When Darkness Falls

[rengadeirishman]

"Goodnight.....ami." he said quietly when she closed the door. He walked into his own room and threw his excess clothing on a chair. He went and sat on his window seat. He took a beer from the minifridge and lit a cigarette. "What is wrong with me?" he asked himself taking a puff, "I am brought to my knees by a woman. I, who have faced enemies more terrible then any normal man imagines." he said. He sat for a few minutes looking out the window, smoking his cigarette and drinking his beer. when the beer was empty and cigarette spent, he climbed into bed, putting one hand on the pistol under his pillow, and went to sleep.

 

[Ithica]

Amelia awoke scared and bolted out of bed. She didn’t recognize her surroundings and couldn’t figure out what was wrong. She looked outside the window as the rain beat against it and believed that the storm had woken her up. Amelia pulled on her housecoat and started to walk towards the bedroom door. Suddenly a scratching and whimpering noise could be heard from the closet. Amelia turned from the door to face the closet just as a large gray dog pushed it’s way into the room.

Amelia crouched down and reached out to pet the animal. “I remember you.” She said and smiled. She could tell that the dog was nervous and all of its attention was focused behind her. Amelia looked over at the door leading out of the bedroom and could hear the doorknob squeak as it was turned. The dog started whimpering and padded back to the closet. Amelia was frightened by what was behind the door and followed the dog.

She pulled the door closed with one hand and patted the dog with the other to try and keep her quiet. Amelia tried to slow her heart down hoping that no one could hear her breathing. She looked through the closet doors and into the room as the bedroom door was opened. She couldn’t make out the figure walking towards her bed but it scared her. She then noticed that the dog was no longer beside her. She looked up and saw that the figure was walking towards door she was hiding behind. “There are no such thing as…” she heard it say. She quickly turned around to find where the dog went and hoped that the dog would offer some protection.

As Amelia turned around she stepped out into a dark hallway. She looked around with the little light that the large window offered. The ceiling was high and she didn’t recognize where she was. Through the dark she noticed the figure of a man leaning against the far wall and caught the faint light from a cigarette being smoked. She felt self-conscious having suddenly become aware that she was naked beneath the housecoat. She nervously laughed and walked towards him. She shook her head and said, “Dahmnall, it’s late. Why are you still awake?” She stopped walking and watched as he dropped the cigarette and crushed it beneath his foot. She raised her eyebrows and was confused about when he started channeling James Dean. She didn’t see when he moved, but she felt his hand run along her neck and rest against the back of her head. She closed her eyes and he pulled her into a kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck and felt him undo her housecoat and slip his hands underneath. She was about to say that they should take this somewhere else when her left hand started hurting. He ran his hands up her back and she broke off the kiss to look at her hand.

He was starting to hurt her, which caused her to look up. She pushed him away from her and he sunk back into the shadows. She turned away from him and looked at her hand, which was starting to look deformed. She heard footsteps walking towards her and felt a hand go around her waist and the other was touching her neck. She wasn’t comfortable with what was going on and was going to tell him to stop when she noticed a long strand of white hair. She couldn’t move and started screaming. “There are no such thing as vampires, Amelia.” was the last thing she heard before she woke up still screaming.

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall bolted out of bed and seized his sword. He rushed out his door and kicked open Amelias, turning on the light and dropping into a basic guard. He saw Amelia awake and screaming but no one else. He dropped the sword and rushed over to her and wrapped her in his muscular arms. "Ami, shhh, Ami its okay, no ones here, your safe, no one will get you here." he said as he held her close trying to comfort her.

 

[Mantra]

"Ami, shhh, Ami its okay, no ones here, your safe, no one will get you here."

Almost on cue, Amelia's cell phone chimed to life from Elisabeth's room.

 

[Ithica]

Elizabeth

Elizabeth heard the scream and ran to the door just in time to see a sword toting Dahmnall run into her sister's room. Elizabeth giggled at the unusual sight and quietly closed her door. Good thing Amelia had found a couple of shirts in her closet that would pass as pj's, Elizabeth thought.

Elizabeth walked back towards her bed and as she passed her discarded clothes they started ringing. She fished around and finally found the phone and answered,

"Hello, Amelia's phone, she can't come to the phone right now but how may I help you?"

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

Amelia's heart was racing and she was still a little fuzzy and half asleep. She started to notice that the lights were on and Dahmnall was holding her saying,

"Ami, shhh, Ami its okay, no ones here, your safe, no one will get you here."

Amelia curled up against him and tried to calm down.

 

[Mantra]

"Hello, Amelia's phone, she can't come to the phone right now but how may I help you?"

There was a male voice on the other end of the phone.

"This is Lt. DeSoll from Metro Police. I need to speak to Detective Callahan right away. It's very important."

 

[Ithica]

Elizabeth

"Ooh. Um...I'll go get her. Just a minute." Elizabeth replied before walking out of her room. Elizabeth grimaced and knocked quietly on Amelia's door. She heard "It's alright, everythings fine." before she pushed open the door and found Amelia and Dahmnall curled up in bed. "I'm really sorry" Elizabeth said, "But your boss is on the phone."

Amelia looked like she was going to throw up but got out of bed and took the phone and said hello.

 

[Mantra]

"Detective?" The voice asked. Sure enough Amelia recognized the voice on the other end as her Leutenant back at the precinct.

"Tried to call you last night after you were taken to the hospital. I'm afraid we have some bad news. We found Detective Fry, I'm afraid your partner's dead Amelia."

 

[Ithica]

"Where was he found? And has his wife been called?" Amelia asked and sat down on the bed running her hands through her hair. How much could she trust DeSoll she asked herself. At least she wouldn't have to worry about sounding too surprised, seeing how Fry had been missing for months now.

 

[Mantra]

"Yeah, we called Sarah already. A chaplain and the Captain were going over later. You might want to stop by sometime too, y'know." Lt. DeSoll said.

"Anyway, we found him in what was left of a duplex house in the uptown district. Some witnesses claimed there was some kind of heavy duty firefight at that location last night. The scene's a mess but we're still investigating. Not sure why the hell Fry was up there though."

"So where have you been? You never called in after the hospital and we still need your report on the church shootout."

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

"After I got out of the hospital I was kidnapped and taken to that house where you found Fry's body. I could give you the description of the people that were there but I don't think it will do any good. Fry's children were kidnapped as well and I have reason to suspect that members of the police were involved." Amelia said.

 

[Mantra]

WHAT?!?! DeSoll bellowed over the phone, loud enough that everyone in the room heard the outburst.
"Jesus-fucking-Christ Callahan! What the,- Who,- I mean,- ... Aw fuckit, where are you now and I'll have a pair of patrol cars there in ten minutes!"

 

[Ithica]

"No, don't send the patrol cars. I'm safe where I am. In the room where you found Fry, you should find a tape recording from when Sarah called the police for help, after she found her children missing. That's the only proof I have. Sarah and the children are being taken out of the city and are probably long gone by now. I don't know who I can trust; find that tape recording and play it for me again over the phone and I'll tell you everything." Amelia answered.

 

[Mantra]

'Don't send-" DeSoll sputtered.

"One of my detectives is found dead after some wild, heavy firefight another one goes missing and when I finally get ahold of you, you tell me; 'Oh yeah, I was kidnapped by the guys that killed my partner, I saw the whole thing. I'm OK now, but I don't want you to find me and I don't wanna come in because I think some cops are involved in a wild firefight, kidnapping and murder.' What the hell Callahan?"

"CSI is all over the crime scene. The house and the grounds are huge, the whole place looks like a battle zone. It'll take days to process it all. Now if you have information, specific, vital information, then you need to get in here! You know procedure as well as I do detective! If you think that there are cops involved, then I can have IA come and meet you, or I'll come if you want, but I can't just let you walk away from this Amelia."

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

"Ok, this is how I'll go along with this. 10:00 in the morning go to a church. It's about three blocks from my apartment. I think it's called Living Stones, something or other. I'm sure we can get in. Meet me there and bring the tape. Just you and no one else or I walk away."

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall stood up as Amelia rose. It was then he realized how this scene must look to her sister with him being in amelias bed with nothing on but boxers and sword belt. "Its not what it looks like lass," he said sheathing the sword.

 

[Ithica]

Elizabeth

"Its not what it looks like lass,"

"Most things aren't. I guess each to their own." Elizabeth giggled her reply and then started laughing when she thought about seeing him running into Amelia's room earlier. "But that's ok, I caught the early show." She said tugging on the bottom of the man's shirt she was wearing as pj's and turned her attention to Amelia.

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall raise an eyebrow at her laughter but decided to let it go. He opened the closet and grabbed a pair of sweatpants and slid them on. "Thats better." he said. "So what did you and me cousins get up too lass?"

 

[Ithica]

Elizabeth

"Ooh, just a little talking," Elizabeth said before taking a glance at Amelia and seeing that her attention was away, Elizabeth made drinking and smoking motions at Dahmnall. "you know girl stuff. Like you said earlier."

 

[rengadeirishman]

"Oh aye? i see you have discovered the primary talents of me family." Dahmnall said with a chuckle. "I have been told we have a few others, but i should hope you did not indulge." he said laughing

 

[Ithica]

Elizabeth

Elizabeth stopped and was a littled confused about Dahmnall's last statement. "So what are your other talents...um...nevermind." she said and put up her hands, "I'll let Amelia figure that one out."

Elizabeth gave him a wink and walked out the door back to her own room.

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall chuckled to himself. He had only meant fighting and dancing, but he always enjoyed subtlety in his humor.

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

Amelia finished talking to DeSoll and hung up the phone. She ran her hand through her hair. Deciding that Elizabeth had gone back to bed she asked Dahmnall, "What time is it?"

 

[rengadeirishman]

"2 o' clock dear, Don't worry about Sara and the kids, my family will see to them, and don't worry about the cops either. Many slayers are in the department, and not a few of them are somehow connected to my family, mostly by marriage." Dahmnall said. "Are you alright Ami?"