Residences of Nachton / Holy Hell In A Handbasket! (Invite only) / Alexandra 16 years ago

Holy Hell In A Handbasket! (Invite only)

A loud crashing sound could be heard from one of the rooms in Alexandra's apartment, followed by a loud string of curse words in French, a couple of screams in rage and then more crash sounds, a door flew open crashing into the wall as Alexa came storming out, her hair a mess of tangled dark strands, leaning against the wall she slid down it, coming to sit down with her legs pulled up against her chest.

Resting her head on her knees she exhaled slowly, her shoulders shaking as she began to sob softly, her long hair covering her frame as she sat there for what seemed hours.

Calming down somewhat she lifted her head, tear stricken face showing loneliness and sorrow, pushing herself up from the ground she went to clean up the mess she had made earlier, pieces of glass and one of her more expensive pieces of art laying on the ground broken.

Picking up the pieces one by one she let out a soft curse as she cut her finger on a sharp piece of glass, bringing her finger to her lips she sucked on it softly to stop the bleeding, no today surely wasn't her day.

Alexandra 16 years ago

When Louis almost chocked on his wine she couldn't help but laugh, patting him on the back she grinned at him, looking at Panos over her shoulder she winked at him.

"O come on you guys are no fun, I mean it's just sex, you're both male, or at least of the male species"

Sticking her tongue out at Louis she leaned into Panos a little, putting her hand on his knee she grinned up at him, she was having fun, getting these two men riled up, hell she needed fun, getting up she walked over to her stereo, browsing through her cd's she found one she liked, grinning some more she pushed the button to open the cd drawer, putting in the cd she pushed the buttons till she came to the track she was looking for.

A heave rock song began to play as the tunes of Nickleback began to fill the room.

Well you can dig me up a grave
And try and stick me in the ground
Well you can tie me to the bed
And try and beat me half to death
But you can never keep me down
Well you can stick me in a hole
And you can pray all day for rain
You can shoot me in the leg
Just to try to make me beg
And you can leave me there for days

And I'll stay alive
Just to follow you home
And I will survive
'Cause you're my Mississippi Princess
You're my California Queen
Like the Duchess of Detroit
And every city in between
You can slap me in the face
You can scream profanity
Leave me here to die alone but
I'll still follow you home
I'll still follow you home

You can make a couple calls
And tell your brothers I'm in town
Put a bounty on my head
And tell my parents that I'm dead
And hope to hell I'm never found
You can steal me the keys
To your daddy's Cadillac
You can tamper with the brakes
Call it a mistake
And pray I'm never coming back

And I'll stay alive
Just to follow you home
And I will survive
'Cause you're my Mississippi Princess
You're my California Queen
Like the Duchess of Detroit
And every city in between
You can slap me in the face
You can scream profanity
Leave me here to die alone but
I'll still follow you home
I'll still follow you home

You can dig me up a grave
And try and stick me in the ground
You can tie me to the bed
And try and beat me half to death
But you can never keep me down

And I will survive
'Cause you're my Mississippi Princess
You're my California Queen
Like the Duchess of Detroit
And every city in between
You can slap me in the face
You can scream profanity
Leave me here to die alone but
I'll still follow you home
I'll still follow you home

Dancing fluidly to the words of the song she gyrated her hips from left to right, lip syncing she moved around the room, picking up her wineglass she used it as a microphone, winking at both men she gestured for them to join her.

"Come on you couple of stiffs"

Cranking up the volume she kept on dancing ignoring the stares of both men.

Panos Mehalitsenos 16 years ago

She was stark raving lunatic mad.

Wide eyed he glared over at Louis.

"Did you do this to her? Put some kind of shit in her drink?"

Louis Morel 16 years ago

Looking over at Panos as he spoke he slowly shook his head, looking back at Alexandra with a worried look on his face he slowly got up, walking over to her he put a hand on her arm making her stop what she was doing, placing a hand on her cheek he turned her head so that she was looking at him, he could clearly read the panic in her eyes.

“Don’t”

Drawing her closer he wrapped his arms around her, feeling her freeze for a moment he kept on holding her, drawing soothing circles on her back he felt her beginning to shake, little tremors running through her body as it all came out, soft sobs could be heard as he move them over towards the couch, glancing over at Panos he mouthed a few words to him.

“She’s breaking down, I’ve seen this before”

Alexandra was really sobbing by now, her hands fisting in his shirt as he looked over at the other man, pleading him with his eyes to help him out, he knew how Alexandra could be, she was so strong, most of the time, but even she had her weaknesses, seeing him again probably triggered something inside of her resulting in this behaviour.

He could feel his shirt beginning to dampen because of her tears, moving a hand to the back of her head he stroked her hair, looking back at Panos again silently asking for help.

Alexandra 16 years ago

She was dancing, panic rising up inside of her, one moment she was fine the next he was next to her, looking into his eyes she froze, as he pulled her against him she stood there and then the walls broke down, before she knew it she was sobbing against his chest, there was no holding back now, all the hurt the regret, the years of pent up anger came flooding out.

Fisting his shirt she held on for what seemed to be her life line, they could hear her soft words in-between sobs.

"Why.. why can't I remember, why did he take it from me, he should have left me to die"

Her body was shaking heavily by now, all she wanted and needed was comfort, comfort she hadn't been given ever, not in hundreds of years.

Panos Mehalitsenos 16 years ago

Alexandra's body was shaking against Louis's strong hold. Worry immediately set in, not because of Louis but because of what he had said.

She was having a breakdown.

He knew something wasn't right, he had never seen her act the way she had tonight. Quickly and smoothly he got up from the couch. The words she wimpered inbetween sobs stabbed at him in places he had thought were long dead.

"Take her to her room." He offered gently.

The last thing he wanted was for her to collapse here in the living room. Louis had to know more about her past then he did. Hell he was apart of it. He must know what she was talking about specifically although he had an idea. As much as he wanted to be the one to console her he knew that only Louis's knowledge would be able to help all three of them now.

Louis Morel 16 years ago

It had been a long time since he had seen her like this, a very very long time, he remembered how things had been right after she had been turned, how angry she had been at Michel for not killing her, for taking away her memories, for taking away her identity.

It had taken her a long time to become her own person again, it took years for her to rebuild herself and he had watched her grown into the beautiful strong woman she had become, yet still it seemed that right now she had returned to the scared young woman they once found back in Paris.

Feeling Panos move he looked up at the other man, nodding at his words he gently lifted her in his arms, letting Panos guide him to her room, waiting for him to open the door he gently placed her down on the bed.

Watching her curl up like a ball made him feel helpless, he wanted to reach out and hold her, but was it his place? it seemed that her crying had calmed down some, now only little whimpers could be heard as she lay there.

Panos Mehalitsenos 16 years ago

Once she was on her bed she curled into a ball, she was still crying but now not as hard. Without a second thought he stepped past Louis and half sat half laid against Alexandra. Softly he stroked her hair and in low quiet voice he began to sing to her in greek. The song was a sad but beautiful song that seemed to fit her well.

Never before had he seen her this way but he knew that her strong demeanor had to have cracks in its walls somewhere. He knew that it was partly his fault that she was as upset as she was now. It was enough for her that Louis had found her, a whisper from her past that she could have pretended was so far away until now, and at the same time he had shown up and offset the balance even more so.

"S'agapo Alexandra. The past isn't going to hurt you anymore. You are here now with me, with us.." He paused so she knew he was including Louis. "without your past neither of us would have you now. If you want you can kick my ass, I'll let you, I came here expecting you to anyways."

He tried to lighten her mood even in the tiniesty bit. Looking back to Louis for answers on what to do he stayed close to her so she could at least feel his warmth. This was the first time he had ever tried to console someone. His life had been very selfishly lived and now he wished he had more experience in this department.

Alexandra 16 years ago

Holding on to Louis as he carried her to her bedroom she turned her face into his chest, the tears didn't seem to stop, they just kept coming till it felt like there weren't any left.

Laying on her bed she curled herself into a ball, seeking warmth and comfort, something she needed so desperately right now, as soon as Panos moved next to her and began to stroke her hair she let out a soft sob, hearing him sing to her in Greek brought some kind of calm over her, turning she looked at him, her dark eyes having turned almost black from all the emotions.

"I can't go on like this any more, it's too much"

The words came out like a whisper, turning her eyes towards Louis she spoke again this time louder.

"Michel asked me to kill you, I knew you were in town before I saw you, I was ordered to kill you Louis, but I can't... I can't"

The tears had started to flow again as she spoke, putting her hand to her mouth she crawled into Panos, wrapping herself around him she cried for a long time, just clinging to him and the warmth he was giving her.

Louis Morel 16 years ago

Watching and hearing Panos comfort Alexa he took a seat at the end of the bed, God he needed a smoke... but right now she needed him more, so the nicotine could wait.

He chuckled lightly at Panos' words about beating them up, he knew for a fact that she was more then capable of kicking both their asses.

"Just leave the swords alone al right, I know how you are with handling those"

As she spoke softly he narrowed his eyes, unconsciously balling his hands into fists as she mentioned Michel ordering her to kill him... rage build up and he saw red for a moment.

"I'll be right back ok, I really need a smoke right now"

Planting a soft kiss on top of her head he let her know he wasn't mad at her, he understood, but Michel would pay, they would find a way to bring him done, one way or another, leaving the room he locked eyes with Panos for a moment.

"Take care of her, I won't be long"

Stepping outside he took the keys Alexa had left on the sidetable in the hall, getting out his cigs he lit one, inhaling deeply he closed his eyes, hadn't they suffered enough?

Panos Mehalitsenos 16 years ago

Alexandra's words caught him off guard and his eyes grew large. Louis was out of the room before he could blink and Panos looked back to Alexandra.

"I'm with you. Whatever you need to do, I'll back you up. Although this Louis guy is starting to grow on me. I'm beginning to think he's allright, but my question is, why would you do something for the guy who screwed you over all those years ago?"

He held her tightly against his chest and let her cry, seriously soaking his shirt, but he didn't mind. He'd let her have all the time she needed.

Alexandra 16 years ago

She couldn't help but smile at his words, through her tears he still was able to make her smile, she was glad he was here, her face hardened a bit at his next question.

Shrugging she sat up, pulling her knees to her chest she rested her arms around them, her chin on top of her knees she looked at him.

"He's my sire, the man I was once in love with, whom I trusted and shared a bed with for many years, call it silly but it's like when your dad asks you something"

Sighing she ran the back of her hand across her eyes, the tears had stopped, the aching feeling inside of her was still there, but at least the tears were gone, for now.

"When I left France I didn't have a thing, I felt betrayed and hurt and I didn't know what to believe, Michel had told me that it had been Louis who turned me in and silly me believed him, I now see that it was him all along"

A single tear ran down her face as she spoke, the hurt was still so fresh, even if it was 5 years ago that she left France, it felt like yesterday to her.

"Louis.. he's like my brother and so much more, he's my, or he was my bestfriend, I will have to learn how to trust him again.. I'm still not completely sure I can"

Another tear followed the same path down her cheek as she let it all out, she had never told a living soul about this, it felt good to let it out.

Panos Mehalitsenos 16 years ago

Reaching out he gently wiped the stray tears that were making a new path on her already tear stained cheeks away. He sat and thought for a moment. There wasn't anything he could do about the past but the here and now, well there was nothing stopping him from doing something this time around.

"Well, how did dear old dad want proof of Louis exstinction? Head in a box? Picture of burning corpse? Telephone call? Ignorance is bliss?"

While protection was another one of those things he hadn't had much experience with, he knew it was something he could be good at. Seeing how his whole life had been about self preservation he figured it wouldn't be hard to transfer that onto others.

"Would this Michel come here to Nachton should you 'fail' at your mission?" He used the term fail lighty but his eyes narrowed.

He didn't like to think about anyone sharing a bed with Alexandra for long periods of time but this was the past and it didn't matter much anymore. Hell who knew how many women he had bed in his lifetime. Thank god for being a vampire and thus able to be disease free. What made him even more uncomfortable to think about is bed sharer numero uno and sire showing up in town and trying to reclaim what wasn't his anymore. He rolled his neck simply and unclentched his stiff jaw.

Alexandra 16 years ago

Leaning her face into his hand she closed her eyes, opening them back up as he asked her another question she slowly shook her head.

"A call would probably be enough"

Biting her bottom lip she almost smiled as she saw where his train of thought was going, he was going to help her screw Michel over.

"No he won't come here... ever, Michel is dead afraid of big planes of water, crossing the ocean is NOT an option for him"

Just then Louis came back into the room giving her a small smile as he noticed her sitting up again and looking much calmer then before, taking his seat again at the foot of the bed he reached out and touched her leg.

Louis Morel 16 years ago

Standing outside he let all that had happened sink in, she had known he was in Nachton and Michel had ordered her to kill him.

"That God damn mother fucker"

Lighting his smoke he inhaled deeply, letting the nicotine calm his body for a bit, standing there he looked up at the night sky, the light from Nachton hid a lot of the stars, but he could still make out the big dipper if he looked closely, he remembered the sky when he was a boy, how bright it had been, how naive he had been... fuck how naive he still was.

Finishing his smoke he ran a hand through his hair, stomping out his cig he headed back inside, using Alexandra's keys he let himself in to her apartment, hearing soft voices from inside of her bedroom he walked back in, his calm mask once again firmly in place.

Taking his seat on the foot of her bed he softly rubbed his hand across her bare leg.

"Tout correct ici?"

Falling back into his native language he saw her nod, the tears tracks were still clearly visible on her cheeks but she appeared to be much calmer.

Panos Mehalitsenos 16 years ago

Confusion spread across his face when Louis came back in and spoke. He also did not like the more than casual stroke of Alexandra's leg.

"I think I've missed something."

Panos definately didn't speak...whatever it was they were speaking. He went back to the original subject.

"We were just discussing your untimely death Louis. Care to help plan it?"

Louis Morel 16 years ago

Locking eyes with Panos, he slowly nodded, casting his eyes downward he spoke softly.

"Excuse me, I didn't mean to offend you by talking in my and Alexandra's native tongue, I sometimes forget that not everyone speaks French"

Looking back up his eyes narrowed at the other man's words.

"I've been thinking about something like that myself, but revenge comes up too, what do you think Alexa? Can we do both?"

Moving a hand through his hair he looked back at her, a smile had formed on her lips and it wasn't one of joy, it was one of mischief and wicked plans.

Alexandra 16 years ago

Moving a hand through her long tresses she stretched her back for a moment, the crying and curling up made her body all tense, hearing both men talk gave her a brighter outlook again, knowing that they would be there to help her crawl back up after she just fell down hard.

"I want his head"

Locking eyes with both males she nodded, she bit her bottom lip, not piercing the skin with her sharp teeth, suddenly her stomach started to growl, making her aware of the fact that she hadn't fed for a while.

Grinning sheepishly at the both of them she shrugged.

"I need food, it's still dark out, wanna join me in finding a bite to eat?"

Panos Mehalitsenos 16 years ago

Revenge. He had lived for the word for ages, chased after every person who had wronged him and decided the fate of hundreds of people. Vampire and human.

Now when Alexandra said it, it sounded even sweeter. He smirked in happy anticipation.

The sounding of someones hunger reminded him of something he had forgotten to do earlier today. He nodded to Alexandra's suggestion of dinning. With lightening reflexes he was on he feet. Glancing at Louis he spoke to Alexandra.

"House of Pain sound good? I can meet you there in a bit, there's something I have to do first. It wont take any time."

Alexandra 16 years ago

The mentioning of the HoP made a small shiver of excitement run up and down her spine, giving Panos a smile she nodded in approval.

"Give me some time to change and freshen up and i'm good to go"

Turning to Louis she tilted her head to the side.

"Where are you staying? do you need to change we can meet at the HoP in a bit, i'll give you directions"

As the 3 of them ran over the details they decided to meet at the HoP in an hour, giving Alexa plenty of time to change and look ready to hunt for something warm and red.

The moment both men left she headed to take her second shower of the night, taking her time she washed her hair, stepping out a few minutes later she felt refreshed and ready to take on the world.

Applying her favourite bodylotion, matching perfume and some very professional looking make up she dried and fixed her hair making it fall straight down her back.

Putting on a pair of black panties and matching bra she turned towards her wardrobe, putting a finger to her lips she hmmmed for a moment considering what to wear for the evening.

Deciding on a red lace top and dark indigo jeans she slipped on her new red Manolo's, finding her purse she checked herself in the mirror one last time, putting on large leather and gold bracelet she smiled contently at her own reflection and headed out to meet the two men.

(( occ. Alexandra, Panos and Louis out ))