RainingHeat
Beautiful Storm
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This story is Closed for Se7en and myself
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It's true, we're all a little insane.
But it's so clear,
Now that I'm unchained.
Fear is only in our minds,
Taking over all the time.
Fear is only in our minds
but it's taking over all the time.
You poor sweet innocent thing.
Dry your eyes and testify.
You know you live to break me.
<Sweet Sacrifice - Evanescence>
Amy turned the music down. It was one of her favorite songs, but Lissa was yelling for her from the other room.
The Prom. It was all about the Prom.
For a High School Senior, it was the most important, and most memorable, night of a teen's life. The night of the Prom. It marked the end of those "childhood" years and the emergence into adulthood, especially when it coincided with one's 18th birthday, as it did for Elissa, or Lissa as her family called her. Prom night, good friends, good food, dancing, a ride in a limo, and, if Lissa's wish came true, the night she would first make love with Jake, her new boyfriend. The night she would lose her virginity. Lissa was so excited.
Elissa Marietta Drakeson, the name engraved into the silver bracelet she wore about her slender wrist, that same name would be etched into her gravestone. Elissa Marietta Drakeson, "Lissa", born June 1st, 1994, Died June 14th, 2012.
June 1st, her 18th birthday. And, by some sheer turn of luck, her birthday happened to coincide with the Prom. The night would prove to be very special for Lissa. She could not stop talking about it. Amy, Amy Elizabeth Drakeson, her older sister, by a mere 15 months, had heard enough, that was for sure. Since the first of the year, that was all Lissa would talk about. The Prom. The Prom. The Prom. Would she go with Brent? Or would Jake ask her? Maybe even Hank? No, not Hank, he had a girlfriend, didn't he? Amy just shook her head with a smile. She never went to her own Prom. There were times when she wished she had.
But..............................
It was not to be. Circumstances had stepped in. Bobby, her boyfriend at the time, the very love of her life, had been killed in a horrible car accident. Even to this day, Amy did not want to think about it. Accidents happen, right? There was nothing she could do. Bobby's family sued the Police Department, and won a nice settlement. They should have stopped that high speed chase. It was too dangerous in that neighborhood. Never mind that Bobby was on his way to Amy's house for a date. Never mind that Amy thought it was all her fault. "Hurry up Bobby, we'll miss the movie" she had giggled over the phone, moments before the gut wrenching sound of metal twisting, of brakes screaming, Bobby screaming.
Who had the police been chasing? He was not caught that fateful night, speeding away from the crash he caused, even as Bobby's car burst into flames.
"Well sis, how do I look?" Lissa stood before Amy, dressed in her finest. Amy lightly shook her head to rid herself of those very destructive thoughts. Her eyes, moist with tears, she needed to stop doing this to herself, taking in the beauty that was her younger sister. The black silken gown clung to every curve on her young body. The thin, barely there straps caressing each milky smooth shoulder. She had not done her hair yet, it still, at the moment, fell down in soft, strawberry sunkissed waves about her face. Lissa's skin was flawless, smooth, flush. She needed hardly any makeup, her natural beauty was enough.
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Unlike Amy, who bore the darker red hair, in wild waves, and a face dotted quite prettily with freckles.
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Pulling her red mane back into a loose pony tail, Amy circled around Lissa, her gleaming sage green eyes taking in her younger sister's allure. Boy was Jake going to be a happy boy tonight, she thought to herself.
"Lissa sweetie, you look gorgeous. Jake is going to just about shit himself with he sees you" she offered with a grin.
"I hope so" Lissa replied, laughing out loud.
The dress was then slipped off, and Lissa bounded off to the bathroom to put up her hair. She had just about an hour before the limo, and Jake, would arrive.
Amy turned to the window, peering out. The sun was lowering in the sky, a light breeze blowing. "The perfect night for a prom" she whispered to herself, turning to look at the stunningly sensual black sheath of a gown that Lissa had just been wearing.
She couldn't help herself, she just had to try it on.
A few minutes later, she stood before the mirror. The black silk slithered about her form, as if it were a second skin. The deep midnight ebon of the silk accented the dark firey red of her hair, the slightly lighter crimson tinge of her lips. Her curves were not as, ample, as her younger sister, but the dress lovingly caressed what she had. As a cool breeze alighted the room, the gentle peak of her nipples awoke, making the dress look all the more sensual. Amy could not help but run her fingertips along the sheer softness. This dress was made for her.
"HEY"
Shocked back to her senses, how long had she been standing there, staring into the mirror? Amy turned. Lissa was standing in the mid of the room, and was obviously steaming mad.
"what the FUCK????"
"Sorry, sorry" she stammered, quickly slipping out of the dress. "I don't know.....I....." Amy trailed off.
"yeah, you don't know alright! That is MY Prom Dress! MINE"
Her sister could be incredibly spoiled and incredibly possessive.
"Yeah yeah, I said I was sorry, get over it"
"FUCK YOU" Lissa yelled "Get the hell out of my room. This is MY DRESS, MY PROM, MY NIGHT"
Yeah, it was all about Lissa. It always was. She was daddy's little girl after all.
"Oh Drop Dead" Amy shot back as she stormed out of the room.
That was the last thing she ever said to Lissa.
"Fine, let her have HER night! Fucking Princess" Amy grumbled, sitting in the den in front of the TV.
Jake arrived moments later, with the long, black limo. Glancing out the window, Amy caught a glimpse of the driver. He was rather handsome, she noted, but somehow rough and well, Amy could not put her finger on it. He seemed scary to some degree. Not the usual limo driver type, who, in most cases was a young, cute college kid, earning some extra money. There was something about him, about his eyes, his stare, that made Amy shiver, she wrapping her arms about herself. She turned back to the TV, trying to shake off that sudden chill in the air.
The obligatory pictures were taken, then Lissa was sent off the the Prom.
Lissa had just been sent off to her death.
~^~
"It's 4:30 am, where IS she?" Mrs. Drakeson, Holly, turned to her Husband, eyes blinking, mouth frowning. She was not sure if she should be angry or worried. "She promised she'd make curfew, she promised!"
Mr. Drakeson, Ed, was pacing and not saying anything. His heart was pounding, his own anger already well near the boiling point.
Amy, barely awake, stumbling down the stairs. "Isn't she home yet?"
The phone ringing caused all three of them to jump.
Ed jerked the receiver to his ear. "Lissa, NO EXCUSES! GET HOME NOW!" his anger boiling over. A moment later, his eyes glazed over and he dropped the phone with a loud clunk.
Amy could not remember the rest of that particular night, from that moment on. It was as if the loud thud of the phone crashing to the floor just simply erased that memory from her mind. All she knew, was that it was horrible.
~^~
Lissa looked almost as beautiful as she had on her Prom night, almost. She was not wearing the black silk sheath dress. In fact, that dress had never been found. Wait, that is not entirely true, a sliver of it had been found, torn off, and used to gag her. She was still gagged when she was found. Found almost 2 weeks after the night of the prom.
Elissa Marietta Drakson, 18 years old, found dead at the abandoned M & K Toy Factory Warehouse. That was what the headlines said. That was what the lead story on the news was. Raped, tortured, murdered. It was obvious she had been dumped there. Where had she been for those 2 long, long weeks, and what.................. what had she endured?
Jake, he had been found that very night. On the side of a logging road, throat slashed from ear to ear. There was so much blood, just so much blood, his formal tux shirt looked to be red instead of crisp white. There had been no sign of Lissa. No sign of the limo.
Lissa, Lissa had not been as lucky as Jake, if one wanted to consider having one's throat slashed, lucky. She had not died the night of the prom, the night of her birthday. She had succumbed 2 weeks later, just hours before she had been discovered.
She now looked almost as beautiful now as she had that night, as she lay in her casket. She wore a lovely pale blue dress, it had been her absolute favorite. Looped about her neck was a green and blue silk scarf. Scarves were not Lissa's style, but it was needed in this case, to hide the marks that adorned her throat, the bruises, the scars, the bite marks. There were similar marks elsewhere on the young girl's body, about her wrists, the silver bracelet gone, about her ankles, along her inner thighs, and both breasts. Her face, her face had, by some miracle, remained free of any marks or scars. She still had that soft, gorgeous, complexion.
Amy stood looking down at her younger sister.
"I'm so sorry Lissa, I'm so sorry" she could not control her sobbing, collapsing to the floor.
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"A suspect has emerged in the brutal rape, torture and murder of 18 year old Elissa Drakeson" the woman's voice droned on. She hardly showed any emotion, but then again, it was her job to report the news, matter of factly.
Amy didn't hear the name of the man, the suspect, but when they showed his face, she went pale.
It was the Limo Driver.
~^~
"Guilty"
The gavel hit the stand.
"Guilty"
It was her testimony that sealed the verdict
"Guilty"
The jurors all agree'd!
Amy shook her head, trying to stand from the bench she had been sitting on in the courtroom. She tried to free herself from her daze.
It was over. It was really over.
She had closure.
She had just turned 21. Since that awful night, the night of the prom and Lissa's Birthday, she had lost her sister to that killer, her mother to suicide, and her father to alcohol. It was a wonder she had not lost her mind.
And now it was over.
She no longer had to look that man in the face, or into those eyes, again. No longer had to relive that awful night, or all the nights that came after that, until Lissa was found. She no longer had to hear his chuckle as the testimony hinted at what had been done to her younger sister.
It was over
~^~
<click> The lock tumbler engaged and the deadbolt released, the door swinging open. Amy stepped in. It had been a long, long day. The house was quiet. Sometimes it was too quiet. She had thought about selling it. Letting go of the past and starting new somewhere else. Her father wouldn't know the difference, and, of course, she had no one else, anymore. "If he would just get sober" she sighed. Another long afternoon visiting him. Trying to convince him to come home. It never made a difference. It never would. He liked where he was, in the city, at the shelter. Days spent drinking on the street, nights on a cot in the shelter with the other drunks. It helped him forget. And when he did remember, all he could ever talk about was Lissa, as if Amy didn't exist.
"Lissa's gone Daddy"
"mom's gone"
"but, I'm still here daddy. I'm still here." He stared at her blankly.
Pulling her long red hair from its confines of the braid, she shook her head. "I need a shower and a glass of wine". Passing Lyssa's room on the way to the bathroom, Amy paused. A song tingles in the back of her mind. A song that both she and Lissa loved, and was so haunting now..........................
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
<My Immortal - Evanescence>
She missed her younger sister
~^~
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She had just climbed out of the shower, and the ringing of the phone had startled her.
"hello?"
" A date? Tonight? Hmmm, I don't know"
"My favorite restaurant? How can I resist Evan, sounds good"
"Ok, see you at 8"
She had been dating the young DA since the trial. Evan Cartier. He was nice enough, but a bit "stiff" for her, no pun intended. She certainly had not gotten close enough to him yet to see how "stiff" he was, not for his lack of trying. Evan was the first boy, well, man, that Amy had let close to her since, well, Bobby. And truth be told, Amy had not let Bobby do "that" either. Amy liked Evan well enough, but he reminded her of the trial, of her sister, and of him, the Killer. That was hard to wrap her head around some nights. But, she was alone. And Evan was so very nice.
Amy took some time getting ready for this particular date. She had it in the back of her mind that maybe, maybe tonight, she would invite Evan in. Invite Evan to spend the night. Maybe.
The deep, silken, emerald green dress she chose to wear would accent the sparkling green of her eyes. The lace straps that held the dress criss-crossing her back. There was no wearing a bra with this dress, her breasts left bare for the silk to caress, and caress it did, flowing over the swell and clinging. The dress fell in soft emerald waves, over her hips, to come to rest fairly long, actually, past the knee. Along the left side, a slit that bared her smooth thigh, when she moved in the right direction that is.
The matching lace shawl only served to accentuate the flame red of her wild mane, altho she had pulled her tresses back into a long braid, entwined with an emerald green ribbon.
She wore no makeup, other than a shimmer of lip gloss on her soft deep pink, full lips. Her freckles tickling her cheeks, with matching freckles adorning her chest.
When Evan arrived, ringing the doorbell, he was met with a vision of lovliness.
Amy noted, he looked quite handsome himself in his suit.
Maybe tonight, maybe.
Stepping onto the porch, she paused.
He had arrived in a limo.
A limo.
Amy felt a familiar shiver.
"I need to get over this" she said to herself as she slid into the back seat, closing her eyes for a brief moment, feeling the soft leather conforming to her body. Amy settled in, immediately comfortable. Legs crossing, the silk slit baring her thigh for a moment. This was luxury, that's for sure. Reaching down, she adjusted the strap to her heels, before setting back.
"Evan, what is the special occasion?" she asked as he presented her with a glass of sparkling champagne.
It did not take Amy long to realize, they were heading away from the City, not into it.
"Evan, what is going on?"
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