I Wish

[Pepper]

I had finally found the scent of Maya.....and......Charlotte? There was another scent mixed in with them. Jessy's. I bared my teeth in a snarl. That shifter would pay dearly. After all, I was her Queen........... Changing into a black mamba, silent and deadly like the blackness I was made from, I followed their path.

[karen]

My witches and I were tracking the slayer when we felt him. His soul was displaced, out of line with the balance. It was Joshua and he was a wraith. "We have trouble," I murmured. As a wraith he could protect the slayer, even help her gain power. I could not let that happen. He had to be destroyed. "Guys," I cried, "We have a soul to burn." It wasn't going to be easy but we would do it.

(((;D)))

[Pepper]

((way to go Jess))

[Jessy Jackson]

I gave the air a sniff. "Guys, go quickly. Pepper's coming." Charlie gave me a quick glance before moving off. I would hold off Pepper for as long as I could.

[Pepper]

As I rounded the corner I saw Jessy, standing there, no-dought to try and hold me off. I hissed. It wouldn't work. As I shifted back to human in front of her I caught a glint of sadness in her eye. I smiled. Looked like the game was set in motion.

[Jessy Jackson]

I smiled sadly at the demon in front of me before launching into my first attack. As a panther I lept towards her.

[Pepper]

"okay lets match fire with well...a blazing forest" I taunted as I became a black sabre-tooth and let loose 3 blazing fireballs from my paws, scorching Jess's fur.

[Jessy Jackson]

I hardly felt the fire as I attacked. This would be the fight. Pepper and I had equal power but she would win and I would fall. I knew that but I would fight to the end. If Mai escaped hope would still live. I was willing to die to keep that hope alive.

[Charlotte]

It was hard to leave Jessy to fight, would have been impossible a few weeks ago but now...everything was different. Jessy and I had come to understand each other, we knew what we had to do, we would fight our own battles. I led Maya, more slowly than I would have liked, throught the backstreets to the training centre. Inside we could breathe sligtly easier but I knew we were not safe by a long way. They would find us, get to us somehow. Maya sank into a chair, her legs giving way and I hurriedly grabbed some first aid equipment. I knelt down in front of Maya and began to do what I could, cleaning some of the blood off her and cooling her face with water. As I did she was looking around, taking in the items lying around. There were books scattered over tables with a thin layer of dust coating them. Weapons were stacked neatly on racks, hung on the wall or in chests in the corners. I noticed where Maya's eyes were straying and I followed her gaze with a wistful look. There was a small dagger lying on the floor with an ornate ivory handle into which were set gleaming rubies. It seemed stranely out of place lying there and a small frown creased Maya's forehead.
"You still have your soul sabre." She said. "Why don't you carry it with you?"
"It's useless." I said looking down at the bottle of antiseptic in my hand. "It hasn't worked since...since..."
"Francois." Maya finished.
"Yeah." I agreed quietly. "It has no use whatsoever any more. It's dead inside."
'Like Jessy' i thought but didn't like to say. She should have caught up with us by now, i hoped I was wrong but since Karen took over...well let's just say I didn't have much faith in hope anymore.

[Maya]

I gently pushed Charlotte away,
"Not fast enough." I said of the first aid. I looked around, and tried to stand, but now that i had sat down, my legs would not obey.
"Hey, stay there- what do you want?" Charlie said.
"See that cabinet?" I asked.
"Uh-huh?"
"the floor beneath it- put your hand over it and say 'Àquelas que o necessitam, a ajuda será dada.'"
"Huh?"
I repeated it more slowly, and Charlie repeated after me, toppling backwards from her crouched position when the floor began to glow. When the glowing stopped, there was a small square hole left full of wicthy supplies and healing ingredients. Charlie gaped at me, and i forced a smile,
"When all this started, i hid that there... so that even Doc wouldn't know where it was, even though he uses... used this place more than any of us."
Charlie swallowed, and nodded stiffly,
"What stuff do we need?" She asked.

((just to note: no demons or bad guys are allowed in the TC, as it has always been, so no rule breaking!))
(((ooh, and the portuguese (*grins*) means 'to those who need it, help will be given')))

[Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison]

(((Sorry, Jess. I had this floating around for a while, and I figured it kinda fit.)))

(((Third person.)))

He had been waiting. Keeping Charlottes Sabre inactive so Fracois couldn't track her. He knew what had to be done. All he needed was help.

He just couldn't believe it had been this easy.

Hang on, Jess, he thought, gathering what he could.

In the corner of her eye, Jessy saw something flash, flying in between Pepper and herself. She gaped as she recognised teh dagger now sticking in the wall, not to mention the voice inside her head.

'Don't just stand there, Jess. Pick me up. We got things to do.'

[TPot]

I was back, I remembered Long Dow siding with Karen and Grace, and Spiryt returning to my side to help me, then I remember dying, just as I had won against Long Dow, but now, I was back?

I looked down at my body, wait a minute... Body? then I remebered the lore of my people, those who die come back as Spirits, "Welcome back," a voice said next to me, "Back to what?" I asked, then I noticed something, Jessy, and Doc? I was lost, If that was Doc, What happened to Francois? Anyways, that was where I headed.

((I am now almost exactly like Spiryt with powers, not personallity.))

[Jessy Jackson]

I grabbed the dagger and grinned. The tide was turning. Pepper drew a dagger too, the dagger. The one that proved her right as queen. Except it didn't. The demon was not my queen.

[TPot]

I watched the fight between Jessy and Pepper from about 15 metres above them, Jessy was losing, the dagger wasn't enough, I decided to help, but how would they react? I could be evil and not know it, Jessy was now bleeding badly and she needed help, I floated down and entered her mind, she noticed a raise of her strength then she was sitting watching as I fought Pepper. The wall had been breached.

[Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison]

(((Sabre's POV)))

(((Jessy's mind)))

I felt the breach. I knew who it was, I could feel it. So I went to have a chat.

"G'day, T."

"Doc?" He asked. I smiled as Jessy walked over to us.

"Yes and know, old fried," I said. "You okay, Jess?"

"What were you doing down here?" She asked.

"I refused to work against everything he'd built here," I said. "So he threw me. He's got a new Sabre, the soul inside is darker than he is right now. There's a way to stop this, maybe even free him, depending on his choice, but we need to talk to Charlotte."

"Let's take care of Pepper first," TPot suggested.

"Time for some teamwork."

(((Third Person.)))

The 'dagger' lengthened, revealing it's ture, katana mode. Jessy gave a grin as Pepper gasped, finally recognising teh Soul Sabre.