Subj: The Diary Of Victor North Pt.3
Date: 4/18/99 7:05:00 PM Central Daylight Time
From: marcos1

My three lovers were strangely silent at dinner that evening. They seemed disturbed at the fate of Angelique. Her death seemed to cast a shadow upon everything.

"Dana," I said softly, "please have some more flaming gak. It is from the northern forest of Yor...very delicious."

"No, thank you, " Dana Scully replied. She hesitated for a moment, clearing her throat. "Are you very sure that Angelique is dead? I'm just not sure...."

"Of course she is," I snapped back, feeling my anger rising. I was getting very tired of speaking of this. "Scully," I said, arching my brows, "she fell from a great distance. You are a medical doctor. She is dead and that is that."

" Victor," Xena said, "there is no need to get angry. I think a nice bath in the mineral springs later, might do us all a world of good."

"Now, that is more like it," I said grinning, lustily, sipping a glass of gak blood. It was good.

"There is no logic is this," Seven of Nine said. "Angelique cannot be dead. I still feel her presence in my mind. She is part of our collective."

"Collective," I said, pushing myself away from the table. "What in hades name are you speaking of?"

The three ladies cast glances at each other. Scully spoke first, "Victor, we have much to explain, most of which you might not believe...but every word is true."

Outside of my castle events were happening that were most extraordinary. Broken bones, a crushed skull covered with blond tresses, began to re-form, become a woman again. A witch.

"Bell, book, and Candle," Angelique said, "I welcome you. Sons of Belial, rise from your slumber. Revenge is yours. Heed my call."

Creature of every sort, began to rise from the dust of the Earth. These were the enemies of my ancestors, the devil and his dam, daughters of Lilith, princes of destruction, taking shape, with the death of the last son of North--the only thought driving them onward.

To be continued--