Proludge

            She struggled to fill her lungs with the life granting oxygen. She stumbled and fell to her knees. GET UP!!! She screamed at herself. Slowly and painfully she climbed to her feet and began her painfull shuffle to the safe haven she saw before her.

            A house, small,comferting,warm, dry house. Another step and another wary shot of pain. She blocked out the pain and picked up her speed. Almost Safe. She wiped the sweat off her forehead. Licked her chapped lips and rolled her stiff neck.

            Excursinatly slow she made it to the house and knocked on the door. She heard movement inside and relaxed a tiny bit. She was going to be okay. The door carefully opened a small creak to see who was there. the women moved into plain view. The door was thrown open and the man reached to grab her. But missed as herlegs gave out and she collasped on her friends frontstep. He grabbed her and pulled her into the small house.

            "Kate," he shook her softly. "Come on Kate, wake up."

            Her eyes slowly fluttered open. "I need to talk to Seamus...Brendan get  him I need to let him know..." She trailed off as the darkness pulled her down. Her body relaxed agasint Brendan's and he thought she was dead, he felt for a pulse and found one...weak but it was there.

            "Kate why did you come back? Huh." He asked the sleeping form as he picked her up. She was to light. "You had finally got away why did you come back?" He thought he heard her mumble she had to but pushed it away. She was out cold. he carried her over to a small table with medical equiement around it. He placed her on it and picked up a cleaner rag and after getting it damp with water he removed the blood and dirt the surrounded her face and neck. Slowly but surly Bredan watched as his petite friend strong-willed face came back into view.

            Picking her up he leaned her against a wall and took off her top . He had to turn his head. Her ribs were pushing out of her skin. She was covered in brusies and cuts, some looked like they had came from whips and electric cattle prods. He swallowed and tried to calm his stoumach. He quickly cleaned her chest and reset her broken left arm. He rested it agasint her chest and tied it up with a small washcloth. After making an old fashion sling he moved to her lower half. Not wanting to see this he closed his eyes and drew off her pants. Her legs were also cut and brusied and there was oh so much blood, in which Bredan saw no actual wound other then her own womenhood. he felt a tear  run down his check and felt her pain.

            He washed her up without invading her privaitcy. He went into his back room and grabbed new clothes and carefull redressed her. Then he brought over a tub of water and repostioning her he washed her hair.

            Once he was finished he stood back and smiled finally the young women he knew face him. Practially swimming in Brendan's clothes she seemed so helpless whish he knew wasn't true. Her long curly red hair flowed around her small but deadly form. He thought back to when he and harper had first meet her.

                                                                        ~*~Flashback~*~

            Brendan and Seamus turned another corner laughing and gentally talking to one another about the raid they had just pulled. Seamus tipped his head and hussed his cousin he looked around not seeing anything or hearing anything else he smiled and nodded and conutined talking. When suddenly a girl about their age dropped onto him. He rolled and fought with her. Brendan felt useless as he watched his  cousin fight the women. Harper finaly gain control and held the women in place. he looked into her eyes to see them silver with the use of  Flash.

            "Are you a pilot?" He asked her. She nodded her yes.

            "Where's your ship?"

            "Stolen." She spat out.

            "We don't have it." He told her. Still holding her arms he got to his feet then pulled her to her own. "Come on." Brendan was amazed at him. He lead the way to Seamus's house. Unlocking the door Harper went in and dragged the women in behind him. Placing her on his bed he threw her a bag of food which she quickly devoured. He smiled at Bredan and nodded to the door.

            "I'l talk to you later." He told him. Brendan nodded and left locking the door behind him. Thinking about how Seamus deserved someone in his life.

                                                            ~*~End Of Flashback~*~

            He though about how the next day he had found the girl clean and bound to a chair fighting agasint it trying to get free. Seamus nowhere in sight. A few hours he had returned with arm loads of food and the girl had calmed down the moent he had entered the room.

            Once the small women had beaten her Flash habit they all became very good friends. Always out together at nights during the raids and always together during the days. Keeping each other from falling. All that had ended when Kate was offered a job on a shuttle as a pilot. She left first leaving  both men to deal with the fallout. Shortly after that Seamus went with to another planet and Brendan was alone on Earth fighting to survive...alone.