Dark and His Queen

Back from the dead

Laura's eyes shot open. She let out an earth shattering shriek that shook the entire house. A black cloud of smoke escaped from every one of her orifices. The cloud levitated Laura off of the bed surrounding her completely. Laura drifted back down to the bed and all of the smoke reentered her body. Laura sat up to see Dark standing at the foot of the bed and Anti burst through the door. They looked at her as if they wanted to run to her but hesitated. Laura stood up. She felt odd. She looked at her arms and hands, expecting them to look different. Laura was confused. She didn't know what was happening. She couldn't remember anything, and she swore she could feel the blood coursing through her veins. It was almost like it was a viscus matter that she would be able to see through her skin. She felt oddly strong. The feelings were starting to freak her out. "What the fuck is happening to me?" She growled. "Laura you need to relax. What do you remember?" Dark asked. "I don't remember anything. My mind is all foggy, but I feel weird. What happened?" "Well that is kind of a long story." The feelings started getting stronger. It was making Laura more and more nervous. She felt jittery and anxious and almost like she was vibrating. She didn't understand why Dark and Anti were keeping their distance. She felt rage starting to build in her gut. She hadn't felt this kind of anger since before Dark came to save her. What the fuck is happening? What the fuck is wrong with me? Laura started to lose control and she grabbed the side of the bed and with out even thinking she flipped the bed completely over. Dark and Anti jumped backwards in surprise. Laura started to cry. "Dark, help me. What is happening?" Laura dropped to her knees. Dark was by her side wrapping her in his arms. Laura curled up against him and sobbed. Anti glitched over and knelt down on the ground and put his hand on her back. Dark and Anti looked at each other with utter relief. "Anti, fix the bed." Dark said. Anti turned the bed back over and put everything back where it was. Dark lifted Laura and sat her on the mattress. Dark and Anti both sat on either side of her. Dark wiped away Laura's tears. "I need you to stay calm for me and breath, ok?" Laura nodded. Dark was holding one of Laura's hands and Anti took her other hand. "I need you to take one deep breath." Dark told Laura. Laura inhaled deeply and exhaled. "What is the last thing you remember?" Laura closed her eyes and tried to clear her mind. She tried to recall. She remembered working out. She remembered the house being empty as she headed for her shower. All of the sudden her mind flashed and like a movie on fast forward she remembered the events that unfolded. She felt Anti cover the hand he was holding with his other hand and realized she was squeezing it tightly. "Sorry. Was I hurting you?" Laura asked confused. "You're fine. Did you remember anything?" "I remember everything." Laura reached her hand up and placed it on Anti's neck. Anti covered her hand with his. Laura then turned to Dark and burst into tears. "I am so so sorry. This was all my fault." Dark pulled her close to him. "None of that now. This is not your fault." "But you killed him because he stabbed me." Laura's eyes widened as that thought settled in. "He did stab me, didn't he?" "He did." Dark answered. "Then how am I here? Why am I not in the hospital? Wait. Did you do what I think you did?" Dark held Laura at arm's length. "I had no choice. He killed you. I had to do it. I can't live without you." Dark braced for her reaction. He didn't know how she was going to take this. Laura lunged at Dark, tackling him to the bed. She wrapped her arms around his neck and covered his face in kisses. "Thank you for saving me. I love you." "I thought you might be angry with me." "How can I be angry with you when you saved my life? So, wait. That means I am a demon now? Does that explain why I feel so weird?" "Yes, it does. You will get used to it." Laura climbed off of Dark and then promptly tackled Anti in a hug. "Thank you for all that you did for me in the dungeon. Keeping me warm and safe. Fighting to protect me. I love you as well. You know that right?" Anti nodded, at a loss for words. He hugged Laura tight. "I love you too." He whispered in her ear. When they finally broke apart Laura looked around the room. Her expression turned to concern. "Where is Die? Is he ok? Nothing happened to him did it?" "No, no, he is fine. He was having a hard time with you being unconscious, so he disappeared." A large smile spread across Laura's face. "So, I wake up out of a coma after being stabbed and transformed into a demon and your fucking ass is nowhere to be found? You better get back here this instant!" Laura stood up and waited. Die appeared in the room. "Or else what he said?" He teased. Laura ran at him jumping into his arms. "Or else I was going to have to come find you and kick your ass again." Die laughed as he hugged Laura and spun her around and around. "I am glad you are here to kick my ass." Die said as he put her down. "Me too. Are you alright? What happened to you?" Laura asked. "Will...I was dropped in the woods in the middle of nowhere with a collar on." Die explained. Laura saw Anti inadvertently touch his neck. "I wandered for what seemed like days. I knew you guys had to be in trouble and I couldn't teleport or talk to any of you. So, I just kept walking. I was almost about to give up when Anti found me. Thank you for that. He told me what you did." Laura lowered her head. Die lifted her chin with his hand. "What is it?" "I wish I could have done more. I wish I could have gotten through to him. I thought I had." Tears started falling again. Die wiped them away for her. "You are amazing. I don't want you to ever forget that. Do you hear me?" Laura nodded. She hugged him around the waist and he embraced her. When Laura stepped back she looked at all three of them. So, what Dark stood up. There is something we need to take care of first. Dark called for the doctor. Laura smiled kindly at him as he walked in the room. "Hey Doc, I am fine I don't need a checkup." Laura said. "That is not why I called him here." Dark responded. "Do you have what I gave you?" Dark asked Schneepelstein. The doctor pulled a little black box out of his lab coat and handed it to Dark. Dark walked over to Laura. "I have been wanting to ask you this question from the moment you agreed to come with me that day. I will still call you princess, but Laura would you do the honor of being my queen?" Dark opened the box and there were two onyx rings inside the box. There were inscriptions on the ring that seemed to glow red. "On that day that I decided to come here with you was a commitment I made for life. I have never planned on going anywhere. I will be here with you until the end of time. Yes, my love. I will be your queen and you can call me anything you like." Laura said. "Except your pet." Die threw in there. Laura shot him a side smile. Then flipped him off. Dark took the rings out of the box and handed one to Laura. He took her finger. "This is going to burn." Dark warned. Laura nodded. Dark slid the ring on her finger and it sizzled and seared to her skin. Laura sucked in air between her teeth and flinched but only a little. Then she took Dark's hand and slid the ring on his finger and watched it do the same thing. Laura ran her fingers through Dark's hair and kissed him. She heard Die and Anti groan. She turned to them. "Well close your eyes then boys, if you can't take it. Laura jumped off the floor and Dark caught her. She wrapped her legs around his waist and kissed him more passionately then before. Then she dropped her legs and stepped back. "To be continued later." She winked at Dark. Dark smirked at her. Laura then walked over to Anti and Die. "I know you two just feel left out." Laura grabbed Die's face and planted a kiss on each cheek then turned and did the same to Anti. The guys all chuckled. "We have to make one pit stop before we go play." Dark said. His expression got more serious. "You are not going to like this." He said to Laura. "Where are we going?" "You have to tell Mark and Najee what happened to you. You will no longer be able to spend long periods of time with Najee any longer. It is not to say you can never see her again." "Where are they?" "They are at Mark's. They were together when you were stabbed, and Mark felt my anguish and called out to me. I just told him you were hurt and that I would let him know more later." "Let's go." All four snapped themselves out of the house. Only Dark and Laura appeared in Mark's place. Anti and Die waited out of site. Najee saw Laura and flew off the couch. She threw her arms around Laura. Laura hugged her back. "I am sorry if we scared you. I needed to come and tell you what happened." Najee stepped back. Laura could not read her expression. "Something is very off. What happened to you? You are different." Najee said, her voice shaky. Mark looked confused. Laura smiled sweetly. "I knew you would know. With all the stories you have told me about your family I had a feeling you would figure it out." "Figure what out?" Mark asked. "She is one of them." Najee answered as she slowly backed away. "Oh Naj, please don't be scared. I am not going to hurt you I promise. The agreement I made with Dark the day that I left with him still holds true. As long as I walk this earth nothing will happen to either of you. I swear to that." Mark was looking back and forth between Laura and Najee. "What do you mean one of them?" Mark asked. "She is a demon!" Najee snapped. "I don't believe you." Mark said shaking his head from side to side. Laura turned her eyes completely black. "Why would I make something like that up?" Mark jumped a bit. "I don't understand. What happened? Why? How?" Mark asked. "Short version. I got stabbed in the back. Literarily. I died, and Dark did what he had to do to save me." "So, does this mean I will never see you again?" Najee asked. "Not at all. I am here right now aren't I. I can come visit from time to time I just can't stay long. Don't be sad for me. This is a good thing. I am happy. Isn't that what you said you always wanted for me?" "Yes, but this is not exactly what I had in mind." Laura giggled. "I know. It is not what I had envisioned when I thought about happily ever after either but now I could not imagine my life any other way." Najee thought about it for a minute and then nodded. "I am happy that you are happy. That is not a word I would have ever used to describe you before." Najee gave Laura a hug. "Um, Laura? What is that?" Mark asked. Laura let go of Najee. "What is what?" "On you hand." "Oh yes, I almost forgot. We got married." Laura beamed. Mark and Najee both stared at her mouths open. Laura laughed. "Are you two going to be ok? We need to go, the others are waiting for us." "Yeah, we will be ok now that we know you are alright." Mark said. "Good." Laura walked over to Dark and laced her arm with his. "Ready to go?" Dark nodded and snapped his fingers and they were gone. Mark and Najee stood there for a minute, silent, staring at the spot where Laura had been standing. "I think I am in shock." Mark finally spoke. "Yeah, I am still trying to wrap my mind around it too. I think I need to go home and lie down." "Are you going to be ok?" Najee asked. "Yeah, I am ok." "Call me if you need to." "I will. Thanks." Najee left Mark alone in the house. Mark sat back in the chair. His mind was racing in a hundred different directions. He didn't know why exactly but he called Jack. He answered the phone after only one ring. "I have some news that I thought you should know about." Mark started. "I just need you to promise that you are not going to freak out on me." He continued. "Well now that you said it like that, I can't make that promise." Jack said. Mark exhaled heavily. "Laura and Dark just came to see me. Somehow, some way, Laura got stabbed and Dark saved her by turning her into a demon." "WHAT!" Jack screeched so loudly and high pitched that Mark had to pull the phone away. "This is bad Mark. This is really really bad. She was the only human thing keeping them in check. If she is one of them now we are all in danger." "Sean, stop, calm down. I don't think that is the case. She was the same Laura as before. She was worried about me an Najee. She wanted to come and let us know that she was ok. She didn't leave until we told her we were alright. She is not a threat to us." "Mark, wake up. She is a god damned demon!" "Maybe I shouldn't have called you. I am sorry Sean." Mark hung up the phone. A few seconds later it vibrated on the table. Mark looked. It was Sean. Mark ignored it. Mark left the phone on the living room table and went to his room to lay down.