In Memoriam

Sweet Sorrow

Evil looked at the group, the worried expressions on Raven and Moira's face, the angry looks on Gol and Rickey and the gun pointed at his head. In an instant, Evil had disappeared from their sight and reappeared next to Gol, quickly snatching the gun from her hand, turning it over in his hands as he looked it over. "What's this?" Evil asked. "Mine, is what it is!" Gol yelled. "Come here, you bitch!" Rickey yelled, grabbed Gol's pant leg as she tried to run after Evil, causing her to fall to the ground. Rickey climbed on top of her and sat on her back, pinning her on her stomach to the ground, as he smiled manically. Evil turned around, the gun still in his hand, "Who wants to explain what's going on?" he asked. Raven quirked at Evil and his mouth opened slightly in surprise. "Shouldn't you be explaining what's going on?" Raven asked. "I don't know what you mean." Evil said. Raven and Moira both pointed to the half eaten corpse on the ground. Rickey erupted with laughter, "He eats people." he said. Raven narrowed his eyes at Rickey. "You knew?" Raven asked. "I indulge now and then." Rickey said, still smiling. Gol struggled to get out from underneath Rickey and managed to turn onto her back. Rickey looked down and grabbed Gol's arms, as she tried to hit him, pinning them above her head. "No. You stay still." Rickey said. Moira sighed and crossed her arms. "Rickey, get off of her." Moira said. Rickey gave Moira a look of 'I don't think so' and continued pinning Gol down. Raven shook his head and turned to walk back inside. Moira started walking toward Rickey, who watched her and tilted his head in confusion. Before Moira could reach him, someone walked out of the shadows toward the four that had remained outside. They all turned to look and saw Lily walking toward them. Rickey screamed and stood up. "This is why I told all of you to stay inside." Evil said. "You didn't tell us that!" Rickey yelled, as he ran toward the house. Gol stood up and ran toward the Manor along with Moira. Evil shook his head and casually walked toward the Manor, as Lily caught up to him. She looked at his blood soaked appearance and grinned. "You've had a busy night." she said. "A bit." Evil said, as he threw Gol's gun into the yard. "May I come in with you?" she asked. "Why not?" Evil said, as he shrugged and offered his arm to Lily, who linked her arm with his. The two headed toward the house. Inside, the twins and the sisters watched from hiding spots as Evil walked in arm-in-arm with Lily. "What the fuck?" Rickey whispered to Raven, as they hid behind the bar. "What is he doing?" Moira asked Gol, as they hid in the study. Evil let go of Lily's arm and looked at her. "Make yourself comfortable. I'm going to take a shower." he said, as he walked away from her toward his room. Raven's eyes widened and Rickey reached inside the bar for a bottle of whiskey. Raven nudged Rickey, nodding toward Lily, as she walked into the parlor. Rickey scrunched down as much as he could, with very little room for the tall twins to hide between the bar and the wall behind the bar. The sisters motioned for the twins to run to them in the study and Raven shook his head, placing a finger over his lips. Lily toward the bar, her pearl colored skin-tight dress swaying with her hips as she walked. She removed the white fur shawl she was wearing and laid it on the bar, as she looked around. One end of the shawl fell over the edge and landed on top of Rickey's head. He turned and looked at the object which had fallen, then looked up, and started opening the bottle of alcohol he had in his hands. Raven looked over at Rickey and shook his head, as Rickey nodded in return. The shawl that was hanging down next to Rickey was suddenly pulled away. Raven slowly moved away and toward the side of the bar, as Rickey looked up and saw Lily looking down at him. "Fuck me." he said angrily.

Lily reached down quickly and grabbed Rickey's hair, pulling him up and slamming him down on top of the bar. She climbed on top of the bar and sat across his hips, grabbing the bottle of alcohol from his hand and smelling it. "Absinthe. My favorite." Lily said, smiling down at him. "All yours." Rickey said nervously, keeping his hands up. "Such a gentleman." Lily said with a wink, as she put the liquor to her lips and drained the entire bottle within seconds. Rickey looked at her, impressed. "You can really knock 'em back." he said. Lily looked down at him and threw the empty bottle to the floor. "I can smell my daughter. Where is she?" she asked him. Lily leaned down close to Rickey's face and took in the scent coming from his skin. "Why do you smell like her?" she asked. "Like who?" Rickey asked, watching her, as she continued to take in his scent. The sisters watched helplessly from the study, Gol holding Moira in place, stopping her from running to help him. "You'll make it worse." Gol whispered. Lily sat upright and looked around, then leaned back down toward Rickey. She moved downward, picking up the scent as it became stronger the further she moved down his body, suddenly stopping and looking up at him. "I can smell her on you." Lily said, her gentle voice becoming a sinister growl, as she moved up again and sat on him to keep him where he was. In a panic, Raven shot out from the side of the bar, trying to get away. Lily reached her arm out and grabbed him by his hair, causing him to fall back and grab her arm. Lily roughly ripped the hair tie from his braid, which caused his hair to fall loosely around him. She pulled Raven close to her until she caught his scent, then threw him forward away from her, turning her attention back to Rickey. "You're the only one who has her scent on you." Lily said. Gol narrowed her eyes. "Good to know she doesn't care what happens to me." she whispered to Moira. "I think she's upset about something specific. You didn't sleep with Raven. Did you?" Moira asked Gol. "No, but I could have." Gol said. "Not likely, he's a damned prude. Probably a virgin." Moira said, rolling her eyes. "I heard that!" Raven yelled. Lily looked back at Raven, as she remained sat atop Rickey. "You heard what?" she asked Raven. Raven shook his head and turned away. Lily looked around and quickly jumped down from the bar, leaving Rickey behind as she closed in on Raven, wrapping her arm around his shoulders and holding a large knife against his throat. Raven glanced back at her, having not realized she was almost the same height as him until that moment. Rickey jumped down from the bar. "Come out now or this one dies." Lily said. Gol emerged from the study, followed by Moira. "Let him go, he didn't do anything." Gol said. "I'm the one you should be upset with, mother." Moira said, as she rushed ahead of Gol. Lily tightened the blade against Raven's throat, drawing blood, pulling him back with her as she stepped back. The sisters and Rickey stopped moving closer to Lily. "I slept with Rickey. Gol and Raven didn't do anything, so let him go." Moira said. "I know." Lily said, as she moved the side of her face close to Raven's and inhaled his scent. "This one is as pure as the driven snow." Lily said, smiling, her long fangs gleaming near Raven's neck. The sisters widened their eyes and looked at each other. "Wow, I was right." Moira said. "Please, kill me." Raven whispered, feeling humiliated. Lily smiled and moved her mouth close to his ear. "You don't want to die a virgin, do you?" she whispered. Raven felt a chill up his spine as she said that and struggled in vain to get away from her. Rickey suddenly threw the coffin-shaped lighter that had been on the parlor table at Lily. "It's me you want. I'm the one who fucked your daughter." he said, preparing for a fight. Lily glared at Rickey, as she lowered the knife from Raven's neck and pushed him away. "Impossible. She's a virgin. My little girl is waiting until she finds a husband and you could never be good enough for her." Lily said, her voice laced with rage, as she moved quickly toward Rickey. Rickey tried to move out of her path, but was grabbed tightly by her hands around his throat. He smiled wickedly at her. "She didn't fuck like a virgin." Rickey said, as he gasped for breath. Lily screamed in Rickey's face and tightened her grip, cutting off his air supply and blood flow, as his gold eye began to look bloodshot and roll back. Lily kept squeezing, pulling him close to her face. "For this sin against my daughter, you will surrender your last breath to me, priest." she said.

Evil walked out of his room, spotting Lily with her hands around Rickey's throat, and walked up to them. "Lily." he called to her. Lily turned her head to look at Evil, keeping Rickey in her grasp. "Would you come with me to my study, so we can talk. I don't know what my brother did to upset you, but I'm sure there's a solution. And, if not, I can kill you where you stand." Evil said. Lily loosened her hold on Rickey's neck and threw him to the floor, then turned to Evil. "Lead the way." Lily said and followed Evil as he took her to the study. Rickey stood up, bending forward and grabbing his throat. Moira started to walk toward Rickey, when she heard Evil call to her from the study. She looked at him with sadness in her eyes and turned away, leaving. Gol rolled her eyes at Rickey. "Can you go die in another room?" she asked him angrily. Rickey stood up straight, looking at Raven who was looking toward the study with his arms crossed, and cleared his throat. "What's going on in there?" Rickey asked. Raven shrugged. Several minutes passed when finally Evil, Lily and Moira came out of the study and were walking toward Rickey, Raven and Gol. "Come with us, Golgotha, your sister and I are leaving." Lily said. The twins looked at each other in confusion. Rickey stepped toward Lily, "They're not going anywhere with you." he said. Raven moved closer to Gol, "You don't have to go with her." he said. "Yes, she does." Evil said. Moira was looking away from Rickey, refusing to look at him, as she waited for Gol to join them in leaving. Rickey walked up to her and gently grabbed her arm, "Moira, look at me. You don't have to do anything she says." he said quietly. "Unhand my daughter, you monster." Lily said, glaring at Rickey, who barely glanced in her direction. Rickey moved his hand toward Moira's face and Moira turned her face to him, glowering at him. "Don't touch me." she said angrily, as she jerked her arm away from him. He looked at her, confused and hurt, as she stepped away from him and moved closer to Lily. "Moira." he whispered. Lily moved between Rickey and Moira. "You heard what she said." Lily said, moving close to Rickey's face. "I heard her. It doesn't mean I believe any of this. What did you do to her?" he asked Lily. "Let it go." Evil said to Rickey. Lily smiled and stood an inch away from Rickey. "If I ever see you again, I won't stop this time. I'll take every last drop from you." she whispered. Rickey ignored Lily and looked over her shoulder to Moira. "We can leave. Just us. We can even leave the country." he said to her. Moira glared at him hatefully. "You used me. I would never go anywhere with you. You're disgusting." she said to him. "What?" he whispered. Lily moved her face closer to block his view of Moira, her lips centimeters from his, as she took in his scent for a final time. "You're just a monster. No one will ever love you. This is your only worth." Lily said, as she gently trailed her fingers down the front of his body. She watched closely as the expression on his face turned into one of defeat and sorrow and grabbed his face, kissing him. He roughly pushed her away from him. "Don't ever fucking touch me!" he yelled, his voice cracking through his pain. He began to hyperventilate and moved his hands up, keeping them at the sides of his head. "Get out!" he screamed. Moira stepped back and Lily smiled, as Gol had heard enough and started walking toward the door. "I agree. Leave." Raven said to the women. Gol opened the front door of the Manor to see Ami with her hand reaching toward the door. "Uh..." Ami said, looking at Gol and then at everything that was happening inside the Manor. "What's going on?" Ami asked as she walked past Gol, who was continuing to walk outside. "Nothing. We're leaving." Moira said and started to walk away. Ami walked up to Rickey and Lily, seeing how distraught her brother clearly was. "Can I help you?" Ami aggressively asked Lily, as she stepped in between them. Lily smiled at her arrogantly and glanced at Rickey. He saw Lily looking at him and turned to walk away. Lily reached out to grab him. "How dare you walk away from me." Lily said. Ami reached out and grabbed Lily's outstretched arm, glaring at her. "Don't touch my brother." Ami said. A sudden pain shot through Lily's arm, as the skin on her arm started to turn black and fester. Rickey turned back to them and saw Ami fiercely glaring at Lily, her eyes alight with green flames. Ami let go of Lily's arm and continued to glare at her silently. Moira turned back at them, as she heard Lily screaming, and started walking toward Ami. Rickey moved quickly to stand in front of Ami, as Moira reached them, and looked down at her. "Leave my house while you can." Rickey said threateningly. "Take what's left of your mum with you and don't come back." he said. Raven and Evil walked close to Lily and Moira. Moira said nothing, as she grabbed Lily by the shoulders and left the Manor. Ami looked at Rickey sorrowfully. "Are you alright?" she asked him. "They'll come back." Rickey said. "And, there are a lot of them." Raven said. "We can't stay here anymore." Rickey said. Raven nodded and Evil sighed. "I hope you guys explain this to me at some point." Ami said. "I'll explain it on the way out. You guys get as much as you can of your things. We leave tonight." Evil said, as he turned away and walked to his study. Raven, Rickey and Ami all headed to their rooms to pack their things, preparing to bid their ancient home a final farewell.