Midnight has come |
She was blacker than her mother. And this is why her mother called her Midnight. Many of her friends just called her Black Bunny. The small Mississippi town of Decker had lost its way after many business failings. It was a truck stop and Black Bunny made a lot of rubber necking. "You wanna go out on a date?" she'd asked peering into the trucker's window. It was the only work left in Decker for her. Her mother had long since passed, working at the mill and then the diner after the mill was shut down for unsafe conditions. Midnight could only dream of getting a ride to Nevada. "Can I hitch a ride?" she'd ask. The truckers weren't interested. They just didn't trust Midnight that much. The town's children would shout, "Here comes Black Bunny! You got any Easter Eggs?!" It was funny to Midnight, that she had more than most of them. She sat in her apartment nibbling on some Succotash. "I know if I could just get to Nevada, I wouldn't have so much trouble." she thought. The police chief made uninvited visits to her apartment. He cost her a lot of working hours, locking her up. Then, he'd have free ones. It was enough to make her want him dead. "What a pain in my black butt." she cursed the sheriff. Her room felt cold that hot Mississippi night. The news wasn't good either. More wars and power cut backs, seemed like the whole world was shutting down. Money was worth less more and more, then, a knock came on her door . Midnight wrapped herself in her red lace night gown. She never wore anything else on hot nights. It was the Jaken's boy, Alex. He was barely of shaving age, but a regular customer. "I got some money for a date." he spoke, hastily holding out the crumpled bills. Midnight smiled and took him in, "Your mom know where you are?" The boy gave a quick shake of his head, "No." "Alright. What's your pleasure?" she asked. Alex explained his spanking fantasy. Midnight gave a toothy smile. And then the night lit up. They froze looking across the apartment to the open window. Their was a bright light outside. Alex ran back to the door. Midnight was right behind him. "Wait!" she shouted, "You don't know what's out there." She held the boy close and pulled up the trap door in the floor. "Get down here!" she shouted and shoved him into the basement. The building shook. Alex pressed his face against her breasts. "What is this the Russians?" he whispered. Midnight put her hand on his mouth. She peeked out the basement window. The buildings were burning. "You can stay. I"m leaving." she said, dressing in some old jeans and plaid shirt. Alex followed her to the transit bulk head. They could see the town was burning. "Mom! Pah!" Alex tried to run, Midnight held him. "No. Time for that. We have to get up to the woods." her voice was calm. Midnight had been to the police chief's cabin and knew the dirt path leading to it. Blessedly, the sheriff was not there. "Black Bunny what's going to happen?" his voice quavered like a boy. "Just get inside." she spoke firmly and pulled the heavy timber across the door. It was a rebuilt mining cabin stuck into a cave. Midnight examined the rifles with ease. She sat down in front of the boy with a big toothy smile, resting a Winchester on her lap; "Your my boy now until we figure out what happened." Alex swallowed hard and nodded "Yeah." to be continued.... (2) "I don't think it's nukes. Why would they waste one on this dump?" Alex paced around the small cabin. His skin was wet with sweat. Midnight felt a chill and shivered, rubbing her ebony shoulders. "Whatever it was-it set the town on fire. People are going run like hell out of it. Were better off here. Are you going to put a shirt on? Aren't you cold?" Midnight said and threw on the gas lamp. "Cold? It must be 80 in here. What's wrong with you?" Alex put his hand to her forehead. He felt no fever. He ran his hands under her breasts and made a wicked face. "You are one horny boy." Midnight smiled. She admired his copper complexion. Why had she been born so much darker than her mother? "Hey! Look! Old magazines! Oh-my-God these people look like ghosts." Alex pointed to the white people in the magazine. "White bunnies!" Midnight laughed, "Not many of them left. The Sun is to bright!" She paused. Was that what happened? Did the Sun burn the town at night? Alex removed all his clothing and wagged his arousal at her. He wasn't black, but copper all over. All the white people had turned copper. The black people got darker too. It must be the Sun. Midnight gave Alex what he wanted. Then, she waited for sunrise. "Hun, can you find some sun glasses?" she asked. Alex dutifully searched the cabin and found five different kinds of sun glasses. "I want you to wear these and don't go outside." Midnight knew something very dangerous was going to happen at sunrise. Maybe, the forest would burn. She gathered Alex under a blanket and they both wore sun glasses. With sunrise came a brilliant light breaking through the log door and wall. "Quick! Go deeper into the cave!" she shouted as they ran with the blanket over them. "I can smell smoke!" Alex said. The Sun was burning the cabin. "It's O.K. Were deep enough in the tunnel .. I think we're safe." Midnight answered. "How long is this going to take?" Alex sobbed. Midnight kissed his tears, "Just give it a little time." She whispered . She knew the tunnel made a straight cut to a lake, but what would be there? It was better to wait in the tunnel until nightfall. The police chief had stockpiled provision down there. He was a survielist and Seventh Day Adventist. "I want my mom!" Alex tried to break free of her. "Why do you think that cabin door is burning?" she shook him and took off their Sun glasses. Alex hugged her. "Good. Now we stay put." she commanded. They slept through the day. (Should i stir this up?) Midnight looked at the pan of hash browns. Alex was still sleeping. She had gone to the far end of the tunnel. There were forest fires, but the Sun did not harm her and the sunglasses were enough. She had walked through the forest and collected fresh water. It was as if she could not feel the flames around her. What was happening to her? Epilogue: Midnight sponge baths Alex. (3) O daughter of Babylon, you destroyer! Happy shall the Heavens be that punish you! Happy shall the Heavens be that dash your children against the rocks! Psalm 137:8-9 Midnight read the words in the sheriffs Bible. He had noted the page. "To rid the world of cruelty. The world must be rid of cruel people." the sheriff had noted and added, Isiah 13:16-18; 14-21. "The four nations of Eden" was also written in the leaf. Alex walked toward the cave exit to the lake. "No! It's too hot out there!" she shouted and ran to catch him. Alex stood at the cave opening. The heat was overwhelming. He fainted. Midnight grabbed hold of him under his arms and dragged him back in. She hardly felt the heat. "I will forgive my enemy seventy times seven." Mathew 18:21-22. She read as Alex guzzled a canteen of water. "Whah?" Alex looked confusedly into her brown eyes. "I forgive you." she said. "Oh, because I tricked you?" the young man smirked. "No, because I hate what I've become. I wont hate you." she said and put a cold damp cloth on his forehead. "Okay. Our we married?" he asked nervously. Midnight laughed loudly, "Your all I got!" She could see the sky flaming red as the Sun set. "A marvelous sunset." she whispered to Alex. "I hope you don't flip out on me. I don't think I can do this by myself." Alex whispered back and hugged her. Midnight kissed the top of his head and wondered if they could use the Ford F150 by the cabin entrance. It was dangerous to go too far from the cave. "I will make a new Adam." she said looking closely at the curve of his tailbone. (4) "This is strange." Alex said. He could see the fossil remains of a large insect in the stone floor. Midnight looked at it, "Probably, some grasshopper. Big bugger." "What's your last name Midnight?" Alex lay back on his nap sack. "Sangriel. Why?" She fingered her buttons. "Nothing. Just never asked. That's French?" he yawned. "Yeah. It means blood." she stretched. A breeze came down the tunnel from the opening to the lake. Midnight shivered. "Oh, that's sweet. Fresh cool air." Alex took a deep breath, "Pure sweet cool air." There was something coming down the tunnel and it was making a scratching noise. Alex stood up and Midnight took his hand. She lead Alex into a small storage shed. The scratching came up to them and paused. "Is there anyone here?" a man's voice called. Midnight peered through a crack in the shed. It was the sheriff. She stepped out slowly. "Midnight? Alex? Have you eaten all my supplies?" the sheriff queried, holding an empty can of hash browns. "I brought him here. It was the safest place I could think of." Midnight looked nervously about the tunnel. "Yes-yes. A good choice. The towns burnt up. Some people dead, others burned and blinded. Jesus; I'm so happy to see you. Let's have some beer." the sheriff said with a snort and sat down on rock. "I'm not suppose to have beer." Alex replied timidly. "kiddo. You can have all the beer you can drink." the sheriff snorted and chuckled, "Have you been educating the boy?" Midnight smirked and snipped the glass nub of her beer bottle. "Well-well." the police chief smiled and took Alex under his arm, "She's a fine piece." Alex smiled back and sipped his beer. "Jason. Are we stuck here?" Midnight asked with a deep despair. "The sun flares are slowing down. I think were through the worst of it. I swear you've gotten darker." the sheriff ran his hand over her black hand, "Still as soft as silk." Alex slipped away from Jason. He was jealous. "That's my favorite Black Bunny." Alex said. The sheriff turned a calculating eye on Alex; "Don't push your luck kiddo." Midnight sat beside Jason and place her hand on his chest; "Now, you know my profession. Don't be jealous." She kissed Jason and rubbed his chest and belly. Alex squirmed and drank a swig of beer. "What we have here is a polygamous relationship. I think. Will need to set up some-courting rules. I don't see why that should be a problem. Alex?" Jason looked over at Alex, who was slightly nauseous.. "I think the beer gave me gas." Alex belched. The police chief looked over at Midnight and they kissed some more, then slowly disrobed and made love on the sandy floor of the tunnel. Alex sat against the cave wall sipping his beer, watching them. It seemed like a movie. He thought about the 70 x 7 that Midnight had spoken of. What a strange number and how long is that? Midnight was the first to stand. She drank some water and then rested on a nap sack. The sheriff lay on his back in a sleep like state, but his eyes were open and looking up at the tunnel ceiling. "When the sun shall be folded up and when the stars shall fall, And when the wild beast shall be gathered together And when the leaves of the Book shall be unrolled And when Hell shall be made to blaze and Paradise brought near, Every soul shall know what it hath produced. And by the Midnight when it come darkening on, And by the Dawn when it brighten. Where are you going?" Jason's words echoed down the tunnel, "That's the Koran." Alex's eyes were as wide as they could be. Midnight turned over on her left side and shut her eyes.+ (5) "490." Alex said. "Whah? Midnight stirred slowly from her sleep. "70x7" he added. Midnight shook her head and arched her back. "The boy is pondering the scriptures." Jason said, "Well, it takes 48 weeks to make a year. So, I reckon God's days are 490!" Jason slapped Alex on the back. "The Lord rested on the seventh day. I need some coffee." Midnight brewed a pot on the sterno. She sat with her legs folded like a Buddha. Alex rested his head in her lap. "I believe things happen for a reason." he continued, "We have been spared to make things right." Jason walked to the chemical toilet. "I'll let you two sort that out." the sheriff said and started up his truck. Midnight and Jason intertwined with passionate kisses as Jason drove off. "Where's he going?" Alex stretched up to see the truck driving away. Midnight pulled him closer. "He does that a lot. He'll be back." she smiled and made Alex more comfortable in her love embrace. She thought about the future and how this would all play out. She felt her body rise and fall in orgasmic rhythm. "Adam was never born, but his mother ate him." Midnight was startled by this thought. Alex was lost in pleasure and made monkey noises. "Morning star I love you give me a kiss of blazing fire." her mind inner voice whispered. Alex yelled. He pulled himself out of her. His groin was burned. "You burned me! Your eyes-there blazing!" Alex shouted and poured water over his blistered groin. "You are my consoling Angel. My love." she thought. There were tall figures painted on the cave wall behind them: ancient native drawings. Alex crawled backwards as he observed the drawings moving .. They were following Midnight's swaying. She picked up the sterno and inhaled the flame. "Come back .. I need your heat inside me." she said to Alex as she reached out to him. "Nope." Alex got to his feet and ran down the tunnel toward the lake. Midnight was fast behind him. The lake was his hope for escape. She would not like the cold water. He could hear a horn. It was the F150. The sheriff had returned. "Hey? Does anybody work here?" Jason shouted down the tunnel to Midnight. He found more can goods and brought Fatima the owner of the diner. Fatima was black as coal. Jason had taken a shine to her. Jason was mediterranean and loved copper women. "What the hell are you doing?!" he shouted again to Midnight. She turned and ran back to him. "Alex got burned and ran out to .. the lake." she said timidly and smiled at Fatima. "Of course he knows the noon day sun is very hot?" Jason said sarcastically. Midnight spun about and ran to fetch the boy. Jason sighed and unloaded the truck with Fatima. "What if more people come to the cave?" she said. "I'll shoot them." he replied calmly. Fatima gave a bright toothy smile, "I love you." "Wicked world makes decisions by opinion. And yet holds contrary to it by opinion." Jason answered, "That's Saint Jerome." Fatima hugged him and they kissed with open mouths. "Alex wont come out of the lake." Midnight said, gasping from her running. "Mom, who's the that lady?" Fatima's daughter Kimmy asked. Fatima held her close, "That's the prostitute." Midnight clenched. Jason put his hands on Midnights shoulders, "Are you ashamed?" Midnight unclenched her hands. She walked slowly to put the rest of the supplies away. "I-i think my body is changing. Alex burned himself inside me." Midnight said. Fatima told Kimmy to sit in the truck. "Okay Midnight. I wont have you talking like that in front of my daughter." she said. Midnight nodded yes, "It's not VD .. My body is getting hotter." Jason put his hand on her forehead and felt no fever. "I have a rectal-thermometer." Fatima pulled it out from the supplies. "Worth a peek." Jason opened the package and handed it to Midnight. She went into the shed to get her temperature. Midnight return shortly. The thermometer had burst. "Holy Smokes!" Jason gasped and looked at Fatima. "I don't know what that means." Fatima said, "Your not human. No human can be that hot and not roast." "Mom?" Kimmy had been standing nearby. "Honey, just go and read your book." Fatima said. Kimmy pouted and read aloud, "I have heard some, when they first set out for Paradise, say positively there is such a place; who, when they have been almost there, have come back again, and said there is none." (The Pilgrim's Progress; John Bunyan) Everyone looked at Kimmy with astonishment. "Can't read something silly?" Fatima said handing Kimmy an Entertainment Weekly magazine. "I'm not stupid!" Kimmy pouted, "I'm only 9 years old, but I can think!" Kimmy stomped away with her Pilgrims Progress in hand and the Entertainment Weekly stuffed in the back of her Levis' pocket. Midnight laughed, "Girl you ain't kiddin!" Fatima glared at Midnight. Jason was grilling hamburgers with a big smile. Maybe another chapter? ^ + *V* (6) The strange family began their first meal. Jason had placed a barrier at the lake exit. It was a fishing net with bells on it. He would construct a wooden gate later. The tunnel rang with the sound of clattering bells. Jason took the Winchester to investigate his netting. Midnight and Fatima hid in the shed with Kimmy. "What if he can't stop them?" Kimmy whimpered. Midnight ran her hand over Kimmy's afro, "We have guns, but Jason's a sheriff." Fatima pulled Kimmy close, "Don't touch my child." Jason knocked on the shed. He was with Alex. Alex had been caught in the net. "Looks like our boy has found his way back." Jason smiled. Alex had gotten darker in complexion; as dark as Fatima. "Well-well, look at my brothah!" Midnight laughed. "He's really hung." Kimmy whispered to her mom. She quickly covered her daughters eyes, "Get some clothes on!" Alex found some overalls and a a Steve Miller Band T-shirt. "Are you alright?" Midnight asked. "I feel like a panther." Alex answered. His eyes glimmered .. There was a blaze in them. "Your Alex Jaken. Remember me at Marshwood High?" Kimmy asked bouncing on her toes. "Ah-no." Alex replied with a dead pan expression. "How old are you Alex?" Fatima inquired with a raised eye brow at Midnight. "Ah-20." he answered looking at the dinner. Jason laughed loudly, "Your in middle school! I say maybe sixteen and that's pushing it!" Midnight put both her hands on Alex face and kissed his lips, "Did that hurt?" "Nope. Let's just keep this simple. I don't want to get burned again." Alex's answer was monotone as he began to eat. "Your eyes are glowing like gold ingots." Kimmy cooed. "No monkey business until your thirty." Fatima scolded. "That is a good point." Jason stood up to address the group. He snorted, "We could be in this cave for a long time. We need to set boundaries. Now, then, who will be having sex with whom?" "Oh-shut up!" Fatima tore some bread. Kimmy scampered over to Alex and kissed his left cheek, "I want Alex!" Fatima grabbed her daughter back and slapped her face. Jason rubbed the back of his neck, "This is going to be tricky." "Not really, just follow the Bible." Midnight gave a bright toothy smile. "Right!" Jason exclaimed and slapped his hands together. He collected the Bible from his cabin. "Hmm. Now, then, polygamy is allowed: Gideon had many wives. Hmf? And a maiden is of marriageable age upon her first menstruation 'alma' a young girl; Canticles 6:8; Isiah 7:14; Genesis 16:11. Hagar became pregnant before her marriage and was a young girl, who had not known man. King Solomon had a harem of many young girls." Jason sat and read. Fatima looked ashen. Kimmy started to dance, like a harem girl. Fatima grabbed her wrist and put her in the shed. "Don't you ever-don't you ever!" she screamed, "I will kill you!" Fatima sat down on a canvas camping chair in front of the shed with her snub nosed 38 in hand. "Ah-maybe we should just abstain." Alex said rubbing his burnt crotch. Jason snorted and lay back on a nap sack. Midnight lay down beside him, "That was unpleasant." She rubbed his belly. "Are you still boiling inside?" Jason asked softly. Midnight kissed him, "I guess." "Then we're just friends." he said and shut his eyes. to be continued? (*)(*) ' (7) Alex made a steaming stream into the chemical toilet. He as Jason for a rectal-thermometer. The thermometer exploded in Alex. "I think we can date Midnight." Alex smirked at her. "Do you know what love is Alex?" Fatima asked. "For the love of Mike! I not getting married." Alex shouted and his breath made vapor. "Well, if your as hot as me you might think about it." Midnight walked up to Alex and gave him a sizzling kiss. "That tasted like hot tea." he sighed and kissed her back. "Good. Now, you two can have each other and Jason is mine." Fatima grabbed hold of the sheriff's arm. Jason looked longingly at his favorite prostitute and then kissed Fatima. Midnight took Alex to a hideaway in the cave. There were more ancient drawings on the walls. One showed a race of fire people. They drank fire. Alex stared at the paintings and was aware that the only illumination was coming from their radiant skin. Their clothing had burned off. Midnight embraced him and ran her sizzling tongue over him. "I feel like their is a bursting Sun inside me." Midnight whispered. The paintings began to dance to pulsating flames of their intertwined bodies. Kimmy giggled. Alex broke free, "Oh my God." Midnight gave a toothy smile at Kimmy, "Studying hard hun?" Kimmy's eyes popped wide open and she ran back to the tunnel camp. Fatima and Jason were not be found. Kimmy panicked. She started to sob and twisted her t-shirt as she looked about. The F-150 was the only place left to search. There was no one in the cab, but the hatch was fogged. She peered in lifting the glass hatch slowly. Fatima and Jason were in passionate love embrace. "Can I have some dinner?" Kimmy asked timidly. Fatima screamed. Jason barked at her to shut the hatch. "Oh-kay." Kimmy answered nervously as she shut the hatch slowly. She turned to see Midnight and Alex standing directly behind her. "I'm sorry." she said twisting her t-shirt into a knot. "That's no big thing. Just don't spy on us. Okay?" Midnight said softly and handed Kimmy a hot dog. "Ah-ah okay. Thank you." Kimmy was lost for words. She scarfed down the hot dog. Fatima stumbled out of the back of the Ford F-150. She had roughly pulled on her jeans and blouse. "You must never do that again." Fatima said clearing her throat, "Mommy and Jason need private time." Fatima hands were shaking and fumbling at the buttons of her blouse. Jason hopped out behind her, "Don't just stand around! Do something!" Everyone looked about and gave him a blank stare. "We need a barrier at the other end of the tunnel. And I think the short wave is working. So, let's get going!" the police chief commanded. Alex started work on the new barrier with Midnight and Fatima's help. Jason tried to call up the National Guard. The Sun spot interference was severe. Reflections: "All fell in Adam and All were raised up in Christ" Romans 5:18; 1 Corinthians 15:22. But, the children shall not be punished for their father's sin; Dueteronomy 24:16. (8) "Nine is the number of strength. On the seventh day God rested, on the eighth day God chastised and on the nineth day God killed." Kimmy read her Kabbalah. She had lit a candle in the dark cave where Alex and Midnight had made love. "There are 13 Divine powers each are feminine or masculine within the God head. Kimmy sang softly, "You cause the wind to blow and rain to fall. Fill me with your dew and rain." She felt a mist on her skin and tingling inside her. Her lips were dripping moist. She stood from her kneel and felt taller. Her jeans had shrunk and her t-shirt was tight. She had breast. Kimmy ran out of the cave, calling for her mom. "Woe-ah!" Alex spotted her, "Where'd you come from?" "I was in the dark cave!" Kimmy stammered pointing. "Kim? Ah-noway. This is nuts." Alex squeezed Kimmy's ripe breasts. They bounced. Alex took Kim by the hand to Fatima. "What happened to my little girl?!" she screeched. "Mommy-mommy!" Kimmy hugged her mother and their round breasts pressed against each other. Fatima pushed back, "You are not my daughter." "I am! I was in the dark cave.. and I said one of your prayers.." Kimmy started to answer and then tears swelled up. "Your wearing my girls clothes." Fatima hesitated and looked into Kim's face. "Oh-my-God!" she hugged Kim about the shoulders so as not press so hard against her daughter's breasts. "This is too tight." Kimmy said, playfully removing her t-shirt. Her breast bounced out of her t-shirt. "Get a shirt on!" Fatima shouted. Alex laughed, "She looks great just like that!" Jason had been busy with the radio, but heard the shouting. "Your Kimmy?" he looked boggled. "It this cave. We need to get out of here." Fatima growled and put a plaid lumber jack shirt on her daughter. "No. I said your prayers for beauty. And-ah God spoke to me." Kimmy fumbled with the shirt, leaving several top buttons open. "That's awesome. Can you call the National Guard or anyone on the radio?" Jason gave a wicked toothy smile, leering at Kimmy. "I don't like that dirty look." Kim pouted. The back of her jeans split. Midnight laughed, "Oops! There it is!" Kim was not wearing panties. Her butt had just grown out. Kim scowled and dropped the torn jeans inside the shed. "Does anyone have a pair of pants I can wear?" Kim shouted. Midnight handed her a pair of pants. Kim was her size. "I feel like a jiggly balloon." Kim wiggled into the jeans. "So? Waht-yah think?" Kim exited the shed with her hands up in the air. "Just awesome." Jason leered. Alex smacked her jiggly butt, "I like it!" "Don't you dare!" Fatima grabbed Kim's wrist and pulled her away from the men. "She has a woman's body, but she's just a child." Fatima scolded. Jason shook his head and walked back to the F-150 and the short wave radio. "I think she needs a crash course in how to use that equipment." Alex smirked. Fatima pulled her snub nose 38 out from her back pocket; "Not today." Alex rubbed the back of his head and Midnight took him by the hand. Kim looked her mom in the eye, "How long can I be a child?" Fatima's eyes widened, "Just take it one day at a time." (*)(*) |