DARKSIDE 2

Bette walked in the back door followed closely by her faithful followers. They were coupled together. Alice and Tasha. Helena and Lillian aka Lil. Shane followed up the rear alone. 

“Did you find her?” Bette asked the pale man standing before her. 

“Yes.” He said. 

“Where was she?” Bette asked. 

“Right where you said she’d be.” He said

“Did you do as I instructed?” Bette asked. 

“Yes Ma’am.” He stepped aside and the group continued to into the VIP room. The door slammed behind them. 

Downstairs Tina watched the whole scene unfold before her. 

“Tina……Tina…….TINA…….Tina…..tina……TINA…..Tina……TINA.” She whirled around her. Her name was being called but by who. Everyone else was oblivious to her standing still on the dance floor. The voice’s got louder and louder. Tina grabbed her ears and knelt to the floor. No one noticed. 

Brandy looked down at Tina. The voices went away in an instant. 

“Are you okay?” Brandy yelled. She bent down and helped Tina stand. 

“Did you hear that?” Tina asked. 

“Hear what? Are you okay?” Brandy asked. 

“Someone was yelling my name.” Tina walked off the dance floor. 

“I think you had too much to drink. You are cut off.” Brandy said. 

“Okay. No arguments here.” Tina flopped down on a couch. 

“You want to go home?” Brandy asked

“I think I better. You can stay if you want.” Tina said. 

“That’s ridiculous. I’m going with you. You look really freaked out.” Brandy helped Tina to her feet.

Tina went straight home and went straight to bed. Brandy wanted to stay but Tina insisted that she go home. That she just wanted to sleep it off and that she was fine. Brandy reluctantly left. 

TIna walked through the foggy ally. There was sweet romantic music playing. She was dressed in a white satin nightgown. 

“You know you don’t belong in that world.” Whispers surrounded her. 

“Hello! Who’s there?” Tina called into the mist. The ally began to twist and spin around her. The beautiful mysterious woman walked towards slowly. Tina was powerless in the woman’s gaze. 

“Where am I?” Tina asked. 

“Shh.” The woman raised her finger to her lips as she approached. 

“Who are you?” Tina asked quietly. The woman flashed her sexy irresistible smile.

The woman took Tina’s hand and kissed it. Her heart raced. Beating a million miles a minute. Tina blushed. 

The woman backed slowly away from Tina until she disappeared in the misty fog. 

Tina felt empty. Her hand began to burn. She looked down the lip print  turned from red to black and then broke apart. It moved into Tina’s blood stream and raced through veins. 

Tina fell to her knees. She held her chest as it pounded. She found herself getting shorter and shorter of breath. The small blackness reappeared on Tina’s skin. it swirled just above her wrist on left arm. 

The ally swirled and twisted and spun faster than before. Tina tried to run but only ended up stumbling down the ally until she fell. 

Tina sat straight up in the bed only to jump out of it a second later. She ran into the bathroom sick. After reliving all the drinks she had drank, she moved to the sink. She brushed her teeth and washed her face in cold water. 

“What the hell is going on with me?” She asked herself. 

“THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU.” A whisper from behind her said. Tina quickly turned but there was no one there. 

Tina looked down at her tingling arm. 

“What the FUCK!!!” Tina saw the same ancient rune from her dream still on her arm.