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Post by Your Mom~ on Oct 17, 2012 16:05:17 GMT -8
After having a sit-down with her pseudo-family, the three of them decided to join their friends in the Dragon Territory. They would be keeping the house in Crows territory, as it was a good ideas to have options should things fall through at either location, and with her profession, Olesya could visit it frequently to maintain the up-keep. August came for Youichi and most of their things, Olesya leaving with Maddie later.
Packing the rest of her things in her backpack, she helped Maddie put what few items she had in a little pink backpack they'd found in the house. They left in the evening, pinks and oranges and purples streaking the sky. The semi-dusk would help cover them a bit, but would allow for Maddie see, as the young girl was not accustomed to traveling in the dark.
Peering out from behind a ruined building, Olesya spotted the edge of Dragon territory, it looked rather fortified and safe-looking. Moving was a good choice, especially for Maddie. As her 'legal' guardian, Olesya felt an obligation to do what was best for her.
As they rounded the corner, a sound reached her ears. Footsteps, maybe a dozen or half dozen of them coming up from behind. Voices carried, casual talk. It sounded rough, uneducated. Some small gang of some sort wandering in the neutral land. Fromt he sound of it, they hadn't spotted Olesya and Maddie yet.
Olesya grabbed the young girl, pulling her behind her so that Olesya's body was blocking the gang's view of the girl. Bending down, she met Maddie's gaze, her hand coming up to pull one of the amulets off from around her neck and put it over the girl's head.
"Listen. I want you to take this, and run there...see that gate? Run straight for it. Quietly, and stay out of sight. Once you get there, show them this and they'll let you in. No matter what, don't stop running until you get there. Understand?"
She ordered the girl in a hushed voice, her wide eyes illustrated the urgency of the matter. Maddie nodded, looking scared. Olesya kissed her forehead, pushing her in the direction of the Dragon's land.
"I'll be there soon. Run!"
Just then, the voices changed, having spotted Olesya. She straightened up, turning around to face them. Their voices were grumbling, a little confused to see a woman apparently on her own.
"You lost, little lady?"
Crooned one of the guys, who was missing a few of his front teeth. A couple of the other guys were looking around to see if anyone else was around with her. She would have to distract them so they wouldn't find Maddie.
"No. But I am a little hungry."
She said loud enough to get their attention, letting her teeth glint in the dying light. She reached up and pulled the bandana off her head, letting her stark white hair fall about her face. The gang members gasped, looking at her like she sprouted a second head.
"Y-You're onnuh dem FREAKS!"
Olesya smirked, twitching slightly like she had a tick. She took a couple steps toward them. The men stopped in their tracks, one or two of them going so far as to take a step or two back.
"Wanna play?"
She leered, her devilish laughter creeping through the air and chilling their bones. With a growl, the leader gripped his crow bar and advanced on her, a few other members of the gang following suit.
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Maddie ran as fast as her little legs could take her. She could hear the voices talking to each other behind her, but Olesya had told her to just run. She was too scared to look back, anyway.
Reaching the gate, she hammered her little fists on the door frantically.
"Help! Help! Let me in please!"
She cried. Around her neck was the Aries amulet Mathew had given Olesya. He had told Olesya they would only admit her, but she was betting on them notifying Mathew and taking mercy on a lone little girl. It was risky, but it was safer than sticking around with Olesya, who was at the moment drawing the thugs attention.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 17, 2012 16:53:24 GMT -8
"Whoa, hold it there little lady."
One of the Dragons manning the makeshift entryway would say. A stern face as he turned to his partner, nudging him and motioning to the amulet around her neck.
"What do you make of that?"
The second Dragon shrugged.
"God stuff. Not our problem."
"Wait, isn't Mathew one of the Gods? Aries I thought."
The second guy thought for a moment before nodding.
"You're right."
And guess which amulet the kid had around her neck? Both guards looked at each other again. Their faces paling slightly before the second guard ran off to find Mathew. The first guard stayed there, not letting the kid in. But not turning her away either.
"Just stay there little one. We will get this sorted out."
It was lucky for her that Mathew had been patrolling the area after their recent gain in territory. That meant it wasn't long until Mathew was at the gate, looking down at the child who bore his amulet.
"That wasn't given to you by me. Where is Olesya?"
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Post by Your Mom~ on Oct 17, 2012 17:12:21 GMT -8
Maddie shifted uneasily from one foot to the other, tears streaking her dirty face. She cast frightened glances where she ran from. She could no longer see Olesya and the bad guys....ohmygoshwhatiftheyhurtherohnoohno!! The thought brought another sob from the girl's mouth.
Her crying was cut short the guard came back with a tall man. She gasped at his words, visibly shaking.
"S-She's out there. T-There were b-bad guys coming so she t-told me to run."
She pointed in the general direction of where she came from.
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"Im gonna scalp that freak hair off your freak head.
"You gotta touch me first.'"
Olesya had shrugge doff her backpack, it lay abandoned on the ground a couple feet behind her. The leader had paused, letting his men go after her first. The first man came in to her left,a bat in his hands. She caught the bat as he swung it, redirecting his momentum to make him trip up. Grabbing the bat with both hands, she tugged toward herself and kicked at his abdomen as he was jerked toward her. He grunted in pain, letting go of the bat as he crumpled to the ground.
Taking the bat, she countered the second goon's crow bar swing, kicking him in the knee and whacking him in the head as he bent over. She then roundhouse kicked him into the man behind him and they both went tumbling.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 17, 2012 17:17:14 GMT -8
He glanced at the two Dragons and motioned for them to let her in.
"Keep an eye on her. I will be back."
And with that Mathew jogged out in to the neutral zone. His eyes scanning for signs of trouble. His ears listening for the sound of battle so that he would know where to go. And when he came across the scene of the fight he shook his head before bringing two fingers up to his mouth and letting out a sharp whistle.
"Hey, who wants to make this a fair fight?"
He cracked his knuckles and then his neck. Waiting for someone to either try and attack his punk ass, or run away. If they ignored him and kept attacking her. Well... Ignoring him was a bad idea.
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Post by Your Mom~ on Oct 17, 2012 17:28:20 GMT -8
When Mathew whistled, everyone paused to look at the source of the sound, even Olesya. Mathew. That meant Maddie had made it to the Dragon's territory safe, and that her amulet had alerted Mathew to what had happened. Olesya didn't feel outnumbered by any means, but having him made her release a breath in relief.
...and then the nearest thug smacked her upside the head with a 2 x 4.
Les fell to the ground, momentarily losing consciousness. A couple of the goons made their way over to Mathew, cracking their knuckles and smacking their rudimentary weapons in their hands.
The leader, a tall scrawny man with tawny hair and wild eyes, picked Olesya up by her hair until she was standing. Olesya regained consciousness, stars swimming in her eyes. He held a knife up to her throat and opened his mouth to leer at her. Just then she brought her fingers up to shove in his eyes. The man howled in pain, dropping her and taking a step back. She then kicked him in the hand to dislodge the knife. Another kick to the solar plexus sent him sprawling.
This left the three goons attacking Mathew and one last goon coming at Olesya. She moved to engage the last man when the leader, royally pissed off, climbed to his feet, his eyes streaming.
"Fuck this..."
He pulled a worse-for-wear-pistol from his pocket and aimed it Olesya, firing a shot. Due to the condition of the gun and the fact his vision was compromise, the bullet tore through her right shoulder as opposed to her skull or any vital organs. She screamed in pain, her left hand reflexively coming up to press down on the wound. Her knees gave out and she crumpled to the ground, trying to control her nerves that were all screaming at her.
The leader raised his gun again. Gathering all the strength she had, Olesya pushed herself to her feet, grabbed the last thug and pulled him in front of her as he shot, using the thug as a human shield. She then kicked the dying thug at the leader, the two of them crumpling to the ground in a heap.
That should buy her some time, she thought as she fell into a crouch once more, her hand pressed hard to her shoulder.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 17, 2012 17:38:06 GMT -8
"Bad call boys."
He said running forward at a full sprint. The vibrations of his footfalls caused the ground around them to shake. As he neared the thugs he dropped down and did a sweeping kick. The ground rising up in the arc of his kick to slam in to the men and knock them over.
Then he heard the gun shot and his world turned red. He hated guns. They made him think of the first time he was shot. Of the boy he had killed in the park. His first kill. A boy's face that still haunted his dreams on a bad night. He roared in anger as he launched himself right at the leader. Fuck everyone else.
His right arm would pull back, the stone he kept wrapped around his body shifting and peaking out of his sleeve. It was a sharp spike ready to impale the man in the throat. If nothing got in his way.
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Post by David B. on Oct 17, 2012 20:43:16 GMT -8
David would barely reach him first.
His right arm came up, wrapping around the mans neck. He would plant his other hand on the back of his head and twisted, hard, to the left, as Mathew Shot to impale him. He would lurch back out of the way to avoid the stone spear- he had not seen Mathew going for the kill- he had run up behind the leader, not paying attention to anyone else. He would kick the man forward further onto mathews spear and turn to dart over to Olesya.
"Sonova bitch!"
Alot of blood. God, why did they take so long to tell him?
He would pick her up in his arms and help her into a piggy-back position and flat out sprint for the gate, assuming Mathew would come Along. He would look into the eyes of the men.
"Anymore of them show up, put them down. Hard." he would walk past the men who would head out for the bodies to kill survivors and clean the mess. David would head for the infirmary, where his Doctor was. He'd lay her down on the table while he sent for someone to fetch the old guy.
While waiting, he grabbed a large swath of gauze, heading over to try and put it on the wound.
"Keep pressure on it."
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Post by Your Mom~ on Oct 18, 2012 8:27:07 GMT -8
Her vision swam in front of her eyes, dark spots clouding her vision as she fought to keep conscious. A man came up to her, cursing...Mathew? No...not Mathew. His face swam in front of her eyes as he picked her up, his familiar scent reaching her nose as he picked her up onto his back. She rested her head in the crook of his neck, left arm loosely over his shoulder, her right arm pinned to her side, her palm against her stomach.
God, it hurt so much.
She cringed as David layed her down on the table, presing gauze to her wound. She sucked in air through her teeth in a pained fashion.
"Maddie. Where's Maddie?"
She managed through clenched teeth. Even bleeding like she was, her mind was still on her little ward. Was she safe? Was she hurt? Olesya wasn't sure she could live with herself if anything had happened to her...
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 18, 2012 8:33:10 GMT -8
"She is in Dragon hands... Safe."
He almost snapped at her. Jaw clenched and fists balled. He was angry, that seemed to be a trend of late. Angry that she would come to them like this. Alone, with a child, at night.
It was stupid, it was reckless. If she wasn't shot he would probably punch her in the face. If she was going to take him up on the offer she should have come to him. He would have picked her up with one of his caravans.
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Post by David B. on Oct 18, 2012 8:44:27 GMT -8
David nodded at Mathews words. He wasnt angry, but more frustrated. That she didn't ask for an escort. Still he knew how she was, how proud and stubborn. Bs wouldn't snap at her now, though he would make sure to teach her a lesson. If she wanted to be bull headed and roam alone, he would beat her until she was stronger than him. That was the only way to ensure her safety.
He would say none of that though, the old man bursting into the room. He had a short bear, bright green eyes that crinkled when he smile. He was about six feet tall and built powerfully, but seemed gentle.
"What happened?"
His voice was smooth and deep, his eyes assessing the wound.
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Post by Your Mom~ on Oct 18, 2012 8:45:59 GMT -8
Olesya could feel the tension coming from Mathew, he was angry with her....very angry. What, like she asked to get shot? Like it was something she took pleasure in?! She didn't understand why he was getting so angry with her about something someone else (a very dead someone else) had done.
She responded by narrowing her eyes at him in a knowing fashion. At least Maddie was safe.
She looked to the doctor as he came in, cringing slightly as he shoulder throbbed painfully.
"Bandits. One of 'em had a gun."
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 18, 2012 8:49:56 GMT -8
"Which apparently worked."
He shook his head at her, angry and disappointed.
"I'm gonna go check on the kid. You know where to find me."
He turned and stormed out, looking for the child with his amulet.
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Post by David B. on Oct 18, 2012 9:06:56 GMT -8
David watched Matt leave, saying nothing. He would look to the doctor.
"Will she be okay?"
The doctor examined her a moment before he would staunch the bleeding with a large patch and some medical tape.
"She will be fine. The bleeding has slowed, and should stop in a few moments. It was a clean wound." the man turned back and began washing his hands. David leaned over on to the bed, staring at his hands for a moment before looking up to her.
"I won't even ask why you didn't tell me you planned on moving here. What I want to know is why you took the trip, alone through barker territory, with a child. What if you had been attacked outside of view of us and they took the girl?"
He stood back up, the doctor walking out without a word. Efficient as always.
"You... Both of you could have been killed. If they attacked when we weren't around he would have shot you multiple times, you would be dead and she would be with strange, crazy gangbangers."
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Post by Your Mom~ on Oct 18, 2012 9:23:10 GMT -8
Olesya scowled at Mathew's retreating figure. What the hell was his problem anyway!? He was treating her like a weakling! And now David was getting in on her! Les turned her scowl to him, grimacing slightly as the doctor cleaned her wound.
"Sorry, guess I should have booted up my smartphone and sent you a text, huh?
She countered sarcastically.
"You don't think I don't know that? Well forgive me mister high and mighty, but not all of us were born to be parents! Do you think I know what I'm doing? If it had just been me I could have stayed out of sight. I drew the attention of the bandits so Maddie could get away. It was the only thing I could think of, so will you get off my back!?"
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Maddie was still by the gate, the two guards who had found her initially acting as impromptu guardians. Her backpack was still on her back, the dragon medallion clutched in her small hands. There were tear tracks down her dirty face,a nd when Mathew walked up, she cowered slightly.
"Where's 'Lesya?"
She asked, her voice small and shaking.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 18, 2012 9:26:26 GMT -8
Mathew was not used to kids. He didn't really know how to deal with them. But he was going to try.
"You two, back to your posts."
He snapped at the men before turning to the child. Trying to put on a smile. He was normally good at that, but he was still angry. But he would do his best as he squatted down next to the kid.
"She is safe, and getting a doctors check up."
He tried to say in a soothing voice.
"My name is Mathew. What's yours?"
He already knew it, but he was trying to do baby steps.
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