Eli: Had to write this. Had nothing to do. Starting this now. Dm, if it's
well liked enough, there can be a high school sequel. Maybe. Enjoy
~ "Didn't your mother teach you manners?"
"My mother, strangly silent in all matters of import."
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to say good-bye."
"Where are you going?"
"Far, far away, but not as far as you. You must leave this place." He got down on one knee and kissed her hand.
"See how the witchblade confirms danger." She nodded and left, but not totally. She hid behind a wall and continued to watch. Watched him.
Saw him go against the gunmen, went to pull out a weapon, but didn't. Saw him get shot and fall down dead.~
"No! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! No!" Bethany jilted up in bed, breathing fast. She felt herself start to cry. In an instant, Ian was in her room. He turned on the lights and sat down next to her on her bed.
"Bethany, are you alright?" Bethany looked up at him and hugged him.
"Daddy." She murmured. Ian held her close to him.
"Shhhhhhh. It's okay now. It wasn't real." He calmed her down a bit more before asking.
"What did you see?" Bethany didn't say anything. She just hugged him tighter. He didn't ask again. Ian tucked her back in and turned off the light. He lingered a moment to make sure she was asleep.
Ian climbed back in bed with Sara. She turned to him.
"Did she have another nightmare?"
"Yeah." She groaned and looked at the witchblade. "She's only eight, for Christ's sake. Can't you let her sleep?" She turned back to Ian. "What did she see? It wasn't another battle, was it?"
"She wouldn't tell me and she gripped me tighter when I asked." Sara got a flash of something and moaned.
"Oh God."
"What?"
"It showed her your death."
"What?!"
"Not this life. The one before time got turned back. When Dante stormed the warehouse."
"Oh. Why would it show her that?"
"I don't know. It's sadistic?" Sara yawned.
"You should go back to sleep. Big day tomorrow."
"Oh yeah. Halloween. Trick or treating, evil. Night."
"Night."
-Next day-
The six kids sat in Sara and Ian's living room with their costumes.
Bethany had finally decided that her broadsword would go the best with her costume. Her costume was that of a crusader. She had a white tunic with a red cross on it and wore chain mail on her head. She sheathed her sword into its place and sat down satisfied.
Jamie was so happy. He had been begging Bethany for months if her could borrow her katana, and she had only said okay this morning. He had it over his shoulder in its holding. He pulled the mask part of his ninja costume over his mouth and nose. He looked in the mirror and posed in a fighting position. 'I look like a real ninja' He thought to himself delightfully.
Nicky and Chris punched each other. Enemies in life, enemies in costume. Chris had chosen to be Sub-Zero form Mortal Kombat as Nicky chose to be Scorpion. Chris pretended to throw out a beam of ice to freeze Nivky, but Nicky dodged. Nicky tried to bring Chris closer with his hand spear. "Get over here." He called out, but Chris ignored him.
Gracie poured the fake blood on her plastic wound that was glued to her skin. Then she added another fake cut to her fore head. Then she was done. Gracie thought it was a brilliant idea to go as a zombie. She was only worried her mommy wouldn't be able to tell the difference between her costume and a regular dead person and would give her an autopsy by mistake.
Teresa looked at her cousins and snickered. She was fairy princess. She had told Bethany to do the same, but Bethany declined. Teresa didn't care, Bethany was a tomboy anyway. It was her daddy who had picked out her costume, and even though she really had wanted to be a witch, she chose to go with the fairy princess so that her daddy would smile. He didn't smile that often. Her Auntie Sara once said that her daddy use to smile alot, but he was still hurt from her mommy dying........ And that if Teresa wasn't there, he would never smile at all. She sighed as she straightened out her skirt with her wand.
"Okay, everyone ready?" Asked Sara, despite Ian's sinful suggestions, was dressed in her regular clothes. When everyone nodded, she hearded them outside and locked the door behind them.
The yelling and screaming was loud, and the people hiding in the corner with the purposes of horrifying the neighbors were too plentiful. Sara thanked god her group of little ones all had nerves of steel, except Gracie and Jamie. Jamie held onto his mother's hand as Gracie held Chris and Bethany's hands. Nicky, of course, had to tease Chris, who stole a handful of Nicky's candy when he wasn't looking.
Teresa tripped on her skirt and started to cry. Gabriel, the other chaperone, picked her up and calmed her down. When she confirmed she was alright, he put her doen to collect candy. As she screamed out "Trick or Treat?", he smiled.
Bethany kept looking around and frowning. Sara woundered at what she was doing. After crossing the street, Bethnay stopped in the middle of the sidewalk. She put her hands on her hips and glared up at the trees. For once, Sara didn't think it was cute that Bethnay had inherited her temper and asked her what she was doing. Bethany ignored her and after five minutes finally yelled out.
"Dominic, if you're gonna follow me around, you might as well go trick or treating with us! So get down here, Now!"
After a moment of nothing, Dominic jumped down from his position infront of Bethany.
"That's better. Now, let's go." She grabbed one of his gloved hands and pulled him along. Sara and Gabriel just went with it. Dominic made Bethany slow down.
"Bethany, I don't know what to do." He told her. Bethany took a minute to explain it to him.
"You go to each door and wait for the people to come out. Then you say "Trick or Treat?" and they give you candy or a toy. It's that easy, Dominic."
"But what do I put the candy in?" Bethany then realized he didn't have a bag. She looked at her mom to make sure she wasn't looking and pulled out another back. She handed it to him.
"Here."
"Why do you have an extra?"
"Shhhh. We all do. We switch bags when one gets too full so that we can get double the candy. You're lucky I brought three this year."
"Thank you, Bethany."
"Yeah, whatever, let's go." She pulled him along to the next house.
The woman at the door looked at Dominic for a second. "Young man, what are you suppose to be?" Dominic was nervous for a second, but Bethany spoke up.
"He's an assassin. Show her your sword, Dominic." She whispered to him under her breath "You do have a sword, right?" Dominic pulled out a thin english sword, and quickly put it back again. The woman shoveled candy into their bags and encouraged them to move on. Bethany pulled Dominic down the stairs and smiled at him for getting them extra candy.
He marveled at how she could care less about holding someone's hand. He considered all touch intimate, but it didn't seem to faze her. That was when he first noticed how pretty she looked. Even dressed in armour, she had a nice smile. A smile that was often on her lips. It made him smile, too.
And so the seven of them went trick or treating for another two hours, ending at their starting point. Ian was home and opened the door for them. He was surprised for a second when Dominic, who was still holding Bethany's hand, came in. Then he nodded and watched the over hyper group sit down in the living room and look over their booty.
They looked through it all, throwing away anything gross or suspicious looking. When they were done, they began to devour it. Ian stopped them before they got too far.
"Hey, don't consume that all in one night. You all want to throw up like your Aunt Sara does in the morning?" Sara shoved him off the couch where he sat.
"That's morning sickness, and it ain't funny. You try being pregnant for once, Ian." All the kids cracked up and Nicky said. "Uncle Ian's in the doghouse." Gabriel laughed harder and agreed. "Yep, someone's sleeping on the couch tonight."
Gabriel was deffinitely having a better day. Teresa looked absolutely adorable in her costume. He had been looking for something Angelique would have chosen for Teresa. He was also looking for something non violent and bloody, knowing the other kids would take care of that.
Vicky and Danny soon came to retrieve their children. Sara looked at Vicky and Danny and reminded them that next year it was their turn. Vicky chased Gracie around, pretending to fufill Gracie's worried thoughts. Danny hustled candy off his two boys, who were overflowing with the stuff. Dominic gathered his candy and left out the window when no one was looking.
When everyone was gone, Ian and Sara took the candy, making sure it would be saved for later. When the little ones were tucked in, Ian went to lie down next to Sara, who stared at him.
"What do you think you're doing?" She asked with a smirk.
"Going to bed, Sara Nottingham. Now, if you don't mind." She shoved him away. "What?"
"You heard what they said. You, Ian Nottingham, are in the dog house and must sleep on the couch." He stared at her.
"You can not be serious."
"Oh, you have no clue how serious I am." She threw a pillow at him. "Now get!"
Ian glared at her, but one look on her face and he knew what must be done. He walked out and headed toward the living room.
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~ "Didn't your mother teach you manners?"
"My mother, strangly silent in all matters of import."
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to say good-bye."
"Where are you going?"
"Far, far away, but not as far as you. You must leave this place." He got down on one knee and kissed her hand.
"See how the witchblade confirms danger." She nodded and left, but not totally. She hid behind a wall and continued to watch. Watched him.
Saw him go against the gunmen, went to pull out a weapon, but didn't. Saw him get shot and fall down dead.~
"No! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! No!" Bethany jilted up in bed, breathing fast. She felt herself start to cry. In an instant, Ian was in her room. He turned on the lights and sat down next to her on her bed.
"Bethany, are you alright?" Bethany looked up at him and hugged him.
"Daddy." She murmured. Ian held her close to him.
"Shhhhhhh. It's okay now. It wasn't real." He calmed her down a bit more before asking.
"What did you see?" Bethany didn't say anything. She just hugged him tighter. He didn't ask again. Ian tucked her back in and turned off the light. He lingered a moment to make sure she was asleep.
Ian climbed back in bed with Sara. She turned to him.
"Did she have another nightmare?"
"Yeah." She groaned and looked at the witchblade. "She's only eight, for Christ's sake. Can't you let her sleep?" She turned back to Ian. "What did she see? It wasn't another battle, was it?"
"She wouldn't tell me and she gripped me tighter when I asked." Sara got a flash of something and moaned.
"Oh God."
"What?"
"It showed her your death."
"What?!"
"Not this life. The one before time got turned back. When Dante stormed the warehouse."
"Oh. Why would it show her that?"
"I don't know. It's sadistic?" Sara yawned.
"You should go back to sleep. Big day tomorrow."
"Oh yeah. Halloween. Trick or treating, evil. Night."
"Night."
-Next day-
The six kids sat in Sara and Ian's living room with their costumes.
Bethany had finally decided that her broadsword would go the best with her costume. Her costume was that of a crusader. She had a white tunic with a red cross on it and wore chain mail on her head. She sheathed her sword into its place and sat down satisfied.
Jamie was so happy. He had been begging Bethany for months if her could borrow her katana, and she had only said okay this morning. He had it over his shoulder in its holding. He pulled the mask part of his ninja costume over his mouth and nose. He looked in the mirror and posed in a fighting position. 'I look like a real ninja' He thought to himself delightfully.
Nicky and Chris punched each other. Enemies in life, enemies in costume. Chris had chosen to be Sub-Zero form Mortal Kombat as Nicky chose to be Scorpion. Chris pretended to throw out a beam of ice to freeze Nivky, but Nicky dodged. Nicky tried to bring Chris closer with his hand spear. "Get over here." He called out, but Chris ignored him.
Gracie poured the fake blood on her plastic wound that was glued to her skin. Then she added another fake cut to her fore head. Then she was done. Gracie thought it was a brilliant idea to go as a zombie. She was only worried her mommy wouldn't be able to tell the difference between her costume and a regular dead person and would give her an autopsy by mistake.
Teresa looked at her cousins and snickered. She was fairy princess. She had told Bethany to do the same, but Bethany declined. Teresa didn't care, Bethany was a tomboy anyway. It was her daddy who had picked out her costume, and even though she really had wanted to be a witch, she chose to go with the fairy princess so that her daddy would smile. He didn't smile that often. Her Auntie Sara once said that her daddy use to smile alot, but he was still hurt from her mommy dying........ And that if Teresa wasn't there, he would never smile at all. She sighed as she straightened out her skirt with her wand.
"Okay, everyone ready?" Asked Sara, despite Ian's sinful suggestions, was dressed in her regular clothes. When everyone nodded, she hearded them outside and locked the door behind them.
The yelling and screaming was loud, and the people hiding in the corner with the purposes of horrifying the neighbors were too plentiful. Sara thanked god her group of little ones all had nerves of steel, except Gracie and Jamie. Jamie held onto his mother's hand as Gracie held Chris and Bethany's hands. Nicky, of course, had to tease Chris, who stole a handful of Nicky's candy when he wasn't looking.
Teresa tripped on her skirt and started to cry. Gabriel, the other chaperone, picked her up and calmed her down. When she confirmed she was alright, he put her doen to collect candy. As she screamed out "Trick or Treat?", he smiled.
Bethany kept looking around and frowning. Sara woundered at what she was doing. After crossing the street, Bethnay stopped in the middle of the sidewalk. She put her hands on her hips and glared up at the trees. For once, Sara didn't think it was cute that Bethnay had inherited her temper and asked her what she was doing. Bethany ignored her and after five minutes finally yelled out.
"Dominic, if you're gonna follow me around, you might as well go trick or treating with us! So get down here, Now!"
After a moment of nothing, Dominic jumped down from his position infront of Bethany.
"That's better. Now, let's go." She grabbed one of his gloved hands and pulled him along. Sara and Gabriel just went with it. Dominic made Bethany slow down.
"Bethany, I don't know what to do." He told her. Bethany took a minute to explain it to him.
"You go to each door and wait for the people to come out. Then you say "Trick or Treat?" and they give you candy or a toy. It's that easy, Dominic."
"But what do I put the candy in?" Bethany then realized he didn't have a bag. She looked at her mom to make sure she wasn't looking and pulled out another back. She handed it to him.
"Here."
"Why do you have an extra?"
"Shhhh. We all do. We switch bags when one gets too full so that we can get double the candy. You're lucky I brought three this year."
"Thank you, Bethany."
"Yeah, whatever, let's go." She pulled him along to the next house.
The woman at the door looked at Dominic for a second. "Young man, what are you suppose to be?" Dominic was nervous for a second, but Bethany spoke up.
"He's an assassin. Show her your sword, Dominic." She whispered to him under her breath "You do have a sword, right?" Dominic pulled out a thin english sword, and quickly put it back again. The woman shoveled candy into their bags and encouraged them to move on. Bethany pulled Dominic down the stairs and smiled at him for getting them extra candy.
He marveled at how she could care less about holding someone's hand. He considered all touch intimate, but it didn't seem to faze her. That was when he first noticed how pretty she looked. Even dressed in armour, she had a nice smile. A smile that was often on her lips. It made him smile, too.
And so the seven of them went trick or treating for another two hours, ending at their starting point. Ian was home and opened the door for them. He was surprised for a second when Dominic, who was still holding Bethany's hand, came in. Then he nodded and watched the over hyper group sit down in the living room and look over their booty.
They looked through it all, throwing away anything gross or suspicious looking. When they were done, they began to devour it. Ian stopped them before they got too far.
"Hey, don't consume that all in one night. You all want to throw up like your Aunt Sara does in the morning?" Sara shoved him off the couch where he sat.
"That's morning sickness, and it ain't funny. You try being pregnant for once, Ian." All the kids cracked up and Nicky said. "Uncle Ian's in the doghouse." Gabriel laughed harder and agreed. "Yep, someone's sleeping on the couch tonight."
Gabriel was deffinitely having a better day. Teresa looked absolutely adorable in her costume. He had been looking for something Angelique would have chosen for Teresa. He was also looking for something non violent and bloody, knowing the other kids would take care of that.
Vicky and Danny soon came to retrieve their children. Sara looked at Vicky and Danny and reminded them that next year it was their turn. Vicky chased Gracie around, pretending to fufill Gracie's worried thoughts. Danny hustled candy off his two boys, who were overflowing with the stuff. Dominic gathered his candy and left out the window when no one was looking.
When everyone was gone, Ian and Sara took the candy, making sure it would be saved for later. When the little ones were tucked in, Ian went to lie down next to Sara, who stared at him.
"What do you think you're doing?" She asked with a smirk.
"Going to bed, Sara Nottingham. Now, if you don't mind." She shoved him away. "What?"
"You heard what they said. You, Ian Nottingham, are in the dog house and must sleep on the couch." He stared at her.
"You can not be serious."
"Oh, you have no clue how serious I am." She threw a pillow at him. "Now get!"
Ian glared at her, but one look on her face and he knew what must be done. He walked out and headed toward the living room.
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