Here we go. A much longer chapter. Just under 1400 to the usual 900. So the mini-scene is gonna be shorter than usual.
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Sam came awake first, the drugs that had been in his coffee wearing off slowly. He shook his head, trying to clear the cobwebs from his mind. He felt hard packed dirt beneath him and heard the sounds of a cattle lowing in the background.
He found, when he opened his eyes, that both he and Dean were bound with rope, their hands tied behind their backs. He also discovered, to his dismay, that they'd both been stripped to the waist and that their boots and socks were nowhere to be found.
He looked around and discovered that not only had they been lain out across the dirt floor like sacks of flour, but that they were inside a barn. A cow munched a mouthful of cud mere inches from his face, cocking its head to the side as it looked at him.
"Dean!" He hissed, climbing to his feet. He teetered slightly in his stance, the lingering effects of the drugs making him dizzy.
"Wassamatter Sammy? Dad call for me?" Dean grumbled, his face against the dirt floor.
"Dean, this is not the time to sleep like the dead. Those girls drugged us." He hissed, not wanting to be loud, afraid of drawing the attention of the women who'd captured them.
"Ah, hell." Dean groaned, opening his eyes. "The local color knocked us out and stole our clothes." He looked around desperately for a moment. "They took my jacket. My favorite leather jacket."
Sam barely resisted the urge to roll his eyes. They'd been captured, again, and Dean was worried about his jacket.
"Focus Dean. We've been captured, stripped of all but our pants, and we know this town is known for disappearing men." He watched Dean climb drunkenly to his feet. "Got a plan?"
Before Dean could respond with one of his 'brilliant' plans on how to escape, the door to the barn opened. Lanara walked inside, followed by Juli and Melina. They all had changed their clothing, out of those skimpy pink and white outfits.
Lanara, the obvious leader, was now wearing a short white cotton skirt and a matching white halter-top. Her arms were bare and she wore only a small circular moon pendent at her throat as decoration.
Juli wore a striking buckskin leather dress with designs painted on it in black. It emphasized her tiny figure and looked almost tribal. She too had the tiny moon pendent on a string around her throat.
Melina's outfit was by far the one that must've required the least amount of fabric. Besides her black skirt that barely reached mid-thigh and was slit up both sides, she wore only a multi-strapped corset shirt to cover her bountiful breasts. A moon pendent also graced her neck.
All three were armed. A crossbow for Lanara, a sword for Juli and a pair of silver pistols for Melina. And ever one of the weapons was pointing at the brothers.
"You're awake, good." Lanara said with a satisfied grin. She looked over her shoulder at the other two women. "Who had first pick this time? I know Elena did last time, but tonight?"
Juli thought for a moment, then answered. "No one, it's the full moon."
Melina nodded. "Tonight's the first night of the full moon. When men are captured on any of those three days, as you well know, it is decided who gets first pick by a lottery."
Lanara leered at the two men with an appreciative smile on her face. Then she wiped all emotion from her face and stepped out of the brothers' way to the door. She kept her weapon trained on them however.
"Let's go." She motioned her crossbow to the door. She looked at Sam and Dean pointedly. "Now." She ordered. "Get your gorgeous asses out that door."
Dean headed to the door first, with his younger brother just a step behind. The trio of females followed, hurriedly nudging the pair down a long hallway.
Finally they were pushed up a small set of stairs and up onto a raised platform. The stage overlooked the Town Square, where a small crowd of women stood, watching the action up on the dais.
Lanara and Melina pushed them hard to the front of the platform, while Juli disappeared off into a nearby building. The two women left up with the Winchesters kicked out in unison and knocked them to their knees.
Juli reappeared, along with a statuesque blonde woman. She fairly floated to the middle of the stage where a podium waited for her. She was dressed in a gown made of multi-colored transparent handkerchiefs, layered so that nothing was overtly visible, but merely suggested at.
Her appearance was the most striking about her. Her skin was golden and glowed with a light from within. Her long hair was of a coppery-gold hue and floated around her, even though there wasn't wind out. Her eyes were a brilliant cobalt blue and glowed slightly liked the rest of her.
She reached the podium on bare feet, coming to a graceful stop in front of it. She looked out at the audience in front of her and smiled. Even, perfect, white teeth gleamed in the moonlight and from the light of a bonfire situated a few yards from the gathering.
"My women." She said in a soft voice that echoed across the square, despite its low volume. "Two more males have been caught just an hour ago." She motioned with one hand to Dean and Sam on their knees in the center of the stage. "And with our Goddess Artemis high in the sky, they will be given by lottery."
"My lady." A familiar voice called from the rear of the group.
Everyone turned to look at the speaker, and the crowd parted reverently in front of her as she walked forward. Every one in the square, on stage and off watched her approach.
Cait climbed the steps up onto the dais. She still wore her corset top, but had been given some different clothes. She wore a long dark green skirt that fluttered around her legs as she moved. Her feet were shod in pale buckskin boots, and her neck was decorated with a small white pendent of a woman holding the moon in her hands above her head.
"My lady." She repeated, bowing her head slightly when she paused in front of the leader of Lilin. She stopped and looked up at the golden creature in front of her. "They are not unattached. Therefore they cannot be given away, because they are not free in the first place."
"She's right my lady." Another familiar voice called as it neared. The crowd parted reverently again and Jilly appeared, walking up to the stage.
She too had changed, but not out of her corset top. Her own outfit was nearly identical to Cait's but instead of a dark green skirt, hers was of a lighter, brighter color.
Sam and Dean looked at eachother, wondering what exactly had happened in the few hours Cait and Jilly had beaten them to the town. Both women were being treated like superiors to the others, like royalty.
"Not free?" The golden woman said in melodic tones. "How so?"
Jilly bowed her head slightly when she stopped in front of the golden woman. "My Lady Chryseis." She called the woman by name. "The taller of the two is engaged to me. And has been for some time."
Chryseis turned to Cait. "And the other? He belongs to you?"
Cait looked over at Dean, then back at the golden woman in front of her. "Yes Chryseis." She nodded.
The golden woman looked over at Sam and Dean for a moment, then returned her gaze to the two women in front of her. "Fine then. You know the laws."
Cait and Jilly nodded in unison, then bowed. They straightened and headed for the brothers.
"We can't untie you here." Jilly whispered. "It would draw suspicion." She helped Sam get to his feet.
"We'll talk about this later." Cait whispered as she helped Dean stand.
The cousins led the Winchesters down the stairs and off the stage, leading them to a small building not far away.
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Wow, that was a lot of writing. Btw...Invincible...a fantastic movie. And I don't even care much about sports. Mark Wahlberg on the other hand...that I care for.
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Cait and Jilly were driving along a boring stretch of highway. They were completely bored and listening to Magic Man by Heart.
Jilly: Are we there yet?
Cait (rolling her eyes): For the last time no.
Jilly (tapping her fingers on the dashboard): Let's play a game.
Cait (sighing): Fine. You suck at this whole road trip thing by the way.
Jilly (laughs): I don't usually. I'm just feeling weird and antsy today, well really the past week.
Cait (shooting a concerned look at her cousin): Are you okay? You're not sick or anything are you?
Jilly (shaking her head): I don't think so. Well maybe. I ... I don't know.
Cait (laughs): Well that was...vague.
Jilly (looking through the cds on her visor): How much do you want to bet that the boys show up in Lilin?
Cait (shakes her head): You know them.
Jilly (nodding): Yep.
They sit in silence (except for the music of course) for a moment.
Jilly (looking over at her cousin): So like half a day after us?
Cait (laughs): I'll put my money on less.