Voices In The Night

"I Really Do Need To Relax.," Aaron thought to himself after closing the door to his En Suite behind him then he stopped. Aaron had to laugh I mean who wouldn't. He just had a literal fight with himself about that very thing so it would have been even stranger if he couldn't see the humor in this instance.

Aaron looked over to Sydney who was still sleeping soundly and smiled warmly., "I Realize It Was Induced But I Wish I Could Sleep Like That."

Aaron was a bit envious of Sydney right now. The truth is he didn't sleep well. When he was sick he would fall into unconsciousness for days at a time which really wasn't a problem since he was confined to a bed anyway but now that he was making his comeback and could actually enjoy a good night's sleep he simply couldn't. Aaron hated ****, having been pumped full of them over the years for various reasons, counting sheep was useless... He once counted to four million four hundred and eighty thousand and he was still wide awake, he already had his work out and was sore all over so that was a no go and toughing it out wasn't working either.

Aaron had been in bed for nearly 20 minutes and his brain just wouldn't shut off., "Good Thing Gog Is Cataloguing and Storing All of My Thoughts and Ideas For Later or I Would Never Get Any Sleep At All." Aaron sighed and tugged at his sheets trying to get comfortable and after three or four minutes of tossing and turning he was about to reach for The Somnetic Inducer Dr. Meridian gave him to help him sleep.

"I Hated Lying To Dr. Meridian But I Hate Depending On This Thing Even More.," Aaron thought as he reached into the top drawer of the nightstand beside his bed but before he pulled out the inducer he turned toward his door and listened for a second., "What Is That...?"

He tried to ignore it and he turned back to get the inducer when he heard., "... Aaron..."

Aaron whipped around at the sound of his name and before he knew it he had thrown back the covers and was stalking toward the door of his room. He listened for several long moments without taking a breath but all he could make out was what sounded like several people having a hushed conversation. He couldn't make out exactly what they were saying, their voices were too faint but he was certain that he had heard his name. Aaron opened the door as quietly as possible and peeked out into the hall, he looked right and then left but he didn't see anything at first. He thought he had imagined it... Not exactly a stretch considering... But then something moving in the dark caught his attention.

After a few moments, Aaron determined that the movement was actually the faint glow of candle light flickering across the floor from around the corner at the end of the hall.

"This Is Crazy.," Thought Aaron as he stepped quietly out into the hall and made his way silently down to where the light was., "The Voices Are Getting Louder..."

With his back to the wall, Aaron took a deep breath and quickly looked around the corner and into another intersecting corridor. The corridor was almost completely black except for the source of the candle light Aaron had seen from his room. It was coming from the slightly ajar door of one of the rooms on the other side of the corridor.

Aaron softly creep up to the door and listening he heard hushed voices. Aaron peered into the darkened room and he saw a flickering candle sitting on a far table near the back of the room with shadows gathered around it. As hard as he tried even his keen eyes could not pierce the darkness of that room beyond the candle's light. It was almost a physical thing. Just trying to make out who was in the room made him feel nauseous and the harder he tried the worse it got like there was some kind of invisible barrier surrounding the room and distorting his senses.

"Are You Sure?," Aaron heard a surprised Female voice ask.

"Yes, He Asked Me About Sebas. How Else Could He Know That Name Unless It Is Beginning?"

"That's Gregson!... So He Does Know and He Isn't The Only One! What's Beginning?," Aaron shouted inwardly but before he had a chance to throw open the door and rush in demanding answers he heard a familiar voice call out to him.

"Big Brother, Is that you?"

Aaron flinched at the unexpected sound of his Sister Monica's Sweet, Melodious Voice, causing him to nudge the door which squeaked in return at the sudden movement.

Aaron saw the strange shadows in the room turn toward him and red and yellow lights where their eyes should be burned in the dark. Aaron turned to greet his Sister Monica, trying not to call any more attention to himself than he already had.

Aaron was stunned for a moment, His eyes widening as he took in what his Sister was wearing... A pair of tight short shorts and an equally tight sleeveless shirt that left her midriff exposed. Aaron didn't allow his eyes to linger too long.

"I Have To Get Her Out of Here or This Might Turn Ugly. Something Strange Is Definitely Going On Here. Maybe They Won't Make A Move If I Try To Get Monica Away From Here.," Aaron quickly reasoned to himself before saying, "Hey Sis. What are you doing up?"

As Aaron threw his arm around his Sister and quickly and as unsuspiciously as he could ushered his Sister away from the room he could feel the deep oppressive shadows closing in on him retreat back into the room, The Door closing with a creak and the scratching of metal.

"Hey Wait what are you doing? Why are we rushing and what were you doing?," Monica asked with a cute little squeak to her voice.

"Keep your voice down or you'll disturb everyone else in this wing.," Aaron tried to shush his Sister who replied by saying., "But we're the only ones here... Well, Us and that pretty young Woman asleep in your room."

Upon hearing that Aaron immediately froze just before reaching the door to his room.

"How do you know about Sydney?," Aaron asked in surprise.

"Oh Ho is that her name?," Monica giggled.

Aaron looked at his Sister with a stern expression., "Monica."

Monica pouted before giving Aaron a sexy little smirk, throwing up her hands., "Okay, okay I couldn't sleep and I knew you'd still be up so I wanted to see you. The door was open so I went inside and I didn't see you but there was this Woman who is definitely not your Girlfriend unless you've broken up with Zoey... You haven't have you?"

Aaron's response was both immediate and cold., "NO!"

"Then who is she?," Monica asked excitedly, pulling Aaron into his room by the arm.

"Not that its any of your business...," Aaron started playfully with a smile, knowing how nosy his Sisters could be., "... She's a colleague from work."

"A colleague huh?... Wearing that?," Monica pointed at the skinsuit she was still wearing.

"If you must know...," Aaron nudged his Sister with his arm, causing her to smile., "... She's my Boss's Driver and also her Bodyguard which is why she's dressed like that..."

Before Aaron could finish his Sister cut in saying., "She looks like a Dominatrix."

"DOMINATRIX?!!," Aaron yelled in shock., "How The Hell Do You Even Know That Word?!"

Monica's mouth dropped open in surprise. She had never heard him swear before, Such was his shock... He hadn't even swore that time she accidentally kicked him in the groan when they were kids.

"How Do You Know That Word?," Aaron asked his Sister, grabbing her arms and shaking her lightly.

"Please Airry You're Scaring Me!," Monica said in a scared voice, using the nickname she had called her Brother since they were little.

When she was younger she couldn't say Aaron so she called him "Airry" and it had become her nickname for her Older Brother over the years and it was that name that brought Aaron out of his daze. He immediately turned loose of his Sister and repeated his question in a much calmer and more Brotherly tone., "How did you learn that word?"

Monica fidgeted uncomfortably under her Brother's scrutinizing gaze., "Some of The Girls at school were talking about it."

She was lying and Aaron knew his Sister well enough to know it so he stood there for several moments with his arms crossed over his chest just waiting. He didn't move, he didn't blink... just like a statue. He continued to stare at Monica until finally she couldn't take any more and broke down., "Okay, Okay Just Stop!"

Aaron relaxed and waited for her to come clean.

"I read it in a book okay.," Monica exclaimed, blushing profusely and fidgeting even more than before.

"What Kind of Book?," Aaron asked curiously.

"It was..."

"Yeah!," Aaron prodded.

"A Book on Human S...," Monica's voice trailed off as she spoke.

"Human What?," Aaron asked a bit forcefully, enjoying seeing his little Sister squirm a little.

Monica puffed up her rosy red cheeks and said., "Human Sexuality Okay!"

Aaron sighed in relief. Monica hadn't noticed she was so flustered but Aaron had visibly relaxed the moment she mentioned a book. A certain knowledge of sex is unavoidable in Human Society especially since it is taught in schools in some detail. That didn't bother Aaron well it did but not to the extent that he felt it necessary to do something about it. No, What alarmed Aaron was that she might have learned it from some guy at school and that shit just wasn't going to fly.

Aaron was protective of his Sisters especially of Monica who was the youngest of the four siblings and if anyone was to put their hands on Monica it would quickly become the most painful and quite possibly the last day of their lives. She was innocent, Well, relatively innocent and Aaron wanted her to stay that way... She had her entire life ahead of her... A life that would most likely exceed his own given his situation so there was no need to waste her first time on some hormonally-challenged imbecile that wouldn't even bother to treat her with the respect and courtesy a Woman like her deserved.

Aaron yawned loudly and then quickly apologized for being rude., "Sorry... Its been one of those days."

Monica smiled., "I guess you have been busy to get in so late."

"Yeah. Its been one thing after another.," Aaron replied honestly.

Monica looked torn about something as she fidgeted from side to side before saying., "Hey Big Brother..."

"Yeah."

"Bend down for a minute."

Aaron didn't even think as he bent down until he was almost at eye level with his Sister., "Like this?"

Monica giggled and pushed herself up on the tips of her toes and gave her Brother a kiss on the cheek before saying., "Get some sleep and don't worry I won't say anything to Kimberly or Michelle about the Hot Girl in your room."

"You!," Aaron said with a laugh as he smacked Monica on her tight little behind as she headed for his door.

She closed the door behind her as she exited but just before it closed she poked her head back in and Aaron who was walking toward his bed turned to see what mischief she had in mind now.

"I won't tell as long as you tell me about your trip to Stark International."

"Does Everyone IN The World Know?!," Aaron thought to himself before saying., "Sure, Sure now off to bed with you.," Aaron hurled a pillow toward the door. His Sister giggled, sticking out her tongue before disappearing behind the closed door.

Aaron couldn't help but laugh as he heard his Sister's departing footsteps. Aaron turned and headed toward his bed when he suddenly stopped., "Where Did The Pillow Come From That I Threw Just Now?"

Aaron found himself puzzled by another strange occurrence... He was too far from his bed to reach and grab one of the pillows and throw it, it had definitely come from his bed because one was missing and he was sure he hadn't been holding one then something even more troubling occurred to him. He had no memory of the sensation of the pillow even touching his hand before it went flying across the room. It was like it just up and decided to hurl itself across the room on its own.

"Just WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!," Aaron thought, climbing into bed. Unable to tolerate any more strange shit happening to him, Aaron pulled the covers over his head and closed his eyes.