I own no one but my own people. And since like half of these people in here are real people, I obviously don't own them either.
A/N Okay everyone, this is a little wield, but this story takes place in 1776 in South Carolina.
New York, 1776, March 26th
"Stop! please have mercy!" Kathy Stabler begged the British soldiers who was leading her husband Elliot to the gallows.
"He has committed tyranny against the king, the sentence is death, now go back to your children women."
"No! Thou has never spoken ill against his majesty! I can swear to the lord our god on that!" she cried out in tears.
"Kathy, do not make this harder then it already is, please go home and explain to my children that I am to be sent to heaven because speaking my opinion is a crime worthy of death in this country" he said angrily.
"no, I will not. Elliot please! Tell them you said no such things, please!" she cried out frantically.
"People have heard him talking about acts of rebelling against the king."
"Who are you to believe?" Kathy yelled frantically "his own wife or the people in this colony who couldn't give a damn if he hangs?"
"He must pay for his treason" the soldier said pushing him underneath the tree.
"No! I did it, I'm the one who spoke against his majesty, I'm the one who spoke of treason. Hang me and let him go" she yelled desperately
"Don't be a fool Kathy, go home, thyne eyes doth not need to have the image of me hanging in a tree for my beliefs" Elliot said holding his head up in dignity whale one of the soldiers put the noose around his neck.
"No, I'm not going to let you die for my treasons. I did it, I'm the guilty one. Hang me, let my soul be forever condemned in damnation for speaking out against the king of England."
"Kathy for the love of god pleas be qui-"
"shut up or we hang the both of you" the soldier said smacking him in the back of the head. The two soldiers looked at Kathy's pleading, tear filled eyes then turned back at Elliot's fear filled ones then they're serious faces broke into a sly smile.
"You swear on the lives of your children, that this man here, is innocent of treason, and you are the one who spoke ill against the king?" Kathy struggled to hold back tears and then nodded.
"Yes, I spoke against him, let my love go free, he hath never spoken ill against him."
"Kathy no! I'm not going to let you do this!" Elliot yelled out fearfully.
"Shut up. Well Mr Stabler, it seems your wife is taking your place at the gallows. Tie the noose around her neck" the soldier ordered. The other soldier went over to Kathy and quickly tied her hands and then pushed her forward, whale the other one took the noose around Elliot's neck and shoved him to the ground.
"No!" he yelled out trying to run forward to get to her, but one of the soldiers held him back. The soldier pushed Kathy under the tree and slipped the noose around her neck whale tears fell down her face, her eyes never leaving Elliot's.
"Kathy Stabler, you have confessed to tyranny against his majesty King George, the sentence is death. Do you deny these charges?"
"No" she said, surprising at how strong her voice was.
"Kathy no! I love you, take your words back!" Elliot yelled letting tears fall down his face as he continued to try to get to her, but the soldier continued to hold him back.
"Do you have any last words?" She was silent for a few moments before she took a deep breath.
"Yes. Elliot, I love you more then anything in this world and the next. Never forget me nor the moments we shared. Please tell the children I loved them, and tell them not to be sad, but to rejoice there mother is in the land of paradise."
"Kathy, no" Elliot sobbed shaking his head. Kathy took a deep breath then held head up in dignity as the soldier went behind her and grabbed hold of the rope.
"The time of liberty is at hand! Soon men, women, and children will be able to speak thy minds about the government! We will live in a democracy that will treat all men as equals and they will be treated with fairness! Long live democracy, long live America!" she yell out before the soldier pulled as hard as he could on the rope.
"Nooooo!" Elliot screamed trying to get to her, but the soldier continued to hold him back. He could only watch helplessly as his wife, the women who had bore him four children, the women he had loved since his school days, swung gently in the wind, her wide blue eyes staring straight into his, her face tear stained. After about a minute, the soldier tied up the rope to the tree and looked up at her.
"Stupid women" he said with a small chuckle before he motioned to the other guard to let Elliot go. Elliot ran to her but before he could untie her, he heard a sword being drawn.
"Get away from her! she must stay there to remind everyone what happens if you speak against the king" the soldier who had pulled he rope told him. Elliot turned to him and glared at him angrily.
"One day" Elliot said with a shaky voice. "One day I am going to kill you, I will avenge my wifes wrongful death." The soldier just walked up to him and held his sword to his throat.
"Try to kill me will you?" he growled angrily. Elliot just glared at him then nodded
"Yes, now tell me your name so when I stick my sword into you, I can pray that you go to hell." The soldier chuckled then pulled back his sword and stuck it back in his belt.
"Thomas Page, and when we meet again Stabler, it will be I who will be sticking my sword into you" and he walked away along with the other soldier. Elliot glared after them then turned back to Kathy and he felt fresh tears come to his eyes.
"My love I will never betray you. I swear on my blood that I will not betray you. I shall remain celebrate until we can lie together in the lords paradise." He wiped away his tears then went over and to the rope and untied her and lowered her gently. He gently moved the hair out of her face and then softly kissed her on her lips.
"I will never forget you my love" he whispered, letting tears fall. He mopped his face with his sleeve then gently picked her up and began carrying her to there church, not even bothering with the tears falling down his face, his mind thinking of only one thing.
"I have to get out of here."
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