[Sicilien]
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"No!?
No!!? Etienne!" Sicilien howled, hopping off the horse as he
uselessly beat his fists against the stone wall.? He watched her back away
from them, away from Callie who seemed to be talking to her about something,
but when Flynn's lover came back, Etienne stayed and before the bounty hunter
could come for her, he and his horse sank through the ground and he was
suddenly in that tunnel that Flynn has scried from his vision.? He kept
trying to find some crack, some remnant of magic that he could reverse, as if
he even could.? His fingers brushed against the eyepatch of his right eye,
for a moment seriously considering taking it off, but he refrained.? There
was no way he'd be able to tunnel through that rock.? Not without killing
everyone else in his immediately vicinity.? So he flew upon Flynn,
grabbing the man by the scruff of his shirt with a desperate look in his eye.
"I
need to go back!? Flynn, take me back!? Take me back right now!"
Sicilien yelled at Flynn, shaking him.? "You can do it, right??
You still have enough magic, don't you?? Just send me, please!!? Send
me back..."
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(Callie
Carson)
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Callie,
convinced she¡¯d seen the last of Etienne, was in no mood for Sicilien¡¯s
rantings. She was also convinced their quest to get to Miller¡¯s Crossing was going
to fail, because it was beginning to sound like most in the group were fixed on
abandoning the mission.
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When
Sicilien grabbed Flynn and began shaking him, demanding to go back, Callie had
heard and seen enough. Her pistol cleared its holster, and she placed the
barrel firmly against the back of Sicilien¡¯s head.
¡°Let¡him¡go!¡±
she hissed through clenched teeth. ¡°She¡¯s gone. Now pull it together and let¡¯s
get moving. We need to get to Miller¡¯s Crossing¡I have business there and we¡¯re
going to end it once and for all.¡±
-Etienne-
Etienne kept her head bowed as the voice on
the wind spoke. Often, he spoke in riddles and threats. Ruling her by force and
fear. Even now his words said he would kill and hurt those who she intended to
protect both if she did what his bidding and even if she did not. It was a
terrible existence for one who did not wish to do others harm. And she never
did.? Being what she was did not mean she had to act as the other of her
kind did...and often she did not. She wanted to be a creature of love and
light. But she was not allowed to be.?It was why she ran in the first
place. So that maybe she could be happy. It was why she saw an opportunity to
use his words against him and fled into the night. She took it.?
She remembered when Sicilien found her. How timid she was...how
scared. But he had been so kind and so gentle with her. He had coaxed her out
of her shell. Together they had been so happy once. He and her. She would sit
upon the porch and watch him shoot and tend to the ranch. And then he would
come in and they would make love all night. But he had found her again. Wishing
their baby away...leaving her no choice but to hurt him...and to run.?
She was not going to run this time. She wanted this over and she
would stop at nothing to end it.
"I hear you o lord. But I had not done what you accuse me
of. I just want peace. To live my life in peace. For those that I care for to
be able to live in peace. I will come to you. I will submit myself to you for
punishment and subjugation yet again, but please. I beg of you. Leave the other
alone. Please."
Such a happy time.??
_._,_._,_
(Flynn)
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The Pookah was
startled when Sicilien frantically grabbed him by the shirt and started shaking
him, demanding to be sent back to the upper cave where Etienne had stayed
behind. He was relieved when Callie swiftly put a gun to the man's head and
ordered him to let Flynn go.
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"Ah'd listen
to the lady, Sicilien," he said quietly, meeting the man's wild-eyed gaze
with a calm one of his own.? "We're not going back up.? And if'n
you force me to waste any glamour on you, ah'll drop you down to an even lower
cavern with no way out of it and just leave you there. If Callie don't blow
your head off first, that is."? He shrugged slightly in Sicilien's
grip.? "Either way, the rest of us are goin' on.? Like Callie
says, there's business there we gotta tend to.? Your choice, big
fella.? But if'n ah was you, ah know which one ah'd pick."
?<<Voice in the
darkness>>
¡°You would beg me now, when all you had to do was stay in the first place?¡±? The voice alone was flaming anger, he had
every intention of making her watch as her lover burned¡how dare she love another
besides him!? She ran and was happy with
another and it seared his very being!??? ¡°You
didn't?? You left me and loved
another.? Tell me you didn¡¯t do this?
Come to?me, once more child.¡±? He was
silent.? "Wait there!"??
The moans and shambling ceased.? From
where he was he looked at his other female slave. ?¡°Do you think you can retrieve her without¡failing
me again?¡±? The ghostly hollow of his
voice seemed to float upon the wind.? He
didn¡¯t wait for her response, he knew what it was.? ¡°Go retrieve her¡make it hurt!¡±? He moved towards the saloon now making his
way inside, grabbing a bottle as he waited in his dark corner watching.? He felt them closer, he smiled even as life
in Miller¡¯s Crossing seemingly went back to normal.
<Chase>
¡°So this is what we have come too??
Killing our own?? What is the
point if we are simply going to slaughter each other?? We have already lost.¡±? He looked at them all more than
exasperated.? He honestly couldn¡¯t wait
for this to be over!!!
He waited for the Sicilien to get himself together, right now there was still a
chance to save her or go after her, but he wasn¡¯t getting there by magical
means, that was for damned sure!?
Posting Order:? ?Sicilien,?Callie, Etienne?,?Flynn, Chase,
