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Richie, Duncan, and Dri walked out of the dojo. The two men stopped in their tracks. Dri turned around to look at them.
"What's wrong?"
"Richie get her inside."
"I don't understand," Dri said.
"Come on Dri," Richie said as he went to grab her arm.
Dri stepped out of his grasp. "No, tell me what's wrong."
"They didn't want me to see you," A familiar voice said behind her.
Richie and Duncan watched the color drain from her face. She slowly turned around to see Alec standing behind her.
"Hello my sweet Audrina."
Duncan quickly grabbed Dri and pushed her behind him.
Alec wasn't as the Highlander had remembered him. His hair was shorter and spiked. He had grown a go-t which brought out the structure of his jaw. He was wearing black slacks and a blue, silk button down shirt. He had on a leather trench coat over it all.
"We meet again Highlander."
Dri tilted her head. "What's he talking about Duncan?" She asked, fear evident in her voice.
"Richie take her inside," Mac said ignoring the question.
"Why don't we all go inside," Alec said. "After all we wouldn't want these fine people to see a fight now would we?"
Duncan didn't want to bring Alec anywhere near Dri, but he had no choice but to bring him inside. He couldn't risk a swordfight out in the middle of the street. There weren't many people around but he didn't want to risk it.
"Fine, but Richie and Dri are going upstairs and we're staying down here."
"Have it your way Highlander, but I told you should our paths ever cross again that I would take your head along with the girls."
"Duncan what is he talking about?" Dri asked.
"Tsk Tsk, you haven't told her."
"She wouldn't believe me if I did. I won't force it on her, but you, you just want to kill her for her head."
Dri looked back and forth between the two men. Had she just heard right? She felt like she was in the twilight zone. Kill her? Take her head? What the hell were these people talking about?
"Just give me what belongs to me Highlander, and this will all go away," Alec said.
"I'm not going to let you murder that girl."
"It's all part of the game MacLeod." He sighed. "However, I'll give you until tonight. Bring her to the marina. I have a boat there called 'The Quickening'."
Duncan crossed his arms. "How appropriate."
Alec smiled. "I thought so. Tonight Highlander or you both die."
With that Alec turned around and walked out of the dojo.
Duncan turned to look at Dri.
"What was that about?" She asked, almost hysterically.
"Dri, calm down."
"The hell I will! You know him! You knew him the whole time and you didn't say anything! Oh yeah, that gives me good reason to trust you!"
"Dri,"
"Hell even forget that part," She yelled. "What exactly is it that you didn't tell me? That the both of you didn't tell me?"
"Look I didn't tell you I knew him because I didn't want you to think I would tell him."
"Oh yeah? Well then how the hell did he find me?"
Duncan sighed. "I don't know."
"Yeah, I'm so sure." Dri said backing up.
"Dri, come on."
"NO! I can't believe I let myself be fooled again! God I am such an idiot! I was almost beginning to think that you would help me, but you're just like Alec."
She turned and bolted out the front of the dojo.
"Dri!" Duncan called as he ran after her.
Richie was a step behind him. They ran outside and Duncan saw her running down the street.
"This way!" He said as the two of them took off after her.
They followed her down an alley and were surprised that she wasn't in site.
They slowed down their pace.
"Dri, I know you're here. Come out so we can talk about this."
There was no response. Dri was hiding behind a group of garbage cans. Her breathing was soft but her heart beat loudly. She didn't want them to find her.
"Dri, its Richie. Come on talk to us."
Duncan sighed and put his hands on his hips. "Look Dri the truth is I should have told you that I knew Alec, but I didn't want to frighten you. You were scared enough as it was. I was trying to get things taken care of. Alec's been tracking you for a while now. I swear I didn't tell him where you were. I was trying to keep you away from him."
Mac started looking around the alley.
"Please talk to me."
Richie walked over to the dumpster. He shook his head now to Mac.
Duncan walked around a group of trash cans. He saw Dri sitting there with her head buried in her knees. He sat down next to her and she looked up at him.
"How do I know you didn't call him?"
"Remember when I found you yesterday and I gave you my word that there was nothing in it for me?"
She nodded.
"There hasn't been so far right?"
Dri shrugged.
"Well I give you my word that I will keep you safe from Alec. I will not let anything happen to you."
"You don't get it," She said. "I can't trust you. I've known you for one day and you've already lied to me."
"I never lied to you. I just didn't tell you that I knew Alec."
"Oh yeah that's so much better."
"Maybe I should have told you, but if I had what would you have done?"
"I.I" She stuttered.
"You would have run off."
"NO! MAYBE! I DON'T KNOW!" She yelled jumping up. "THE POINT IS YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME!"
"I'm not a little kid. I grew up a long time ago MacLeod, the hard way. I'm not as irrational as you may think."
"Don't take it personal Dri," Richie told her. "Mac does the same thing to me."
Dri had almost forgotten Richie was there. Now that she remembered she had no problem lashing out at him as well.
"I am not you Richie. You don't know me. Either of you!"
Mac stood up. "Well then help us know you. I know more went on than the story you told us."
She turned angry emerald eyes on him. "You know that huh?"
He nodded.
"You're story was a little vague." Richie confirmed.
"Okay, look what happened, happened. It's over. I told you what you need to know and even that was probably too much."
"What do you mean?"
She shook her head. "Nothing, nevermind." Dri slumped to her knees.
Duncan and Richie immediately knelt beside her.
"I'm all right."
"You're not all right," Duncan told her. "You're emotionally exhausted."
"Not to mention physically," Richie said. "You had nightmares so many times last night I know you didn't sleep much."
"I didn't mean to wake you so many times." Dri said.
"It's all right. I'm a night owl anyways."
"Enough of this," Duncan said. "We're going back to the loft and you my dear are going to get some rest."
He scooped her up into his arms.
"Duncan, put me down. I can walk." She said tiredly.
"Amuse me." He said still carrying her.
Sighing she rested her head against Duncan's shoulder. Dri knew she couldn't let Duncan face Alec. He would die and she didn't want that on her conscience. Besides she still didn't trust them. Especially not after what had happened.
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Richie, Duncan, and Dri walked out of the dojo. The two men stopped in their tracks. Dri turned around to look at them.
"What's wrong?"
"Richie get her inside."
"I don't understand," Dri said.
"Come on Dri," Richie said as he went to grab her arm.
Dri stepped out of his grasp. "No, tell me what's wrong."
"They didn't want me to see you," A familiar voice said behind her.
Richie and Duncan watched the color drain from her face. She slowly turned around to see Alec standing behind her.
"Hello my sweet Audrina."
Duncan quickly grabbed Dri and pushed her behind him.
Alec wasn't as the Highlander had remembered him. His hair was shorter and spiked. He had grown a go-t which brought out the structure of his jaw. He was wearing black slacks and a blue, silk button down shirt. He had on a leather trench coat over it all.
"We meet again Highlander."
Dri tilted her head. "What's he talking about Duncan?" She asked, fear evident in her voice.
"Richie take her inside," Mac said ignoring the question.
"Why don't we all go inside," Alec said. "After all we wouldn't want these fine people to see a fight now would we?"
Duncan didn't want to bring Alec anywhere near Dri, but he had no choice but to bring him inside. He couldn't risk a swordfight out in the middle of the street. There weren't many people around but he didn't want to risk it.
"Fine, but Richie and Dri are going upstairs and we're staying down here."
"Have it your way Highlander, but I told you should our paths ever cross again that I would take your head along with the girls."
"Duncan what is he talking about?" Dri asked.
"Tsk Tsk, you haven't told her."
"She wouldn't believe me if I did. I won't force it on her, but you, you just want to kill her for her head."
Dri looked back and forth between the two men. Had she just heard right? She felt like she was in the twilight zone. Kill her? Take her head? What the hell were these people talking about?
"Just give me what belongs to me Highlander, and this will all go away," Alec said.
"I'm not going to let you murder that girl."
"It's all part of the game MacLeod." He sighed. "However, I'll give you until tonight. Bring her to the marina. I have a boat there called 'The Quickening'."
Duncan crossed his arms. "How appropriate."
Alec smiled. "I thought so. Tonight Highlander or you both die."
With that Alec turned around and walked out of the dojo.
Duncan turned to look at Dri.
"What was that about?" She asked, almost hysterically.
"Dri, calm down."
"The hell I will! You know him! You knew him the whole time and you didn't say anything! Oh yeah, that gives me good reason to trust you!"
"Dri,"
"Hell even forget that part," She yelled. "What exactly is it that you didn't tell me? That the both of you didn't tell me?"
"Look I didn't tell you I knew him because I didn't want you to think I would tell him."
"Oh yeah? Well then how the hell did he find me?"
Duncan sighed. "I don't know."
"Yeah, I'm so sure." Dri said backing up.
"Dri, come on."
"NO! I can't believe I let myself be fooled again! God I am such an idiot! I was almost beginning to think that you would help me, but you're just like Alec."
She turned and bolted out the front of the dojo.
"Dri!" Duncan called as he ran after her.
Richie was a step behind him. They ran outside and Duncan saw her running down the street.
"This way!" He said as the two of them took off after her.
They followed her down an alley and were surprised that she wasn't in site.
They slowed down their pace.
"Dri, I know you're here. Come out so we can talk about this."
There was no response. Dri was hiding behind a group of garbage cans. Her breathing was soft but her heart beat loudly. She didn't want them to find her.
"Dri, its Richie. Come on talk to us."
Duncan sighed and put his hands on his hips. "Look Dri the truth is I should have told you that I knew Alec, but I didn't want to frighten you. You were scared enough as it was. I was trying to get things taken care of. Alec's been tracking you for a while now. I swear I didn't tell him where you were. I was trying to keep you away from him."
Mac started looking around the alley.
"Please talk to me."
Richie walked over to the dumpster. He shook his head now to Mac.
Duncan walked around a group of trash cans. He saw Dri sitting there with her head buried in her knees. He sat down next to her and she looked up at him.
"How do I know you didn't call him?"
"Remember when I found you yesterday and I gave you my word that there was nothing in it for me?"
She nodded.
"There hasn't been so far right?"
Dri shrugged.
"Well I give you my word that I will keep you safe from Alec. I will not let anything happen to you."
"You don't get it," She said. "I can't trust you. I've known you for one day and you've already lied to me."
"I never lied to you. I just didn't tell you that I knew Alec."
"Oh yeah that's so much better."
"Maybe I should have told you, but if I had what would you have done?"
"I.I" She stuttered.
"You would have run off."
"NO! MAYBE! I DON'T KNOW!" She yelled jumping up. "THE POINT IS YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME!"
"I'm not a little kid. I grew up a long time ago MacLeod, the hard way. I'm not as irrational as you may think."
"Don't take it personal Dri," Richie told her. "Mac does the same thing to me."
Dri had almost forgotten Richie was there. Now that she remembered she had no problem lashing out at him as well.
"I am not you Richie. You don't know me. Either of you!"
Mac stood up. "Well then help us know you. I know more went on than the story you told us."
She turned angry emerald eyes on him. "You know that huh?"
He nodded.
"You're story was a little vague." Richie confirmed.
"Okay, look what happened, happened. It's over. I told you what you need to know and even that was probably too much."
"What do you mean?"
She shook her head. "Nothing, nevermind." Dri slumped to her knees.
Duncan and Richie immediately knelt beside her.
"I'm all right."
"You're not all right," Duncan told her. "You're emotionally exhausted."
"Not to mention physically," Richie said. "You had nightmares so many times last night I know you didn't sleep much."
"I didn't mean to wake you so many times." Dri said.
"It's all right. I'm a night owl anyways."
"Enough of this," Duncan said. "We're going back to the loft and you my dear are going to get some rest."
He scooped her up into his arms.
"Duncan, put me down. I can walk." She said tiredly.
"Amuse me." He said still carrying her.
Sighing she rested her head against Duncan's shoulder. Dri knew she couldn't let Duncan face Alec. He would die and she didn't want that on her conscience. Besides she still didn't trust them. Especially not after what had happened.
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