The Phantom LOVER

Inside the garage Hudson sits on the edge of a large took case he waits for Angel as she slowly walks in behind him. "Have a seat young lady. You want to tell me what happened or do I start guessing and call the police."

Angel looks up in total shock her face lost all color. Would Hudson really tell the police on her? "Please Grandpa it had to be done." She explained about the powers and what she did. How Sara had tried to kill her by giving her a push when she charged at her. "I mean I would have probably fallen anyway b-but she pushed me. If it had not of been for my father I would not be here." Tears started streaming down her face. "That image of the ground rushing towards my face is burned into my head. She just kept on and she said she was gonna tell momma about you know what if Daddy did not go with her. I know it was wrong but please don't tell the police."

Hudson raised his voice an octave. "Angel, you can't go around murdering people just because you have the powers to do so." Hudson was never going to tell any one what happened but he did want to caution her and the best way to do so with someone with powers like hers was just like you do with any person that is inertly good but does something illegal. You scare the shit out of them. "I should just call my friend but I won't. This isn't to ever happen again are we clear young lady?"

"Yes sir" Angel says as her color comes back.
"Dismissed" Hudson says as he reaches out and grabs his granddaughter and gives her a hug.

Cynthia had driven until she was tired. She knew she was some where in Fort Worth but she wasn't sure on how far she had gone. Seeing an eatery sign posted made her hungry. She pulled into the diner's parking lot. It was out of the way. It was the same kind of place Mark would love. Brushing that thought she went into the establishment. There were dark hued curtains hung on the windows. A bar set at one end and a buffet table set at the other end. Each table in between the bar and the Buffet had a checkered pattern on it like the place was right out of a 50s Television show. There was a juke box near all the tables. Low wattage bulbs hung over every table. A wateriest greeted her and asked if she was alone. She only nodded and she ushered her to a table that had another chair across from her.

Delonious walked in after appearing next to the building. They made eye contact and Cynthia turned her head. She was alone and she was angry. "Tsk Tsk Markus, you fool." As he approached the table Cynthia stared at her menu. "You may not remember me but…"

Cynthia looks up "No, I remember you, what could you possibly want now?"

"To dine with my kin, if that is ok with you." she shrugged and he sat down across from her. This was going to be easy. They ate and spoke of little things then Cynthia explained what Mark had told her. Tears threatened to fall. Delonious wiped them away with the pads of his thumbs. "it was a different time period." he whispered

"That do not matter the fact remains that he did what he did." She said angrily.

"Shush, sweet child if you will allow it I can let you stay in my home down here. Then tomorrow you can go home with a slightly clearer head. I have plenty of spare rooms. My girlfriend is out of town for a day. You can meet her tomorrow before you leave. "

"I don't want to be a bother."

Delonious reached across the table and grabbed her hand. "I don't remember you ever being a bother before. Unless you have changed drastically at least this time I don't have to protect you and you already know who I am. You can't go batting around hotels and motels, think of the unborn child inside you and the, bad press you would put forth on your husband's image. Right now you are angry but you are not a foolish woman. Even though we don't see them you know they're watching."

"You're right ok I'll come with you." Cynthia gets to her feet and sees Jeff and Angelique walk in. She sighs and walks to her daughter and her friend. "Hi guys I hope you are not following me I'm coming home tomorrow I just need time to think."

"Nah we were just getting here. I thought I would trust your daughter here with the map for once, oops, bad move." Jeff says cracking a huge smile. Angelique pinched him he jumps and says "Hey no bruising the merchandise."

"Well sweetie, I'm going to get some much needed rest at Delonious's house."

Jeff wanted to stop this now. "Um Mrs. Callaway You may not want to do that I mean you hardly know him? You can't possibly want to start an adulterous relationship inside the family."

"You worry too much we have settled are differences and he says he has a girlfriend. I'll be staying in one of the guestrooms. He is family if you or even Mark for that matter, thinks I want to do the family, you all are sadly mistaken. This man is hundreds of years my senior. Goodbye Jeff, good night Angelique." Cynthia says a little hurt at what Jeff seemed to be implying. She stormed out of the diner.

Delonious paid the tab as he was waiting for his change. Jeff gets in his face. Angelique had tried to pull Jeff in the other direction but when Jeff did not wish to be moved to her it was an impossible task. "You need to not do nothing stupid living or dead Mark will tear you a new one."

Delonious looks over Jeff's head then makes eye contact. "You seem to think I am here to mistreat her. I love that woman. I, unlike Markus would never cheat on her. I would cherish her. Tonight she is to forget her troubles and relax. Tell Markus something for me will you?"

"Yeah and that something would be" Jeff says stepping even closer, fist clenched at his sides.

"Tell him thanks, for doing the job I would have done. Good night my friends. He ran her away from him and right into my arms." Delonious vanishes. As Jeff takes a swing at him.

"Shit Shit SHIt" Jeff calls Mark and delivers the message. Angelique could hear her father screaming into the phone and the only reason she knew he was cussing was because he was doing it in Irish.

Mark sat on is bike looking at a map on the side of a highway he finely had a location to get to. He was going to get his wife. Kin or no kin Delonious could not be trusted. He'd swiped the address from Hudson's data base. It was a half hour ride.

Cynthia trailed Delonious to his massive home. As they strolled into the front door, the atrium was larger than any one room she had ever seen. Standing at the front door you could see marvel staircases and an enormous crystal chandelier hung above them, the walls where pristine white.

Cynthia walks further into the house shock and awe written all over her face. "WOW this is amazing."

Delonious grunts a response and keeps walking she follows him. He leads her into a spare bedroom right next to his. Here, it's a wee bit smaller than the master bedroom. Would you like a night cap?"

Cynthia rubs her still flat stomach and says "no those are out for awhile. But for some reason I want a Butterfinger, a pickle and some orange juice."

Delonious makes a face. "I'll see what I can do." He leaves the room as he enters the downstairs kitchen he mutters to no one in particular "Soon My love very soon you will be mine." As he reaches the cupboard an idea tickles his inner child and a giggle escapes his lips. He prepares the weird meal and carries it up to his future. As he enters the bedroom without knocking he gets an eye full of pure white loveliness better known as, Cynthia pulling off her top to replace it with a very large shirt she had in her car for travel.

Whenever Mark was away she slept in his shirts. The thought made her mad all over again as she was about to pull off the large shirt the door opened and she turned and saw Delonious staring at her. This made her nervous. "Uh I don't think this is going to work I gotta go. Thanks for everything."

Delonious walked further into the room. "I am so sorry my friend I should have knocked. I am not used to having company beside my girlfriend. You won't mention this little mishap to her when you meet her tomorrow, will you?"

Cynthia calmed down a little "No I just don't want you getting the wrong idea. If I stay here tonight."

"You need not be concerned. My love life does not suffer I have known my girlfriend for a short while but I love her with all of my heart and would never do anything to hurt her." Delonious sighs and hands Cynthia the meal. As he turns to leave, he glances back at his love. "I will see you later my friend my bed beckons me"

As Cynthia munches on her candy bar and pickle she mumbles a thanks and a goodnight. As the door closes, while eating to fast she starts choking on the candy and drinks a large gulp of orange juice to swallow it down. Suddenly she feels really warn and puts down the over half gone glass of orange juice. Cynthia tries to get to her feet but as she stands up she gets dizzy and flops back down on the bed. Oh no what's happening? Ok don't panic you are just overtired. Moments later,she hears a sound and closes her eyes.

30 Minutes later Delonious reenters the room his little mixed drink seemed to do to well. Cynthia was completely out. He felt for a pulse at her neck it was there she was just sleeping. He climbed on top of her partly clothed, she stirred. "You are so special. My Love"

Cynthia panicked giving away the fact she was not asleep. Her voice sounded slurred to even her as she said "W—What are you doing? What about your girlfriend and not wanting to hurt her. Please let me go. we are related."

"You are my girlfriend. I saved your life, I love you, and you said yourself that the time period did not count Mark cheated on you in another time you could never trust him again. He could never love you as I do. I told him that you would come into my arms. He just pushed you my way early. How could he be so stupid to cheat on one so supposedly dear to him?"

Tears and shaking followed Delonious's words "Please whatever you thought was going to happen it's not. I don't love you. You will find what you are faithfully looking for. I am not t-that person. Time does make a difference I am glad you saved my life."

The drug was wearing off Cynthia could now feel him pressing her into the bed. She tried to move and succeed Delonious held her still. "I'm sorry you feel that way. I love you Cindy" He bends his head down and kissed her on the mouth she bites him drawing blood. YOU BITCH YOU LIKE IT ROUGH I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN" He backhands her in the face and pulls up her shirt.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO STOP PLEEEEEEEEEEASE HEEEEEELPE MEEEEE!"

SMACK "shut Up Whore" Delonious had had enough of her screaming his house was sound proof but she was screaming in his ear. He looks into her eyes the fear there turns him on. While holding her down with his powers and one hand trapping her hands above her head, he pulled his bottoms down and roughly inserted his member in to her when she is about to scream again he grabs a pillow and puts it over her face. He rides her hard and fast and just as her hands stopped slapping at his face and falls to her sides he shoots his seed into her and removes the pillow. She suddenly takes in large amounts of air her eyes wide in the moonlight. He gets up, readjusts his clothing, and turns out the light as he leaves her on the bed crying balled up in the fetal position.

Mark rides to the front of the house. As he dismounts his bike he sees a light in one of the upstairs bedrooms go out. Panic and rage tore through him as he kicks at the hard oak front door. It stays closed he tries beating on the door. The door was solid. Mark steps back and takes a running lead into the door it budges but remains closed.

Upstairs Delonious hears the racket and walks slowly down the stairs. He opens the door a flash of black leather comes busting through the doorway and slams into the atrium wall. The word "Shit" is heard from the leathery heap that now lies on the floor. It moves Delonious moves back a step though Mark was no match for him as far as power went he still did not like the sensation of being hit.

"Breaking and entering I see so what brigs you to my home and where did you find my address it is unlisted." Mark gets to his feet flips his hair back out of his face and glares at Delonious. "You seem to be angry about something."

"Where is she?" Mark growls

"My girlfriend is upstairs but I don't know what bus…" Mark moved faster than Delonious expected and grabbed him by the throat. Delonious touched Mark's hand that was around his neck and Mark drew back in pain, as if he had been burned. "I'm afraid your anger is misplaced, so until" He ducks one of Mark's punches "you come to your senses" Delonious movies away from Mark as Mark tries to grab him and pull him into a punch. "I'm afraid you are not welcome here." Delonious traps Mark in a magical blue moving band that circles around him. It looks like a dark blue floating belt.

Mark fights against the magical restriction. He is now floating in the air, still fighting the bands that surround him tightly. "You keep on with this Magical wizard shit and I will find a way to kick yo ass."

"You must face it you have lost her. She is mine." Delonious screams.

"Not even you are that damn fast and if ya are shame on you. I just saw the fucking light go out."

"Did it ever occur to you that I turned out the light afterwards"

Just then Mark's cell phone plays Creep By Radiohead. He had been kicking himself for the whole Sara mess. It was Cynthia's cell phone that song was programmed for. "If I promise not to drive yo little ass straight back to hell will ya let me answer my damn phone."

"We have company" Just as Delonious finished his statement Hudson, Glen, Angel, and Angelique stood just inside the doorway. "Hello my kin and Goodbye" Delonious disappeared

Angel holds out her hand and quickly closes her fist snapping the bands that surrounded her father. Mark lands on his feet and opens his Phone. All that meets his ear is sobs. "Cindy where are you?" He asks louder than he wanted.

Cynthia had found her cell phone in her jeans pocket and dialed Mark. She could not stop crying long enough to answer him. Delonious appeared back in the bedroom. "I'm afraid we must go" Delonious says loudly into the phone. He grabs for her hand and is suddenly jerked backwards.

Glen Jacob Callaway & Andrew Hudson Callaway appear in the room and seize Delonious by the back of his shirt pulling him to the ground. Delonious tries to disappear he could not. "What is going on here?" he asks fear lacing his tone. Glen holds him still with one hand. Delonious tries to erect his magical barrier to push away from him nothing happened. "You can't possibly be more powerful than I." Delonious closes his eyes and tries to summon an old spell he had worked many times before. He was dumbfounded when once more nothing happened he could not summon any of his powers.

Hudson lets go of Delonious He had saw Cynthia on the bed but she was not in the room anymore, or hiding.

The little tussle in the bedroom was just enough to allow Cynthia to run from the room. She hits the stairs and almost knocks Mark backwards as she is trying to escape house. As she comes in contact with Mark she clings to him burying her face into his chest and sobs that she is sorry.

"Cynthia don't apologize just tell me what happened." Mark held Cynthia tightly as she wept. He lifts her face up to the light and saw a bruise forming there on the side of her face.

"I-I want to go I-I have to get out of here. I'm sorry I couldn't fight him off of me. Oh I think I'm gonna be sick excuse me." As yet another bout of fresh tars takes over her face, she disengages herself from Mark and runs the rest of the way down the stairs before she gives her dinner, and the tainted snack back into Delonious's fake cheesy looking palm tree by the bottom of the stairs.

"Angelique, take your mother home Angel go with your sister. This shit ends once and for all tonight" The anger Mark felt was tangible as he stormed up the stairs he had told Delonious that he was going to find a way to send him back to hell. Mark enters the bedroom and sees Hudson on his knees looking under the bed. "I don't know how ok she is but Cindy is with Angelique." Mark says he starts walking toward Delonious whom is still being held in place by Glen. "Tonight is yo night Motherfucker."

"You wouldn't hit someone that was bound would you. Tell your dear brother to release me. We can have a fare fight." Delonious had figured out what was happening. Glen was a succubus of power of any kind. The minute he was released he could perform his spell and end the line. His love did not love him he was alone here in this time. He could not have her no one else would either.

"Let him go I'm gonna beat the tar out of him." Mark bellows as he swings and punches Delonious in the face. Don't feel so good huh boy? "You wanna hit my wife." WHAM Mark uppercuts Delonious making him almost slip out of Glen's grip. "Let him go Glen." Mark grabbed a hold of Delonious's shirt about to pull him into a punch.

Glen looked worried. "Mark If I let him go he is going to regain all his powers.'

"I'm not scared of this Asshole" Mark rapidly punches and kicks Delonious the minute Glen lets him free. "You Just could not fix time or whatever you were sent here to do could you had to go messing with my family wrong move.

Delonious could not figure why he could not disappear he tries to combat Mark physically and found that to be a big mistake. In mere seconds he was on his back. Mark's eyes were glowing with rage. Mark is hollering and punching him in the side of the head. Consciousness is fading Delonious tries one more spell it doesn't work and his world fads to black.

Mark punched and kicked Delonious until his arm and legs were tired. the only thing that stopped him is when the body turned into dust and Mark hit the floor fist first. Breathing heavily he pushes himself up off the floor shaking his hands to regain feeling . When he looks at Hudson and Glen both drew back in fear that he was some how going to blame them. Hudson had never seen this side of Mark his son was a more physical person than he was metaphysical. Mark had only seen Glen holding Delonious he never thought Mark would be able to learn Glen's power so quickly. Mark's power was most potent when he was angry. He could replicate any of the Callaway given powers and could draw more power from his surroundings than Hudson himself could.

Epilog

Right after Delonious was sent back to hell. Mark returned home Him and Cynthia were able to resolve their issues. Months later the twins Katie Jade and Andrew Jeffery Callaway were born. Katie or Kat as Angel calls her has Mark's hair color and Cynthia's blue eyes. Andrew looks just like his name sake only smaller.

Cynthia still to this day do not like dark places. It took her awhile to allow pillows in the bed. It wasn't until one night Mark told her that if he could not have a pillow she could not lay on him. She knew he was lying but as hard as it was to let the offending object in to her bed. That first night was the easy part Mark was there. She still doesn't like the idea but it is always easier when Mark is home. When he is not home Cynthia works into the wee hours of the morning but she works at home so Mark won't worry about her.

Angel passed 12th grade she now goes to College her high school grade point average soared back to the 4.25 it was supposed to be when Mark showed up at the school with his lawyer in January. He still did not like the fact the Choir teacher was just transferred and not flat out fired but Angel did not have to deal with him. The English teacher changed the grades to what they were supposed be. He later apologized to Angel and Mark explaining that he had been having a very bad week. After Angel left the room the teacher asked to speak with Mark. He told Mark that Angel was a wonderful writer and that she should go to this College he was a board member for. Mark grinned from ear to ear when he told Angel and everyone at dinner that night.

Angelique and Jeff moved into together. That was Angelique's birthday present to her youngest siblings. The twins would share the Attic room it was large enough to close off into two separate rooms. When Jeff first asked her she told him that she was not going to be staying with him forever while not being married. That next year on Christmas Jeff stood on the table and Asked Angelique to please be his wife. Of course she said yes.

Three years later Mark retired for WWE. He now works with Hudson. Mark Heads up the Texas, California and Nevada Branches of NIA. He is the happiest he has ever been his kids are safe his little girl is marrying someone he even respects and his two bundles of joy are healthy. After all of the emotional turmoil his marriage is still solid. He vowed to Cynthia that he would never ever do something like that again. She told him that Delonious taught her just how much the time window mattered. She told him she would never like the fact that it happened but since things were like they were and being manipulated by Delonious and Sara she forgave him.

Andrew Hudson Callaway was called away recently. He had to find Mark's mother she had disappeared one day from her home and had not returned. Glen was worried he begged Hudson to find his mother. Though Hudson was no longer in love with the woman finding out that the reason she hid her pregnancy from him was so he could keep his rank in the Army back then pissed him off and saddened him at the same time. Hudson squints at the little house in the middle of nowhere. There had to be a clue to where she had gone. This lead was his freshest one yet. The Curtain moves he starts toward the door.

THE END

AN:OK that's it the end of this story I am thinking of doing more in this series but not right now To my readers thanks for reading and a Special thanks to you one reviewer. I hope I have answered most of what you asked about the story.