12
October 21, afternoon
"Dammit! Dammit all! "Ashley shrieked. She was home alone. Alice had taken Erik to some show and so Ashley had the apartment to herself. She was trying to work on some spells that will help her gain Erik's trust faster. None were right. Plus her second-in-commanded had called telling her that time was running out. Only 10 days left. And he needs to start killing. Seduce him he said. Easier said then done. Went to her CD player and put in the disk Phantom of the Opera. His voice filled the room. Skipping ahead to 'Track down this Murderer" she thought deeply.
Suddenly a thought came to her. I'll kill first. For him. To get him started. Then we'll come back here, and with a little wine and such get him to relax. He loved opium. I can start to drug him with it mixed with a few of my on herbs. Ashley snickered as she called her second-in-commanded. She told him her plan and he agreed.
"The person you have to kill… I'll hire some poor bum. I'll let you know when and were he'll be. And Ashley watch your brother and roommate closely. If James becomes too cold and rude to Erik, he'll back off from you. We can't have that," he paused, "have you meditated yet? If not you need to." With that he hung up.
"Yes good-by to you too, jackass," she snarled into the dead phone. Meditate. Yes she needs to do that. Picking up the carpet, she rolled it back, reviling a large black pentagram burned into the wooded floor. Lighting black and red candles, Ashley rimmed the circle with them. Sitting outside the pentagram, she cut her left arm, across her old scar. She let the blood drip into a silver bowl. Ashley closed her eyes and called up her master. The room slowly got hot; demons ran across the wall as flames danced all-round.
In the middle of the pentagram, HE appeared.
YOU HAVE DONE WELL CHILD. I SENSE HIS TRUST FOR YOU. ALICE HAS DONE US ALL A FAVOR BY TELLING HIM YOUR 'PAST'. HE WANTS TO COMFORT YOU. HE THINKS YOU ARE THE SWEET GIRL YOU HAVE LED ALL TO BELIEVE. I ENJOY YOUR PLAN. GIVE HIM THAT SECOND BITE OF THE APPLE. MAKE HIM REMEMBER HOW SWEET IT WAS. BACK WHEN HE USE TO SERVE ME. ERIK WILL WALK THE EARTH. HE WILL PREPARE IT FOR THE APOCALYPSE. HE WILL BE WELL REWARDED, AS WIL YOU.
With that the master disappeared, the room became normal again. Ashley opened her eyes and smirked. She cleaned up and rolled the carpet back. She glanced at her arm and saw that it was healed. All but the scar. That had to stay. It marked her from that special night 8 years ago. On her left arm. They said that it always have to be the left arm. The master is left handed as well as Erik. She wasn't. So that's one of the reason that she was the master's right hand not his left like Erik will be.
She was startled when the phone rang. She reached over and picked it up, "Hello?"
"It's on for the 23rd. at the 'Her Majesty's Theater.' Take Erik to see the Phantom show. To get him stirred up. Go around the left side of the building he will be waiting. I told him that if he attacks you he will get $20,000," with that he hung up.
Yes, it was perfect, Erik well not settle for someone to attack him. He is too paranoid. And instinct will take over. The door opened and Alice and Erik walked in.
"Hello! How was the show?" Ashley asked.
"Great. Erik was stunned though the whole movie," Alice grinned at Erik.
Erik shook his head, "Unbelievable. And she tells me that this amazing feat has been around for only awhile."
Ashley smiled, "Hey Erik, how would you like to see a Broadway show?"
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