Subj: AG - Tales Of Trinity - The new kid of Trinity Date: 96-12-30 19:00:58 EDT From: leighnn@alphalink.com.au (Leigh Nuridin) Sender: owner-agothic@stargame.org To: agothic@stargame.org (AmericanGothic) Dear agothic@stargame.org (AmericanGothic), With all this creativity, I just had to join in on the fun. Here is my first story for "TALES OF TRINITY"! Leigh Nuridin TALES FROM TRINITY __________________ By Leigh Nuridin December 30, 1996 "The new kid of Trinity" _____________________________________ It was a hot afternoon in Trinity. Ben turned the office fan on even higher then it was on before. He sat back, put his feet on the desk and relaxed. It was good to have the whole place to himself. No Lucas around, it was his day off. Ben slowly closed his eyes but suddenly was startled by the front doors swinging open wildly. Ben looked up. Standing inside the office, with two small suitcases, was a young boy, who looked to be around thirteen. "Can I help you?" Ben asked curiously. "Yes," the boy replied. "My name is David, I'm looking for Lucas." Ben couldn't help but to notice his Australian accent. "Well it's his day off." Ben said. "Could I help you?" "Not unless you can take me to Lucas's house." David answered. "I think I could do that!" CHAPTER 1: "The arrival" The police car parked across the road from Lucas's big Victorian house. "Here you go buddy." Ben said happily. "Thank-you, sir." David said gratefully. "Ah, that's Ben." Ben smiled. "And if you don't mind me asking, what do you want with Lucas?" "You'll find out sooner or later." David said as he got out of the car. "Everyone will find out sooner or later." David opened the back door to the car and took out his suitcases. Hewaved to Ben and walked across the road. The gates were heavy and hard to open, but David moved them with no ease at all. He walked up the small stairs to the front door where he knocked loudly. David soon realised no one was home. He also realised Ben had driven off. David couldn't help but to notice the evil looking gargoyles that surrounded him. Spooky. "I'm sure Lucas wouldn't mind if I stayed inside his house," David talked to himself. "After-all, I am his..." Suddenly the door swung open. The wind? David walked inside slowly. Everything looked familiar. The stair-case, the large hall. David walked down the hall and into the "family" room. The open fire was blazing with giant flames, and above it was a painting of Lucas and someone that looked very familiar. Someone with brown hair and rosy red lips... "Lucas, honey, I want you to leave Gail to me." Selena said. "What are you planning to do with her?" Lucas asked suspiciously. "Oh nothing much." Selena smiled. Selena took off Lucas's jacket. "Aren't you hot?" "Not a bit." Lucas replied. "Selena, Darlin', I'm gonna go home and set everything up for tonight. It's gonna be a night to remember." "I have to teach these children all about money..." Selena said as she walked out of the spare room and into the classroom. "What do ya think Sheriff Buck and Ms Coombs got up to in there?" Caleb whispered to Boone. "I don't know and I don't want to know!" Boone laughed aloud. "Boone, do you want to share that with the class?" Selena asked sternly. "No, Ms Coombs." "I fell down the stairs." Gail said to Matt with a laugh. "Gail, that's worse than, than..." Matt began but was stopped. "... running into a pole?" Billy Peele asked. "Your sense of humour is worse than running into a pole!" Gail laughed aloud. "Billy, what is it?" Matt asked exhausted after such a hot day. "We have a boy in here who wants Lucas. Where should we send him?" "To Lucas's house?" Matt asked sarcastically. "He's been there!" Billy argued. "Who is he?" Gail questioned in her reportive way. David walked in the little doctors office that belonged to Matt. He couldn't help but to notice Gail. Was she the women on the painting in Lucas's house? TO BE CONTINUED...... CHAPTER 2: "Lucas gets surprised" "You," David pointed to Gail. "Are you the woman in the painting?" "Sorry?" Gail asked confused. "The painting in Lucas's house, are you the woman that's in that painting?" David reasked. "I'm sorry but I have no idea what you're talking about." Gail said with suspicion. "I'll show you!" David said loudly. He took Gail's hand and led her out of the office and down the hospital hall. "Wait," Matt called after them. "Gail's in no condition to walk, let alone run!" But it was too late. "Class dismissed." Selena said as the bell went off in the class room full of year four students. Caleb ran out of the room grabbed his bag and ran down the hall. He ran outside over to the trees in the corner of the school yard. He was expecting Merlyn to come, but where was she? Eventually Caleb got sick of waiting and wondered off but was stopped by a blinding white light in front of him. "And where do you think you're going?" Merlyn asked with fun in her voice. "Merly!" Caleb yelled forgetting about her trick question. "I haven't seen you for a real long time, where have you been?" "Thinking of a plan to get Lucas... And I have one!" "Oh, Merly. Is that all you ever think about?" "Come on!" David called to Gail as he ran into Lucas's giant house. He ran inside through the hall, into the "family" room, but was stopped. "Lucas?" "David?" Gail ran into the "family" room. All three didn't say a word. Inside Loris's boarding house a sweet smell of fresh soup filled the kitchen. "When ever I make a nice meal no one's here to eat it." Loris realised with pity. "And when everyone's here, the dinner I make is sickly!" Loris continued to stir her soup when Caleb came bursting through the door. "Caleb, you know better than to run through the house." Loris said calmly. "I'm in a rush!" Caleb said. "I'm staying at Boone's house tonight, I wont be here for dinner." "Well that's great." Loris protested. "Matt and I will be as full as, who knows?" "See ya!" Caleb said as he sprinted out the door. Meanwhile at Lucas's... "It's a long story Gail, David and I go way back!" Lucas tried to lie with creativity, only Gail didn't fall for it. "How far back Lucas? It couldn't of been more than thirteen years! And still that doesn't explain why there's a painting of me next to YOU up there." Gail yelled pointing to the old painting. "Gail, that painting was painted many centuries ago. That's not me," Lucas said pointing. "And that's not you." TO BE CONTINUED...... CHAPTER 3: "Merly's plan" Caleb ran down the street and past Boone's house! He ran to an old house that was told to be deserted. He opened the old wooden door that made a terrible "creaking" noise. "Merly? Merly are you here yet?" Caleb asked aloud as he walked up the long windy stairs. "Merly?" As soon as Caleb reached the top of the stairs Merlyn appeared holding an old shovel. Caleb looked at her surprised. "Lucas is going to pay for his sins, once and for all!" Merlyn said meanly. "How Merly? How?" Caleb asked with curiosity in his voice. Merlyn didn't answer. "You'll see." Selena walked across the road and opened Lucas's large gates. She walked slowly up the small stairs to Lucas's front door making her high-heals tap all the way. She invited herself in, as she usually did, and walked down Lucas's hall. She didn't notice Gail, David and Lucas sitting, talking until she entered the "family" room. "Well, well, well..." she began. "Family reunion?" "I thought I could smell doggy biscuits!" Gail joked. "Selena darlin'. Wont you join us?" Lucas asked. "I don't stay in the same room that Tramps stay in." Selena said facing Gail. "Then I wonder how you live with yourself." Gail joked again leaving Selena speechless. "Gail was just leaving, weren't you Gail?" Lucas asked not expecting an answer. Gail stood up and began to walk out the room. "What about him?" Selena asked pointing to David. "He'll be stayin' with me." Lucas said giving David no option. Selena's eyebrows lifted. "Who is he?" "I've got another meeting tonight, Loris." Matt began when he arrived home. "I wont be home for dinner." "You too, I'll be as full as, I don't know!" Loris protested. "What do you mean, You too?" Matt asked. "Caleb's staying at Boone's tonight." Loris explained. "That reminds me. I'll have to ring his mother to make sure Caleb arrived all right." Loris dialled a short number. "Hello, Ms Gregels?" Loris asked. "Yes, I was wondering if Caleb arrived safely. Sorry? He told me he was staying at Boone's tonight. Oh, okay, Thank you." "What is it?" Matt questioned. "Caleb," Loris began. "He's not at Boone's!" Caleb sat on the ground. "I close my eyes and count to... What?" he asked. "Your favourite number." Merlyn told him. "I don't have a favourite number." Caleb sighed. "I'm ten years old, maybe I could use the number ten!" "okay." Merlyn agreed. Caleb closed his eyes and began to count. "One..." He suddenly saw Lucas's face. "Two..." He then saw his own. "Three..." Then he saw David's face! "Four..." He saw Gail. "Five..." All he saw was red. "Six..." Lucas appeared again but he was dying slowly. Caleb opened his eyes. "I can't do this!" he told Merlyn. "But Lucas was dying." Merlyn explained. "I saw my face after him. I would of died as well!" Caleb yelled. "And Gail was there! You wont her to die?!?!" "No Caleb." Merlyn said but it was too late. Caleb had ran off. "You PIG!" Selena yelled at Lucas as she attempted to slap him across the face. "He's your son!?!? Caleb's your son as well! How many girls do you want Lucas?" "What are you worried about Selena?" Lucas said still holding her arm tightly. "You seem to do every guy in Trinity!" "How dare you Lucas!" Selena yelled breaking free of his grip. "I have a brother?" David butted in. He looked at Lucas and repeated his question only Selena answered for him. "Yes honey, the way Lucas is going you probably have sixty brothers!" CHAPTER 4: "Mad Matt" Matt's car screeched down the road and skidded in front of Caleb. "Caleb!" Matt yelled from inside the car. "Get in!" "No! I can't!" Caleb yelled back! "I've gotta see Lucas!" "Your grounded Caleb! You can't see Lucas." Matt argued but stopped. Caleb ran off into the darkness towards Lucas's house. Matt opened the door to his car and chased after Caleb. "Caleb!" "I'm telling you Ben," Gail started. "David is Lucas's son!" "But that's impossible." Ben said sharply. "David is Australian. Lucas has never been to Australia!" "Do you know that for sure?" Gail asked seeming very curious. Before Ben had a chance to answer the doors to the police station swung open. "Caleb, is he in here?" Matt asked fastly. "No." Ben answered just as fastly as Matt asked the question. "Is Lucas here?" Matt asked. "No, it's his day off." Ben said more slowly. "I should of known he'd go to Lucas's house." Matt said to himself. "What's wrong Matt," Gail asked with fear in her voice. "Is Caleb all right?" "Yes," Matt lied. "He's fine." "Lucas!" Caleb called as he ran threw the front door of Lucas's house. "Lucas I gotta talk to ya!" Caleb ran into the "family" room but stopped when he saw David. "I know you." he said to David with an expression you couldn't explain. "Yes Caleb, I know you too. Your my..." David began but was stopped by an interruption from Lucas. "It's too soon, David. Much too soon." Lucas told him. "What do you mean it's too soon Lucas?" David shot at him. "Are you gonna wait until he's an old man?! Lucas he needs to know!" "What Lucas?" Caleb asked. "What do I need to know?" Lucas just sat there with David looking at him. Caleb was very confused. "Fine Lucas, I'll tell him." David began. "Caleb, you've got a, well you've got a brother." "Who?" Caleb asked with his eyes wide. "Me." David answered. "You?" "Yes, me." Suddenly outside the house Matt's car skidded as Matt jumped out. "CALEB!" he called in a mean and awful voice. "CALEB!" Caleb kept starring at David until Matt grabbed him around the waist. Caleb kicked and screamed which made Lucas stand face to face with Matt. "Put him down!" Lucas ordered. "NOW!" Matt looked strait into Lucas's eyes. "No." he said calmly. Lucas stood back. He focused his eyes on Matt and then closed them. Matt dropped Caleb who ran to David. Suddenly Matts eyes and nose began to bleed! Matt starred at Lucas. "I know who you are, Lucas!" he screamed. "You wont get Caleb!" "Oh, but I will." Lucas assured himself. Like a lightning striking, the room filled with red. "LUCAS!" TO BE CONTINUED..... CHAPTER 5: "Happy Family" "Matt?" Billy called shining a light in Matt's eyes. "Can you hear me? Are you in there?" Matt opened his eyes. He was in a hospital bed. "What happened?" Matt asked not remembering a thing. "Lucas found you outside his house." Billy explained. "I don't remember going there." Matt said holding his head. "Will I be okay?" "Yes." Billy said. "But Caleb wont be." "What do you mean?" Matt asked suspiciously. "He's staying with Lucas..." Billy explained. "Until you get better." "Well I'll have to better real soon." Matt said closing his eyes. "Real soon." Inside Lucas's house David and Caleb were playing with a train set eating apple pie. "I love apple pie!" David said licking his lips. "So do I!" Caleb agreed. Lucas sat next to both children. "Now then, I'll teach you both all about us Bucks." He said. "First lesson... DO WHAT YOU WANT, WHEN YOU WANT!" Outside a storm began to appear. Merlyn stood on the street in front of Lucas's house. "Lets hope it's not to late." She said sadly. TO BE CONTINUED The Next episode I'll write will be based on Matt and Merlyn joining as a team to save Caleb and David from Lucas's evil forces. Also includes a giant fight between Gail and Selena and massive fights between good and evil! Thankyou, Leigh Nuridin