19
October 28
"Erik?"
Erik looked up from the piano in the apartment complex. "Yes?"
"Would you like to go meet some friends of mine? You'll really like them. They would really like to meet you," Ashley asked.
Erik thought for a moment. He looked at the piano and back at her. They had to bribe the landlord to let him play it, but he had to agree. "Would they mind this face?"
"No. They are not like that. They will accept you. They love music too," she said, then baiting him added," they have an organ. They'll let you play it."
Erik was quiet, then nodded.
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"Welcome!" the man at the door said. He was tall, but not as tall as Erik. He had long black hair that went to his waist. He was wearing black clothes." My name is Lune Shadow; I am a close friend to Ashley." His green eyes held a strange look.
Erik tightened his fists at the mention that he was a close friend to Ashley.
She saw this and put a gentle hand on his shoulder. Erik looked down at her. Ashley smiled lightly and shook her head. She was wearing the black and silver robe, under that she wore a red velvet blouse and silk red pants, with leather boots. Her short hair was brushed back and pinned with silver pins. She was beautiful.
"Ahem," Lune cleared his throat bring Erik out of his thoughts. Erik wanted to kill him.
"This way."
They followed him though a long corridor. The inside reminded Erik of his old lair. It was dark. Red velvet curtains hung around. Old paintings were on the walls. Ancient suits of armor lined the hallway. They came to a room with 5 people. Two men and three women. They were talking in low voices and drinking red wine. They all wore black robes.
The room that they were in had stonewalls and drapes of red and black velvet hung from the ceiling. Erik noticed with glee that there was a chandelier. There also were candles all-round. A large fireplace was to the left of the room. In front of them a huge gold organ. The glittering gold pipes reaching up to the ceiling.
When they entered the people stopped talking. They looked up and exclaimed, "His's here!"
Ashley smiled at Erik. "See I told you."
Over the next 2 hours they interdused them selves. The 3 women were, Shelly, Annie, and the youngest was Brocks. They were not shy. They brushed up against him and gave him winks. Erik did not know what to do. The men were almost the same way. Overly friendly. Their names were, Andrew and Mark. They gave him wine and fussed over him. Finally he was able to pry the girls away and went to sit by Ashley.
She smiled gently." It's ok. They are just overjoyed to meet you."
Erik brushed his hair back with his hand," I can't under stand it though," he sighed looking over at the organ.
Ashley saw him. "Do you want to play?"
Hope flared in his eyes.
Ashley laughed. She then went to the group of people and started to talk to them.
As she did, Erik sipped on the wine. It was the best he had ever tasted. Sweet and bitter. There was an after taste, but he didn't pay mind to it. Soon the people left even Lune.
Ashley came back over.
"Well, you can now play it as long as you want. Do you want me to leave?" she asked.
"No. Stay," Erik purred.
Ashley nodded and went to close the doors. Erik crossed the room to the organ. He struck a cord, and a loud booming B flat filled the room and bounced off the walls.
Ashley jumped, and Erik turned to smirk at her. He beckoned to her and Ashley came to stand by him.
Erik then grinned up at her, a mischievousness glint in his eye. Suddenly he started playing apiece so haunting and seductive that she gasped.
As the notes drifted though her, strangely urgent and compelling, she began to rock gently to the primitive, pulsating rhythm. She became aware of Erik's eyes on her, an evil smirk spreading over his face. Her pulse in her wrists and neck and groin speed up. Her heart pounded in time with the music from the organ. Her body rode each note hard and high. She cried out as Erik did a hard flourish on the keyboard.
Erik let her be for a few minutes, to catch her breath. He then started a new song. He began singing, putting more passion in the song then he ever did with Christine.
Past the point of no return -
no backward glances:
the games we've played till now are at an end ...
Past all thought of "if" or "when" -
no use resisting: abandon thought, and let the dream descend ...
What raging fire shall flood the soul?
What rich desire unlocks its door?
What sweet seduction lies before us ...?
Past the point of no return,
the final threshold - what warm, unspoken secrets will we learn?
Beyond the point of no return ...
She did not know why, but she started singing. She looked into Erik's eyes. Evil glee, lust, and something else...
You have brought me to that moment where words run dry,
to that moment where speech disappears into silence,
silence ...
I have come here, hardly knowing
the reason why ...
In my mind,
I've already imagined our bodies entwining
defenseless and silent - and now I am here with you: no second thoughts,
I've decided, decided ...
Both their voices raised together, the sexual tension high,
Past the point of no return -
no going back now:
our passion-play has now, at last, begun ...
Past all thought of right or wrong -
one final question: how long should we two wait, before we're one ...?
When will the blood begin to race the sleeping bud burst into bloom?
When will the flames, at last, consume us ...?
Past the point of no return the final threshold -
the bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn ...
We've passed the point of no return ...
Their voices died. Before Ashley could speak or move, Erik rose from the beach and stalked over to her.
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October 29
Erik woke up. He looked over at Ashley beside him. She was still asleep. The bruises he gave her during their lovemaking a few nights ago were fading. He got out of bed and got dressed. He walked into the living room and sat down. For some reason he was very sore. Erik laid his head back.
He had fleeting images of people as well as himself drinking wine and every one of the girls he met last night kissing him and him kissing back. Then as the night wore on Lune and...Ashley? Pushed him in to the fireplace. Fire curled up around him. Not burning him. Then the voice that he heard a few nights ago spoke to him.
REMEBER ME? REMEBER HOW YOU WERE MY APPRENTICE? YOU CAME TO ME WHEN YOU WERE 12. YOU WERE AND STILL MY CHOSION ONE. REMEBER HOW DEATH IS THE ULTIMATE POWER AND YOU WERE MY EAGER, WILLING APPRENTICE. MURDER WAS ONLY ANOTHER ART FOR YOU TO MASTER. AND YOU HAD MASTERED IT WELL.
Erik answered back, "You want me to kill again?"
The voice laughed, ERIK YOU HAVE BEEN KILLING! YES I WANT YOU TO KILL AGAIN. YOU ARE THE CHOSIEN ONE. YOU ARE TO BE MY LEFT HAND. YOU ARE TO WALK THE EARTH KILLING AND RECUTING ALL THE SINNERS. YOU WILL LEAD INNCINTS DOWN TO EVIL AND POWER. YOU AND ASHLEY AND THIS COVEN WILL PREPARE THE EARTH FOR ME! YOU WILL ADD TO MY ARMY, AND THEN YOU WILL LEAD IT. WE WILL BURN DOWN THE GATES OF HEAVEN! YOU WILL BE WELL REWARED. WHAT DO YOU MOST DEISERE? A WHOLE FACE? CHRISTINE? WHAT DO YOU WANT?
The voice was seductive, soothing, he thought, my face whole? Yes! He wanted that! But do I want Christine back? No, she was a child, not out of her teens I was a grown man with an adult's needs and perspective. She was too young for what I was asking of her. But Ashley... she was a grown woman.
Erik shouted back," I want my face to be whole...and I want Ashley!
The voice laughed. DONE! ON HALLOWEEN YOU WILL BE INSTATED INTO THE COVEN, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR REWARIDS!
With that the fire died and he stumbled out of the fireplace and into Ashley's arms. He looked up at her. She was smiling. She knew that he agreed.
End of flash back
Erik groaned. What had he done?
"Ahem."
Erik looked up, Ashley stood in front of him wearing nothing but her robe. Lust and need overcame him as he pulled her down on his lap and begin kissing and fondling her. The deal may have been wrong, but who cares? He will have what he always has wanted. The world never gave him what he wanted and all the hate and pain it gave him he will return give it back. He kissed Ashley and she kissed back. He will have a face and he will have Ashley forever.