Lick The Pavement
Chapter Five: Rae Straus
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//And I feel the innocence of a child
Everybody's got something good to say
Things I once thought
Unbelievable
In my life
Have all taken place//
Good Fortune -PJ Harvey
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Tired and crumpled from travelling, Rae Straus sighed, half at her relief to be safely home and off that plane, and half at the fact that she had had to leave Burma so soon. It had been her first visit to the home of her father and she still felt like she had gone back to her roots.
Not that she didn't love her adoptive parents of course. They had let her travel to Burma on her on that year, as she was 18 and therefore, supposedly, old enough to travel herself. She had arranged to meet with a friend of the Straus' at the other airport, and had been perfectly fine. She was proud that she'd been able to show her parents how mature she could be... not that they doubted her in the first place, but apparently, showing your independence ran in the family.
Her mother had died in Burma, beaten to death in prison, where she had been incarcerated for treason and for supporting Aung San Suu Kyi. Her father had subsequently committed suicide, leaving the then three year old Rae with no option but to be adopted.
Her parents had themselves suffered a tragic loss, that of their baby daughter Beth, who died through miscarriage. The union of Rae and the Straus' was what both parties needed, and Rae had grown up happy and largely unaffected by the trauma of her young years.
Rae placed her bag on the machine to be X-rayed and stepped through the metal detector without a hitch. She grabbed her bag and was about to move on when a hand descended to her shoulder.
"Could you come with us please miss?" A member of security was standing behind her, and two more were walking in her direction. She knew she hadn't done anything wrong, so didn't feel afraid, although she was slightly nervous that she would be late to meet her parents.
She asked them as she was escorted away.
"What's the problem?"
"To be frank, we suspect that you're carrying illegal goods." The security woman told her, leading her into a small search room.
"That's ridiculous!" She stated. "I'm not carrying any- mpffh!"
She struggled as a hand wrapped around her mouth, pressing a cloth to her mouth. She smelt something sickly sweet and cloying, and tried not to breathe it in, trying to use her powers to help her. Unfortunately, as she was still new to them, and as it was fairly quiet, she couldn't utilise them. She fought, and kicked, but eventually gave in to the chloroform and blacked out.
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Next chapter will be up...uh... now!