Author's Note: I know you've been waiting for a while for this. It's another Halloween story! This has nothing to do with my first three stories. But it has an Erin/Michael pairing. So enjoy!
Rated: M for Mature Adult Content
Genres: Horror/Friendship/Romance/Violence/Strong Language
Title: Halloween: The Beginning
Chapter Eleven: Loomis's Notes
Behind those eyes, there is nothing. A blank stare. Looking at the wall. Not looking at the wall. Looking past the wall. Total darkness. Those eyes harbor nothing. They are empty. They will be empty always. No sense of what is right or wrong. Then, then there are the second pair of eyes. Full of wonder. Mystery. Compassion. A bright light that is lite by a single candle. Those eyes are full of hope. A small hope. Looking at the wall. Seeing things dancing across the wall. Behind those eyes, there is life.
They are so much alike. And yet different. One talks, the other listens. They understand their wants, needs, secrets, food, water, sleep, anything and yet...there is fear, sadness, anger, hunger, love, and joy but only one expresses such emotions, whilest the other feeds them. Yin and Yang, light and dark, hot and cold, two sides of the same coin. In their world, these children believe themselves to be the only ones on this planet.
I tried, at one point, to see them together. But they wouldn't say or do anything with me in the room. I left the room and watched them. They talked to each other for an hour or so. Or at least Michael talked. Erin just sat and listened intently. Erin usually did the talking. She seemed so...smitten with him. I couldn't understand why. Then I thought back to the day I saw them kissing. To me they are nine years old. To them, they could experiment however they wanted to. As I watched them, I knew I wouldn't get anywhere if I had to leave the room and not hear what they were talking about.
They must have some kind of mind link. A invisible connection. But it goes off like a timer. Dr. Wynn told me about the little incident. Two orderlies and a doctor, dead. I assumed Michael was the one who had done it. Dr. Wynn agrees. I'd stop letting Erin come with me to the hospital but Mary Ann won't baby sit anymore. I thought keeping her and Michael seperated, one of them would crack and all of this would be over. But Erin had some hallusination and knifed her pillow.
Anyway, I'm seeing both of them now. Two different sessions. I've been seeing Michael for weeks, he never talks unless I ask him a question but his answers are always short. Erin talks but mostly about Michael. I tried changing the subject but then decided that to understand Michael, I had to listen to what she had to say. I ask Michael about Erin but he doesn't really respond. He asks about her, that's it really.
I never thought I'd have to work so hard in my life. Not this hard anyway.
Author's Note: I'm sorry for the shortness. I promise, next chapter will be long and interesting. R &R!
