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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 19, 2008 23:06:18 GMT -5
Calista groaned as she rubbed her temple, suddenly feeling exhausted. She wished she remembered exactly where she had been when Krystal died to save them, but at the exact moment that it happened, everything was a blur to her.
"You ok?" Darius asked her gently.
"Yeah, just fine." she remarked, though it was evident from her voice that it was lie. She then turned to look at the others. "Anyone remember exactly what happened, because right now this whole patch of earth is looking the same to me" she remarked, although by the silence at Shawn's words earlier she wondered if everyone was thinking the same thing.
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Darius breathed a sigh of relief as Gambit destroyed the log before it could injure Shawn.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 19, 2008 23:33:46 GMT -5
Calista sighed. She knew Gambit was right. They had to let the Professor know what happened and what they were planning to do, although this waiting was torturing her inside. She wanted to set the deal already so that they could save Krystal, but on the other hand she knew it was unwise to make any such move without consulting the Professor first, especially one that seemed to involove timetravel and a possible sacrifice of one of their own.
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Darius too was not keen on the wait, but he could not argue behind the logic of Gambit's words. "Well, perhaps we should be heading back soon..." he stated simply.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 2:02:21 GMT -5
"Ben's right," Calista said quietly. "I will not leave her out here in the open. That would be utter disrespect to her after what she has done." she added quietly.
Darius then turned to Ben. "Let me carry her," he told him quietly. "You are still exhausted from healing Calista."
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 2:38:09 GMT -5
"I'm okay," Darius told Ben. "Remember I also absorb the energy of those whom I drain." he sighed then. "I guess you could look at it as a dark and twisted healing ability," he said quietly. “One that has come in handy and one that I absolutely loathe,” he added more to himself. Darius then stiffened as he heard Jack's words, knowing that part of it was true.
"It just not feel right to leave her here, as if she were just cast aside." Calista replied to Shawn. "Even if we did save her afterwards." she added. She then turned against Jack, her anger at him building all the more for his barb. How she hated the man, and she found herself almost thankful that she was still too weak to summon a full bolt of energy at him for fear of killing him in her rage. "Shut up!" she told him, almost wishing that the man would taunt her instead to spare both Ben and Darius. She then turned to the group. "Anyone have tape by any chance? So we can tape his mouth shut and give ourselves some measure of peace?" she asked, indicating Jack.
Darius sighed as he turned his attention to Shawn. "We have to," he replied. "If he dies, anyone he has under his control dies as well, and we can not allow Melody or Storm to suffer such a fate."
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 13:48:45 GMT -5
Darius nodded at Ben. "She gave her life for me. It is the least I could do for her. If you could draw something that would be helpful, though I can carry her as she is." he replied.
Calista glanced at the weapon with interest. "Intriguing," she muttered under her breath. The only time she had scene weapons of such sort where in movies they had borrowed. Guess he is a time traveler after all, she thought to herself.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 14:09:55 GMT -5
Darius gently took Krystal from Ben, and held her lifeless body almost reverently in his arms. "It is an old school house not far from here." Darius replied. "If you draw something that will be a quick transportation we could certainly get there in five minutes." he added.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 14:24:09 GMT -5
Darius walked into the Jet and gently set Krystal down, strapping her in before he came back outside to help get everyone in.
"Hurry!" Calista told Shawn, Dan and Tess. "The Jet will only last five minutes tops, and then it will disappear." With that she went to the tide-up Melody and began to push her to the jet while Darius went to get the tied-up Storm.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 14:35:57 GMT -5
Calista raced onto the jet, Darius following close behind her. He then quickly strapped Storm in before taking an empty seat and strapping himself in. Calista quickly sat in the seat next to him and strapped herself in as well.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 14:49:51 GMT -5
Calista glanced at Shawn for a brief moment as she pondered his words. That thought had yet to cross her mind, and she was hoping that utter defiance would not be necessary to do the task. "I don't know," Calista replied as she looked away again. "Though he is not an a unreasonable man and I know he cares deeply for his students. We'll find a way to convince him." she said with sheer determination, not wanting to entertain the second possibility.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 15:15:12 GMT -5
"No, we aren't related." Calista said with a chuckle. "Unless I have a half-sister that I don't know of." was her reply. "It's probably just the hair." she added, "though all blondes don't look alike do they?" she added. "We are-were-close friends though." she said a tinge of sadness in her voice as the impact of Krystal's death hit her again.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 15:41:00 GMT -5
Calista nodded, understanding some of what was said. For a brief moment she wondered how only the one would remember but then figured it had something to do with the time travel and perhaps a changing of the future by going traveling in the past. "So in some sense, everyone would think that the one that goes back in time went crazy," she said, a wry smile on he lips as she leaned back in her seat. "Thanks for the heads up. That would be a good warning to give everyone-though in the end no one save for the one that goes with you will remember any of it." she added.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 20, 2008 16:33:44 GMT -5
Calista unbuckled and glanced at Darius, nodding at him once before she unbuckled both Storm and Melody and half-led, half-dragged them out. Darius unbuckled his seatbelt and then walked over to Krystal. He then unbuckled her body before he gently took her in his arms again, nodding once at Ben as he did so before walking out of the jet.
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