Spark In Darkness 33 (that's Rick and Darren BTW)

[sparkindarkness]

I am loosing much needed sleep on muses. I don’t care if I fail, I have to get this written. Anything to push them over the cliff-hanger they’re teetering on - I know what I’m going to write, just not how. And now I’m rambling and making no sense. What’s new, you say? Why because there is no alcohol involved this time...

Actually, that’s a terrible flaw that must be corrected.

And yes, I am aware I should be working.

Anyway, this is a different style kinda thing. I'm, not sure but I'm considering using two different fonts for the thought processes... let me know if it's confusing, I have a feeling it might be.

Oh and finally... this continues from

No.30 - build up
No.31 - Darren
No.32 - Rick




Have to keep running. Must keep running. Come on Rhiannon, you can do this. Got to keep going, got to find the others.

Gods above, please let me find the others! Please!

Oh gods, I can hear them. they’re coming. They're coming! I thought I'd escaped! Please let me escape... don’t let them get me, don’t let them get me...

there is no escape....

“GO AWAY!” Can’t fall down now. Have to get up... they’ll catch me! Goddess, what happened? What happened?! Nikolai, where were you? Where are you!?

Please help me. Please gods... help me.

there is no help...

Don’t listen. Can’t listen, mustn’t listen. Keep moving. Reach the rendezvous point. Got to reach the rendezvous point. Only hope... there’s still hope... oh please there IS still hope! There has to be!

there is no hope...

“Not listening... not listening...” keep saying it, keep saying it. It’s true. Not listening, not listening... mustn’t listen...

No hope... nowhere to go... no escape. I’m going to di-

NO! Don’t listen. C’mon Rhiannon, you can do this!

you can’t... You will fail...

Oh gods... no...

Dammit Rhiannon, this is NOT the time to fall! Get up! GET UP!

Oh gods, it’s dark... It’s so dark... he’s out there... in the dark.. Oh gods, oh gods...

he’s coming...

“NO! He won’t have me!” He can’t have me! I won’t die to a sorcerer’s magic! I won’t!! I CAN’T!!!” not that... anything but that. I won’t let him kill me, he can't kill me.

he will have you...

He won’t... I’ll die first! I’ll die...

please let me die....

please?

you will join us...

No... he won't have me... my heart, my soul, my magic. It’s mine. He won't have me. Do you hear me “HE WON’T HAVE ME!!!”

he hears you...

He’s near! Got to keep running. They’re following me. They’ll give me away! They’ll show him where I am.... He’ll catch me! Have to stop them... there must be a way... has to be a way!

he comes.

“Damn you! I won’t die like this! I won't be chased down! I’m no-one’s prey! DO YOU HEAR ME DARREN?! I AM NOT YOUR PREY!!!“

No bodies to touch... nothing to hurt... their minds... so dark, so alien... so.. evil. No I won’t touch them... I won't become one of them.

Pain... fear... death... that’s all they are! I can’t fight them! How can I fight them!? I’m... I’m helpless... Goddess save me... Anyone... save me.

Don’t fight. RUN! Move it girl...

Oh gods I hear him!

fear is here...

No! Lord and Lady, no! Save me! Nikolai! Donald! Don’t let me die here! I cannot die here...

Rhiannon! Get up, you have to get away... tears won’t help! Pull yourself together!!!

I can’t... I can’t. I’m so scared. Help me... someone, please help me... I can’t

MOVE, dammit! You can’t lie snivelling in the leaves, he’ll catch you!

I can’t...it’s too late. I’m going to die... Goddess, please... I’m going to die...

I don’t want to die...

pain is here...

Rhiannon! RHIANNON!!! Don’t die like this! Not crying on the ground, a snivelling wretch! You’re stronger than this!!

I’m not... I can’t... I’m not strong enough to face him... I can see him... Oh gods, I can see him!

death is here...

You’re a bloody CAMAALIS Rhiannon! We don’t die like this! We won’t die l;ike this! We can’t die like this...

I don’t want to die at all! I have to hide... I have to... oh gods... what can I do?

he is here...

Die on your feet at least! Don’t crawl around at his feet! He’s here!

He’s here.

He is here.

“Rhiannon... I expected a better chase from you. It was almost boring how easily my servants caught you.”

He’s here. He’s AMUSED. Damn him! I am not a toy for his sport! Damn you Darren! I will not die a toy.

I will not die a coward. I will die a Camaalis.

“I am not your sport Darren. I won’t beg! I will die well!” dammit, why can't I do more than whimper?

I’m going to die... I see my death in his eyes...

“Not my sport? No, you aren’t. Sport is more... challenging, dear cousin. You merely amuse me. You are more a game. A simple game.”

“A game!” I can’t face him! He’s so strong... help me! please! “I am a Camaalis! I stand! I will die on my feet!”

There is nothing else left... might as well die well...

Nothing else left... just death...

“You are a toy. An irritation. A nothing. You can’t stand against me. I can’t let you leave. Not alive anyway...”

I hate that smile... how far as he fallen that this is fun to him! We have to kill him...

We can’t. No-one can... we’ve lost... I’ve lost. Nothing... we have nothing. No hope, no future... no light. Nothing.

Just death. Gods save us all... just death.

“You will be stopped Darren,” brave words. Empty words. Just death. “I may die, but I die defiant and strong! YOU WILL BE STOPPED!”

I die strong....

“Stopped? Maybe. But not by you.” he’s too close! Move...! “You talk about how you’ll die cousin...” Move his hand... can’t let him touch us! Pull!! Harder! Quickly! “But at the core of it, all that matters is,” can’t escape! No escape! NO! NO! “You will die.”

PAIN. Oh gods it hurts! The darkness burns! It consumes me! It’s cold! It freezes me! It hurts IT HURTS!!!!! GODDESS NO IT HURTS!!! It’s too dark, it’s eating the light! It burns! Oh gods help me! HELP ME!!!! The darkness everywhere... got to scream, got to fight, got to cry, got to escape... oh gods it hurts... it hurts.

There is nothing... just pain, fear and death.

Nothing left... just death.

just death. join us sister...

Comments

EEEE!

[home-of-usher.livejournal.com]

Now I can't wait for the next one!!! *excited wiggle*

[phoenix-fawn6.livejournal.com]

meep.
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Okay, yeah, kind of confusing. A lot scary.
The confusing works with the story, though.

meep.

Okay, so now you've got to write what happens next!

Re: EEEE!

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Thank you *laughs* of course, as anyoen will tell you, I am a somewhat... sporadic poster.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was trying to get across Rhiannon's mental powers - even while she's freaking out totally, a part of her mind is still rational... I might doi an edit and make the "rational" rhiannon mind in a different font - trouble is that I've used a different font already to show Ghost, and I don't want to suggest that a spirit's talking to her, espeically since the italics are the wraiths and similar undead that Darren summoned to get in in #31.

I might stick with confused though, if it works.

*grins* I suppose I have to... *hacks at time table*

[klgaffney.livejournal.com]

ouch. poor rhiannon.

y'know maybe they would have been a match for the beaten down boy they knew before. he was mostly convinced they were right. okay, he's probably still mostly convinced that they're right. but it simply doesn't matter anymore.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Oh, Kat was supposed to have minced him. These three could have squished him - his own doubts crippled him mainly. He was also so angsted he would have likely given up and died rather than fight...

But there are people who won't fight for themselves, but will fight to the death for someone else.

but it simply doesn't matter anymore.

Darren: I have found something that is more important