DISCLAIMER: As usual, I didn't create most of these characters. LaCroix, Urs, the Raven and all that belong to James Parriott, Sony and whoever else owns Forever Knight. Richie Ryan is swimming in the River Denial. "Somewhere Out There" was written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Elaine and anybody else I made up belong to me. Special thanks go to Marg Yamanaka, for providing the name of the motel, and Kat Wilson and LauraH, my loves, for betaing this. WARNING: Look, this is Elaine, of course there's going to be sex. In this particular story, we have m/f and m/f/m. No, I'm not going to tell you who, that's why you read the story. But if you're under 18 or this offends you, be nice and just delete this. The Dream By Elizabeth M. Lawrence (luckyliz@mindspring.com) Comments always welcome. (This is a hint, people ) Other stories in the Elaine Saga can be found at http://www.mindspring.com/~luckyliz/. Ah'm livin' at the Raven -- Lucien's kep' meh on a shaht leash evah since he found out abou' Richay. Wouldn' mind sah much if it wahn' fah Ahsula. She gets his bed an' Ah get tah lis'en. Sometimes he le's meh join 'em. Usuallay not. He's still mad at meh fah fallin' fah Richay. Tonight, Ah'm wahkin' behind the bah, makin' shoah it's kep' stahked. Biggah crowd then usual. Thahstay, too. Sah Ah go tah the back tah get moah bo'les. Ain' no point in ju' fetchin' one box, not with this lot. Ah fill two of 'em, then put one on top of the othah an' pick them both up. Maybe that wasn' such a good idea. Ah cn see, but jus' baahlay. Oh well, it ain' like Ah haven' wahked this route a hundred times the las' month. No one be'ah bump intah meh, that's all. Ah get tah the doah, then back through it. "Why don't you let me take that?" a voice says as the top box is removed. Oh Lahday, It couldn' beh. "Richay?" Ah tahn. It _is_ him. Mah hands staht shakin'. Sah badlay Ah end up droppin' the box an' it falls tah the floah. Weh both bend down tah clean up the mess. Ah heads bump. An' weh kiss. Ah lips meet, open, mahge. His touch electrifies meh, transpahts meh. It's his Quickenin'. Ah know that now. But it doesn' lessen the effect. Ah need it, almos' as much as Ah need Richay. The kiss ends, weh both pull back. It takes us a few minutes tah recovah. Ah'm almos' afraid of lookin' at him, ain' no way mah eyes haven' changed; Ah wan' him sah much. "Richay, what ah yah doin' heah?" Ah ask in a whispah. "Looking for you," he whispahs back. "Do you have any idea how many nightclubs there are in Toronto?" Mah haht beats -- three minutes ahlay. He came aftah meh! Realitay hits. Ah feel Lucien in the back of mah mind, angray at meh. Ah won' let him kill Richay. Didn' las' time, won' this time. "Ah can' tahk now," Ah tell Richay. "Wheah'ah yah stayin'?" "The Hillcrest, on Lakeshore." Figahs. Real cheap place, probablay the onlay one Richay could affahd. Ah'll change that as soon as Ah can. "Fine. Go back theah an' wait fah meh. If Ah can, Ah'll meet yah theah. If Ah haven' shown up by dawn, get the hell out of Torontah as fast as yah can." He nods an' stahts tah stand. Ah pull him back down an' weh kiss again. This time, his tongue slices across mah fangs an' his blood poahs into mah mouth. It flows through meh, wahms meh. In retahn, Ah cut mine, le'in' him know how much Ah missed him. How much Ah love him. Ah let him go an' he leaves. Ah can' watch. If Ah do, Ah'll run aftah him. Ah stay theah, on the ground with mah eyes closed, until Ah feel Lucien behind meh. He grabs mah ahm, hauls meh tah mah feet an' drags meh in the back. "Get rid of him!" Lucien demands. "NO!" Did Ah say that? Ah did. Ah did! Lucien tahns, pu'in' his back tah meh. Ah go up tah him an' put mah hands on his shouldahs. "It's not that simple," Ah remind him. "Ah _need_ Richay. Ah _luv_ Richay." "And me?" he glaahs down at meh. "Ah love yah, too," Ah ansah. "Please don' make meh choose between yah." He humphs at meh an' steps a few feet away. Ah go ovah tah the carafe, poah a glass an' tahn back tah him. "Do yah have any _idea_ what this tastes like tah meh now? It's good, but it's not enough. Not anymoah. Ah'm not a true vampiah, Ah'm cahrouche. Ah need Immahtal blood. _Please_ le' meh have Richay. Befoah Ah end up like Neeki." Theah's no ansah. He knows Ah'm tellin' the truth. Ah can' lie tah him, sah Ah nevah bothah tryin'. Still thinkin' it ovah, he goes tah a chaah an' sits in it. Ah follah, kneelin' at his feet. Theah's one las' thin' Ah cn try. "Ah'm not Flah," Ah admit. "But if Ah was, wouldn' yah wan' hah tah beh happay? Whatevah it takes?" Now Ah've done it. He'll eithah kill meh oh le' meh have Richay. He doesn' like when Ah talk abou' Flah. Nevah mind that she's heah, right befoah his eyes, in meh. He can' see that weh'ah one an' the same. He _won'_ see it. Ah hol' mah breath, wai'in' fah his ansah. He kisses the top of mah head an' leaves. Fah a moment, Ah don' move, not believin' it. Then it hits meh. Ah won. He's givin' meh Richay. Ah scramble tah mah feet, grab mah cloak, and put it on. Ah run tah the exit an' am in the aah befoah Ah know it. He's watchin' fah meh in the windah. As soon as he sees meh, he shuts the cahtins an' opens the doah. Ah fly tah his ahms. The doah's baahlay closed befoah weh'ah rippin' each othah's clothin' off. He carrahs meh tah the bed an' weh spend the day makin' love. Ah arrange fah Richay tah move in with meh 'n' help out at the Raven. Richay objects, but Ah talk him intah it. At fahst, They don' like him. They call him mah pet, behind his back an' tah mah face. But Lucien has le' it out that anyone who messes with Richay ansahs tah him sah they don' touch him. Then one night, a Huntah stahts harrassin' some of us. Richay knocks the cross out of his hand, twists his ahm behind his back, an' leads him out tah wheah weh cn take caah of him. They wahm up tah Richay aftah that an' soon he's won ev'ryone ovah. He's still mine, but they no longah call him mah pet. They respect him. Even Lucien shows signs of likin' Richay. Weh'ah in bed. Ah'm on top as usual. Richay's cock is inside meh, throbbin' as I ride him. Lahday, he feels good! The doah opens 'n' closes an' Ah feel Lucien in the room. Richay notices an' pauses, mid-thrust. "Ignah him," Ah say. "Pretend he's not theah." "But," Richay objects. "He might...." "Join us? Lahd, Ah hope sah." Ah bend down an' nuzzle Richay's neck. Soon, Richay's fahgo'en abou' Lucien an' thinkin' onlay of meh. Ah try tah hold back, tah keep control, but fail. Mah fangs sink intah his neck. Pahfection entahs mah mouth an' fah the time bein', Ah am complete. Richay's thrusts grow hahdah, jagged an' Ah feel him comin' inside meh. His climax flavahs the res' of his blood, givin' meh yet anothah taste tah savah. One las' spasm an' Richay dies, inside meh an' undah meh. Mah fangs withdraw from his neck an' Ah lie theah, wondahrin' what's goin' tah happen next. Ah cn feel Lucien's arousal -- he gets off watchin' as much as Ah get off bein' watched. He comes up behind meh 'n' slides inside. Such a diff'ren' feel from Richay. Not as wahm, but still delicious. Ah ahch mah back as he thrusts intah meh -- hahd, powahful motions that would haht a mahtal. Richay wakes. At fahst, he can' believe what weh'ah doin', screwin' right on top of him. As he gets used tah us, it tahns him on an' Ah feel his cock growin' between mah legs. Lucien changes his thrust, movin' from the usual spot tah mah ass. It hahts at fahst, but Ah enjoy the pain. Then weh raise up, sah Ah cn impale mahself on Richay. Now they'ah both inside meh, the two men Ah luv. Ah wan' -- Ah _need_ tah bite one of them, but which one? Lucien solves the prahblem fah meh by bi'in' mah neck. This leaves meh free tah bite Richay. His blood flows through meh, intah Lucien. If theah's a heaven fah vampiahs, this is it. Weh come at the same time, unable tah sep'rate one from the othah. Lucien stops meh from totallay drainin' Richay. He bites intah his wris' an' holds it ovah Richay's mouth, fahcin' him tah drink. Theah's a struggle as the Immahtal an' the vampiah fight fah dominance. The vampiah wins. Richay belon's tah Lucien now, jus' like Ah do. An' yet, as Ah bend down tah kiss him, Ah can still feel the Quickenin' within. Weh'ah complete now. Lucien tried tah fahm a fam'lay usin' Janette an' Neeki. Janette no longah is his an' Neeki nevah was. But weh'll wahk. Because Ah love them both an' Ah'll _make_ it wahk. Elaine woke, alone and in Paris. No, not alone, there was a body in bed next to her. Why did she pick that one? She touched its face, pulling it towards her. Not its eyes, she seemed to recall they were brown. Same with the hair, brown and stringy. Not strawberry blond curls, the way it should be. The mouth. That was it. Something about the way he laughed. She pulled her knife out and ran it across its throat, hiding the bite marks. Later, she'll have to get rid of it. Probably dump it in the Seine, along with the rest of them. What was this, the second this week? The fifth this month? This wasn't good. She was risking herself and the whole Community with her actions. If the Enforcers ever found out about it.... No, she didn't want to think about it. She had to stop. But she couldn't. She knew that. There was only one this that would stop her and he wasn't here. Lord, but she missed Richie. Somewhere out there If love can see us through, Then we'll be together Somewhere out there, Out where Dreams Come True THE END