DW: Wow leapin' lizards!
I have the greatest ending for this story. Which will rap up in about two chapter, perhaps?
We got snow and that means no school!
PS- My computer is being weird and bolded and italized everything!
Duncan punched the icy covered wall, "I can't believe this!" Courtney was still frozen in her position on the floor, where she was lying agaisnt Duncan. Her dream had showed Pandora and Perry, in a cave somewhere. The most surprising of this was, Life, the one whom she trusted and helped deliver Pandora, was the grand mastermind behind the whole scheme. Mother folded her hands across her chest and closed her eyes. She appeared to be holding in something that she wanted to say, but her mouth remained closed. Courtney sighed and started breathing exercises, to calm herself down. "What are we going to do?" she asked, through shallow breaths. Duncan was standing, with his hand still on the wall. His head was bent down and his breathing was heavy. Courtney looked up to her husband with wild and pleading eyes. She had asked Duncan a question, a very serious one, and he had yet to answer her. Courtney waited one more mintue until she stood up and looked difiantly at him. "Duncan, I said, what are we going to do!" she yelled at him. "I don't know!" Duncan screamed back. Courtney's mouth fell open, "What do you mean, you don't know?" Duncan was very fustrated, he turned his back to her. Courtney grabbed hold of his shoulder and with much force, turned him around back to her face. Courtney put both of her hands on either side of his face and tried to focus his eyes on her. Blue orbs burned back into brown ones. She spoke in a low and calm voice, "Duncan, focus, what are we going to do about our missing daughter?" His eyes were getting watery, as if he was about to cry. "I-I don't know. I'm lost," he stammered. Courtney's eyes casted downward and removed her hands. Her heart was heavy and it felt like it was about to break and jump right out of her chest. Duncan had no plans. She had no plans, besides kicking Perry's ass. But, that wasn't on the radar anymore. Now she had to deal with Life, who was now a more severe problem. More dangerous. Courtney wandered from him and saunted over to a corner and nearly collasped onto the ground. She stared blankly at the brown wall.
Mother had finally released her breath, that she had been holding in for so long. "Duncan?"
Silence. Mother walked over to her son and spoke a little louder. "I said, Duncan?"
"What?" Smack! Smack! I threw you guys a number with Life, didn't I Mother had hit Duncan across his cheek, twice. Duncan recovered and stared, horrified at his Mother. Mother stood there with the same expression on her face. Duncan began to rub both of his cheeks, "What the hell was that for?" he screamed, angrily at her. "You need some sense slapped back into you," she stated, calmly. "Now I want you both to listen to me," her eyes darted over to Courtney's back. "Both, includes you as well, Courtney". "I am listnening for the reason why you would slap me!" Duncan said. "I slapped you because, I need you to listen well." "I am".
"Here is how you are going to save my granddaughter. Duncan you will support Courtney while she uses her senses to track down the exact location of Perry and Life. Courtney remember what a Mother's intution really means and I'm positve it will lead you to Pandora". Mother put her hands inside her cloak and began to walk towards the entrance of the cave. Lights began to flash and made Courtney turn around to watch Mother, standing in a mist of lights.
"I shall return to the underworld and see how Gwen and Danielle are holding down things. Proceed with caution, I fear that Life is a threat". Mother had disappeared with her last warning within the flow of the lights. Courtney and Duncan stayed in their same positions for a moment before she meekly looked up at him. "So, what do we do now?"
"What do you think?" Duncan said, crossly.
He walked to her and sat down next to her. "You need to close your eyes and concentrate on seeing the location from your dream".
"It would help if you lost the funky atitude," Courtney closed her eyes and breathed in deeply. She felt his hand lower down onto her thigh and pat is contently. She smiled to herself, and tried to reoccur the dream. Courtney saw the crib, Perry, and Life's white hand trailing over Pandora's sleeping figure. The vision took her out of the room and all the way to the entrance of a cave. There was crystals and gems lining the walls.
It then took her outside the cave and she got a good look around the area. There was snow falling, of course. Trees with bare, ice covered branches and large oddly shaped rocks. Near the entrance of the cave she saw a rock that was large and odd shaped. Almost loooked like a curvy woman figure standing there, guarding the hiding place. "What do you see?" Duncan asked, gently. Courtney's nose wrinkled and she tried to clear the picture better.
"It's a cave lined with pretty gems and crystals. There's a rock standing in the front of the cave, it looks like a curvy woman."
"That doesn't help much, " Duncan mumbled.
Courtney began to shiver, but not from the cold, from anger. She now could see Life walking out the cave with Perry right on her heels. She stood there in all her pale glory and looked up towards the sky. Her lips played a thin smile, as she spoke. "I want you to come look for me, Courtney. I can sense you watching!"
The wind blew her her pale yellow hair, "Perry, come here," she spoke softly, her back towards him.
Perry hesistated before walking up behind her and burying his nose in her neck. Life inhaled sharply and whispered in a breathy voice, "I want you to do something for me". Perry moved her hair from her neck and kissed it, "Anything my love".
Life hitched up an eyebrow and turned around to face them. Their lips were barely touching and she whispered her dirty deed for him on his lips. "Duncan and Courtney are coming to look for us. I want you to track them here." She kissed him deeply then and pulled away after a second. "Bring them to me!"
Perry growled and started to trot away from her, he then disappeared down the steep rocks. Life smiled to herself, "Come and find me, Duncan".
Courtney opened her eyes and grabbed onto Duncan's arms. "She knew I was watching her! She and Perry are together and Life just sent Perry out to look for us. We have to go, now!" Courtney tugged on his cloak and ran towards the entrance of the cave. Duncan followed her, while taking off his cloak, he then draped it around her body. "We should head, up. If you said Perry is coming down. We will eventually meet head on!"
The burning feeling of venom returned to Courtney's veins. It was as if her heart was pumping out blood spiked posion into her body, that warmed her besides the cold. The feeling of adrenaline and excitment, all came rushing back to her. Duncan glanced at her from the corner of his eye. "What do you feel, Courtney?" he asked her, excitidly.
"I-I feel," A dark smirk crept onto her lips. "I feel like riping off Life's head! I can feel Perry coming from the east side of the mountain". She quickly started to bound up the east side and was almost gone behind a large rock. Duncan shouted out once, "That's my girl!"
Courtney and Duncan were climbling at the same pace now. Each taking a lead before one and another. They came to a safe, ledge and decided to rest there for a moment. Courtney was breathing heavily as she leaned agaisnt a rock. Duncan was standing and looking around the open snow filled landscape. Courtney closed her eyes just for a moment, and what she saw and heard immediately made her open her eyes.
"Watch you back, Courtney!" a threatnening voice came.
Courtney's eyes rushed immediately to Duncan. "Duncan, look out!" she screamed.
Duncan turned to her and in a quick second was toppeled to the ground. Perry had jumped and tackeled Duncan to the ground. They restled with each other in the snow. Courtney was frozen in her stance, there was nothing she could really do. She had no special powers, no real strength, and no ideas of how to come by this. Duncan was able to regain the upper hand, when he scraped Perry on the neck. The scrape turned not the usual blood red color but a venom, evil, green.
Perry hissed at him and bounded up the mountain. Duncan let out a howl and bounded after him. Courtney scrambled to try and keep up with them. Perry was leading them back to Life, and this is what Courtney wanted him to do. There was a few times when the boys each took a punch of scape at each other. It didn't take long before Courney saw Duncan disappear above a rock. These were the oddly shaped rocks Courtney had seen in her vision. Life was standing up there, ever so smug.
Courtney finally reached the top and pulled herself up. Her eyes enlarged as the seemingly lifeless figure of Duncan was lying on the ground to the left of Life. Only a groan of a pain, was a signal that he was alive. Without thinking, Courtney ran to topple Life. However, she was stopped short by an unseen force. "About time you found me, "Life spoke.
"I was getting tired of waiting, " she gave Courtney a sickening smile.
Courtney struggled, but couldn't move. Only her eyes, which held all her emotion was directed into Life's gray ones.
Life pretended to shiver and said, "It certainly is chilly out here. Any objections to taking this somewhere warmer?"
No one said anything, but Duncan groaned from the ground.
"No?" Life smiled, "Then here we go back to somewhere sickening fimilar".
A white blinding light burned Courtney's eyes. Her hands yearned to cover her ears from the loud whisteling noise
Courtney opened her eyes and jumped a little, because they were completely blurry. Her whole body ached and her muscles were tight. It hurt to move in her spot, she was leaning agaisnt Duncan's back. They weren't tied together or anything, but it felt like something was restraining her. Courtney blinked a couple of time and waited for her eyes to adjust back to the dark light.
She came to the realization that they were back in the underworld. From her side, Gwen, Mother, and Danielle were standing behind a glowing barrier. Unable to move through it. Life was on the other side, sitting in a large chair. Perry stood loyally next to her. Pandora was fast asleep in a cradle. Gray eyes met brown ones.
"Welcome home!" Life spread her arms out, as if to welcome them back to this tragic place.
"W-what it going on here?"Courtney demanded.
Life crossed her pale, long, legs. "You are in no position to demand things around here, Courtney. I do the demanding this time!"
"Did my Father put you up to this?" Duncan spat.
Life's smile disappeared and was replaced with a sickening smirk. "You shall learn about you Father in due time. But, isn't there some other burning question you want to ask me?"
Everyone, besides Perry, gave her a blank stare. Life rolled her eyes, "How about, why on earth would you do this? Why would I steal precious Pandora from you and what are my plans now that you're at me mercy?"
"Something like that could work!" Duncan said.
Life leaned in the chair, "Duncan, you should have an idea in that brain of yours, of why I would do this. Think".
"I'm not that good at guessing games".
"Oh, then I'll give you a little help," Life looked towards Courtney. "Remember that story I told you? About how Duncan and I met back in war?"
Courtney thought,
~Flashback~
Life's voice was barely a whisper, "One night I was walking back home and I was attacked by a SS officer. He raped me in a alley and when he was finished he left me there on the cold ground. The only thing that I was concerned about was my baby that I had found out about four days before it happened", her voice was becoming shaky and her breathing was getting uneven. "I wrote to Bobby, that's his name, and told him that I was pregnant. I never did tell him that I was raped."
"Why?"
"I was ashamed" she admitted, sheepishly. "I watched day after day as the Nazis paraded the streets and the Jews were being forced out from the homes. I was slapped once for defending a Jewish woman one time." Life shook her head, trying to get the memories to go away. "But the most tragic thing happened to me." Life was now griping te bedsheet in a tight grip.
Courtney could already guess what happened but she wanted to be sure.
A lone tear, rolled down her cheek. "Bobby died. He was shot down by a American fighter plane. I went mad when I found out. I stopped eating and taking care of myself. My sister had to come and watch over because I was still pregnant. After a week of being madly depressed and stressed out, I lost my son".
Courtney gasped and covered her mouth with her hands. "I'm so sorry" she mumbled from behing closed hands.
Life shrugged it off, "It's fine."
"So, what happened after you lost it?"
"I came to America and found another guy. He wasn't nearly as wonderful as my dear Bobby but he was decent". Life turned her head so that she was now looking at Courtney, right in the eye. "That's why I'm so excited for you. You're going through the most wonderful thing in the world. Yes, you might have some excess weight,but, think about what it's for".
Courtney was ashamed that she had been so selfish. "I'm sorry, Life. You know I'm really happy you're here for me".
Life smiled fondly at her,
"I'm glad too"
~End Flashback~
"Duncan killed my lover and my child," Life whispered, her eyes were unblinking, as if reliving the event.
Duncan snorted, "Is this what this whole thing is about? It was my job!"
"You took away Bobby and my unborn child!" Life screamed back. "When I heard Bobby died. I knew you were coming for my son, soon. We met the previous week before you took Bobby. I almost had a near death experience".
"When you tried to stop a beating of a Jewish person and they beat you instead, right?"
Life nodded, "I saw your face, in the shadows. I had seen you before when I died in my previous lives. I begged for you to take me from the pain my heart felt when I lost my loves," Life spoke higher, with more angry filling her throat. "You left me a mortal! Of all of the people I loved, I loved you the most".
Gasps rang out clear throughtout the whole area.
Duncan was the only one not to gasp out and remain a calm composure plastered on his face. As if he already knew this little fact. "I didn't love you, the way you wanted me to. I'm sorry but I did fall in love with someone else. I thought giving you a special job would help find you another person. Guess I was wrong".
"You were way wrong, " Life said through clenched teeth. "I begged you to give me a try. But, no! You had to fall in love with a blood-pumping mortal!"
Now Duncan's face showed some emotion. "Leave, Felicia out of this".
Life laughed, sinisterly and got up from the chair. As she sauntered over to Duncan, she said, "Oh, but she matters great deal in this whole facade. The people you see in this room, helped in her death".
Stares and glares of accusation passed around the room.
"You killed her?" Duncan asked, his throat burned as he said those words. Like someone had just poured acid down his throat and then proceeded to heat it up with a blow torch. Duncan looked from every person besides Courtney and Perry in the room. His glares were returned with each pair of eyes casting downwards. "Gwen?" he called. "Did you have any part in this?"
Gwen shook her head, "No, Duncan. I would never hurt you that way".
He had always had his suspicions that his Mother had some role in Felicia's tragic death. Duncan looked directly into his Mother's eyes and started to stand up. As he walked towards her, every bit of strength he had was being used to stop him from potentially killing this woman. "Mother? I have always had that voice in the back of my mind. You killed Felicia".
Mother opened her mouth to answer but, Life beat her to it. "I wanted your love for Felicia. The way you held and kissed her, I wanted it all!" Life was begginning to advance towards Duncan. "There must have been some way for her to leave. Fortunately, I found someone who shared a common interest".
Duncan looked sorrowfully back at his Mother. "Ma?"
Mother's jaw set and she spoke forcefully. "You were messing up your life by running away with that girl."
"I loved her!"
"She was an inconvience!"
"But, I loved her!"
"She was a mortal!"
Duncan was red with anger. "But, I loved her! Was love my mistake!"
"YES!"
Mother screamed at the top of her lungs. "She was a mortal! That girl wanted you to run away with her in some fantasy land. I couldn't let that happen!"
Duncan gave his Mother a disgusted look and whispered darkly. "You are not my Mother".
"And what was your part in all of this?" Courtney asked Life.
Life smiled smugly, "I gave her the disease."
Duncan turned around slowly and growled deeply before taking a running start and almost pouncing on Life. But, she stopped him in mid-air and brought him down to his knees. Duncan yelled out, and twisted in pain from her cruel mind tricks. "Don't you want to hear about your Father?"
Courtney ran to Duncan's side and grabbed a hold of him. "What about him?" she asked, as she cradeled Duncan in her arms.
"He's gone".
Duncan had recovered and was now breathing at a high rate. "What do you mean he is gone? I just spoke to he recently".
Life laughed, "Your Father has been dead nearly two hundred years. He passed on his legacy to me, and I vowed to take very good care of it. What you spoke to was merely a empty shell, controlled by one of my many mind slaves. He's gone".
"What happened to him?" Duncan asked.
"Old age," Life replied, simply.
"So, I guessing Perry is your new lover, huh?" Gwen rang out from behind the barrier.
Life cringed for a moment, and it seemed that Courtney was the only one who noticed. "Yes. I care for him very much" she answered.
"What will happen if I killed your lover first?" Duncan rose to his feet.
"Not before I kill yours," Life said, in a sing-song voice.
Duncan looked quickly at Courtney, and began to make his way slowly over to her. "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, there is one tiny-little-itsy-bitsy problem stopping us from being married, Duncan," Life glanced towards Courtney with a sickening smile. "Courtney, my dear, I'm afraid your time had come".
Courtney was not going to be intimidated. "I will never leave Duncan or my child's side! The only way is over my dead body"
Life crossed her fingers above her chest and shrugged. "Fine. Then your dead body can lay off to the side as Duncan and I get married. And you know what else will happen, Court?"
"What?" Courtney growled.
Life's gray eyes narrowed into snake slits. "When Duncan and I are finally together, I can kiss Pandora on top of her sweet head and she will slowly become a complete mortal. She will have no memory of you". Life pulled out a glass syringe. Inside, there was a green bubbly liquid. "A small dose of this posion can stop a beating heart, permanately".
Duncan stood in front of Courtney, to shield her. "I want let you take another woman I love from me again!"
Life used her mind manipulation again to cause Duncan to fall to the ground in agony. Courtney tried to fight Life off, but the immortal being was too strong and powerful. Life had Courtney's neck clenched in her hand. Courtney gasped for air, "Please!"
Life smirked, "It's been nice knowing you, sweetheart."
Duncan screamed out as Life jabbed the posion right into Courtney's heart.
She fell down to the floor with a thud.
With the sounds of Pandora, crying softly, ringing in her ears.
DW: Wow! How did you like it? I came up with this idea as I was sweeping my kitchen, haha! Great way to start to weekend huh? Hmm, looks like I'm almost to 500 reviews! Woop-woop! Anyway we can reach say like 512 reviews? Goals? This was an epic and important chapter! Tell me what you think, homes. Peace and Love, DW