INVISIBLE PART 1 "PETER"
written by Marini Barika Facey
"I smelled you as soon as you walked in the door. The best sunrise I have ever smelled." She smiles. "You went to see your dad at the cafe, didn't you? You would never be up this early otherwise." Madison doesn't ask any other questions because she sees anger on Peter's face and his brow has many questions of its own; instead she runs her fingers back and forth along the nape of his neck, down his chest and interlaces her hand in his hand. His stern look softens. Madison kisses Peter along his jawline and whispers as she kisses and nibbles on his ear. "Go to sleep love. Try to sleep."
"I don't know if I can Maddie. My concern is for you and the baby now. I don't want that man anywhere near you or to find out about you, because he is too out of sorts and dangerous!" Peter pauses and then looks at Madison with fear and resilience. "Besides, I am still trying to wrap my brain around the fact that I will soon have to be a father!" He finally smiles at her, but the more he thinks, his eyes drift and his expression goes back to its sternness. "I hope I am NOTHING like him!" Maddie pulls her body closer to Peter and the curve of her hips press against his side and disarms him...he turns towards her, wraps his arms around her, and pulls her closer, as she rubs his head till he falls asleep.
Charles looks out the window of the train and thinks of all the ways he can escape, but the train begins to speed up like a stampede of galloping night mares, faster and faster. The pocket watch, locket, key and compass begin to light up in Charles' pocket and everyone on the train seem frozen in time, but they are not. Micro-expressions can barely be detected as the passengers move at an extremely slow pace.
Charles didn't realize that the very objects he holds, to remember the past, are the very things that are generating the most power! He hears them whirring and feels them vibrate in his pocket and the sinister man laughs! "What a genius you are supposed to be...the inventor, but you didn't even realize that whatever you do from now on will generate magic!" Charles is deeply confused and a bit offended, "I am a mathematician and scientist! I am an inventor! I follow facts and algorithms to solve equations and problems, not magic!"
The sinister man sneers then smirks, "Whatever you say. Whatever you want to believe doesn't matter to me, I will get what I want in the end and that is all that concerns me.It is ironic, because you try to stay away from modern technology, not remembering that the objects you carry from one dimension to another hold magic in them; I know exactly what you have in your pocket Charles, so it really doesn't matter if you help me or not, because I just needed to be near those four objects to be able to be transported!"
"What about your son Peter?" " Ha! Well, like you said, he's Elizabeth's son, so I don't need to worry." This wicked man smirks as the train is pulled into a vortex! Charles longs to see his family again, but he is extremely concerned because of the evil this sinister stranger intends to unleash!
Peter leaps out of bed and runs to the bathroom! He vomits and can barely breathe! He looks in the mirror and the veins in his neck look like the roots of a tree! His eyes begin to bleed! Peter sits straight up in his bed and Madison is startled! "Peter! Peter!" Did you have a nightmare!" She becomes frightened because he can't hear a word she is saying; she grabs his arm and begins to cry, but he peels away from her and suddenly walks through the wall! Maddie feels she has gone mad and wishes someone would wake her from this nightmare!
Peter appears on the train tracks in front of the unstoppable train and suddenly it immediately halts because of him! The sinister man is confused and his rage floods the train! Charles is knocked unconscious and the other passengers never budge and are in a comatose state. Peter vanishes before the wicked man realizes what happened! As this evil man gets off of the train, he hears something faintly then it becomes clearer and louder! "Cyrus! Cyrus!" he hears Elizabeth's voice hauntingly echo in the train tunnel! He hasn't heard anyone utter his name in a long time.
Peter, in a trance, walks back through a portal and lies down in his bed! It feels as if hours have gone by to Maddie, but really it was just a few minutes. She shakes and feels her baby kick! She pulls her knees close to her body and shivers...
To Be Continued...