The Crow: Suspiria Omnis Amor (Discontinued)

Chapter: III

FYI: The song is "Dead Souls" bt Nine Inch Nails... The very song from The Crow when Eric Draven is running on top of the buildings.... ( I do not own the song or the video...)

Raine's P.O.V.

I climb up the building onto the roof and run.

Run.

Jump.

Land.

Devil's Night.

Ha...Aptly named.

Fires raging, criminals running wild.

Innocent blood spilt.

If my blood could boil, it would at the slightest thought.

No.

My soul screams in agony at the thought.

I land.

My feet on the roof.

"...go into the loft...", the crow tells me.

So, I do.

I look around and see dusty, broken remnants of life past.

A white cat rubs against my leg, purring.

Gabriel.

I smile and bend down.

"Hey Gabe. I thought you dead, furball."

I let him down.

I walk further in.

Nothing.

I feel the annoyance rising and turn to the big black bird perched on top the broken mirror.

"What is it you wanted me to fucking find?!"

He's silent.

Then flutters over to a danky, dusty coat and knocks it over.

Whatever was in the pockets all over the floor now.

I bend down to pick up the stuff and come across an envelope.

Pictures...

I sit back on my heels and look through them.

...remember...remember...REMEMBER...

There's pictures of a man and a woman...

I barely hear someone walk in.

"Who are you?!"

Me and...Eric?

I can't breathe.

"You killed Shelly!"

Eric and some other woman.

Me and a little girl.

Sarah?

Me and Eric...kissing.

My sonogram picture.

I feel the tears fall...

I feel clouded and numb, the pain of my arms being chained and stretched outwards. . .

The crack of the whip. . .

The torture. . .

The pain. . .

The feeling of my daughter's life, violently being torn away.

I gasp and cry out, clutching my stomach on the floor.

The man grabs me by my arms and hoists me up.

"You murdered Shelly..."

I stand frozen.

No emotion whatsoever.

He shakes me, making me hit the back of my head on the wall.

I push him away onto the floor.

I grit my teeth.

"I killed Shelly? Yeah. I tipped the fuckers off. But as she was fucking Skank for years behind Eric's back, I thought they'd rough her up... NOT KILL HER!!"

He screams and charges at me.

"She was my fiancée! You took her from me!"

We land and my head bounces off the floor.

I flip us over.

"I took her away? She took the ONLY man I've ever loved away! Then she sends my ass back to THIS SHIT!"

He pushes me off and drives me into the wall.

I thrash and I kick.

"Brings me back to a world without meaning!"

He holds me tighter wrapping his hands around my waist and hurls me over the stairs.

I hit my head so hard I swear I could've felt my brain rattle.

"You killed her. Now, I kill you."

I jump up.

"I'm already DEAD!"

I punch him and knock him clear on his ass.

I pounce on him and start wailing on him.

"She took him!... Took him,... took Sarah!"

Hr tries to block my blows and his hand finds it's place on my stomach...

He violently thrashes and rolls me over.

"Raine!"

I'm still hitting him...

"She took him--s-she took... She took you, Eric. Now she's punishing me."

He cradles my head in his arms.

Rocking me back and forth.

"They killed her... My little Erica."

I sob uncontrollably in his arms

Eric presses his lips to my temple.

"I was gonna break it off with Shelly. Sarah told me you were pregnant... I just. "

"I didn't know they'd kill her. Now she brought me back with The Crow. Says she forgives me and wants me to tell you the truth."

looks me in the eyes.

"I love you..."