The Phantom of the Abbey
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The Phantom of the Abbey; Chapter IV: Stranger Than You Dreamt It
Where I left off last time:
Kai sat up. Someone was screaming.
It wasn't a fake scream, it came from a truly terrified soul, and a tortured throat.
Andscreamandscreamandscreamandscream…
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Andscreamandscreamandscreamandscream…
Then Kai realised who the hoarse scream was coming from. It was a boy's scream, which didn't do much to narrow down the odds.
It was his voice screaming.
"No! Baby, what's wrong?" Kasi burst out from the small room, closely followed by Seth. She wrapped her arms around his small, rigid figure. He curled his hand around her arm as her long black hair enveloped him.
"What's happening?"Seth. He must have crept up at the same time.
"What have you done to him?" Tala snarled at Ray. Unusual. It appeared that the Demolition Boys did think of him as a friend.
"He wasn't like this. Not before you came along!"
"No, Ray. That's not true. He screamed two nights ago." Max muttered. "Remember? He screamed something like 'Daddy'." Seth started and Kai saw a flash that made the young man look quite different. The man picked up his cane and limped away.
"There was a man… I couldn't see his face, but I recognised him… HE KILLED MY PARENTS!" Kai yelled the last phrase, making Seth stop.
"No, Kai. He didn't kill your father. Your father died soon after, though." He said quietly. Kai looked up, meeting the steady grey eyes of the older man. He nodded his head, before walking back into the tiny room he populated. Kai noticed the Bladebreakers staring at him curiously, he snarled at them, giving them a basilisk glare. Bryan looked at him from under his fringe, a slight smirk on his face. Kai smirked back as Spencer hit the smaller boy on the side of his head. Bryan's hand disappeared from the edge of the cast. He closed his eyes; secure in his sister's embrace…
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"How dare you?" Kai's eyes shot open as Kasi bolted upright. Boris stood in front of the siblings, his eyes hard and unforgiving. Kai looked around the room. Tala was lying on the floor, unconscious, with Bryan kneeling next to him. Spencer's lip was split, and Ian's face had a bruise covering half of it. Boris grabbed Kasi's wrist, pulling her close. Then, before anyone could stop him, he pushed his lips against hers. His hands greedily pulled against her waist. The Bladebreakers gasped in horror as she struggled against his vicelike grip. Bryan started up from Tala and the boys formed a protective barrier. Bryan gripped her arm and tugged her away from the lecherous old man. There was a sudden clicking noise and they turned around. Spencer wrapped his arms protectively around the girl. Seth cocked the gun again, leaning heavily on his cane.
"Don't you ever do that again." He growled, taking another step towards Boris, gun still out.
"You wouldn't-"
"Oh, I think I would. Remember what Voltaire said? I've already killed someone. Didn't Voltaire tell you when he hired you, or weren't you important enough?"
"Voltaire would be exceedingly angry."
"Newsflash, Boris. I don't care." And, with that, he fired a shot.
Kai didn't see what happened to the bullet. He was thrown into the most vivid memory in his life…
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"What the… Honey, why did you bring that in the house?" Kai's mother looked up from the stove, Kai looked up from the piece of rope he was teasing.
"Bry… You know as well as I do. He won't give up. If I want to see you two live the days out, I need a gun."
"You have a two year old son… Kai! No! Leave the gun!" Kai's mother scooped him up before Kai could reach the shiny gun. "You see? First chance he's got, he'll be at it. And then, he'll shoot things." Kai's father chuckled and ruffled his son's hair.
"Lighten up, Bryoni. You're acting like an old woman, and you're only seventeen! So what if the kid's a Hiwatari through and through? When he's older I'll teach him. All we have to do is keep it out of reach…"
"NO! I am not having that gun in the house!" Bryoni protested, dumping the two year old in his father's arms. His father laughed again and pecked his wife on the cheek.
"Anything you say, my lady!" He teased.
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"KAI! Hello? Anyone in there?"
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"I told you, Bry. I said we'd need a gun, that he would come after us." Kai's father wiped his eyes of tears.
"Come. We are going back to Russia now, and we are never going to come back to this… hovel." Kai's father stood up from the grave and placed a tiny bouquet of black roses on it. "You should be pleased. That slut has gone. All you need to do is get rid of the brat and your life can go back to the way it was." Kai's father started as he picked up the little boy, cradling his head gently.
"Yes, father."
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Kai sat up suddenly, in horror.
"What… what's happening? What happened?" He gasped out, holding his side.
"You collapsed, Kai. After Seth shot at Boris." Ray sat quietly.
"Didn't hit him." Seth growled angrily. "F- Voltaire would have had me hung drawn and quartered, and where would the abbey be then?" Kai held his head as the memories came flooding back.
"Where is he?" He yelled.
"Who?"
"Voltaire! WHERE IS HE? HE KILLED MY MOTHER!"