Disclaimer: I do not own Nightbreed, Clive Barker does. All characters belong to him except Kara.

From the Author: So the next few chapters might take a bit to update, since even on my days off I keep pretty busy. But don't worry, I will finish this story eventually! If you notice in this chapter theres some strange confusing feelings going on between Kara and Peloquin. Kara doesn't snap again in this chapter, but once you read you can tell shes getting close. ANYWAY, sorry this took so long, and please leave a review! Thanks and enjoy!


Kara had spent the next few days planning out her escape with Rachel and Narcisse in secret while Peloquin was out. Amazingly he wasn't getting suspicious of her long visits to Rachel's house with Narcisse of all people tagging along. But pretty soon he started to catch on.

"Kara..." Peloquin's deep voice rang through the hut. Kara froze in place and cringed, putting down her shirt she was sowing.

"...What is it?" She replied to him, not making any eye contact. That was pretty much how she always answered him.

"Ive noticed you've been spending an awful lot of time at the Mist Lady's place..."

"And?" She snapped at him.

Peloquin gave her a warning glare. "...Its suspicious...what is it that you do over there?"

"I don't do anything, I play with Babette and talk girl talk with Rachel, do you have a problem with that?" She snapped at him once again. He was starting to piss her off.

"Girl talk? With Narcisse there as well?" Her pissed off sneer slowly fell as she tried desperately to think of something to throw him off.

"He may not seem like it but Narcisse is a girl..." Perfect, score 1 for Kara!

"I don't like you going over there so much." Peloquin folded his arms in a high and mighty manner.

"Oh really? And what prey tell, would you want me to do all day then? Hang around you and the slutty roadkill all day? Whatever!" Kara angrily got up from her spot and the floor and picked up her shirt she was mending. "Im going over to Rachel's so she can help me with this shirt, go see your girlfriend or something." Kara bravely walked passed him in a hurry, but he grabbed ahold of her arm and yanked her to him.

Fear started to settle in her stomach as she stared up at him. She had forgotten all about being nice to him so he would leave her alone. Its just the fear of him finding out what she was really doing made her paranoid and angry.

"You do not tell me what to do Tasty..." He quietly said to her, his tone was menacing and dripping with dark undertones.

"I-Im sorry..." Kara fearfully squeaked out, unsure of what he was going to do. Every time he called her 'Tasty' something bad happened.

For a few gut wrenching seconds nothing really happened, they only stared at eachother in a silent battle. Kara seemed to be losing.

Finally Peloquin made a move, if only just a small one. He lowered his head to hers and stopped just inches away from her. His eyes seemed to be telling her something, they didn't look as evil and dark like when he tries to do something to her. They actually almost looked like they had real emotion in them, almost human. He closed his eyes and sniffed the air around her hair, taking in her scent. She could feel his hand that was on her arm slowly caress her skin with his thumb.

Kara was puzzled at what he was doing, what was he doing anyway? She stayed still as he sniffed her, too scared to move while she clutched to the shirt she was holding for dear life.

He finally opened his eyes and let go of her arm, clearing his throat as if it was hard for him to talk. "Be back before sunrise..." He sternly said to her without looking her in the eyes.

Kara refused to say anything to him, she wasn't even sure of what to say to begin with. Totally confused and a little scared at whatever the hell just happened, she turned and left the hut without saying a word.

She breathed in the fresh underground air while she walked down to Rachel's home. She was still extremely confused with Peloquin, what the hell was that all about anyway? He didn't hurt her or anything, he was actually being a little gentle.

'Wouldn't it be awesome if he was like that allllll the time?' Her retarded inner monolog chimed in her head.

"Shut the fuck up, he would never act like that all the time, and what are you trying to say anyway?" Kara said out-loud to herself. It was happening again, she was having a fight with herself.

'Im just saying! It really would be nice if he would act sweeter to you, maybe hes starting to like yoooouuu~ then you wouldn't have to leave!'

"Oh my god do you ever shut up! What are you saying? He's my new boyfriend or something?" Kara angrily growled to a voice that wasn't there. People around her stopped to stare at her talking to herself, since she was stopped in the middle of the walkway.

'I think your starting to like his gentle side...'

"He doesn't have a gentle side and you know that..." She started to lower her voice, she had suddenly realized she was yelling out loud to no one. Horror started to hit her, did that really just happen? That was the third time this week, but this time it was out in the open!

"Hey there sweetie, who you talkin to?" Narcisse interrupted her conversation with herself as he walked up to her and patted her back.

"...Im having a private conversation." Kara jokingly said to him, feeling a little embarrassed at how heat-full the argument with her mind had gotten. It was a little concerning, she had been here too long and she felt she was really starting to loose it.

"Well then, lets take the private conversation inside, people are staring!" He happily replied, pushing her forward towards the direction of Rachel's place.

"I really think Im starting to loose it Narcisse..." Kara whispered to him as they walked on.

"I never had it in the first place baby, I wouldn't worry about it. You'll be out of here soon..." He whispered back to her.

Their little planning had progressed to the final stages by this point. Over the last few days they had gotten everything together and ready for her departure from this place. Rachel had been helping her sow clothing, and Narcisse had a whole day planned for Peloquin with drinking and cigarettes, something to distract him while she escaped. There was a tunnel in the lower part of the homes where no one went to, it was where they kept the berserkers. All she had to do was sneak in there and go through the tunnel which would take her to the sewers under the town of Sherrinick, and then she would be free.

Narcisse and Kara had arrived and sat down inside Rachel's hut, she welcomed them with open arms like always.

"Hello you two, how has your day been so far?" Rachel smiled at the both of them.

"Pretty awesome..." Kara said with sarcasm, to which no one really noticed.

"Ive had an AMAZING day so far, and I hope it never ends..." Narcisse said dreamily. Rachel gave out a little laugh and sat down with them at the table.

"Listen, I think Peloquin is starting to catch on to us...he's starting to get suspicious, he doesn't want me coming over here as often anymore." Kara blurted out as soon as everyone had gotten comfterble.

"Don't worry, our plan will be in motion soon enough." Narcisse winked at her and smiled.

It was true. They planned to do it on the full moon when it was the brightest so she could see her way. And that was only a week away.

"Yes I know, its just pissing me off. He's been acting really weird lately and its been...well...weird is all..." She couldn't bring herself to tell them his strange behavior. They didn't really need to know anyway, it wasn't like she was going to back out.

"Just put up with him for a few more days, remember to stay calm and do not make him angry..." Rachel's words of wisdom didn't seem to help her any. No matter what she did she made him mad.

Within a few hours Rachel was helping Kara with the shirt she was mending, and Narcisse had disappeared out of boredom. They were trying to make the cloths look as normal as possible, which was a little hard with the material they had.

"Kara!" Babette yelled from the doorway.

"Oh hey Babette!" Kara held her arms out as the little red headed child ran into her arms and gave her a hug.

"Can I help you sow?" But she didn't need to give her an answer, she was already picking up a pair of pants and a needle while sitting in Kara's lap.

Kara silently smiled at looked at the two of them, she really wished she could get a picture of them before she left. Maybe if she manipulated Peloquin she could get her camera back and fix it before she left.

And speaking of the devil, Peloquin had walked in through the doorway. The nice atmosphere suddenly changed.

"Hello Peloquin..." Rachel said, her tone was respectful and careful. Kara snapped her head around and dread filled her as she locked eyes with him.

He took a few moments to stare at her, then he glanced at Babette sitting in her lap happily sowing, then to Rachel.

"There is a meeting in progress, Lylesburg is calling everyone." Peloquin finally replied with his eerie voice. Kara glanced at Rachel for questions, but she didn't seem to know what was wrong either.

"Come on Babette, lets go." She got up and held her arm out to her child. Babette whined a little and got off of Kara's lap, going to her mother. Before they left Rachel glanced at Peloquin, then to Kara. 'Be careful.' Was the look she gave her.

"Kara..." Peloquin almost purred her name. She inwardly cringed as she got up and walked over to him. He lightly took her arm and made her walk by him the whole way there.

"Peloquin?" Kara almost whispered to him as they walked.

"Hm?" He growled, not even looking at her.

"When can I get my camera back? I mean I would like to have everything back, but I really want my camera. Fond memories..." She hoped he bought it.

He had to think about it for a few seconds. "I don't have it, not anymore. Sassi is holding onto it for me. Be nice to her and maybe she would give it back." He was pulling on her anger strings now.

"Why the fuck does she have my fucking camera! Be nice to her! Why the fuck would I want to be nice to that-" She was cut off by the warning glare Peloquin shot her.

"...She hates me..." Was all she said after that. Kara was fuming the whole way there, so mad that he gave her camera to his little girlfriend. Cheap shot, very very cheap. Maybe she could get Narcisse to steal it back for her and keep it at Rachel's.

They had made it to the meeting hall finally, and it was packed. But of course they had to go stand by Peloquin's little group of friends. The fat man grinned at her and gave her a little wave. She only glared at him. Narcisse was there as well, and he gave her a wink, to which she smiled at him. But he was the only one to get a smile from her, everyone else could go fuck themselves.

The Blue Devil was there as well, and he kept his distance from her as much as possible. She pretty much burned that bridge with him and didn't bother trying to make it up to him, she was going to be leaving soon anyway.

And there she was, the queen of bitches. Sassi smiled at Peloquin from a distance and licked her lips. Kara cringed at her and looked away.

'This is the perfect opportunity to make her jealous, your the one by Peloquin not her...' Her inner voice echoed to her. For once she was going to listen to it and not have an argument. It was right, that quill bitch had her camera and was probably never going to give it back, hell she probably asked Peloquin for it. And this was a perfect opportunity to spite her.

Kara looked her dead in the eyes and smiled evilly at her. Sassi's eyes narrowed as she looked at her. Kara moved her body to where she was by Peloquins side and put her hand on his chest, resting her head on his side and never taking her eyes off Sassi.

The Porcupine lady was fuming in her spot, her face was starting to turn red from anger as her eyes widened. Kara felt like bursting out in laughter at her anger, but stopped dead when she felt Peloquin respond to her. He put his hand over hers since it was still on his chest. Kara completely froze, she totally didn't even think about what he was going to do, she was too occupied with making Sassy jealous.

She felt his other arm snake around her waist and held on tightly to her. He was totally reading this wrong, and she needed to get out of it. She quickly glanced up at him, and let out a small gasp. His eyes were burning into her, something about his look scared the crap out of her, it wasn't an evil look, but one of his lustful gazes. 'Oh shit' Her mind screamed at her. Peloquin lowered his head to her and growled lightly in her ear.

"Someone is being awfully good..." She tried to keep her calm as she stared off at Sassi again, trying her hardest to grin at her while suppressing her fear. And Sassi looked like she was about to blow a fucking casket. She was so red and was shaking so badly Kara was almost scared at what she was going to do.

Quickly she thought of something to say to throw Peloquin off her.

"Your girlfriend looks like shes about to kill someone..." Kara whispered, trying to keep her cool.

It worked, Peloquin looked up and saw Sassi hiss at him, making him let go of Kara and go over to her. It looked like he was trying to talk to her but all that was coming from Sassi's mouth was hisses. Peloquin finally led her away from the crowd so not to make a scene.

And then it was time for Kara to laugh. She burst out laughing and held onto her stomach. She hadn't laughed like that in a really long time, and it felt pretty damn good. Narcisse came over to her and giggled with her. "Did you see her face? She looked like she wanted to murder someone!"

"She deserves it, that bitch. She has my fucking camera and I want it back..." Kara gave Narcisse a knowing look, but all he did was grin stupidly at her.

"Miles ahead of you. It just so happens that yours truly is very handy at fixing things, and miss Roadkill wanted me to fix a new camera she had gotten the other day." Narcisse put his hand in his doctor jacket pocket and pulled out her beat up camera.

Kara's eyes lit up like christmas lights as she snatched the camera out of his hands. "I cant believe it! Oh my god, Narcisse your the greatest in the universe!" Kara cried out, giving him a massive hug. The smell that came off of him didn't seem to bother her anymore.

Narcisse patted her back, "I know, I know." She let go of him and almost started crying as she looked her camera over. It was beat up to shit, but the lens wasn't broken.

"Here, hold onto it for a bit, I wanted to take pictures of you guys before...you know. Keep it at Rachel's." Kara handed it back to him and he put it back into his pocket. If she kept it with her people would tell Peloquin she had a camera and he would know. Better be safe then sorry.

"Silence!" Lylesburg's commanding voice roared throughout the hall. Everyone became silent as they looked on.

"There have been reports of more Natural's coming to Midian. Your children need to be inside at all times, if you go up to the surface then you need to be quiet! We do not want the Naturals to find out about us!" The children in the crowd groaned and whined to their parents.

"Be very careful..." was the last thing Lylesburg said as he left the room.

"Careful my asshole..." Kara grumbled to herself. Narcisse let out a small giggle. "I would just love to run into someone up there!"

"Even if you did chances are they would be killed." Narcisse touched the tip of her nose with his finger.

"Many brave soul's have came through here and never made it out alive." Kara rolled her eyes at him and walked away.

"Where do you think Peloquin went?" Kara glanced around and didn't see either Peloquin or Sassi anywhere. "You don't think there off...doing something are they?"

Narcisse let out a hearty laugh as he wiped away a tear. "Oh my no, I don't think they've ever done the nasty. I don't even think Sassi has female parts."

That struck a nerve with Kara. She really didn't understand the connection with them. Were they together or something? She needed an explanation.

'Why do you want to know so badly? Want to know if Peloquin is available? HA!' The annoying inner voice rang in her head.

"Just curious..." Kara growled outloud to herself. Narcisse looked over at her in confusion.

"Curious about what?" He questioned.

"...Nothing..." Kara replied, no need to tell him she was talking to herself.

Kara wasn't really sure what she should do or where she should go, Peloquin was gone and she was pretty sure it was almost sunrise, which meant she couldn't go back to Rachel's. She decided to go back to her 'home' and just wait.

It was empty when she got there, nothing had really changed the whole time she was at Rachel's. She sighed deeply and walked over to the pile of clothing that was her make shift bed and laid down on it.

Part of her wanted to sleep, but the other part of her wanted to stay up incase Peloquin came back pissed off or something. Or maybe he wanted to have sex, since was a total retard and egged him on earlier. What the hell was she thinking anyway? Guess she wasn't thinking at all, whenever she gets angry her sane thoughts get muted. That was a really stupid thing to do, really really stupid. But in a way it was all totally worth it to see that roadkill bitch get so worked up over it. Peloquin had to of know it was just to make her jealous...right?

'Admit it, you liked it...' Uh oh, the voice was starting up again.

"SHUT UP!" Kara screamed into her pillow. Normally this would freak her out, but she wasn't normal anymore. She knew it was her own thoughts talking to her, but she didn't want to listen to them. It would of been way better if it was some mysterious voice that was talking to her, but it wasn't. The only problem was she had no control over making it stop.

She laid there in her misery, just a few more days and she would be gone. No more of this waiting in fear crap.

It seemed like she was laying there for hours, she was about to fall asleep when she heard Peloquins boots on the ground as he entered the hut. She froze, unsure if she should pretend to sleep or say Hi to him or something. But Kara figured he could tell she was awake since he could always tell when she was awake, so she decided not to play a game and turned over to look at him.

"Where have you been? If Im suppose to be back by sunrise then shouldn't you?" An innocent enough question, she thought.

"Trying to calm Sassi down." He glanced over at her and she noticed a bunch of quill scratches on his face. For some very odd reason she felt bad for him.

"What the hell happened? Did you go down on her or something?" She was trying to be serious, but by that last remark she let out a small laugh, covering it up by pretending to cough.

He only glared warningly at her.

"Peloquin...what is it with you and her? Are you guys like...together or something?" Kara boldly asked.

"Jealous?" Peloquin sarcastically said.

"Fuck no...Im just really confused about it. I don't understand is all..." She was trying to get his mind off of doing anything to her.

"We use to be...a long time ago..." He became quiet. Kara was slowly starting to understand the weirdness between those two, they use to be together but now were just friends with benefits or something along those lines. Then here comes Kara and ruins everything, go her.

Kara didn't really want to respond to that, so she just turned over on her side and closed her eyes trying to go to sleep.

It was only a matter of time before Peloquin came over to the other side of her and laid down by her. She tried to pretend like she was sleeping but he pretty much knew she wasn't. He lightly trailed her cheek with his clawed finger, all the way down to her collar bone. She kept her eyes closed, really not wanting this. She could feel her stomach starting to knot up.

"So tell me..." He softly spoke to her. " Was that show of affection real or just to make Sassi mad?" Kara slowly opened her eyes and stared at him out of fear.

"...to make her jealous..." She roboticlly replied.

"I don't think so..." Peloquin's eerie voice rang. His finger hooked onto her shirt and pulled her to him. Kara panicked as she moved her arms out infront of her trying to push him away. But she wasn't quick enough.

"Peloquin please!" Was all she was able to blurt out before he kissed her. Kara's whole body went ridged as shock hit her.

But...he wasn't being forceful at all, but strangely gentle. He wasn't forcing his tongue on her like he usually did, he only kept his mouth over hers.

She was extreemly unsure of what she was suppose to do, this was probably the most awkward thing ever. Peloquin's hand was caressing her neck as his lips moved over hers. She really didn't want this, and wasn't too sure if her dead fish senario was going to work this time.

'Just do it already, you know you want to.'

Oh god did her brain ever shut up? Finally she tried to push Peloquin away again after getting over her shock. "Don't!" She said through his lips.

He finally backed away from her and let out a faint growl.

"Don't think that will work every time, Im very tired tonight from fighting with Sassi..." He turned over to his side and Kara looked dumbfounded at him. She couldn't believe that actually worked! Holy shit!

She smiled inwardly at her triumph, thank god she pissed Sassi off, she owed her one.

But who knew how long that was going to last, he hadn't done anything to her in at least a week. And a week was a very long time, she still had a week to go before she left. Anything could happen between now and then.

Kara turned on her side and closed her eyes. Peloquin was acting weirder then normal, and she was starting to get...concerning feelings about it. Please let the full moon come soon.


Ok, so I hoped everyone liked it! I got a little writers block on the last part but OH WELL...gives me more dirty ideas for the next chapter. So anyway, sorry this took me so long but I hope you enjoyed it! Pleaaaaasseeee leave me a review! Thanks for reading!