Devils Roses 05 - Death

Especially with Blake and I remembering nothing.
    I grin at the doc, "So I can leave him here?"
    The doctor shrugs, "I don’t really see how much use another person will be, but I might be able to use him."
    I laugh out loud. "He goes to MIT. He was at home visiting my sister. He's a genius."
    Blake's face turns red like he's going to argue but he doesn’t. He laughs and nods.
    The doctor beams at him, "A lad after my own heart. Fabulous. Yes, go and save my girl and bring her home. We have this. How ever did you get the notes?"
    "I've been in the lab before. I knew how to wink in there. He never thought about letting me in there. I know he doesn’t let anyone else in."
    Aleks shakes his head, "No one. I think he assumes with your memory loss you won't think about the lab, beyond it being a geek thing."
    I grin, "It worked." I grab the gun and Aleks's hand. Before I can wink us, he flashes. I don’t know the place.
    He lifts my chin, "If things work out the way they did last time, I just want you to know it's real. It always was. For me."
    I smile, "It's real for me. Henry said the curse is broken. You don’t smell delicious and tempting to other women. But you smell that way for me."
    His face lightens up, "Really? He truly said that?"
    I nod, "He did." His eyes sparkle and he presses his lips into mine. He holds me to him.
    He pulls back and laughs, "Finally. You just see me. Of course this has to be the moment Henry will kill me."
    I kiss him once more and then let go of him. "I love you Aleks. I know I do. So, don't you even think about letting Henry kill you." I wink before he can say anything else.
    I hear the screams before I see the mess and chaos. Hanna.
    I wink and run to where she is ripping the boathouse to pieces. Ophelia is shooting things at her and shaking her head. They cut Hanna, but the beast doesn’t stop. She is disgusting looking. I hold up the gun and shoot. She turns and screams a high pitch shriek at me. She starts to run towards me, but she only gets half way before she drops with a ground-rumbling landing. Her body shrinks back to her normal form. Her clothes are tattered and destroyed.
    Lorri looks at me "Don’t go off like that again."
    I nod. Everyone is out of breath and bleeding from somewhere. Marcus is pacing the line like a cat in a cage.
    I wave back at him, "Screw you Marcus." I shout.
    "Don't taunt him." Lydia puts her bleeding hands on her old round hips. "He can still summon Henry."
    My eyes must have given something away, because her face drops when she sees my look. "What have you done child?" She asks in a hushed whisper.
    I shake my head, "Not me." I look uneasily at Lorri. Her ears perk up. She turns and gives me a glare worthy of a death sentence.
    "Where is he?" She asks though her teeth.
    "It's done Lorri." She scares me more than most things on the planet, so my voice cracks and lacks confidence.
    She is gone. She doesn't wait to see if it works or if anything else happens. She just leaves. I know that’s for my benefit. She wanted me dead. I saw it. I've seen the look before.
    I glance back at Hanna and see Sam scooping her up. He gives me a look. I know he blames me. I frown, "Take her home. To her dad. He and Blake are working on some shit. I'm going to go and find Ari with Luke and Ben. And I guess O, that isn’t really O."
    "Okay." He's curt.
    "This is a frigging shit storm of doom. Anyone seen Giselle?" I turn around. I don’t get an answer. I get a scream. I think it's Hanna but she's gone with Sam. I spin to see Henry holding Marcus in the air.
    I wink closer.
    Lydia runs over waving her arms, "Henry wait. Don't do it. It'll taint you. I suspect this was Jonathan's plan all along."
    Henry's hand twitches. He thinks about what she's saying. He puts Marcus down, but holds him with his power. He looks at her and back at Marcus, who is clutching his chest. I don't see Aleks. I know he told Henry, but where did he go?
    "Make him a new one, Henry." Her voice is desperate. "Don't taint your soul. You'll be playing right into Jonathan's hands. I suspect he always wanted you to kill Marcus from the beginning. That’s why he told him about the heart. That’s why he told him if he took it he could control you."
    Marcus is coughing and dropped to one knee, but still squeaks out a word. "Truth."
    Henry's eyes flare bright red.
    Lydia is gasping for air when she makes it to the street from the backyard. "Make him a new one. You can do it. You have to. I know you