| Thou Lovers Be Lost by Shirley Johns Vincent if you can hear me Remember Love. Oh Father what can me do, we thought his illness was over when he came out of the cavern five months ago. He was OK for a week. Now he is unconscious and having these horrible nightmares. How much longer can he take this? I don�t know child. All we can do is help him by loving, talking and reading to him. Anything to keep his with us. I wish I had a medical reason why this happened but I don�t. I know this is hard on you but try to hang in there. I will Father. Vincent sees the dark side of himself in the cavern raging, he sees someone enter, he lashed out, right before he reached his prey he hears �VINCENT� his beloved Catherine�s voice. He sees her through a haze collapses taking her with him into the darkness. He keeps seeing how he almost killed her in his rage, he feels her passionate kisses, sees her beautiful face, and feels her soft body joined with his. No tender touching, no words of love just raw animal lust until his desire is spent.. No no no this cannot be he cannot hurt his beloved Catherine. Oh Father he�s having another nightmare when will it end. He patted her shoulder. You should rest now Dear, I will watch over him for a couple of hours and will let you know if there is any change. Thank you. She walked to the guest Chamber closest to Vincent�s and sat on the bed. The last few months have been pretty hard on her in her condition but she was strong. She lay back on the bed and drifted into an exhausted sleep. Vincent sees his chamber after the darkness passed, but is unfamiliar with it. It�s strange not knowing where you are, who you are. Not knowing names faces a never-ending nightmare. He knows he loves Catherine but cannot remember what they shared. He is troubled, Catherine�s missing, their Bond gone, cannot find her, where is she?. He�s running through the darkened streets looking for her night after night for months. He sees a man, an evil man hurtingCatherine, drugging her, torturing her, she cannot take much more. I must help her where is she. Catherine, Catherine call my name help me find you. Father went to his bedside to try and calm him. It�s not working he is getting more and more desperate in his search. Dear God please help him. I hear a heartbeat where is it coming from? There is goes again only stronger calling me. I must go, I must go. I am running again where I don�t know must keep running. The heartbeat unbearable covering my ears. I look up at a building , it�s here, its here. I begin to climb must reach the heartbeat. Must find Catherine , running through the building she must be here. I hear footsteps guards why? Must find Catherine, Must destroy the guards keeping me from her. The heartbeat again louder now it�s gone. I hear a helicopter on the roof must get there. I reach the roof helicopter taking off Catherine Catherine. No no no. I fall to my knees than I hear my name. I turn around, Catherine�s there running to her she falls in my arms so weak, she�s trying to speak. Words not clear, Vincent, we loved, a child, he�s beautiful. Catherine what are you saying? She makes one last try �Thou lovers be lost� she cannot finish the verse, I must finish it for her� love shall not, Catherine�s gone � and death has no dominion�. I hold her close, carry her across town must get to her apartment. I lay her on the bed, look at her and can�t take my eyes off her. So beautiful, must remember her face always. As long as I live, you will with me, around me, in me forever. I kiss her lips for the first time and a single tear drops. I must go, where do I go, cannot go on, must go on for Catherine. Blinded by tears I reach the tunnels. I am wandering in the tunnels must tell Father Catherine is dead. Father how is he? Pretty much the same but the nightmares are getting longer. Are you feeling better? Yes she says, and takes a seat by his bedside and cries for him, for them and for his family. Another week goes by and still no change. We must keep hoping and praying for him Father. We will my child, we will.. Something is drawing me to the cavern of darkness where Catherine saved me. I go there, I feel her presence. I fall to my knees touching the dirt Catherine touched. Our memories flood through me �the first time I loved forever�. I hear a noise. I turn, it is my darkside tainting me �she�s gone now it�s just us� I rage after the darkside we struggle, we fight, only one winner cannot let the darkside prevail. I fall to the ground touch an object what it is? Catherine�s crystal necklace. It�s glowing I see a vision, a child, I hear Catherine�s voice we loved, there�s a child. Catherine left me a child. , It�s the day of Catherine�s funeral Father�s taking my place Above. Before Father leaves must tell him of the child. Father there is something I haven't told you. Tell me son? Catherine left ,me a child, A child son, yes a son, he was taken from her. I know he�s out there somewhere. I must find him and bring him home. Father leaves for the funeral , I sit in my chamber, I must talk to you Catherine. You were strong, so loving , so caring. The first time you touched me, I looked into your eyes and your warmth engulfed my heart. The depth of the feelings I had for you scared me. Something I never felt before never imagined I would experience. The strength of your love humbled me. How many lives did your warmth, your thoughtfulness and your courage effect? We were to always tell the truth . You did. You said you loved me, you sacrificed everything for me, but I could not tell you the truth of how deeply I loved you. Rest now my love, rest now as I cry for you. A week later Father and still no change, I am starting to worry more thinking he may never recover. I don�t know if I can keep up my strength for him. Have faith that he will my child, that is all we can do. Joe wants her death investigated calls special investigator Diana Bennett. She will solve my Catherine�s murder. She has too. Diana goes to Catherine�s autopsy discovers she was pregnant and gave birth within an hour of her death by morphine injection. She asked Joe if he is sure it was the book they wanted and not Catherine�s child. Joe had no answer. She said, the missing piece in this is the baby�s father. She must find him. She asks Joe if he loved her. He said they were only friends. Diane asks of any other man was in her life. He said only Elliott Burch but she stopped seeing him about three years ago. Diana goes to see Elliott. She asks him about Catherine�s male acquaintances. He has no names. She mentions Vincent a name she found in Catherine�s personal belongings. He does not know him. She leaves her card to call if he remembers anything. While Diana pursues her case, I go after Catherine's captor and murderer. I must find my son. I will destroy all that he has all that he knows. He took my Catherine away. I will find his men one by one I will destroy them. I visit Catherine�s grace every night to be with her as I avenge her death. I will ask Elliott for help finding my son. He must not see me but he must help me. He is being blackmailed not to help me. Shots ring out I take a bullet for Elliott. We see each other for the first time he is shocked but not scared. He cannot help me I must go to the tunnels. I am recovering must go back Above must continue my search for my son. I meet Elliott again. He has a lead, He will keep investigating. Vincent meets a man name Snow in the tunnels sent there to kill him.. Snow knows where his son is. His boss Gabriel has him. Later after I destroy Snow I meet Elliott at the river on a boat. The boat explodes Elliott dies. I am hurt dying must go to Catherine's grave, to die by her side. I fall on her grave who will find our son who will find our son. Blackness engulfs me. Diana Bennett follows a hunch to go to Catherine�s grave. She gets there and sees a cloaked figure collapse on her headstone. She turns the figure over cannot believe what she sees. She must help him. She takes me to her apartment and cares for me. I recover and tell her my story. Of the special Bond Catherine and I shared, how I can never love another and could never love another as I did my Catherine. How she bore me a child and she was taken from me. And my son was taken away from me. Diana felt something toward this gentleperson and she decided she would help him . They will find his son together. Have his nightmares subsidized he seems more at peace. My dear I don�t know he come and goes. Farther I think it is getting close to my time. I have been getting stomach and back pains. But Dear this is only your seventh month. I know. You had better lay down. I will get Mary. OK. My son is ill, Gabriel told Diana he needs me. She tells me I cannot go it is a trap. I must to save him. I arrive where Gabriel requested, he chains me tells me my blood is needed to save my son. Doctor tells me my blood is too rare transfusion could kill him. I hold him for the first time. Catherine was right , he is beautiful like his mother. We Bond my son is recovering. He needed my love.. Father you requested me? Yes Mary I did. Her contractions are starting. She will be having the baby earlier than we thought. I will have Mouse stay with Vincent. If there are any changes he can let us know. All right Jacob I will go to her. How are you dear? OK I think. My baby is coming a littler earlier than we thought. But maybe because this is not an ordinary pregnancy. Well either way, soon my child will enter this world. Lay down my dear and rest, you will need it late for the delivery. I must save my son. But how? I am chained cannot escape cage electrified. Need help, Diana helps me escape with my son. She kills Gabriel with Catherine�s gun. She is a good friend. We are taking my son home. Father is at Vincent�s side when Mary calls him. She may be delivering before morning. Are there any changes in his condition? Well he seems more at peace now like the search he was on is coming to an end. But he still has not awaken. Only time will tell. Can you stay with him Mary? I want to see how she is doing. Well dear it seems our new edition will be born before morning. How far apart are the contractions. About five minutes. Father how is Vincent? Mary is with him and he seems more at Peace now . As if his search is almost over. Diana and I have reached the tunnels. My son is almost home. Mary returned. Father how is she?. Well Mary her labor is starting, such pain, keep it up dear the baby will be here soon. How long has it been three hours? Here we go honey hold on I can see the head. Father, father where are you? I have brought my son home. Father father., Mouse goes to father, it�s Vincent he seems to be calling you. Like he has something to tell you. I�ll be right there. Dear I must go to Vincent. She nods. Oh God Mary the pain! Just a little longer dear push, push, push. Vincent my son, it�s father. Father father. Yes son I am here, I found him father. Vincent who did you find? The son Catherine gave me. He is beautiful. At the same tine in the other chamber a baby cries. My dear you have a beautiful baby boy. Vincent opens his eyes, he sees Father smiling down at him. He has come home. Father Catherine is alive, she is here I can feel here. She is overjoyed, so much happiness radiating from her to me through our Bond. I must see her. Son you have been through a terrible ordeal. You have been unconscious and having nightmares for almost seven months now. I have so much to tell you. Father I don�t know what has happened but I need to see Catherine, need to know that she is all right. OK son I will take you to her, but you are still very weak. Let me help you. Catherine is breastfeeding the baby when she hears someone coming. She looks up and sees her beloved Vincent coming to see her. The moment he sees her with his son all the horrible months that have gone by are all forgotten. The Bond has returned and his beautiful Catherine has given him a son. Epilogue A week later Catherine explained to Vincent the consummation of their love in the cavern brought him back from the darkness and she became with child. A week later he lost consciousness for about seven months. Vincent vaguely remembers in a dream that he almost killed her in his rage. The thought of what almost happened was so unbearable he lost consciousness and the nightmares began. During Catherine�s pregnancy he lost their Bond, but it returned to him as soon as she delivered their baby. The love and happiness he felt through her had brought him home. The End Shirley's Fanfic Index |
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