Part IX:
03 October 1982
"You broke my heart, Randy! And that Act of Doucheyness can never be forgiven! You may have the Power of the Gods, but I made you, and I can unmake you! I hold my own debt unforgiven. May I sleep in Udun."
The sky cleared and the Sun rose. Strange, because it was something like 4 am by that time. Randy's bandages fell off and colour returned to his skin. I grabbed Hans' rifle and nailed him between the eyes. His corpse fell off the roof.
"Prick," I said.
Traci ran right to Nefrina. It was kind of weird, I expected her to still be goo goo for pasty over there. I suppose Fred just kind of passed on, but Nefrina went to Hell for us. That's deep, honey. Traci had the bright idea to talk to Imhotep.
"Is there a chance she can still be saved? Her soul I mean," she asked him. The Frankensteins were still milling around, they didn't know what to do with themselves. I went to Victor, he was holding Elizabeth, both pretty shooken up.
"Victor. I think somehow I can call you my friend," I told him.
"You as well, Otto. I never wanted to do what Henry did to you," He replied.
"I know. Listen, you got to get these guys out of here. You don't belong here. You can find your peace back at Bran. No more killings, no more abominations. No more testing God."
"You're right, Otto. I'll take us back. Maybe we can one day yet redeem ourselves." He turned and gathered what remained, couldn't have been more than half the monsters they came with and left in the darkness back to the woods. I'm not sure if he ever made it back to the Castle. I hope so.
There were hardly any Mummies left. They all just stared at Imhotep and Traci holding Nefrina's body.
"Queen Tera," Imhotep said. The only female Mummy perked her head. "You are in charge now. If there is anyone left to follow you. I do not wish to see any of you either again." The Mummies didn't say a word but they followed Tera back up to the Mountains. Imhotep turned to us. "Come with me."
He took us to the Frankenstein's Lair. He placed Nefrina's body up on the slab.
"What are we doing here?" Traci asked.
"I can locate her soul but it's not going to do us any good to bring her back to a dead body." Imhotep started sprinkling this weird dust and clearing space for some kind of ritual. He took Henry's Ankh out of her chest and rested his own from his staff. "We bring her back as a Frankenstein. For a moment she will live and in that moment I can forgive her and she will pass on to Heaven."
"Only for a moment?" I asked.
"She is a Mummy, Otto. This body will not sustain life on its own for more than a second."
"Could we bring Fred back, too?" Traci asked.
"I'm afraid my dear," Imhotep began, "that as a Frankenstein Fred had no soul to find. He was just a shell. A Mummy is more like a soul bound to Earth. It's all we still are. We cannot pass on. We could give Fred a new heart but when we bring him back he'll just be a Frankenstein, with no memories or dreams." Traci looked at the ground as a tear ran down her cheek. Imhotep just kept attaching Nefrina to the machine.
"So then if Frankensteins have no souls, how will we get this one to get Nefrinas?" I asked him.
"We do what no Frankenstein has ever done during this process." He flipped some switches and a bolt of electricity sparked on. "We pray." The sky grew dark and Imhotep bowed his head. Traci held Nefrina's hand. Lightning flashed overhead and Imhotep channeled it into Nefrina's body. She suddenly woke up and squeezed Traci's hand, then passed back out on the slab, unable to sustain life as Imhotep said she would.
"Did it work?" I asked.
"I don't know," Traci said. I turned to Imhotep, his head was still bowed, muttering to himself.
"Padre?"
He turned and left the room without saying a thing.
Sometimes that's just how it ends in Lowcountry.
Go Broncos.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Lowcountry VIII: The Battles of Nefrina of the Lagids
Part VIII:
02 October 1982
I thought it was going to be cool to have another Mummy in school with me. I've made some friends but there's always some difference when they go home to dinner with their parents and I go home to a Cursed Cave under the Mountains. It's just hard to relate. Anyway, Randy hasn't really made things any easier. I want him to care so much but it escapes him. He's hung up on Traci Lorraine. Such a jerk-off.
Traci is this really weird girl, I always thought she looked like a rat. She spaces out in class all the time, I was her lab partner in like 10th Grade and I had to do all the work, it was bogus. I don't know what Randy sees in her. Ugh he sucks. Great body though.
So of course I was excited when Traci decided to break things off with him and go out with that Frankenstein kid. Randy and I are going to homecoming now as just friends but some 3,000 year old wine I stole from Nesperennub will change that! Maybe. That wasn't what happened though.
My stupid family ruined everything. And those stupid Frankensteins. Me and Randy didn't even get into the dance - all these green things jumped us in the parking lot. Fred and Traci showed up late, she was pulling at him to stop. I suppose we have something in common actually. There must have been five or six of them, we fended them off for a while until Kharis and Nesyamun showed up. Could they be more embarassing?! After Kharis was able to decapitate the one called Margaret and someone else they called Jerry, I think he was valuable. The rest of them stumbled off into the darkness but Randy gave chase. I ran behind him. A woman screamed.
I caught up and saw that Randy had this Frankenstein on the ground, her leg was impaled on a log, blood oozing everywhere. These things are so gross! She said her name was Justine and she wanted to make a deal.
"Stop this! I can give you everything!"
"Why?" Randy lifted his hand as sand gathered around him.
"I loved him, alright? I loved Henry Frankenstein. He...he abandoned me. For that bitch who he doesn't even love, she gives nothing to him. They all deserve to burn for his sins! Let me give them up, I can help! I can be like you!"
"No you can't." Randy used the sand to suffocate her, then smashed her face with the log. I stood there shocked. Kharis emerged from the woods.
"Who are you, boy?" he asked looking at the corpse.
"Randy Snarfle. I'm the most powerful Mummy there is."
Kharis laughed. He laughed! That old guy never laughs! "I like your spirit, boy. And your War Strategy. We'll find them. No prisoners, no deserters. Come, we have much to do." He took him on his wing and they blew off into the winds. Just like that. Not even a goodbye. I stood there like an idiot. Fred and Traci crept out of the darkness. I guess they had been scattered pretty good. Traci couldn't bear to look at Justine. Fred growled. Another Frankenstein quickly loped to us.
"Fred! Don't worry, it's Hans" He said as he grabbed Traci's boy. "Come, we must flee quickly!" Traci turned to leave as well. "No! No mortals!" Fred moaned and they walked off slowly together. That left me and that bitch Traci. I could understand Fred abandoning her. She was nothing. How could Randy and Kharis leave me?!
We walked back to the dance together. You know, for some punch or something. It sucked. I didn't really know anyone at this High School. As soon as we walked in though Traci ran up to this weird old guy wearing a Denver Broncos hat. I figured he was a teacher or something. He and Traci kept looking at me and murmuring. I don't like that. I walked straight up to them.
"What do you people want with me?!"
"Nefrina? Traci here said that's your name?" This dude asked me. "I'm sure you're familiar with me. I'm Otto Schnelppvort." Holy shit! This was the guy we've been after for like, years and years! "This is ending tonight. Can we count you on our side?"
"What side is that? Are you Frankenstein or Mummy?"
"We're on our own damn side," he said. "The side that isn't interested in murder or curses. The side that just wants these creepy bastards out of our town."
"Well, am I one of those bastards?"
"Not if you join us," Traci said. She smiled. I didn't know what this cunt was doing. But I didn't have a place with the Mummies for some reason. And I certainly wasn't about to join those gross Frankensteins.
"Fine," I said. "What do I have to do?"
02 October 1982
I thought it was going to be cool to have another Mummy in school with me. I've made some friends but there's always some difference when they go home to dinner with their parents and I go home to a Cursed Cave under the Mountains. It's just hard to relate. Anyway, Randy hasn't really made things any easier. I want him to care so much but it escapes him. He's hung up on Traci Lorraine. Such a jerk-off.
Traci is this really weird girl, I always thought she looked like a rat. She spaces out in class all the time, I was her lab partner in like 10th Grade and I had to do all the work, it was bogus. I don't know what Randy sees in her. Ugh he sucks. Great body though.
So of course I was excited when Traci decided to break things off with him and go out with that Frankenstein kid. Randy and I are going to homecoming now as just friends but some 3,000 year old wine I stole from Nesperennub will change that! Maybe. That wasn't what happened though.
My stupid family ruined everything. And those stupid Frankensteins. Me and Randy didn't even get into the dance - all these green things jumped us in the parking lot. Fred and Traci showed up late, she was pulling at him to stop. I suppose we have something in common actually. There must have been five or six of them, we fended them off for a while until Kharis and Nesyamun showed up. Could they be more embarassing?! After Kharis was able to decapitate the one called Margaret and someone else they called Jerry, I think he was valuable. The rest of them stumbled off into the darkness but Randy gave chase. I ran behind him. A woman screamed.
I caught up and saw that Randy had this Frankenstein on the ground, her leg was impaled on a log, blood oozing everywhere. These things are so gross! She said her name was Justine and she wanted to make a deal.
"Stop this! I can give you everything!"
"Why?" Randy lifted his hand as sand gathered around him.
"I loved him, alright? I loved Henry Frankenstein. He...he abandoned me. For that bitch who he doesn't even love, she gives nothing to him. They all deserve to burn for his sins! Let me give them up, I can help! I can be like you!"
"No you can't." Randy used the sand to suffocate her, then smashed her face with the log. I stood there shocked. Kharis emerged from the woods.
"Who are you, boy?" he asked looking at the corpse.
"Randy Snarfle. I'm the most powerful Mummy there is."
Kharis laughed. He laughed! That old guy never laughs! "I like your spirit, boy. And your War Strategy. We'll find them. No prisoners, no deserters. Come, we have much to do." He took him on his wing and they blew off into the winds. Just like that. Not even a goodbye. I stood there like an idiot. Fred and Traci crept out of the darkness. I guess they had been scattered pretty good. Traci couldn't bear to look at Justine. Fred growled. Another Frankenstein quickly loped to us.
"Fred! Don't worry, it's Hans" He said as he grabbed Traci's boy. "Come, we must flee quickly!" Traci turned to leave as well. "No! No mortals!" Fred moaned and they walked off slowly together. That left me and that bitch Traci. I could understand Fred abandoning her. She was nothing. How could Randy and Kharis leave me?!
We walked back to the dance together. You know, for some punch or something. It sucked. I didn't really know anyone at this High School. As soon as we walked in though Traci ran up to this weird old guy wearing a Denver Broncos hat. I figured he was a teacher or something. He and Traci kept looking at me and murmuring. I don't like that. I walked straight up to them.
"What do you people want with me?!"
"Nefrina? Traci here said that's your name?" This dude asked me. "I'm sure you're familiar with me. I'm Otto Schnelppvort." Holy shit! This was the guy we've been after for like, years and years! "This is ending tonight. Can we count you on our side?"
"What side is that? Are you Frankenstein or Mummy?"
"We're on our own damn side," he said. "The side that isn't interested in murder or curses. The side that just wants these creepy bastards out of our town."
"Well, am I one of those bastards?"
"Not if you join us," Traci said. She smiled. I didn't know what this cunt was doing. But I didn't have a place with the Mummies for some reason. And I certainly wasn't about to join those gross Frankensteins.
"Fine," I said. "What do I have to do?"
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