Judas and Herod have hardly left the stage, when Jesus suddenly appears
beside Olivia. "Finally alone." He smiles.
"Alone?" Raising one eyebrow Olivia smiles ironically. "You call that
alone?" she points at Simon, Peter, Jacobus, and then at God, Luzi and
Pilate.
Jesus grins broadly. "You know what I mean."
"Yes, I think I do." Olivia replies. "But why are you so sure I would want
to be alone with you?"
Jesus` eyebrows narrow and give his face a tensed look. "What do you mean?
You wouldn`t want to be alone with me?"
Olivia turns serious, and takes a step back. "Actually I don`t know how to
handle this situation." She admits quietly.
Jesus closes the distance, she tries to create and his blue eyes look
questioningly into hers. "What´s wrong? What are you afraid of?" he asks
softly.
"I fear nothing." Olivia`s green eyes shortly flash, but then she relaxes
again. "I`m not afraid." She sighs and starts pacing across stage, trying
to avoid Jesus` eyes. "It`s just a weird situation. I mean I´ve been told
about Judas, the apostles, about you, the messiah, the son of God and so
on. And when I was a child I may even have believed it, but when I grew
older I got convinced that it was just a story, a fairy-tale for grown
ups." She shrugs. "Oh I never doubted your existence. I just thought you
were only human, a good man who had a dream and who did all what it took to
make this dream come true. But the son of God, come on." Her eyes shortly
meet Jesus, before she turns her face away. "The son of God, was a tad
much, at least I always thought that. And believe me, I would never have
thought that one day I would meet you or Simon or Herod or Judas. And not
only that, now everyone tells me that I was Mary Magdalene." She nervously
runs her fingers through her fine lightbrown hair. "And that`s all just a
bit much for me, you know? Heck, I don`t even remember you, don`t know who
you are, you, Judas, the others.
All I know are these myths I was told, Judas the betrayer, Judas the evil
who betrayed the son of God, the one every Christian was expected to hate.
And you, the messiah, innocent and pure, willing to sacrifice his life to
redeem the world. But these are only stories, legends, myths, they don`t
tell anything about the humans you once have been. I just don`t know who
you are."
Jesus takes her hand and looks sincerely at her. "Then stay with me, get to
know me again." His blue eyes are pleading with hers.
Olivia hesitates a moment, then shakes her head pulling her hand carefully,
but quickly back. "No," she sais. "you heard Asrael, you know I have to go
back again."
"Do you really have to?" Jesus asks with quiet voice.
"Jesus, you don`t try to flirt with my chorus-girl, do you?" Judas` warm, low voice is heard. All heads turn round to him and Olivia hears an unanimous gasp when the others see Judas in his new outfit, but since Simon, Peter, Jacobus and Jesus stand in a row in front of her, she can`t see what causes the silence. Suddenly a high scream tears the silence, and Luzi jumps on stage to embrace Judas stormily. Obviously she likes what she sees. "You gorgeous devil!" she gets out with husky voice, followed by a silence in which only the noise of two lips clashing together and parting again is heard. "Thanks. It`s always a pleasure to please." Judas sais lightly, and Olivia can almost see his cheeky smile. Suddenly the men before here give way so Olivia can look at Judas who walks lissomly towards her, stopping a few inches before her. Olivia stares with widened eyes at the man in front of her, her green eyes darkening almost to a shade black. He`s wearing a glittering dark shirt and a fiery red jacket that seems to blind her eyes. Letting her gaze wander down she unconsciously inhales a sharp breath, when she eyes up his skin- tight black trousers. "What do you say? Contented?" Judas interrupts her absorption and when she doesn`t react, he reaches out, cups her chin and forces her chin forcing her to look at him. "So what do you think of it?" His dark eyes sparkle with amusement. A light flush covers her cheek and for the first time since her childhood she sends a quick prayer to heaven -what means to the old man in the first row-, hoping he can`t read her mind right now.
"That`s so typical!" Simon steps closer. "So you`re centre of attention again." Judas turns round to give him a wordless sarcastical grin, what gives Olivia the opportunity to look at Judas` back. "Wow!" she manages to whisper. Jesus and Judas simultaneously turn to her. "Olivia!" Jesus sais severly, while Judas just grins at her even more broadly than before, causing Olivia to blush even deeper, so she`s almost glad to see Luzi storm towards her, her eyes flashing fiercely at Olivia. Then she wraps her arms possesively around Judas shoulders and noone would mistake the message she`s sending that consists of only one word in capitals engraved in marmor: MINE. Noone could mistaken this message, but Judas who doesn`t break his eyescontact with Olivia for the tiniest part of a second. "Judas, baby," Luzi purrs. "One chorus girl may not be enough, don`t you think. You need another one." "Okay, if you say so." Judas replies absentminded, not noticing the satisfied grin spreading on Luzi`s face. She slowly detaches from Judas looking up and down her own clothing and shakes her head: "I think I need something new myself." She decides and she hardly has spoken, when her cloth changes. She now wears a short dress of the same colour like Judsa` jacket, and her pitchblack hair swirls around her waist as she turns round and round. All men stare at her with opened mouth, just Judas doesn`t even notice the change, till she firmly grabs his shoulder. "Jduas, won`t you look?" she asks a slight sharp undertone in her voice. He throws her a short look and turns his eyes to Olivia again, trying to hypnotize her. "It`s nice." He sais unimpressed. "Nice? NICE?" Luzi literally explodes and swings him round. "You say, it`s nice? What the devil`s wrong with you? Everyone of these fools would kill to get me layed right now, and you barely look at me? Is it her? This boring human?" she suddenly stands beside Olivia, gripping her hair and pulling her head down causing Olivia to scream. "Let her go!" Judas demands quietly a dangerous tone in his voice. "Why should I?" I`m the devil after all. There`s nothing to stop me destroy her." Luzi glares at him provokingly. Judas quickly steps towards her, wrests the strands of Olivia`s hair out of Luzi`s hands, and pulls Luzi towards him kissing her almost violently. "My little Othello." He whispers smiling, but avoids to meet her eyes. "Don`t forget what happened to Desdemona, darling." Luzi eyes him suspiciously. "And she was innocent." A huge grin spreads on Judas` face, and Luzi can´t repress a smile herself. "And they say I`m the devil." She smirks shaking her head in disbelief.
"Jesus, you don`t try to flirt with my chorus-girl, do you?" Judas` warm, low voice is heard. All heads turn round to him and Olivia hears an unanimous gasp when the others see Judas in his new outfit, but since Simon, Peter, Jacobus and Jesus stand in a row in front of her, she can`t see what causes the silence. Suddenly a high scream tears the silence, and Luzi jumps on stage to embrace Judas stormily. Obviously she likes what she sees. "You gorgeous devil!" she gets out with husky voice, followed by a silence in which only the noise of two lips clashing together and parting again is heard. "Thanks. It`s always a pleasure to please." Judas sais lightly, and Olivia can almost see his cheeky smile. Suddenly the men before here give way so Olivia can look at Judas who walks lissomly towards her, stopping a few inches before her. Olivia stares with widened eyes at the man in front of her, her green eyes darkening almost to a shade black. He`s wearing a glittering dark shirt and a fiery red jacket that seems to blind her eyes. Letting her gaze wander down she unconsciously inhales a sharp breath, when she eyes up his skin- tight black trousers. "What do you say? Contented?" Judas interrupts her absorption and when she doesn`t react, he reaches out, cups her chin and forces her chin forcing her to look at him. "So what do you think of it?" His dark eyes sparkle with amusement. A light flush covers her cheek and for the first time since her childhood she sends a quick prayer to heaven -what means to the old man in the first row-, hoping he can`t read her mind right now.
"That`s so typical!" Simon steps closer. "So you`re centre of attention again." Judas turns round to give him a wordless sarcastical grin, what gives Olivia the opportunity to look at Judas` back. "Wow!" she manages to whisper. Jesus and Judas simultaneously turn to her. "Olivia!" Jesus sais severly, while Judas just grins at her even more broadly than before, causing Olivia to blush even deeper, so she`s almost glad to see Luzi storm towards her, her eyes flashing fiercely at Olivia. Then she wraps her arms possesively around Judas shoulders and noone would mistake the message she`s sending that consists of only one word in capitals engraved in marmor: MINE. Noone could mistaken this message, but Judas who doesn`t break his eyescontact with Olivia for the tiniest part of a second. "Judas, baby," Luzi purrs. "One chorus girl may not be enough, don`t you think. You need another one." "Okay, if you say so." Judas replies absentminded, not noticing the satisfied grin spreading on Luzi`s face. She slowly detaches from Judas looking up and down her own clothing and shakes her head: "I think I need something new myself." She decides and she hardly has spoken, when her cloth changes. She now wears a short dress of the same colour like Judsa` jacket, and her pitchblack hair swirls around her waist as she turns round and round. All men stare at her with opened mouth, just Judas doesn`t even notice the change, till she firmly grabs his shoulder. "Jduas, won`t you look?" she asks a slight sharp undertone in her voice. He throws her a short look and turns his eyes to Olivia again, trying to hypnotize her. "It`s nice." He sais unimpressed. "Nice? NICE?" Luzi literally explodes and swings him round. "You say, it`s nice? What the devil`s wrong with you? Everyone of these fools would kill to get me layed right now, and you barely look at me? Is it her? This boring human?" she suddenly stands beside Olivia, gripping her hair and pulling her head down causing Olivia to scream. "Let her go!" Judas demands quietly a dangerous tone in his voice. "Why should I?" I`m the devil after all. There`s nothing to stop me destroy her." Luzi glares at him provokingly. Judas quickly steps towards her, wrests the strands of Olivia`s hair out of Luzi`s hands, and pulls Luzi towards him kissing her almost violently. "My little Othello." He whispers smiling, but avoids to meet her eyes. "Don`t forget what happened to Desdemona, darling." Luzi eyes him suspiciously. "And she was innocent." A huge grin spreads on Judas` face, and Luzi can´t repress a smile herself. "And they say I`m the devil." She smirks shaking her head in disbelief.
