Ghost of you

BETAD by; Teeta.

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Ghost of you, chapter 12


“You just need to drive straight down this road and turn left at the next crossing. Then left again and then right.” Olavi guided the man.
“Alright.” The man turned his head to look at him quickly, a smile on his lips.

“So, how do you know Al… Mr. Volkov?” Olavi asked, breaking the silence and hoping that his almost mistake would go unnoticed.
“We a…we met at war… fought together, the same unit.” The man answered, struggling with his speaking a little. Olavi simply nodded his head.
“And what is your reason for learning this language?” He asked with curiosity.
“I guess, since knowing Alexander, I have had the strangest urge to do everything that he does, thus learning this language.” He answered, staring at the road, unable to hold back a grin that appeared on his lips.
“Oh…” What a strange answer, Olavi thought, why hadn’t Alexander ever mention about this man, if they were such close friends?

Vladimir couldn’t help but take another look at the boy; this was just too perfect to miss, he though to himself, feeling his excitement growing.
“What is your name?” He asked then. The boy turned his face towards him, big, innocent blue eyes looking at him.
“Olavi, Olavi Lahti.” He answered. Vladimir nodded his head, he knew who the boy was and almost chuckled to himself. Oh, the irony. Alexander really was too predicable.

The boy was beautiful, fragile, it would be easy to overpower him, just had to get him somewhere... somewhere more secluded.

Olavi glanced out from the window, lost in his own thoughts. What did Alexander want to talk with him about? He had said that it would be serious, maybe it had something to do with this man? But why hadn’t Alexander told him if he had expected someone? He wondered. It was almost six, what if Alexander would be waiting by the lake by now? Would he then tell this man to come with him there? How would he explain that he knew where to go searching for him? Would the man even ask?

He had been far too lost in his thoughts to pay much attention to the road.
“Hey, I think you took the wrong turn.” He said then, looking around.
“Did I?”
“Uh, yes, um you were supposed to take the turn to the left.”
“Sorry, my understanding of the language, it is… still little awkward.” Vladimir answered, continuing to drive and staring at the forest road ahead of them.
“Okay, it’s okay, just turn the car and… and I promise to pay more attention to guiding you.” Olavi smiled, the man looked at him oddly and smiled back.

“Oh, there, you can turn the car there!” Olavi pointed to one narrow sand road that parted from the road that they were on. The man drove past it. “Why are you not turning? This is the wrong way, we…” the look that the man gave him, silenced him. What was going on?
Vladimir smirked, pale blue eyes held an unnerving look in them.

“You’ve grown up quite nicely.” The man spoke then. Olavi was taken back with the comment, not really wanting to know what he meant by it.
“You-, you should turn around.” His voice almost failed him.
“Has anyone ever told you how much you look like your brother?” The question took him by surprise, his heart missed one beat, he could hear how his pulse then started to quicken. His brother…

“Please, stop the car.” He asked then with a weak voice.
“Why would you want that? Wouldn’t you like to ask me how I knew your brother?” The man asked. “Or do you perhaps remember who I am now, little one?” The voice was amused and cruel.

Olavi started to tremble, that voice… Screaming… It had been such a cold day. The game… hide and seek, they had played hide and seek? Had to be quiet… He had wanted the treat that his brother had promised. Elias, he remembered him smiling at him, finger on his lips. The door had closed.

Flashes, shaded memories, that voice, he knew that voice, that smell. Oh God.
“I wonder if you’ll taste as sweet as your brother did.” A touch of a hand on his thigh. Realization had never hit him as hard as it did then. A frightened cry, he opened the car door in panic, his only thought to escape from whatever demon this was that had caught him. He fell on the ground hard, his hands reaching out first, sand tearing his skin; blood, pain, his ankle sprained during the fall.

He limped towards the forest, praying he would get away, praying he would find a hiding place. He heard that the car stopped, engine growling. His heart was beating more madly within seconds. His movements were awkward, he couldn’t move as fast as the man could, because of the pain that the falling had caused. He tried to run, tried to ignore the sprained ankle, but every time he put some weight on it, he almost screamed in agony that it caused.

Vladimir watched as the boy tried desperately to get away from him, he had seen the fall that the boy had taken. ‘’’Foolish child.’’’ He said to himself, smirking. Stepping into the woods he suddenly lost the sight of him, it was quiet all around. His senses were high, his lust driving him forward. No, he would not get away this easily. He stood, listening carefully, adrenalin high. He loved hunting, it brought him more pleasure than anything else; he loved the excitement of it. That is why he had loved the war, his soul was blood thirsty and it craved the fear of the weaker.

‘’’Come out, come out wherever you are.’’’ He called, glancing around with a smile, he was determined to get his prey, and the prey knew it. “I will find you, my pretty, soon we can have some fun, just you and I.”


Olavi crouched behind the large rock. He trembled heavily, taking in shaky breaths, he could hear the man so close. He just had to get away, get to the lake, to Alexander. The man would surely save him. He didn’t want to die.


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“I understand your feelings, I-“ Alexander started. Aino turned around to face him.
“Oh you do, do you?!” She screamed.
“I can imagine at least…I wish I had told you earlier but…”
“But you were too busy trying to get my little brother into your bed?! Do excuse me for not congratulating you on that matter.” She snapped at him. Her head started to ache, a silence followed.

“Whether or not you believe me, I do love your brother,” Alexander stated quietly. The young woman moved in front of the window, gazing out.
“Which one of my brothers? Which of them is it that you love?” She asked with tired voice that lacked the previous energy. Alexander took a deep breath.
“I did not expect this, they may have looked the same, but yet both of them are different. As is my love for them.”
“Love…” She sighed, laughing dryly. She turned, tears burning in her eyes. “You’ve ruined his life! Can you not see that?” Alexander did not know what to answer, he opened his mouth, lost with words. “What were you thinking?!” She screamed. “What do you think will happen to him if someone finds this out!? He was fine before you! Uh, just the mere sight of you right now… It makes me so sick!”

Alexander glanced at the clock that showed it was well past six already, he did not like being late, making the boy wait for him.
“Please, all I’m asking for is to sit down and talk about this, with Olavi.” Aino was quiet, just glaring at him. Never had he seen another woman looking so mad as she did at that moment. He wished he knew what the right words were, if there were any.
“You will never see him again.” Aino said then. “You will never speak to him again and you most certainly will not put your dirty hands on him ever again. I will make sure of that.”
“I cannot just leave him, without talking to him first. I am sorry, but I cannot do that, I can’t break his heart like that.”
“Break his heart! You’ve already broken it! You… for God’s sake you were one of his brother’s rapist! How do you think he’ll take it?!”
“For the second time; I did not rape Elias!” Alexander shouted, the accusation was just too much to take, they had loved, he knew this, the accusation made it sound dirty.

“Did you not? So what; he actually enjoyed being there, is that what you are saying? Are you saying that my brother wanted to be…” She could not finish her sentence; she felt another wave of tears rising in her eyes. “Elias was in love with Emma, he took care of us like a father would at the age of 15! Then your people showed up and…Oh dear God… How can you say that you did not rape him!? He couldn’t have slept with you willingly.”

“It was crazy, the whole world was mad back then, and I found myself in a hopeless situation. I did not plan it, anymore than Elias did. He was innocent, he had a good heart, so much love… I wanted to help him, I did, that’s how it started and your brother… he, he was scared, alone and in pain and I guess he found some comfort in me and that’s how it started with him.” Alexander calmed himself down, he couldn’t get himself worked up, the woman had every right to feel mad, she couldn’t know how it had been. “You’ve read the letter, read it again. Those are your brother’s words in it. He did not mean for you to see that letter, but it’s the only thing that we have to tell his side of how it was.”

Aino tried to calm herself down, but it seemed impossible. Elias was dead, had been for many years. She had expected it to be so, but still there had been that small hope burning inside her heart. Hope that she would one day see her brother again, he would smiled and he would hold her, he would tell that he was alright now, that there was no more pain. She cried, feeling like she would fall apart at any minute, couldn’t breathe, it was the memories that filled her, haunted her. His image, long ago lost and never returned. The pain was heavy in her heart.
“I loved him!” She screamed. “I loved him and want him back, you stupid bastard!”
Alexander looked at her sadly, she seemed so small, so fragile. He knew the pain that she was going through, he could feel it. Tears rose to his own eyes, he wanted to comfort her, but knew that it was not his comfort that she wanted.
“I’m sorry.” He whispered, looking at her.
“I hate you!” She screamed trembling, glaring at him. “I hate you…” She repeated with much weaker voice and sat down, still holding the letter in her hands. It was quiet.


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His lips trembled, his body was shivering, he could hear his own heart beat so clearly. Tears fell down, he looked at his surroundings in desperation. He had no idea where to run, where the lake was.
“Come now pretty, there’s no reason to hide… You know you can’t run from me.”
The man was calling him, it could only be matter of minutes before he’d be discovered. He wondered whether he would make it if he ran. Would his legs carry him? ‘Ignore the pain, ignore the pain.’ He repeated to himself, the words becoming like some sort of mantra. He carefully touched the watch in his pocket, the one that Alexander had given him in hopes that it would bring him the courage that he needed. Then he thought of his brother.
“We must be brave like soldiers now…” He suddenly heard his voice inside his mind. He wanted to be as brave as Elias had been.

“Here you are.” He suddenly heard the voice right next to him and panicked. He got up as fast as he could and made a desperate attempt to run; tree branches scraped him, the ground was uneven and made the running hard. He made the mistake of looking back while he ran and that was when he tripped.

“Caught you.” The man laughed in triumph.


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“Let’s go for a little walk.” Emma spoke to her son as she dressed her younger daughter and placed her into the baby carriage.
“Why?” He asked, not wanting to leave his toys.
“Because I want to see how the work is going, wouldn’t it be nice to see that house? We can even stop by the lake before we get back.” She smiled at him. She really didn’t need to see the house, in reality she just wanted to see if Olavi had arrived there safely. She had a very funny feeling inside of her, feeling she couldn’t quite place, but still it left her restless. She just needed to see that everything was alright.
“Alright mom,” The boy said and stood up.

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She could hear the arguing. When she stepped in, she saw them. Aino had been crying, she seemed to be furious with the man, but there was no sign of Olavi or the man he had left with.
“What’s going on here?” Emma asked confused; both turned to look at her. Aino wiped some tears from her eyes, Alexander looked at her in a helpless way. “Did that friend of yours find you Alexander?” She asked then. Alexander looked surprised.
“My friend?” Aino was now listening too.
“Yes, a friend of yours stopped by our house asking for you and I told him that you were here, -I…” The look on Alexander’s face, told her the answer. “He asked Olavi to show him the way and he…”
“What? Where is Olavi?!” Alexander asked.
“I-, he left with that man.” Emma felt her heart beating faster.
“Who?? Who did he leave with?!” Alexander asked.
“He, he said that he was your friend.” Emma stammered. “They left almost an hour ago, in his car.” Alexander looked at the time; 6.25pm.
“Did he give you any name!?” He shouted, anger on his face. It scared her.
“Vladimir… something, I believe he said his last name started with a letter S.”

“Fuck! We must hurry, we must find them and fast!” He shouted.
“What is going on, where’s my brother?” Aino asked in fear.
“We’ll find him… We must!”


TBC.

A/N: Please review :)

Teeta; Thank you so much for your help with this story, for the beta work and your lovely reviews! *hugs*

Bookworm51485: I think now you remember as well? Thank you for reviewing, loved reading it!

yblue; I'm very flattered, thank you. I'm glad you enjoy this story and glad you got home safely from your driving lesson =)I've tried to think of my own sister in Aino's place, but I'm sure that my own would have killed him by now, lol, Aino is much nicer. I mean my sister has even thrown a guy to the lake for much lesser reason, hehe.

Midnighteyes; I know it looks bad, but keep up the hope hon! Thanks for reviewing.

Mitts; Still looks bad for Olavi, well even more now. Wasn't I quite fast with this update though? =) Thank you for your review!

Madlodger; have I told you how much I love your reviews? Well now I will, I enjoy them greatly and every time you make me smile so thank you madlodger! *gives a cookie*

Oh hell; *gives cookies for everyone* Every review is precious, I'm seriously addicted! hehe