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

From the Author: Yo bros! Sorry about the long wait, I kinda fell off the face of the earth there, I had half of this written out then totally lost all interest in fan fiction (I go into spells) and ended up loosing the file. Lame, I know. But I have a new computer and the keys have lights! I love typing in the dark lol, so that made me want to at least finish this chapter while I'm in the zone. Also, in this version of Nightbreed, the Nightbreed can't kill each other! ITS THE LAW! Oh yes, and please leave a review, it actually reminds me I have a story goin on and I like reading them lol. Anyway, enjoy ;)

DO NOT READ IF FAINT OF HEART! THERE BE RAPE IN THEM WATERS!….There is 'attempted' rape in this chapter, (trust me it was way brutal in the original version but I took it out, meh)and foul language, and violence. But it gets good at the end! Enjoy!

"No..." Kara barley breathed out. She was in too much shock to get her brain moving.

"Your mine. How fucking hard is that to understand?" Peloquin breathed on her, his breath was hot on her skin and made it prickle with goosbumps.

Her head was still smashed to the ground, she was unable to move at all. She needed to muster up all her strength if she wanted to get out of this alive, or at least still mentally intact.

"Let go of me!" She spat at him. Kara clawed her hands upwards to try and get Peloquin's hand off of her head, digging her nails into his arms in her vein attempt. But like always, she was too weak to even faze him. Or he felt it but didn't care, his eyes were glowing so brightly with rage. His nails clawed into her head as his grasp became tighter, pushing her into the ground more.

"Trying to run from me!?" He snarled, she felt the deadly rage in his voice as his grip got even tighter. He then yanked her head up by her hair and smashed it head on into a tombstone that was near by.

"No!" Kara tried to scream out as her head was being bashed into the old slab of concrete. Her vision was getting blurry, but she was able to sheild her head with her arms to try and stop the blows.

"Stop!" Her cries were muffled by the pain that was searing through her. He finally stopped after the 10th hit, seeing if she was still conscious. Her closed eyes were watering involunterily by this point (she refused to call it crying) as blood trickled down her broken face. Her arms had gashes all over them, they were squirting out a lot of blood, or so it felt like to her.

'See you later, hopefully your face will heal up soon! Who knows, you might have a sexy battle scar...'

Wait, what the hell was that? Her inner voice couldn't bail out on her in a time like this! Maybe she was shutting off her brain for what was going to happen to her, and probably from now on...

She knew there was more to come, she should of known she could never escape him. Her eyes were blacking out with intense pain as it coursed through her in crippling waves. Her head slowly fell back to the ground, she could hear the tombstone crumble as her head hit the gravel.

"Where the fuck did you think you were going to run to? Huh?" Peloquin's voice was low and menacing as he roughly took her shirt by the collar and ripped it all the way down in one swift move. By that point she let out a very loud scream after realizing she was about to be raped in a graveyard, with Nightbreed probably watching around every corner. This was happening way too fast for her, she was still trying to get over being beat the shit out of.

Peloquin slapped her hard across the face, making her vision black out for a few seconds. He took this quiet opportunity to stuff her mouth with her own shirt as he undid her pants. Kara started focusing her eyes again, tasting blood and a dirty cloth in her mouth. She squirmed in her place, trying desperately to kick him off of her. He kept trying to grab her legs and finally succeeded, laying down on top of her in the processes. He placed one hand over her right thigh and held the other over the cloth that kept her mouth covered.

"Its so much better when you don't make any noise." He whispered in her ear, his sounded so demonic. She quivered in her spot, tears flowing freely down her cheeks.

He lifted himself up, keeping his hand firmly over the cloth covering her mouth to keep her quiet and as he unzipped his pants with his other hand. That was when she started thrashing around, a one last ditch effort to escape. Peloquin quickly grabbed ahold of her, turned her over on her stomach and pushed down on her. Her chin smashed into the gravel, but she could tell Peloquin was only half way on her. Kara tried to make a dash for it by clawing out from under him, but Peloquin was fast as he quickly lassoed his arm under her waist and kept her from moving away. She started sobbing as he grabbed a chunk of her hair and pushed her face into the ground hard. Her ass was raised in the air, she tried to flop over to the side but Peloquin had a firm grip on her hips that kept her in place.

She squirmed on the ground, her arms were useless to her in this position, she couldn't bend her arms back to even do anything. Peloquin got down on his knees over her legs, he was sure as shit she had no way of moving at all now. Kara braced herself, stiffening up as she felt Peloquin rub up against her backside.

"I want to you think about what you tried to do..." His deadly voice rang in her ear as he grabbed her hair and pulled her head up, making her arch her back. He grabbed the front of her neck with his free hand and squeezed it.

"P-peloquin, p-please!" She choked out, her face was wet from her tears. She couldn't breath.

Was this it? Was this what it was going to be like every day for the rest of her life? Being beat up? And worse...

She was about to go into a bitter 'why me' cry fest to get her mind off of what was about to happen to her, when completely out of the silence of the graveyard she heard her name being called.

"...Karoline...Kara...Kara..."

Kara's eyes tried to focus as she snapped out of her 'depression faze'. Someone just called her name, and it sure as hell wasn't Peloquin. Her one good eye that wasn't smashed up by a tombstone darted around all over, seeing who it was that called her. But no one was there. It was just Peloquin, and he was still trying to rape her, no one else was in sight.

"...kaaaaaaraaaaaa..."

She cracked her head to the right, the voice was coming from that direction, and all that was there was tombstone. Oh god, ghost were talking to her now! Was she really that bat-shit insane?

But she watched in pure horror as a misty smoke started coming off the tombstone. More of it came slowly creeping out of the ground as well and coming straight toward her.

"NO!" She screamed out, trying to push herself away from it.

Peloquin, being completely oblivious to the mist, took it as Kara's normal screaming while he was trying to position himself. He grabbed the back of her neck and forced her head to the ground, straight into the mist.

Kara felt a cold numbing feeling wash over her as her head was forced straight into the smokey mist. A bright flash of light burned her eyes for just a second, then an overwhelming feeling of power flooded through her in burning waves. It was happening again! Finally at the moment she needed it the most!

She took a deep breath of the cold air in, letting the power of the Nightbreed flow into her. She felt every cell in her body come to life and burst into fire. Her wounds were healing as power surged through every vein in her body. Once again she was Nightbreed, and it was time to kick some serious ass.

Kara exhaled the mist, letting out a deep sigh, and at that moment Peloquin noticed it instantly. He froze in his place as he heard Kara let out a blood curdling roar. Before he could even react Kara kicked him right off of her, knocking the wind out of him.

She swiftly grabbed the tombstone laying by her head and lifted it off the ground, smashing it head on right into Peloquins face. It knocked him off the ground, giving her some time so she was able to get up and compose herself. But she just wanted to see his blood spill everywhere. Her nails had turned into black claws, her teeth were razor sharp, and she was ready to have some payback.

She heard the sound of his laughter echo in the still of the air. Kara braced herself, breathing heavily.

"What are you going to do? Kill me?" Peloquins raspy voice danced with humor. Kara tensed up at his calmness. Her anger subsided slightly and replaced with doubt. What was she going to do with him?

"You can't kill me Kara, and you know it. Nightbreed cannot kill Nightbreed." He was grinning at her, and that made her anger flood back into her.

"Ripping your dick off sounds like a good alternative to me." Kara growled out, truth behind her voice. It didn't faze Peloquin, he only laughed again.

"It will grow back, although its never happened to me before…would you like to try it out and see?" He gave her a horrifyingly evil smirk, his deep voice dripped with sin. It wasn't boosting her confidence in the slightest. Frustraited, Kara roared into her hands, yelling her anger out. There was no way hitting him would do anything, she didn't know what to do.

"Why are you tormenting me!? Why couldn't you be nice to me, for once!? Ive died and gone to hell, living it every waking moment of my non-living horrifying life! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!" She spat at him, nearly missing him but getting at least his boot. For a split second doubt crept into her again, maybe asking questions would anger him. But it was now or never, she had power too now. And she wasn't afraid.

Peloquin was silent, a stern blank look on his face. He was unreadable, and it was making Kara nervous and alert. He could attack her at any second.

Finally he spoke, Kara was anxious to finally get some answers from her tormentor.

"You want to know whats wrong with me, Tasty? Its you." She was taken aback, not sure what he meant by that.

"Your whats wrong with me. The first moment I saw you enter the grounds I wanted to devour you. Never had I felt such…hunger." His voice dropped slightly, as if fondly remembering that moment. "It was either scare you out of here, or eat you. Either way I needed you. Your death was an accident in my favor, as if the gods had spoken and brought you to me." He gazed into her eyes, it felt as if they burned into her soul.

"Your in my mind, I smell you everywhere, I crave you…I don't care if you feel the same or not, your mine." Kara let out a small nervous breath of air. She had no clue how to take this, to her it sounded like he was obsessed with her.

"You still could of been nice to me you stupid asshole!" Kara yelled out in the intense silence.

"What was I suppose to do? Ask you nicely if I could fuck you?" Peloquin snapped back, sounding annoyed.

Kara's anger started to build back up, she was leaving this place and him no matter what.

"You know what Peloquin? No woman in her right mind would EVER want to fuck you. Sassi only does it because she's not even a woman. This place really is 'Where the Monsters live' you piece of shit. Im getting the hell out of here, unlike you, Im not a monster." She glared at Peloquin, begging him to stop her so she could rip his face off.

"Your not leaving here Kara…you won't survive out there." Peloquin spoke to her while she gathered her tattered bag and camera by the fence.

"Oh yeah? And who's going to stop me? You?" She laughed. Kara strutted past him, he didn't make a move to try and stop her, only watched her intensely. It was making her nervous, was he really going to let her just leave?

She kept walking ahead, quiet and alert, thinking any second that Peloquin would jump her. But he never did, all was quiet.

"You'll be back…" She heard Peloquin's demon voice ring from behind her, she quickly turned around, making her bag fall to the ground.

He was gone, no one was there. She was alone on the edge of the graveyard.

Fear gripped her stomach, what if he was hiding, just waiting for her to leave and then jump out and grab her? Kara let out a loud snort, if he even tried she had the strength to break his arm at least. She kept walking forward, confident nothing was going to happen until she reached the giant rusty gates of Midian. Kara paused for a second, a weird feeling coming over her. She felt a nagging feeling in the back of her head warning her not to leave the grounds.

"Its just Peloquin's bullshit" She said out loud, trying to convince herself while walking right out of Midian.

She was free! She finally made it! In her excitement she dashed ahead, trying to get as much space between her and the demented graveyard as she could.

After a few feet she slowed down to a stop. She didn't plan what she was going to do next, her car was probably at the police station. Where was she going to go? Maybe there was someone she could call.

Then it hit her, there was that motel not too far from here where she stayed before she got here. If they won't let her get a room then they sure as shit would let her use the phone. The only person she knew really was her college professor, and maybe he would understand her plight and try to help her. She had a plan now! Clutching to her bag she followed the shallow tire tracks leading out of the abandoned valley.

It took her a while to get there, she started running about half way when she realized the sky was getting lighter, dawn was approaching and she had to stay out of the sun. A part of her hoped that the sun burning thing only happened in Midian, but her gut was telling her it would happen no matter what.

Finally Kara reached the run down motel, there were a few cars parked but not many. She opened the door to the office and looked around, she still felt uneasy being in public again. No one was there at the front desk, so she took this opportunity to look around before ringing the bell. Her eyes darted to the clock on the wall, it was almost 4:30 in the morning. She wasn't sure if they would let her have a room, her ID and everything was in her car that was gone. Hopefully the lady remembered her from before…but how long was that? How long was she gone for?

At that moment the a woman walked out from behind one of the doors and startled Kara.

"Oh!" The clerk cried out, dropping her donut on the floor. It was the same woman from last time, still wearing a skimpy skirt but her shirt was a sweater this time. Was it cold outside? She didn't even notice.

"You startled me hon, why you just standing there? You didn't even ring the dang bell!" She looked annoyed as she picked up her donut and threw it in the trash. This lady had food with her last time she saw her too.

"Im sorry…its really late, Im a bit out of it." She nervously giggled, trying desperately to sound normal.

"What can I do you for? Need a room?" The clerk looked her up and down, her eyebrow raising up as she did so.

"Um, actually I do. My ID was in my car that was towed, but I just rented a room not too long ago. I remember you from before." Kara gave her a weak smile, hoping she bought it since it was mostly true. She just wasn't sure how long ago it was.

The woman took a good look at her, her eyes were squinting as if she was really trying hard to think back that far. Her eyes suddenly widened and her mouth gapped open.

"Holy jesus, your that girl there lookin' for!" If Kara had any color left in her face, it would of all drained out by now. Wanted posters? Who was looking for her?

"Who's looking for me?…" She trailed off, in total disbelief. She had no family, no friends really at least non that would notice she went missing.

"The police, your not in trouble or nothin, they found your car parked out at that old graveyard about 3 months ago, thought maybe someone snatched you up. Where you been this whole time?" She gave her a curious look, she was so nosey.

Kara mentally gulped, she had to think of something quick! Not too detailed, she could make up more later, save it for the cops.

"Ive been camping." She lied.

"For 3 months?" She wasn't buying it.

"It was my finals week, this project was like 60% my final grade to graduate, I wanted to go away…" She got quiet and faked a sudden headache. "After a while I realized no showers suck and I should get an RV. I just want my car back…" Kara sighed while rubbing her temples, this lady was totally buying her bullshit story.

"That sounds like bullshit story to me." Police Captain Eigerman set down his coffee on the desk, spilling some of it onto papers. This man made Kara pretty uncomfterable, it was either is redneck attitude or the way he kept staring at her chest. She was pretty thankful he stopped by instead of taking her to the station. The sun was out by now and burning skin would be pretty suspicious.

"You want me to believe you just felt like living in the woods for 3 months?" He really wasn't buying it.

"I lost track of time, I don't have a watch…finals are hard. Have you ever been through finals week, officer?" Without even meaning to she insulted the police captain. His bald head was looking a little pink as he coughed into his hand.

"I honestly didn't expect anyone to find my car, I was planning on leaving it there and getting it if I needed to. Garages are expensive." She flashed him a smile, pretty smile from a pretty crazy lady. Camping in the woods, what was wrong with her?

"Well we did. Its in the impound regrettably. And a lot of money to get out. But heres your purse and whatnot from the car." He straightened his glasses as he handed her an evidence bag full of her crap. They probably searched her car inside and out for drugs, the assholes.

"Word of advice, if you decide to take another 3 month long 'vision quest' again, don't leave your valuables inside your abandoned car. Your lucky we got to it first." Kara gave him an embarrassed smile. She didn't leave it, she was kidnapped.

"Well ma'am, its good to know that your safe, and heres a parking violation. Good day." He handed her a pink slip and gave her a greasy grin. "Willma." He nodded to the clerk woman then left.

Kara crumbled up the ticket and clutched the evidence bag to her chest, she couldn't believe that worked! They bought it! But she couldn't go back to her school, there was no way she could take classes anymore. First thing was first, she grabbed out her wallet and looked through it. There was still 30 bucks in there, thank god the cops didn't take it, they looked the type. Although she remembered there being more in there…well at least it was something. She glanced up at Willma and gave her a weak smile.

"How much are rooms?" Willma looked at the 30 bucks in her hand then back at her.

"Your in luck, ill be generous today and call it 30 even. You look like ya need a shower an at least you have some cash to pay me." A free room would of been generous but she'll take it.

"You wouldn't happen to know if theres jobs available around here? Like maybe for overnight?" Kara asked nonchalantly while handing her the money.

"Like strip joints?" Willma gave her a glare.

"What? No…no, oh hell no. I mean like an overnight job, or something after 6 p.m. Im more of a night owl, I like closing shifts." Kara forced a fake laugh, she had a disturbing vision in her mind of working at a strip club and Peloquin showing up to see how awesome she was doing since leaving the nest. Plus she could never be a stripper, the thought of it just made her nauseous.

Willma stood there and thought for a moment, glancing up at the ceiling as if the job listings were up there. "Come to think of it, the only place thats not strippin is probably the overnight waitress position down at that honkey tonk bar/grill." Kara lit up, a job to earn money!

"I use to work there a few years ago, for a long time. Now Im assistant manager of this place!" Wlllma gave her a toothy grin, but all Kara saw was a disturbing image of her working there the rest of her life then becoming the new 'assistant manager' of a crappy motel. She needed to make a plan to get a bus ticket out of there asap after she gets her first check. Or getting her car out…she needed to check how much that was, but she couldn't go over in the day time. Thats what phones are for!

"Sweet!" Kara smiled, feeling hope for the first time in a while. No Peloquin, no Nightbreed. Pretty soon that part of her life would be buried and forgotten.

She took the key to her room, lightly touching Willma's hand. "Oh my, your hands are freezing! You must be chilled to the bone hon! Turn the heater on in the room, kay?"

Of course her hands were freezing, her entire body was cold. Since the moment she left Midian, Kara had forgotten in all her excitement of freedom, that she was dead. Her skin burned in the sunlight, and she could turn into a monster. That part of her life that she wanted so desperately to move on and forget, would never leave her. She really was going to become the next 'Assistant Manager' of this run down dump.

She sighed as she opened the door to her new home, which was a crappy motel room with cracks in the ceiling. Kara shut the door behind her and flipped on the light switch, she heard the bulb pop as no light came on.

"Shit…" Tempted to just go ask Willma to replace it, she decided to find the bathroom light and just use that for now. She walked forward but stopped after seeing something out corner of her eye. She saw Peloquin sitting in the chair by the tv, his eyes burning green. She closed her eyes out of fear, slowly opening them to realize nothing was there.

"Your so, so crazy Kara…" She said out loud, trying to calm herself down. Quickly she flipped the bathroom light on and dashed to the door to lock it. Not like that would really help with anything, but it made her feel a little better. It was morning by now, she needed to get some rest, she had a potential job opportunity by the time the sun went down.