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Post by Diclonana on Dec 29, 2011 5:40:46 GMT -5
"She wants to stay in California?" Mr. Tsukasa asked, stunned. He figured she would have wanted to stay as far away from him as possible. She had fled all the way to New York after all.
"But...Who would take care of her?" he asked, a hint of desperation creeping into his voice. "Certainly an imbecile like you couldn't take proper care of someone as 'special' as Lilith," he taunted but his voice was a little raspy. Was there someone else he didn't know about? Someone else who was going to intervene on her behalf? How powerful were they?! Why would they choose to challenge him?!
Mrs. Tsukasa frowned, watching her husband lose control of himself like this. His composure almost never crumpled. Their situation was looking grimmer and grimmer by the moment. She didn't bother asking for her phone back. She could always buy another one and now she was really beginning to wonder whether calling the police was such a good idea.
Lilith beamed weakly when Dominic agreed to perform for her.
One moment she was almost unconscious and the next...She was completely alert. She was so captivated by Dominic's voice. And he was declaiming one of her favorite stories!
She was breathless for a moment after his speech. "Dominic...That was brilliant!" She clapped heartily. She had no idea he was so talented.
"This...This is definitely the best Christmas Ever!" she declared in an enchanted tone.
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Post by Psy on Dec 29, 2011 5:50:30 GMT -5
"No, I doubt she wants to stay in the state but if she is going to be forced to stay here we can make arrangements for her." Shawn took another step forward and slowly reached out for the gun but he hesitated before he could grab it as he realized just how shaky Jamie was being with it. "Just put the weapon down."
Dominic grinned a small grin and gave as much of a bow as he could while carrying her, which was little more than a nod of his head. "I'm glad you liked it. It wasn't my best but ah well." He glanced down at her and nearly tripped over a root but he managed to catch himself without so much as losing grip on her. "But Christmas was a few days ago." He finally exited the woods and took a quick look around before heading for his car that was parked nearby.
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Post by Diclonana on Dec 29, 2011 6:02:37 GMT -5
"You don't tell me what to do!" Mr. Tsukasa said in a dangerously soft tone. His gun hand began to tremble but the gun was still fixed on Shawn.
Mrs. Tsukasa, worried about where the situation was headed, decided to stealthily walk away from William and then sprint home. If something bad happened, she didn't want to be held responsible.
"Yes, well I ended up not getting a chance to celebrate so I'm considering today part of the Christmas holiday," she said merrily.
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Post by Psy on Dec 29, 2011 6:16:54 GMT -5
"No, I don't. Nobody does. I think that's part of your problem. You've become too used to calling all of the shots and controlling your own little world that you don't consider the effects of your actions." Shawn reached out and wrapped his hand around the gun and began pulling it downwards out of his face. He let out a short sigh of relief once he could be sure he wasn't a finger twitch away from getting blown away.
Will caught her moving out of the corner of his eye and he quickly moved around so that he was blocking her path. "I don't think so. You're staying here until this is resolved." He would continue to block her exit if she tried to go around him.
"Fair enough." Dominic opened the back door of the car and slid her into the backseat before strapping her in and shutting the door. He moved around the the drivers seat and got himself strapped in before starting up the car and heading toward the house.
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Level 26
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Post by Diclonana on Dec 29, 2011 23:57:44 GMT -5
Mr. Tsukasa's face flushed with anger. He wasn't going to have any damn brat tell him how to live his life. And then the filthy mongrel dared to touch what was his! He was too unstable and upset to respond to Shawn immediately but after a moment he harshly yanked the gun away from Shawn's fingers. He took a step back, training the gun on Shawn's face again. He was so furious he spat. The saliva would likely hit Shawn if he didn't step aside.
Meanwhile the wife, frustrated at being spotted, dug through her purse for a can of pepper spray. She needed to get back home. She had to figure out what to do and she needed to ascertain that she wouldn't be held responsible if her husband lost it and made another corpse or two.
When she failed to step around Will, she aimed the bottle at his face and sprayed. Unfortunately, she had little experience with pepper spray. With her husband around she had never needed to use it. She cried out as the painful substance entered her eyes and temporarily blinded her. She covered her face and leaned forward, frantically rubbing her eyes.
Dark Lilith wondered where Dominic would take her but thought it was better not to ask. If they got caught she could honestly say she had no idea where she was going. Then no one else could be incriminated, no other place would be located. She thought Dominic could handle himself well enough to keep secrets but she couldn't lie, at least not convincingly. And her father would probably break her in under a minute. She wasn't quite as over him as she had previously thought. She was still Lilith after all. Speaking of which...
She sighed, incredibly reluctant to admit the truth but realizing if she wanted their help with this problem; and, if she wanted to be fair to them, she needed to mention her condition to the brothers at some point. She did want their help. Dominic had given her hope. If he could accept her the way she was than maybe Lilith could as well.
She could do this. She was the more honest half. She could admit her fears and desires. She remembered when she had finally been freed. She had always been so cruel to her other half but that was only because she was suppressed so horribly most of the time.
She screamed and said malicious things because she wanted to be heard and she didn't know how else to make her other self listen. But what she wanted was not to be separate and in control. She just wanted to be acknowledged and loved. She knew it was nearly impossible to love someone as selfish, scared, and brutally honest as her but she did want to be loved all the same. And so she hadn't felt joy but disappointment when she was released. It meant her other self was truly incapable of loving her.
Perhaps in a way she was weaker than her other self. It was beyond her ability to pretend to be happy or optimistic even for the sake of calming others down. And even though she looked at all the faults in herself without flinching they disgusted and terrified her. And although she could see the faults perfectly, she couldn't think of anything to do to change them. She was too self absorbed to worry about change. She wanted complete acceptance of the way she was.
She needed her other self to keep those she cared about happy. And those people she loved didn't really love her. It was her other half they saw and wanted to help. And even if she was the saner half, her other side probably did stabilize her to some extent. Perhaps it had been a little crazy to come here toting a gun with a haphazard plan.
But how should she begin? "Dominic, what do you know about the field hidden forbidden reflection?" she asked tentatively.
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Post by Psy on Dec 30, 2011 0:38:00 GMT -5
Shawn took a step back and put his hands back up as the gun was raised into his face again. He saw the spit coming and stepped to the side. With the gun out of his face, even if just for a second, Shawn decided to take a shot. He leaned down and moved to tackle Jamie to the ground. At the point where he was about to push off of the ground, his feet slipped out from under him and he went down onto his hands and knees at Lilith's father's feet.
As Lois fell to the ground rubbing at her face, Will knelt down and grabbed the pepper spray away from her. "Don't rub your eyes you'll only make it worse." He looked around for a garden hose and did not see one. Will pocketed the pepper spray and grabbed at her hands but couldn't get a good grip for fear of causing her to do more damage to herself than she was already doing. "Listen. Listen to me, calm down. Stop rubbing your eyes. You're only making it worse." Deciding that he had given her enough attention and that she would not be a problem, Will turned and made his way back toward the back yard.
Dominic shrugged briefly. "I've never been there so I can't really say I know anything about it." He made his way around the block to check the front of the house. Dom frowned when he saw that Will's car was still parked out front. He considered getting out to check on the situation but decided against it. He needed to get Lilith out of there, it was up to the others to take care of the parents.
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Post by Diclonana on Dec 30, 2011 1:04:48 GMT -5
Mr. Tsukasa laughed as Shawn fell at his feet but the laughter held a hint of hysterics. "I take it you weren't on the football team," he taunted, leaning down and pressing the cold pistol against Shawn's temple.
"I know you're a moron but try to listen and pay close attention,"he said slowly and concisely, his typical mirth once more displayed on his face.
"This pistol is loaded and ready to shoot. Make any sudden movements and I'll blow apart your head," he said with the greatest amount of perverse pleasure.
Lois reluctantly removed her hands from her eyes. Rubbing didn't make her feel any better so she decided to trust William's words. Hearing William walk away, she called out to him, sobbing. "Please don't leave me! I need water!"she begged.
Dark Lilith had no idea what William's car looked like so although she thought the others were still tied up with her father, she had no direct evidence and thus wasn't any more or less worried when his automobile was made visible.
She sighed, still not sure how to best explain her predicament. She supposed discussing the field background would be a good start.
"There is a labyrinth of mirrors in Hidden Forbidden Reflection," she began, instantly realizing that this was implied in the name. "But the rumors were that the mirrors would be special. It was said that if you stared into the mirrors long enough, you would face your inner demons."
"I didn't entirely believe the rumor but I thought it might work in my case anyway. I didn't need a mirror to make my inner demons visible. I tried to repress everything I didn't like; thoughts, conditioning. I wasn't all that successful but I tried to drown out the unwanted noise as much as possible.
But I did want to be able to testify. I figured the best way to do that was to battle my inner demons. I thought if I could handle my dark side in the mirror and discuss my abuse without breaking down, I would be ready for a trial," she explained.
"I went there everyday for a long while. I really wanted to help you and Shawn extract vengeance on my monster parents. I wanted your records to be clean and I didn't want to fear that they would reclaim me.
But my practice was miserable. I failed everyday. There was so much I couldn't accept. I stopped playing the world for months because I nearly had a nervous breakdown. And I was depressed because I seemed to be making no progress." She paused to let these words sink in. She used this time to contemplate how exactly she would break the news to Dominic. She hoped he would ask questions and make the explanation easier.
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Post by Psy on Dec 30, 2011 1:50:07 GMT -5
He closed his eyes and lowered his head at the feel of the gun against the side of his head. His body tensed up and he readied himself for what might come. "I-I hear you." Shawn's eyes slid open once he managed to get his nerves under some minor control and he looked up to him. His thoughts were racing and what confidence he'd previously held was now replaced by a very real and very visible fear.
Will tried to slip into the back yard so that he could get around behind Jamie without being noticed but whether it was a shadow or Lois screaming around the side of the house but he knew that he'd been heard. "Please, don't kill him." He put his hands up and moved slowly, not wanting to spook him into pulling the trigger.
"Makes sense given the name." He listened to her talk as he drove his way out of the neighborhood and started on the road toward the highway, unable to shake the pit in his stomach. Dominic couldn't help but feel a certain terror at the idea of his friends facing off against that man but he kept himself focused on getting her away.
"I understand why you did it but I don't want you pushing yourself too hard for us. I know you just want to help but you're not doing anyone any favors if you push yourself to the point of break down. Also, it's not vengeance. We're trying to get them put in prison, not getting revenge.
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Post by Diclonana on Dec 30, 2011 2:14:53 GMT -5
Mr. Tsukasa laughed again but this time the laughter was genuinely cheerful. He was in control once more. He didn't turn to look at William. He had heard his approach. Of course his wife screaming had helped tip him off.
"You just stay put son. If you move an inch closer I'll hear it and blow out Shawn's brains," he said in a confidently giddy tone.
"Shawn, don't think I'll hesitate to kill you. If I really am about to lose everything then adding another charge at this late stage hardly matters," he said smoothly.
"Alright everyone. This is what's going to happen. Kid, you're going to give my wife her cellphone or give her yours so that she can call the police. The police will come and escort you two to the station. You will be questioned and then they will act accordingly."
He paused for a moment. "That is unless you have a means of contacting my daughter. I'm sure you do. If you can contact her and bring her here I will release you in exchange for her. Stupid bitch would probably prefer to come forward herself. She wouldn't be happy if you ended up dead," he said maliciously.
Lois' eyes were beginning to clear up. They still stung but she wasn't completely blind.
Dark Lilith really wished she knew what was going on but at this point she had no other option than to trust that Shawn and Will could handle the situation. She just hoped Shawn was being less reckless than he had been last visit. At least he had the benefit of being sober.
"Well...Vengeance or no vengeance I wanted to help. You and Shawn were so self sufficient so I thought that if I practiced alone I would eventually get better. For some incomprehensible reason, Shawn thought I was strong. And you had said that if I believed in myself I could whether any storm. I didn't want to disappoint you so I kept trying to be strong and believe in myself. I tried really hard to live up to what you had written in my books." She wasn't assigning guilt. She was just being honest.
"But I realized I couldn't handle it without a break, an extended one so I stopped playing. I couldn't play the world at all because it would just remind me of my failure and I didn't want to be tempted to enter hidden forbidden reflection when I was on the verge of cracking.
But when I joined the world again there was mention of a quest in hidden forbidden reflection. I didn't get what was going on but I thought I'd give it another try. I still hoped to testify." She paused again, knowing the moment of truth was at hand but still being unsure of how to break the news.
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Post by Psy on Dec 30, 2011 2:30:28 GMT -5
Shawn looked over to Will with an apologetic expression and nodded once when Will seemed unsure whether to follow Jamie's instruction. "We'll go with the police. Even if we could get in contact with her she wouldn't be able to come back." Besides, over the course of the investigation they had gained some allies within the police force. Shawn could only hope that some of them were on duty tonight.
Will took an unsteady step back with his eyes locked on Shawn. He couldn't believe that things had taken a turn like this when they had previously held the upper hand. Under normal circumstances he might have been angry with Shawn but right now all he could think of was that he didn't want his sister's best friend taking a bullet. He made his way around the side of the house and dialed the police before handing the phone to Lois. "Here, it's already ringing."
"And you going on this quest has something to do with deciding that you're going to try and kill your parents?" He couldn't help but wonder why that field would have such an effect on her but he had learned by this point not to question things like that.
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Post by Diclonana on Dec 30, 2011 2:46:02 GMT -5
Mr. Tsukasa was disappointed that Shawn had opted for the police but he tried not to show his frustration. He had expected as much. He would need to find Lilith separately.
Lois glanced at the number on the phone before hanging up. It was still difficult for her to make out much but when the phone was placed right in front of her eyes she could see well enough. "Thanks but that's not the right number," she said pleasantly. It had been the number for the general police but Mr. Tsukasa would want to ensure that the "right" people came to collect the boys.
She dialed a new number and waited for the police to pick up. "We have a problem. Some boys tried to break into our house and hurt us. One, a Shawn Cavanaugh , previously pulled this stunt one year ago. Please come and pick them up."
Dark Lilith sighed. He understood but didn't really. There was no option but to spell it out completely. "You could say that," she said hesitantly.
"Okay, I'm not sure exactly how this happened but...Lilith's dark side used to just be locked inside her head. It was so badly repressed that not much came of it besides her being easily up-settable. She succumbed to fits easier and cried easier because she couldn't face facts.
The quest ended up being a trial. You faced your darker half. If you won everything was all lollipops and daisies. But if you lost...Well Lilith was the only one to lose. Everyone else did fine."
She hesitated for a long moment, still confused about the best way to bring it up. She decided to try this another way.
"There was mirror in the field. The mirror was supposed to show you your most fervent desires but Lilith's so twisted it ended up being a nightmare. She saw herself having a normal family life, a life where her parents loved her and treated her well. Or rather that was what she was supposed to see.
I don't know how much she processed since she flipped out and had a fit the moment she saw her parents." She paused again, wondering what Dominic would think of her referring to herself in 3rd person. It still probably wouldn't be enough to get him to understand what had happened. She would eventually have to tell him.
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Post by Psy on Dec 30, 2011 3:01:24 GMT -5
Shawn lowered his hands down away from his head and brought them down to rest behind his back while he rocked back to sit on his feet rather than remain upright on his knees. There was little for him to do now but wait for the police to show up and take him away. By this point he had little hope that he was going to live to see the end of the night but he would not allow the monster in front of him see him break. "This won't change anything. If anything else it will only anger more people. My friend over there? Brilliant student, med student, ROTC. He's going to be one of the best damn doctors the army's seen in a long time. Lot of important people interested in him, and they're going to be pissed if you do anything to him." He shrugged a shoulder. "Me, I'm just an art student. People don't give two shits about me. I guess my point is, don't take him. Let him walk away, it will be easier for you in the long run."
Will glanced back toward the back yard when the wife re-dialed the phone and he began to realize that the boys had not been exaggerating when they'd said these people had police in their back pocket. He'd hoped that they had been over-stating the truth and what had happened before was all just a misunderstanding. Sadly he was coming to find that he was wrong.
"So you had a breakdown and then what?" Though Dominic wouldn't say anything about it, the entire situation seemed like yet another one of The World's mysterious glitches. "You ended up like...wait...wait, why are you referring to yourself in the third person? You are Lilith."
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Post by Diclonana on Dec 30, 2011 3:40:23 GMT -5
Mr. Tsukasa paused to consider Shawn's request. Shawn already had a record of breaking and entering. Him being arrested again wouldn't be such a huge surprise. But he'd never seen this kid before and the kid hadn't seen much.
No, it was still best to let the police pick him up. At least a report could be filed even if he was released. Then his testimony wouldn't be quite so damaging.
"Police take both of you," he said firmly. "That is unless the kid runs in which case you're dead," he said, pressing the tip of his gun more painfully into Shawn's temple. He loosened his grip after a second. He was merely trying to make a point.
"Look, you can avoid all of this unpleasantness if you just bring Lilith back here. No one is going to get hurt. I just want to talk to my daughter for a little bit. I should have that right as her father. You can even remain present while we have our conversation. Just a few minutes and everyone's free to go," he said persuasively.
Lois hung up the phone as the police promised to head over.
Dominic was beginning to catch on but not quickly enough. She would just have to say it.
"I am Lilith but I'm not," she explained, explaining nothing. Why she was referring to herself in the 3rd person would be self explanatory soon so she didn't address his question specifically.
"Lilith had a fit and then her dark side talked to her. She talked to her for a long time. She brought up all of Lilith's fears and inadequacies. She made her feel shame, hatred, confusion, despair, anxiety, every negative emotion you can possibly imagine. She mentioned every thought Lilith had so desperately tried to repress and deny over the past few months.
Lilith was so fragile and unstable, sobbing and trembling. Dark Lilith knew she just needed one final push to completely break. She manipulated the mirror to show her the future. At first Lilith refused to look, knowing she was on the verge of cracking. But Dark Lilith mocked her quoting the book phrases Lilith had been quoting just moments before, before the air was made too thin for her to speak much. Of course only Lilith was affected.
In any case, she asked if Lilith was being strong and believing in herself by crawling around on the ground like a maggot, eyes closed and ears clogged. Lilith wanting to live up to Shawn's and your expectations, even if you truly didn't believe in her finally looked in the mirror. Dark Lilith showed Lilith a fake vision of the future, a vision of the most dreadful future imaginable to her.
Lilith had a fit and ended up stabbing Andreas in the eye. Later when Raye insisted Lilith needed therapy and a fight broke out above the steps she unbalanced Raye and caused her to stumble down the stairs and seriously hurt her head.
She went to torture and kill her parents but you and Shawn found out about her plans and tried to stop her. She fired what she thought was a warning shot with her gun so you would let her kill them but she messed up her aim and shot Shawn. You had to watch. You caught him wondering if he would die. And the last thing she saw was the police discussing a brutal murder of the Tsukasas'."
Her explanation was so detailed in part so Dominic could understand why Lilith cracked and in part to procrastinate offering a true explanation.
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Post by Psy on Dec 30, 2011 3:54:21 GMT -5
"What benefit is there for you to have him arrested? He didn't even do anything." Really though he doubted that there were any charges that could be brought against either of them. Sure he'd been in the Tsukasa's back yard but he'd gone nowhere near their house. He made a face as the gun dug into his head but he let himself relax as much as possible once the pressure returned to normal.
"How long until they show up?" Will looked nervous and on edge but there was no way that he would try to ditch. What did he care if he had to go to the station and give a testimony? It wasn't as if it was going to have any lasting effect on him. No, it was best for him to just cooperate and get it over with.
Dominic listened to Lilith's story in silence and turned onto the highway, heading toward San Francisco. "I can understand why she would buckle under seeing those sorts of things." He glanced back at her through his rear view mirror. "So I take it the game did something to remove those weaknesses by locking the true Lilith away inside of a mirror and leaving Dark Lilith in her place?"
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Post by Diclonana on Dec 30, 2011 4:09:56 GMT -5
"Please just let me speak with my daughter one last time. I never got to properly say goodbye. All I want is that opportunity," he said, playing the role of the sad father who had lost what was most precious to him.
"If you just let me say goodbye while you two are here you don't have to worry about any ill befalling her. And then all three of you can be off on your merry way," he tried one last time.
"They should be here in about five minutes," Lois estimated. It varied depending upon traffic but that was the average.
"Bingo," Dark Lilith tried to say confidently but it sounded more nervous and ashamed.
"Look, I didn't want that. I truly didn't. I was just sick and tired of her playing horrendously loud music every time she thought about me. I wanted her to acknowledge that I was a part of her and that I wasn't all bad. I had confidence and all sorts of other things she needed. And I am more sane and less fragile.
I tried her so hard because I wanted her to open up to me and realize that some of her fears were ridiculous even if we couldn't get rid of them.
So I'm crueler and more self centered and brutally blunt and such but I am still Lilith. We share all of the same memories and experiences. I am her but I'm not." she explained, thinking Dominic was taking this pretty well. He hadn't panicked or accused her of being nuts.
"Everything I've said she thinks as well. She just hasn't been willing to admit it because she can't stand to think she hates people or because she doesn't want to sound too selfish."
"She's trapped in the mirror in the world but I don't know what she's experiencing. We're not connected anymore. She volunteered to enter it to protect everyone she thought she would hurt in the future. It's supposed to be a paradise but given how she flipped out when she saw it before, it might be her own personal hell. So she's either living a dream or sobbing and convulsing continually," she said bluntly.
"In any case, I want to be a part of her again. If you can accept me, maybe she can too. But...There is the issue of I have no clue as to how to get her back."
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Post by Psy on Dec 30, 2011 4:24:21 GMT -5
"I've seen too much of your handiwork to believe that even a fraction of that is true. I won't give you another chance to hurt her. You are not a loving father. You are a monster who only wants another chance to terrorize her." He knew his words were too bold but he also doubted that Jamie had what it took to pull the trigger when the cops were already on the way.
"Five minutes. Okay." He leaned down to look her in the eyes. "I have two questions for you. First off, how are your eyes? You may want to flush them out but you don't seem to be having an allergic reaction." Will pulled back a little but kept his eyes locked on hers. "Second question. How is it that you can be such a heartless bitch to torture a child? You can try to hide behind the fact that your husband did most of it but what you did is worse. You are a mother, you're supposed to protect your children, not throw them to the dogs. You are a disgrace to humankind and I hope you enjoy your stay in hell, because no amount of repenting you can do will make up for the sins you have committed. No matter what excuses you make, Satan will be there ready to personally greet the two of you." Will gave a cold, hard smile as he spoke.
"Everybody has a dark side. And as difficult as it might be to deal with the Lilith that has been in control until now, we will have to get her back. I can try to speak with the person who announced the quest, they might have more information on what happened."
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Post by Diclonana on Dec 30, 2011 4:43:44 GMT -5
Mr. Tsukasa sighed, disappointed. He had really hoped Shawn would cave. It was unlikely that he would yield but he had hoped the fear of the pistol against his head would have unbalanced him enough to bring her here. He would have made short work of her stability even if the others had supervised her. Not like he planned on keeping his word, anyway.
"My eyes still sting a bit," Lois murmured before paling at Will's accusations.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Lilith was never abused. She was just a child that longed for attention. She injured herself so that others would pity her. She made it look like we hurt her and then left. I have no idea why she wants to ruin our lives so badly," she lied with the perfect depiction of sorrow. She wouldn't risk being recorded. Who knew what those boys had on them. She had learned her lesson after Shawn's first visit.
"So um....Does that mean you don't hate us? You don't hate me for mentally torturing her or hate her for breaking?" she asked hopefully.
"I...I don't think I could take it if you hated me," she said sadly.
She shuddered as she stared at the car clock. Dominic had been driving for a little while and still he hadn't received a phone call from Shawn or Will letting them know they were okay. Something horrible must be happening.
"Dominic, this isn't good! They should have called you by now and if they haven't...They...You have to go to the police station and make sure someone besides Dad's pocket police deal with this case! If we go to the police station we should be okay. Not everyone is bought off. They shouldn't be able to do anything and I can always hide somewhere nearby," she said frantically.
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Post by Psy on Dec 30, 2011 4:58:00 GMT -5
Will leaned in once again and shook his head. "See, there's something strange about these accusations of yours. See, I'm a med student, and a pretty good one. I've examined Lilith myself and I have shown my observations to my professors and the doctors at the hospital that I work at. Crazy thing, there were quite a few scars and wounds that they have said could not possibly be self inflicted." He stood up and fixed his coat. "We've also had talks with some of the doctors who have treated her. It took a while for some of them to cave but we have recorded statements from several of them that they were paid off to keep it quiet that you two were the ones responsible. So you can play the concerned mother all you want, madam, but I know you for what you are. I have heard the confessions and I have seen the evidence. And I think I hear the police but if you would answer me one last question. Why go through all of this to cover up the abuse when you could have just given her up for adoption? Are you really so sick that you enjoyed torturing a child enough to go through all of this trouble?"
Dominic wished that he could just tell her that she was being paranoid but he was starting to feel more than just a little bit nervous about the whole situation as well. "We're not going down there. Don't worry, I've got a few numbers I can call." Dominic slid his phone out of his pocket and started flipping through his saved numbers before selecting the number of one of the officers he'd been working closely with and dialing.
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Post by Diclonana on Dec 30, 2011 5:16:20 GMT -5
Mrs. Tsukasa desperately tried to think of a logical explanation that would clear her and her husband's guilt but none came to mind.
"I couldn't get rid of her," she said bitterly. 'I'm a high class lady. What do you think the neighbors would have said?" Although truth be told she did enjoy watching her husband "play" with the brat. He always got so worked up and excited.
Lois was growing more and more upset by the minute and doing a poor job of hiding it. If her husband was really as in much trouble as everyone said maybe she could try and cut a deal as a witness against her husband. He had been the one to do most of the physical abuse. The psychological abuse was her game but it was much more difficult to prove.
Three police cars pulled up and six policemen stepped outside. If Shawn's memory wasn't so fuzzy he would recognize all of them "Hello gentlemen," a cop said cooly. Three police men surrounded Will and another Three surrounded Shawn.
"We will have to ask you to accompany us to the police station," the leader said apologetically. "We hope not to take too much of your time but we need to ask you two some questions."
Lilith hated doing nothing but she seriously doubted there was anymore she could do.
"But if we come we can be witnesses! We can say that they were just lingering around the block! We...We can't leave them alone!"
"Look, I had a relapse but I'll be okay. I'm stronger than normal Lilith. I won't have another fit," she promised.
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Post by Psy on Dec 30, 2011 5:27:15 GMT -5
Shawn looked up at the three men who came in to surround him and felt the blood drain from his face. He raised his hands and slowly got to his feet before placing his hands behind his back for if they wished to cuff him. He wasn't going to put up a fight, not when he knew what would happen if he did.
"You could make the whole mess that is coming up soon a lot easier if you would confess. If you confess you can work out a deal in return for testifying against your husband and you could probably get a much lighter sentence." He had little time to say more than that as the cops came in around him. "Of course, officers. Lead the way."
Dominic shook his head and held up a hand for her to quiet down. "Hey, Dixon? It's Dominic, yeah there's been a wee bit of trouble. Lilith was trying to go home and me, my brother, and a friend of ours went down there to make sure we got her out of there safe." He listened for a moment and nodded along with the conversation. "Yeah, she's fine but my brother and our friend got caught in their back yard and we think the Tsukasa's guys are coming to pick them up." He nodded again. "Yeah, if you could that would be great. Thank you. I owe you big time." Dom remained on the line for a few more seconds before saying goodbye and hanging up. "They should be alright."
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