( Updated version of Chapter twenty-one, A few important changes)
I'm dedicating this chapter to my uncle who passed away early this morning. Sorry it's not the best…it's leading up to Haley and Lexi's plan )
Chapter twenty-one: Everything Evil
Then the accidents kept hidden away
But if they stay...
Jesse!
Just come look at what your brother did
Here he did away with me.
Stay until Wednesday, And write me a child-like letter pretending
At war here in Thursday.
Let's make this our last day at home by the fence,
would you run? Would you run?
Would you run down past the fence?
Would you run? Would you run?
Would you run down past the fence?
And she screamed "Claudio, dear Claudio"
I wish god dammit we'll make it if you believe.
~Coheed and Cambria
Later that night Haley sat in the chair with her legs hanging over the arm with headphones in her ears, reading a comic book entitled 'The Second Stage Turbine Blade', when someone knocked on the door. Sheldon came from the bathroom in a rush and looked at Haley "Did you not hear the door?"
"when you've gone about things all wrong. Bury them here, with the lifetime you would never regret."
Sheldon looked at her confused and walked over to her to see she wasn't even paying attention. "Good grief child…" He muttered, as he walked to the door and answered it to find Penny standing there
"Hey, I just got off…" She said in an exhausted voice.
"Hello Penny, would you like to come in?" He asked politely.
"Thought you'd never ask Moonpie" She got on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek and walked in.
Sheldon groaned "Only Meemaw calls me that…"
Penny laughed and looked at Haley "Hey Hal, What's up?"
"In savoring sleep, what do you mean I toss and turn everywhere? I'll miss you when you're gone in pretending that you meant the world to me. With that you'd call me a liar, and in the making mistakes you'll rest incomplete." She sang as she turned the page.
Penny rolled her eyes "Does that girl go anywhere without those headphones?"
"Rarely…" Sheldon frowned "I don't see how she can enjoy reading a comic with that infernal racket blasting in her ears."
Haley paused had her ipod, hearing his last remark. "Because the lyrics go with the storyline of the comic books."
He looked completely confused "How can that possibly be?"
Haley closed the comic book and threw it at him. He caught it with both hands and held it up to read the cover. " The second stage Turbine Blade…This doesn't explain anything to me…" He arched an eyebrow.
Haley groaned and removed the headphones from her ears tossing the ipod at him. He caught that with his right hand and glanced down at the song playing "Neverender, The second stage turbine blade; Coheed and Cambria…" He paused "You mean they write music that goes along with the storyline of these comics?" He was actually fascinated by the concept.
"The lead singer writes them…" She smirked.
"Interesting…I may have to read them sometime…" He said paging through the comic before handing both items back to her.
"They definitely don't disappoint. Probably the reason they are like my favorite band…" It felt weird actually having a conversation with her brother about a band and to actually see him interested in hearing about it.
"Says Sheldon Jr." Penny laughed. It was comical to see how different the two siblings were, yet in the same way so alike.
"Hey, Sheldon may be obsessed with his comics, but he's not hardcore like me" She argued to her.
Sheldon narrowed his eyes at her "What's that supposed to mean?" He loved his DC Comics, so much his room was filled with their comics, and his wardrobe with shirts of their superhero's. He took Haley's words as a challenge.
'Oh lord…" Penny thought as she watched the two.
"Well I own every Coheed and Cambria cd, I have all of the Amory wars comics that have been released and I own like seven shirts."
Sheldon let out a laugh "That's all? My dear little sister, I own thousands of comics, have hundreds of action figures, and most of my shirts are DC related." He had that ne ner ne ner ne ner face on.
Haley expected that reaction which was the reason she refrained from saying the thing that would tip the scales. "Really, that's awesome." She stood up and turned her back to the two pulling her shirt up midway revealing the tattoo she wrote of. "Do you have one of these? That's the keywork, a galactic system of 78 planets in which Coheed and Cambria are the guardians, the dragonfly beneath is the insect/machine hybrid that injected Coheed with the monstar virus. It isn't activated though, until he returns to Cambria and sees her."
Penny couldn't help but snicker slightly at Sheldon's child like pout when he knew he lost.
"That's not fair and doesn't even count! I didn't give you consent to permanently alter your skin with graphic art!"
"Tough shit, it's still there. I was so bad ass I got it permanently inked onto my skin! So I win." She pulled the back of her shirt back down and sat with a look of triumph on her face.
"No, you do not win!" He argued back. Penny stepped in "Ok you two enough arguing. Let's just leave it at a tie."
"Penny…"Sheldon looked at her and whined.
"Sheldon…."She gave him a warning look, and he sighed loudly "Fine, a draw…I guess" saying bitterly.
Haley laughed "If you ever get the balls to get a Flash tattoo, then perhaps it will be a draw."
"I could ground you for that tattoo you know." He stared at her seriously.
"Oh I'm so scared! I already can barely leave the house, so what would grounding do?" She countered his threat.
He glared at her "Demon child"
"I thought I was the lord of the flies? Don't insult me by calling me the name of some lesser entity. We all know if I went to hell I'd take over." She grinned evilly.
"That I don't doubt." He frowned.
"Anyways," Penny said hoping to get the two off the subject "How did the session with Beverly go this afternoon?"
Haley's face immediately fell at those words. "Turns out I really am a freak."
Sheldon sighed "No you are not. Dissociative personality Disorder is nothing to be ashamed of."
Haley scoffed "Says you."
"I don't mean to sound stupid but what is Dissociative…whatever that is you just said…"
"It is a diagnosis in which two or more distinct identities or personalities take control of behavior. In other words multiple personalities…" Sheldon answered her calmly as he sat down in his spot.
Penny sat down next to him in shock "Oh God…so you like…turn into someone else all together?"
"Apparently, they got me on video, but it wasn't me…it was a twenty year old named Cassie…" Haley said bitterly as she got up. "I'm going to bed. I have a migraine and I really…really don't want to talk about all of this right now…" She headed to her room.
"Haley…" Sheldon called out. She stopped and turned to look at him.
"I…love you…"
Haley smiled "Love ya too…night guys…keep it down I don't want to hear that moaning shit I heard the other day."
Sheldon cheeks burned "I have no idea what you are talking about…" He looked down at his shoes. Penny couldn't help but blush at her remark as well.
"Suuuure you don't" She laughed and disappeared into her room.
Penny turned back to Sheldon and sighed "I wish there was someone I could make you feel better…make both of you feel better, but I just don't know how to…" She laced her fingers between his and rested her head on his shoulder. He didn't even flinch or stiffen at her touch now, and that made her happy.
"Well, you are good at interpreting teen lingo, correct?"
"You mean between the lines? Yeah, I guess you can say that…why?"
He got up suddenly and went to his desk retrieving his laptop, bringing it back with him. "After I figure out Haley's facebook password I want you to interpret it for me…"
Penny looked at him "How can you manage that? I couldn't even figure it out after she deleted it off my computer…"
"I have an IQ of 187, cracking a simple password is child's play. It has to be something she won't forget…a date of an event or word…" He pulled up facebook and typed in her email address. "Hmm… February 27th 2007" He pressed login. Invalid password "Drat…" He muttered.
"Is that the day…your mom and grandma died?"
"Yes…" He replied short as he started typing in another possible answer "Tinkerbell." Login. Invalid password. "urgh" He said in frustration. He knew he only had a couple more tries before it locked the account. Sheldon thought quickly before he glanced at the comic book in the chair "Wait a minute…" He reached over with his long arms and grabbed the comic book and started paging through it again. He stopped on a particular acronym and smirked as he typed it in "KBI78" Adding the number based on their argument just a few minutes ago. Login- Welcome Haley Marie. "Success." He said with a grin.
Penny blinked "How the hell did you guess that? KBI78...its not even a word or anything."
"Simple, I thought at first it would be a date or word from her childhood, but after those failed. As Haley's favorite band she just claimed is Coheed and Cambria, I assumed it had something to do with such. Looking through this comic the words the knowledge, the beast, and the inferno, appeared frequently, or KBI…the 78 at the end was in reference to the 78 planets in the keywork she was talking about earlier."
"Well I guess that's why you have two doctorates and a masters…" She muttered.
"Don't be ridiculous I have two doctorates and a masters for the simple fact that I am a genius. Like I said before, this was child's play."
"Don't have to be a smart ass" She glared at him, but he wasn't paying attention.
"Here are some messages…" He clicked the inbox and immediately felt himself enraged. "There from…him" He said through clenched teeth. He clicked the messages and read the older messages between Haley and Aaron. It was mostly lyrics and then he read the messages from yesterday, where he ordered her to meet him and she refused; the subtle threat, but it failed to specify anything solid.
Penny placed a hand comfortably on his shoulder "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." He said coldly as he scrolled down to read the recently read message.
Aaron Meloy:
I waited for you yesterday
I waited and missed the last train
I waited to say that I'd fallen in love with your way
I waited for you yesterday
Eventually walked home in the rain
I waited to see if you felt the same for me
But you don't,
And you won't
Go against your asshole father
Going broke,
Quitting dope
For your folks
Why did I even bother?
Why did I?
I waited for minds to change
Pointing their fingers of blame
It's not my fault you're ashamed of how you feel
Cause you don't
Just admit it
Cause you won't
Just admit it
Just admit it
Just admit it
Just admit it
JUST ADMIT IT!
I called you a whore and broke down your door
But you don't even hate me! And how could I heal when you won't even feel?
Why won't you hate me?
But you don't and you won't
Go against your asshole father
Going broke,
Quitting dope
For your folks
Why did I even bother?
Why did I?
But you don't cause your nothing but
Broken down daddy's little daughter
AREN'T CHA?
(four hours ago)
"Cause that's not weird in the least..." Penny arched an eyebrow in confusion. "That little fucker…" She paused "Basically, he's delusional and a pervert, and he thinks that he can get away with what he's doing."
"I don't understand these lyrics though. Our father is dead...how can she possibly go against and betray him? Also, why are some of the lines are bold while others are not..."
"Honey i think he's referring to you as the 'Asshole father' " She shrugged it off "He's crazy...I think he belived that Haley feels the same way towards him...which is ridiculous. In his psycho mind, they are in a relationship..."
"How dare he even message my sister…" Sheldon fumed. Penny knew he was getting to his loss of control point, so she reached over and closed the computer. "Sheldon, you need to calm down. We will get him. Please sweetie…just look at me." She touched his face and gently turned his head to look him in the eyes. "It will be ok."
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Leonard was sitting in the chair eating cereal the next morning when Sheldon walked into the kitchen, still in pajama's as it was only 6:00 in the morning.
"Hey buddy, how'd things go last night?" He was referring to the therapy session. Sheldon sighed as he poured himself a bowl on honey puffs "Your mother has diagnosed Haley with dissociative identity disorder…"
Leonard blinked a few times then shook his head "No, that can't be right…"
"I'm afraid it is…your mother talked to a girl named Cassie last night…" He said as he fetched the milk from the fridge.
"Amy mentioned that…I just thought it was…" He paused "Well I don't know what it could have been, but not that…so multiple personalities? Like Sybil?"
"Yes, but Sybil Dorsett had sixteen different personalities…Haley has three…at least we think she does..."
"I can't wait till that son of a bitch pays for what he's done…"
"I hacked into Haley's facebook last night…found some messages from him to her…" His eye twitched, as he spoke.
Leonard looked up at him "Anything that will nail him?"
"Unfortunately no, it's all song lyrics and riddled messages."
"Damn it…this is crazy Sheldon. We need to confront him. I mean come on, there's four of us…well five if you include Penny with a baseball bat, I'm sure that alone will scare the guy shitless."
"What's scaring him going to do? I doubt he'll just go ahead and turn himself in."
"Torture or blackmail him into a confession and get it on tape?"
Sheldon shook his head "As much as I want to torture him, it won't do any good…" He sat down in his spot, feeling completely useless.
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Saturday afternoon
Haley sat in her room examining the two camera's and hidden microphones she swiped from Howard on Saturday. It's not like he'd missed them or anything, he's been married to Bernadette for two years now. He left his perverse past behind him. The plan was set into motion. Haley had told Sheldon she'd be spending the night at Lexi's house. Lexi's mother confirmed this over the phone to him, so that put his worries at ease. Raj had a date with Astrid (Lexi's mom) on this particular night and wouldn't be home till late. She would be there when they left, then the two would head to Hannah's. Hannah knew the two were coming over, but that only Haley could spend the night. Lexi lied saying she had to go to San Francisco with her mom early the next day so couldn't spend the night. Hannah almost always snuck out at night, giving the perfect opportunity for Lexi and herself to set up the camera's. Raj and Astrid usually came in late from their dates, so by the time they had gotten back, Haley would already have the evidence she needed and would be headed back home before they could discover she wasn't there.
It sounded solid, but there were doubts in her mind. 'What if they come back early and find that I'm not there? What if for some random reason Hannah decides not to go out?'
"We'll be fine.' A voice assured her, that didn't sound like her own. Cassie shoved Haley aside and got up from the bed staring into the mirror attached to her dresser. "Now we gotta look the part. I think makeup is necessary." She pulled open the top drawer and pulled out mascara, lipstick, and dark eye shadow. Cassie laughed "What better way to lure him in than playing the innocent seductress."
A small child cried softly. "Don't worry Tink, this will be it. It will soon be over. We'll get the revenge we have been waiting for." She mused as she applied the lipstick, and smacked her lips, grinning at her reflection. Putting on the rest of the makeup, she went for the closet and began looking for something to wear. She pulled out a small Cradle of filth shirt that hugged her snugly, and a tight fitting pair of skinny jeans. "this will do…"
She quickly slipped into the outfit and returned to the mirror to make sure she looked alright. The smile she had turned into a look of horror as Haley now looked at herself in scared confusion. "I don't wear makeup…" She said to herself in a shaky voice.
(Random tidbit, I think it's been obvious that Coheed and Cambria is Haley's favorite band. For those who don't know who they are they are a progressive rock band who's songs are a whole storyline based on the comics the lead singer wrote called: the Amory wars. She is Sheldon's sister after all lol! )