aurora rose issue 3

7/29/2019 Aurora Rose issue 3

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and

according

to the

sensibilities

of those eras

our family

has been

called to

serve...

You, and others that have

come before you, are the key

to unlocking that tool which has

the ability to give shape and form

to unholy creatures, bringingthose monsters into our

plane of existence.

A childs

imagination is

a powerful

tool.

You arethe yin

to a childs

yang.

our guise

as protectors

has taken

various

incarnations.


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The obligation to

defend a childs life from

absolute evil is ingrained

into the Rose bloodline.

Only in the most

dire of times is a

Rose called to...

However, that is not to

say every Rose descendent

is blessed with these

unique abilities.

OK.Just

stop.

Please.

For you,

babysitting

is the mask

by which

you will

serve.

This

is all too

much.


11/24

I had

hoped this path

would never

reveal

itself.

I had hoped

that you wouldcontinue living a

blissful, albeit,

uneventful life

as a normal,

teenage girl.

But from the

moment you were

born, you were

marked with the

power of the

Rose family.

More often times

than not, such pathsare not of our own

choosing.

The men who attacked

me at the Campbells? I

killed them?

Yes. But

labeling those

creatures as

menis an act of

generosity by

any degree.

Mere

foot

soldiers

as it were,

members of

an insidious

cult known

as theBrother-hood of

Sleep.Their

only goal

is to open

the gates

of hell by

eliminating

any Rose

endowed with

the power

to stop

them.

Fortunately,

your power manifesteditself as a protection

of sorts. When you have

mastered your abilities,

this fail-safe will no

longer be needed.


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how did

they know where

to find...

every

puppet

has a

puppeteer.

they

wont

stop.

they

will not

stop.

But thatdoes not

mean you are

powerless

to stop

them.

theyll

keep

coming

and...

no.


13/24

OH.MY.

GOD.

Aurora

CALLFROM

BUZZ

BUZZ

BUZZ

BUZZ

Youwouldnt

believe me if

I told you.

Yeah.

I guess.Look, Ineed...

EVERY-

THiNGOK?

Where

are you?!

Couple

pieces ofbacon stopped

by last night,wantin toknow if I

knew where

you are.

JuJu!Can you

just listen

for asec?

I need

you tocome andget me.

They saidyou pulled a

Houdini at thehospital!

Course,

I got no cluewhat theyretalkin about.


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You never

call, you never

writeWhere

we goin?go, go

go.

I dont

care.

Just...drive.

Alright,

were drivin.

So whats withthe cloak

and dagger

stuff?

I think

Imin

trouble.

Soooo,

spill it.


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Yeah,

yeah.

OK. No matter how

weird everything Im

about to saysounds,

just stay with me.

Those guys

whoattacked meatthe Campbells?

Ikilled them.

Allof them.

Then,

at the

hospital,

I saved

a kid from

a a

thing.

A

thing?

It gets

weirder.

I was

kidnapped

out of the

hospital

by somecommando-

types

AND THEY

BROUGHTYOU OUT

HERE?

Yeah,

athing.

Right.

And then

I met my

grand-

mother...

...Or

at least

a woman

who says

shes my

grand-

mother.


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OK. So in the last

24 hours, youve managed

to kill some dudes, save a

kid from the boogeyman,

get kidnapped, find your

long, lost family and

I know how

all this sounds.

Pretty

crazy.

Ohhh, yes it

does.

BUT

WHAT iF I

SAiD...

All things

considereD

Id say youve

handled all the

drama well.

...you

aint seen

nothin yet?


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WHATARE YOuDOiNG?!!

WHA...!

OOF!

uh?hello?

Finishing a

job I shouldnt

have to be

finishing.

duh.


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Let the

boys have all the

fun, ya know?

Guess they werentcountin on the fact

youd be good to go by

the time they came

a knockin. But when ya

sprout, ya sprout.

Show the

boys where

you were.

I was just

supposed to keep

you on the hook.

And youre the

only thing standin

between us and some

really cool stuff thats

gonna go down.

Besides, all

those years ofhearin ya bitch

and moan can get

really old after

awhile.

Cant tell

ya how long Ive

been waitin...

Youre my

friend!


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...to

shutyouup!


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To deprive

of power,

strength or

capacity.

Verb.


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...is the

definition of

incapacitate.

that...

yeah.

And next time

I improvise on

cleanin up your

mess, Ill keep

that in mind.

So, other than

flushing 11 years of

trust down the toilet,

kinda fuzzy on what

the whole point

of this was.

The point, JuJu,was to send a message

neither she, nor my

grandmother will

soon forget.


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My dear

sister now

has no one to

turn to

and

nowhere

to run.

The pointwas to

take all she holds

dear in her life

and smash it into

a million pieces.

The only

person who

will be there

for her time

of need...

She is as lost

as she ever was

with no hope of

rescue, not even

from my dear,

grandmother.


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will be her

long, lost, twin

brother.

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