Fluttervile

by Aiet

"... Fairest of them all?"

After turning in his report, Monte Loma went home for the night. Opening his trunk he carefully brought the large mirror piece inside. Setting it down in his living room he went around and closed and locked all doors and windows. He examined it more closely with out touching it. He could see the man inside but his body was obscured, only flesh visible and no clothes could be seen.. He could see him from the neck up and the rest was in mist. After taking in everything he could he covered it up and went to bed. Dolorem's eyes weighed heavily in Monte's mind and it was all he could think of. He didn't understand what this was and what had happened to the man. The next day he got ready to go back to the burnt apartment, the investigation had been completed and filed as an accident but he still needed to find something. He needed to find the rest of the mirror, something compelled him to. He walked around the building until he found where dolorem's room was. He could barely see the two slits where something cut through and he turned to follow them. A building that was under construction when the fire broke out, stopped until it was safe, stood behind it. He made his way to it and into the construction site. Going up into the hollow shell of the building to be he was nervous. What exactly waited for him up there? What would be in this mirror piece. He reached the top floor, no walls and only support beams. He searched around the concert until he found it. Stuck into a beam he carefully pried it out and was prepared this time for what was “in” the mirror. Hiding behind a thin layer of mist was the other shoulder, arms, and torso of a man. He quickly made his way back down holding the mirror carefully. He sped home and brought it inside going into the living room. As he stepped in he could feel something different and the large fragment flew from his hand and the other one flew to meet it. A blinding light shone through out the house and Monte had to cover his eyes. The light dimmed down and he could see again as it softly lowered onto the ground. It leaned it's self against a wall with the bottom still jagged, Monte stared at it in awe. he didn't know what had happened, the pieces just seemed to fuse together like... magic. He was an intelligent man and wasn't superstitious but this he couldn't explain it logically. He moved to it slowly and examined it once again. He could see dolorem and he was more complete but he was still missing from the waist down. Still confused and lost, not knowing how to get out. Monte covered the mirror and went to a cabinet, pulling out a large bottle of scotch. He drank strait from the bottle with his mind in chaos. Could he save this man from his prison or was he going insane? He didn't know but something struck his mind. He needed to go to the police station and see if he could find anything else about him.
“ok here you go but you only have an hour.” the police chief left Monte in a room alone with a large, nearly out dated computer. He searched the archives for more information on dolorem. Most of what he found was his medical records and he was sad to see such a hard life. He found out all the places he lived around the world, he got around. Only living blood relative was his mother, married to some rich man and forgetting all about him. He found nothing much else, just the sad story that was his life. If he completed the mirror, bringing him back. Would it help him at all? It might. Being stuck in a mirror sounds horrible so he had to save him. Monte's time was up and he left to go back home. He needed to rest and try to understand what was happening. The next day he awoke to hear a strange noise from the living room. He walked in to find the mirror vibrating loudly and he walked over to it. He uncovered it and looked at dolorem. At first he didn't see anything different but then it changed. A large portion of the mist behind him cleared and he saw light. Sunlight and a... town. He couldn't make out much of the town. The mist still covered most of dolorem and the top left corner of the mirror. He was excited about this because maybe it meant he was getting closer to bringing him back. Monte covered the mirror and went to get dressed. He left going back once again to the burnt building and construction site, looking up. He had to find out where the other piece was but there was no other buildings close by. So he made his way back into the blackened building. A couple of homeless people took shelter inside and watched as Monte passed them going up the stairs. The smell still lingered and ash was everywhere. He had to slowly make his way up the stairs since they were still threatening to collapse. Finally making it to the seventh floor he entered the room. As he stepped in something caught his eye. It was black but not like the burnt walls. Then it moved slowly standing up. It resembled a dog maybe or a small horse, he couldn't tell. Then it whipped around and hissed with white fangs bared. Monte fell back wards waiting for it to attack but it didn't. It was gone. He stood back up and dusting him self off, shaking his head. Maybe he was going mad. He slowly made his way to the two slits in the wall and looked out the left one. He could see the building under construction from it and nothing else. So he looked through the second and saw nothing. Nothing but sky until he focused into the distance. A large sky scrapper was far off and he knew that's where he needed to go.