Disclaimer- blah blah blah.
Personal Note- thanks to all that are following this story. Dusk- yeah it is weird for me to
write this but like you said it is different and I also wanted to write something different.
But thanks. Thanks to you and Sammie- thanks for the hope. Thanks to the coven out
here. And to Ayne Laveaga, that let me used her name for this.. well.. not really but i used it anyways!
I don't know why but I love her name.
Again, not beta-ed. I am sorry for that. I am working on my other stories so they will be
out soon as well. I haven't forgotten about them….
The Broken Coven.
By the Untalented JOxER
Chapter Three.
Nathan had searched the endless mall for what seemed to be the tenth time. He told the
teen that he was going to be back at 8 pm to pick him up. Maybe he called a cab, Nathan
thought as he looked at his watch- 9:00pm. Nathan went to directory office and had
Lucas paged. After the first page and nothing happened, he asked to page Lucas again.
Nathan did this for about five times before realizing the teen was not in the mall.
Nathan went rushing back into his car and drove to the hotel. Kristen had warn Nathan
that they were going to be hiding in the dark and when Lucas would arrive, they would be
yelling surprise. Nathan rushed in the hotel and went towards their rooms. He quickly
swiped the card for the door to unlock and found that the teen was not in the room.
Nathan was beginning to worry. He ran to the hotel hall and opened the double doors
that sealed off the private room. Nathan flicked the lights and moved some balloons out
of his face.
"Sur.." The awaiting people began to yell but stopped when they saw the captain alone.
"Captain, where's Lucas?" Lt. Commander Katie Hitchcock asked as she straightened up
her party hat.
"I don't know. I was supposed to pick him up at the mall but he's not there." Nathan said
as Kristen began to walk towards the worried captain.
"Have you checked the room?"
"Yes Kris, I did. He's not there, and I had the mall page him around 6 times but he never
did show up."
"Does he have his pal with him?"
"No, it is upstairs in the room. Kris I don't have a good feeling about this."
"Captain, do you want me to call the police?" Tim O'Neil said.
"No O'Neil, they will just filed it as a runaway and will only began to search after 24
hours..."
"What are we going to do?" Dr. Westphalen said with concern.
"I.. I don't know. O'Neil, contact Kreig for me." Nathan ordered.
"Ben? You don't think he took Lucas out for a little fun?"
"No, I don't know. If Lucas went somewhere or did something, Lt Krieg will know. He
knows every bodies business."
"Alright sir." Tim said as he reached for his pal and dialed up the seaQuest.
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Ben Krieg was going to explode. Everything that could go wrong in a supply run did.
Even the things that were impossible became a myth. The orders were all scrambled up
and some of the orders were not even there! Ben was going mad. He knew what speech
he is going to get from the captain, 'don't wait till the last minute Ben, like always'
speech. But things were finally getting organized. Almost ¼ of the order was not there
so that meant that he could call it quits by midnight and enjoy at least one day on shore.
He took a break from the ciaos and headed towards the moon pool. He was surprised that
Darwin was swimming around, playing with a small water toy of a shark.
"Hey Dar, what ya doing here?"
"Ben alone. Darwin stay."
"Thanks Dar, I could use a friend right now."
"Ben sick?"
"No Ben not sick, Ben tired."
"Ben sleep."
"I wish I could. I have a job to do right now."
"No work, play" Darwin said as he thru the rubber shark in the air.
"Alright, give me that shark." Ben said as Darwin gave him the toy shark. Ben removed
the toy from the dolphin's mouth and threw it at the end of the pool. In a flash, Darwin
went under and almost in a second, had the shark in his mouth again and going back
towards the lieutenant.
"Great Shark hunter." Ben said as the small beeping of his PAL device interrupted him.
"Yeah?"
"Ben, I have Captain Bridger here that wants to speak to you."
"Patch him through Richards." Ben said to the young ensign. Another small beep and
Ben began to talk to the Captain. "Hiya Captain, what can I do for you?"
"I don't want any of your games Lt. Krieg, do you know where Lucas is?"
"Huh? Isn't he with you guys?"
"He was... I left him in the mall with an old friend of his and he wasn't there when I went
to pick him up. This is not like him." Nathan sighed. He knew that Ben knew something
that gave him a little hope.
"I'm sorry cap, I haven't seen Lucas since the yesterday, when you all left the seaQuest."
"I am sorry Ben, I thought you out of all people could have known where he is. It is
almost 10 and it is driving me insane. Keep in contact if anything comes up."
"You don't think someone took him do you?"
"I don't know what to think right now."
"Have you called the police or anything?"
"I am going to, I thought this was some kind of prank but this is getting serious. Well,
call if anything comes up."
"Yeah Cap, you do the same ok."
"Yeah." The captain replied before hanging up. Ben was shock; Lucas wouldn't just
runaway or wonder off like this. Lucas did love his pranks and Ben too but this was over
the line. Lucas would never pull something this serious. Ben was brought back to reality
when a wet plastic toy came in contact with his face.
"Lucas gone?" Darwin asked.
"Lost. Lucas is Lost Darwin."
"Lost. Darwin find Lucas."
"Not in the water Darwin. Lucas is lost somewhere on the land."
"Darwin find Lucas!" Darwin said before he left the moon pool and headed out. Ben
realized what the dolphin was doing and decided to do the same thing.
"Ensign Richards" Ben said to his PAL.
"Yes sir."
"Get Vectra over here and tell him that he has to take my place."
"Sir is there something wrong."
"Yeah, I am going leave."
"Sir?"
"I will explain my actions later, I am leaving."
"Alright sir, MR-6 is going to be ready for you."
"Thanks Richards." Ben said as he headed towards the launch area. He too wasn't going
t stay around while his best friend was somewhere alone and lost. Ben was about to
aboard the launch when someone from behind grabed his shoulder.
"Where are you going Lieutenant?" Dr. Joshua Levin asked.
"I have to go to shore, Lucas is lost somewhere and I just can't stay here while he is lost."
Dr. Levin completely understood the reason for Ben to go but there was no way he could
let his friend go alone. Levin began to follow Ben into the launch.
"What do you think you are doing?"
"I am going with you."
"Oh no…"
"Don't argue with me Ben, you can't do this alone…" Levin said as he closed the hatch
door to the launch. Ben didn't want the doctor to come along but there really was no
time for a discussion.
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Nathan ended the call and ran his hand through his hair. 'What else to do' Nathan
thought as the last possibility hit Nathan. He picked up the corsetry phone in the hotel.
"Who are you calling?" Kristen asked.
"The police."
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Ben and Joshua exited the launch and had called up a cab to pick them up. Ben gave the
cab driver the address to the hotel. The cab said it was going to be awhile since he had to
pick up another passenger a few miles behind. Ben complained and wanted another cab.
Joshua told the lieutenant to calm down but that just mad Ben more upset. The driver
told Ben that there are no more cabs in the area; it would be a two-hour wait before there
could be one and the drive to the other passenger was only a half an hour delay. Ben
finally agreed and was making best of the situation- the entire ride; he got time to think
on where could Lucas be if he did really just run away... Ben turned to Dr. Levin and he
was also lost in his own little world. Neither Ben nor Joshua ever did notice when another
passenger entered the car. That was a big surprise to Ben's character. The lady was a nice
looking one and was wearing a nice short skirt suit. She said her simple hello but Ben
ignored it. Usually it was the women that ignored Ben but he was too busy thinking
about Lucas. The driver instructed that he was going to drop her off first then he was
going to take the two men to the hotel with the charge being from the drop area of the
lady. The lady once again said her hello to Ben, seeing that the Doctor also ignored her
greeting and asked Ben if he was single. Ben answered that he was married and that he
had things on his mind. 'Later on I will blame Lucas for this..she could have been the
next Mrs. Krieg. That boy has never seen so much rage like the one I will put for him if
he is out somewhere with a girl...'Ben thought and then something clicked. He
remembered the time he went to see Lucas in his room, he was chatting away and
something triggered his memory- RAGE! He remembered reading the RAGE and at 9
pm. Ben asked the driver if he knew a RAGE and the driver laughed.
"Who hasn't? It is a popular club here." The driver responded. "There is allot of stuff tat
goes around there, too many fights and illegal drugs..." The driver said.
"How much to take me there!" Ben said.
"About 20."
"Fine, drop us off there"
"What eva ya want mista."
"What are you thinking Ben?"Dr. Levin asked.
"Before we left for shore, Lucas was in a chat room named Covens. I kinda sneaked up
on the kid and all I got was RAGE and at 9pm. It is a long shot but he might be there."
"I think we should call the captain"
"No, what happens if he is not there, we would get him all worked up and for what, for a
prank he might think I pulled! Plus, I want to get to Lucas first, and give captain the
rest!"
Ben had apologized to the lady but she was annoyed by the Lieutenant past behavior that
she didn't even said goodbye when they reached her stop. The cab took another 20
minutes to reach the club and Ben paid the man as the two men stepped out of the car.
'Oh boy Lucas, if you are in here I am going to kill you…' Ben thought as he and Joshua
entered the club.
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Lucas let go of Damien's hand and followed the group to the table. The three girls tried
to sit next to Lucas but Ayne had pushed them all way. Damien laughed at the pathetic
girls and began to introduce the whole gang.
"Alright Jacob, next to me, this is Victor." Damien said as Victor gave Lucas a small
salute. Victor had many piercing that Lucas thought that Victor was running out of room
for earrings. "Next to him, that is Kat." Kat waved hello and winked at Lucas. Lucas
blushed but continued around the table. "The two love sick couple over there is Rachel
and Skid." The two weren't paying attention to anything that was said, they were too
busy swallowing their faces, kissing. "And that is Ronda and Steve, another couple but
not that sick like the other two. Last and least, Jezzie." Jezzie gave Damien the finger but
smiled to Lucas.
Damien waved to the bartender and a waiter came over to the group. "Give us some
JD's, all around." Damien asked as the waiter nodded but asked who was the new guy.
Damien told the waiter to get him the drinks with more force and the waiter agreed.
Damien turned to Lucas. "So Jacob, how did you get away from ya old man?"
"Actually, I just asked him." Lucas said
"Lame ass. Didn't know we had the same taste in clothes, yet your chain is a bit too
much…" Damien laughed.
"Hey! I picked it out for him!" Ayne said as she leaned next to Lucas.
"That's why, Jacob, first lesson on life- don't let a chick pick out your clothes!"
"I will listen next time." Lucas laughed.
"Hey Fucker." Ayne said as she elbowed Lucas on the side. The drinks came and
everyone took a glass. Lucas looked at the glass…
"Hey, aren't ya thirsty?" Damien questioned.
"Yeah.. but… JD's are not my thing." Lucas replied
"Oh? And what the fuck is?"
"Umm Vodka." Lucas answered. He didn't know a thing about liquor, let alone what
kind of alcohol they contain. Damien laughed as he ordered small vodka for Lucas. The
waiter came back with a small shoot and they whole group toasted to their new members.
Lucas looked at the drink at his hand and gulped the drink down. Lucas didn't taste it at
first but once it hit his throat, he felt it burn as if he swallowed fire. Lucas began to
cough violently. Ayne began to laugh and patted Lucas on the back.
"Hey mister, ya ok?" Ayne laughed.
"Yeah.." Lucas said as he cleared his throat. "It.. long time.." Lucas said as his coughing
fit was dying down. The group laughed and saw that the club was getting crowed. Plus,
it was time to play….
"Hey people, it is getting crowed in here…" Damien said as he began to get up. The
others follow and Lucas was confused.
"Come on Jacob, we are going to a private room." Ayne said as she waited for Jacob.
"So we can talk in some sort of peace." Lucas nodded and followed the group to the far
back of the club. There were several rooms and the group went to the last one. Lucas
looked around; there were many rock posters with the group's autographs. Lucas was
amazed as he saw a poster of his favorite band on the wall. Lucas stood there in amaze
when someone began to pull his jacket. "Do I have to carry you J?" Ayne said and Lucas
laughed. The group entered the room and Lucas and Ayne entered last. Someone shut
the door hard that made Lucas jump. Lucas turned to see that Victor was locking the
door and Lucas turned to Damien. But what he saw scared him. Damien stood there
with his arms crossed and with an evil look on his face.
"How dare you come here and make fun of us!" Damien yelled.
"I.. I don't understand."
"Of course you do Jacob! Fuck, that is even not your name is it! Is it Lucas!" Damien
saw the teens eyes widen in fear. "And to think that I really liked you…"
Lucas was scared, Damien's voice had risen with each word and Lucas began to back
away from him. How could Damien had known who he was… there was no way!. "I
think you are mistaken…"
"Don't give me that bullshit! I saw your file, mister computer analysis of the fucken
UEO!" Damien yelled and then laughed. "A computer genius that couldn't keep his own
laptop safe from an average hacker!"
Lucas knew what he meant. The laptop, he didn't have the block that would have
protected his identity. "What.. what are you going to do to me." Lucas asked with fear in
his voice. Damien smiled, the whole group also smiled. It wasn't good. Before Lucas
could make it to the door and run, he was struck on his head with something very hard.
Lucas collapsed on the floor and passed out.
Moments later, Lucas was being awaken by something unknown. No one was moving
him but his brain was yelling at him to wake up. Lucas awoke to find himself tied to a
small bed. Lucas pulled on the bonds but they were too tight. Lucas looked at four
people hovering over him. They all stood on each side of him and watched his struggles.
Damien stood above him, Ayne stood at his feet, Kat was on his left side and Skid was at
his right.
"Why are you doing this to me?"
"You lied to us Lucas. No one lies and gets away with it." Damien said as he grinned his
teeth.
"What was I supposed to say, that I was just a genius in this UEO flag ship and not to
mention it was the seaQuest!"
"You also forgot the part about you being 16!" Ayne said.
"Lucas, we could have been friends. But you decided to lie instead. You have to be
taught a lesson…" Skid said.
"Alright, South gets the book. East get the knife and West, get the cup." Damien
ordered. The three nodded and went to their task.
"Alright, lets begin." Damien said as he read something from a book. Lucas was silent,
'it sounds like a passage' Lucas thought as he remember a night were Tim O'Neil told the
teen some myths. It wasn't a language Lucas recognized. Lucas gasped as he saw a
knife Kat was holding. Kat moved the knife to the center of Lucas chest and raised it to
the sky, the point pointing up. Lucas tried to scream. Damien told him to shut up and
Lucas disobeyed… at least he tried… when Lucas tried to scream again, he had no voice.
That made Lucas even more scared, somehow Damien controlled his voice. The four
were now repeating the same passage Damien had read and Lucas struggled to get away
from the four. Lucas eyes widen as Kat moved the knifepoint down and pulled out her
arm. Lucas saw Kat cutting into her flesh and repeated the chant louder. Skid gave Kat
the cup and Kat put some of her blood into it. She looked at Lucas and smiled and then
passed the cup to Ayne. Ayne mimic Kats action and also cut herself. She made a nice
cut right above her left breast and poured some drops of blood into the cup. The cup was
passed to skid and then to Damien. Damien jammed the knife into his hand and squeezed
the blood out. Damien licked his wound and said his chant. Lucas began to struggle
harder as the knife was being held next to his cheek. Lucas tried to scream as the knife
cut into his flesh but his voice was still being trapped somehow. Damien smiled as Lucas
blood was pouring into the cup he held next to the teens face. The spell was almost
complete. Damien grabed hold of Lucas head while Skid got hold of his jaw. Ayne
came around and sat on his body and Kat grabed hold of the cup. Lucas tried to move his
head but Damien was too strong. They all said the last chant and Skid forced Lucas
mouth to open. Kat then placed the cup on Lucas lips and began to empty the mixed
bloods into Lucas mouth. Lucas tried to spit out the blood but skid quickly shut his jaw
and pinched his nose shut. Lucas was determined not to swallow but Ayne punched him
in his stomach. Lucas coughed and tried not to swallow but it was too late. Lucas eyes
widen as the contents began to go down his throat. Skid still held his nose shut until he
was certain that Lucas had swallowed the blood. Damien told him to release the teen and
for Ayne to get off him. They all did what they were told and Lucas took in deep breaths
to soothe his burning lungs.
Suddenly, something was happening to Lucas brain. Lucas screamed he felt that his
brain was literally tearing to shreds. Lucas felt some sort of hands moving his brain and
rearranging it. With each move, the pain got worse and worse. It was too much for
Lucas to handle, with in two minutes of the torture, Lucas passed out. Damien stood
back and watched Lucas as the spell began to get hold of the teen. "Now the fun begins"
Damien said as he told Lucas to wake up. Lucas opened his eyes and never blinked.
They were not the bright blue eyes the teen had always displayed; now they were a just
white. No hint that they were once blue, just a plain, eerie white. Damien laughed as he
told the others to untie him. Lucas was no long struggling nor did he struggle as the
bonds were removed. Damien was please that the spell had worked out and ordered
Lucas to sit up. Lucas didn't hesitate and sat up, straight as an arrow. Ayne yelled to
Lucas to say something and Lucas replied by saying 'something'. Ayne laughed as she
turned to Damien.
"It worked North! HE actually listened to us!"
"Of course, Monal always listens when we need him."
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Dr. Levin and Ben entered the club only to be stopped by the same two big guys that had
stopped Lucas earlier.
"So sailor boys, this is not your hang place? Get out of here before you wreck the style
here." Allen said.
"Look, we are not here to party, we are looking for a friend… he's name is Lucas…."
"I don't know what you are trying to pull, do you think we actually asked every guy here
his name?" the other big man said to the Doctor.
"I don't give a shit what you do, all I want to know if he has been here." Ben yelled. The
big man made his moved to Ben but the other man stopped him.
"Jason, he aint worth the time." Allen said to his friend. "Look, we don't know any
Lucas. Now get the fuck out of here."
"Wait, he is a teenager. Surely you don't let teens in this place. But if he is not here, I
guess a little call to the police about this club came search for us." Levin said as he
started to walk away.
"WAIT!" Allen yelled. Half the members of the club were underage and if the club was
gone, so is his job. "What he looks like?"
"He's about 5 feet 6, 130 pounds, blond, blue eyes…"
"Ya think he talking about Ayne's new flame?" Jason asked.
"I don't know, look, we think he's with Ayne, go inside and asked for her alright."
"Fine." Ben said as the two men unblocked the entrance to the club and let them in. Ben
stopped a near by waiter and asked where was a girl named Ayne. The waiter had just
served them a round of JDs. Ben was in shock; the kid never drank hard liquor… Dr.
Levin continued to ask where was Ayne. The waiter said he had no free information and
Ben pulled out a two twenty-dollar bills. The waiter squealed and said that she and the
others went into the private room, room 6 to be exact. Dr. Levin asked for directions and
the waiter pointed to the end of the hall. Ben and Joshua went running toward the room
but Joshua had stopped Ben from entering the hall.
"What's the matter?"
"We got to call the captain."
"No, lets get him out of here first!" Ben said as he reached for the doorknob of the room
number 6. Ben pulled and pulled but the door wouldn't open. "OPEN UP LUCAS!" Ben
yelled at the occupants inside the room.
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Personal Note- thanks to all that are following this story. Dusk- yeah it is weird for me to
write this but like you said it is different and I also wanted to write something different.
But thanks. Thanks to you and Sammie- thanks for the hope. Thanks to the coven out
here. And to Ayne Laveaga, that let me used her name for this.. well.. not really but i used it anyways!
I don't know why but I love her name.
Again, not beta-ed. I am sorry for that. I am working on my other stories so they will be
out soon as well. I haven't forgotten about them….
The Broken Coven.
By the Untalented JOxER
Chapter Three.
Nathan had searched the endless mall for what seemed to be the tenth time. He told the
teen that he was going to be back at 8 pm to pick him up. Maybe he called a cab, Nathan
thought as he looked at his watch- 9:00pm. Nathan went to directory office and had
Lucas paged. After the first page and nothing happened, he asked to page Lucas again.
Nathan did this for about five times before realizing the teen was not in the mall.
Nathan went rushing back into his car and drove to the hotel. Kristen had warn Nathan
that they were going to be hiding in the dark and when Lucas would arrive, they would be
yelling surprise. Nathan rushed in the hotel and went towards their rooms. He quickly
swiped the card for the door to unlock and found that the teen was not in the room.
Nathan was beginning to worry. He ran to the hotel hall and opened the double doors
that sealed off the private room. Nathan flicked the lights and moved some balloons out
of his face.
"Sur.." The awaiting people began to yell but stopped when they saw the captain alone.
"Captain, where's Lucas?" Lt. Commander Katie Hitchcock asked as she straightened up
her party hat.
"I don't know. I was supposed to pick him up at the mall but he's not there." Nathan said
as Kristen began to walk towards the worried captain.
"Have you checked the room?"
"Yes Kris, I did. He's not there, and I had the mall page him around 6 times but he never
did show up."
"Does he have his pal with him?"
"No, it is upstairs in the room. Kris I don't have a good feeling about this."
"Captain, do you want me to call the police?" Tim O'Neil said.
"No O'Neil, they will just filed it as a runaway and will only began to search after 24
hours..."
"What are we going to do?" Dr. Westphalen said with concern.
"I.. I don't know. O'Neil, contact Kreig for me." Nathan ordered.
"Ben? You don't think he took Lucas out for a little fun?"
"No, I don't know. If Lucas went somewhere or did something, Lt Krieg will know. He
knows every bodies business."
"Alright sir." Tim said as he reached for his pal and dialed up the seaQuest.
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Ben Krieg was going to explode. Everything that could go wrong in a supply run did.
Even the things that were impossible became a myth. The orders were all scrambled up
and some of the orders were not even there! Ben was going mad. He knew what speech
he is going to get from the captain, 'don't wait till the last minute Ben, like always'
speech. But things were finally getting organized. Almost ¼ of the order was not there
so that meant that he could call it quits by midnight and enjoy at least one day on shore.
He took a break from the ciaos and headed towards the moon pool. He was surprised that
Darwin was swimming around, playing with a small water toy of a shark.
"Hey Dar, what ya doing here?"
"Ben alone. Darwin stay."
"Thanks Dar, I could use a friend right now."
"Ben sick?"
"No Ben not sick, Ben tired."
"Ben sleep."
"I wish I could. I have a job to do right now."
"No work, play" Darwin said as he thru the rubber shark in the air.
"Alright, give me that shark." Ben said as Darwin gave him the toy shark. Ben removed
the toy from the dolphin's mouth and threw it at the end of the pool. In a flash, Darwin
went under and almost in a second, had the shark in his mouth again and going back
towards the lieutenant.
"Great Shark hunter." Ben said as the small beeping of his PAL device interrupted him.
"Yeah?"
"Ben, I have Captain Bridger here that wants to speak to you."
"Patch him through Richards." Ben said to the young ensign. Another small beep and
Ben began to talk to the Captain. "Hiya Captain, what can I do for you?"
"I don't want any of your games Lt. Krieg, do you know where Lucas is?"
"Huh? Isn't he with you guys?"
"He was... I left him in the mall with an old friend of his and he wasn't there when I went
to pick him up. This is not like him." Nathan sighed. He knew that Ben knew something
that gave him a little hope.
"I'm sorry cap, I haven't seen Lucas since the yesterday, when you all left the seaQuest."
"I am sorry Ben, I thought you out of all people could have known where he is. It is
almost 10 and it is driving me insane. Keep in contact if anything comes up."
"You don't think someone took him do you?"
"I don't know what to think right now."
"Have you called the police or anything?"
"I am going to, I thought this was some kind of prank but this is getting serious. Well,
call if anything comes up."
"Yeah Cap, you do the same ok."
"Yeah." The captain replied before hanging up. Ben was shock; Lucas wouldn't just
runaway or wonder off like this. Lucas did love his pranks and Ben too but this was over
the line. Lucas would never pull something this serious. Ben was brought back to reality
when a wet plastic toy came in contact with his face.
"Lucas gone?" Darwin asked.
"Lost. Lucas is Lost Darwin."
"Lost. Darwin find Lucas."
"Not in the water Darwin. Lucas is lost somewhere on the land."
"Darwin find Lucas!" Darwin said before he left the moon pool and headed out. Ben
realized what the dolphin was doing and decided to do the same thing.
"Ensign Richards" Ben said to his PAL.
"Yes sir."
"Get Vectra over here and tell him that he has to take my place."
"Sir is there something wrong."
"Yeah, I am going leave."
"Sir?"
"I will explain my actions later, I am leaving."
"Alright sir, MR-6 is going to be ready for you."
"Thanks Richards." Ben said as he headed towards the launch area. He too wasn't going
t stay around while his best friend was somewhere alone and lost. Ben was about to
aboard the launch when someone from behind grabed his shoulder.
"Where are you going Lieutenant?" Dr. Joshua Levin asked.
"I have to go to shore, Lucas is lost somewhere and I just can't stay here while he is lost."
Dr. Levin completely understood the reason for Ben to go but there was no way he could
let his friend go alone. Levin began to follow Ben into the launch.
"What do you think you are doing?"
"I am going with you."
"Oh no…"
"Don't argue with me Ben, you can't do this alone…" Levin said as he closed the hatch
door to the launch. Ben didn't want the doctor to come along but there really was no
time for a discussion.
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Nathan ended the call and ran his hand through his hair. 'What else to do' Nathan
thought as the last possibility hit Nathan. He picked up the corsetry phone in the hotel.
"Who are you calling?" Kristen asked.
"The police."
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Ben and Joshua exited the launch and had called up a cab to pick them up. Ben gave the
cab driver the address to the hotel. The cab said it was going to be awhile since he had to
pick up another passenger a few miles behind. Ben complained and wanted another cab.
Joshua told the lieutenant to calm down but that just mad Ben more upset. The driver
told Ben that there are no more cabs in the area; it would be a two-hour wait before there
could be one and the drive to the other passenger was only a half an hour delay. Ben
finally agreed and was making best of the situation- the entire ride; he got time to think
on where could Lucas be if he did really just run away... Ben turned to Dr. Levin and he
was also lost in his own little world. Neither Ben nor Joshua ever did notice when another
passenger entered the car. That was a big surprise to Ben's character. The lady was a nice
looking one and was wearing a nice short skirt suit. She said her simple hello but Ben
ignored it. Usually it was the women that ignored Ben but he was too busy thinking
about Lucas. The driver instructed that he was going to drop her off first then he was
going to take the two men to the hotel with the charge being from the drop area of the
lady. The lady once again said her hello to Ben, seeing that the Doctor also ignored her
greeting and asked Ben if he was single. Ben answered that he was married and that he
had things on his mind. 'Later on I will blame Lucas for this..she could have been the
next Mrs. Krieg. That boy has never seen so much rage like the one I will put for him if
he is out somewhere with a girl...'Ben thought and then something clicked. He
remembered the time he went to see Lucas in his room, he was chatting away and
something triggered his memory- RAGE! He remembered reading the RAGE and at 9
pm. Ben asked the driver if he knew a RAGE and the driver laughed.
"Who hasn't? It is a popular club here." The driver responded. "There is allot of stuff tat
goes around there, too many fights and illegal drugs..." The driver said.
"How much to take me there!" Ben said.
"About 20."
"Fine, drop us off there"
"What eva ya want mista."
"What are you thinking Ben?"Dr. Levin asked.
"Before we left for shore, Lucas was in a chat room named Covens. I kinda sneaked up
on the kid and all I got was RAGE and at 9pm. It is a long shot but he might be there."
"I think we should call the captain"
"No, what happens if he is not there, we would get him all worked up and for what, for a
prank he might think I pulled! Plus, I want to get to Lucas first, and give captain the
rest!"
Ben had apologized to the lady but she was annoyed by the Lieutenant past behavior that
she didn't even said goodbye when they reached her stop. The cab took another 20
minutes to reach the club and Ben paid the man as the two men stepped out of the car.
'Oh boy Lucas, if you are in here I am going to kill you…' Ben thought as he and Joshua
entered the club.
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Lucas let go of Damien's hand and followed the group to the table. The three girls tried
to sit next to Lucas but Ayne had pushed them all way. Damien laughed at the pathetic
girls and began to introduce the whole gang.
"Alright Jacob, next to me, this is Victor." Damien said as Victor gave Lucas a small
salute. Victor had many piercing that Lucas thought that Victor was running out of room
for earrings. "Next to him, that is Kat." Kat waved hello and winked at Lucas. Lucas
blushed but continued around the table. "The two love sick couple over there is Rachel
and Skid." The two weren't paying attention to anything that was said, they were too
busy swallowing their faces, kissing. "And that is Ronda and Steve, another couple but
not that sick like the other two. Last and least, Jezzie." Jezzie gave Damien the finger but
smiled to Lucas.
Damien waved to the bartender and a waiter came over to the group. "Give us some
JD's, all around." Damien asked as the waiter nodded but asked who was the new guy.
Damien told the waiter to get him the drinks with more force and the waiter agreed.
Damien turned to Lucas. "So Jacob, how did you get away from ya old man?"
"Actually, I just asked him." Lucas said
"Lame ass. Didn't know we had the same taste in clothes, yet your chain is a bit too
much…" Damien laughed.
"Hey! I picked it out for him!" Ayne said as she leaned next to Lucas.
"That's why, Jacob, first lesson on life- don't let a chick pick out your clothes!"
"I will listen next time." Lucas laughed.
"Hey Fucker." Ayne said as she elbowed Lucas on the side. The drinks came and
everyone took a glass. Lucas looked at the glass…
"Hey, aren't ya thirsty?" Damien questioned.
"Yeah.. but… JD's are not my thing." Lucas replied
"Oh? And what the fuck is?"
"Umm Vodka." Lucas answered. He didn't know a thing about liquor, let alone what
kind of alcohol they contain. Damien laughed as he ordered small vodka for Lucas. The
waiter came back with a small shoot and they whole group toasted to their new members.
Lucas looked at the drink at his hand and gulped the drink down. Lucas didn't taste it at
first but once it hit his throat, he felt it burn as if he swallowed fire. Lucas began to
cough violently. Ayne began to laugh and patted Lucas on the back.
"Hey mister, ya ok?" Ayne laughed.
"Yeah.." Lucas said as he cleared his throat. "It.. long time.." Lucas said as his coughing
fit was dying down. The group laughed and saw that the club was getting crowed. Plus,
it was time to play….
"Hey people, it is getting crowed in here…" Damien said as he began to get up. The
others follow and Lucas was confused.
"Come on Jacob, we are going to a private room." Ayne said as she waited for Jacob.
"So we can talk in some sort of peace." Lucas nodded and followed the group to the far
back of the club. There were several rooms and the group went to the last one. Lucas
looked around; there were many rock posters with the group's autographs. Lucas was
amazed as he saw a poster of his favorite band on the wall. Lucas stood there in amaze
when someone began to pull his jacket. "Do I have to carry you J?" Ayne said and Lucas
laughed. The group entered the room and Lucas and Ayne entered last. Someone shut
the door hard that made Lucas jump. Lucas turned to see that Victor was locking the
door and Lucas turned to Damien. But what he saw scared him. Damien stood there
with his arms crossed and with an evil look on his face.
"How dare you come here and make fun of us!" Damien yelled.
"I.. I don't understand."
"Of course you do Jacob! Fuck, that is even not your name is it! Is it Lucas!" Damien
saw the teens eyes widen in fear. "And to think that I really liked you…"
Lucas was scared, Damien's voice had risen with each word and Lucas began to back
away from him. How could Damien had known who he was… there was no way!. "I
think you are mistaken…"
"Don't give me that bullshit! I saw your file, mister computer analysis of the fucken
UEO!" Damien yelled and then laughed. "A computer genius that couldn't keep his own
laptop safe from an average hacker!"
Lucas knew what he meant. The laptop, he didn't have the block that would have
protected his identity. "What.. what are you going to do to me." Lucas asked with fear in
his voice. Damien smiled, the whole group also smiled. It wasn't good. Before Lucas
could make it to the door and run, he was struck on his head with something very hard.
Lucas collapsed on the floor and passed out.
Moments later, Lucas was being awaken by something unknown. No one was moving
him but his brain was yelling at him to wake up. Lucas awoke to find himself tied to a
small bed. Lucas pulled on the bonds but they were too tight. Lucas looked at four
people hovering over him. They all stood on each side of him and watched his struggles.
Damien stood above him, Ayne stood at his feet, Kat was on his left side and Skid was at
his right.
"Why are you doing this to me?"
"You lied to us Lucas. No one lies and gets away with it." Damien said as he grinned his
teeth.
"What was I supposed to say, that I was just a genius in this UEO flag ship and not to
mention it was the seaQuest!"
"You also forgot the part about you being 16!" Ayne said.
"Lucas, we could have been friends. But you decided to lie instead. You have to be
taught a lesson…" Skid said.
"Alright, South gets the book. East get the knife and West, get the cup." Damien
ordered. The three nodded and went to their task.
"Alright, lets begin." Damien said as he read something from a book. Lucas was silent,
'it sounds like a passage' Lucas thought as he remember a night were Tim O'Neil told the
teen some myths. It wasn't a language Lucas recognized. Lucas gasped as he saw a
knife Kat was holding. Kat moved the knife to the center of Lucas chest and raised it to
the sky, the point pointing up. Lucas tried to scream. Damien told him to shut up and
Lucas disobeyed… at least he tried… when Lucas tried to scream again, he had no voice.
That made Lucas even more scared, somehow Damien controlled his voice. The four
were now repeating the same passage Damien had read and Lucas struggled to get away
from the four. Lucas eyes widen as Kat moved the knifepoint down and pulled out her
arm. Lucas saw Kat cutting into her flesh and repeated the chant louder. Skid gave Kat
the cup and Kat put some of her blood into it. She looked at Lucas and smiled and then
passed the cup to Ayne. Ayne mimic Kats action and also cut herself. She made a nice
cut right above her left breast and poured some drops of blood into the cup. The cup was
passed to skid and then to Damien. Damien jammed the knife into his hand and squeezed
the blood out. Damien licked his wound and said his chant. Lucas began to struggle
harder as the knife was being held next to his cheek. Lucas tried to scream as the knife
cut into his flesh but his voice was still being trapped somehow. Damien smiled as Lucas
blood was pouring into the cup he held next to the teens face. The spell was almost
complete. Damien grabed hold of Lucas head while Skid got hold of his jaw. Ayne
came around and sat on his body and Kat grabed hold of the cup. Lucas tried to move his
head but Damien was too strong. They all said the last chant and Skid forced Lucas
mouth to open. Kat then placed the cup on Lucas lips and began to empty the mixed
bloods into Lucas mouth. Lucas tried to spit out the blood but skid quickly shut his jaw
and pinched his nose shut. Lucas was determined not to swallow but Ayne punched him
in his stomach. Lucas coughed and tried not to swallow but it was too late. Lucas eyes
widen as the contents began to go down his throat. Skid still held his nose shut until he
was certain that Lucas had swallowed the blood. Damien told him to release the teen and
for Ayne to get off him. They all did what they were told and Lucas took in deep breaths
to soothe his burning lungs.
Suddenly, something was happening to Lucas brain. Lucas screamed he felt that his
brain was literally tearing to shreds. Lucas felt some sort of hands moving his brain and
rearranging it. With each move, the pain got worse and worse. It was too much for
Lucas to handle, with in two minutes of the torture, Lucas passed out. Damien stood
back and watched Lucas as the spell began to get hold of the teen. "Now the fun begins"
Damien said as he told Lucas to wake up. Lucas opened his eyes and never blinked.
They were not the bright blue eyes the teen had always displayed; now they were a just
white. No hint that they were once blue, just a plain, eerie white. Damien laughed as he
told the others to untie him. Lucas was no long struggling nor did he struggle as the
bonds were removed. Damien was please that the spell had worked out and ordered
Lucas to sit up. Lucas didn't hesitate and sat up, straight as an arrow. Ayne yelled to
Lucas to say something and Lucas replied by saying 'something'. Ayne laughed as she
turned to Damien.
"It worked North! HE actually listened to us!"
"Of course, Monal always listens when we need him."
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Dr. Levin and Ben entered the club only to be stopped by the same two big guys that had
stopped Lucas earlier.
"So sailor boys, this is not your hang place? Get out of here before you wreck the style
here." Allen said.
"Look, we are not here to party, we are looking for a friend… he's name is Lucas…."
"I don't know what you are trying to pull, do you think we actually asked every guy here
his name?" the other big man said to the Doctor.
"I don't give a shit what you do, all I want to know if he has been here." Ben yelled. The
big man made his moved to Ben but the other man stopped him.
"Jason, he aint worth the time." Allen said to his friend. "Look, we don't know any
Lucas. Now get the fuck out of here."
"Wait, he is a teenager. Surely you don't let teens in this place. But if he is not here, I
guess a little call to the police about this club came search for us." Levin said as he
started to walk away.
"WAIT!" Allen yelled. Half the members of the club were underage and if the club was
gone, so is his job. "What he looks like?"
"He's about 5 feet 6, 130 pounds, blond, blue eyes…"
"Ya think he talking about Ayne's new flame?" Jason asked.
"I don't know, look, we think he's with Ayne, go inside and asked for her alright."
"Fine." Ben said as the two men unblocked the entrance to the club and let them in. Ben
stopped a near by waiter and asked where was a girl named Ayne. The waiter had just
served them a round of JDs. Ben was in shock; the kid never drank hard liquor… Dr.
Levin continued to ask where was Ayne. The waiter said he had no free information and
Ben pulled out a two twenty-dollar bills. The waiter squealed and said that she and the
others went into the private room, room 6 to be exact. Dr. Levin asked for directions and
the waiter pointed to the end of the hall. Ben and Joshua went running toward the room
but Joshua had stopped Ben from entering the hall.
"What's the matter?"
"We got to call the captain."
"No, lets get him out of here first!" Ben said as he reached for the doorknob of the room
number 6. Ben pulled and pulled but the door wouldn't open. "OPEN UP LUCAS!" Ben
yelled at the occupants inside the room.
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