Nightly Lessons Book I: The Book of Beginnings

[Peeker]

Do-it-do-it-do-it-do-it!

Janus, deep inside the blood fit, was begging Mikeal to do it, to free him from the rage. He was like a child trapped on a roller coaster he didn't want to ride: everything in front of him looked frightening, and everything that was going on wasn't much better.

He tried to compromise with the 'fit, forcing his words out. He bit deep into the pillow, tearing it apart, spitting it out.

"You can't keep me like this!" He pointed out, almost happily. "YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!" The child's voice cracked out beneath the fit, a barely noticeable change.

HelpmeMikealohpleaseIdidn'tmeantogetsoangryIknowyo udidn'tmeanitI'llbegoodpleasejuststopthisfromhappe ningI'llbe agoodboyagoodboyIpromiseohplease!

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Mikeal looked Janus deep in the eyes, the pain clear in his own.

"Have it your way then," Mikeal closed his eyes for a moment and opened them. They mimiced the cold and callous stare of Razziel, another ploy to try and snap the boy out of it, before he hauled the boy up onto the couch and pressed him bent over the arm. "If your head will not listen then your rear will!"

He willed the strap into his hand, unhappy with the turn of events. It had been such a lovely day, The memories that all four of them had made.

'I'll make it up to him... maybe a bit of guitar or something, a game, a story...' He pulled over the small set of pants and rose the strap up high. He was going to be fast an hard. as soon as his Janus was back, he would stop. "Prepair for the strapping of your undead life Janus, because I'll make Razziel look like a walk threw the park."

CRACK!

The first one was har dand fast, leaving a long rectangle red line on the two robes before him as he held Janus down with one hand. He wanted the boy in his lap but the risk was too great.

CRACK!

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"HAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!" The boy screamed, high and terrified and heartbreaking. He breathed in, and the light returned to his wide, frightened eyes. "BASTARD!"

Tied down or not, the boy was straining and bucking, entire body tense as he pulled on his vampiric strength to a limit heretofor unmentioned.

The belts began to snap.

*WOOF!*

...and then Caboose was there, lying atop Mikeal's hand, pressing the child down with far more weight.

"PATHETIC! YOU HA-"

Crack!

"AGGGH! NNNN!! NNN!"

The boy screamed. He needed to take control. Needed to fight through this: Razziel was here. He was hurting him. He had to-- had to-- Had to fight past the rage-----

Bright, angry eyes struck the far wall, and dug in. A pinpoint on the other side of the room began to smoke, sizzle, and the suddenly quieted - but the eyes remained, bright and hard and fighting away the rage.

"H-h-h-help!" Janus insisted. His eyes were swaying between their usual gold and that hot awful yellow. He wasn't free yet: Razziel was still there. "M-m-mikeal! R-r-r-azziel! H-h-h-elp meee!"

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Mikeal looked at Caboos as the dog placed all of it's weight on to the small fram of the boy. Had he been human, the boy would have sufficated from the weight, unable to more his chest to breath. Luckly he wasn't.

Crack!.......... Crack!.............. Crack!

"That's it Janus, fight it," Mikeal spoke in a soft voice, his thumb rubbing the small back under it. "You're strong then it and you know it."

Mikeal eyes flinched from kind to cold although the boy couldn't see it, he could feel it.

"Want have I taught you about the Dornnell House?!" He ordered sounding exactly like Razziel in the boy's mind. "Everything Crack!is Crack!about Crack!control Crack!! Now get it!"

Crack!......... Crack!

[Peeker]

ThankyouMikealI'llbegoodI'lldoanythingjustkeepRazz ielawayfrom-

Control. I need control.

Its all control: Must control myself--

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGH! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"

"I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER! YOU WILL-" The voice was trailing... The pain was immense.

"Master Razzie--EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLL!"

Control yourself! Scum! Weakling! Boy!

CONTROL!

I'llbegoodMikealstophurtingmeI'lldoanythingI'llget controlIpromiseI'll--

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" He screamed. He begged. He sobbed.

Be a good boy for me, Jake. Momma gets tired sometimes. You need to be a good boy, a big boy, so Momma doesn't get hurt - you need to learn to take care of yourself...

Maggot! You need--

Control.

"YES MASTER!" Janus roared.

The strap fell again. Crack.

"Hgn..."

Crack!

"..."

Love you, Jakey. Maggot. Janus Thomas Bell! Control yourself!

"I... have... cont--" He boy coughed. Looked up.

"M--m--....Sire....." Janus smiled. His eyes were glassy. "I'm in control, Mikeal..." He let his head hang, and started to cry again.

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Mikeal dropped the strap quickly and shoved Caboose off the boy. He quickly cut threw the belts binding the boy feeling, they were only material things, he could buy him new ones, and gathered the wheeping child in his arms and held him close.

"Thank God," He whispered, on the verge of tears himself. "I'm so sorry Janus, I'm so sorry..."

He quickly walked to his own bed room and lay the boy on the bed.

"I'm sorry I hit you before, it was uncalled for..." He quickly went to his medicine cabbinet and pulled out a cooling cream. "I never though you would react like that. Forgive me."

He took some of the cream and applied it to the very red bottom. He wanted to kick himself, he wantd to heal the boy but couldn't, it could set him back too soon.

"Shhh, it's alright Janus. You're my good Janus, you always were," Mikeal quickly but gently rubbed the soothing cream onto the bottom before gathering him in his arms. "That's my good boy, just let the cream do it's work.... Would you like anything, Janus? Anything at all?"

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The boy laid there sobbing through the belts being cut, through the lifting of Caboose, who was sniffing his hand nervously, and licking his chops, through the applying of the cream, and through being lifted up. He made no sound but ragged breathing and sharp, hiccuping cries.

"That's my good boy, just let the cream do it's work.... Would you like anything, Janus? Anything at all?"

...and it came out like a torrent.

"Y---y-----you! L-l-love you! 'm-sorry-'m-sorry-'m-sorry! D-d-don't- Razziel!" Janus' arms were like iron bands wrapped around the man's chest, his tears hot and his sobs loud, both burying deep into the man.

"Don' wanna no!" The boy wailed, nonsensically. "YOU! P-p-please! B-b-blood! Don' wannanother Fit! Want you an' you an' a story an' I'll be good an' never-ever oh please I'm sorry please want you-holdmeanddon'tletgoI'llbegoodILOVEYOU!"

The boy pushed his body into Mikeal as hard as he could.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Mikeal flicked his hand for a tall glass of blood. He didn't think the boy would be about to drink it all, but that would be fine. Inching on to the center of the bed, mikeal tucked Janus close to his chest and rocked the boy softly, holding tight at the same time to let the child know that he was safe and loved.

"Shhhh, Janus it's alright.... Razziel isn't here and he never will be," Mikeal hushed in a soft voice as he petted the soft locks of Janus' hair. "you're safe and sound here in my arms I would never let him touch you. Shhhh."

Lucy came trotting in along with Caboose, both moving the bed as they joined the two. They lay at the foot, watching and waiting to see if they were needed, knowing that both Masters were hurting in different ways.

"I love you too Janus. I would never let you go," Mikeal continued to whisper into the boy's ear, thinking of some story to tell him. "what kind of story would you like Janus? Fairy tale, real?" He gently held the gllass to the child's lips, not tipping it completely until the boy was ready himself. "Drink some of this first before you nswer, Janus."

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Janus didn't answer. He bawled in Mikeal's arms for a good long while, letting the man rock him, while Caboose and Lucy whimpered and whined, licked and sniffed, and stayed as close as they could to the inconsolable child.

Twice, Janus tried to sip at the blood, and twice, found himself unable to swallow, spitting the tiny bit of liquid back into his glass before he choked on it, all the while wailing and tearing into Mikeal's chest.

*sniffle* "....I...." *hic* A shuddery breath rocked the little boy, and he swallowed as big a gulp of the blood as Mikeal would allow him. He closed his eyes, and pressed limply against Mikeal, his body hurting from clinging so hard, keeping his muscles so tense.

"D-d-don' c-care.... J-jus' d-don' leggo...." He whispered, as Lucy licked his face, and Caboose laid his big head on the little boy's lap.

Janus sniffled again, and sat there in space, falling asleep already, never wanting to leave Mikeal's arms.

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Mikeal smileddown at the child and placed the blood nearby. Should the tiny vampir woke up again, it would be there for him. Mikeal glanced at the clock an d frowned. Dinner time was rolling about the corner and he would have to think of something. Maybe there was a bit of Chinese left in the fridge he could heat up. He didn't want to stay away from Janus too long.

"I'll be right back, Janus," He whispered to the sleeping child, prying the tiny fingers free of his shirt and tehn tucking him up next to Lucy. "Watch him for me..."

Mikeal walked silently into the kitchen, checking the fridge, He was the king of left overs, always saving food here and there, sometimes until it took a life of its own. Finding the Chinese tack out, Mikeal popped it in the micro wave when he heard Janus' soft crying and whimpers. Hurrying back he found the child having a nightmare up against a stressed Lucy.

"It's okay girl, I've got him.." Mikeal gently shook the boy awake. "Janus... Janny, awake up.... it's just a bad dream. I'm here now Janus."