We had to up the rating cuz of the rape scene in this chapter so ya…

*~*Kaitlin*~*

Edwin Mellophone Hands

Chapter 11: Lost and Found

         Her head still reeling from the blow, Lorelei climbed down into the darkness. The walls were still slimy and covered in trombotine. She crawled along the tunnel before standing up after around 5 feet or so. 'Funny it seemed like I had to crawl much farther last time' thought Lorelei.

         A yell came from down the tunnel causing Lorelei's eyes to fill with tears. It had been Sam's voice and even though she knew Edwin had possessed him, it still hurt to hear him yell like that. Lorelei sped up; she had to get to Sam, to make Edwin show himself.

         Lorelei reached the fork in the path, when she had needed to save Sam she had gone into the dark, now her womanly intuition told her that Sam was once again in the dark, but to rid him of Edwin she needed Edwin's body and that must be towards the light. Edwin wouldn't risk damaging his already damaged body.

         She walked along, this part of the path was unfamiliar to her,  and she was afraid of what was hidden at the end of the hall. The light grew slightly brighter, now instead of just seeing the dust that floated through the air; she saw the dried trombotine on the walls, and the mellophone parts the almost covered the floor. All of the parts had the same name for the composer, Edwin Ophonemell. Suppressing a shudder at this Lorelei continued. At the end of the Hall there was a door, and this had to be where Edwin was.

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Edwin grinned. He knew where Lorelei was. She was after his body. Lt Holst was staring at him, he knew that Sam was being possessed and didn't want to hurt Sam but Edwin was using that against him. 'Ha that stupid old man, he thinks he can fight me when I am using a body that is so much younger than his? He wont even hurt this boy to save himself' Edwin laughed; his fist swung and caught Holst in the jaw.

"Damn you Edwin!" Holst got up from where he had been knocked by the blow. Something was trickling down his chin he reached to wipe it away and his hand came back bloody. Holst had to do something fast 'I cant hurt the boy but I've got to stop Edwin' then all went black.

"Holst once you scared me but now you are too afraid to hurt people." After saying this Edwin let out a maniacal giggle. "But look at you now! Big senior Holst knocked unconscious by me, little old Edwin the puny sophmore!"

A scream came loud from down the hallway. Sam's body slumped to the floor. All was quiet.

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Lorelei reached for the doorknob, her hand shaking. She gripped the handle and turned, puling the door open. Then she screamed. Before her was the body of Edwin Ophonemell. It wasn't like anything she'd imagined. His face and head were normal enough; except the skin was stretched so tight over the face it looked like a skull. He was wearing a shirt, but underneath it was all lumpy, like things were sticking out of his chest. His hands…those were the worst; they weren't hands at all. His left hand was the bell of a mellophone, the metal transitioned smoothly at the wrist from metal to skin. His right hand was 3 valves, with the valve slides still attached.

"Yes, its rather horrifying to look at isn't it?" Lorelei gasped, he was awake? His black eyes glittered with hate. "A few people who actually saw me after the 'accident' were horrified too. Behind my back they called me names, Edwin Mellophone hands was a favorite, as I seem to recall." Lorelei hated the way he stared, it was worse than the way some men stare, the kind that undress you with their eyes. His stare was so full of hatred; he despised anyone who could still play an instrument. Slowly Edwin stood up, it didn't look easy, but then again Edwin had had years of practice.

He walked towards Lorelei, Lorelei wanted to run, but the gaze of Edwin held her in place. "Life isn't easy when you have no hands, but I've learned to cope." Edwin walked around behind Lorelei. He stopped just behind her, and leaned over and whispered in her ear "But you my dear can help me cope…" His tongue darted out and licked the shell of her ear. Lorelei shivered, "Don't you dare touch me Edwin! Sam will be here any minute now that you've left him!"

"Oooh, hoping for help from your big strong man? I wonder how he'll managed to get out of a locked room while he's unconscious…" Edwin managed to spin Lorelei around; his mouth met hers, roughly. His kiss was bruising, causing Lorelei to cry out in pain. Edwin took this opportunity and slid his tongue into her mouth. Lorelei tried to fight back, but Edwin seemed oblivious to anything and everything. Lorelei then went limp, giving up.

Edwin shoved her to the ground once again. This time though, it was really Edwin not Edwin in Sam's body, and his eyes were no longer filled with hatred, only lust. Edwin held her down with the valve 'hand' and with the bell managed to pop the buttons off her shirt exposing her flesh. Tears began to roll down Lorelei's cheeks; it wasn't supposed to be like this. It was supposed to be some one she loved! A hot anger began to grow inside of Lorelei as Edwin explored her body. "STOP IT YOU ASSHOLE!!!" Lorelei screamed and rammed her knee into his crotch. Edwin gasped in pain, and rolled off of her.

Lorelei got up and ran for her life. She ran out of the room and down the hallway. She heard Edwin scream and the door slam open. She could hear him coming. "YOU LITTLE BITCH! DO YOU THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE ME?!" Finally Lorelei came to the room where Sam had to be! She threw open the door, and slammed it shut again. Sam was laying on the floor, unconscious just as Edwin had said.

Lorelei ran over to Sam and began to shake him, "Sam come on, you have to wake up! He's coming to get me, and then he'll rape me and then kill me! Sam! Please wake up! SAM!" the door opened and Edwin whirled into the room.

"You little bitch, after I have my way with you I'm going to kill you!" Lorelei backed into a corner and curled up into a ball. Tears began to flow down her cheeks, pure terror in her eyes. Edwin slowly walked towards her, pleased to see her terror growing. 'Now that bitch will get what she deserves!' Just as Edwin reached out the valve hand to her, Lorelei let out a scream to wake the dead. It was a sound that was pure terror; it was horrifying. Anger clouded Edwin's eyes, "Shut up!!" He hit her hard across her temple, and Lorelei sat there dazed, eyes unfocused.

Sam's eyes snapped open. 'Lorelei!' he looked over and saw Edwin hit her. Rage filled Sam; he had hit Lorelei. Sam stood quietly, and made his way to where Edwin was kneeling over Lorelei. Roughly Sam grabbed Edwin and slammed him into the wall, "You bastard! Don't you dare touch her!" Sam hit Edwin hard, blood flowed freely from Edwin's nose.

In spite of the pain, Edwin grinned, "Hello lover boy! Come to save your little whore?" Sam hit him again, Edwin grunted. Now he was starting to get really mad. He shoved Sam off of him and into the shelves of hands. Sam tried to get stable, but he hit the jar with Rachel's hand in it. The jar fell to the floor and broke into millions of tiny pieces. The baton that had been in Rachel's hand rolled across the floor to where Lorelei sat, still in a daze.

With out wasting any time, Edwin strode over to Sam and pulled him to his feet before hitting him. Sam cried out in pain, and Edwin continued to punch Sam. Lorelei heard Sam and tried to focus. Her head hurt terribly and her eyes were having trouble focusing. Lorelei tried to stand, she had to help Sam. Standing proved to make her head hurt worse, but she had to. Lorelei took a step, and almost fell. She had stepped on the baton, Rachel's baton. For a moment she stared confused as to what it was, then Lorelei bent down to pick up the baton that was wrapped in purple and gold cords. Using the Baton as a crutch, Lorelei made her way over to Edwin, who was beating Sam senseless.

'Sam…' the only thought in Lorelei's head, 'Sam…' it repeated itself over and over. Sam was in pain and Lorelei was the only one who could stop it. Pulling her arm back Lorelei held it like a spear. Screaming at Edwin she thrust the baton down on him. Edwin screamed in pain. The baton pierced his heart, and both Sam and Edwin sank to the ground.

Sam was barely conscious by the time Lorelei was kneeling next to him. "Lore..lei…, thanks again… for saving me…" Lorelei sat next to him, tired, and her head hurt something awful. Slowly her world turned black.

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Lorelei woke in the hospital the next day; Sam was standing beside her bed. She looked up and grinned at him. She was ok and only suffered minor injuries. Sam had cuts and bruises along his face but he was all right. "Sam…how did we get out of that room?"

"Well, we were both passed out, but then Lt Holst woke and made me get up, he carried you out."

         "oh…what happened to Edwin?"

         Sam grimaced, "he's dead. I know you killed him, but the strange thing is, when they went back, they couldn't find a body."

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With in a week Lorelei and Sam were back in school, and hailed as heroes. Colonel Boom had been fired because he had severely beaten a student who had stood up to him. A new director hadn't been found yet but the band managed anyways.

One day while Sam walked Lorelei to her home he asked "Do you ever wonder what happened to Edwin's body?"

Lorelei looked at Sam for a moment, "No." the answer was quick and definite, "now are you ever going to kiss me?" Sam grinned and bent down his lips met hers, and all was right in the world.

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"And that's the story of Edwin Mellophone hands." A large trombone senior grinned down at the little freshmen flutes.

"Yeah right," said the smallest flute, "like that ever happened." A chorus of yeahs came from the flutes.

No one noticed the bus driver's horribly mangled hands…

The End….

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