Missed and Taken Chances
I don't own any TLW characters (they're Doyle's). Only the idea of the story and some other characters are mine.
This story takes place somewhere in the 3rd season.
So let's start ;)
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„Look! On the left! "
"Hey, right!"
"Someone…h-help… me!"
"Don't give it up… guy… I'm on… the way."
-bump – crash – bang –
Marguerite run to the balcony and saw men fighting with some group of strangers. They looked like common civilized people but they probably weren't able to make an agreement. Veronica stood behind her and asked:
"What's that noise?"
"I think we should help them," Marguerite answered the question which wasn't asked.
Then Vee bent over the banister and nodded:
"Yes, we should."
They both looked at one another and in the same while started running to the elevator.
"Who are they?" asked Veronica examining those five men held in Roxton's, Malone's and Challenger's hands closely.
"Madame Krux could tell you, babe," said one of the captives.
'Oh no,' said Marguerite to herself,
'I really hate all my connections!'
All eyes were fixed on innocent Marguerite who wasn't able to say a word.
"Don't you want to say you can't remember me…? said the same man as before.
She looked at him and finally recognized his face:
"Shark."
"Yeah, nice to see you again, girl!"
"Hey, what's going on in here?" exclaimed just coming Finn. She held the day catch in one hand and her gun in another.
"Ask Madam Krux," replied Malone with typical anger. They all were really tired with the fact that almost all criminals and villains on the Plateau were Marguerite's past-friends.
But Marguerite ignored
them; she only turned her face to 'Shark' and said:
"It's
in London. I can't give it back to you."
"Nein, I'm sure you have my treasure up there."
"Leave us alone! You owe me much more than I do to you."
"Us? You know this word? I thought you know only 'I', 'me' and 'my'.
"Shut up and go away," Marguerite was angry with him. Maybe because the last words he said was so truthful; truthful for the past. But she believed she changed herself – at least a little…
'Shark' wasn't too happy to hear that however captives admitted they can't stand there evermore. He blew such a loud whistle that birds left the tree tops and flight away and then nearly 20 men appeared around all of them.
Tree-house-men accepted it's not worth fighting so many strangers so they let them go.
"Go and never come back," threatened Roxton.
"Oh be sure that I'll come back," said 'Shark' and turned away. Then if he reached the land on the other side of the electric fence he taunted:
"And what about your sister, honey? Are you still 'one body - one soul'?
Then they escaped.
Marguerite sorely closed her eyes and wished he'd never born. She had a great calling to kill him in the place! But she said and did nothing; she couldn't…