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 Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:30 am
Elodie gazed up at the man; her eyes filled with awe and confusion. Surely Rae wouldn't trust someone that much, right? But when the man said the words 'Is there an Elodie here' it all flushed into reality. But it was too late. Logan had hauled her onto his back and dashed away. Her head cocked back at Ren quickly. "Uh..." was all she managed to choke out. Rae pulled her knees up to her chest and sighed. What if they're both dead now, and I just sent a man to his death? She shook her head and leaned her head back against a tree. Suddenly, she heard rustling in the bushes, and her head perked up. Could it be Ren and Elodie? Nope. It was a three large men, with familiar faces. "We're here to take what's ours.." one of them mumbled. Rae knew exactly what they were talking about. Every night Rae would sneak into a community and steal food for Elodie and herself. These men were the community's leaders. And they wanted their food. "I-I don't have it.." she replied, weakly. The men exchanged glances for a few moments, and readied their long spears. One man gorged his spear through Rae's chest. Another man threw it straight through her eye, and out the back of her head. The last man simple stabbed it through her forehead to make sure she was dead. The last thought to go through Rae's head was I'll never know if Elodie and the man made it out alive.... The three men started to walk away, leaving the bloodied body against the tree.
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:21 pm
 ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ The blonde girl and the dark hair male reminded him so much of Lenore and Amory, Ren having to convince himself that these strangers weren't his family. He looked to the mutant, who looked confused. How was she connected? And where was Elodie? Ren was confused himself, giving him a head ache. He got involved in something he shouldn't have.
Ren hoped that girl back there was still okay. He still had to ask her if she had seen Amory and Lenore. He stepped forward, his gun pointed towards the girl who pointed her bow at him. There was always so much hostility in this world, Ren wasn't surprised by it. He opened his mouth to speak, before flinching and moving aside as the arrow shot at a man behind them. He now cursed himself further for getting deeper involved. These people may or may not know who or where this Elodie is and now these people were involved in trouble. Ren had his own difficulties too and now he was caught up with child's play.
Ren moved forward, the girl turning to get the mutant girl. Now they were running and Ren was forced to follow. He needed answers and his desperation to find his family convinced him that these people had at least one clue to them. He ran forward, his tall figure easily catching up with these kids. He would tire quicker than they, being that they were at least several years younger than he, but he was a fast and well built man. He gripped his gun and held onto his hat to keep it from flying away, frowning all the meanwhile. [ Wow. Just wow. Rae was killed off just like that! How eventful. ]
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:53 pm
Nova was running as fast as she could, hearing the voices of men hot on their trail. They would catch up sooner or later and they all be dead..all three of them. She gave the girl to Logan and climbed up a tree as fast as she could. "No! Keep going, I'll find you.." She said as Logans steps slowed. It was a killed or be killed world..and she didn't want to die either. Three arrows, that's all it took and they hardly even noticed her until it pierced their flesh. The only one with the gun fired once before he fell, and it ran deep into her shoulder, making her fall straight out of the tree but she couldn't stop now..there would be more, surely. She started to run, hating herself for what she just had to do. She hated killing..hated it..but it was the only way to live in this world now. With a sigh and a shake of her head, she ran off, scouting for Logan and the other two,
Logan kept glancing back to see if Nova was catching up yet or not, and when he heard the gunshot he only became more worried. "s**t." He mumbled to himself, but knew it wasn't safe to go back. She couldn't be dead. He refused to think such a thing. "Tell me who you wanted us to help and where she is!" He barked at the little girl. Then, they came through the bushes, three men were walking away in the distance and one little girl had spears piercing through her body.
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:24 pm
When Elodie stared off into the distance it seemed she knew who that girl was. Rae. She pointed to the girl in the distance and held her tears back, "Her." Without Rae, Elodie simply didn't know what to do with herself. She didn't realize how life and death had actually worked in this situation, and how quickly a life could be taken away. Her head turned and saw Ren running towards her. She didn't understand why he asked if Elodie was there. And then it hit her: Rae knew she was going to die. She knew the three men would kill her, and sent the Ren off to find her. Even though Elodie didn't know how to speak, she was very bright. But why would she send a complete stranger off to find her? Elodie just stood up from the bushes and faced him, proudly.
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:44 pm
Nova was running again, the pain in her arm throbbing and spreading as her heart beat faster. Where were they? They couldn'thae gone too far, could they? She continued running in the direction they went, looking for any sign of they running off this straight coarse. "Logan." She sighed wth relief when she saw his familiar form. She stopped at his side, breathing heavily as she stared at what he was looking at. Her eyes matched Logans, pained and sorrowfull for this helpless girl. "I'm sorry." Nova's voice was quiet. "I'm sorry we didn't help in time."
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:25 pm
◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ Ren ran as fast as he could with his tall figure, ripping past bushes and the such. The young boy was quite admirable, carrying the little mutant on his back. Ren could only wish he could be that unified, and for that felt a little sense of guilt. It was only after they met another small clearing that Ren slowed, noting the men off in the distance. He put a finger to his mouth to keep quiet, watching as they disappeared. They waited after several moments, crouched behind the bushes, before the little one ran out to the bloodied figure.
Ren stood. Then bowed his head.
Her body was mangled, clearly she died a most painful death. He stepped closer, shaking his head, now feeling regret for leaving the girl. He could've saved her. He could've kept her alive. He bit his lip, a jumbled amount of curses scattering his brain silently as he looked at the pitiful thing. And he didn't even get to catch her name. He slumped and then sat down, lowering his head over his eyes as he thought. The brutality of this world, though Ren was raised to be used to it, still there was solemnity about the hostility. Ren was told stories of how easy life was. How there wasn't any of this. This girl could've been born in a nice home. With a loving family. She would've lived, and not have to die by the hands of three heartless men.
He looked up finally, his dark eyes hollow. The mutant girl stood before him, as if giving him a thankful expression. Did she understand? That her sister asked him to find her while knowing she would die in the process?
Ren laughed. "You're Elodie." He laughed again, taking off his hat as he shook his head, replacing his hat. He looked at the mutant girl. "Your sister didn't even look like a mutant. What was her name?" He asked. He at least wanted to know the girl's name. He wanted to know the name of the girl he indirectly killed. He felt guilty, and now this younger sister was alone in this world. He bit his lip, memories of Amory now reflecting upon him. He stood, sighing.
He turned suddenly, pointing the gun at the rustle behind the trees, prepared to shoot the forsaken men who had done this, and realized it was the blonde. He lowered his gun, but made it a point to still have it in his hand. He glanced back at the bloodied girl before back at the two. "So you two didn't know her?" He guessed and took a couple steps back. "Don't apologize. It doesn't do her justice. She died sincerely wishing her younger sister was safe, and you did just that so you should be saying your welcome." He bowed his head while speaking his words of wisdom before sighing again. He didn't know how to progress from here. Finally, after a minute, he looked back to the couple. "I never had the chance to ask, but, have you seen a young man, about your age, with dark hair? And a women with light blonde hair, a little older than you?" (You could answer either way. At this point, either would do perfectly fine) He still wanted his answers, even if he couldn't get them from that girl.
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:12 pm
Nova flinched slightly as this man pointed his gun at her, instinctivly lifting her fingers towards her bow and arrows but stoping as they clasped around her only arrow when he pointed his gun away. She had one arrow left and it was one she had to keep until she made more tonight. "Her name was Rae.." Nova answered, recalling what the young girl had screamed at them.
Taking her last arrow out of her quiver, she cut her shirt by her left shoulder, revealing her bullet wound and her bloodied ski. She could tell it'd gone deep and each moment that passed made the chances of dying from simple blood loss greater for her; and she refused to die that way. "I'm sorry, but no." She answered as she hoved the arrow into Logans hands. There was only one way they were going to get this thing out. "We keep to ourselves, and those we've crossed have never left an impression." she flinched as the pain from her wound jolted with each intae of breath.
Laying down because she knew she couldn't handle the pin standing up, she closed her eyes and held her breath. "Get this thing out." She heard Logan kneal besides her and suddenly the sharp pain of the arrow digging into her flesh, making her gasp and whimper with each slice. Trying to stay still was hard but she managed, balling her hands into fists so tight that her knuckles where whitee and holding her breath. When it was finally over, Logan shoved a wad of make shift bandages they'd stolen not to long ago and ordered her to press it firmly against her torn flesh. She did so, glad he knew what he was doing...for the most part. He'd taken out leaves by the time she sat up but sh didn't know what they were called; only that they were good for healing and it took a while for it to actually be turned into a type of medicine. Then the dizziness hit her and she fell back on the ground hitting her head with a loud donk. "Ugh, dammit." She muttered quietly, knowing she'd lost to much blood.
(Sorry for any misspelled s. I'm on my phone and the keys sometimes skip letters then 'spell check' them automatically)
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:10 pm
Elodie attempted to comprehend everything that had happened. Watching the crimson color blood leak out of her poor sister nauseated Elodie. However, when Elodie heard the man's descriptions of Lenore and Amory, she immediately perked her head up. "I did." she exclaimed. 'I did' were two words that Rae managed to teach her. Elodie remembered when she was running with Rae, she saw two people walking, the same people who fit Ren's descriptions.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:39 pm
Logan and Nova both stayed silent, happy to both be alive after these series of events. It wasn't often someone came asking for help, but the worst thing of all was that they were to late to help in any tremendous way. Standing, Logan ran the back of his hand over his forehead. "I'll be back." He told Nova then walked away into the woods. There, he gathered sticks, slightly damp from the rain a few days ago but they would do. When he returned, he dropped them to the ground and placed the strategically and precisely before spending ten minutes trying to light it. This is where Nova would come in, being the outdoorsy survival, kill or be killed kind of girl. Logan was the one who could fix wounds, knew remedies and things like that though he was still learning.
Nova's head was spinning, and everything sounded distorted. It made her stomach pull. The tips of her hair were covered in blood on the left, her shoulder was bare of clothes that'd been torn to her breasts, and the bandages were starting to turn red. She'd have to put a new wad of them and toss these ones out, but there was no use wasting them even if they had a decent amount.
She turned her head to the right, away from the smell of her own blood stinging her nose and groaned as everything throbbed. That one little movement alone had her feeling even dizzier than before. The sound of Logan getting up frightened her because her senses were out of whack, and her hand shot over to her bow and the bloody arrow lying next to her; but when she saw Logan's familiar figure she relaxed and let go of her weapons. They would be no use right now anyways. She was weak, injured, and loosing blood. Her mind was rattled, and every sense she had jumbled together
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:08 pm
◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ Ren watched the blonde writhe in pain, almost unsympathetically. He was grateful for her, but he felt nothing when watching her scream. His indifferent face might've been rude, but he clearly meant nothing by it. In his head, he was already sick of the dying. Of the blood. Of the pain.
He felt a little numb. He had just let someone die and now he was somehow intertwined with these people. Ren needed more time. More time. The more he stood around, the farther Lenore and Amory would be, possibly dead or alive.
Ren turned abruptly, his dark eyes widening. He took off his hat, striding over to the girl and bending to his knee so that he could be face to face with her. Her being a mutant bothered him. He wasn't used to them. Then again, Ren wasn't used to people in general. But the idea that this youngling having seen them brought slight hope for him.
"You've seen them? Where? Which direction? Did they look well? Were they alive? Are they alive? When? What time of day? Were they alone?" Ren searched the girl's eyes for answers, the fact that he asked too many questions perhaps a bit overwhelming for her. Yet he wanted to know. He needed to know. His family was at stake.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:09 pm
After starting the fire and putting a thick metal bowl filled with water and leaves in the middle, Logan let it boil. It would take a while, enough time to do something right about the situation he thought. Standing, he made his way a few feet away from the dead girl to flattened ground. He knelt there, digging his hands into the damp dirt and pulling it away. The girl needed a proper burial for what she died for..but before he went on, he turned his head towards the man and girl. "Hey.." He called to the little one, "One question and I'll leave you two be.." He could sense the mans uncaring emotion towards them. If they died, he would not care. He wouldn't blink an eye at their deaths; but then why should he? It didn't matter much anyways. They deserved to die, unlike this young girl here. "Do you want to bury her?" He asked and shrugged his shoulders, looking down at the dirt as he continued. "I just figured she should be honored in some way..given a proper burial.." He rubbed his hand over his forehead with a sigh. Why is it that the good, the innocent die and the bad live?
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 5:06 am
Elodie was overwhelmed with Ren pelting her with questions, and she didn't even know how to answer all of them. But she remembered where she spotted the two. She pointed over by Rae's body. "Maybe a mile back." she replied. Her head cocked towards Logan. "It's okay. I'll do it." the small girl answered as she started to walk towards the gruesome body. Elodie grabbed Rae by her arms and started to drag her away. There was one place Elodie knew Rae would want to be buried. With their parents.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:53 am
"Do you want some help?" Logan stood, watching as she tried to dra the girls body away. He wouldn't do anything unless he had permission to. Looking over at nova, who'd passed out, he figured it'd be okay to leave her for a few moments.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:56 pm
◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ Ren looked in the direction Elodie pointed to. Were they still there? What were they doing? Her vague answer left him undyingly curious. He pocketed his gun and turned to the young man. He looked courteous enough to ask where the girl would be buried. He looked to Elodie, who seemed to take the responsibility upon herself.
Ren turned to the blonde girl, who was lying there, before looking at the boy. "Don't leave her. Don't leave that girl." He had made the same mistake and this happened. Ren didn't want someone to be responsible for something he could prevent. Ren tipped his hat. Though he looked uncaring, it didn't necessarily mean he was inhumane. He did care if she died, if only because they were good hearted people to help this young girl even though she was a mutant. He stroked his chin, pocketing his hand. "I'll go and help her. Just don't leave her like I left that girl...Rae," he murmured and turned. He wouldn't say good bye. He probably wouldn't see them again.
Ren trotted over, attempting to help Elodie. He desperately wanted to find Amory and Lenore. However, leaving this young girl here went against his morals. He didn't want to kill this sister as well. Ren didn't necessarily care for mutants, he would want to avoid them as much as possible. But he felt horrible for this younglings life, he already ruined it. He took a few quick, bending to pick up Rae's body. "I'll help. Really. Where were you taking her?" He looked at her gruesome body before back down at Elodie. He was used to looking at such things, but it still sickened him a little to have it so near. Nonetheless, it was his sense of obligation that Ren wanted to help this little girl to achieve at least some peace. "What will you be doing after this? Where will you go?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 5:32 pm
Elodie stopped in her tracks. She didn't know what to do. She had no home, nowhere to go, and now she has no family to protect her. She couldn't think of one person who would actually want her. Elodie was aware of her place in the world, but this was the first time she could understand the predicament she was placed in. "I....I don't have nowhere to go." Elodie's english wasn't as refined as Rae's, but she made sure it was comprehensible. She continued to walk, about a few meters until they reached a large lopsided bush. She carefully started to brush some of the foliage away until she saw two large, flattened out stones. "There's Mommy and Daddy!" She pointed to the two makeshift gravestones, and it seemed to be an empty space next to them. Reluctantly, she knelt down on the ground and started to dig with her bare hands. The tips of her fingernails started to turn black with dirt as she tried hard to prepare a grave for her dear sister.
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