Killing Him Softly: Hypnosis
by tarskeewee08
(Evangeline's
POV)
Oh god he's dead! Help me god he's dead!
Backing away from the dead man I fight the urge to pass out again. Then I hear voices and laughter. Trying to get to the far corner out of sight I wince at the continuous pounding in my head. Then the door flings open! Gasping aloud I freeze. I didn't know there was a door. I thought the entrance was the sky light above.
Two men stand in the doorway and the light behind them make the shadows on their faces look more menacing. One steps in and sees me in the corner cowering. He screams at me and I think he is telling me to stand up. Oh god I am so scared. But I have to be strong. It's up to me to get out of here. Where is here though? And who are these people?
John sits listening to her tell him about waking up in this cell with a dead prison guard and his stomach tightens. He wants to stop it. Not just for her safety but for him as well. He's not sure he can hear what they did to her. His eyes moisten with tears and he tries to steady his breathing. He told her that she is safe and nothing can happen to her and she seems relaxed. He hopes he is doing the right thing with her now.
The man grabs me by the arm and pulls my up. My side aches as well and it must be from the car accident because the jerking he's doing makes me loose my breath. He says something to me and pulls me out of the cell. The man at the door smiles at me as I'm pushed through. I immediately hit the wall outside of my cell and look to see we are in some long corridor. There are large drainage pips above and some are leaking water. The wall floor and pipes are all grey steel.
It reminds me of the corridors in a submarine or a ship? The man points and I understand he wants me to walk. Holding the side of the wall I walk down the hall wincing at the pain in my head and now side. This is all too much. Where is John? Does he know that I'm here? Probably doesn't care. Think Van you can do this. Just pay attention and be ready. You have to find a way out of this.
We arrive at a steal door with a wheel to it. The man pushes past me, goes to the wheel and turns it opening the door. I step up and through it to see a long stairwell, the man behind me shoves me and I almost loose balance and fall upon the steel steps. Turning around I glare at him. "Keep your damn hands off me!" I shout.
He smiles and points upward. I look up at the flight of stairs and I swear my legs feel like led. I hurt all over I just can't make it. Grabbing the railing I take a step and try to strengthen myself for the climb. God this hurts. Walking slowly and painfully I keep heading upward to the unknown.
John tells her to fast forward and go to 15 minutes later. Where was she….
I'm on a table and I'm crying. "No…please don't tie me up. I will cooperate. Please don't" But the man won't listen…Oh god he won't listen and I don't want him to do it!"
"What
is he doing Evangeline? Where are you? Describe the room!"
"I
can't my eyes are closed now I don't want to open them I'm so
scared. He sticks me with a needle in my arm and I open them from the
rough way he inserts it. I'm in some type of laboratory. There are
IV drips and men in white lab suits. They have on masks so I can only
see their eyes. He is speaking to the other man and I turn to see….."
"Oh my god!"
"What is it baby….what do you see?" he asked
"It's
Christian. He's here with me! They have this thing on his head
with wires coming out of hit. He has an IV in both arms.
Nooooooo….please don't…..nooooo…..ooh god….he's sticking
me in the head…..NOOOOOOO!"
Evangeline screams and starts to thrash on the couch. John jumps up and grabs her. "Evangeline you are safe. You can't feel anything. Its 4 hours later. They are no longer hurting you…where are you. Open your eyes baby and tell me where you are"
She stops screaming and relaxes in his arms then opens her eyes.
"I'm on a
pallet in a room. Looking around I see that it's a cell and a small
one too. I turn my head and it hurts. Rising my hand to my head I
feel it's bandaged. I look down and my clothes have been removed
and I am wearing a gray jumper. I think they have bandaged my side
too. Why are they doing this to me? Is anyone looking for me? How
long have I been here? Oh god please…."
John rubs her hand and thinks about how he was looking for her a day later. How she was being tortured and he was to busy with Natalie and his own ego to know that she was hurt. How could he have been so stupid?
Swallowing hard he decides to bring her forward. She tells him of the meal that was brought to her and the showers she was given always afraid one of the male guards would attack her but for some reason they held back sneering all the time. She didn't see Christian again and every morning….or at least she thought it was morning they dragged her from her cell to the laboratory to wear that iron cap that was full of needles. She screamed each time they put it on her head and blacked out from the pain most times not able to tell him what they did to her afterwards.
John took her forward 4 months later and asked her to recall where she was.
I'm sitting in my cell. I don't know my name today. I know my mom is Lisa and I have a sister named….Layla. But today I forgot my name. I know that I grew up at 223 Langley Drive in Philadelphia….but I don't know what the house looks like…I know that I went to Stanford for college….but I don't know what I majored in….
Then I hear a voice. It's calling for help. Getting up from my bunk I walk over to the gates in my cell and listen. A man is screaming. He's screaming "Natalie…"
Who is Natalie? Who is this man? I put my hands to my head. And shake it. "Shut up! Shut up!" I scream. But he won't stop. He won't stop screaming her name. "SHUT UP!"
Then I hear someone coming down the hall. He
is yelling at the man to be quiet or he would take him back
downstairs and discipline him. The man is talking in Greek and I
realize that I have been screaming in Greek. Am I Greek? No I can't
be I'm from Philly…and my mother is…what is my mothers name
again?
Dammit.
Wait I'm from Llanview and John…John
is…with Natalie? Is that why the man is screaming? Who is Natalie?
Wait who is John…..oh god!
Before I can collect my thought a man appears at my cell with two guards. I'm so shocked at him appearing so swiftly that I back away. Looking at him I frown. He's very handsome, standing 6 foot 4 with a deep honey coated tan. His hair is jet black and cut low on the sides but his thick curls are fuller on the top. He has dark thick eyebrows and thick beautiful lashes that circle the most piercing green eyes I have ever seen in my life.
He's wearing a dark gray suit with matching shirt and tie. His muscled chest and arms bulge underneath and I know that his body must be solid. He looks me up and down and smiles approvingly and a cold shiver goes down my spine. Speaking in Greek he asks me my name. Before I know it I respond. "Christina Pandeli"
Where did that come from? But everything in me says that I am Christina. Pandeli. The man tells the guard to open the door. I step back as the gate slides open. This man in front of me extends his hand. "My name is Laredo Montego. Will you please come with me?"
I look at him unsure if I should but I know by now I don't have a choice. Taking his hand I step through the gate and follow him out. As we walk down the corridor I look to the cell to my left and see the man that was screaming.
He has tears in his eyes and I want to go to him. What is going on? Snatching my hand away from the man I run to his cell. "Christian! Christian!" I know who he is what are they doing to him and to me. I am not Christina! I'm Evangeline. Reaching for Christian He grabs my hand and as our fingers meet I feel a crushing blow to the back of my head and everything starts to go black Christian fingers slip from mine.
John shakes with rage. He wants Laredo dead.
A slow painful death for what he did to her and Christian. Trying to
keep calm and seeing that she is slipping into blackness he
moves
her forward another 4 months. Evangeline smiles and seems relaxed.
He's grateful for her demeanor because he's afraid of what each
memory brings. His gratitude fades when she opens her mouth and tells
him why she is smiling.
"I want to thank you Madame,
the dress is lovely" I say turning around in the mirror.
Madame
Marina smiles at me fixing my zipper in the back. "Christina, you
have done so well. When you arrived at here a month ago you barely
could speak any English or apply make up. Now look at you. I am so
proud of the way you have developed. You shoulde be proud too"
"Oh I am Madame…and I am so grateful to you and your husband for helping me and my cousin." I say smiling
Your cousin will be your escort tonight."
I turn and look at her. "Jake? He's coming too?"
"Yes, the man whose people found you two after the boating accident has invited you too dinner. He wants to see how you recovered."
I turn back and look at the soft salmon colored dress I am wearing. The front is low but Madame has tightened the waist of the dress so that it pushes my cleavage upward. The expensive tear drop diamond necklace she loaned me stops at the separation of my breast. The soft satin material snugs at my hips but flows loosely to my lower thighs. My hair is cut into a Chinese bang with the long tress cascading down my back. I turn around and see how the dress moves showing more of my thigh. "Do you think it's too short, Madame?"
She smiles "You are so modest sweetie. It's perfect. Remember to speak English tonight. You and Jake both." She said fixing my long hair that hangs beyond my shoulders. I look so different from a month ago. Me and Jake arrived from our accident thin and dehydrated hand in hand. Madame has taken extra time with me and her husband has helped. Jake.
"Wow Christina you look beautiful!" Jake said from behind me.
I turn around and smile at him. "So do you cousin" I say looking at his black and white tux. He is as handsome as always and my nerves settle with him near. Stretching my hand to his he takes it and pulls me to him and kisses my cheek. Madame stands back and watches proudly.
"Okay you two enough…."
We arrive at the La Coupole in Monte Carlo and I smile at all the beautiful people in expensive jewels and cars arriving around us. I look at Jake who is frowning at the extravagance. "Why do you think this man wants to see us? I mean he saved our lives but to bring us here?"
Jake shakes his head and slips his hand in mine. "Stay close to me. Something doesn't feel right to me."
I smile. Jake is always questioning things. He's still having the nightmares about the ship but Madame said it was just residual from being lost at sea before we recovered and that we had head wounds. Funny when me and Jake were able to spend time alone we discovered that we shared the same nightmares.
Walking inside we are greeted by a maitre d and Jake gives him the name Montego. The man nods and takes us immediately through the restaurant into a private dinning area. We walk in and find a small party of six waiting on us. There are two ladies both exotic raven haired beauties and three men in tux's that I have never seen before. But in the middle smoking a cigar is the most handsome man I have ever seen. I've dreamt many nights about his dark chiseled handsome face and I am instantly in love with him. Jake looks at me confused by the way I am smiling at the man and glares at the man. I drop his hand and walk straight to him. I can't help myself.
As I approach he rises and puts out his cigar. Taking my hand he kisses it and speaks to me in Greek. He tells me I am the woman of his dreams and he is finally so glad to have made those dreams a reality. That was it for me. Laredo Montego was instantly the love of my life.
John sits back stunned.
He can't speak at the way she is smiling and speaking of this man. The whole brainwashing was for this moment, for her to become his slave. His jealous rage makes him rise from the couch and pace the floor. Looking back at her she is smiling and swaying, he knows he should end the session now. But he wants her to know their life he wants her to remember it all. He wants to erase this creep from her heart and drain her of all the poison coursing through her veins.
"Christina…listen to me."
She
smiles and nods.
"I want you to remember all that you have told
me. Everything from the moment you got on that ship until today."
Her smile fades and she nods but he sees her stiffen. "I also want you to remember Evangeline Williamson. I want you to know who she is and the life she has left behind. Think now of Evangeline Williamson, baby think of John McBain…"
I am Evangeline Williamson…I remember…
Walking over to the table and pulling a napkin and pen from my purse I write...
I
love you
E
I
walk back over and give it to him and he kisses it and puts it into
his pocket….
We pinky swear, he grabs me and kisses me in Mary's basement. My head starts spinning from the touch of his hands on my body and he pulls my shirt over my head lifting me in the air onto the sink…..
We are arguing in the park I tell him that I'm tired and I will just go home. He grabs me and pulls me into a kiss. "Don't you give up on me….we are worth fighting for…."
I'm standing on his balcony looking out at the city and he comes out behind me. I tilt my head to the left and move my hair as he slips his arm around my waist and kisses me tenderly. Closing my eyes I melt into his arms…..
He told Natalie that he gave me the key back. Is he daring me to walk out of the relationship? No but he won't stop me from finding someone who can give me what I need. I would find someone but it wouldn't be him. He grabs me and kisses me and I feel his need for me as well. He tastes like smoke….
I open the door to yell after Nora to tell her I'm not interested in getting married and he's standing there. He comes inside with a toy dog. Winding it the dog barks then flips in the air saying "I've flipped over you….
I'm in the hospital and I hear Natalie tell Michael that John told her he loved her. How could he do that? The pain of this betrayal makes my knees weak…How could he confess his heart to another woman…
We are fighting and he says he never made a confession of love to anyone…."Certainly not to me!" I tell him its over and he lets a tear escape. I can't stay near him any longer. I can't do this and I run from his office….
I go to talk to him, I want to find a way to make it work. Opening his door I see him holding her. It isn't even 4 hours later and he has already turned to her.
He shows up at my door and I want him to come to me. I want him to be at the awards with me but Kevin is going. I give him his mother's pearls and for that brief moment our hands touch…God I miss my man….
"You never know what you have until it's gone…." Is he talking about us? Before I can say something a waiter interrupts and my mind overrules my heart. I turn and leave…
The smoke is so strong I feel like I'm going to pass out. I want to pass out. I gag and he comes running in. I see him look at me and I think thank god…thank god John's here he's going to save me. Then he turns and goes to her. He turns to save her instead. As the smoke stings my eyes I see that I was wrong all along….he never loved me…it's always been her.
Lying in my hospital bed I'm trying to tell him thank you for saving my life. But all he wants to do is talk about Natalie…
"I should have been thinking with this instead of this…." I look at him and see his pain. "John you saved me…" he shakes his head and pulls me to him. "No….no baby you saved me" he says and then kisses me.
I allow myself to be hypnotized to help him find her. I want him to be free but here I stand in the hospital and he's with her. He's giving her all the love and tenderness he denied me when I needed him. It hurts so bad I can't think straight. I can't take it.
The memories flood through like a typhoon and she relives
every moment over again. All the pain longing and love rips at her
heart and makes her body shaking with joy and sorrow at once. The
last betrayal with him keeping this damn secret and letting Christian
rot in jail cuts so deep that she bends over gasping. It's just to
emotional to take at once. To relive again. He is not the man I
thought he was. How could I have been so wrong?
John hears her calling out their history and the horrible way things ended between them. He hates that those memories are part of their past as well but if it brings her back to him he has to allow it all to come rushing back. Speaking to her softly he tells her to stop and brings her through, reminding her that she will remember every detail.
She opens her eyes and they glisten with tears. John swallows as he sees the pain and heartache on her face again. "Evangeline…."
Tears fall from her face and nods slowly. "I remember John…" she says with a hoarse voice "I remember it all….."
