THE RAVEN . | eric draven

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after i left my house , i managed to climb on top of the building so i could see over the city better. i sprinted over each building as the raven followed me.

the raven gave me a vision and cawed , signaling for me to stop. i saw a vision of a man with dreads walking the streets. i immediately knew who it was. it was the man who killed me.

i jumped off the roof of the building i stopped at and i managed to land on my feet. i decided to be sneaky and not immediately go for the attack just yet.

i put my knife behind my back as i pretended to walk cluelessly through the alley. when the man saw me , a sinister smirk was plastered on his face.

"you lost , hun?" he licked his lips and looked me up and down disgustingly. i looked around innocently. "i suppose." he came closer to me and before i could even attack , he punched me in the face and threw me.

before i could get up , he walked closer towards me. god knows what he would've done if what happened next didn't occur. both of us heard a man laughing maniacally , which distracted my opponent.

"the fuck you painted up for?" he said. i turned my head and saw a man with a painted white face and a painted black smile , wearing all black. "come on." the man motioned the clown looking man to come closer , asking for a fight.

they wrestled with each other as i pretended that i lost my strength. the clown eventually pinned the man against the wall and he finally spoke.

"i want you to tell me a story. a man and a woman in a loft. you killed them on halloween a year ago." he said as he held a knife against the gangster's neck. "shelly webster. my fiancé. you beat and raped her."

the man starting laughing. "yeah , she loveddd it." the clown threw the man to the ground in rage. i could see that another raven was with him since mine was still near a trash can.

wait , that's not a raven. that's a crow. every attempt that the man made to hurt the clown , he healed. is he in the same circumstance as me? the clown eventually killed the man by sticking all of his knives into his vital organs.

when he was done , he looked at me. "you better get out of here." he reached his hand out to me to help me up. "it's too dangerous out here." i scoffed and rolled my eyes as i stood up , dusting my dress with my hands.

"i could've killed him myself." i said. he raised an eyebrow. my raven landed on my shoulder and his crow landed on his as well. he said "ah." in realization. "you're in the same situation. but that's a raven."

i sighed. "yep. i don't know what the hell is going on." he shrugged. "me neither. all i know is i died and came back to life after a year." i was kinda shocked. "wow that's a long time. i don't even know what year it is." i laughed awkwardly.

"it's 1994." i widened my eyes when he said the year. i've also been dead for a year. "wow. i've been dead for a year as well." he chuckled. "yeah , i guess that's how this whole process works."

he walked in circles around me. "i'm eric. eric draven." i widened my eyes even more after i heard that name. "oh my gosh. i have some of your vinyls!! you're in a band , right?"

he nodded. "yep. now tell me you're name." he finally stopped going in circles around me and stood in front of me so i have his attention. "i'm katrina. katrina herrington. but everyone calls me kat."

he smiled at me a bit. "pretty name. well , do you have anyone special to avenge?" i nodded. "my best friend died the same night as i did. she got shot. that man you just killed slit my throat."

he sighed , feeling sorry for me. "i'm sorry about that." i shrugged. "it's fine. i'm recovering. what about you?" an even sadder look planted on his face when i asked that question.

"my fiancé , shelly. she was beaten and raped by that man and his gang members. it was the night before we got married." i put my hand over my mouth in shock. "that's horrible. i'm so sorry."

he sighed again and looked down at the ground. "yeah .." he looked back up at me. "well , i better get going before they find the body. nice to meet ya , kat." he winked at me and walked away.

"see ya around , eric." i can't believe i just met one of my favorite artists. i felt so sorry for what happened to him. i decided to go grab a bite to eat before i went to go find the guy who led me and eliza into that ally.

i went into the restaurant i tried to go into earlier. i sat down at my table. a waitress came to take my order. "hey , you. haven't seen ya in a while." after she said that , she stopped reaching for her ticket book and furrowed her eyebrows.

"wait , i thought you were dead." she said. i sighed. "it's a long story." she gave me a weird look and i told her i just wanted a coke and she went and got it for me.

as i sipped my coke , i thought hard about what has occurred today. what was i? why am i alive right now?

"a building gets torched , all that is left is ashes. i used to think this was true about everything ,  families ,  friends ,  feelings. but now i know , that sometimes if love proves real , two people who are meant to be together , nothing can keep them apart."