*Casper*
I have been walking around with that card for a couple of days, taking it out, turning it my hand, wondering if I should throw it out. Only thing on it is a phone number and a name... Pusscat.
At first I felt nauseated by the gaze Pusscat had sent me. Well not so much the gaze itself, but what it had made me feel when our eyes met. The fireflies in my stomach have gone crazy every time I thought about what those eyes had promised me.
Up until now it had just been my own secret perversion, watching men have sex with each other online, but now I have started fantasising about doing it. Fuck it’s so nasty. It’s one thing sitting at home watching men go at it while I play with myself, but like trying it ? No no, just because I have tons of
*Soleil*It is dark when I cross the main road. Gudrun's small Fiat is already waiting for me when I reach the gas station. It is Marta sitting behind the wheel with Siri next to her. I put my things in the trunk and join Gudrun in the back seat.“How are you holding up ?” Gudruns’ worried eyes look into mine.“I manage. If we can just find the son of a bitch who did this, I can manage”. I manage to push out.“I know”. She gently pads my hand. “We will find whoever did it and make them pay, I promise”.“Our source has told us that your friend hasn't been moved fo
*Luca* I wake up with a twitch. I had been dreaming about Soleil. Her eyes had been burning with anger and had looked at me with disgust. “Where are we ?” I sit up, blinking confused. “Poland”. Martin says with a huge grin. “Sure”. Even if I have no idea about what time it is, I am pretty sure we haven’t gone that far. It looks like early afternoon outside. “Seriously, where are we ?” “No questions. You don’t need to know that, because they don’t need to know that”. “Can the old one really read my mind ?” I
*Luca* “That must be some kind of new record, huh Darrell ?” Martin puts down four cold beers on the wonky camping table where we all sit, sweat running down our faces. We have been struggling with the tents on the auto campers. Being stronger and faster doesn't really help here. As we are cooling down in silence, Andreas shows up. He puts his iPad on the table and sits down. I notice how he sits stiffly and stares at the screen, but I ignore it, it has to be my parents' problem, not mine. “So.. I was online when we drove here”. Andreas croaks without looking up. “Okay”. Dad grumbles. “You have not told any of Your friends where we have gone, have you ?”
*Luca*Mom is waiting for us when we return. She looks nervous and has a tight look to her face, her whole body actually. She looks at me, the question clear in her eyes and I nod, making the shoulders visible fall down as she lets go of the tension.“Oh my baby boy”. She whispers and Andreas throws himself into her arms, sobbing like the kid he still is if truth be told.“Mom, where is Victor ? It is a bit too early for him to see this”. I nod towards the autocamper.“Martin has taken him and the twins up to the playground. Your father is waiting in the tent. I think it might be time for a talk”. She hugs Andreas again, and reaches out to gently rub my arm.With an arm around each of us, she leads us into the tent. If everything hadn’t been this fucked up I
*Luca*Martin stops the engine, when it is not possible to drive farther down the growel road. In front of us is some marsh land with sandy ground and small pools of water.“From here there is a bit of a way on foot”. He gets out of the car. Breathing in little hufs, checking the area for people.I join him, facing the wind. There is no fresh scent of people in the area, but I can hear the faint sounds from a house we passed half a kilometer back on the road. “Is the house going to be a problem ?”“Nah I don't think so”. Martin is listening intently. “They are too far away. And it sounds like they are on the way to bed”.&nbs
*Luca* “Can you feel anything ?” I hear Martin ask outside. Andreas answers him quickly. “No”. “I better chain you up just in case”. Martin says and out of the corner of my eye, I see how he chains my baby brother up to the other wall. “What ?” I ask when the little nerd keeps staring at me. “Sorry I just can’t help imagining how you will look. If you are like a Howling type or more like the Van Helsing ones ?” He says thoughtfully. “Can’t you just keep Your stupid... argh”. The sharp pain explodes like a gunshot in my forehead and then it pulsa
*Soleil*South of the hospital there is an elongated grass area, where small trees grow along the paths leading in different directions. It is a place often used by joggers, but tonight the place is empty.I suddenly remember that a man was found here a short time ago, murdered by stab wounds to his belly. Maybe people are still a bit scared to come here ? Apparently the murder had been a robbery gone wrong. It makes me think about what both Siri and Tjalfe had said. That not only supernatural monsters kill people.I look towards the small stream behind the widest path. Somewhere out there in the dark is a monster worse than the most psychotic serial killer. Somewhere out there is the dark one. A monster who isn’t just a dumb animal like the hamram, but some creature who apparently is after me. Why ? And how does Davina’s death fit into this ? The mental carpe
*Soleil*I have only just stepped onto the bike trail along the main road when the last buzz leaves me. Now when I no longer have Siri’s comforting mental blanket wrapped around me the repressed feelings start to lash at me like a whip. I stagger into a bus stop, and slump down on the bench. It is impossible to keep a single thought. Guilt, impotence and disgust fighting to take me over, until they form a United front against me, like a big flashing neon sign; It is all Sol’s fault.The bus stop starts shaking around me and I have to grab the bench so I don't slip to the ground. Earthquake ? In London ? Scared out of my mind I look at the road where a car drives by, not affected by the shaking at all. I lift a hand to brush my hair behind my ear and realise it isn’t the ground shaking. It is me. I