The Slippery Mr. FIsh
#21 of The Moonrise Chronicles
I hurried this one out, so if the editing is less accurate than normal, well, there you go. Heading back to the festival to catch some music. Enjoy.
Edward
was growing less patient by the day. Verona's parents were waiting on snail
mail to obtain some, what they called, important information. The present was
more important than the past to the impatient human. Even if he did have some
wild and crazy genetics to his nature, he was ultimately the one responsible
for his actions. He was hoping to finish off one problem before people started
bringing down more. "Maggie?" She was
occupied at the moment, trying to distract him from his distressing thought.
She was dealing with this better than he was, but then, she had the ability to
turn feral. While she didn't spend much time prowling on solid ground now, she
was still active on the rooftops. She even found food, and he had not asked for
particulars. He trusted her judgment. She
pulled off of his cock. "What?" She was a little more than irritated at his
refusal to stay focused...on her...and what she was doing. "I
don't like it." "You've
never complained before." "Not
that! This whole situation. It's intolerable. " "What's
intolerable is the fact that you can't seem to get into the mood anymore.
There's nothing like a good workout to tire your body and your mind and allow
you a chance to relax." "I
don't want to relax! I'm too wound up!" She sighed. "Can't you dwell on anything
else?" Edward
was feeling torn and it was really affecting his ability to think. Well, let me
turn this back over to him. No point in me talking for him. "Look
Maggie. Distractions are nice, and they're fun, but I really want some closure
here. At this rate we'll eat through the money in no time." "Yes,
but not yet. We have plenty of money
left, and if we do start to run out, I know where I can get more." I held
up my hand. "Don't! Don't even tell me what you have up your sleeve." She
held up her hand as well. "Nothing. I'm not wearing any clothes!" When I
just stared at her, her gaze met mine in a battle of wills. She won. "Ok
dearest, I'll try to forget about everything but you and me." She got
a sly look on her face. "You know, I think I might be able to get you focused
on me for a while." I
really hoped she was correct. It was preferable to sitting here worrying about
what was going to ultimately happen with this slippery Mr. Fish. I didn't like having his smelly presence
hanging over my head. He knew how to use apprehension to keep us on our guard.
It had the net ability of tiring us out and making us sloppy. He knew his
stuff, unless I was just over thinking it. She
climbed on the bed and grabbed the lube. "We
don't need that." I remarked tiredly. "Maybe
you don't, but I will." "Why?" She
didn't bother with words where action proved better. She was working it into
her back hole. "Uh,
Maggie, I can't do that." "The
hell you can't. It's the only hole I've got that hasn't been tested out by
anyone. Are you telling me that you'd forgo screwing me in the only virgin hole
I've got left?" "It's
not natural..." I was
glad that I was able to provide her with some amusement. She knew that I still
clung to some very old fashioned ways, and in such made me more akin to
Verona's parents than to Verona herself. I had no idea how she even knew about sex in
the back door, as they euphemistically called it back home, was even possible. "Father!
Really? You need to spend more time on the internet. I even saw a video once
where this woman took two cocks up her..." "Hush!
I don't need to hear this from my daughter." "Fine!
I'll shut up if you put out. What difference does which hole
matter to you anyway? I'll be the one dealing with it." I shook
my head. She wanted to get my attention and she had gotten it. I was feeling so
overwhelmed that without thinking too much more into it, I agreed. "Fine.
But if you can't handle it, you let me know." If it
had only been that simple, and the only thing I needed to worry about. She lay
on her stomach with her ass in the air. It was such a fine thing, that little
heart shaped posterior. But to violate it in this way seemed cruel. I spread
her ass cheeks, and watched as she relaxed her hole. I don't how she managed
it, but she did. I know I would have been tightening it up! I
slipped the head in, and the rest followed with the mere gentlest push. It was
a distinctly different feeling than the front; not better, just different. That is, right until she clamped down on me. I
swear she was suddenly so tight she was going to cut off my circulation. That
wasn't even the half of it. Her tail sprout right under my nose, and her body morphed
into her feral form. I was totally not expecting that. My cock was sticking in
the ass of a werewolf. Now tell me this was something you might wake up and
said to yourself; yeah, I'm gonna
buttfuck a werewolf today. Ok, so
that was crude. But really, this was so damned bizarre. I would have debated
the issue longer, but the feeling was just too good to ignore. I wasn't even
moving and she was working me over like a pro. That tight little wolf back-end
was fitting like a sleeve over my cock. I only hoped I didn't ruin it on the
first run. I
closed my eyes, hung onto those furry hips and launched myself into boning that
fine, sleek tunnel. I could feel her
tense up with each push, and I soon found that the longer I took to push in,
the longer she remained cinched up like the opening to an old gym bag. It was out
of this world incredible, and I may have just found my new favorite position,
or at the very least, my new favorite hole. We held
this position for a good long time, and when I felt the rise up from below, I
told her to hang on as I filled her up. The added slipperiness of my discharge
gave the last few minutes of mindless thrusting the added lube to excite her to
her own finish. We collapsed back onto the bed and I could feel her changing
back to her human form. "So?"
She asked breathlessly. "So?
Who knew that such a sinful thing could be so wonderful?!" "That's
why they're usually sinful. Religion always makes you think the good stuff is
bad." She clung to my side. "I think I want to do it again soon, but never ever
when Verona is around. I would never survive you with the added benefits
derived from being a feral." Even thinking
about that made m ass hurt. "Deal.
But we'll have to wait a little while. I need to catch my breath. " We
ended up falling asleep, to be woken later by the phone ringing. It took me a
moment to figure out where I was and then to claw my way out of the covers. After
nearly tripping twice, I got to the noisy thing just in time. It was Verona. "Hey!"
I said sleepily. "Hey
yourself." She sounded alarmed. She
suddenly had my interest. "What is it?" "Fish.
He knows where I live. Edward, we need to finish him off. I'll never sleep well
again until I know he is dead." I
scratched my head and yawned, slapping Maggie away from my cock as she tried to
distract me from my conversation. "Fine. Stay there and I'll be over as soon as
I can." "Where
are we going? Back to Verona's?" Maggie was still trying to initiate another
round of sex. "Yes.
Apparently our devil has found where Verona lives and she's freaked out by that
notion." "She
should be. That guy gives me the creeps!" I
sighed, stretched again and got something to drink. From the bar. "Maggie, I
have the feeling that meeting up with this guy is going to be far more
traumatic than we believe." "Me
too. I can sense it in my very being. It both thrills me and frightens me." "Do you
want to go home?" "And
leave everyone in a lurch? No, this would never have happened if I hadn't been
so curious. I guess we had better stick it out to the end." "But I can't
be of any help. Unless that coin is removed, I think that I represent the
weakest link in the chain. And if I take
it out, I may be more of a nightmare than Mr. Fish." "Father
dear, you'll never be a terror in my eyes." I
cupped her face. "Thank you Maggie, but we both know that so many years of pent
up ferocity could end up being released like a bomb. I would never forgive
myself if that happened and people I cared for got hurt. I don't think it's
worth the risk.""Suit yourself. I'll take you like
this any day."After that, the conversation fell flat.
It seemed that the day was upon us to render judgment on this notorious killer.
I dressed in comfortable clothing. I doubted that I was going to be of much
use, and while the thought of buying riot gear had crossed my mind, it would have
been so cumbersome as to make moving difficult. That fact was, I just might
find that I was going to need to be able to run. Maggie grabbed a dress. It made
sense. She could, if she wished it to not be ruined, slip it off and chuck it
in a corner somewhere and retrieve it after she changed back. At eight hundred
dollars, I appreciated her thoughtfulness. I fingered those knives, and still feeling
that grabbing them was pointless, stuck them in my pocket. Silver would have
made me feel better. We took a walk through Central Park
first. It was her idea for as she said, it was to have one last look at things of beauty before we have our hearts
filled with horror. I did my best to enjoy it, though she was being rather
naughty during the whole visit. She even tried to get me to have sex with her
out her in the open. Two adults might get away with it, but not two people with
an obvious age difference. She finally gave up, snatched a purple flower and
stuck it in my jacket pocket.Once at the apartment, we found
that Mr. Fish had left another letter. He requested our presence at some placed
called The Slaughtered Lamb. As he put it in his missive, I feel that this place might be suited to our unique persona morphus,
where we can discuss our Armageddon. I fear nothing, a sad state of affairs for
a man who lives by his joy in dealing out fear. When you no longer fear, you no
longer feel. And when you no longer feel, you might as well be dead. So I look
forward to perhaps feeling again, even for just a short period of time. Even
worms making a home in my belly would be better than the emptiness in my soul. There was much more, but I will spare you
his rambling lunacy. That part I quoted was the sanest of the lot. I asked the
Hardwicks what they thought about his proposal. "Son, I think that we don't have a
choice. We played our hand too soon and he found us out. So we go to this
place, this pub he speaks of and we see what he has to say. I wouldn't hold my
breath, but he might be willing to allow himself to be killed."With nothing more needing to be
said, I called a limo from the hotel and the driver picked us up and drove us
to the pub. It was in Greenwich, on an open street corner. From the looks of
the outside, I got where the name came
from. It was based on the pub in the movie An American Werewolf in London. I
should have guessed. That this guy had such a sense of irony was chilling.We went inside, and I told the limo
driver to go back to the hotel. The two crsip, one hundred dollar bills would
have kept him around, but I figured that his presence after this wasn't going
to be needed. He gave me a smile, told me to enjoy myself and drove the black leviathan
around the corner and down the street. Inside the pub, it was dark, and it
smelled of stale beer. The decor presented a vulgar attempt to attract the thrill
seeker, and as such its theme allowed no confusion as to its nature. It was
werewolf mania inside that drinking establishment, right down to the point of
being brash and overbearing. We looked around, searching for our man. The
bartender hollered over to us. "You folks need a seat?""I guess. We're supposed to meet
someone here.""Is that so? Today is our fish
special. You interested?"We all froze. "What?""If you're here for the fish, then
I have the perfect table for you."The chills running down my spine
seemed to make the floor vibrate. "Yeah. Sounds like what we're here for." He showed up to a large booth, where,
sitting with his back to a large wooden sign advertising Fullmoon Ale, was our
quarry. His face was gaunt, and his mustache nearly obstructed his mouth. He
had on a bowler, a three piece tweed suit, a tie, and several silver rings. He
neither smiled nor frowned. It was as dead an expression as I could imagine."Sit. I know you will not drink,
but I find this place to be amusing. To be portrayed as nothing more than a
means of entertainment is in itself, entertaining."The smell rolling off of him was
enough to put anyone off their game. I opted to be braver than everyone else
and I chose to sit down next to him. "Listen bud. Like hell if I'm not going to
have a drink!"He looked down his nose at me. "Yes,
I suppose you would. I still don't understand why you are here. It is most
distressing to see the kind cavorting with simple humans.""Simple? I'll show you simple you..."
I allowed my words to trail off. He was looking right through me."Simple. Stupid. I wouldn't even
waste my time killing you. You would be better left living to wallow in your
own abject misery. But the rest of you. You intrigue me. You," he said,
pointing to Verona, "have lived here for a while now. You were of no concern to
me before. How is it that you came to cross my path now?"She was shivering. "That's none of
your business!""Perhaps not. And you?" he asked,
looking at her parents. "You are of a generation that should know better. If
you know who I am, then you must surely know that there is no salvation to be
had for me or for you. I have died many more times than you can imagine, and
each time I am brought back. The devil refuses to keep me, so he has made me
dwell in a private hell of my own creation. If you decide that you will destroy me, how
many will go down in the attempt?"Reynaud was silent. I could see that he was uncomfortable sitting
at the table with this netherwalker. For some reason, he didn't put me off like
the others. I suppose that if what I was getting was only a small portion of
the odor off of him, then their noses might be in overload, sort of like
sniffing a bottle of ammonia."Look Fish, I don't think you
understand that it will be five against one." I sounded pretty sure of myself."Five?" His tone showed contempt. "You
mean four. You bring nothing to this table except food. The young one thinks
she is wise, but she is a fool for thinking it. The other three are here
because of some need to be noble. We are all killers. It's how we have survived
this long. But did we ask for it? No. It was thrust upon us. So destroy me if
you think you can. But I cannot make it easy on you. What I am will not allow
it. I will be like, what is that thing...?"He trailed off as he thought to
himself. "I'm sorry. Some of the things in this modern world are enough to draw
my attention, but not always keep it. This thing, it's green, and... Oh yes, I
believe the artist called it The Hulk. We have a common theme, he and I. You
won't like me when I'm angry."The silence seemed to fall on the
entire pub. I broke it. "I guess we won't know until it happens. I think I'd rather
die trying than not to try at all.""The bravest one among you is the
weakest? Very curious, very curious indeed. Well human, tell me this. If you do
happen to kill me, perish the thought, what then? Will you be the hero
triumphant?" To whom shall you tell your exploits? Assuredly the newsman and
the reporters will flock to your door, but then so will the police. Killing me
will do you more harm than good, for people are stupid. They have no true
concept of right and wrong. I should know. They have a many chances to achieve
great wisdom, and instead they chose the route of ease and decadence. Do you
know how many I have killed in their beds? Their spurting blood has given me
gratification, but not like it did in the old days, when I needed the thrill to
compensate for my impotency. You see now, for every human I kill, there is less
ignorance in the world. And yet, no one has seemed to notice. And you deem to call
me sick.""Killing innocent people makes you
a monster Mr. Fish, not a savior.""Innocent? Yes, many of my victims
have indeed been innocent. I spared them growing up in this cruel world and gave
them pain and suffering to make them realize that their life was futile, then I
killed them to release them from their torment. Oh, and I must be honest. They
squealed so divinely." I felt my fingers vibrating , try
to clench an imaginary neck. His was within reach, but what good would it do
me? I could strangle him, but it he couldn't die easily, all that would get me
was in trouble with the police for attempted murder. I kept my hands below the
table, out of sight."Yes, you see, you are in a
quandary. Kill me, or leave me to live. I do not care which you decide upon,
for the result makes no difference to me. I have jumped in front of subway
trains, dived from tall buildings, even impaled myself with silver, and I am
still here. So think hard before you come after me, for in the end, the result
will spell doom."I gulped a few times, trying to
swallow my Adam's Apple. "I'll tell you what. Choose a time and a place, and we'll
meet you there. Perhaps we can settle this once and for all."He grabbed my hand. His grip was
cold and clammy, like that of a corpse in the cooler in the morgue. "Son, I don't
care when and where. I don't care if you die, and I don't care if I die. And
that should scare you. I am giving you a chance to walk away. If you fail to
choose to do so, your death is not on my head."He pushed his way out of the booth.
"You'll excuse me now. When you're ready, you can find me in Central Park. You
must find me where I am each night, for I assume you wish to keep the
spectators to a minimum. If after one
week I do not sense that you have been looking for me, then I will hunt you
down in turn and kill you all. It's nothing personal. I prefer to go about each
day with a clean slate, and your existence will prey upon my mind. All threats
must be dealt with eventually and you shall be no different."He walked down the aisle to the
front door, tipped his hat and stepped into the light. A fog seemed to permeate
his being, leaving a trail of fumes across the floor. He looked into the front
window one last time and tapped the silver cane tip against his face, indicating
that the normal method of killing a werewolf wasn't going to work. He was going
to be one tough customer.It was only then that I noticed
that the bar had gone as silent as a tomb. And I though this only happened in
the movies!