Jack Vendesha's Story

JACK
Screams in the night were beautiful. Especially from such a pretty young think. He pulled her by the hair and stabbed her chest. She immediately slumped over dead.

And Jack felt nothing. Torturing people was no fun anymore. The kill came too quickly. But he had to keep killing, he had no choice. It was great when he was younger and killed small animals, but now...now it had lost it's thrill. He needed a challenge. Young women like this were too easy to catch. Then there was children...they were so boring. Hardly even tried.

Jack walked down the alley and onto the sidewalk. Suddenly, a young girl on a bike passed him. She was a pretty little thing. He knew her, though. He knew every kid in this town. Candice Joyce was no exception. She...she and all her friends--her fellow coven members--were what he needed more than anything. He needed to kill them all.

CANDY

It was a small town where few people ever visited. The air was crisp and cool. It was around sunset when a blonde girl in a light blue top and black skirt rode her bike down the rode. Candice didn't own a car. She wished that she did. Especially with the sudden crack in the darkening skies. Moments later, it began to rain.

Candy gasped and quickly pulled into the nearest parking lot, that of an old 50s style diner. She simply threw the bike down and sprinted for the cover of inside. Besides herself and a few other people that she refused to make eye contact with, the diner was empty. She walked into it and silently took a seat at the red leather booth. She pulled her black purse up off her shoulder and pulled out her cellphone. It was 7 o'clock. She was supposed to be home now, but it looked like her plans were going to change pretty quickly.

She looked out the window to the street where some cars passed by. She looked out to the street and thought about her loneliness at time. Where was a friend when she needed one? She had many, but who would want to drive all the way out here in the rain.

Lacey sat on the porch of her loft looking over the quiet city watching the lighting crack across the sky a smile working to her lips. She pulled out a cell phone tossing Candy a quick text Hey Tartface, we still on for hanging tonight? She shut her phone before flipping it back open and quickly shot out a text to Cal Whatca into? She sat her phone down biting back a blush, she had , had a crush on him for well since the first conversation they had. She waited for either of them to reply and when either did her stomach growled out in protest. "Alright, alright food it is hush." She grabbed her keys and head to the garage.

Ace was always well off she came from one of the wealthiest families in town , being witches made that a bit more easy then it should have but they tried to be careful about personal gain. She flung the door open of her 69' cherry red mustang. She let the car roar to life turning up boss's daughter by Pop evil a smirk playing on her lips as she pilled out. She found her way to the diner parking next to the door, where she saw Candy sitting in a booth. She grinned before walking in making her face as serious as she could grabbing a free local paper at the door and flinging it at Candy "You bitch!" Everyone in the diner stopped and looked up at her causing her smile to break out sending everyone back to what they were doing. "Why don't you ever answer your texts?" She sat across from her, "what are you up to anyway."

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Juliet walked up behind Jack watching him stab the girl a time or to a frown set on her lips as she watching him dump the body and walk away. She slide up behind Jack as he watched a girl ride by on her bike, Bambi or kitty or something cute like that she could never remember, putting her hand lightly on the small of his back. "You take all the art out of it if you go for the heart, I could teach you about herbs and such if you would actually use it." She all but purred in his ear as she wiped a smear of blood of his shoulder licking it off her finger. "I know thats not your style., but it is rather fun." She sighed heavily " I am bored this town is a hellish trap of nothing want to get into some trouble."

Candice smiled at her best friend and motioned for her to have a seat. "Sorry, my cell's a piece of crap. Plus I had to quickly duck in here because of the rain. You know, I really wish I could afford a car. But, anyways, I was about to call you. But since we're here, let's grab some food!" At least she could afford that. Ace and she had been friends for the longest time. They weren't a lot alike, yet they bonded so well. "You know what? I think I'll invite Cal. What do you think?" she gave her friends a significant look and laughed. "Don't worry, I'll invite a group! Let's see who's crazy enough to come out her in this whether!"

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Jack sighed and turned to face the murderess. "Juliet," he said a tad annoyed, "how is it that no matter where I am, you seem to find me?" he sighed and shook his head, "Your method of killing is elegant, yes, but the preparation it takes is much too much work. My way, the old fashion way, is much easier. More thrilling. Come, now, darling, you must not enjoy killing that much. At some point, you must want it to end?" he sighed again and looked at the rather beautiful young woman. Beautiful, but deadly. His eyes, hidden behind his white mask that was stained with blood, gazed out at her and he tried to feel pity. But Juliet needed none of it. She was too strong, too smart. But she was too young and beautiful. "Delicate, poisonous flower, what wil happen whe someone severs your stem?"

Lacey looked up atLexi and gave a half smile "Hey Lexi." She glanced over at Christine as Cal walked in. She moved over in the booth to give him a spot. She grinned at him as he sat next to her. "Hey hun, wasn't sure if you were too scared of the weather." She bumped his shoulder with hers giving him a wink before glancing back at Christine. "Want to be more then a wall flower, they don't bite?" She gestured to the others "But I might." She laughed lightly but flashed her a friendly smile.

She was more trying to calm her nerves and give a reason for her gigglyness since Cal came in. She moved her hand so it was resting against his. "Hey Candy cake or a burger>" She said looking at the menu.Trying to keep her hands from clasping Cal's. She looked out the window spying Otter's car. "Your still up for helping me thief her car right?" She said in a mock conspiratorial tone into Cal's ear. She lingered a little before pulling back to stare at the menu betratting herself for having a crush on the guy that saw her as "one of the guys".

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Juliet smirked at him "Well you are easy to find , I think Ripper was more careful then you." She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear looking at the blood she smeared on her finger. "Your method of killing is elegant, yes, but the preparation it takes is much too much work. My way, the old fashion way, is much easier. More thrilling. Come, now, darling, you must not enjoy killing that much. At some point, you must want it to end?" She arched a brow at him as he spoke. I"I will want it to end when there aren't any more people that deserve it." She said simply. "Delicate, poisonous flower, what wil happen whe someone severs your stem?" She smiled a dangerous smile and reply with a purring tone. "Jacky darling, you know my toxins make me anything but delicate, and if anyone came to try I wouldn't go down alone ever." Her eyes flashed a warning, reminding him that she is more dangerous then she looks. Her eyes unclouded "Besides you still owe me for me taking care of that one girl you let get away." She gloated just enough to not piss him off at her, she knew the thin line of "friendship" the two shared and just how to border the line.

"Get a burger. It's too early for cake." Candy said, but she gave Ace a significant look. Candy knew what was between them. She knew they liked each other, but didn't understand why they didn't just go out.
She picked up her phone. "Hey! It's working again!" She flipped it open and texted quickly: "Heyy! Do u nd ur bro want 2 come 2 the diner? Evry1's here!" to her friend Art. Artemis' brother, Issac, was her own crush. Mostly because he seemed so gentle. But he also repected her. He was like a child, but she truly enjoyed his company.
She sent the message and them smiled back at Lexi.
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Jack glared at the beautiful killer. "I did repay you," he said, "Or have you forgotten your fiance?" That, they both knew, was a very interesting story. It would have given some other, more...personable killers (such as Reno) a good laugh. But that was a story for another time.
"But, Love, I do need your help this time. You know of the curse upon us. Never to stop killing. Never to die. Not until we erase that bloody coven who laid that curse upon us from the world. And you know what? Our luck is changing. The last remaining members of the coven are here in Morrowfield," he took a breath and stared for a moment at her lovely, cruel face. "I'm like you, Jules. I ate admitting when I need help, but this time, I do. This will be like nothing we've faced before. I need you, Reno, and Trinity. And one more. The boy in the woods," he knew she knew he was refferring to Issac, "And then we can kill them all. I need you to find Trinity. I'll get Reno. Bring them to...oh, you know where, Jules. A little underground cavern. Secret and hidden. We need to plan there. And I need to explain something to all of you," he looked at her defiant expression, "I promise it will be fun," he said.

Juliet rolled her eyes with a smile "Alright then, you'll owe me if we dont have fun." She gave him a wink before sliently fading back into the shadows of an alley way. She made her way to Trinity's haunt and thankful she was there." You and Jack all with the artless killings." She tsked her tongue against her teeth. Not that she would give any sign of it but she scared the hell out of her, not as bad as Reno did not close. "Jack needs you me and Reno for something important and of course he promises fun." She turned on her heels and starting heading off looking of her shoulder. "Rock point as soon as you clean up your toy. I will see you there."

Juliet sighed thinking to herself she knew the others had all killed recently and she wasn't going to appear weak to them. She ducked into one of the dive bars.Her white tank top hugged to every curve of her body as she asked to use the phone becuase her car broke down. She used the line so often it sounded so fake in her ears, the bartender slide her a phone as a young guy walked up behind her. "I can give you a lift hot stuff." She turned around and smile. "Oh thank you so much." She lead him out of the bar and got in the car with him. "This is really kind of you i can't thank you enough." The guy slid his hand to her leg. "I can think of a way." She flushed and smiled as she directed him to the edge of the woods. "We have to go on foot the rest of the way." He didnt think twice. fish in a barrel She mused to herself as she got out of the car.

She wiped the poison lipstick from her lips as she watched him shake. "D..dont..do this ..i was just helping you please just let me go you dont have to..i wont touch anyone else.." She smiled a dangerous smile as she tossed her head back and laughed. "Sure I will let you go running free." The man paled as she flipped an axe in her had. He got on to all fours and started to crawl away from her. She straddled his back tilting his head back she effortless slit his throat letting him slump to the ground. She kick him tohis back sighing. "I hate when its messy."

She walked into the cave after cleaning herself off. "Honey i'm home."

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Lacey glanced up when Art and Issac walked in "Hey mind shares happy to see you both." She smirked at Artemis "Art you wont melt you are the furthest thing from sweet."She stuck her tongue out at her trying to not laugh.

~OTTER~

She finished up the song and gave a few last headbangs that threw her hair into a mess as the beat closed out. It always lifted her spirits to jam out to her favorite bands.
She pulled herself out of the car and headed into the diner. She saw that everyone had already beaten her inside and she felt somewhat of an outcast. She didn't really feel like pulling up a chair along with the others. She touched her hair some, adjusting her bangs, then went to sit at a table alone. She wasn't sure if anyone had even noticed her arrival but she didn't care much either way.
She glanced at the table and her eyes landed on Isaac, her eyebrows pulling up. She looked almost saddened but she wouldn't let that emotion take hold of her. No, not again. She wondered if she threw herself into the loop if she would have any chance with him. She didn't want to seem like a slut though. Or take away the person that Candy liked. But why was it always her that was stuck in the back without any happiness?
She pulled her leather jacket closer around her body and lay her head down on the welcoming table top. A small groan escaping her when she went to hold her temple.
The perky waitress approached her and a silver orb slid up to observe her.
"Uhm, hi! Can I get you anything to drink?" A too large grin covered her features and Otter rolled her eyes.
"A hot tea, if you would." The dark haired girl ordered and the waitress left her alone and she was all the more glad to be in her own little world.


~RENO~

He left the scene in front of the diner once the dark gothic looking girl walked inside. It was getting too crowded for him and he didn't want to be exposed to everyone in the little clan that he so direly needed to dispose of.
He slunk back into the trees and inhaled deeply, the rustic smell of blood still fresh on his taste buds.
Skin ripped and out of his back two large, black feathered wings protruded and continued to rip his skin until they were completely elongated.
He stretched his shoulders, obviously showing that he had been waiting for that moment to fly. He gave a wicked grin before pressing the balls of his feet into the ground and taking a sturdy stance then leaped off of the ground and into the air.
His wings flapped vigorously, but he was concealed by the trees so no one would see him.
He took off into the air, soaring above buildings and home editions. He saw Rock Point not far ahead of him and remembered that Jack had mentioned something about going there at some point so he swooped in for a landing, coming up only a few meters away form Juliet.
He kept his wings out but silently walked up behind her and slid his arms around her petite waist, his cool lips went straight to her ear.
"Mmm, hello there, my sweet. You look especially ravishing from behind. Mind giving me a peek of what I'm missing out on?" His lips curled into a grin and he chuckled lightly before letting his lips brush away from her and his arms fell to his sides.

"I wouldn't call it artless, Juliet." Trinity said quietly, not bothering to turn around. She kept her eyes on the ones of the dead girl. Both the blonde and herself were soaked by now, saying there were no trees to shelter them. Oh well. She shoved the ax into a pocket inside her jacket and turned to look at Juliet, tilting her head to one side slightly. "Rock point as soon as you clean up your toy. I will see you there." And with that, she was gone again.

It took only 3 minutes for Trinity to clean the blood stains off the grass, and to dispose of the body. She didn't mind much of who found the body, so she simply carried it to a rather steep drop, and pushed it off. It was so in sight, it would certainly be on the news tomorrow. She looked around her personal area one more time with a sickeningly sweet smile, before turning around and starting to run towards Rock Point. It wasn't far from where she just was, so she easily sprinted the entire way. When she finally reached the entrance, she washed off some remaining blood that was on her hands before walking inside.

"Sorry to be late. I'm sure you have some sort of a fascinating plan, Jack." The dark haired girl said, simply stepping around Reno and Juliet. She didn't give them a second glance and took her normal place, leaning against one of the walls and watching everybody else.

Jack glared at both Juliet and Reno. Then he gave a polite nod to Trinity. He respected her. She was like him. Smart. And she killed the right way. For speaking to them, he removed his mask. It just seemed right to do. Polite. Although, only Juliet had ever seen his face before. Strangely, though, he was quite handsome with soft, blue eyes.
But he honestly didn't care about any of that. "As you all know, we have a curse upon us. The only way to break that curse is the Nyxian ritual. Since I assume you have no idea what it is, I'll explain. We have to kill all the members of the Nyx Coven. You should, by now, know who they are. Their descendants, at least. The ritual involves all of them. All need to die except one for each of us to sacrifice. This sacrifice has to of the opposite sex as you. You kill them at the ritual, don't worry. But until then, you must each capture your victim and kill the rest. Until the time for the ritual, you may do whatever with your sacrifice that you wish. But first, everyone who was cursed must be gathered here. Unfortunately, one of us is missing.
"Issac Timson was unknowingly cursed. Now, we have to capture the boy and bring him here. If we force him to stay and kill, then we will. But he is a key part, or none of this will work.
"Of course, capturing the boy may be hard. Luckily, though, a miss Candice Joyce easily gives into threats concerning her friends. We are not allowed to kill the boy and she will cooperate.
"But then, we all have to choose a sacrifice of the opposite sex. Candice may be difficult to persuade," he glanced at Reno, "but threatening her may be fun. If no one wants her, we'll kill her in front of the others," he only looked at Reno when he was speaking.
"And as for you ladies," he looked at Juliet and then referred to Trinity when he said "Lady. You girls have two choices. You may fight over the two.
"What I am offering you, ladies and gentleman, is a chance to go on a murderous rampage and finally be free of the curse. After that, it's your decision to kill or not to kill. The point is that you will have the choice. But I will need your help. By morning, I want to have our prisoners. I'll do my part if you'll do yours, but first we need to capture Issac. His friend's betrayal will be unexpected. The question, though, is do we keep or kill the girl Candice Joyce?" he posed this question to Reno who was the only one who could possibly claim her besides Jack himself, but Jack had another target.
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Inside the diner Candy was happily chatting with friends. She was going to enjoy herself if it was the last thing she did. And it could have been. She kept checking the time on her phone.
"Hey, Ace, can we all go back to your place and just hang out? My apartment is really leaky. Besides, we'll make a party out of this get together!" she smiled.

~OTTER~

A pair of silver eyes stared into Ford, but once she had finished smiling, her face fell. A hollow look on her face as if she were lost in her own mind. And she was, now dazing off, her head in her hand. She sighed and watched the coffee steam rise and dissipate into the air.
He asked her if she was from Morrowfield? She laughed in her head and but hardly let the expression show on her face.
"Yeah. I've lived here all my life. I used to live with my parents. But my sister and I moved out and rented a house not far from here..." She stopped, not wanting to continue the rest of the story or get any deeper then that. She had answered his question so she did not need to proceed.
She took another sip of her tea which had cooled down for perfect temperature.
Otter leaned against the table, her eyes drifting towards the crowded table where everyone else was. Only Isaac noticed her so there was that. Why was she staring? She shook her head and sat up again, grabbing the coffee and beginning to drink every drop. She set the cup down when she finished and didn't meet Ford's eyes.

~RENO~

He chuckled at Jack's speech. He lifted himself off of the wall and leaned against it next to Juliet and closest to Jack.
"I don't want that girl. I know who my favorite is." His lips curled up in a smile that would scare any human. He looked determined and unstoppable, as if nothing would stand in his way.
"I want Lexi-Anna." He had decided earlier when he was staring into the diner. He wanted to kill the blondes, but if he had a choice he preferred a dark haired sacrifice.
"And I know just how I am going to succeed in this." His wings slowly slipped back into his back and he leaned forward, shoulders hunched as they drew into his back. The slits close up immediately and he leaned back against the wall again.
He shook his head, then started fixing his hair making sure it was perfect.
He pulled a box out of his pocket and lit up a cancer stick. The first drag he had was french inhaled and he blew the smoke out of his nose.
He took another hit then looked towards the women.
"So who do you want?" He asked them both.

Juliet glowered at Reno her fight impulse started to flood her head, she looked over a trinity and jack, thankful for them both coming in. She flushed at Jack's dirty look, she wanted to thank them both. "Which ever you want Trin I think we will figure it out I think I could easily get Calkid away from the others." She glanced at Jack. "yes?" She slinked over to Jack., once Reno released her from his grasp.

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Lacey grinned at Candy "Yeah thats fine I had party things at my place that they don't sell here, and yes I have strawberry wine." She winked at her. Yeah Candy your apartment is aweful bad." She grinned at her looking over at everyone. "Party at my casa bitches."Shee laughed and glanced at Otter and some guy she didnt know "You and your friend can come Otto< and Christine if you want to too. The more the merrier." She rested her head against Cal's shoulder "You'll come too right?"

"Which ever you want Trin. I think we will figure it out. I think I could easily get Calkid away from the others." Trinity looked up when the blonde mentioned her name. Fine. She could have Cal. She had her mind on somebody else, anyway.

"There's somebody new in town. But he's important. I can already tell. I want him." She spoke quietly, yet smoothly. As if she had been rehearsing this line for days. She had decided when she saw him walk in that diner. She then looked at Jack, thinking about what he had said about Candice. Neither of them wanted to claim her for the ritual. Well, she did have one idea for the girl. She stared at a spot on the floor, before finally deciding to tell the others.

"What about Issac? Do you think we could use Candice for his prisoner? Or, maybe he should get his own prisoner. Either way, she shouldn't be wasted."
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Christine looked up once again as Lacey's voice rung out across the room. "Party at my casa bitches. You and your friend can come Otto, and Christine if you want to too. The more the merrier." Glad to know she was a tag along. She bit into the burger that had just arrived as she thought about the party. She actually thought it wouldn't be too bad of a thing to go to. After all, she never did really talk to the others. And Lacey lived right across the hall from her in the apartment building. So after all, it couldn't be too bad.

"Of course, in fact, why don't we all just blow this joint right now? I'd rather be at that party." Alright. If Cal was going, so was she. She took another bite out of the burger before laying it down on the plate. She started to say something, but apparently, so did Lexi. But the girl didn't get very far in the sentence. "I-" That was it. After waiting a minute to see if anybody else was going to say something, nobody did. Alright.

"I'll go. Not doing anything special tonight, anyway." Yup. That movie could wait.

"Yessss. She could be used for that. Very well. We'll keep her around. But as for myself, I would like to claim either Renee or Artemis. Whichever is more...available. But then... Where is our darling Carter? Should she not be here now?" Trinity noticed for the first time Carter wasn't here. She tried to recall the rather quiet girl ever telling her she wouldn't be here for some reason, but she couldn't remember anything of the sort. Strange.

"Well, I'm afraid I must go. I have a boy to capture." She said, standing up straight. And with that, she gave a nod to Jack, and silently slipped out of the cave, gone with in a minute, sprinting towards the general direction of the town.
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"...glad you are coming." What? Christine saw the girl smiling at her, so she was pretty sure it was directed towards her. She shrugged and took the last bite of the burger, fishing the money needed for the food out of her pocket and standing. She threw the crumpled 10 dollar bill on the table and walked over to the door, not bothering to announce she was leaving. She simply walked out, and walked over to where her car was parked.

Trinity stared at the only light on in the tavern. The room that the light was coming from belonged to Richard Ford Milligan, who had a busted up car that needed some fixing. Room 5. She had figured this all out by doing a little researching (which may or may not have involved a death or two) with both the mechanics and and the owner of the tavern. She had sat her for about 5 minutes now, sitting under a tree that was right across the street. Might as well go now. Jack wanted the hostages by morning.

Not bothering to go through the lobby, she found a fire escape instead and scaled up to the second floor. Now, she stood in the musky hallway, where a weak light bulb was flickering at the opposite side of the hallway. In front of her, was a door with a crooked golden number on the door. 5 She tested the door knob. It was open. Well then. She opened the door, slowly. There was a small squeaking because of the old hinges, but other then that, nothing. She slowly walked in the room, ax in had even though she wasn't allowed to kill. But she could wound.

But the figure of Ford was fast asleep. Okay, this was getting way too easy. She looked around the room. It was empty. Raising an eyebrow slightly, she walked over to the bed and stood over it. Easiest way to do this was to make sure he was as asleep as possible. She brought the ax down so the handle hit him in the temple. Not enough to kill him, but enough to be sure he was out cold. Now, to get out of her without anyone seeing her.
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Minutes later, Trinity stood in the clearing where she usually killed, the endless rain still pounding down on her. And at her feet was the slumped over Ford Milligan, fast asleep.