A/N: Well here is the next installment! Sorry it took so long but I have been trying to incorporate this song for the longest time! And believe me you will be seeing a lot of this band too! This is dedicated to the Dorian/Mina shippers in the fandom and especially dedicated to my two avid readers Krisian Rose and Lady Norbert, who have both encouraged me to continue this fiction!
Dorian's Hidden Self
[The music starts with a slow growth of energy, a light piano playing in the background as Dorian is seen on top of the conning tower of the Nautilus, we see he has the deepest feeling of sorrow on his face, almost to the point of tears on his face. Suddenly the door opens and we see Mina Harker arrive on the tower as well, Dorian quickly shakes his head and clears his eyes of any trace of tears that were threatening to fall down his beautifully perfected face. Mina can tell that he has been crying silently the entire time he has sulked on the deck. She walks and leans next to him upon the rail.]
Mina: Why were you crying?
Dorian: Cry? Me? Dear Mina who do you think I am? I have been in this world too long to have a single tear in my body.
Mina: Dorian, you may be fooling the rest of the League, but you shall never fool me. I know when you are upset and I can tell you have been upset for a long time.
Dorian: Mina, you behave so childish, you think you know me so well but honestly, no one does, and no one has enough time in the world to know me that well.
Mina: You forget Dorian, I'm immortal as well, and I suffer that gift as well as you.
Dorian: Yet you still know nothing!
[Dorian says his last line with such a stinging ferociousness that Mina leans away, taken aback by such a forceful comment. Then, the music blares with the sound of a far of electric guitar as her eyes redden slightly and her voice raises toward Dorian as he turns away from her, not wanting to hear any of it.]
Mina: You're too important for anyone.
You play the role of all you long to be.
(Dorian smirks and begins to walk away as Mina grabs him forcefully and spins him around, holding him in place with her hands pressed firmly on his shoulders.)
But I, I know who you really are,
You're the one who cries when you're alone.
(Dorian looks disgusted at this last remark and pushes her arms off his shoulders and turns to walk toward the door that leads from the conning tower to the belly of the Nautilus.)
Mina: But where will you go?
(Dorian stops at this line, the surprise displayed on his face apparent as Mina crosses over toward him.)
With no one left to save you from yourself?
You can't escape.
(Dorian's face changes from surprise, to fear as Mina touches his shoulder uttering the final line in the chorus.)
You can't escape.(Dorian wrenches from Mina's grasp and runs past the entrance and around the halls of the Nautilus, which have become silent other than the music begin to swell around him as he stops in the middle of one long hallway and turns as Mina's voice is heard blazing around him.)
You think that I can't see right through your eyes
Scared to death to face reality.
(There is a slight pause as Dorian stares in shock at something we cannot see, slowly we are focused on the reflection of Mina's bats leaving her still form standing in front of Dorian, her ice blue eyes staring into his almost ebony ones.)
No one seems to hear your hidden cries.
You're left to face yourself alone.
(Dorian turns and runs again as she tries to reach out to him, but he has turned so many times he is lost and now wondering around aimlessly, the panicked look still apparent on his face as he tries to escape Mina's pressing voice.)
Mina: But where will you go? Dorian: (Contempt ringing in his voice.) Where will I go?
With no one left to save you from yourself?
You can't escape the truth.
(Dorian grips his head, his eyes closed, as if trying to block out Mina's voice from echoing around his very skull. When his eyes open he is back on the very deck of the conning tower, the skies are darkening with the foreboding sense of an oncoming storm. Mina's voice is still with him as he turns and races toward the bow of the ship, gripping the handles tightly, sweat and sea water glistening in his hair and on his face as Mina confronts him. )
(Dorian finally understands the truth in Mina's words and joins in the melancholy melody.)
Mina: I realize you're afraid, Dorian: I realize.
But you can't abandon everyone.
You can't escape,
(She puts her arm once more upon Dorian's shoulder, but this time he grips her hand for support instead of tossing it away and running, his eyes shut with the pain of loneliness, but quickly turns facing the sea, wishing to hear no more.)
You don't want to escape.
(He turns as he feels her hand leave from his and watches as she faces him. Her voice rings with pain and frustration. He expects to see the demon, the glowing red eyes and the curled hair, instead he still sees Mina, her hair straight and flowing down, her eyes blue but now softer with traces of tears threatening to fall. She takes only one strong step toward Dorian and sings with an almost pleading tone to her voice as the music lingers on one organ note as she pleads toward him.)
Mina: I'm so sick of speaking words that no one understands
Is it clear enough that you can't live your whole life all alone?
I can hear you in a whisper
But you can't even hear me screaming.
(The clouds have grown darker and are now raging with the winds of the storm as rain begins to fall down lightly at first but growing steadily heavier as the song continues.)
Mina: But where will you go? Dorian: Where will I go?
With no one left to save you from yourself?
You can't escape the truth.
(Mina is turned and walking toward the stern as Dorian begins to follow with slow impending footsteps, his face displays that he is almost in a daze-like trance, his eyes only focused on Mina, as though that is all there is in the world.)
Mina: I realize you're afraid. Dorian: I realize.But you can't reject the whole world.
(They reach the stern of the Nautilus, Mina gripping the rail tightly and looking toward the sea now as Dorian walks behind her and puts his hand on her shoulder, the complete opposite picture of what had happened moments ago. She closes her eyes and lets the ghost of a smile appear on her lips as Dorian squeezes gently on her shoulder to comfort her.)
You can't escapeYou won't escape
You can't escape
(Dorian spins her around quite forcefully so that she faces him, the rain plastering the hair around his head, his eyes glistening along with his soaked face. Mina's hair is blowing about her, wild and soaked through as Dorian pulls her in slowly, steam rising from the two's body heat in the beating rain.)
You don't want to escape.
(The music rises around them as they stand there close together, looking toward each other, only now Dorian pulls Mina in a tight embrace, the tears falling freely down his face now, as Mina smiles letting her own fall down onto his beautiful gray suit. They stand there, the wind swelling around them and picking up as the rain stops, but the clouds still remain and the wind whips around them in an endless blur, their hair entwining as they pull slightly apart, Dorian's voice now stronger then when the song began.)
Dorian: Yeah, yeah……….yeah
Both: Yeah, yeah…yeah
Yeah, yeah…yeah
Yeah, yeah…yeah
Yeah, yeah…yeah
Yeah, yeah…yeah
Yeah, yeah…yeah
(Their voices fade as the clouds swirl around them, the wind ringing out, entangling their hair but strong enough to entangle the very aura that encircles their embrace.)
A/N: Hehe…I hope the Mina/Dorian shippers liked this! The band is one of my favs!
Song: Where Will You Go?-Evanescence
Song for Mina's Dance Partner: Ten Thousand Angels-Mindy McCready