Spittoon--Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Nolita Fairytale

10 years ago in First Light Theaters; There was a grisly massacre. 57 survivors & 12 deceased, 7 year old Paradisa Devine and 8 year old Virgil Arnett. Modern day, Brandish Spear Academy: Student council president, 17 year old Paradisa Devine is a yuppie that comes from a high class family. Although rich; Paradisa is a kind, caring, headstrong, meek, and moderate young lady. One day, Paradisa was walking home when she sees a car crashed into a light pole & rushes over to the vehicle to see an 18 year old man injured but wounded badly. Paradisa takes the young man to safety as she takes out her first aid kit from her backpack. The young man wakes up, startled to see Paradisa, and he doesn't seem to frightened her after threatening her. The young man escapes and Paradisa watches him go, curious about him. The next day at school, the young man she encountered yesterday appears to be fine and a transfer student. Vice president of the student council name Virgil Arnett, who is 18 years old too, knows the new transfer student: It's his childhood friend, Dante McBethel. It is revealed that Dante comes from a Dutch ancestry while Virgil comes from a Scottish ancestry and their family has been feuding since they were children. Dante and Virgil had no bad feelings, they're best friends and want to change things between the xenophobic feud. Dante appears to be a calm, sophisticated, intelligent, laid-back, companionable, and attractive young man. Unlike Dante; Virgil is a polite, gallant, kind, protective, and militaristic mindset. But he has a secret that he is hiding away from everyone: He killed his own father for his fundamentalist Jewish ways, Virgil witnessed his father beating his second wife and was banished when he was 14. Virgil was found by a kind woman, who was a Jewish that was sent on a seer's quest.

Dante is seems stunt to meet Paradisa and stays calm, Paradisa introduces herself: "My name is Paradisa Devine, Who are you?" "Dante. Dante McBethel, it's a pleasure to meet you Paradisa." replied Dante. Paradisa smiles in relief. Meanwhile; There is a swimmer on the girls swim team, her name is Lethe Beattie. Lethe Beattie is a generally calm, reliable, kind, collected nature within and out of society. Lethe interacts a slight sense of arrogance towards others, she even displays a cold, indifferent, dark, and ominous. Lethe has a grim outlook on life. She also has a dark side that she keeps hidden from the others: More of a sadomasochistic girl. She takes an interest in Dante and develops an attraction for him but decides to keep an eye on him because he seems to make her suspicious. During their encounters, Lethe seems interested in his mysterious nature. While she swam; she could hear singing from the distance: "The sea is deep, the sea is wide, the sea is always on your side. Listen to my voice and you won't have a choice. Forever you'll remain here with me." The next day, Paradisa is at her student council meeting as she and the others are struggling with ideas for the club activity. After so many ideas, Dante suggest a lunch party. Paradisa agrees and the vote begins, however Dante's idea is the most what everyone wants. Paradisa is amazed of Dante's charmiastic attitude. It is hinted that Dante is from an upper family too: He lives with his cousin, Mac Hamilton, because his mother died of breast cancer. Dante learns Paradisa works at a music shop and buys CDs of the classics. Dante leaves his phone number and he would like to hang out. On Saturday morning, Dante and Paradisa hang out at a cafe where Sayer reveals the real truth: His mother was killed and he survived from the First Light Theaters Massacre. Paradisa is shocked and states she was a survivor too from the shooting. She asked what does he do after school, Dante says he's a hired assassin. Paradisa is astounded and finds it cool, much to Dante's surprise.

In his mind; Dante gets a mental glimpse of this mysterious beauty flashing through his mind: Her hair, skin, ample bosom, and the curve of her lip. He doesn't see the vision of her fully until she emerges and his heart was stolen. This beauty's purity & attractiveness drugs out Dante's aching heart. However the beauty is a strange yet mysterious girl, who is dance-skip to music in her ears. Bopping her head to Flo Rida's "Whistle" through her ear phones & skipping in the mall, The girl begins a prancing and twirling dance, which attracts the attention of Dante, Paradisa, and Lethe. The girl changes her dance to a hand pump down with palm facing down, shaking her hips, and swaying her arms while shuffling her feet forward and backward. Paradisa giggles at her, The girl sees her giggle and laughs out loud! Paradisa is confused by this, Dante replies that she must've saw the trio staring at her funny. "What are you listening to?" asked Dante. The girl looks at him and smiles, "Flo Rida. You heard of him?" Dante shook his head, "No....?" he said. The girl is startled, "Oh my God! You gotta love this song, it's a catchy tune--no lie!" but noticed the ear wax and pulls away. "Oh shoot, sorry. Gotta clean them, gross huh?" She nervously took out a hand sanitizer wipe and cleans it but looks mortified. She hands out the now cleaned earphones timidly before saying, "You want to or no? I know I'm gross about the earphones, but you don't have to listen if you don't want-" But she is cut off by Dante, who takes the ear piece before smiling and he says: "It's fine, I'll give it a try." "OK, kewl." The girl beamed. Dante put the piece in his ear and hears the lyrics of the rapper's emcee song. While listening, Dante watches The girl who smiled hopeful but frowns and then repeats the pattern as Dante previews the song. He takes the earpiece out and says with a nod, "Catchy tune, I like it."

Dante's past is revealed: His beloved, Eve Gabriel, was killed in front of him while he escaped from unknown danger. Since Eve's death, Dante suffers hallucinations over the traumatic memory. Although calm and stoic yet serious, Dante's mental instability is not exact. Alone, Dante wonders what he can do when all of a sudden, he has a mental contact of an 'angel'. Suddenly, The 'angel' spoke to him to his astonishment: "Dante McBethel....Yes, I know who you are. Do not fret, I came here to tell you something. Give me a moment of your time, I know this is going to be tough but you must do things on your own. I asked that you trust me & I will you get you out of this alive. Please be careful, your journey of revenge starts now. But for now, go to a path that will take you to Inferno's Rings. Don't worry, I'll contact you soon. I'll be watching you, Dante." and the mental contact vision ends. Dante arrived at the path that leads to Inferno's Rings, as he was told, and the angel appears in his mind to speak to him, "It's me! You took the first step on your journey of revenge. Now, listen carefully...Who I am is not important, but if you really want to know, Please call me Saint. I know, 'cool' huh? Anyways, the first thing you must know--'The Devil', who is your Uncle Aeneas, murdered your beloved sister. No matter what happens or when things get crazy, remember about Aeneas and you will face him. Trust me, Dante, and you won't be alone. I will grant you any wish you desire. OK, Here's what you need to get ready in this mad world of Inferno's Rings, The Inferno Nine Gang--take them down." Dante fights the nine members of the gang who are named Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, & Treachery. Once defeating them, Dante meets the slaves of Inferno Nine's Gang: Homer, Francesca, Horace, Ovid, Lucas, Brutus, Cassius, Cleo, Caiaphas, Pierre, Judas, and Jason. Dante frees the slaves of Inferno Nine, He announces that he is the savior to them, "From this day forward, you all are my new army. Join me, and I will lead you into the depths of the one that mistreated you." "Who are you?" one of them asked. Dante looked calm but he was cautious about his identity, "My name is Lost, and I am here to regain my Paradise." He encourages the slaves to find justice and the slaves believe him. Saint appears again in Dante's mind, "'Lost' huh? Good alter ego name! Heh, is that a reference to Milton's Paradise Lost? And you want to regain your 'Paradise'? How intriguing! Ok, enough jocular matters, focus here! There is so much crazy people so here's what I want you to do. Find the most 'sane' person name Sharon, talk to her alone, and ask for a map so you can get out of this hellhole."

Dante tells his army to stay here and finds a shop, where a woman is there behind the counter. "Welcome! Can I help you?" asked the woman. "Are you Sharon?" inquired Dante. Sharon smiled and replied, "That's my name, Don't wear it out." Dante said, "I need help of getting out of here." "You do? That's not easy, there's a lot of crazy, bat-crap people here." remarked Sharon. "I'm aware of that." replied Dante. Sharon sighed and reaches in to reveal a map. She hands it to Dante and she said, "This will lead you out of Inferno's Rings. Good luck, my friend." she said. Dante takes the map and thank her before leaving. He and his newly found army use the map as they escape out of Inferno's Rings. But they are pursued by the insane people however they cut and run from them. Once reaching to a safe haven, Saint contacts Dante again: "All right! Out of Hell, now you're entering Purgatory! Purgatory Kingdom, that is where Aeneas is. Here's the deal. You must take his concubines hostage, interrogate them about Eve's death, and release the women unharmed. I know those girls are witnesses and may know something. Am I psychic you ask? Maybe....Maybe not. The second task is to find three people--Cato, Pia, and Sordello. Now go, bring the message to your people and I'll contact you later." Lost explains of their next step in Purgatory Kingdom, where three people are in danger by 'The Devil'. He also says that they will use only two because the other is a servant to a 'kind man' to someone (referring to himself). They meet a mistreated slave to 'The Devil' name Cato, a woman name Pia who is abused by her upbraiding husband that hurts her physically and emotionally. Sordello, who is Virgil's valuable bodyguard." Once the vision ends, Lost explains his plan to his army. Then, Lost and the others head towards Aeneas's cathouse, where they hold the concubines hostage, however Lost interrogates them about Eve's death. The concubines broke down and confess confirmations of Aeneas actually murdering Eve with his own bare hands! Dante is shocked and he lets the concubines go as he and the army head out to find Cato and Pia who are working.

Moxie Strong is the club vocalist while changing costumes of Jessica Rabbit, Holli Would, Betty Boop, Fairy Tale and Wonderland pin ups. But Moxie falls in love with Dante and talks to him after her performances. She takes him back of the club and attempts to seduce him. Horrified, Dante stops her but she persists him. Dante manage to gently yet firmly push her away as he says that he is in love with someone else. Dante receives letters, flowers, weird gifts, and sultry emails. Dante tells her off; saying it ends now! But that doesn't stop there: Moxie causes fabrication of her and Dante having a 'wild time' but a mysterious video message appears of the truth, which the whole school learns the truth of what Moxie is. After the jeers and name calling, Moxie loses her mind and kidnaps Paradisa. Learning about what happened, Dante and Lethe goes to rescue her. Dante distracts Lethe while appearing as Lost. Moxie goes insane but she bangs her head and drowns. Virgil learns about Moxie's death and vows revenge against Lost for Moxie, who was Virgil's cousin. Lethe Beattie is seen at a club, where she feels claustrophobic, so she leaves abruptly and goes to the upstairs dance area. The upstairs dance room is not so crowded and has an intimate scenario to it. Lethe dances to the music in her skimpy dress and decides to leave. She is seen back at home, she is a young lady that comes from a middle class family. Lethe begins to read Hilary Duff's debut novel, Elixir, and falls asleep on the two chapters from the book. The first dream displays her as a singer and Dante as a pianist. She leaves after belting out the last notes and received an enormous applause. Dante and her are reunited before talking about running away, just when they're about to kiss; Lethe wakes up from the dream. Lethe wonders why would she dream about Dante, she brushes aside but it's been on her mind. After reading three or four chapters of Elixir, Lethe fell asleep again & another dream begins. The second dream is where Lethe is seen in front of the mirror, where Dante presents her with a bouquet of roses. She shares a romantic moment with him and they embrace. Lethe wakes up from the dream again and she wonders why is this happening to her! The third dream is where she is in a boat with Dante, who is rowing it. They talk to each other of plans for the futures, before passionately kiss each other. One day, Dante and Lethe attend to a Brazilian themed Carnival, where they're having a good time. Dante is surprised to discover that Lethe is an excellent samba dancer as she & Dante go sight seeing before heading towards a bar however Lethe sees some dancing going on.

"Wanna dance?" asked Lethe. Dante looks anxious, "I don't know how..." He start to say but Lethe takes his hand and smile, "Come on, I'll show you." she said. They wander to the sambaing party and join them. "OK, what do I do?" Dante shouting over the music. "Dance with the beat." called Lethe before moving her hips and arms to the beat. "Holy--I can't do that, I got two left feet!" Dante said as he dance frenziedly but Lethe puts a calm hand on him gently and said with a small laugh, "Easy, you're out of bounds. Here, I'll teach you." she shows him the steps in samba and Dante seems good at it. "See, you got it!" commented Lethe. She smiles as Dante flushes red at her beauty. "Phew." sighed Dante. "You OK? You're blushing." Lethe said. "Yeah, T-that was fun." Dante admits with a smile. "Wanna give it another try?" Lethe asked. "Hell yes!" exclaimed Dante and they start sambaing. But they were sambaing so much, they tripped and tumble over and Dante finds himself on top of Lethe. The two are blushing at this moment. "Dante." croaked Lethe. "Lethe, I--" Dante tried to explain but he saw her hollow cleavage and can see bruises across her ample bosom. He looked away from them but Lethe chokes out, "Dante, I have something to tell you..." she whispered. But they were interrupted by Paradisa who runs into Virgil and they have an awkward encounter. Paradisa apologizes as she claims of losing her mind. After hanging out for a little while, Virgil & Paradisa have an intimate encounter in the indoor pool, but pulled away as they both discover they have fallen in love with each other! Watching them, The girl gets excited when she realize that the love triangle is becoming a love rectangle. In the mid-fall, Dante, Virgil, Paradisa, and Lethe are seen on their break, where they enjoy a great time at Marco Island. The girl is seen dancing and splashing in the shallow water of the beach. Her name turns out to be Sophie after Dante made a proper introduction to herself.  

The psychedelic experiences starts off with Paradisa & Lethe are seen lounging in their hotel room as they talk about their love for Dante. Realizing that they both love him; The girls come up with ways to win Dante McBethel's affections. Lethe comes up with the idea of psychedelic experiences of the usage of hallucinating drugs. Lethe reveals she has some in her Iridescent bag, Paradisa is unsure about this idea so the girls decide to think about it. In the afternoon; Paradisa and Lethe are seen in the swimming pool but are surprised to see Dante there too! While hanging out, The three of them go on doing crazy fun and scaring others. They heard singing: "The call of the siren reaches out to you awakening off of your senses. Your soul can hear the sirens song of love. Come to me and fall for me. My love you can not resist. The beauty of a pearl and soft as a dove. The waves of the sea just like our love. With this song you will come to me, miss me, and dream of me. With this spell my love is irresistible. As I will it, so mote it be!" These experiences cause them to go insane but Dante, Paradisa, and Lethe stop with the psychedelic after experiencing premonition-like nightmares of them suffering from K-hole & bad trips. They dispose of the drugs however they are haunted by disturbing images from their daydreams. In their psychedelic visions; they heard the same singing again: "I pirouette in the dark, I see the stars through me....Tired mechanical heart, Beats 'til the song disappears...Somebody shine a light, I'm frozen by the fear in me. Somebody make me feel alive, And shatter me! So cut me from the line; Dizzy, spinning endlessly. Somebody make me feel alive, And shatter me!" That's when Paradisa discovers her period and is experiencing emotional mood swings. Dante is disturbed by the blood-stained clothes as Lethe briefly explains of the cycle that a girl goes through and gives Paradisa tampons until she passed out after her cramps, bloating, and mood swings. Paradisa has a fear of being pregnant and takes a test but it says she is not so she is relieved and decides to be more careful.

Long ago, A young girl lived with her family in harmony but it all changed when their house is on fire by a thunderstorm. The girl and her family evacuated but her father goes back into the building house, despite his family's pleas. All of a sudden, the house blows up as the girl screams out for her father while tears stream down her face. The girl's life change when she was drowning until an aquatic Martian rescued her and experimented her; giving her powers to breathe underwater and to swim fast. One day, Boyd is a young adult/teen now as well as Hunter and Candice, even Adrienne is too. They seem to be attacked but Hunter and Adrienne escaped as Candice saves the day but Manny is nearly dying from the attack. "Boyd!" cried Manny. "Hang in there, Grandpa!" said Boyd. "Oh God, ugh! Please help me....Blood? blood! Oh dear Lord!" "Grandpa!" exclaimed Boyd, tears streaming down his face but the mysterious Candice has a syringe, saying: "Remain serene, you might feel a jab." "Wha--?" gasped Manny. However he is knocked out and wakes up by his grandson's voice, "Grandpa?" "Boyd? Am I OK?" Manny asked in a frazzled tone. "Um, yeah! Sort of..." Boyd replied nervously. Manny is relieved but he noticed that something is wrong: "Wha--What in blazes?! There's a tube in my arm? No, get it out!" Manny tried to pull it but Boyd stop him. "Grandpa, it's OK! Take it easy." Boyd said, placing his hand on his shoulder. "It's ok. It's not stuck, I'm giving you a blood transfusion. It was really hard, if I didn't give you the transfusion in time then you would've died of blood loss." rambled Candice.

Boyd and his grandpa questions Candice about how she knows all of this, "Oh, that part. It's complicated--" She said nervously. "Complicated?" asked Boyd. "There's some stuff I didn't tell you guys about, I was afraid you would consider me a total freak. I'm a--A--God, I don't know how to say it but--" stutters Candice. Finally; Candice blurts it out, "I'm a secret agent!" "What?" Boyd exclaimed however he is saved from a lackey. She smiles as Manny and Boyd look in awe. "Don't worry, don't reject me!" she cried. She helps Boyd and Manny escape as she tells them about her story. Boyd runs into a woman name Lady Nora Kosco and ask her about anyone that can help him out with finding Lost. "I know a pretty good smart chick. Sophie Kosco." Lady Kosco said with a smile. Boyd looked at her with disbelief, "You're joking right?" he said with a laugh. "No, she did some research on you, Candice, Hunter, and Adrienne." confirmed Lady Kosco. "What?" Boyd looked surprise. "She is quite unique. She calls herself 'Freak Girl' but she's more than just a freak, she's different in every way." said Lady Kosco with a confident glance. "Why would she research me? And Candice? And Adrienne and Hunter?" demanded Boyd. Lady Kosco shrugged her shoulders while replying, "Curiosity. She can't help it. Hey, do you know Sophos Brunon?" Boyd shook his head, "No." he said. "He is Sophie's manipulative, selfish, and bastard father....And my ex husband" Lady Kosco replied.

That's when the day comes: Virgil, Boyd, Hunter, Lethe, Paradisa, Candice, and Adrienne confront Lost as they uncover his identity as Dante McBethel! Before anything can happen, an explosion occurs however Virgil, Boyd, Hunter, Lethe, Paradisa, Candice, and Adrienne escape but there is no sign of Dante as the others gave him up for loss and call themselves Divine Carnival. Two weeks later; A 12 year old boy, Michael, and his talented yet attractive butler, Adam Hamilton. They are searching for Dante McBethel for a strange reason. Dante turns out to have survive from the explosion that happened and wakes up in a alternate reality. Virgil is an undercover agent to spy on Aeneus and what he is planning. But he is disturbed by his dysfunctional family members. The daughter, Jezebel, is a nymphomaniac while his brother name Samael is having an incestuous relationship with his mother, Lilith. At the same time; Lost's army are now part of society as respected civilians that don't need Lost anymore since he is now gone. In the meantime, Dante hacks into Aeneus's stuff with help from Adam but they get hacked by Plutus. Angry that he'll never see his friends again, Dante screams out Virgil's name, who hears it and learns that Dante is alive before talking to him telepathically. Virgil tells Paradisa, Boyd, Adrienne, Candice, Hunter, Lethe, and Sordello of what he discovered. Michael uses a technological virus to kill Plutus and congratulate Dante, who demands to know who is Michael. Young Michael begins to sob a little as he reveals to be Dante's younger brother. Dante is shocked as he apologizes before embracing his own brother in a reunion as Adam smiles at this touching moment as the McBethel Brothers are back together again.

In the meantime, Raphael makes a deal to Aeneus that he will be the imprisonment slave to Aeneus but it all change when Raphael meets Gretel. Raphael plans to break the deal with Aeneus, who finds out and tries to murder Rapahel however Gretel sets Raphael free from Aeneus's grasp. Later, Aeneus killed his family after learning the incestuous affair between his son and wife. He is confronted by Virgil, who has someone with him: Dante. Dante fights his uncle while learning his true intentions that Aeneus raped Lady McBethel and finally killed her but Eve witnessed this. She and Dante went off to escape. That's when, Aeneus fears of being arrested for his crime and sent his loyal servant, Plutus, to murder Eve. Enraged; Dante murder his uncle with potassium chloride syringe. Once it is over, Dante and Virgil forgive each other and decide to settle the score later. They walk away.

In a different world; 15 year old Sandaphon 'Sander' and his fraternal twin brother, Metatron 'Tron' live there. Both of these boys are different from one another. Sander is a a hostile, headstrong, violent, kind-hearted tomfool while Tron is the total opposite: He is calm, nice, mature, and intelligent wunderkind. Sander is competing in Olympia Coloseeum to face his gladiator idol, Timor Shadowwolf. He wishes to be number one of Olympia so he would never be scum, or a nobody again! Sander and Tron are the sons of a virtuous beauty and the fearsome beast. One day, the  brothers vow to find their father so they can confront their father. Sander was still training with his feet whooshing, him panting until he stopped and passed out on the floor. "Sander, are you still here?" Tron called, he found his brother on the floor. Sander smiled, "'Sup brother!" He greeted. "You've been here since this morning, haven't you?" inquired Tron, narrowing his eyes. Sander got up his feet instantly and begin to stretch around, "Yup! Getting pumped up for Olympia." He replied. "Maybe now is the time for you to take a break. You haven't ate breakfast and it's practically lunch time." scolded Tron. "Aw, c'mon! I ain't tired or hungry." whined Sander. Just then, his stomach grumbled, Sander blushed as Tron smirked at him. Sander glared at him, then gives up in defeat. "Fine! Always the responsible one aren't you!" He said. "I'm just trying to help you, if you don't eat or rest; how else would you be prepare for the Colosseum." explained Tron. Sander had to agree, his younger brother had a point there: "Yeah, you're right." He admitted. Then, he grinned and said: "I hope I find a girl who has chocolate brown hair and pretty fair skin. And be cute." "If she's cute, then go ahead and do her." Tron remarked. Sander looked at his twin brother, "Why I oughta..." He growled and begin to chase his brother, who ran away and laughing, "I was just kidding Sandaphon. C'mon, take a joke will you?" He called out.

They stopped when they heard singing, a familiar song called The Song by the Beach: "I love to wander along the beach. At the very break of dawn, it brings sweet memories to my heart. Of the ancient ones, who've gone. The ocean breeze, is whispering. The clouds are drifting, by. Old memories rush, like the morning tide. And with joy, my heart will cry." They wonder who, and who, was singing. In the meantime while reading newspaper; Leander is reading about 'the siren in the other worlds'. "She's all over the place. I never knew she could do it that fast." He said. Tamsin, who was sitting across from him, asked: "Do you think it's her? Karina, I mean." "Yeah, I remember she used to sing one time." Leander mused. He remembered when he once visited Karina's family, he saw Young Karina who was dancing and singing to one of the songs from the movie, Mulan. This song was, "I'll Make a Man Out of You". She adored the part, which she has a habit of doing, of repeating it over and over again: As the male choir belted, "Be a man!" three times while the main voice would sing, "We must be swift as the coursing river. With all the force of a great typhoon. With all the strength of a raging fire, Mysterious as the dark side of the moon." Karina sang that part once, her voice range was soprano. Beautiful yet sweet. "How do we find her?" asked Tamsin, snapping Leander back into the modern era. "I don't know, I'm not sure where she is." admitted Leander.

Just then, Dietrich burst in. "Leo! Come here quickly!" He said. "What is it?" asked Leander. "It's Endymion, he has Selene, the commander's daughter. He wants to talk to you." Dietrich explained. Tamsin looks Leander, who gets up and exits the room. Leander talks to Endymion, who tells him that the commander was planning on using Selene as a human guinea pig for his experiments. Endymion has proof, which shocks Tamsin and Leander. Now they knew what they had to do.