Eager to find her again [
hellmouth_napa]
The tunnels... They really seemed to go on forever and ever, the perfect way to travel when the light of day was up high shining bright. As I stood there, between the dark corners like a shadow and a thread to all that dare to come down, I began to wonder how and why these tunnels had come to be here. It seemed like such a delightful coincidence, but then again, the whole town was underneath the biggest hellmouth the world had ever seen and didn't even know it. Perhaps it wasn't such a coincidence after all really; perhaps it was just another link, in a pool of many...
The thought made me smile.
That and also the different scents that still filled the air. Death clung to the walls and to the floors like a heavy blanket. The smell of decaying plants, and all other putrefied elements made the air so heavy and almost inviting. And mixed in with all of these aromas, was the unmistakable scent of Spike, my precious child who I, at one point, held so close my own bosom and unbeating heart, but now, now he was nothing more than an enemy...
There was also the scent of Daddy, and that always made me stir. I han't been able to discern from it at first. Mixed in it had been, mixed in with everything else, and then, for a second, I almost thought it was something that Spike had dragged in with him. But it wasn't. It clung to the very air too, just like Spike's did, only separate.
And then, as we moved in deeper still, into the tunnels, we discovered the only welcoming smell that made my eyes sparkle in delight. It was a scent that I relished so many times before, something so familiar, and so lovely that it almost made me want to run towards it and embrace it and fill my dead lungs with it until nothing else existed but it.
It was Darla.
She had been through these tunnels as well. She had stood on the very spot I now stood, and I couldn't hide my excitement from my beloved then.
And then, Xavier, with his magicks showed me what I had been longing to see. Darla, right there, materialized in the orb. She looked so beautiful she did, like a lovely flower in full bloom. I almost wanted to touch her, to put my hands on the orb and bring it to me, but I didn't. The orb also showed my intrepid Spike as well, entering the house, he and his little friend. I half smiled, his time would soon come, but not it was not for mommies and sons to say hello. It was time for lovely maidens to look at each other once again and embrace each other with love lost.
The moment soon fades, and just as quickly as they had appeared in the orb, they disappeared back into it.
I was eager to find her again, so we took the tunnels towards Darla and lo and behold, we found another home, the one that had been hidden before and we cautiously entered. No invitations were needed of course, and that only made things even more exciting.
"Mmm... I wonder where grandmummy is hiding..."
The thought made me smile.
That and also the different scents that still filled the air. Death clung to the walls and to the floors like a heavy blanket. The smell of decaying plants, and all other putrefied elements made the air so heavy and almost inviting. And mixed in with all of these aromas, was the unmistakable scent of Spike, my precious child who I, at one point, held so close my own bosom and unbeating heart, but now, now he was nothing more than an enemy...
There was also the scent of Daddy, and that always made me stir. I han't been able to discern from it at first. Mixed in it had been, mixed in with everything else, and then, for a second, I almost thought it was something that Spike had dragged in with him. But it wasn't. It clung to the very air too, just like Spike's did, only separate.
And then, as we moved in deeper still, into the tunnels, we discovered the only welcoming smell that made my eyes sparkle in delight. It was a scent that I relished so many times before, something so familiar, and so lovely that it almost made me want to run towards it and embrace it and fill my dead lungs with it until nothing else existed but it.
It was Darla.
She had been through these tunnels as well. She had stood on the very spot I now stood, and I couldn't hide my excitement from my beloved then.
And then, Xavier, with his magicks showed me what I had been longing to see. Darla, right there, materialized in the orb. She looked so beautiful she did, like a lovely flower in full bloom. I almost wanted to touch her, to put my hands on the orb and bring it to me, but I didn't. The orb also showed my intrepid Spike as well, entering the house, he and his little friend. I half smiled, his time would soon come, but not it was not for mommies and sons to say hello. It was time for lovely maidens to look at each other once again and embrace each other with love lost.
The moment soon fades, and just as quickly as they had appeared in the orb, they disappeared back into it.
I was eager to find her again, so we took the tunnels towards Darla and lo and behold, we found another home, the one that had been hidden before and we cautiously entered. No invitations were needed of course, and that only made things even more exciting.
"Mmm... I wonder where grandmummy is hiding..."