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The Collector of Souls
by Sarah Cheetham
Part I
Characters
Young girl: Black feathery hair, brown eyes and paler then normal
skin.
Old man: The old man has grey hair, green eyes and wrinkled skin.
Mugger: Boy with a heart murmur he doesn't know about. He has blue
eyes, brown hair and light skin.
Nurse: She has dusk blonde hair, brown eyes and healthy looking skin.
Fran Grain: Grandmother dying of cancer in hospital. Blonde going
white hair, blue eyes and pale due to her sickness.
Intro
The rain thundered onto the streets as people rushed home, the sky as
dark as the clouds overheard…
An old man walked from, passing an alleyway a girl appeared from the
alleyway, her eyes following his movement from under the hood of her
leather coat.
She then started to follow when she spied a young boy, a thief the
way he was an opportunist as he crossed the road…
The old man took out his keys as he came to his flat, glad he'd be
back in the warmth soon.
Someone then walked past him, making him drop his keys.
The old man instantly went to get his keys, the boy moving in for the
attack.
He kicked the old man in the ribs, the old man crying out as he hit
the ground, the young girl barely visible in the background.
When the boy heard the old man breathe out he searched the old man's
coat, rummaging for a wallet or spare change…
As the girl watched the scene play out she breathed out gently, her
eyes seeming to close even through they were open…the boy's behaviour
as if she wasn't really there.
The boy smiled as he found money and put it in his pocket, his
fingers holding a knife he'd use to stab the old man if he was still
alive.
As he put the money in his pocket his hand moved to his chest,
clutching at his heart.
His parents had warned him about his heart murmur, but had he
listened?
Well he wished he had no time to think about it…
The girl watched as the boy fell down dead, her job was done here but
not for the night…
Chapter one
The nurse at the desk read her magazine as her night shift set in,
her cup coffee by her side to keep her awake during her shift.
The young girl appeared outside the hospital doors, her coat now open
to show her black shoes, black polo neck jumper and black jeans.
She walked through the doors, looking round before she walked to the
corridor that led to her next scene…
The nurse looked up having heard someone only to find it empty…the
door hardly moving.
Shrugging it off she sat back, taking a sip of her coffee…
As the girl came into the ward she saw people sleeping but she wasn't
going to take these people yet…
Fran Grain woke up for the fifth time, as if she had to be awake for
something…or someone.
Raquel, her grand daughter was sleeping in the chair as quiet as a
mouse.
Sighing Fran lay back down under the covers, hoping she'd finally
have some proper sleep.
The girl came to the private hospital room and sighed, ready to take
another soul with her to the afterlife.
As Fran tried to sleep she heard the door open yet it didn't open.
Curious as to what was causing the sound she sat up, forgetting she
should be resting.
As she sat up she saw a girl come round the bed, Fran instantly
knowing why the girl was there…
"I always wondered when you'd come for me, it is my time isn't it?"
She said, the girl sitting on the bed.
"Yeah, it is, are you ready?" She said, Fran smiling.
She looked at Raquel and nodded, "I'm more then ready for the deep
sleep child, I've been waiting for it ever since I learnt of my
fate." She said, the girl smiling.
"Then lay back and rest, it'll be like a natural stage of sleep." She
said, Fran smiling as if she wasn't ill or suffering inside.
"Thank you child, thank you for giving me this peace." She said lying
back, knowing she'd get the peace she'd always wanted…
The girl watched as the woman acted like she was going to sleep and
saw her close her eyes for the last time, her own eyes reflecting the
mother's inner peace…
As she walked out of the hospital the girl breathed out, her job was
done tonight and now she could go back to her home and little Suzie
BlackRose…
Raquel woke up, daylight streaming into the room.
She saw her grandmother lying as if she was sleeping and got up to
wake her.
"Grandma?" She said, lightly shaking Fran's body before stepping, a
look of discovery on her face as she discovered her grandmother had
passed on during the night…
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