| The dark encompased them as the climbed. Each step with its own so familiar scream and scretch,the building was old its soul long dead.The thirteenth floor was theirs.The only floor with a floor. the rest of the building was gutted The seven floors of The Pit with their high celings lay far below.On the landing Mike produced the skeletonkey.one of few still in use and opened the door to their loft.The others followed him to their hell in the sky ,the door slammed shut, on the other side the key once again locked them away from life. David, Dashea ,The Girls, Seizet, Miles and Mathew, and for tonight Vamphyer.there were no seperate rooms just one lagre liiving space sparsely furnished. Strings of colored lights adorned the pirimiter of the wall.Miles of dark glass beads created false walls, a labrith of twists and turns. The smallest section secluded by the back stair well was open, free of life and material posessions .Nothing but deep green shag carpeting was here. This was Mikes place.This is where he lay now in drunken stupor as Vamphyer massaged his aching back and stroked his stiff soulders.The two had been together long.Child hood friends,highschool sweet hearts.Until they lost it all and their lives were turned upside down.The accident came back to them again and again haunting them even in waking hours.The horrid affair was their only memory the only thing they ever had no control over. Vampyers hands smoothed away the pains of the the week the year the life. She was the only one who truely understood him.She lay against him in the deep earthy carpet as they did in their parents house her hands quickly found out his spot and gently tried to get a reaction from him.Nothing,and the night ticked slowly away. Outside their window the sky was boiling with anger.Heavy black clouds billowed heavenwards.Rain pelted against the window paines as if it wanted to break the glass and flood the posse out of their tranquil home.David sat knees drawn up to his chest on the large window ledge.Dashea next to him moned as she rolled over her soft gray blanket wrapping her in a protective cocoon of warmth and familiar scent. David longed to be like her ignorant to the important things in life.Hers were the malls and dark boutiques of Australian Avenue.His the many art stores and craft shops of Blue Heron Blvd.She would rather spend her moiste winter days spending the last of her future,while he struggeled to keep what little he had. The lightning storm quited their raging pangs of wasted youth .The rain washed away their daily sins and refreshed the book of life ,a clean new page to write apon.David finally stretched out on the ledge next to Dashea ,the storm wages war on the world outside as they slept.The twins in their "room" slept peacefuly their drunken bodies stiff and sore.The girls were fast asleep in their compartment soft snoresfloating above the nightly track,tonight Delerium gently rocked them deeper into the realm of deams.Only Mike was awake ,the effects of the drugs and drink did very little. His eyes stared blankly out the dark windows and seemed to fuel the fury of the storm.Vampyer lay in his arms head against his buff bare chest.His hands deftly stroked her cheek,so innocent she seemed in sleep.but fire blazed behind her eye lids he knew,he could feel the pain she suffered in sleep,loosing her life repeatedly ,frozen fear tears slid down her face squeezing from beneath closed eye lids.Finaly sleep over whelmed him and Mike joined his friend in terror.... Dasheas eye slowly opened to dull darkness.The storm had finaly blew it self out David lay curved around her his arms encircled around her waist.The sky looked bruised and battered patchesof blue and gray peeked through the cold window pane.Dashea rolled over onto her side and looked out the window horror sat eye to eye with her on the outer ledge!The scream caught in her throat,she thrashed wildly in her blanket smacking David as she clambered over him in her haste to escape the ghoul perched on her ledge! Finaly her voice found her and burst from her throat high pitched and scratchy with fear. Suddenly the loft was awake with drugged voices and thumping foot falls. David was on his feat and stood back to the window to terrified to turn and see what caused such turmoil this early in the morn.The twins crashed through the beaded walls The Girls and Siezet close behind.Mike slowed with pain finally managed to drag his fatigued body to the scene. Everyone stood facing into the rising sun a shadow parting the spectacle n half cast a cold darkness over the group.Friosse sat crouched on the two foot wide ledge thirteen stories up, his dark eyes seemed bright and devilish, His mouth turned up into a sly smile as he saw the expression of the groups face change from startled hesterics to fearful confusion.The wind blowed softly his coat flared up and danced in it as if possesed. Slowly a slight tapping sound could be heard and Dashea realized that is what first woke her. Friosse was rapping his claw like index finger against the glass with one hand ,the other pointed to a hinge no one had noticed before. All eyes slowly focused on Mike,his dirty stubbled face distorted into a wide yawn as he gestured sleepily to the latched hindge. Mathew and Miles both climbed onto the sill and reached up to unhindge the glass pane. As soon as the latch was removed the pane swung outwards.Friosse flickered and before the pane was banged shut by the wind he stood apon the inner sill next to the twins.His coat lay flat against him,his tossled mohawk was swept back from his face no make up alighned his slit like eyes,the lapels of his coat lay flat against his chest and sholdersas they should.The pale beauty of Friosses' pure white skin seemed out of place against the dirty gray of the morning sky. The minets ticked away silence wrapped around the group as they stood half awake before the window of Dasheas room. Friosse still stood before them,no one made a move or spoke a word. The silence was finally shattered by a blast from Davids alarm clock radio.The morning jam was blasting away .Tamrand G was kicking off the top of the morning show , her over excited voice far out of place was magnified in the hollow interior of the soundless loft. Every one was jerked awake heads turned towards the small radio.7:05 flashed in neon green digits The radio host was taking birthday shout outs loud raucious laughter echoed forth from the radio.Daid quickly moved to turn it off. 'Are people really like that?' siezets voice soft with sleep asked starring beffudeled at the now mute radio. 'Its just an act.' said Friosse sitting down on the ledge next to the twins as if it was natural for him to be there. 'oook..' said jaelle impatient with the lack of concern everyone was exibhiting towards the intruder 'Why the hell are you up here any ways.' her voice sounded even flatter with sleep. 'I brought you this dear' said friosse his voice also seemed different, more human his slithery words were no more.Friosse reached into his floor length coat and pulled out the purple envelope sealed with red wax,held it before his face then extended his arm towards Jaelle. 'Why did you take it in the first place !' The Girls demanded in uniform once again their ruffeled appearances adding to the menace behind their voices.Jaelle ,always the bolder of the two snatched the sealed letter from his grasp and handed it tot her sister. 'Wow so you get up early in the middle of the morning climb 13 stories high and sit of a fuckin window sill just to deliver a damn letter!!' Dasheas eyes glowed with angerher fists balled at her sides.'What the hell is in it any ways , give me that damn thing!'she spat turning on the girls who fled in terror as Dasheas sleep deprived form flashed after them. 'Well shes got a point there ' said seizet trying to stay awake 'What the hell are you doing up here dude?' 'Whats in the letter? ' mike grunted leaning against the wall,a stream of drool dripping down his chin. Friosses studied the floor intently.His face fell from haughty suspense to withdrawn thought then'Life ' he said rubbing his smooth chin as he looked mike calmy in the eyes. 'Well ...lifes a bitch ' said Miles as he and his brother trudged off back to bed leaving david seizet and mike to question the intruder. back 3 |