Stevie Rae's child
Written by Thomas G. Arndt
It's a brave world out there
Chapter 8
Zoey
I could believe how easy it seemed for Sister Mary Mary-angelic, we had made the decision that Erik would go in with me, Stark would stay behind the wheel of the car, and Kramisha would keep and eye out for those things. We used Brother Hoverious's little car, I mean it wasn't exactly inconspicuous, but it was fast, and it was figured that was what we might need, well if one of those things showed up. Of course I wanted to use my bug, I mean it really hasn't gotten a work out as of later, and it is fast, except as everyone pointed out it's out and can be unreliable, I tried to point out that it was always there for me. But no one believed it would be there if we needed it, so it was deemed that we would take the mini Cooper, I mean It wasn't much larger then my cute little bug, well at least this would be simple. And I have to say Darius is way over protective, I mean the whole time he voted down my even going, Hoverious thought it strange that we included him in our vote, and why he kept bringing up the fact that I was their only High Priestess. Well I finally had to put my foot down, I explained that I was in this as much as anyone else, and if I didn't share in the danger I might as well not even be there, of course he made sure that Erik did all the talking, well I couldn't go against that. I mean the man was an actor, well up until he got marked as a tracker, his mentor was supposed to meet with him, and where he is is beyond us, we fear he might have gone to the House of Night, Darius has reassured us that a tracker will always find his replacement.
Erik is beside himself with pleasure, because the longer he takes to get to him, the later he has to go and start to finding kids and give them their death sentence as it were, he hates that his mark has been changed. I keep telling him it's the will of the goddess, some times I think he does this just to be close to me, and I hope I'm wrong, I mean Venus has been through hell, and if he's using her again then I'm going to use all my elements on him. Now we're here at the back door waiting for the sister's contact to show his face, surely he's coming from the inside, but I have to wonder what's taking him so long, and this loading dock is really spooky. I'm sure no one can see us, but that's the problem, the sister told us not to cover up our marks, it's his way to identify us, but even in the dark I feel as if we stick out like a sore thumb, and why he asked for five hundred dollars I have no idea. I'm just glad Aphrodite had time to run to the ATM, if it wasn't for her money I'm sure we wouldn't be able to do this, man what is taking him so long, I eased up to Erik and whispered, " We give him ten more minutes then we have to leave."
" Z I think we were a little early, we might want to give him thirty minutes."
" Ok we'll compromise and give him twenty minutes."
He got even quieter and asked, " Do you feel that we're being watched?"
" Yeah, but I thought it was just me being paranoid, what do you think?"
" I doesn't feel like it's evil, so lets just keep our eye's open."
" I agree with that, do you think I should call my elements?"
" It wouldn't hurt."
Ok, so I centered myself and called upon all of my elements, I started to look around to see if my eye sight could pick up on anything, then I saw a shadow that looked to dark, I tried to see if I could make out a figure. Then the back door opened up and a man asked, " Erik Night?"
Erik then replied, " Yeah, David Greyknight?"
" You got the money?"
" She does, we were just getting ready to leave."
" Ok, but I have three presents for you, but only if you have the money."
" We'll make the exchange so we both can see our product."
He then went back inside and came out with three coolers, the white Styrofoam kind, he then undid one and said, " You can check after I get my money."
I then walked over and dug around my purse and pulled out the money, then Erik searched all the containers, then I caught movement in the shadow, I then froze and moved my head in the direction of the movement. I knew Stark could feel my emotions, so he knew something was wrong, as we moved with the three coolers I could see that there was anyone with the car, so I knew Stark and Kramisha were dealing with whatever was over there. Then as planned we moved to the back of the car, Kramisha was back in the front seat in a moment, I then asked in a whisper, " What was over there?"
She whispered back, " We don't know Stark could smell them though, he's making a quick sweep, he thinks he heard a car, he said he'll be back soon."
Erik then asked in a whisper, " Do you want me to check on him?"
I smiled at him and whispered my replied, " Yes, but stay close just in case."
" Will do Z, hey Kramisha get the car started just in case."
" Will do Erik."
Erik just got out of the car when Stark showed up and said, " Get into the car, we have police and a whole lot of them, we got to get the hell out of here, I think they were watching us."
Then he jumped into the driver seat and said, " Hold on, I think we may have to use a little Mario Andrei this time."
He then threw it into gear and took off, then we were cut off by a police car, he did a fast move and went around him, now I was really happy that we took such a small car. He then shot to Erik, " Call Darius we might need help."
Erik pulled out his phone as three police cars got on our tail, I then did something that was unseemly, I sent the element of fire and heated up the front tire of one of the police cars tires, yes and it blew. Erik smile at me and said, " They shouldn't mess with a High Priestess."
Stark then said, " Zoey don't do that to them again, they may think were shooting at them, and we really don't need the trouble that that will bring."
Ah hell, that's all I need, I hoped that they didn't see it as that, then Kramisha added to my anxiety when she said, " I think we have a cop in the air." Then she pointed up, and it made it worse because I couldn't see him, so I whispered, " Ah hell."
Erik then said, " Darius we're being followed by a lot of police, and we think theirs one in the air."
Erik had to pull the phone away from his ear as Darius was yelling, we could all hear him, " I told you it was wrong to take Zoey, I have to talk to the others. Erik get back on the phone."
Erik put it next to his ear and said, " I know Darius, you know you and I were the only two to vote against her, but what's done is done, how we have to figure this out."
He was silent for a few minutes then he said, " Ok, ok, but call me right back."
He then folded up the phone and said, " He's going to talk to the others, he said if we have to ditch the car, then continued on foot, and be sure we shroud ourselves in darkness."
I then added, " And?"
" And he's going to talk to the others, he wants to see if they can't set something up, he said we have four with elemental control, they should be able to do something."
" Erik call him back and tell him not to include Stevie Rae in that, that's all we need is for her to go into labor."
" Oh, yeah, yeah," he then flipped his phone open quickly and Darius was right on the phone, we could see Erik's head nodding up and down, he then said, " Ok, I don't know what she can do, I mean she's just a human."
He then nodded his head and then said, " Well that should scare the hell out of him, do we have any guests?"
As in, are any of those things hanging around. We all watched his head nodded up and down as he said, " Well maybe they'll give us the help we need, let me think, maybe have one of the fledglings ready with Stark's bow and quiver."
" Oh good you already have that ready, ok we're almost there, can you hear us?"
" Ok, but he's going to be flying so you might want to watch out, oh ok."
He then closed the phone and said, " Stark slow down just before you get to the parking lot, they're going to show a show of force, and Hoverious is going to be out front."
I then prompted, " And?"
" And then it's Sister Mary Mary-angelic's show, she says she has something up her sleeve."
" And our guests?"
" He says they are sitting at a distance for some reason, it's almost as if they are waiting on something."
" Ah hell."
Stark then asked, " What do you think they are waiting on Z?"
" Me of course."
All three then said, " Shit!"
Stark then slowed down so the police could catch up, he turned into the depot, and as soon as we got close to the group we were right, the things started to move to the car. Erik then said in a strong voice, " Stark get your bow, I'll move Zoey to the rear so we can meet them, then maybe the police can use their guns and help us out."
Stark replied, " Sounds like a plan, and that guy Hoverious has out a big ass sword, I don't think they're going to get to far."
And then I saw him cut three in half, he seemed to wade through them like they were nothing, Erik grabbed me as we screeched to a halt, in seconds we were behind everyone. Six police cars screeched to a halt and jumped out, in seconds they had out their guns and were firing at the things, and in mere seconds it was shear chaos, I bet Neferet never expected this kind of warm reception. And I saw Shawnee putting her powers to good use, so I added mine to hers, then I heard a loud creek and then a womp, I turned my head and saw three of those things trapped beneath a big clump of earth. I then turned back and saw Stevie Rae in a lawn chair, I then move to her side and told her, " Stevie Rae no! You have to take care of the child."
She smiled at me and said, " See Raphraim, now you know why I had to save you. And Z I just couldn't sit inside while you were in trouble."
Then we heard a really loud voice, " Come out with your hands up and we'll go easy on you."
I then said, " Ah hell, I have to go."
I then moved to the sisters side and she held my hand, we both walked out to the police cars, we stopped short of the leading car, one of the police officers then came forward and said, " Put your hands up or I'll shot."
Sister Mary Mary-angelic then said, " Then you'll be shooting a High Priestess and a sister of God, and what will your police chief say then?"
" What?"
" My name is Sister Mary Mary-angelic, and this is Zoey Redbird High Priestess to Nyx, we represent these children."
" I don't see any habit, and if she's a Priestess why does she just look like a kid."
I then used my spirit to strengthen my voice as I said, " And what is a High Priestess supposed to look like, and if you get Detective Marx he knows me."
With the strength of my voice he visibly paled, he then said, " Stand down, I think they're telling the truth, but why were you running from us then Ma'am?"
Did he just call me ma'am, whoa I'm not that old am I, then Hoverious came forward and said, " And if you did no less I would have to kill all of you."
It was then that I knew why he paled, and to put the cap on it I turned and saw Stark and Darius on either side of him, man that would scare the hell out of anyone, I mean Darius would scare the hell out of anyone, his presence was like times ten. And I was very happy he was on our side, I hate to say this but Stark really looked like nothing in compared to those two, of course he would kill you quicker, and that made me happy that all these great warriors were on our side, then my phone made it's sound that said I had a text message. So I allowed the good sister to speak with the police officers as I looked at my new text.
Zoey; Have chosen the warriors, all are volunteers, we used our private jet, they will be there at dawn, Somaro is in charge of them, he is a good man, he is to report directly to you, so you have to meet them and no one else.
Sincerely: Sgiach
I then said, " Ah hell, a Darius."
He then came over and I handed him my phone, he looked at it and said, " Well this time we know she doesn't have anything to attack us with, but I will go with you."
Stark then asked, " Go where?"
He then handed him his phone, and he said, " Ah hell."
Carla
As we stood there and I redid my make up I asked, " Hey aren't vampyre tattoo's supposed to be sapphire, why is yours red?"
The Extreme then replied, " Hey yours is red also, but you're right I saw one in a book and they were blue, I wonder what that means?"
" Maybe you have to be dead to turn into this kind of vampyre, I mean I know I drained you, so you have to be dead right? Hey do you need a drink?"
" Well yeah I could use a drink, man my throat is scratchy, but I know I can't just drink from you, but I don't know why I know that?"
" Maybe it's some kinda sixth sense or something?"
" You maybe right, you know this might be forward, but you kinda look pretty, I mean in a Mom sort of way."
" Don't speak sugar daddy, I mean I look thirty-six, and you must look fifty-two, so you would be my sugar daddy, of course I'm not going to have sex with you."
" So what do we do?"
I sighed and said, " We find someone so you can eat or drink or whatever you call it."
He giggled and said, " That sounds like a good idea Barbara."
" Hey! That's not my name Amol."
" Ok Sally, but I've never drank from anyone before, and it's like your the only one that has experience at that, hey can you imagine that your the one with experience, just like in real life."
" Ok Extreme, now no more of that, plus how do you know your body hasn't had a lot of experience, can I call you E?"
" I guess, and you're right, it is beginning to sound lame, well we both have to come up with better names then."
" But I don't think we'll get to far with me smelling like trash, maybe we should get a room first so I can take a shower, but I'll have to get some of my clothes, I mean I'm not walking around like this, what is that smell?"
" I don't know, it kinda smells like shit."
I then did something that I would never do in front of a boy, I pulled up my skirt to see if this lady that I had taken over her body to see if she went poopie, and just like a guy he immediately whistled and said, " First you propositioned me, then you give me a show, I think I'm going to like this arrangement."
I immediately put my skirt down, and I knew my face turned fire engine red, then I said, " A real man would have never looked."
" Your right, but you surprised me, I should have looked away."
" What's done is done, you know I bet if we can find my car we will find my clothes, we just have to find where these car keys go to."
He then looked past me as I drew out the keys, then he pointed and said, " Maybe that one."
I turned around and saw a big ugly brown car, then I asked, " How do you know it's that car?"
" I don't, I just know that that key matches that kinda model, well no make, yeah that's it, it's a ford product, and that's a ford key."
" Oh, well I guess we can try."
" If my memory serves me well it's that big key, it opens all the doors except the trunk, the small one is for that."
" Cool we can check out the door, and if it works then we can see if she has any clothes in there."
" Sounds like a plan, I'll just watch for cops."
" You know they prefer to be call police officers, but you're right, I would want to go to jail in this get up, I would be tagged as a whore for sure."
He then sighed and said, " They use the name hooker you know."
I smiled at him and said, " And I told you that I'm not a whore."
" You know it's the oldest profession, and I don't know why your so up and bad at them, you know they have to make a living to."
" Well that doesn't mean I want to be one, but if I was one I would be a high dollar one."
" I think I have enough cast," Then he pulled out a wade of mostly one hundred dollar bills, that was the most amount of money I had ever seen, he had to have thousands, well at least a couple of thousand, but we didn't have time for that. So we moved to the car and tried the key, it fit easily and when I turned the key I locked the door, I smiled at him and then unlocked the door, then I looked in the back seat and nothing, he then said, " Maybe in the trunk."
So we moved to the trunk and opened it, as we did I had to ask, " Hey why do they call it a trunk?"
" I don't know, but your human used it as a real trunk."
He was right, she had just thrown in her clothes this way and that, the first pair of panties I found I had to pick up with two fingers, then I said, " Ug. Didn't she have time to do laundry, well she must have been in a hurry when she backed, I mean any normal woman would have folded clothes to keep out wrinkles."
" What the hell is this?"
He then picked up a feeding bra, I grabbed it and threw it back in the trunk, then I looked down my halter top, then I said, " I don't think it's hers, I mean my boobies don't look like I had any kids."
" Ahhh, was that what that was, oh man I have to sterilize my hand now."
" Stop being such a guy, how do you think your mother fed you?"
" With a bottle."
" Well that might be, maybe we should find a hotel and then go through this, I mean you know with out prying eye's to see."
" Ok with me, maybe we should drive your car."
" Well I a, well I really can't remember how to drive a car, a maybe you could drive my car."
" I can do that, here give me your car keys."
I gave him my car keys, and there are reasonably two reasons why I couldn't drive my car, one is I had an invalid drivers license, and two and maybe the most important is, well I, a really never learned how. I mean I was signed up for drivers ED for the summer and it would have been my first time behind a wheel, and my Mom of course told me that I could drive her car as it was the only one we had. So my prospects of really learning to drive a car were grim, I mean my Mom loved me, but if we didn't have a car then she couldn't work and I understood this, I would have been very careful, but with all that fear I knew I would have gotten an ulcer. I had to sit on the passenger side very carefully, I mean how short could this skirt be, he then stuck the key in the key thingie, and turned it, it seemed that it wanted to turn over, but it just wouldn't. He then gave my dial thingie board thingie and said, " Oh, your out of gas."
" What?"
" That dial right there isn't suppose to be on E."
I leaned over and saw which dial he was talking about, and yes it was on E, I then pointed at the thingie and asked, " Are all those lights suppose to be on?"
" Yeah they always come on when you start a car, as soon as it turns over they will slowly turn off as it checks your system, hey wait."
He then dug in his pocket and then pulled out two sets of keys with a card, he then got a big smile and said, " I may have solved both of our problems, the only problem is I have two sets of car keys, I just don't know which to use, but the second thing here is a hotel card."
So I had to look at the hotel key that said Marriott on it, I then asked, " Well do you know where that is?"
" I haven't a clue, but it's a start, hey do you know how to get around in this city."
" Hell I don't even know what city we're in, wait my license said I came from Oklahoma City, what did yours say?"
" Dallas, but that figures, I mean why would I have a hotel key, and this set of key with a paper tag are probably for a rental car, and it says Hertz, that should make it easy to find."
" I don't understand, why would it make it easy to find?"
" Hertz always prints it's logo on the trunk, we find the Lexus with the Hertz logo on the rear and we find the car."
" Where would you park a car like that?"
" Well I'm a visitor so probably on a main street, so we go to that main street and try and find my car."
We then got out of the car and walked to the street, I had to stop and take off my shoes, he then asked, " Why did you do that?"
" My feet are killing me, I mean these are cute shoes, but these heels are killing me, maybe we can find some better shoes for me to wear when we get back."
" Were coming back why?"
" Silly, we have to get my clothes."
" Oh I guess that would be smart, hey maybe we should have locked your doors."
" I'm out of gas, where are they going to drive it."
" Good point, hey way down there, that looks like a Lexus."
" You mean that black car three blocks away, wait how are we seeing that far?"
" Maybe it's a vampyre thing."
I nodded to him as we walked over to the car, and it did have a Hertz logo on it's rear, he tried the key and it was right one, then we went to my car and just took all my clothes out and threw them in the trunk. I also found a pair of tennis shoes, they were light blue canvas shoes, and a whole lot more comfortable then those heels, then he turned it over with the first try, now came the biggest problem of all, where were we going.
