Rain: Chapter 5

"Ok class, today we are going to discuss the human conscious." Said Mr. Jericho

It was the day before the winter formal and I was a nervous wreck. I was so worried about The Undertaker possibly coming to get me while I was out that it made me sick. I was barely able to focus in any of my classes and I was constantly turning around to see if anyone suspicious was following me.

When my Psych class was over I decided to stay behind and talk to Mr. Jericho about it. "Um…Professor Jericho?"

"Yes Miss. Smith?"

"Can I talk to you about something?"

He looked at me and then asked me to have a seat in one of the desk. He sat in a desk next to me and gave me his full attention.

"Ok…have you ever heard of someone called The Undertaker?"

His entire face told the story; he looked away from me and then responded. "I knew there was something wrong here."

"What do you mean?"

He got up and went to his computer and stared typing something. "Come look at this,"

I got up and looked at his computer screen. There was a video of the man in black sitting in a dark room with his head down.

"Professor Jericho…or should I say, Chris?" he said in a deep tone. "I'm sending you this message because I want you to look after Carmen. You see, she is my future bride and I don't want anything bad to happen to her."

Chris looked up at me and then back at the screen.

"He father owes me a payment and Carmen is just that. Believe me, I wish only to take good care of her. Not to harm her."

The video stopped there. Chris looked up at me with a blank stare. "What does he mean that your father owes him?"

I sighed, "I got a video about two weeks ago of my father talking to The Undertaker. Apparently my father has told me a lot of lies that The Undertaker is covering up for him. In order for him to keep those secrets…he needed collateral…and my soul is what he wants."

"Are you willing to go with him?"

"No of course not…but then again something about him seems so familiar. I almost feel like I know him already."

"Well if that's the case why are you scared of him, especially if he wants to take care of you?"

I froze. "I never thought about it that way."

He sighed, "Listen Carmen, I've done all the research about this Undertaker and he's probably the first one that wanted a human soul as a payment…maybe you do know him better than you think."

I nodded, "I don't know maybe, it still worries me though."

"I understand. I would be worried too believe me."

I sighed, "I guess there is only one thing left to do…wait for him to come and attempt to get away."

"You're going to try and run from him?" he said with a small laugh.

I smirked, "Well if he's the man that I believe he is, he'll enjoy a good chase."

Chris smiled, "I guess you're right."

After I left his room I decided to skip my next class and head to the dance studio. I needed some time alone to deal with all this information that I was receiving. My father was telling me lies, a demon was after me because of it, and my best friend was alive. I took all of that and put it into my dancing.

I practiced for a few hours before sitting down and stretching. I stared into the large mirror for awhile just letting everything run through my head. Suddenly, the lights shut off, surrounding me in complete darkness. My heart started to pound.

"Are you here?" I asked.

I closed my eyes and stayed completely still. A cool breeze brushed across my back.

"Hello my pet," he said in his usual deep tone that not only sent chills down my spine but sort of turned me on. From how close he was I could tell that he was standing right behind me. Cautiously I reached behind me and felt his boot under my fingertips.

"So you're coming for me then?" I asked calmly.

He chuckled and then walked around to stand in front of me. "Open your eyes darlin' I'm not going to hurt you."

I did as he said and opened my eyes. I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw that he was sitting on the floor right in front of me. I couldn't see his face though. His hat made a dark shadow that did a great job at covering his face.

"I wish you knew how much I wanted to tell you how gorgeous you are…you make shivers go down my spine."

"Ha…I should be saying that about you." I said.

He smiled. "Still sarcastic I see…nice. Anyways…I'm not coming for you just yet Carmen, but I will soon."

"Well I hope you're ready to run…because I won't go quietly."

He laughed, "Oh is that so? Well you better be able to run fast my dear. I don't play fair,"

I looked away from him and he suddenly disappeared. The lights came back on and I was once again alone in the dance studio. I sighed and got up to leave. I didn't know how much longer I would have to be visited by him until he took me away from this world. That night when I went to bed, I had a dream that he was watching me sleep from my mirror. Was it a dream? Or was this something he does on a regular basis?

That next day after classes, I got myself dressed in my red dress and my heels and started doing my hair for the dance. Larissa joined me in the bathroom where we shared a lot of laughs and giggles about what tonight would be like. We then took plenty of pictures together.

"Hey where has Ramie been?" I asked noticing that I hadn't seen her in awhile.

Larissa shrugged, "I don't know maybe she's out on another date with yet another professor."

I sighed and shook my head before applying my mascara.

"You look awesome girl," Larissa told me.

"Thanks, so do you,"

She smiled and then we left the house for the dance.

When we got to the gymnasium, a lot of students were already there. We had a great time dancing with other guys and drinking lots of punch. I never saw Ramie there though, so I was still a little worried about her. In the middle of the dance my cell phone started ringing. I went outside of the gym to a hallway so I could take the call.

"Hello?"

"Carmen?" Paul said. "Honey where are you?"

"Wouldn't you like to know,"

"Carmen listen someone is after you and I need you to get some place safe so I can find you."

I rolled my eyes, "Oh please, how dare you act like you care when you sold my soul to a demon not of this world."

He fell silent, "So you know about it then?"

"Yes…and I know you're my real father! How could you play me like that?"

"Carmen please, we can't fight about this right now. I need you to get somewhere safe! Kane is coming for you."

"Who is Kane?"

"He's-"

"Hello? Hello?"

I looked down at my cell phone and saw that I had lost the call. "Damn,"

I turned to head back into the gym when I heard a sound coming from the end of the hall. My first instinct told me to just ignore it but something else led me to go check it out. I slowly walked towards the end of the hall, worried that something could jump out and get me.

"Hello?" I called out. "Is someone there?"

Suddenly a door swung open at the end of the hall and a security guard came flying out towards me. I ducked out of the way and crashed into a wall. The security guard looked really beat up but he was still alive. I got up and went to check on him, "are you ok?" I asked.

He looked at me, "R-run, run for your life."

"What happened to you?" I asked. He looked down the hall and pointed towards the door he came out of. When I looked, there was a man dressed in a red and black long sleeve suit with black boots and black gloves that had spikes on the wrist. He was also wearing a red mask that had black scratches across it. His hair was dark brown, long, and kind of wet looking.

I gasped and quickly got up and ran like hell. Instead of heading back towards the gym I ran up a flight of stairs as fast as I could. This big red monster followed me but I was way ahead of him…at least I thought I was. As soon as I reached the top of the stairs, I was about to run down another hall but The Undertaker was at the other end of the hall.

I let out a shriek of terror and then ran into a classroom that was next to me. With quick thinking I kicked of my shoes and then opened a window and climbed out. Carefully I began to slowly climb down from the building. When I was at the middle of the building, the big red monster busted threw a window near me and tried to grab me. I quickly let go of the side of the building and fell on top of a dumpster. I heard my ankle crack but I didn't care. I slid off of the dumpster and tried to run for my apartment. I was halfway there before I heard a motorcycle rev up from behind me.

Knowing it was The Undertaker; I picked up the pace and tried as hard as I could to get to my apartment building. I was almost there before I felt something whack me in the back of my head. I fell to my knees and then down onto my side. I could barely see anything but I could hear everything clearly. The motorcycle pulled up next to me and parked. The Undertaker slowly got off and stood over me.

"I told you darlin'…I don't play fair…Kane, put her out."

Kane came out of nowhere and poured something into his hand before covering my mouth with it. Before I knew it…I was out cold and at their mercy.