quick note: the song Mordered's Lullaby appears in this chapter... it wasn't my idea. Jamiltonhamilton wanted meto put it in here...and he wouldn't leave me alone about it. (i see him everyday at school.) if you ask me, the song doesn't really fit in with the plot. but oh well. anyway, enjoy!
2. Dinner with the witch.
I watched Eddie casually sip his tea. He was really taking his time.
"Will you just restart the story already?" I hollered.
"Alright." He set down the cup. "Medusa's blood was boiling…
I saw that she was about to snap. But, instead of exploding, she surprisingly calmed down.
Rendell's smugness was becoming him. He was now eating without any utensils and telling Chrona all about living on his own.
Medusa looked over this uncouth behavior.
You could cut the tension with a butter knife.
What angered her the most was the fact that he was talking with a mouth-full of food.
"You know, young man, you can eat now… and entertain us later with your colorful lifestyle later." She smiled.
He heard, "stop chewing with your mouth open you little pig!"
"I'll do what ever I want, I'm a free man. No one can tell me what to do." He stood up in his chair and waved around a chicken leg.
"Sit down and act like you have some sense." She paused for a moment. As if to let her all her thoughts sink into her brain. "In fact, after dinner, I'm calling the police and telling them I have found a missing child."
"I'm not missing Bitch!" he shouted.
"That does it! Out of my house you little hellion! Eddie! Get the phone and call the police now." Medusa raged.
"Yes mam." I quickly walked out of the room and to the nearest phone.
The fighting between medusa and Rendell went on for about another hour, or what felt like an hour until the police showed up.
The police told her that Rendell's parents had died in a car crash two years before and that he was an orphan. They also said that putting him in a foster home was a waste of time. But, medusa was bound and determined to get him out of our lives forever.
It was midnight. Medusa had gone to bed and had tucked Chrona in for the night. The only ones awake were me and Rendell. He was pouting on the sofa as I picked up the toys Chrona had spread out across the living room floor.
"I'm not going to no home." He pouted.
"That's up to Miss Medusa and the Police department." I shrugged with a stuffed bunny in my hand.
"Why do you stay?" he looked at me. He wasn't asking to be mean, he wasn't asking to be rude, he just genuinely wanted to know. "Why do you put up with that?" 'That', in which referring to Medusa.
"I stay for Chrona." I spoke calmly and hoped that it had answered his question.
I left the room for a moment, and when I came back I placed a blanket over his small body. "We can't have you catching cold, now do we?" I smiled at him. He gave me a small smile back and rolled over to go to sleep. I myself went to my room beside the kitchen.
As I lay in my bed, a familiar melodious tune entered my ears. Almost Celtic. I had almost forgot about Chrona's magic music box. Medusa only let it play in times of trouble.
Hush, child, darkness will rise from the deep, and carry it out into sleep, child. Darkness will rise from the deep, and carry it out into sleep.
Guiless son, I'll shape your belief, and you'll always know that your father's a thief. And you won't understand the cause of your grief, but you'll always follow the voices beneath.
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, only to me
Guiless son, your spirit will hate her. The flower who married my brother the traitor. And you will expose His puppeteer behavior, for you are the proof of how he betrayed her loyalty.
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, only to me
Hush, child, darkness will rise from the deep, and carry it out into sleep, child. Darkness will rise from the deep, and carry it out into sleep.
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, only to me
Guiless son, each day you grow older. Each moment, I'm watching my vengeance unfold. For the child of my body, the Flesh of my soul, will die in returning the birthright He stole.
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, only to me
Hush, child, darkness will rise from the deep, and carry it out into sleep, child. Darkness will rise from the deep, and carry it out into sleep.
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, Loyalty
Loyalty, only to me
I had fallen asleep as the last chorus played. I never quite understood why Medusa chose Mordred's Lullaby to be Chrona's lullaby.
I woke up to the sound of yelling. The police were back and they were trying to take Rendell away. He was cussing them out and kicking them. They piled on top of him, trying to restrain him. His arm then turned into a sword and, with my own eyes, I watched ten policemen sliced in half. Rendell looked scared. He turned to me and then ran.
He ran outside to an old rundown tree house down the street that was at least 20 years old. I quickly cleaned up the crime seen. Picking up the souls and scrubbing up the blood. I knew he didn't mean to kill those men, I saw the panic in his eyes. Chrona came down the stairs when I was done and asked what all the commotion was about. I hadn't noticed that Medusa was standing in a doorway watching the whole thing. I told Chrona that Rendell had left and was most likely not to come back.
Not seeing Medusa either, she quickly put on her flip-flops and went looking for him.
"So, he's a weapon?" medusa made herself known.
I looked at her and flashed her a fake smile. "I suppose so, my Lady."
"He needs to be dealt with right away." She sipped her coffee.
"My lady, he's just a child!" I pleaded.
"A danger to us all more like it." She was worried.
It was if she was worried that he would hurt/kill Chrona. Or perhaps, kill her. I could see the wheel in her head turning. That's never a good sign.
Rendell sat in the dark tree house trying not to cry. Chrona found him.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Leave me alone." He thought for a moment. "No, I need your help."
"With what?"
"I need to disappear. Can you help me?"
"I know the perfect place to hid you right now, but in the near future we'd need to find you a better place." She smiled.
She took him to Medusa's old lab that was at the top of a hill outside of town.
"You'll be safe here. Mother never comes here anymore." She explained.
"Thank you Chrona." she smiled at her.
"What are friends for?" she smiled back.
It was quite that night at dinner. It was just Chrona and myself. Medusa had went to her lab and had taken her food with her.
She was looking for Rendell." he continued his story.
"How do you know what happened when you weren't around?" I asked curiously.
"I'm a timekeeper, remember?" he lifted his eyebrow.
"Oh ya! Sorry." I scratched the back of my head.
"Anyway, Medusa had gone to her old lab. Knowing Rendell was there…