Tanith´s Easter surprise:

Easter was a very funny festivity especially for the children. The problem was that Billy-Ray Sanguin didn´t seem to notice the "for the children"-part. He insisted on hiding eggs - now, that he had somebody he could hide them for. Well, it wouldn´t bother Tanith Low a lot if her friend would just hide eggs for her. Probably she would even be amused about it. The problem was that they didn´t have any eggs. To be precise, even "their" flat didn´t belong to them. They "borrowed" it from a couple who died of mysterious wounds of a razor. Seeing as Sanguin didn´t have eggs, he just decided to hide everything else.

Tanith learned that on the hard tour on Easter morning. Overslept, she got up that morning and first of all shuffled to the fridge to get some milk for the cereal. But there was no milk in the fridge. To be precise, there wasn´t any food in the fridge at all. There were… socks?

"Sweetheart?" Tanith called. "Where´s the milk?"

Sanguin swept in the kitchen and hugged Tanith. Then he stepped back and explained."It´s hidden of course. Happy Easter, Darling."

Tanith sighed. "Okay, if the clothes are in the fridge then the milk is in the clothes basket."

Sanguin grinned. "Come on, that would be far too easy."

Tanith covered her eyes with her hand in a desperate gesture.

It took nearly twenty minutes to find the milk (it laid behind the TV) and another ten minutes for the cereal (in her locker). By then, Tanith was halfway awake, but not happier in any way.

It rang at the door and Tanith stood up and went to the door with a little frown. Who could it be? Friends or family of the flat´s property owners? She looked through the door viewer and cursed. There was a whole army of Cleavers out there.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"She murmured while she rushed into the bedroom to get her things. But they were gone.

"Where´s my damned sword?" She called, panicking.

"Hidden." Sanguin answered in a disoriented way. "Darling, what´s going on?"

"Hidden?"

The door flew open with a bang and the Cleavers stormed in. Sanguin cursed and drew his razor. Tanith ducked her head under a blow of a scythe and bellowed."Where is my sword?"

Sanguin´s razor slid into the gap between helmet and armor of one of the cleavers and answered, "But that would spoil the surprise."

"Billy-Ray Sanguin!"

"Okay, okay… it´s in the oven."

"What?!"

But then there was that scythe again. She jumped over it and rushed into the kitchen. Tanith dragged her sword out of the oven -she would kill Sanguin if they survived that- and parried the scythe, which came at her again. She swung her sword in a circle forcing the cleavers to back off. Then she searched for her Texan friend with her eyes. "Billy-Ray? Time to go!"

He looked to her and nodded. Then he kicked the cleaver before him in the chest. The Cleaver stumbled backwards and Sanguin used the chance to slink back to the wall behind him. He laid his fingers on it and cracks formed. Then he sank in it and stepped out behind Tanith. She took his hand and they both sank in the ground.