The Trials Of Summer Bay

[Southernfan]

I keep looking for Black Hole when you update, its so annoying

why must I be so silly?

Nice updates, Melody and Annie need hugs, I hope they get better soon (hint hint)

write more... or else I will be sad :/

[xknomex]

i was hoping that aden would be a good guy. but never mind

[maccaz]

i was hoping that aden would be a good guy. but never mind

Never say never...

Anyway...

Chapter 4

Annie sat in her bedroom, staring blankly into space, feeling as though she had nothing to live for. The horrible moment where she lost her innocence kept replaying over and over and over in her head, like a videotape stuck on a loop. She gazed away into space, drowning in her sadness and fear. Why me, God? she kept thinking. Why did you let this happen to me? Just then, Melody stuck her head in the doorway.

"Annie?" Melody asked. "Can I talk to you?"

"Sure." Annie mumbled in a non-committal way. Melody slid into the bed next to Annie, where she was tucked up under the covers.

"I went to my counsellor today."

"How did it go?"

"It was awful, Annie! They made me relive the whole ordeal all over again! How he raped me...how he tortured me...how he rented my body out to his friends...it was awful!"

"I know, Melody, I know."

"You don't understand, Annie! You don't understand what it's like to be in that situation...how dirty and worthless you feel..."

"Actually, I do."

Melody was suddenly forced to stop mid-rant, she was so shocked at Annie's words.

"What are you saying?"

"What I'm saying is that I...I was raped too."

Melody couldn't believe her ears - one of the sweetest and kindest friends she had, who had done absolutely nothing wrong, had been subjected to one of the worst experiences any person could have.

"Wha....when did this happen?" Melody stuttered.

Annie took a deep, long breath - she would need her courage for what was to come.

"OK. You remember how Aden took those photos of me and him...together?"

"Yes..." Melody began.

"Well, before he invited me to the party, he told me that his grandfather had done...stuff...to him. And later on, after...after the photos were made public I...I told Mr. Stewart about Aden's grandfather."

Melody was spellbound - a lot had happened to Annie whilst she was out of the picture.

"That night...I went back to my Pop's farm to think about things. To think about what I had done to make God so angry with me he would take everyone I loved. Then Aden came and found me...he was so angry!" Annie began to cry quietly. "He..he forced me on the ground...and he...he pulled down my pants...!"

This was all Annie could finish saying before the tears and trauma overwhelmed her. Melody took Annie's tiny frame and held it tightly, as it rose and fell with each shuddering sob that enamated from Annie's body. Melody wished that she told Annie that it would be OK - that she would get through this, that she could tell Annie what she needed to hear. But alas, she couldn't. Not while she didn't believe it herself.

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It was night-time, and the hooded figure took refuge under a tree near the side of the road. The cold rain and wind lashed his body as he tried to sleep. He took something out of his pocket and looked at it intently - it was a picture of Kirsty, Kane and Oliver. Not long to go now. He thought to himself as he saw a sign that read "Summer Bay - 10km".

End of Chapter 4

[A/N:] The blow by blow account of what happened to Annie is for the benefit of those people who did not read "BH".

[Southernfan]

Awesome update, I wonder who is after KKO...

As for you P.M, to lazy to PM back sorry but I reckon maybe you should, but would it work because one of things about "bh" was how much of an impact it had though its nasty little things (nt that your writing was nasty but the even you wrote)

mmm, ponders

[maccaz]

To anyone who is reading this, I plan to put a slightly censored version of "BH" in the main forum to give that fic wider exposure. (Just for those people who can't get into the Adult Forum to access the original)

[h&a-girl]

Really good part, wonder who the hooded figure is?!

I think it's a good idea to do a more censored version of BH so that more people get to read such a good fic!

[maccaz]

Chapter 5

Matilda was sitting in her bedroom, doing her schoolwork. She sighed loudly as she stared at the back page in front of her. She hated the fact that she had to repeat Year 12 - YET again - without any of her friends. But it would all be for the best, she had reassured herself - she would get into a good university and therefore get a good job, earning more than enough money to support her son, Eric. Speaking of which, Eric was emitting a loud cry from down the hallway. Matilda sighed and went to comfort him. He could annoy her sometimes, but she loved him more than anything else on earth. After she had finished quieting him down, she put him back into the crib on his stomach. Surrounding him were dozens of stuffed animals.

"Sleep tight, Eric." she whispered.

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"So tell me, Annie, what happened next?" asked her counsellor. Annie just sat there on a couch, her bright green eyes boring a hole in the wall above Dr. Harvey's head. She had just asked Annie to relive one of the most horrible experiences of her life.

"He...he told me that when he found out I had told, it felt like he...he was being abused all over again." She murmured. "He told me he wanted me to see how I liked it. The he...he pulled down my pants and he...raped me. I tried to fight him off but...but he was too strong."

"And how did you feel after?"

"I felt so low and dirty. Since I had already slept with Aden before, I thought God was punishing me for it."

"You must have felt very down, huh?"

"Mmmm-hmmm."

"Then, I have an idea on how to get you back up."

"How?"

"You said that this boy...Aden...was abused as well?"

"Yeah. What's that got to do with anything?"

"Well, have you spoke to Aden since what happened?"

"No."

"Well then, if what you've told me about him is true, he will have no idea of the harm he's inflicted upon you. I recommend you speak to him."

"No!...I...I can't!"

"Look, Annie. When Aden raped you, he took away your power - your power to say "no". You have to get your power back, Annie. You have to face him."

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Later on, Matilda was taking a break from her studying as she glanced out the window. It was a beautiful sunny day, with the sun shining high in the sky. She then made a spontaneous decision to get Eric and take him for a walk. She put on her jandals, and got a tiny sunhat out for Eric. He had not made a peep for nearly three quarters of an hour - time that Matilda had used to great effect. As she entered the room and began to pick him up, however, his body felt limp.

"Eric?" she asked desperately. "ERIC??" she screamed as she started to panic. She took out the cellphone and phoned Rachel.

"Hello, Rachel? It's Mattie...I think there's something wrong with Eric!"

Several minutes later, Rachel was over at the Van Park House. She examined gingerly.

"Eyes dialated...no pulse...Matilda, I'm so sorry. Eric has died."

As Rachel uttered the three words she dreaded hearing, Matilda's body began to shake.

"Now, I'm pretty sure the cause of death was Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, otherwise known as cot death." Rachel continued. "Have you ever laid him to sleep on his stomach?"

"Yes...!" Matilda sobbed, as the truth became all too apparent.

"And did you crowd his sleeping space with things like pillows, or stuffed toys?"

"Yes! Lots of toys..." She whimpered before turning tail and running out of the Van Park House. She leth er legs carry her to the beach before she collapsed against a fence-post, crying uncontrollably. Her baby, her little bundle of wonder was dead...and it was all her fault. She was only trying to spoil him like a first-time mother would...but she had ended up killing Eric with kindness. Just then, Belle pulled up in her car nearby, driving Annie back from her counselling session. She saw Mattie near the fence=post, and she raced down to comfort her.

"Mattie, what's wrong?"

"Eric...Eric..."

"What about him?"

"Eric...Eric's dead...he's dead..."

"Mattie, I am so sorry."

"It was me...it was me..."

"What...what do you mean?"

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!" Matilda screamed. "I KILLED MY OWN BABY!!!" She then broke down sobbing on Belle's shoulder, as the latter struggled to hold back tears of her own.

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The hooded figure approached a secluded house in the middle of a forest - just a few km's from Summer Bay, and the first stop on his trip of revenge. he snuck around the side of the house so no-one could see or hear him. As he came around the side of the house, he saw his target chopping wood.

"OI!!" he yelled as he whipped out a pistol. The tall, brown-haired man who was chopping wood turned around and looked at him.

"Ricardo??" The brown haired man asked.

BANG! Ricardo instantly put a single bullet into Logan's head. Breathing heavily, he put the gun below Logan's foot to make it look like a suicide. In his mind, Logan was nothing more than a dog who deserved to die. How could he rat him out like that after all they had been through...after he told him his secret? His body was flooded with a mixture of anger and satisfaction as he set his sights on the next target on his hit-list - the Phillips family.

End of Chapter 5

[h&a-girl]

Eric!!!

[maccaz]

Chapter 6

Matilda sat on the beach, staring at the heavens. Her bright blue eyes were awash with tears. It had been two days since her little baby boy, Eric, had died of SIDS. Her mind was swimming with questions - how did this happen? Why did this happen? What did she do wrong? Just then, Matilda saw a most unlikely person sit down next to her - Nicole.

"Hey..." Nicole began, sounding as if she shouldn't really be there. "Are you OK?"

"What do YOU care?" Matilda replied, somewhat grumpily.

"I care because....because this is just horrible - what's happened. I may not have exactly been joined at the hip with you, but no-one deserves what's happened to you."

"How would you know, Nicole? How would you know what I've been through?"

Nicole took a deep breath, as her voice became shaky.

"My mum...she had a baby girl when I was thirteen. She was so excited about it all. She came up with a name, with the colour of the wallpaper for her room, even what music she would listen to. We were both so happy when the girl was born. We..we called her "Tessa". Then one day, she...she just stopped breathing. She was only six months old. That really hurt Mum. She would sit up all night, crying and drinking whole cases of wine. One day, I told her to stop and she...she hit me. Then her new boyfriend moved in." Nicole stopped there, as she knew she was heading down a very dark road. "I'm sorry. I have to get back to school." She then ran off, whilst Matilda sat there, watching her with a quizzical look on her face.

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Meanwhile, at the prison, Annie and Belle were sitting in the visitor's room. It was a tough decision, but Annie had decided that she would confront Aden. She wasn't going to let him rule her life anymore, and Belle, being the caring older sister she was, supported her every step of the way.

"You sure you want to do this?" asked Belle.

"I'm sure." Annie replied. As she finished saying this, the door at the far-end of the door opened, and two guards led Aden into the room. They sat down opposite one another.

"What are you doing here?" Aden aksed Annie, almost surprised that she would bother to show up.

"I'm taking my power back." Annie replied. Before Aden could open his mouth to reply, Annie ploughed on.

"Did you have any idea how you affected my life...how you made me feel? You HURT me, Aden! You VIOLATED me!" Her voice began to tear up, as the memories came back. "You made me feel dirty...like the worst person in the world!"

The pain in Annie's voice resonated within Aden, as the true impact of what he had done began to sink in.

"My God...What have I done?" he whimpered as memories of his own traumatic childhood began flooding back. "I'm a monster!"

"Aden?" Belle asked.

"This isn't my fault." Aden muttered to himself.

"Oh, this is typical Aden-"

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!"

Belle sat up attentively. Maybe Aden would have something useful to say for once in his worthless life.

"Has Annie told you about what my grandfather did to me?"

"No..."

"Well, I'll tell you...my grandfather came to stay with us when I was ten, after his house got burned down. When...when my father went out he...he would come into my room. He would get me to strip down to my underwear and...and..." At this point, Aden broke down crying as the trauma of his past returned to him. "I just felt so powerless. Since that day there's always been a...a small part of me that felt a need to take some of that power back...by whatever means necessary. That thing I did to Annie...that was horrible, and I don't deserve your forgiveness. I just hate my granddad so much for what he did to me...he gave me a part of himself. He became a part of me. I hate this part of myself! I want it to go away!"

As Aden, the big muscular he-man-cum-rapist, broke down and sobbed like a little girl, Belle felt something weird - neither anger nor pity. There was something else...and she didn't know how to react.

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Ricardo, his hair dyed blonde, walked up to the desk at the Sands resport.

"My name is Robert Saunders." Ricardo introduced himself. "I believe I made a reservation here a couple of days ago."

"Yes, you certainly did." The clerk replied. "Let ne show you to your room." After a few minutes of walking up the stairs, they reached Ricardo's room - room 666.

"Thanks." Ricardo replied, as the clerk opened the door for him. He then sat down in the room, where he picked up a copy of the Coastal News. The headline read: "NEW PRIEST O'HALLIGAN TO BE WELCOMED TO SUMMER BAY." He smiled at the thought of two things - one, they left out the fact he was a serial paedophile, and two, that his targets for revenge had all lined up in a little row, like ducks.

End of Chapter 6

[h&a-girl]

This part was well worth the wait.

Update soon