Monsterhearts:There Are Always Consequences

Thursday August 21st, 11:00 AM
Wildomar, Inland Valley ICU Ward
**Odie**: Everything's gonna be just fine, baby-doll. **He smiles at Chris. He doesn't look hurt at all.**

**Orion**: **He's pulling some of the IV tubes out of Odie's arm.**

**Chris**: I don't understand, how are you... Awake? You're supposed to be in a coma! **He looks Odie up and down a few times.**

**Odie**: ...Eh? **He seems a little confused.**

**Orion**: I administered a specially mixed medicine. **He puts some bandages on Odie's arm over where the IV was.** A supernatural potion, if you will.

**Odie**: Wait, what? **He looks at Orion.** You're in on the ghosts and ghouls?

**Chris**: Orion is my uncle, who is also a doctor... **He puts his hand on his forehead.** ...Where do I even begin with what's happened after all this time...

**Odie**: All this time? How many months was I out? **He looks a little wide-eyed.** Am I old? **He grabs some of his hair and pulls it down in front of his face, as if to check if it's grey.**

**Chris**: You've only been out about three days, Odie, not that long... **He bites the inside of his lip and looks to his uncle, then back to Odie.**

**Odie**: What could've possibly happened in three days? **He lets go of his hair and looks at Chris.** ...Well actually... From passed experience a *lot* can happen in that time frame. **He sighs.** Alright, bring me up to speed I guess...

**Chris**: First, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for not listening to you. We should've went to see your boss, not tried to follow Leo like that... **He looks downward.** It was my fault you got hurt so badly... I'm sorry.

**Odie**: ...Well it's not like you dragged me out of the car and threw me at him... **He shrugs slightly.**

**Chris**: **He breaths a sigh of relief, glad that Odie isn't mad at him.**

**Odie**: But at the same time... **He narrows his eyes at Chris.** I totally called it as a bad idea. I *told* you. What did I tell you? Didn't I tell you? Cause I totally told you. *Mmhmmm*. **He nods at Chris with wide eyes, their unnatural emerald coloring being much more obvious than normal.** And when did I tell you? The whole time we were tailing him, and what did I say would happen when I told you? *Exactly* what happened.

**Orion**: **He narrows his eyes at Odie, and then looks at Chris, shaking his head in slight confusion.**

**Odie**: Next time we do it *my way*, and you should *listen* to me... I am *older* and *wiser* than you. If this is supposed to be *my* spin-off series I shouldn't be spending all my screen time in a hospital bed... **He shakes his head.** You'll have to make it up to me...

**Chris**: I wasn't expecting you to want anything to do with me...

**Odie**: I knew a guy who strung one of my friends up to a flagpole outside the school by his boxers. They're a couple now. **He nods.** If that social embarrassment can be forgiven, I guess I can forgive a few unbearably painful lashes... **He thinks about something for a moment.** Then again, he lost an arm so we all kinda felt sorry for him...

**Chris**: ...What? **He looks at Orion for a moment, then back to Odie.** Who are you talking about? Leo?

**Odie**: What? No. Ricky, never mind. **He waves his hand around.** I'm basically saying, if you let me cut off your arm, I'll feel sorry enough to forgive you.

**Chris**: **He raises an eyebrow at Odie.** ...Umm... What?

**Odie**: Nah, I'm just kidding. **He shrugs slightly.** Next time you do something stupid like that though, I'm not going into harms way with you.

**Orion**: You're taking this surprisingly well, considering the amount of pain hellfire inflicts, most people would wake with much less... Enthusiasm. **He starts zipping up his bag.**

**Odie**: Yeah uhh... Demonic possession tends to make everything else seem pretty tame... **He looks at Orion nervously, then looks back to Chris.** So why is he "in the loop" about dungeons and demons?

**Chris**: **He sighs.** well like I said... This is going to take some explaining... **He looks down, thinking of where to start.**

**Orion**: I'll go contact your parents Brendan. I'm sure your family will want to know you've recovered. **He grabs his bag and moves for the door.**

**Odie**: Call me Odie, doc.

**Orion**: **He stops and looks back at Odie.** If you insist. **He nods to Chris and leaves the room.**

**Chris**: **He grabs a chair and set it next to Odie's bed.** Alright... I guess I should bring you up to speed...

***Meanwhile...***

**Nemo has taken Liam back to his place. It's a typical suburban house in a tract neighborhood called Windsong. It's a two-story, nice enough, but Nemo leads Liam down into a basement that seems to almost be hidden behind a door under the stairs that leads to the second floor. The basement seems to be his room, it's small, though not too cramped, still larger than Liam's. He has his own small bathroom down here too. It looks like a typical teenager's room, save for a large bookshelf with dozens of journal-like books on it of varying sizes.**

**Liam**: You have your own room in the basement... **He looks around.** That's cool...

**Nemo**: Nice for privacy. **He walks over to the book shelf, looking the books over.** There's a mirror on the inside of the closet. You should practice your... Sight, or whatever you want to call it, while I try to find my book on witchcraft...

**Liam**: **He looks at Nemo for a moment and then slowly moves over to the closet, opening it. He looks at the interior of the closet for a moment before looking into the mirror.** I... Want to see... **He smirks, thinking of Coty. He looks into the mirror and concentrates.**

**The mirror shifts slightly and his reflection blurs a little. It goes slightly darker, and he seems to here Coty's voice in the distance, but it quickly vanishes and nothing happens.**

**Nemo**: Trying to perv on that jock from school? **He pulls a book from the shelf.**

**Liam**: **His neck turns red with embarrassment.** Uhh, what?

**Nemo**: **He flips the book open.** Just try to keep looking at your friend, Shane. Your power might not be fine-tuned enough to see what others are doing. We don't know what your limitations are.

**Liam**: **He looks down, not really wanting to see Shane.** ...Alright... **He takes a deep breath and calms his nerves a little, looking into his reflection.**

**Illiadius**: **Rolling for Liam to** **Gaze into the Abyss** **1 + 2** **+2 Dark** **is 5.** **Marking Experience**

**A loud scream tears through Liam's ears, quickly followed by the sound of heavy breathing. A teenage girl is splayed out on a kitchen table before him, he can only see from her chest up. Her eyes are watering and full of fear and her sweater top has been torn open down the middle. The familiar sight of Shane's mutilated hand suddenly darts to her face and his palm clutches over her mouth and nose as his skeletal fingertips to dig deep into her cheeks. Liam seems to be seeing the image from Shane's own eyes.**

**Shane**: *Shh-Shh-Shhhh... No SCREAMING, not until the end...* **He's breathing heavily, and the girl starts squirming, trying to get him away from her, however he's much too strong and she can't move as she starts to buck from Shane's assault. It's morbidly obvious that he's raping her.**

**As tears fill her eyes the vision vanishes with a jarring flash. Liam is suddenly being shaken as he opens his eyes.**

**Nemo**: **He shakes Liam again.** Hey! Wake up! **He snaps his fingers in front of Liam's face.** The hell happened? **He looks Liam over.**

**Liam**: **He looks around, disoriented.** I... It... **It takes him a moment to remember what happened in the vision, and where he is.** It was Shane! He's... **His expression turns blank.** ...I think he was raping a girl... **He gulps as his face turns pale, almost a hue of green.**

**Nemo**: **He frowns slightly, looking more irritated than concerned.** Where?

**Liam**: I don't know... **His eyes start to water a little.**

**Nemo**: Hey! **He shakes Liam again.** Don't go fucking hysterical on me. We have to help her Liam. Where was Shane?

**Liam**: **He thinks for a moment.** ...I don't know... A kitchen or something... Someone's house... I couldn't see...

**Nemo**: **He pulls Liam to his feet and circles around him, moving Liam to look back at the mirror.** Again. Look for clues to where he is. This is life or death, Liam. **He gently pushes Liam forward, towards the mirror.**

**Liam**: **He gulps down his sick-feeling, and after a moment he nods quickly.** Alright... Life or death... **He wipes his eyes with the back of his hand, not caring that Nemo might see that he almost started crying. He stares at his reflection, calming himself and trying to concentrate.**

**Illiadius**: **Rolling for Liam to** **Gaze into the Abyss** **5 + 5** **+2 Dark** **- 2 Diminishing Returns** **is 10.**

**A vision quickly floods Liam's vision. It's a simple grassy backyard with a porch. His frame of vision is limited, but it looks like a grey-blue single story house. Shane suddenly stumbles out the sliding back door he looks around for a moment, seeming to be disoriented. There's blood covering the front of his jeans, which are still zipped down, and the blood is also covering his boxers. Both of his hands are also drenched in blood. He stumbles forwards and then simply falls to his knees, his hands limply landing on the cement at his sides. He looks up at the sky with a blank expression as his eyes start watering. The glass door behind him slides shut, seemingly on its own.**

**Avarada**: **His shadowy form, appearing in Liam's size and shape, gazes down at Shane from behind, standing in the sliding door's reflection.** *She was much better than that haggardly old witch... It is unfortunate that she did not last as long...*

**Shane**: **Rain starts to fall as he stares up at the sky. Droplets begin to softly run down his face, but he clearly doesn't care. The blood drips from his fingertips and clothing as it mixes with the water.**

**Avarada**: *You are getting everything you have ever desired. You never liked your gender preference. You always wanted to want a girl. You wanted to be like everyone else, and all you wanted by graduation day was to have sex. I am helping you fulfill your goals, Shane. You should be thankful.*

**Shane**: **He looks to the side, and down at his hand. His voice comes out soft, with a slight rasp.** ...You're not going to *break* me... **He slowly gets to his feet and he pulls his pants up and buttons them. Despite the rain, they're still heavily stained.**

**Avarada**: **His golden eyes burn brighter.** *I am inside you, Shane. You are so terribly scared of what you have done. So close to giving in. There is even a small part of you that likes what we have done, and I am nurturing it. You are not as nice as you want everyone to think you are...*

**Shane**: **His eyes slowly look around the back yard at nothing in particular. There's no point in him running anywhere, as he wouldn't be getting "away" from anything. Suddenly, someone in a white garb jumps into Liam's field of vision, landing in front of Shane. Liam immediately recognizes him as the hooded youth that was at the pool earlier.**

**The shadowy demonic image in the sliding door vanishes and Shane's expression changes, shifting from solemn apathy to annoyance.**

**Shane**: *I should've known one of your kind would be sniffing around here at some point...* **His body language changes and he moves to a readied stance, raising his hands into fists like a boxer.**

**???**: **The white-robed man leaps forwards an his hand darts out, slamming Shane right in the chest before he can hope to react. He then expertly hooks his foot behind Shane's right knee as he's knocked away and pulls it forward, causing Shane to turn as he collapses. The young man steps forward and to the side and grabs Shane in a choke hold. Shane begins to glow slightly and steam rises from him. Suddenly there's a shattering sound.**

**The young girl Shane had raped earlier leaps through the glass door and grabs onto the man in white and wraps her legs around him. Her face is so bloodied that it looks like the skin has almost been torn off, and her jaw is completely exposed. She pulls him away from Shane with seemingly incredible strength, and Shane immediate runs for the fence, slamming through it with his shoulder like a football player.**

**???**: **The girl attempts to bite him several times, but he grabs her arm and pulls her from him, and slams her into the ground, he then immediately kneels and uses his knees to pin her arms in place as she squirms. He grabs the sides of her head with both of his hands.**

**Avarada**: **He's speaking through the girl, her voice raspy and distorted.** *What can you hope-* **The girls eyes glow bright for a moment, and her body hisses as soft steam rises from her form. She goes completely limp, her eyes burned black as twin wisps of smoke rise from them. The youth in white leaps from his feet and runs after Shane, leaving Liam's view. As he does, Liam sees the next house over, it's a bright obnoxious yellow color, he remembers seeing it on the way to Nemo's place. Shane is less than half a mile away.**

**Liam**: **As he snaps out of the vision he blinks a few times, looking around. The sickening feeling from earlier has been replaced by a rush of adrenaline.** He's nearby! **He looks around for Nemo for a minute, a bewildered look in his eyes as he takes in his surroundings.** They were running toward a yellow house, I saw it on the way here!

**Nemo**: I know it. **He turns and moves for the stairs.**

**Liam**: That man in white, the one from the pool, was chasing him! He's going to kill him I think! **He quickly follows after Nemo.**

**Nemo**: **He lets out an irritated groan as he ascends the stairs.**

***Meanwhile...***

**Chris**: **He's just finished explaining everything that's happened since Odie was knocked out.** ...So uhh... That's about it.

**Odie**: **He's standing by his hospital bed.** And this kid with the blue hair... You trust him to save Shane?

**Chris**: ...I'm not sure... But Shane is... Killing people... Odie. I just want to save him and keep that thing inside of him from hurting anyone else.

**Odie**: **He nods slowly.** ...Still... Making deals with people... What did you say he wanted, and what was he going to do?

**Chris**: He wants me to turn on my mother... **He looks down.** She's been acting... Especially cold. Doesn't care about Shane... Or the people he's hurting... **He taks a deep breath and sighs.** He didn't tell me what he was going to do. Said to wait, to give him time...

**Odie**: **He gets out of bed.** Alright, first things first. **He holds out his hand.** I need your jacket.

**Chris**: **He tilts his head slightly.** ...Huh? For what?

**Odie**: To wear. **He motions with his fingers.** C'mon, gimme, gimme. And go get me some pants, I'm not walking out of here with my butt hangin out.

**Chris**: I don't get it... **He starts taking off his jacket.** What are you gonna do? **He holds it out to Odie.**

**Odie**: I'm gonna do the best I can. **He grabs the jacket and puts it on.** We're gonna get to my boss, ask him what to do, and not make deals with mysterious guys named "Nemo"... I mean really, weird names should set off a ton of red flags, *immediately*. Have you learned nothing?

**Chris**: ...You've named yourself off of that dog from Garfield, that's not weird?

**Odie**: I'm exempt from this rule, because I was already evil once. **He straightens out the sleeves of Chris's jacket.** Probably matches my eyes. **He looks up at Chris.** Right? **He smirks.**

**Chris**: **He furrows his brow slightly.** ...Matches mine better. **He turns and heads for the door.** I'll see if I can't get you some pants.

***Meanwhile...***

**Nemo and Liam are driving down the road on his motor cycle. Nemo is looking around, for any signs of Shane. To their right Shane is running across the rooftop of a two story house. He leaps to the next one and lands, continuing to run. Behind him, the young man in white effortlessly scales the last house, runs across and slides down the roof, leaping to the next one, not losing any speed in the process. He's closing the gap between him and Shane fast.**

**Liam**: There they are! **He pats Nemo on the shoulder and points passed him to the rooftops of the houses.**

**Nemo**: I see them! **He turns and speeds up, driving onto the sidewalk. Since it's raining there's no one outside walking anyway.**

**As Shane runs across the next house he slips on one of the shingles as it tears loose, and he slides down the roof and into a bunch of bushes in front of one of the houses. After a moment he gets up and stumbles onto the front lawn. The figure in white leaps from the rooftop and rolls as he hits the ground, immediately running for him.**

**Nemo**: **He pulls up in front of the yard Shane is in, and looks back to the hooded figure sprinting towards him.** I don't know what the hell we're supposed to do.

**Liam**: **He reaches around Nemo and grabs motorbike's handlebars, as he does this he steps on the side of Nemo's foot and the bike accelerates. He pulls the handles, causing it to make as sharp turn, making it drive up onto the yard and sliding to a stop right in front of the hooded man. He jumps off the bike and holds up his hands.** Please stop!

**???**: **He leaps over Liam and lands on the front of the bike, leaping from it with perfect balance, and lands on top of Shane.**

**Shane**: **As the hooded boy lands on him his uses both arms to push him off, Shane seeming to be much too strong to be pinned so easily. He leaps to his feet and immediately kicks the white-hooded man square in the chest as he tries to recover, launching him a good ten yards away and sending him tumbling into the street. Shane's breath is raspy and haggard. He stumbles slightly, turning to run, but his legs give out.** ...I can't... Run... Anymore... **His voice changes, more angered than tired.** *You WILL run! Until your knees grind bone, if so I WISH IT.* **He gets to his feet and starts to move in the opposite direction of Liam and Nemo, continuing towards the exit to the housing tract in a jogging pace.**

**Nemo**: **He turns and looks at the hooded figure, who is slowly recovering. It looks like Shane kicked the wind out of him, hard. Nemo turns and looks at Shane, and then Liam.** I don't know what the hell you think we're going to be able to do to stop either of these guys. **He turns and looks back at the boy in white.**

**Liam**: **He looks around the yard. He sees one of those small solar lights at the corner of the lawn. He remembers something from the first night Shane was possessed, and runs towards the light, grabbing it and ripping it out of the ground. His heart pounding, he runs after Shane, raising the sharp end of the solar lamp up like a knife.**

**Shane**: **He seems to know that Liam is running towards him and turns to look at him. He turns around completely and backhands Liam across the face with his hand, sending him spinning to the ground. The motion also causes Shane's over exerted legs to give out and he nearly falls, but he recovers fast enough to turn and keep walking.**

**Liam**: **He wheezes in pain for a moment, even though he's laying on the ground he feels dizzy, and his head is spinning. His eyes slowly turn to look for Shane, seeing him slowly walk away. He pulls himself up with all the strength he can, and pushes himself forward a few steps before falling towards the possessed boy. He throws out his hand and moves it downward as he falls, the light still somehow clutched in his fist, and it stabs into the back of Shane's right calf.**

**Shane**: **He screams out, the demon's influence vanishing as pain overtakes him, and he falls to his knees once more. He doesn't even reach back to pull the thing out as he weakly rolls onto his side.**

**???**: **He leaps over a parked car and runs for Shane and Liam, but stops, turning and looking at Nemo, who races across the lawns towards him. He rolls to the side, slamming up against the car he just leaped over, to get out of the path of Nemo and his motorbike.**

**Nemo**: **He skids to a stop and looks at Shane and Liam.** This is moronic. No wonder you're in such deep shit!

**Liam**: **He looks over at Nemo, rubbing his face. It's turning red, and the inside of his cheek is bleeding, causing a small amount of blood to form on his lower lip.** Put him on your bike... Take him somewhere safe... Please? **He looks back at the hooded boy in white.**

**Nemo**: **He shakes his head and moves his bike towards Shane, reaching down and grabbing him. He manages to lift him up and sit him awkwardly ahead of him on his small bike.** I can't fit both of you on here. **He revs the engine, looking back at the hooded boy.**

**???**: **He pushes off the car and shakes his head a little and then turns, looking at Nemo. Liam can see his face, and he doesn't look happy.**

**Liam**: Just go! Leave me if you have to! **He slowly gets to his feet, seeing that the young man in the hood is furious.** Please! **He stumbles towards him.** We're trying to save him!

**???**: **He narrows his eyes and tilts his head.** He's already killed at least two people! **He watches Nemo race off with Shane practically hanging off the front of his motorbike. Nemo seems to have a lot of trouble keep his balance as he drives off towards the main road.** Now he'll likely kill your blue-haired friend as well. **He walks towards Liam.**

**Liam**: I know! But my friend is still in there! Please! **He begs, knowing that from what he's seen previously, there's no way he could even hurt this guy. He drops the solar lamp and it thuds against the grass.**

**???**: You are influence by him. I can *see* it in your face. **He moves quickly towards Liam, raises his hands to grab him.**

**Liam**: I didn't mean to! It was an accident! **He walks backwards, then turns and runs.**

**???**: **He moves far faster than Liam does, and the second Liam turns and starts running, he's grabbed and thrown to the ground. The boy's hood finally falls down as he pins Liam against the grass. He has curly brown hair, tanned skin, and dark brown eyes. He grasps the sides of Liam's head, his hands being incredibly strong.** Speak, *witch*.

**Liam**: **He looks up at him.** I... It was a trick. I didn't know... I'm sorry! **He closes his eyes.** I didn't mean to... **He resolves to top making excuses and just give in to his fate.** ...This is all my fault... But don't hurt my friend... Please... We're just trying to save him... Kill me if you have to... But don't hurt Shane...

**???**: You think you can just go on causing death and destruction without consequences? **The boy narrows his eyes, and as he does Liam can feel a strange heat pour into his head from the boys strong hands, and Liam's eyes start to dry up and burn with irritation, like he hasn't blinked in a long time.** There are always consequences.