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Post by Jessy Jackson on Aug 31, 2004 4:57:15 GMT -5
"It was my fault. I didn't pay enough attention to him. He was lonely. It's my fault. Doc, help me."
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Aug 31, 2004 5:01:22 GMT -5
I'm gonna dust that little prick. "Jessy, it's alright," I said. This wasn't going to work. not to mention not being safe. I picked her up gently, cradling her in my arms like you would a baby. I look over at Pepper. "My apartments, near by. We'll take her there and look after her. We'll need to call the others, too. Warn them what's going on. Guarenteed some of them will come over,' Pepper nodded and we headed off. Stay hidden, Rory, I thought venomously. Because I swear, when I catch you, there isn't going to be enough to fit in a nonoscopic thimble. ((I can be very vindictive when provoked  .)) |
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Post by Jessy Jackson on Aug 31, 2004 5:09:30 GMT -5
"Doc? Doc? I'm scared." The blackness kept coming and with the blackness came the memory. Doc's voice came back to me.
"Shhhhh you are ok. Shhhhhh"
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Aug 31, 2004 5:16:08 GMT -5
I knew she cared about him. Everyone knew that. She made sure he knew, at least I thought she did. Then again, my thoughts on romance are a good Jackie Chan movie and a couch to snuggle on.
It was natrual to blame yourself in this situation, though. That I knew for a fact. What we had to do was make sure the girl didn't sik into the same dark place i had.
Because with what I knew about Jessy, if she did that, she wouldn't come back.
I let Pepper fish teh keys out of my pocket as we reached my apartment building. We climbed teh stairs almost silently, save for Jessys sobbing and my continued attempts to keep her from falling to deep into dispair.
We entered my flat (one bedroom, one study, kitchen, bathroom, lots of elctrical junk) with Jessy still wimpering in my arms. I pointed to the phone and my pphone booke, telling her to call everyone marked with a crucifix save Jessy. I then caried the sobbing shifter into my room and placed her gently on the bed.
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Post by Jessy Jackson on Aug 31, 2004 5:20:12 GMT -5
The blackness came again. In the apartment my body was still but in my mind I was reliving it all over again with painfull detail.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Aug 31, 2004 5:26:20 GMT -5
Her whimpers became beggings of 'no, Rory, no, it isn't true'. Every instinct in my body was screaming to find the one that had done this, but that wouldn't help her.
Instead, it took her hand gently and began to talk inelvish. If Del or Lin heard... I don't know what they would have done. This was something similar to what was siad to me by the elf that had nursed me back to health after Laurana.
'Sleep, my child, my daughter. Let only sweet dreams take you. For no matter the darkness, I will always be here to protect you.'
Jessy's beggings became wimpers again, then finally silence. I twasn't a spell, it was more a promise, the strongest kind one could make. A promise from teh heart. No one would hurt her while I lived, no nightmares would haunt her while I was near.
I sat gently on the edge of the bed, carressing her cheek. "No one will hurt you," I whispered, switching to English. "I promise."
((I'd had this in mind for a while, i just didn't know where to put it.))
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Post by Jessy Jackson on Aug 31, 2004 5:30:29 GMT -5
It stopped. Instead of fear there was comfort. I felt safe. The memory stopped and I felt safer. I slept dreamlessly but somehow I knew that if I woke it would all start again. I wanted to sleep forever.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Aug 31, 2004 5:33:43 GMT -5
I Heard Pepper explaining what had happened to someone, but it didn't matter for the moment. Jessy slept now, bu the nightmare, the memory of whatever had happened would be there to be there to greet her when she woke.
But so would I. Tangible proof that good still existed.
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Post by Maya on Aug 31, 2004 5:34:18 GMT -5
((erm, timelines a little screwed, no? jess went before josh died, and was back when charlie and i returned, and yet this is a week after that and she just got back?? Ahh))
I hammered on the door, and Doc opened it with a wry, sad smile. As i entered, i saw that the new girl, Pepper, was frowning at me, holding the phone, with her finger on an address book by a number labelled Maya.
"I felt... something." I explained. "Jessy?"
Doc showed me over to her, and i knelt beside her sleeping form. I closed my eyes suddenly, her emotions and thoughts hitting me painfully.
"Oh goddess." I gasped. Doc nodded. "Oh goddess, jessy." I shook my head, "We have to deal with this... i... I need to go to the shop, I can fix it."
"...Fix it?"
"Restore his soul." i explained.
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Post by Jessy Jackson on Aug 31, 2004 5:38:46 GMT -5
(((I returned a while ago. This is way after I returned)))
Something woke me. For a moment the calm was still there but then it all came back. Rory was dead, no worse a creature of the night. He was a vampire and it was all her fault. She hadn't said goodbye.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Aug 31, 2004 5:40:29 GMT -5
I drew a sharp breath. I was afraid she might say that.
"Maya, let's slow down," I said. "As much as I'd like the old Rory back, how many soul spells dow we know of?"
"there's the one that Angel has," she said instantly.
"The one with the happy clause?" I asked. She stared at me in shock. "You don't have umpteen supernatural and governmetal connections without finding something like that out. Besides, there's another way. Remeber what we discovered at teh dojo that night. About Aralin?" I swerved her away from teh boomerang. we didn't need another crisi on our hands at that point.
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Post by Jessy Jackson on Aug 31, 2004 5:42:59 GMT -5
"Doc? Mai?" I took a deep breath. "I think I can tell you what happened. I think I'm ready."
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Aug 31, 2004 5:45:10 GMT -5
"Are you sure?" I was by her side instanly. It might have looked strange to anyone else, but for me, it was normal. As far as i was concerned, this was my little girl, my daughter. Anyone who hurt her had answer to me. Anyone who didn't like it...? Tough.
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Post by Jessy Jackson on Aug 31, 2004 5:51:50 GMT -5
"I'm sure. ok. I was patrolling and I turned a corner an I see two vampires making out in an alley. The boy has got his back to me so I fire the crossbow i've got. It misses the guy completely and hits the girls shoulder. The girl runs down the alley and the boy is about to follow when he turns. And i see that it...he...was....Rory." I had to stop there if only for a second.
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Post by grace on Aug 31, 2004 5:53:23 GMT -5
I smiled to myself, taking a look at my new creation. A vampire shapeshifter...who would have thought it? He smiled at me, licking the tips of his new fangs deliciously, and I tangled my hand in his hair.
"You hungry?" I purred, and he grinned, his eyes flashing yellow.
"So hungry." He replied.
I smiled, stepped back from him and clapped my hands. One of my vampires stepped forward, a young pretty girl in his hands. The girl stared at me through her tears, silently pleading with me, and I laughed. The vampire brought her forward and threw the girl at Rory's feet. Rory looked up at me, asking permission, and I kissed him on his forehead, and said: "Eat."
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.))
