Salutem Judas
Sorry its been so long, my last computer crashed, got a new one, named her Analyes, aka Ana. Got a new car, named him Sektor. Lifes lookin up. Enjoy.
Chapter 4: Dear Prudence
Soft singing fills her senses, a woman singing soft and low "Dear Prudence, wont you come out to play. Dear Prudence, greet brand new day. The sun is up the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you, Dear Prudence, wont you come out to play?" she groans slightly, her senses coming back to her. Her head pounds and her side burns when she moves.
"Dear prudence, open up your eyes. Dear prudence see the sunny Skies. The wind is low the birds will sing, you are part of everything. Dear Prudence, wont you open up your eyes?" this was a soft male voice, low tenor in pitch and utterly familiar to her. Her eyes clench slightly as the two voices continue singing.
"Look around, Look around, Look around, Look around, Look around. Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day. The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you, Dear Prudence, wont you come out to play?" they end softly and both voices sigh.
"Priest, it has been nigh on two months, I don't think she'll wake up." the female voice said softly, almost hopefully.
"Stop calling me that! I haven't fought for the church in several years, and I refuse to go back. Not after seeing what that bastard did to her...leave me Jesse." his voice strikes her heart, she knows it, like a far off whisper pulling at her heart.
"But Raul, we must continue before they find us, she's holding you back, she's holding us back." the females voice flared and Marigold furrows her eyebrows at the tone, it sends needles through her skull.
"Jesse she's my fucking sister! Mind your tongue or I'll cut it out of your head!" his voice was low, deep, dangerous. It hit her. Raul. Her brother. She can feel tears gather at the corners of her eyes as she slowly opens them. She's in a tent, lit by candles and there is one shadow in the place with her.
"R" she tries to speak but her voice wont work, so she slowly sits up to look her brother in the face for the first time since she was a child.
The candles cast a shadow across his eyes and he looks so much older, whithered and tired. He looks up and his own baby blue eyes shine with unshed tears. "Oh my god" he leaps from his chair and rushes to her, an arm going behind her back to support her and hugs her lightly. She wraps her arms around his shoulders and hugs him tightly, crying into his shoulder.
"Shhhh it's alright. Everything is okay." he whispers to her and she believes it.
"Raul, how? How did you know?" she pulls back and blue eyes meet blue eyes and he smiles, putting a hand against her cheek.
"I herd you screaming. I was visiting the city to see a Monsignor Babel. Father had told me his name before he went off to sector 1 to man the borders. That was almost a year ago." her heart skips at mentions of her father.
"Daddy's alright?" her eyes shine and her brother smiles and nods.
"Of course. We've tried sending you letters, by the look on your face I'm guessing you never recieved any." she shakes her head, unable to make anything from this new feeling. Her heart soars, making her pain dull to nothing.
"Can we go see him? Please?" at this her brother's face drops.
"Maybe. We need to get you up and moving first. Marigold-" she glares at him.
"No. My name is Salutem. Salus Mae." her voice is hard and dark. They had called her Marigold. She wanted nothing more to do with the Church. She would wash herself of everything it was.
"Salvation. Yes father told me about your pet name. Alright then, Salutem. You must realize, I no longer fight for the church. Neither does father. We are part of rebel factions, trying to bring down the cities, hopefully it will brighten the skies a little." she was taken aback by his words, amazed he would just straight out tell her something so big.
"You will always be in danger now my sister, you must learn to fight, both priests and vampires. Don't look at me like that, you have the gift just as I do. The Church didn't see it, but you've got it. The fact that your still breathing proves there is hope here. I'll train you personally, and you start tomorrow. Now you get cleaned up and eat. I'll see you in the morning my darling sister." he kisses her forehead and she smiles sadly, taking it all in.
Her night was long, she was helped into a wash basin of cold water, where she learned she had lost a dangerous amount of weight during her two months of sleep. Her stomach was nothing but ribs and her breasts weren't as full as they had been. She gently feels where the cuts had healed into scars, but she refused to look at them.
She ate alone in her tent that night and went right to bed. The morning would bring training, much harder then her dance lessons, and Raul needed her to be ready for it.
How do you like it so far? Now it's up for a vote, should I do another time skip or keep going on with her training? it's up to you, and I wont update until I get at least two answers ;)
