The Life Of A Freak

Chapter 53

We walk into Mr. Tall's van. The first thing we see is evil. Tension. Death. It was not a very welcoming place...compared to other times I have been here. It was worse than when Mr. Tiny is here.

And I know that Mr. Tall can see the future like Evanna and Mr. Tiny, so I can tell something bad is coming... and soon.

I widen my eyes and stare at him.

"No..." I say.

He sees me and frowns. "Sit." He says.

"To hell with that!" Vancha yells. "I want you to tell us where Steve is!"

"Vancha." Mr. Tall says. "You know I can't do that. I am to remain neutral in all this."

"Will the land with the dragons... and other things really be the future?" I ask.

He looks at me before nodding his head. "Yes. In both futures the Lord of Shadows will take over."

"Lord of Shadows?" Harkat asks.

"Yes. He who shall slip into complete madness will become the Lord of Shadows. Who will be the Lord of Shadows is unclear right now. If you wait in 24 hours it will be revealed."

"What happens after that?"

"In one path the Lord kills most of the vampires. The other kills all vampaneze, even some vampires."

"Evanna said that two of the hunters will die." Darren says. "Who dies and who lives?"

"Darren." I say. "You can't just-"

"I have to know!"

I nod.

Mr. Tall sighs and checks. The room grows cold and he begins glowing. It didn't take long and he told us.

"In both paths I didn't see Vancha. The Lord of Shadow kills him in both paths."

I sigh. "I hate to ask this... but I think I speak for all of us. What happens to us after the Lord if Shadows comes?"

"Some die and other live - in misery or happiness. I can not say exactly, but in both paths Tux remains living."

I frown. "And.... Shancus?" I whisper his name before yelling his heard outside.

I jump up and run out before the others - already having a fairly good idea of what maybe happening.

I come to the sight of R.V. and Morgan James holding Shancus. My heart breaks as I see the usually happy boy crying his eyes out.

Shancus sees me and I see the sadness, regret, and horror in his eyes.

"You..." I begin. "You disobeyed me, didn't you?!"

I see tears pour out of his eyes.

"I'm sorry!" He yells in pure fear at my outburst.

"Shancus!" Merla and Evra yell.

Tears sting my eyes.

Evra was about to tackle R.V. and Morgan, but Morgan pointed his gun at him and pulled the trigger.

No one had time to react. Vancha was the only person fast enough to get the bullet, but Vancha was needed to get Steve and he couldn't sacrifice himself for Evra. Darren couldn't either, he wasn't fast enough and Debbie was holding him back from attacking R.V. on the spot.

Harkat was slow. I was having a hard time understanding what was going on.

I had flashbacks of all the happy moments I had in my life with Evra and Shancus.

My mind automatically goes to when Evra and I had our first fight. It wasn't like our usual play fight. It was a year after the Christmas we spent at Larten's old home.

We were arguing about what was better - snakes or wolves.

I argued wolves and he argued snakes.

"Snakes are better because they don't smell!"

"Wolves are better because they are smarter!"

"Well snakes are small and can camouflage."

"And wolves are fast!"

"Snakes can eat things whole!"

"And wolves can eat garbage if they need to!"

"Snakes are scarier!"

"No wolves are!"

We went on like that for the entire week.

Scar was very cranky that week. He growled at Darren a couple times and even bit him.

Larten was also in a bad mood. He said he had a lot of stuff to do - whatever that was.

Mr. Tall was weird though. He was different. Like he just witnessed his own death.

Before I can finish my flashback my mind travels somewhere else. When I first came to the Cirque.

Mr. Tall basically flitted everywhere, no he was faster. He was the same speed as Evanna.

I stare at Evra now.

My flashbacks gone as I stare at Evra. He was crying. I look over to everyone else they were as well crying. I look around for Mr. Tall and my eyes land on the figure laying on the ground.

He was tall, super tall, had a top hat and wore clown like clothes.

Tears sting my eyes as I see the man down there.

He was dead and lifeless. He was shot in the stomach.

"Mr. Tall!" I yell dropping to my knees and shaking him. "Come on! Wake up!"

"You monster!" Darren yells at the two.

They chuckle. I start hyperventilating before I snap and stare at the vampaneze and vampet. After me getting shot I constantly had a gun on me and I pointed it at R.V. - the one holding Shancus.

"I'll kill you!" I declare.

"If you shoot I kill him."

"Tux stop!" Evra yells snatching the weapon from me. Just then the pair ran off with the Snake-Boy.

"Let's go!" Vancha yells.

"I'm coming too!" Evra yells.

"No." I snatch the gun from him, "You stay here with the others."

"Fine. You, Alice, and Smickey will come with me!" Vancha yells while running off. Leaving my authority being questioned.

Mr. Tiny and Evanna arrive.

Mr. Tiny sees Mr. Tall on the ground and blood pours from his eyes. Mr. Tiny kicks Mr. Tall in the head and starts talking about how he was a terrible son.

"Don't do that!" Darren yells.

I stand up, "No time for this! Let's go!"

We ran off after Vancha and the the enemy.

We get stopped by Morgan James and Darius - or Steve's son.

Harkat kills Morgan and Darren was getting ready to kill Darius.

I sit back and watch. Darius probably showed the others where the Cirque was after all...and this kid caused Shancus to get kidnapped and Mr. Tall to die.

He was young, he had his fathers white hair and everything.

Darius was just a scared and defenseless child - I almost wanted to pity him, then I remembered he is probably the cause of this attack.

Debbie and Harkat stopped Darren from trying to kill him.

Darren gets a call from Vancha and answers.

Apparently they found R.V. and Shancus and are now following them.

I sigh as I grab the kid and put him on my back.

He started kicking my leg, but I threatened him and he quickly stopped.

Its too bad that me threatening him isn't the only thing that he got scared of.