Devil Inside--a Forever Knight songfic
By April French

Author's Note:

Just a little suthin' dealing with Nick's thoughts on
his first visit to the Raven in "Dark Knight." The
usual disclaimers apply; I owe nothing except the
order in which the words are arranged. As near as I
can remember, the song "Devil Inside" is by the band
INXS. And of course, we all know I don't own Nick or
Janette or anybody. Darn it. Still, unless you're
FKFIC2 or the FTP site, please don't archive without
asking permission first. This will be archived at
http://www.geocities.com/knightwalker1228/index.html
with all the others. Praise, comments, and all that
good stuff, send it my way.

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Devil Inside (1/1)

It had been a long time since he had seen her, but in
the end, the passage of years meant little. Janette
was still the same. Still beautiful.

  Here comes the woman
  With the look in her eye

"The night's dark, I am the owner, and I find I'm able
to mix it with a little wine."

  Raised on leather
  With flesh on her mind

Still hungry.

  Words as weapons sharper than knives

"I forgot. You're probably 'on duty.'"

  Makes you wonder how the other half die
  Other half die

Still cruel.

***

She had heard he was in town, being the Good
Samaritan. Again. Of course, she'd known Nicolas would
show up sooner or later.

He always did.

  Here come the man
  With the look in his eye

He looked horrible, pale and half-starved.

  Fed on nothing
  But full of pride

But still stubbornly handsome, charming, teasing.

  Look at them go
  Look at them kick

Oh, how she wanted him...

  Makes you wonder how the other half live

She wanted him to come back.

***

  The devil inside
  The devil inside
  Every single one of us, the devil inside

Nick took the address she handed him, lifted her hand
to his lips as though to kiss it and then, with a
playful half-smile and a cryptic promise in his eyes,
he left the club with as little ceremony as he'd come.

  The devil inside
  The devil inside
  Every single one of us, the devil inside

Janette followed him with her eyes, feeling her heart
beat against her ribcage almost as though she was
still alive.

  Here come the world
  With the look in its eye

They needed each other so badly...

  Future uncertain but certainly slight

But she needed her liberty.

  Look at the faces

And he needed his grief.

  Listen to the bells

Janette leaned luxuriously against the bar, while in
his Cadillac, Nick hid his face in his hands.

  It's hard to believe we need a place called hell

~Finis--August 24th, 2004~

April French daomir_darkfell@yahoo.com

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