Chapter 45
Angel and Mok awoke to the rising sun and they looked out the window, there was nothing outside.
"How well did you sleep?" Mok asked her.
"Barely slept a wink," Angel answered and headed to the shower.
She stood under the rushing water that fell not from a shower head, but from holes in the ceiling of the stall.
When she was finished, Angel dried off and wrapped a towel around her body, but she looked at the scars on her back. The wounds had closed, but the skin became tough and scabby. She then looked in the mirror, staring at her glass reflection. She wished she was tough, tough enough to fight back against Omar. Heck, she wanted to find him herself and confront him and turn him in to the police.
However, Mok did say that he could be armed and Omar could kill her with the gun he used on Stretch and Dizzy.
"Miss Angel?" someone said from the door and Angel nearly screamed. She looked to see Minnie in the doorway and Angel blushed as she only wore a towel.
"Uh, hi Minnie," she said in an embarrassed tone. "Um, sorry I need to get dressed," Angel added and shut the door.
Angel blow dried her blonde hair and got into her black pants and shirt and her red jacket. "If I die, I might as well wear something I like," she said to herself.
She went down to join the others for breakfast and there was an uneasy feeling in the air.
"Boss, I got a Rockers' Life Magazine person on the line, he wants to set up an interview with you this evening," Toad said to his boss.
"Tell them that my answer is no, in fact, I want you to say something that will make them stop calling," Mok replied.
"Oh, you mean like, f—" Mok grabbed hold of Toad's mouth, preventing him from saying the nasty word in front of Minnie.
"I would really appreciate it if you don't say stuff like that in front of Minnie," the rock star said to his employee.
"Mok, I think you should go," Angel said, but Mok looks at her.
"There is nothing that will make me leave you here in this old mansion with that crazy ex out there, who might come here and kill you," Mok replied, sounding rather paranoid.
"Mok," Angel said, "I know, I feel paranoid, too, but I think we need to relax a bit. Besides, if Toad is with you, he'll protect you, and with Sleazy, Cindy, and Zip here, they'll protect the rest of us."
Mok sighed and nods in agreement. "Toad, I change my mind, I will go," he said and Toad heads off.
A few hours passed and just as Harold predicted, a wind from the south hit Ohmtown and it was heading north.
The dog man violinist packed his belongings and bid his friends goodbye just as the sun was setting. "Are you sure you have to go?" Minnie asked.
"I'm afraid so. Maybe this time, the wind will take me some place new," Harold said and walks down the driveway leading into Ohmtown.
When darkness came, Mok and Toad headed out. "If there is anything wrong, you know where to contact me," the rock star said to his fiancée.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine," Angel persuaded him into the limo.
"Toad, can you drive a bit slow this time?" Mok asked his chauffeur and Toad nods and drove the limo at a slow pace.
Mok looked into the woods that surrounded his property, but since it was so dark, he couldn't see anyone hiding there.
"I just hope this interview goes quick," he said to himself.
However, Mok failed to notice Omar, hiding behind the trees, and the drugged up dog man was wobbling up to the mansion.
Inside the mansion, Minnie and Zip helped themselves to ice cream, while Nicholai watched in amusement. Cindy and Sleazy checked to see if all the windows were locked. Angel, feeling exhausted, decided to lie down on the bed for a while.
Outside, Omar made it to the mansion and got started in dousing the walls with gasoline. He also got the patio and he made sure he used every last drop of the flammable liquid. Finally, Omar got out a lighter and lit the gas. The fire quickly crept up the walls and the patio, engulfing them in flames.
Angel, who was asleep on the bed, was tossing and turning as she was being plagued by a dream.
Angel found herself in a dark space, but then, a bright light appeared in front of her. Out of the light came a beautiful woman with curly red hair and dazzling green eyes.
Angel stared at the woman and she seemed to recognize her. "Emmy?" she asked and the woman nods.
"Angel, you need to wake up! You need to get out of the mansion! Quickly!" Emmy exclaimed, but Angel was confused.
"Why? What is wrong?" she asked, but she saw the terror in Emmy's eyes.
"Can you not smell it? Can you not sense it?" Emmy asked.
That was when Angel felt the heat from somewhere and it felt real. "He's here; he's here to kill you! Wake up Angel! Wake up!" Emmy cried out.
Angel awoke with a start and looked around. The bedroom was dark, but she saw a flickering light outside the window and she peeked out.
"Oh my God!" she exclaimed when she saw the flames and ran out the room.
"Cindy! Minnie! Guys!" she called out and startled them.
"Angel, what's the matter?" Cindy asked.
"We need to get out, the mansion's on fire!" Angel cried and everyone gasped.
They went up the front door, but flaming debris came down, blocking their way.
Minnie cried as Zip held her in his arms. "Everyone move!" Cindy ordered and they got out of the foyer.
The fire was now eating at everything inside and the group felt the unbearable heat.
"Guys, I have an idea," Angel said and led them to her bedroom.
"Sleazy, can you take out the window?" she asked.
The muscular giant took a chair and slammed it against the glass and it shattered.
"Cindy, help me with this!" Angel demanded and tried to remove the mattress from the bed.
"Move over girlfriend!" Cindy ordered and took the mattress in both of her hands.
Cindy threw the mattress out the window and it landed flat on the ground.
"Okay, Zip, you take Minnie and jump out," Angel ordered and the two obeyed. Zip held the crying girl in his arms and he jumped out and landed on the mattress.
"Sleazy, you take Nicholai," Angel said and Sleazy took him on his back.
They jumped out and landed softly on the mattress. "Okay Angel, let's go," Cindy said, but noticed that Angel was looking for something.
She took the box of Rosie's paper cranes and got on Cindy. They jumped out and landed on the mattress just in time as the bedroom was enveloped in flames.
"Everyone move!" Angel ordered and they hurried away from the mansion.
They reached the safety of the thicket of trees and released sighs of relief. Angel, however, remembered what Emmy said to her in the dream and suddenly felt the fear inside.
"We need to get away from here, quick!" she said and they were about to leave when someone stepped out in front of them.
Angel's heart began to pound so loud and fast that she thought she was going to faint when she saw him, Omar.
"I got you now, bitch," he said to her and he held up the gun to her face.