Disclaimer: A little while ago I had an idea for a story. It should be about this dead guy who comes back to revenge his and his girlfriend's death. "He should have supernatural powers." I thought. Too bad......I found out someone else had this idea earlier and copyrighted it. So I don't own these characters okay?!
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Chapter 3: Albrecht gets it.
Treated like an animal, Albrecht sat in a cage that hung from the sealing. Severely beaten, blood rushed down his face. It came from a wound just above his eye. It hurt like hell, and Albrecht was dizzy and confused. "What do you want Crater?" He asked desperately. "I want revenge. Doesn't everybody?" Crater sat in front of the cage in a comfortable chair. He had a glass of whisky in his hand. A grin on his face. "Do you know what it's like in prison? Everyday the same routine. Everyday the same excuse for food. I never forgot who put me there, and every day I swore that one day, one day I would get back to the one who did this to me. YOU!" "You criminals are all the same. Revenge is all you can think of. What about a life? Don't you want one?" Albrecht wanted to smile, but couldn't because of the pain. "Kinda late for that don't you think officer Albrecht? Since you put me in jail and all my chances for a life are gone. Now you mention it. I really don't have life anymore.
In jail I met this guy. At first I wanted to get rid of him, because he got on my nerves. But then he told me of a way to get out of jail, and get you back for what you did to me. In return I had to complete a little task for him." "Yeah. What was that? Dress up like a girl and give him some sort of pleasure?" Now Albrecht laughed, although it hurt much. The idea alone gave him enough comfort. Crater just sat there and smiled. "No, officer Albrecht, something very much different than that. I would get out of jail and I had to find you. Once I did that, I should put some sort of lotion on your coat." Albrecht looked surprised. "The guy I had to do this for then wanted me to hide you in a warehouse. And so I did. Now we just have to wait for him to come here. Oh yeah, did I mention I got out of jail by killing myself? That was the only way, and I wanted to leave so bad. The guy said he could bring me back, and, whaddaya know? Here I am!"
"Hey! Wake up!" Crater hit Albrecht with a bat. "He's here." Albrecht waited a while before he could sit up straight. When his eyes finally got used to the light in the room he saw Crater at the door. Crater's words of the night before still went round in his head. Albrecht didn't know if he had to believe him. Eric got back to life, so why should Crater be any different? He decided this would be answered very soon, because the two men came closer. Albrecht was shook up when he saw the other guy. He couldn't believe this was really happening and tried to remember if Crater had given him any kind of drug. The second man was Eric. Or, in fact, the Crow.
"Well well well, officer Albrecht. Missed me?" The Crow walked around the cage, tapping it with his fingers. Everything he said, always with that sarcastic tone, was a punishment for Albrecht. For he knew, when Eric would lose control over the Crow, all is lost. It almost happened once before, when Eric got separated from the Crow, but that was different. The Crow was weakened then, because he was out of Eric's body. Now he was in it, and he had a lot more power in this state. "Let him out of the cage." The Crow motioned Crater to open the cage. "But he might try to escape." "Do you remember who got you out of jail? Open the cage and let him out!" The Crow now seemed agitated as he pointed at the cage. "But.." In one quick move the Crow ripped Crater's head of his body, and threw it away. "Can't find good help nowadays." He said calmly. The Crow opened the cage himself and let Albrecht out. "Eric, thank God you're here." "Eric? Ow, you mean the poor loser I took this body
from. No, he's gone partner. Kinda like this body though. It's not fun if you are held back constantly, and only may surface and sink in again when `the master' likes it." When he said master he made a curling move with his index fingers to indicate inverted commas next to his head, and his tone went from sarcastic into mad. "No, I'm here to stay, and I like it this way. Change is good right? Well you can hardly say this isn't change."
Albrecht now stood eye to eye with this figure of pure rage. He thought about a way to get to Eric, but he couldn't think of one thing that could be of any help. The Crow started moving around Albrecht the same way he walked around the cage. Intimidating his enemy, or prey even. He shook his head and kicked Albrecht in the knees. Albrecht immediately fell to the ground moaning. "What the hell are you doing?" He yelled with pain in his voice. "What did I do to you?" "Nothing. You did nothing to me. That doesn't mean I can't torture you, now does it?" A grin came across his face and he leaned down to Albrecht. "Let's just see how you get out of this one." The Crow now helped Albrecht up by pulling his hair, and immediately threw him away like someone disposing of garbage. Albrecht landed in a pile of boxes. They didn't break his fall much, but maybe just enough for him not to get killed by the landing. His legs however were now broken and he couldn't get up. Even when they
weren't he'd probably couldn't either, because of the pain in his head. "Enough fun and games Officer Albrecht." The Crow now stood over him and he looked down. "I took the liberty of calling your police friends. I know you wouldn't say what actually happened here tonight. You wouldn't want to jeopardise your little friend Eric. I'll now leave it up to you to find out what happened to Eric and what you need to tell your cop buddies. I'm gonna leave now." He gave Albrecht a teasing kiss on the forehead and slapped his cheeks. Then he disappeared in his usual fashion followed by the black bird that was sitting by the roof the whole time. Five minutes later Albrecht heard sirens and ten minutes later policemen and women barged into the warehouse.
"What the hell happened here?" Officer Black almost tripped over the headless body that lay in the middle of the room near the cage. Albrecht collected every ounce of strength in his body and he raised his arm hoping someone would see it. It took a while, but then Albrecht was rushed to the ambulance standing outside. Lots of people were asking him lots of questions, but he couldn't answer them. Because of the pain, but mostly because he didn't know the answers. He knew who did this to him, but he didn't know why or even how. As soon as he would get better, he would investigate this himself. No one had to know and Eric shouldn't get in trouble over this. The force would easily give up, because the trail ended right there in the warehouse. They only had found a guy that was dead before his head got ripped off and a severely beaten cop. The criminal who did this was nowhere to be found and didn't leave a trail that could be followed. The only hope of solving this case was
lying in a hospital bed, and he would tell them he couldn't remember much except for Hoyle Crater, his kidnapper.
Albrecht lay there in his bed on a drip. All sort of equipment stood next to his bed including a heart monitor. The beep was driving him mad, but he was glad the Crow didn't finish him of. "It was Eric, wasn't it?" Sarah stood in the doorway and looked worried. "Why do you think that" Albrecht knew Sarah couldn't be kept out of the loop, but he could always try. "I couldn't find him and then I heard about this guy who rushed out of jail after he had killed an old man there. He looked different. He entered a normal man, but when he left, he had this white face and he had extraordinary powers. Then I heard about you. I put two and two together and that's what I came up with." Sarah now stood next to Albrecht's bed looking down on him. Albrecht looked sad. "No, it wasn't Eric. The Crow did this to me, and it was the Crow who killed that man in jail."
Please let me know what you think by writing review. Thanx...
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Chapter 3: Albrecht gets it.
Treated like an animal, Albrecht sat in a cage that hung from the sealing. Severely beaten, blood rushed down his face. It came from a wound just above his eye. It hurt like hell, and Albrecht was dizzy and confused. "What do you want Crater?" He asked desperately. "I want revenge. Doesn't everybody?" Crater sat in front of the cage in a comfortable chair. He had a glass of whisky in his hand. A grin on his face. "Do you know what it's like in prison? Everyday the same routine. Everyday the same excuse for food. I never forgot who put me there, and every day I swore that one day, one day I would get back to the one who did this to me. YOU!" "You criminals are all the same. Revenge is all you can think of. What about a life? Don't you want one?" Albrecht wanted to smile, but couldn't because of the pain. "Kinda late for that don't you think officer Albrecht? Since you put me in jail and all my chances for a life are gone. Now you mention it. I really don't have life anymore.
In jail I met this guy. At first I wanted to get rid of him, because he got on my nerves. But then he told me of a way to get out of jail, and get you back for what you did to me. In return I had to complete a little task for him." "Yeah. What was that? Dress up like a girl and give him some sort of pleasure?" Now Albrecht laughed, although it hurt much. The idea alone gave him enough comfort. Crater just sat there and smiled. "No, officer Albrecht, something very much different than that. I would get out of jail and I had to find you. Once I did that, I should put some sort of lotion on your coat." Albrecht looked surprised. "The guy I had to do this for then wanted me to hide you in a warehouse. And so I did. Now we just have to wait for him to come here. Oh yeah, did I mention I got out of jail by killing myself? That was the only way, and I wanted to leave so bad. The guy said he could bring me back, and, whaddaya know? Here I am!"
"Hey! Wake up!" Crater hit Albrecht with a bat. "He's here." Albrecht waited a while before he could sit up straight. When his eyes finally got used to the light in the room he saw Crater at the door. Crater's words of the night before still went round in his head. Albrecht didn't know if he had to believe him. Eric got back to life, so why should Crater be any different? He decided this would be answered very soon, because the two men came closer. Albrecht was shook up when he saw the other guy. He couldn't believe this was really happening and tried to remember if Crater had given him any kind of drug. The second man was Eric. Or, in fact, the Crow.
"Well well well, officer Albrecht. Missed me?" The Crow walked around the cage, tapping it with his fingers. Everything he said, always with that sarcastic tone, was a punishment for Albrecht. For he knew, when Eric would lose control over the Crow, all is lost. It almost happened once before, when Eric got separated from the Crow, but that was different. The Crow was weakened then, because he was out of Eric's body. Now he was in it, and he had a lot more power in this state. "Let him out of the cage." The Crow motioned Crater to open the cage. "But he might try to escape." "Do you remember who got you out of jail? Open the cage and let him out!" The Crow now seemed agitated as he pointed at the cage. "But.." In one quick move the Crow ripped Crater's head of his body, and threw it away. "Can't find good help nowadays." He said calmly. The Crow opened the cage himself and let Albrecht out. "Eric, thank God you're here." "Eric? Ow, you mean the poor loser I took this body
from. No, he's gone partner. Kinda like this body though. It's not fun if you are held back constantly, and only may surface and sink in again when `the master' likes it." When he said master he made a curling move with his index fingers to indicate inverted commas next to his head, and his tone went from sarcastic into mad. "No, I'm here to stay, and I like it this way. Change is good right? Well you can hardly say this isn't change."
Albrecht now stood eye to eye with this figure of pure rage. He thought about a way to get to Eric, but he couldn't think of one thing that could be of any help. The Crow started moving around Albrecht the same way he walked around the cage. Intimidating his enemy, or prey even. He shook his head and kicked Albrecht in the knees. Albrecht immediately fell to the ground moaning. "What the hell are you doing?" He yelled with pain in his voice. "What did I do to you?" "Nothing. You did nothing to me. That doesn't mean I can't torture you, now does it?" A grin came across his face and he leaned down to Albrecht. "Let's just see how you get out of this one." The Crow now helped Albrecht up by pulling his hair, and immediately threw him away like someone disposing of garbage. Albrecht landed in a pile of boxes. They didn't break his fall much, but maybe just enough for him not to get killed by the landing. His legs however were now broken and he couldn't get up. Even when they
weren't he'd probably couldn't either, because of the pain in his head. "Enough fun and games Officer Albrecht." The Crow now stood over him and he looked down. "I took the liberty of calling your police friends. I know you wouldn't say what actually happened here tonight. You wouldn't want to jeopardise your little friend Eric. I'll now leave it up to you to find out what happened to Eric and what you need to tell your cop buddies. I'm gonna leave now." He gave Albrecht a teasing kiss on the forehead and slapped his cheeks. Then he disappeared in his usual fashion followed by the black bird that was sitting by the roof the whole time. Five minutes later Albrecht heard sirens and ten minutes later policemen and women barged into the warehouse.
"What the hell happened here?" Officer Black almost tripped over the headless body that lay in the middle of the room near the cage. Albrecht collected every ounce of strength in his body and he raised his arm hoping someone would see it. It took a while, but then Albrecht was rushed to the ambulance standing outside. Lots of people were asking him lots of questions, but he couldn't answer them. Because of the pain, but mostly because he didn't know the answers. He knew who did this to him, but he didn't know why or even how. As soon as he would get better, he would investigate this himself. No one had to know and Eric shouldn't get in trouble over this. The force would easily give up, because the trail ended right there in the warehouse. They only had found a guy that was dead before his head got ripped off and a severely beaten cop. The criminal who did this was nowhere to be found and didn't leave a trail that could be followed. The only hope of solving this case was
lying in a hospital bed, and he would tell them he couldn't remember much except for Hoyle Crater, his kidnapper.
Albrecht lay there in his bed on a drip. All sort of equipment stood next to his bed including a heart monitor. The beep was driving him mad, but he was glad the Crow didn't finish him of. "It was Eric, wasn't it?" Sarah stood in the doorway and looked worried. "Why do you think that" Albrecht knew Sarah couldn't be kept out of the loop, but he could always try. "I couldn't find him and then I heard about this guy who rushed out of jail after he had killed an old man there. He looked different. He entered a normal man, but when he left, he had this white face and he had extraordinary powers. Then I heard about you. I put two and two together and that's what I came up with." Sarah now stood next to Albrecht's bed looking down on him. Albrecht looked sad. "No, it wasn't Eric. The Crow did this to me, and it was the Crow who killed that man in jail."