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Spencers13 2001-2002
PG-13 — Sci-Fi/Fantasy — Action Drama
Story concept, Endri & Kyle © Spencers13
Chapter Five - Old Memories & New Discoveries
"Run! Run!"
A redheaded woman carrying a bundle in her arms dashed as quickly as she could across a dirt road. In an instant, she was surrounded by dozens of rushing horses with iron clad riders. She dodged the swing of one of their swords and stumbled right into the path of an oncoming wagon.
"Look out!" screamed the same voice.
A pale-blonde man dashed across the road, scooped up the redhead and her bundle and carried them out of harm's way. He settled them next to a small wooden house.
"Are you all right, my love?" he asked.
"Yes, thanks to you, my darling," she smiled.
The man unsheathed his short sword. "Quickly, get into our home. Hide there. I shall protect you out here."
"No, Nikulás, please! Come inside with me! You will be killed if you stay out here!"
"No, Love, I must do my duty as a member of this village. I must do my best to protect you and everyone else. An enemy must be fought. Go now, take our bundle with you, and take care of him."
The woman held tight to the man for a moment longer and kissed him deeply before she reluctantly released him and stepped backward into the doorway.
Nikulás, too, stepped back and turned his body away, but still kept his eyes on the beautiful woman
"Take care-"
"NIKULÁS!!" the woman screamed from behind him.
He turned his head to face a man grinning down at him from behind a polished steel helmet. A sharp sting forced Nikulás to look down at himself. A sword stuck cleanly from his chest, held onto by the tall man with the helmet. Laughing, the man withdrew the sword and allowed Nikulás' precious life to flow out of him. He fell to his knees clutching his mortal wound, praying that it stop bleeding, but the sword had penetrated his heart. His vision swayed and blurred. The pain, at last, began to numb itself away.
"Nikulás! No! Please, don't leave me!" the woman cried from the spot she had taken next to his fallen body.
"An ano" he tried to sputter something, but the words would not come, only blood escaped his lips at that point. He spent the last few seconds remaining of his life watching helplessly as the redhead was picked up by the tall man. He held her around her neck so tight that it snapped, and her limbs fell limply about her sides, dropping her bundle. The man laughed loudly as he dropped the woman in a heap on the ground and kicked her crying bundle out of the way. It stopped crying almost instantly its tiny neck also broken.
Then blackness.
Beetlejuice's senses felt like they were on overload. Images, sounds and sensations rushed though him, around him. He was running. No falling. No dying. He sat up in bed, sweat pouring from his body, soaking his borrowed pajamas. He was still in Lydia's bedroom. He could see her soft form next to him, sleeping soundly. Gently, he pulled back the covers and slipped from the bed, and he padded over to the balcony, stepping outside into the cool night air.
Beetlejuice rested his hands on the iron railing and gazed out over the moonlit countryside.
"Anóra" he whispered into the air. The breeze seemed to brush past his cheek, then, as if to console him. "I haven't forgotten I will find you"
"Beetlejuice?" a soft voice sounded from behind him. "What are you doing out here?"
"Huh?" he turned to see Lydia walking out, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Oh, Lyds. You startled me."
"That's a first. What's wrong? You seem pale. And for you, that's very bad."
Beetlejuice shrugged it off. "Naw, I'm fine. Just a bad dream. I just needed some air."
Lydia shivered. "Will you come back inside, please? It's cold out here."
"Lydia?"
She stopped her retreating steps and turned back to face him. "Yes, Beej?"
"I'd like to take you to the Neitherworld one of these nights soon to show you that lake I went swimming in a lot while we were apart." What was he doing?!
Lydia gazed at him for a moment, not able to discern the look on his face. After a short moment of contemplation, she said, "I'd love to, BJ. But it'll have to wait a few days. I promised some time with my parents while I'm visiting."
Beetlejuice nodded quickly. "No, no, that's fine. That's great in fact."
Smiling, Lydia gently clasped his hand. "Will you come back now?"
"Sure," he smiled at her, but it was not a genuine smile, and he hoped Lydia would not notice.
Kyle Bennington sat at his makeshift desk in a room of the Peaceful Pines Sleepy Inn. He typed fiercely on his laptop computer then clicked around on it for several minutes. It was almost six o'clock in the morning, and the man's eyes were red and bleary from lack of sleep. Slowly, they drooped closed, and he drifted off.
Beep!
Kyle stirred.
Beep!
He reluctantly opened his eyes and rubbed them, then looked back at the screen. An E-mail had just been received. He clicked on the mail icon to open the file, then scanned the document. He was awake almost instantly.
"Endri! Endri, get up!" Kyle shouted trotting over to his partner's bed and shaking him. "I've got something you might like to hear."
"Mmmm huh? Wha? What's the matter?" Endri dazedly sat up and scratched his ruffled blonde hair. Oddly, he still wore his dark shades.
Kyle tugged on Endri's shirt sleeve. "We've found it."
"What? Found what?"
"Oh, come-on! Wake up! The last key!"
Endri sobered immediately. "The last key?! Where? How did you find it?"
Kyle sat down in front of his computer again and patted it affectionately. "An informant we had on the inside sent us an E-mail just now. They discovered the key in Brazil. If we pack up and leave now, I'd say we could get there and be back in less than a week."
Endri nodded quickly. "Get started. It doesn't matter if we leave now. We have a trace on that ghost's energy pattern. We can track him anywhere."
"Unless he goes back to the Neitherworld," Kyle pointed out.
"Oh, he probably will. But he'll come back to the Real World soon enough though. That girl," Endri said, raising a blonde eyebrow above the rim of his glasses.
Kyle nodded. "Then let's get going." After a few seconds, he added, "I still can't believe that your eyes are so sensitive that you need to wear your glasses even while you sleep."
"It's the way I am, take it or leave it," Endri replied, cryptically.
Kyle shook his head, chuckling.
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The plot thickens! So what's gonna happen now? What happens at the lake BJ wants to take Lydia to? What are those two guys looking for? All will be reveald! Stay tuned for more! Now please review! ^_^