hordes of people to reach the point right
beside Erin a moment before Jason.
"Coke please." Stephen blurted out to the bartender without thinking. Erin looked at him
standing beside her and almost collapsed.
"What are you doing here?" she asked irritated, but before he could respond an orange rose with
silver edges was in front of her, it almost shined in the darkness away from the neon and moving
people.
"I didn't know if you would come." A low voice behind her said. At the remembrance of the
story Erin couldn't help but look at Stephen and was surprised when she saw he was angry and
directing it at the owner of the voice. She took the rose from the hand that placed it in front of
her and turned around to see Jason looking at her with such a longing in his eyes.
"It's so good to see you again." Jason said moving a blue piece of hair out of her face and
placing it behind her ear, and any one who was watching could see it was with a lover's touch.
At he realization of this Erin blushed and Stephen became even madder.
"What do you want?" Dave asked coming up behind Stephen, when he saw that even if Stephen
could talk through his anger what came out wouldn't be nice. Erin turned back to see Dave
standing beside Stephen, who had crushed the can in his hand and it looked like blood was
dripping from his hand. Erin noticed the blood and dropped the rose to take Stephen's hand, to
everyone's surprise especially Stephen's. She quickly took him to the unisex bathroom and
began to clean his hand under the faucet until all the blood had been washed away. Stephen just
watched with amazement as her hands held his with such love and dedication.
"Just a small cut, but it was near a vein." she let go of his hand and dried it with the brown paper
towels, "To clot the blood. I don't know why but it works." She explained as she tore at the
bottom seam of her dress and began tearing around the dress to tear off a piece of fabric. She
took off the paper towels and since the blood had stopped she tied the fabric around his hand.
"It'll be okay, but it should be properly cleaned." she said looking up at him again, feeling like
she should apologize for even being here.
"Um... thanks." he said looking into her eyes, knowing that he couldn't let her go. He just
couldn't reach out though.
Jason picked up the rose Erin had dropped on the floor.
"Does she really still love him?" he questioned to no one general.
"Beat's me, I've only know them for two years and I'm still confused." Dave answered. Jason
looked at him and a sudden spark hit him.
"Your Earth!" Jason said to Dave, kind of shocked he hadn't know it before.
"Just a little louder, I don't think the band heard you. You would be?" Dave asked.
"Night, pleased to make your formal acquaintance." He held out his hand which Dave shook.
"What did you mean by she still love's him?" Dave asked sitting down. Jason looked at him
confused.
"You mean you don't know?" Jason asked sitting down beside him.
"Know what?"
"About the past."
"Ugh. I'm terrible at history." Dave groaned out.
"No, your past. The past of the warriors, the Great War." Jason looked at him questioning,
"Have you not been told who you are?"
Dave shook his head, "Erin's never actually got around to sharing that with us." Dave gestured
to the direction of the bathroom seeing Erin and Stephen come out with a noticeable tension
between the two.
"You have to be kidding me." Dave said at the realization that they didn't solve anything. Jason
approached Erin, which made Stephen come closer to her, which made Dave roll his eyes at the
whole thing.
"I want to apologize," Jason started, "I should have realized that your not Solar, at least not the
one Night knew." Erin smiled at the compliment but was interrupted from saying anything by
the onslaught from Stephen.
"So who are you and why did you want us here?" he demanded as Dave fell on the floor as he
tried getting off the stool.
"It wouldn't be complete without me." Jason said somewhat defiantly to Stephen. Before
Stephen could respond Erin touched the locket around Jason's neck as he pulled her own from
it's hidden position from under her neckline.
"How do you two have the same locket?" Stephen demanded hurt by the fact that the only thing
he ever gave Erin was a hard time and a few bruises.
"You know what they don't, don't you?" Jason asked Erin, ignoring Stephen. She nodded still
cradling his locket in her hand.
"You received this for a purpose, as I did mine." She stated.
"We should move this somewhere else." Dave said, feeling like things were about to get intense.
He started moving Stephen out the door, knowing he wouldn't move himself.
"My house is empty." Erin told Dave when they got outside. He helped Stephen down the
sidewalk to the truck and Erin told Jason to follow her in his car before she crossed the street.