Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 

Okay guys, 
Sorry this took so long...I've been a little busy. I promised Nay that my 
part would involve Nat and LC in a state of undress...I don't think she 
expected this <weg> 
Anyway, I believe Nay left it with Natalie taking a cold shower. 
  
  
The Guiding Darkness 
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Part 6
by Valerie

  
     Shivering, Natalie stepped from the shower and proceeded to get ready 
for bed. After donning her blue and green flannel pajamas, washing her face, 
brushing her teeth, and tossing her hair up into a messy ponytail, she made 
her way to her oh so very comfy bed. After diving into the mass of blankets   
and pillows, she grabbed her remote and turned on the television. Looking in 
the drawer next to her bed, she found her stash of chocolate bars, and began   
to indulge in the greatness that is chocolate and the sci-fi channel. 
  
     After a little while Natalie drifted into a deeeeeeep sleep. 
  
{{CHEESY DREAM SEQUENCE}} 
  
"Mom, it's time to get up," Natalie heard someone shout through her closed 
door. She opened her eyes slowly and stumbled out of bed. She turned the 
doorknob, and gasped as she saw the state of undress that Nick appeared to be 
in. 
  
     "Nick! You.....you aren't wearing any......you aren't wearing any 
clothes!" Natalie sputtered. <Not that she minded seeing Nick unclothed> 
  
     "Mom, we live in a nudist colony.....why would we wear clothing? That 
kind of defeats the purpose" 
  
     <A nudist colony???> <WAIT......DID HE JUST CALL ME MOM???> 
  
     "Mom??" Natalie questioned. 
  
     "Yeah, remember? Lacroix insisted that I call you mother after you guys 
got married. Don't you remember? At first I refused....but then he promised 
that we'd move someplace where there was an abundant supply of cows. So here 
we are, living at "Kow Crossings"......the biggest nudist colony in North 
America." 
  
     Natalie began to feel a little faint. <Married to Lacroix???> She 
looked down at her finger and was surprised to see a fairly large diamond 
resting on the ring finger of her left hand. <Damn.....that looks pretty good
if I do say so myself> Then she noticed that she wasn't wearing any clothes 
either. <O-kay.....this is REALLY weird......but I guess it's not so weird 
since we ARE in a nudist colony> 
  
     "Mom, are you okay???" Nick asked. 
  
     Then Lacroix appeared. <WOW.......and I thought Nick was pale> His 
whiteness contrasting sharply with the rich brown of the walls. 
  
      "Nicholas, please leave your mother and I alone" Lacroix demanded 
quietly. 
  
     Natalie raised an eyebrow, and watched as Nick turned around and walked 
down the hallway. <Now that's a NICE picture. Oh, ICK......he's my son 
now.> 
  
     Lacroix started to speak in that soothing voice of his and Natalie was 
drawn towards him. He led her to her bed and then...Her alarm went off. 
  
{{{END OF CHEESY DREAM SEQUENCE}}} 
  
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