Nightmare in Melrose Place

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Nicolas has a horrified look on his face for a moment as he tries to (in vain) stop Sharon from embarassing them and tearing up shit. Finally he gives up as Alison reassures him that they will be saved. She chides him for not believing them about how bad they are, comparing them to the sisterhood or the Cassadines. Nicolas responds.

And yet the Cassadines populate the team and even WE all worked with the Sisterhood during the issue of Set's appearance, carving out a truce and finding my only blood relative in their midst. Girl, I KNOW that you know your stuff, but I was taught by Gustav--and Sharon you KNOW this--that you either do good or evil, no matter your motivation. Tonight, in spite of your misgivings, you are doing GOOD, even if it is for bad people. Thank you.

Looking at the carnage Sharon wreaked upon the apartment, Nicolas sighed.

At least you tried to do good. DAMN...Let's go.

They all left after Alison healed the Zacharra clan, with Nicolas leaving in front of Claudia a small card:

That was a close call. You tried it your way, now I need you to try it mine. Take turns sleeping, stay fresh. He almost got to all of you at once. Take care and I will see you soon.

Nic
 
MP -- Apt 6

Johnny: [still applying pressure to Claudia's arm] "Clara…. Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Please forgive me Johnny."

She begs, as she raises a hand, forces herself to look away, and fires a plasma sphere at him. Johnny disappears from view, using his movement power to avoid the blast. Clara looks back towards where he was… see that he's gone… and feels weak and dizzy.

Anthony: "That's my girl. Now it's time to come home, princess… back where you BELONG."

Clara buries her face in her hands, unable to cope with the crushing control of her father… something she'd thought she had escaped… something she feared she NEVER be able to escape fully. Johnny reappeared, directly in front of her, and grabbed her wrists offensively to prevent her trying to blast him again.

Johnny: "Clara, you got to SNAP OUT OF IT! Barbas is PLAYING on your fear, FIGHT HIM!"

[confused] "Johnny?? [relieved] Johnny!"

She practically LEAPS into a hug with him, taking him a bit off guard. He hugs back, a little confused himself. Was she back to herself? He felt her body tense up and she pulled back. Clara has spotted her sister, writhing in pain on the bed, certainly doing WORSE than before.

"CLAUDIA!"

A new wound had appeared, this one much more serious than the last. Clara begins to rush to Claudia's side, but she doesn't make it all the way… she's FROZEN in temporal stasis, as is Johnny.

'By the time' [;)] Clara reaches Claudia, her wounds are inexplicably HEALED. Blood is still EVERYWHERE, her clothes and the bed linens are soaked through, and for a moment, Clara doesn't believe her eyes and she actually checks Claudia's non-existent wounds.

[sounding surprised] "She's okay."

Johnny looks around the room… in a split second, it seems, the room went from tidy to TRASHED… and so did the very CLOTHES he was WEARING. His shirt is mostly GONE, he merely pulls off the strips of what's left. Clara's clothes are in similar condition, but she's trying fervently to wake Claudia and doesn't seem to notice. It smells strongly of perfume… and he spots several bottles that have been SMASHED and it looks like Claudia's closet has been gutted. Johnny pulls a robe out of Claudia's closet and after trying [and failing] to stop himself from checking Clara out, he pretends to look away and clears his throat, holding out the robe to Clara.

"Hmm? [looking at him, then down at herself] Oh… [taking the robe and pulling it on, a thoroughly CONFUSED look of frustration on her face] Thanks…"

She sneaks a second look at his muscled torso, while he looks around the room again… noticing that his pants are in bad shape too [and she no longer has to wonder what his answer to the boxer/briefs question would be ;)]. She follows his sweeping gaze, finally seeing the destruction of the room. What on EARTH happened here in the last split second??

Johnny: "So… what? Barbas got tired and trashed the place in the blink of an eye, and then just left us alone, after healing Claudia but practically UNDRESSING the two of us?"

Clara shakes her head, having no answer as she looks back at Claudia…. And then spots a calling card. She reaches for it, gritting her teeth as she read it.

"NO… NICOLAS KING has been here. He stepped in and helped CLAUDIA but he knows WE are onto his game so he trashed the place and tried to EMBARRASS US. Claudia's clothes are FINE. Well, except for the blood."
 
Everything was black blurr after Claudia's father stabbed her. She wasn't sure what was reality and what wasn't. What was real however was the pain. The gut wrenching pain that burned her stomach. Like acid eating away at her flesh. Claudia had been shot, stabbed, and left for dead before. It was the collatoral damage that came along with being a child raised in the mob. But THIS pain seemed to be amplified by the overall fear caused from the dream.

Laying on her bed, blankets soaked with her own blood, suddenly the pain stopped. Unbeknownst to her, Alison healed [but not before trashing her bedroom :p] Claudia's wounds. The sudden rejuvenation jolted Claudia awake, the brunette gasping in as she flew upright in a panic. Her eyes shifted quickly around the room trying to figure out WHERE she was now...if she was still dreaming. Panting shallow breaths of air like she had just got done running a marathon, she finally noticed Clara and Johnny.

"Clara..?"

Looking down at herself, she was covered in blood, but there were no wounds. Placing her hands on her stomach where her father had stabbed her, Claudia shut her eyes and shook her head gently.

"Oh my God.....i'm alive..."

Opening her eyes, they were glassy with tears. The shock of everything that had just happened finally setting in. Looking to Clara for answers.

"What happened?"

Oblivious to the fact that her entire room was torn apart, along with her clothes, purfume, AND pictures, Claudia was more focused on what had happened, how she survived....and WHO she had to thank for it.
 
MP -- Apt 6

Claudia: "Clara...?"

Turning back to her sister at the sound of her voice, trying to coax her.

"Shh… easy now, you're alright. You're safe now. Everything's alright."

Claudia: "Oh my God… I'm alive…"

[smoothly] "AND unscathed…. [convincingly] it was just a dream, Claudia. It was ONLY a dream. [soothingly] Try to relax…. Deep breaths."

Claudia: "What happened?"

"Barbas got to you… and me, too. You fell unconscious after that loud scream we heard… and you started dreaming. You injured your arm [not specifying HOW exactly], but you're fine now. [tempered sigh] Nicolas apparently stopped in. He left this [holding up the card] AND THIS…."

She added, sweeping her hand across the room, gesturing to the MESS that had MAGICALLY APPEARED the split second that Claudia had been healed.
 
Claudia's breathing began to slow, trying to take her sisters advice to calm down. Clara began to explain that she had passed out after hearing the sonic scream from Sharon. That Barbas had not only attacked her but Clara as well.

Clara: Barbas got to you… and me, too. You fell unconscious after that loud scream we heard… and you started dreaming. You injured your arm [not specifying HOW exactly], but you're fine now.

"She was trying to kill me....my mother. She hated me like daddy hates me. She wanted me dead..."

Recalling the dream outloud, Claudia was astonished at how GOOD Barbas truly was. One of her biggest fears was disappointing her mother because of the way she turned out. Dominica was dead, she died a few years after Anthony kicked her out and divorced her. But Claudia always feared that if she were alive she would hate her. She would view her like her father does. It was an irrational fear, but a fear nonetheless. And Barbas definitely tapped into it and milked it for what it was worth.

Clara: Nicolas apparently stopped in. He left this [holding up the card]

Claudia's brows softly furrowed; her mind still a little groggy. Taking the note she read it.

Clara: AND THIS….

Looking up, Clara gestured around the room. Finally taking notice to the tornado that swept through her bedroom, everything looked like it had been ransacked. Spotting the closet, she saw a bunch of her clothes ripped and on the floor.

[with a pout] "My clothes?"

She knew they were destoryed, but she had to ask anyway. Shaking her head, Claudia held up Nicolas' note to Clara for her to take it.

"I don't think Nicolas did this. He wouldn't heal me, destory my bedroom, and write a note saying he was here. I know you think he's thick, but he's not a complete idiot. This looks more like what a woman scorned would do. Targeting my clothes and purfume? Not exactly a male tactic."

Claudia was a bit confused about how Clara and Johnny didn't witness this act. Trying to recall what happened right before she passed out, Claudia glanced over at her bedroom window before looking back at Clara.

"Didn't you say something about Nicolas talking to a woman right before I passed out?"
 
come to an end

<< Even as Claudia seems to know that Nicolas was not behind the destruction of her bedroom, there is no other obvious explanation for WHO did it. Barbas has ensured their night was anything but peacefull but thanks to unlikely assistance from Rampage, Harbinger, and to a MUCH LESSER degree, the Silver Swan ;) the Zaccharas live to tell about it.>>

<< Alison and Sharon snickered with glee as they appeared back inside Delilah's apartment. Sharon pouted a bit though. She wanted to beat the hell out of Johnny. She knew he thought he would have a chance of somehow overpowering her and like many other women on the Six, the opportunity to bruise a man's ego was now something Sharon relished in.>>

<< Alison admonished Sharon to hold back her urge to be savage with them, at least for NOW and with that, Alison cast a special spell to open a portal for them to join their friends in LIMBO to get some rest themselves.>>

<< Barbas was getting stronger and bolder...but just as he seemed to be gaining a foothold, he too forgot that history ALWAYS repeats itself.>>


<< one night was slowly passing and the new day would bring its own set of challenges, both personal and professional for more than one resident of Melrose Place.>>
 
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