To Fall Before the Flame, Chapter 7
Heheh. . . it's been so long since i put up another chapter. . . well, here it is.
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I could barely speak.
"Wha.. wh... what happened?"
"There is a poison that was put into your father's food early in captivity. The only way you can survive this poison is if the antidote is put into the food every two or three days. We need to know, did you eat any of the food while they had you?"
Dying...
"Raevyn?" "What? Oh, yes." Uncle Quatre proceeded to look down again, the tears in his eyes obvious. I suddenly realized the enormity of what was going on, my father was dying, and i with him.
"How long does he... i mean... do we have." My voice was choking and becoming caught in my throat.
"It takes about 3 days for the symptoms to show, and about a week before..." he didn't need to finish his sentence.
"What about the.."
"... Antidote? There is only one way to make it, and it takes 3 weeks..."
"is there any way to buy it, or find it from a dealer or..."
"no, Heero has been checking around. This colonel Duo told of before he lost conciousness was very thorough in picking his poisons."
I sat there, thinking. I felt as though i could feel the poison inside of me, burning my life away. If i had a short time left, i was going to do something with it. I stood up and started to sort through my bags. Uncle Quatre looked at me puzzlingly,
"What are you looking for Raevyn?" i continued shuffling through my bags, and pulled out an extra pair of clothes. I went to the bedside table and opened the drawer, good! Inside there was a gun and some extra ammo. Those went in my duffel bag along with my extra clothes. Uncle Quatre stood up,
"What are you doing Raevyn?"
"Going."
"Where?"
"to find this colonel and get enough antidote to last me and my father long enough to make some for ourselves," i yelled, "so we can live through this hell that bastard put us through." I continued to violently throw things into my duffel bag
"Raevyn, stop and think about what you're doing" Uncle Quatre had gotten up and grabbed my arm.
"I don't have time to wait, if what you said is true, i have maybe two days before symptoms kick in and i'm unable to do anything! I have to get to the colonies and get this antidote." Uncle Quatre grabbed my arm to try and keep me from going out the door.
"How are you going to get there? And if you do get there, how will you find this colonel?" I smiled smugly at him,
"I have my laptop and Uncle Heero taught me how to hack into pretty much anything, even ticket counters at the spaceports." Uncle Quatre looked into my eyes, and in his, i saw regret and fear and a little pride.
"I know there's nothing i can do to stop you, i'll arrange for a taxi to pick you up, watch out for assassins, and good luck." I hugged him,
"Thank you Uncle" I left the room and ran back up the hall, and almost ran into Sensei who was coming out of the room my father was in.
"Raevyn, where are you going?" i kept running as Uncle Quatre stepped out of my temporary room and shook his head at Sensei.
"I'm going to cure me and my dad!!" i yelled back as i ran past on. I found the dark stairs to my left and ran up them. At the top of the stairs, i looked back, no one was following. Thank you uncle, i thought, this is something i need to do for myself.
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Raevyn: read and review pleez!
Heheh. . . it's been so long since i put up another chapter. . . well, here it is.
~*~*~*~*~*
I could barely speak.
"Wha.. wh... what happened?"
"There is a poison that was put into your father's food early in captivity. The only way you can survive this poison is if the antidote is put into the food every two or three days. We need to know, did you eat any of the food while they had you?"
Dying...
"Raevyn?" "What? Oh, yes." Uncle Quatre proceeded to look down again, the tears in his eyes obvious. I suddenly realized the enormity of what was going on, my father was dying, and i with him.
"How long does he... i mean... do we have." My voice was choking and becoming caught in my throat.
"It takes about 3 days for the symptoms to show, and about a week before..." he didn't need to finish his sentence.
"What about the.."
"... Antidote? There is only one way to make it, and it takes 3 weeks..."
"is there any way to buy it, or find it from a dealer or..."
"no, Heero has been checking around. This colonel Duo told of before he lost conciousness was very thorough in picking his poisons."
I sat there, thinking. I felt as though i could feel the poison inside of me, burning my life away. If i had a short time left, i was going to do something with it. I stood up and started to sort through my bags. Uncle Quatre looked at me puzzlingly,
"What are you looking for Raevyn?" i continued shuffling through my bags, and pulled out an extra pair of clothes. I went to the bedside table and opened the drawer, good! Inside there was a gun and some extra ammo. Those went in my duffel bag along with my extra clothes. Uncle Quatre stood up,
"What are you doing Raevyn?"
"Going."
"Where?"
"to find this colonel and get enough antidote to last me and my father long enough to make some for ourselves," i yelled, "so we can live through this hell that bastard put us through." I continued to violently throw things into my duffel bag
"Raevyn, stop and think about what you're doing" Uncle Quatre had gotten up and grabbed my arm.
"I don't have time to wait, if what you said is true, i have maybe two days before symptoms kick in and i'm unable to do anything! I have to get to the colonies and get this antidote." Uncle Quatre grabbed my arm to try and keep me from going out the door.
"How are you going to get there? And if you do get there, how will you find this colonel?" I smiled smugly at him,
"I have my laptop and Uncle Heero taught me how to hack into pretty much anything, even ticket counters at the spaceports." Uncle Quatre looked into my eyes, and in his, i saw regret and fear and a little pride.
"I know there's nothing i can do to stop you, i'll arrange for a taxi to pick you up, watch out for assassins, and good luck." I hugged him,
"Thank you Uncle" I left the room and ran back up the hall, and almost ran into Sensei who was coming out of the room my father was in.
"Raevyn, where are you going?" i kept running as Uncle Quatre stepped out of my temporary room and shook his head at Sensei.
"I'm going to cure me and my dad!!" i yelled back as i ran past on. I found the dark stairs to my left and ran up them. At the top of the stairs, i looked back, no one was following. Thank you uncle, i thought, this is something i need to do for myself.
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Raevyn: read and review pleez!