Forbidden Sunrise
The Tenderness 2.0
A/N "Tori and Steven say goodbye to each other for the last time."
Chapter 6: You Were My Past
Steven Carson
Walking outside of the apartment building and lighting up a cigarette to relieve some stress, Steven felt good about what just happened back there with Tori. She hasn't kissed him like that since he was her age, and yet he felt she did that for a different reason, a reason he wasn't so sure about. He could have gone anywhere in town to pick out someone easier like a child or old person, but someone healthy and moderately young was what he needed. He chose to scope out the diner where Beck and Tori were just at, He saw cars parked in the parking lot. That meant someone had to come out and get in if they wanted to leave, Steven crept up on a nearby van and unlocked it with a pocket knife he carried around.
With the lock turned, Steven stepped into the van, closed the door and waited for the owner to come in. while he waited he thought back to when he first made his first kill for Tori, he had no idea why he even did it for her. Maybe back in the day he though she saw something special in him, he discover he was still just a blood getter for her and nothing else. He might have changed but she surely hasn't.
"Why should I even do this for her…I can just take off now and never turn back, but without me she wouldn't last long….she wouldn't last long." he thought.
Minutes went by when the owner of the car finally came back to his van, Steven wanted to sedate the victim first before cutting him open. Steven was opening his suit case to pull out the tranquilizer gun when the driver stepped in to soon and saw he had a stranger in his car. The man fought with Steven in the back, punching him in the face and swinging as hard as he could, Steven pulled out his knife and stabbed the man in his sides. The man was too filled with adrenaline and rage to feel the small punctures in him, he grabbed the knife from Steven and struggled with him to remove it from his grip.
"Let go of the Fucking Knife you Bastard!" screamed the driver of the car, he was bleeding from his sides a lot but there were more pressing matters at the moment.
Steven was losing his grip on the handle of the knife when suddenly…The driver turned the knife on Steven and stabbed him in his chest. The driver was bleeding but he had sympathy for his old attacker, he stepped out of his van and called the police and ambulance.
When the police arrived with Medics, Steven was wheeled into the back of the ambulance and taken immediately to the hospital with police escort. The driver too needed treatment for his wounds and was asked to come to the hospital for answers on what happened.
Lake Forest Park, Hospital
In Tori's apartment, a small radio located in the kitchen turned itself on and tuned in to local news around town. Tori was sleeping in her room when she heard details about a man named Steven Carson who was taken to the hospital after trying to carjack a man named James Sullivan at a local diner. The cop being interviewed spoke In details about it with a reporter,
"Steven Carson attempted to carjack Mr. James Sullivan in a parking lot with a knife just an hour ago, the two immediately started fighting in the van when both ended up injured, but none more than Steven who was stabbed with his own knife in his chest by James In self defense. Right now we're waiting for Steven to make a full recovery so we can arrest him and take him to jail where he will await trial….sorry no more questions"
Tori stood up from her bed of covers and pillows and stepped outside of the apartment to go find Steven, there was no need to bother putting on shoes since there were always more to collect wherever she went. She found Steven's scent and followed it, Tori was full of many abilities and a strong sense of smell was one out of many of hers. She walked into the Hospital building and went up to the Front desk, the lobby was empty except for a few passing nurses who wheeled off old folks into their rooms.
"Excuse me…I'm looking for my father" Tori said all quietly to the receptionist.
"Your father?…was he sent to this hospital?" the woman asked Tori, she looked at her closely and saw that she was dirty and a bit pale.
"He was the man who tried to rob a guy's van around a diner…" she gave the woman more details.
"Oh that man! He's on the fifth floor of this building…but there are police officers guarding the door honey. Do you want me to call him? I can call him-"
"No!…that's fine" Tori walked out of the building and disappeared, the receptionist felt bad for her and went outside to get her. But by the time she went outside, Tori was nowhere to be seen. Upon closer look at the top floors, Tori was crawling on the walls. She made her way to the fifth floor of the building her own way.
Tori and Steven
She made it to Steven's room and tapped on the window, Steven saw her image from the corner of his eye and stood up out of bed. He had bandages wrapped around his chest and around his head, there was a blood mark forming on the center of his chest where he was operated on. He had knots on his face from the beating he took, He stared at Tori for a bit then opened his window for her. "Can I come in Steven…" she asked innocently with a concerned tone.
Steven kept quiet and refused to let her in, Instead he stuck his head out the window for her. He was offering his neck to her, he wanted out, out of everything he did for her up to this point. Because everything he did for her went unappreciated, he felt the desire to end his life and what better way than to the girl he fell in love with almost 4 decades ago. Before biting into his neck Tori hugged him, and kissed him like she used to kiss him. Steven cried and held her…however it all had to end, fast.
As Tori bit into him, the light faded in his eyes quickly and in his dying state Steven saw an image of Tori in a wedding dress dancing with an unknown boy dressed in white clothing, almost like a white tuxedo on top of a castle. He couldn't tell who the boy was since he held up a white straw hat that covered his face, it seemed that even after he'll be long gone, Tori would have found the right one that would break her of her curse and make her truly happy. Steven slouched over and fell five stories down on the hard pavement, Tori banged on the hard wall to her left out of anger and sadness. She let out all the tears she's been saving up for him, Steven, the man she spent nearly 50 years with was truly gone.
she had to make a quick getaway so she wouldn't get caught by the police or hospital staff, she wiped her tears away and "flew off" the building, her only destination now…Beck's Bedroom.
Story Details
Last Act of Love- was this chapter's original title, I chose the latter since it sounded better.
(!) "Another Update tomorrow"