Chapter X:
The Hurricane
(Italicized words are lyrics taken from the single, "Naked"© by: Avril Lavigne)
They rolled over. Cordillia threw her head back, as Joey kissed her neck roughly. He tore her shirt off. She ran her fingers through his hair, continuing down his back. Then she crossed her hands to Joey's chest, ripping the buttons on his shirt open. They began to kiss violently. Joey unsnapped Cordillia's black lace bra, and she pulled the dark purple silk sheets over them.
The two laid side by side, holding each other's hand, staring at the roof. "I love you Cordy," Joey said with a satisfied smile. Cordillia sighed. She turned to Joey and smiled, " I love you too. I'm so glad we got time off of work. I mean, your tour is over, so is mine over. My sisters taking care of the WWE and everything else. I've never felt so free. I mean, I'm always so busy. I've never felt like I have no responsibilities, but. But it does seem like there's something missing." Joey kissed her cheek. She smiled and closed her eyes. A bolt of lightning crashed outside, a roar of thunder echoed through the sky. Cordillia sat up. Joey sat up with her and massaged her shoulders. "I can't sleep," she complained, "I have so much on my mind, and now this! Uh! It's no use. Joey, put on that Kylie Minogue C.D.! Please, sweet sweet honey." Joey rolled his eyes. He got up and unzipped the C.D. case. He pulled out "Fever" by Kylie. Then he put it into the player. Joey pressed the track button to song 3, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'. "JOEY!" Cordillia screamed, "You know which song I want!" "We hear that song too much. Can't we." "NOW!" she interrupted. Joey reached over and flipped it to track 2. Cordillia began to swing her head and sing loudly, "It was love, at first sight! Cuz, baby when I hurt you, for the first time." Joey rolled his eyes again, and stuck his head under the pillow. Cordillia continued, "Started runnin' out of luck, thinkin' 'bout givin' up, yeah! Didn't know." A huge crash of lightning roared outside. Cordillia sighed, and got out of bed. She shut off the music, and put her silk robe on. "I'll be back in a little bit," she said as she kissed Joey's head, and she walked outside on the balcony.
Hotaru and Seto were sitting on the bed, watching a romantic show on TV. "This is SO boring," Hitomi said as she grabbed the remote. She changed the channel to a James Bond movie. "Um," Hotaru said with a tone of annoyance in her voice, "We are not watching this. I've seen enough of Pierce." "Well, I didn't know Cordillia when she was dating him. So, we are watching this." Hitomi retorted. Hotaru replied, "Excuse me! Last time I checked, you weren't paying for this room." "Well," Hitomi continued, "last time I checked, I wasn't being a slut and sleeping around with Seto." "What?!" Hotaru screamed, "I'm not sleeping with Seto! You little hentai! I don't sleep around with guys. You can't even have kept track of how many times you did that disgusting pervert Van." "Lay off of Van! At least he had a legal job. All you are is a.. A conniving BITCH!" Hitomi yelled. "WHAT?!" Hotaru shouted, "You are calling me a bitch?!" Hotaru stood up and walked toward Hitomi. "Heh, heh, heh. Um." Hitomi said as she backed up into the wall, "I didn't mean it?" "No," Hotaru said ignorantly, "you meant it." "Well, maybe I did." Hitomi said smugly. Hotaru glared into her eyes, and turned around. Hitomi smiled, and Hotaru quickly turned around. "Huh, huh, huh." Hitomi said as she slid down the wall.
Cordillia closed her eyes, and stood at the edge of the balcony. A cool breeze blew through her hair. She smelled the musky smell of rain and look up. Pitch-black clouds were coming this way. 'I better go tell Hotaru to put on warm p.j.'s. An awful blizzard must be coming.' she thought. She turned around to go inside, and a sudden gust of wind blew against her. She quickly ran to the door, as the wind got stronger. Cordillia gripped the doorknob tightly, and pulled the door open. The wind pushed it shut quickly. She struggled to pull it open. The wind was just too strong. She pulled with all her strength. The window next to the door bursted open. The window shattered and pieces of glass flew through the room. Joey jumped up. He pulled the sheets over him to protect him from the glass. A newspaper blew onto the back of Cordillia's head. She threw it off and screamed, "JOEY! JOEY! Are you ok?!" No answer. The wind was blowing too hard. She couldn't hear anything, except the rough howling of the wind. Cordillia crawled to the edge of the balcony. She grabbed onto the railing, and pushed herself onto her feet. Then she darted toward the broken window. She then jumped through. The wind extended her risky jump. She landed on the hard tile, and slid through the pieces of glass, slicing her body numerous times. Cordillia pushed her bloody hands against the floor. She began to crawl towards the bed. Joey pushed the covers off him, and saw Cordillia on the floor. He pulled her onto the bed. The blood soaked into the sheets. "Are you ok?" Joey said shocked. "Yeah," Cordillia moaned. "I just got a few scratches." The wind continued to blow hard.
Hotaru's eyes slowly opened. She heard a rough beating against the window. She looked at Seto lying next to her. Slowly, she climbed out of bed. On her way to the window she stepped something that tickled her foot. Hotaru slowly bent down and picked it up. It was a white feather. "Why is there a dove feather in here?" she said sarcastically, "I don't remember seeing any cranes in the Philippines before." The harsh rapping began to get louder on the window. Hotaru walked over to the window. Slowly, she pulled the white drapes apart. She dropped the feather and a sharp pain shot up her spine. She remained motionless, as a dark figure starred at her. The woman had evil eyes that glowed in the moonlight. Her hair was long and nappy. It floated in the air. She opened her mouth, revealing razor teeth. A small drop of blood dripped off her tooth, and down her chin. Her eyes suddenly opened widely. Her head began to shake rapidly, but her eyes seemed to stay and stare at Hotaru, sending shrill terror into her heart. Hotaru screamed out loudly, and looked away. The window bursted open. Hotaru continued screaming, as she ran towards the bed. The wind carried her into the wall. Seto was blown onto the floor. Him and Hitomi crashed into the door, which broke open. They slid out into the wall of the long hallway. They looked, and the door next to them broke open too. Cordillia and Joey came flying out, and slamming into the wall also.
Hotaru pushed herself over toward the door. With trembling hands, she tried to keep herself up. Slowly, she crawled towards the door, but couldn't go any further. She dropped on the floor, and extended her hand in front of the door.
Cordillia, Joey, Hitomi, and Seto held onto each other tightly, trying not to get separated. "Where's Hotaru?!" Cordillia yelled. Seto barely heard her over the howling wind. He replied, "She was still in the room!" Cordillia glanced over at the room. She let go of Joey's hand, and pushed herself against the floor. Quickly, she jumped up, grabbing onto the doorway. She pulled herself inside. In the room, Hotaru laid motionless by the door. Cordillia grabbed her and pulled her onto her back. Then she pulled her over one of her shoulders. She held her tightly with one arm, with the other she reached out the door. Joey stretched his arm out, and Cordillia grabbed on. Joey pulled them to the other side. They all grabbed onto each other again.
Time passed, as the five sat there, trembling. A large tear dropped down Cordillia's cheek, it blew off, down the hall. Suddenly, all the doors slammed shut. The wind in the hallway stopped. Everyone looked around. The hallway was dark. All the lights were broken from the wind. The four stood up. Seto carried Hotaru in his arms. They walked down the long, gloomy hallway. At the end was a flight of stairs, which they walked down. They got down the stairs into the empty lobby. No one was there. It was torn apart from the wind. Hitomi walked over to the window. Outside, the terrible storm was still going on. She gave a confused look and turned around to help the others find someone in the hotel. Cordillia and Joey went down one hall, and Hitomi and Seto went down the other. Seto was still carrying Hotaru in his arms. Hitomi looked at her, and ran her hand across her cheek. She turned and began opening doors. They searched the whole hallway, but it was vacant. Cordillia and Joey were having the same luck. Hitomi decided she just couldn't take it anymore. The thought of being trapped in there was eating at her. She ran back down the hall, and busted the doors open in the lobby. A huge gust of raging wind threw her violently into the wall. The wind shot down the hallways and up the stairs. Seto lay on top of Hotaru, protecting her from the prevailing wind. Cordillia and Joey were also caught by the powerful wind. They held tightly onto each other, trying to overcome the dominant wind, but it was just too powerful. They forced themselves into a room, and struggled to close the door. Joey finally pushed it shut. Cordillia slid down the door in relief. They were safe for a while. The room was dark, and lacked windows. Joey sat down and held her tightly.
Down the opposite hallway, Seto struggled to keep Hotaru safe. He wrapped his body around her, trying to keep his thoughts positive. "I know we'll make it out of here," he whispered, "it'll all be ok."
Hitomi covered her eyes, resisting letting the flying dust into them, although she could still feel it hitting her. She seemed to sense every little speck, feeling like small needles shooting into her legs. Suddenly, the lobby doors busted open and white feathers were flying in, soon calming the storm. Hitomi opened her eyes and saw the feathers. ".Van," she quietly said to herself. "No, it can't be." she rushed to the window and saw a white glowing light fading in the distance. She smiled, and tears ran down her cheeks. "Thank you." Seto looked up, "The storm stopped? That was quick." Hotaru slowly opened her eyes. "Seto, what happened?" she said looking into his eyes. He was so happy that she was all right that he slowly bent down and kissed her passionately. As Hitomi was looking at the couple, she had thoughts of happiness, sadness, anger, and jealousy.
I wake up in the morning, put on my face. The one that's gonna get me. through another day. Doesn't really matter how I feel inside. This life is life a game sometimes.
Then you came around me, the walls just disappeared. Nothing to surround me, keep me from my fears. I'm unprotected. See how I've opened up, oh! You've made me trust.
Cuz' I've never felt like this before, I'm naked around you. Does it show? You see right through me and I can't hide. I'm naked around you, and it feels so right.
"Cordillia, do you think Seto knows me well?" asked Hotaru. "Of course he does!" said Cordillia, "why else would I despise him? He knows you better than Joey knows me! Why are you asking that?" "Just curious." answered Hotaru. Cordillia gasped, "You're going to do it aren't you?" "What? No! Cordillia I never said." "I knew it! Okay, okay, remain calm. Oh, you and me have a lot of things to do today!" Cordillia interrupted, and grabbed Hotaru's arm and led Hotaru to her room.
The Hurricane
(Italicized words are lyrics taken from the single, "Naked"© by: Avril Lavigne)
They rolled over. Cordillia threw her head back, as Joey kissed her neck roughly. He tore her shirt off. She ran her fingers through his hair, continuing down his back. Then she crossed her hands to Joey's chest, ripping the buttons on his shirt open. They began to kiss violently. Joey unsnapped Cordillia's black lace bra, and she pulled the dark purple silk sheets over them.
The two laid side by side, holding each other's hand, staring at the roof. "I love you Cordy," Joey said with a satisfied smile. Cordillia sighed. She turned to Joey and smiled, " I love you too. I'm so glad we got time off of work. I mean, your tour is over, so is mine over. My sisters taking care of the WWE and everything else. I've never felt so free. I mean, I'm always so busy. I've never felt like I have no responsibilities, but. But it does seem like there's something missing." Joey kissed her cheek. She smiled and closed her eyes. A bolt of lightning crashed outside, a roar of thunder echoed through the sky. Cordillia sat up. Joey sat up with her and massaged her shoulders. "I can't sleep," she complained, "I have so much on my mind, and now this! Uh! It's no use. Joey, put on that Kylie Minogue C.D.! Please, sweet sweet honey." Joey rolled his eyes. He got up and unzipped the C.D. case. He pulled out "Fever" by Kylie. Then he put it into the player. Joey pressed the track button to song 3, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'. "JOEY!" Cordillia screamed, "You know which song I want!" "We hear that song too much. Can't we." "NOW!" she interrupted. Joey reached over and flipped it to track 2. Cordillia began to swing her head and sing loudly, "It was love, at first sight! Cuz, baby when I hurt you, for the first time." Joey rolled his eyes again, and stuck his head under the pillow. Cordillia continued, "Started runnin' out of luck, thinkin' 'bout givin' up, yeah! Didn't know." A huge crash of lightning roared outside. Cordillia sighed, and got out of bed. She shut off the music, and put her silk robe on. "I'll be back in a little bit," she said as she kissed Joey's head, and she walked outside on the balcony.
Hotaru and Seto were sitting on the bed, watching a romantic show on TV. "This is SO boring," Hitomi said as she grabbed the remote. She changed the channel to a James Bond movie. "Um," Hotaru said with a tone of annoyance in her voice, "We are not watching this. I've seen enough of Pierce." "Well, I didn't know Cordillia when she was dating him. So, we are watching this." Hitomi retorted. Hotaru replied, "Excuse me! Last time I checked, you weren't paying for this room." "Well," Hitomi continued, "last time I checked, I wasn't being a slut and sleeping around with Seto." "What?!" Hotaru screamed, "I'm not sleeping with Seto! You little hentai! I don't sleep around with guys. You can't even have kept track of how many times you did that disgusting pervert Van." "Lay off of Van! At least he had a legal job. All you are is a.. A conniving BITCH!" Hitomi yelled. "WHAT?!" Hotaru shouted, "You are calling me a bitch?!" Hotaru stood up and walked toward Hitomi. "Heh, heh, heh. Um." Hitomi said as she backed up into the wall, "I didn't mean it?" "No," Hotaru said ignorantly, "you meant it." "Well, maybe I did." Hitomi said smugly. Hotaru glared into her eyes, and turned around. Hitomi smiled, and Hotaru quickly turned around. "Huh, huh, huh." Hitomi said as she slid down the wall.
Cordillia closed her eyes, and stood at the edge of the balcony. A cool breeze blew through her hair. She smelled the musky smell of rain and look up. Pitch-black clouds were coming this way. 'I better go tell Hotaru to put on warm p.j.'s. An awful blizzard must be coming.' she thought. She turned around to go inside, and a sudden gust of wind blew against her. She quickly ran to the door, as the wind got stronger. Cordillia gripped the doorknob tightly, and pulled the door open. The wind pushed it shut quickly. She struggled to pull it open. The wind was just too strong. She pulled with all her strength. The window next to the door bursted open. The window shattered and pieces of glass flew through the room. Joey jumped up. He pulled the sheets over him to protect him from the glass. A newspaper blew onto the back of Cordillia's head. She threw it off and screamed, "JOEY! JOEY! Are you ok?!" No answer. The wind was blowing too hard. She couldn't hear anything, except the rough howling of the wind. Cordillia crawled to the edge of the balcony. She grabbed onto the railing, and pushed herself onto her feet. Then she darted toward the broken window. She then jumped through. The wind extended her risky jump. She landed on the hard tile, and slid through the pieces of glass, slicing her body numerous times. Cordillia pushed her bloody hands against the floor. She began to crawl towards the bed. Joey pushed the covers off him, and saw Cordillia on the floor. He pulled her onto the bed. The blood soaked into the sheets. "Are you ok?" Joey said shocked. "Yeah," Cordillia moaned. "I just got a few scratches." The wind continued to blow hard.
Hotaru's eyes slowly opened. She heard a rough beating against the window. She looked at Seto lying next to her. Slowly, she climbed out of bed. On her way to the window she stepped something that tickled her foot. Hotaru slowly bent down and picked it up. It was a white feather. "Why is there a dove feather in here?" she said sarcastically, "I don't remember seeing any cranes in the Philippines before." The harsh rapping began to get louder on the window. Hotaru walked over to the window. Slowly, she pulled the white drapes apart. She dropped the feather and a sharp pain shot up her spine. She remained motionless, as a dark figure starred at her. The woman had evil eyes that glowed in the moonlight. Her hair was long and nappy. It floated in the air. She opened her mouth, revealing razor teeth. A small drop of blood dripped off her tooth, and down her chin. Her eyes suddenly opened widely. Her head began to shake rapidly, but her eyes seemed to stay and stare at Hotaru, sending shrill terror into her heart. Hotaru screamed out loudly, and looked away. The window bursted open. Hotaru continued screaming, as she ran towards the bed. The wind carried her into the wall. Seto was blown onto the floor. Him and Hitomi crashed into the door, which broke open. They slid out into the wall of the long hallway. They looked, and the door next to them broke open too. Cordillia and Joey came flying out, and slamming into the wall also.
Hotaru pushed herself over toward the door. With trembling hands, she tried to keep herself up. Slowly, she crawled towards the door, but couldn't go any further. She dropped on the floor, and extended her hand in front of the door.
Cordillia, Joey, Hitomi, and Seto held onto each other tightly, trying not to get separated. "Where's Hotaru?!" Cordillia yelled. Seto barely heard her over the howling wind. He replied, "She was still in the room!" Cordillia glanced over at the room. She let go of Joey's hand, and pushed herself against the floor. Quickly, she jumped up, grabbing onto the doorway. She pulled herself inside. In the room, Hotaru laid motionless by the door. Cordillia grabbed her and pulled her onto her back. Then she pulled her over one of her shoulders. She held her tightly with one arm, with the other she reached out the door. Joey stretched his arm out, and Cordillia grabbed on. Joey pulled them to the other side. They all grabbed onto each other again.
Time passed, as the five sat there, trembling. A large tear dropped down Cordillia's cheek, it blew off, down the hall. Suddenly, all the doors slammed shut. The wind in the hallway stopped. Everyone looked around. The hallway was dark. All the lights were broken from the wind. The four stood up. Seto carried Hotaru in his arms. They walked down the long, gloomy hallway. At the end was a flight of stairs, which they walked down. They got down the stairs into the empty lobby. No one was there. It was torn apart from the wind. Hitomi walked over to the window. Outside, the terrible storm was still going on. She gave a confused look and turned around to help the others find someone in the hotel. Cordillia and Joey went down one hall, and Hitomi and Seto went down the other. Seto was still carrying Hotaru in his arms. Hitomi looked at her, and ran her hand across her cheek. She turned and began opening doors. They searched the whole hallway, but it was vacant. Cordillia and Joey were having the same luck. Hitomi decided she just couldn't take it anymore. The thought of being trapped in there was eating at her. She ran back down the hall, and busted the doors open in the lobby. A huge gust of raging wind threw her violently into the wall. The wind shot down the hallways and up the stairs. Seto lay on top of Hotaru, protecting her from the prevailing wind. Cordillia and Joey were also caught by the powerful wind. They held tightly onto each other, trying to overcome the dominant wind, but it was just too powerful. They forced themselves into a room, and struggled to close the door. Joey finally pushed it shut. Cordillia slid down the door in relief. They were safe for a while. The room was dark, and lacked windows. Joey sat down and held her tightly.
Down the opposite hallway, Seto struggled to keep Hotaru safe. He wrapped his body around her, trying to keep his thoughts positive. "I know we'll make it out of here," he whispered, "it'll all be ok."
Hitomi covered her eyes, resisting letting the flying dust into them, although she could still feel it hitting her. She seemed to sense every little speck, feeling like small needles shooting into her legs. Suddenly, the lobby doors busted open and white feathers were flying in, soon calming the storm. Hitomi opened her eyes and saw the feathers. ".Van," she quietly said to herself. "No, it can't be." she rushed to the window and saw a white glowing light fading in the distance. She smiled, and tears ran down her cheeks. "Thank you." Seto looked up, "The storm stopped? That was quick." Hotaru slowly opened her eyes. "Seto, what happened?" she said looking into his eyes. He was so happy that she was all right that he slowly bent down and kissed her passionately. As Hitomi was looking at the couple, she had thoughts of happiness, sadness, anger, and jealousy.
I wake up in the morning, put on my face. The one that's gonna get me. through another day. Doesn't really matter how I feel inside. This life is life a game sometimes.
Then you came around me, the walls just disappeared. Nothing to surround me, keep me from my fears. I'm unprotected. See how I've opened up, oh! You've made me trust.
Cuz' I've never felt like this before, I'm naked around you. Does it show? You see right through me and I can't hide. I'm naked around you, and it feels so right.
"Cordillia, do you think Seto knows me well?" asked Hotaru. "Of course he does!" said Cordillia, "why else would I despise him? He knows you better than Joey knows me! Why are you asking that?" "Just curious." answered Hotaru. Cordillia gasped, "You're going to do it aren't you?" "What? No! Cordillia I never said." "I knew it! Okay, okay, remain calm. Oh, you and me have a lot of things to do today!" Cordillia interrupted, and grabbed Hotaru's arm and led Hotaru to her room.