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Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Feb-15-2009 01:09

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

I glanced up at the large clock again. Each tick and each tock drove my mind farther back into the past. A past I had left behind ten long years before. A past I was facing now.

But first came the waiting. I hate waiting.

I glanced around the station again. Deserted. Not a soul in sight. Strange, considering that this used to be a bustling train station ten years ago. I pulled the letter out of my shoulder bag to look at it again.

"Anais, Be at Winchester Station, Platform 7 at 23.00, 2/15. ~Lisette"

Lisette. Could I really face her after all this time? Well, I was about to find out. With a shaking hand, I shoved the letter deep into my bag. Where was she? It was 23.17. Lisette had never been late in the twenty plus years I had known her. What was going on?



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Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Feb-17-2009 09:04

I slowly came out of my faint to the pungent odor of smelling salts. I batted them away, and struggled to sit up. Joseph helped me up, and sat me down on a plump chair with moth holes.

Vulkie and Lisette were arguing. "Ladies. Please," I tried to say in a loud, strong voice. It came out a whisper. I tried again. "Lisette! Vulkie! Sit down. You too Joseph." That was better.

"Why should I listen to anything you have to say, Anais?" Lisette sneered at me.

"Why, my dear sister, no more than, what, five minutes ago, listening to me was the only thing you wanted to do," I smiled sweetly.

All three took a seat, pulling the chairs to surround a table. I waited till they had all settled in.

"So, you want to know why I left all those years ago, Lisette? I think it would be more informative to learn how you found me. I was supposed to be untraceable. You must have been looking the whole time I was gone," I raised my eyebrow at her.

She stared steadily back at me. She was no longer my little shadow, I realized. "Get on with it, Ana," her voice still hard, but, her eyes were not. I had made my point, at least.

"You know I was at Golden Gates. I never should have gone..." I trailed off, lost in memories.

"Anais?" Joseph prodded me.

"Sorry," I shook myself back to the present, "I was at GG because of Poppa. He had asked me to go. Talk to somebody. So I went," Lisette looked like she about to interrupt. I shook my head at her and continued, "I went, sat at the table I was supposed to sit at, and ordered a glass of water. The table was the one behind the screen, you know, the one we always wanted to sit at, but Poppa would never let us?" I directed this last part at Lisette.

"That table?" Lisette sounded skeptical.

"Yes, that table. So, I was sitting there, when suddenly a man slid in across from me, saying, 'You are Moliere Nin's eldest, corriger?' I replied, 'Oui, mais mon Français n'est pas bon.'"

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Feb-17-2009 10:02

"What?" asked Vulkie.

"Oh, sorry. I said, 'Yes, but I do not speak French well.' He asked if I could understand if if I heard it, or read it, which I do much better at. I just can not speak it. So, he started telling me something to tell Poppa, and gave me a note, written in French. Just then, the doors of GG burst open, and the man who had been talking to me pushed me down beneath the table, told me to exit through the secret door behind his booth, and went out to the main part of the restaurant. There was a sudden burst of gunfire, and I escaped. I ran home, to tell Poppa, but he was not there. I thought I had been followed, so I left the note to him, and one from me, took my money and left. I didn't want them to hurt my family."

Acemaster
Acemaster
Well-Connected

Feb-17-2009 13:07

((Posting rather out of character for this on. I'm usually very sweet... heh... yeah, right... LOL))

Tony Masters sat on top of the old tenement. The white bricks had been stained with dirt, the windows boarded, and the building chained. That look was normal for this neighborhood; it had been wiped out by the depression.

Tony sighed as he peered over the ledge of the building. He pondered the world, eventually coming to his nickname. He was called "Ace" by everyone; he gained the name for his proficiency in shooting.

There they were. Finally. Ace had been sitting there for two hours. He had only one mission: Take out Anais Nin.

Too bad he couldn't make a carbomb. Could've taken all four of 'em that quickly.

The foursome exited the giant theater. Ace could hardly tell which one was Anais, since there were two women, both who looked very much alike.

The man there was helping one of them into the car, and Ace couldn't hit her, so he prayed that it was the woman about to sit in the passenger seat. Just as she opened the door, Ace pulled the trigger.

But, just as Ace pulled the trigger, a pigeon went poo-poo on his head. He
reflexively jerked his hand, hitting the woman in the forearm.

"Vulkie!" He heard from below. Damn! He shot the wrong one! He raced downstairs and out the door, pistol drawn. The car was speeding away, and Ace fired 3 shots towards it. One shot shattered the rear window, but it didn't appear to hit any occupants.

Ace looked over at the theater. To his surprise, they had left the woman he shot laying on the street, gripping her arm in pain.

Wonderful people, he thought. He ran off back behind the old tenement, wiped off his guns, threw them in the window, and took off his black sweatshirt.

*cont*

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Feb-17-2009 13:19

As I was just going for the passenger seat,because Joseph knew where to head next,I heard a shot and then I felt a burning pain. My arm was hit. ''Vulkie!'' Joseph said. ''GO!'' I screamed'' Just go and bring them to safety Joseph!''. I crawled of pain and just when the man who shot me got out,Joseph drove off. I saw Anais's face on the side window,screaming for me. The man fired three shots and I heard the rear window breaking. The man ran off,and came back for me.

I passed out for a few moments and when I got back to reality,I layed on a couch and saw the man. He sat in an armchair,playing with his gun. I couldn't do much,but asked who he was. ''The name is Tony,doll,Tony Masters. And you must be Vulkie. Ah,have I heard a lot of you. Not so good from La Cosa Nostra lately,since you ''betrayed'' them,by not killing Anais.''

''Why you tried to kill me?'' I asked. The man let a laugh out. ''Not you,silly girl,Anais. Cosa Nostra hired me,since you ''failed'' to do the job and ''betrayed'' them.''

The man stood up and gave me a glass of water. When I drank all of it up,I didn't feel well. The last thing I heard was ''Buena Sera Vulkie''(Buena Sera means goodnight) and the front door slammed while Tony went off. After that,everything went black....

Acemaster
Acemaster
Well-Connected

Feb-17-2009 13:19

He quickly disposed of it and put on a pair of glasses. He then peered out to the street.

The woman was still gripping her arm in pain, although she was now sitting up. He ran over to her.

"Oh my God, ma'am, are you okay?" He shouted.
"I've been shot!" She moaned.
"Listen, I'll go call the police." There was a gas station a block away, at which he told the attendant to call the police. He then went back to the woman.

"Let's move you out of the street."
"Okay, I think I can stand up."

She reached out and grabbed Ace's hand. He then led her over to the curb to sit down.

"By the way, the names Ted." Ace lied.
"Nice to meet you. Call me Vulkie." She said in pain.

Not long after, a police car sped up. Then an ambulance.

Later, Ace was being questioned by the police. Didn't matter though. Theodore Anderson, Ace's new alias, was a real person with a real address. Of course, he was no longer breathing, and no one knew that, but... well... it worked out quite well. Since Ace's original plan didn't work, his second would. Anais Nin and her friends were about to be helped by the very people who wanted to kill them.

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Feb-17-2009 13:21

Srry ace,let's say I the ambulance people cured me there and you took me to your apartment... Your part first,then my part. I posted too soon...

Acemaster
Acemaster
Well-Connected

Feb-17-2009 13:23

((Crap, sorry. Looks like we posted at the same time. Crap. LOL Which do we go with?))

Acemaster
Acemaster
Well-Connected

Feb-17-2009 13:26

((Nah, We'll stick with your part. Even if you do know my name, I have LCN behind me.))

Acemaster
Acemaster
Well-Connected

Feb-17-2009 13:28

((Sorry for another post, but that also means "disregard my part and go with Vulkie's. ;-) ))

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Feb-17-2009 16:36

((Um, I have an urge I'm not going to follow, but it would be soooo much fun to continue separate stories from each of your last responses... ;D But, I'm not going to.))

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