Ticket to Heaven: A RIFTUverse Tale

by

sHaYcH

Disclaimer: Elizabeth Blaine and her backstory belong to Wes Craven and everyone else involved in the creation of Dracula II & III.  Kate Lockley, Willow Rosenberg, etc belong to Joss Whedon and anyone else involved in the creation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.  In other words, they're not mine and I'm just playing in the sandbox.  

Title is based on the song that was playing during the writing of this piece, "Ticket to Heaven" by Three Doors Down. 

Comments are always welcome: shaych3@yahoo.com.

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Flowers? No.  Candy?  No.  Damn, what the hell do you get a surly ex cop who you’ve managed to piss off every which way from Sunday when all you really want to do is go home and ravish her silly?  Perusing the wares at the all night stop ‘n rob, Elizabeth’s gaze flicked about until she settled upon a wind up toy in the shape of an anatomically correct heart.  It was all that remained of a picked over Valentine’s display.

 
Pursing her lips, she gave the winder a few twists and let it go.  A ratcheting sound that she supposed was meant to mimic a true heartbeat rattled the bright red plastic for a few seconds, and then it shuddered once, stopped, and cracked open to reveal a tiny golden key strung on a chain. 

 
“Oh God, how fucking cute is that?” she muttered as she grabbed the toy and headed for the counter.

 
The clerk, bored near to mummification, snapped to attention when he saw his customer’s choice. 

 
“Very good, ma’am,” he said, his thick accent putting Elizabeth in mind of spicy curry and strong tea.  “Would you like the box?”  He held one up as an example.  The colors of the cheap packaging were garish enough to make Elizabeth wish she’d remembered her sunglasses. 

 
“Sure.  And you’d better give me a couple of roses too.”  She hung her head and sighed.  “I really gotta learn to pay more attention to the date.”

Desire: Black on Black








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