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Chapter 15 Talk of Escape
Elayne awoke with an aching head and uncoordinated limbs. She groaned as she rolled over and opened her eyes slightly. Above her was a ceiling of cold grey stone. Elayne's eyes widened and she scrambled to stand. Or at least she tried. She got as far as her knees before having to flop back down on the floor. Breathing hard she tried to remember the events of last night. The walk in the gardens, the men attacking her, the Black Aes Sedai then… darkness. She gingerly fingered the back of her head, expecting a huge bump. Instead she felt smooth skin. Someone had Healed her. Elayne yelped when something moved next to her and scurried as fast as she could to the other side of the dingy cell. What, in the name of the Light, was in the room with her? A trolloc?
"Elayne?" The bundle inquired. The Queen of Andor let out a sigh of relief. It was only Egwene.
"Thank the Light its you!!" Elayne exclaimed enclosing Egwene in a hug. "What are we doing here? Where is here?"
"Elayne let go, I can't breathe. Ah thank you. Well, I'm not sure where we are but we are in the captivity of the Black Ajah and they seem to have aquired a new member"
Elayne listened in silence as Egwene's tale unfolded and by the end, tears were running unchecked down her cheeks.
"She is truly alive," Elayne muttered. "Yet she does not know us? Where is Lan?"
"I don't know," Egwene admitted. "Somewhere in this prison."
"Don't worry Egwene, Birgitte and Aviendha will come for us and when we escape, we will be taking Nynaeve with us."
JJ
"What!" exclaimed Birgitte as she strode into the room where Aviendha sat, "Did that girl drink last night!?! My head feels like it's been split open and I can hardly tell which direction she's in! No wonder she had to stay at the Paeron house overnight!!"
Aviendha calmly closed the book she had been reading.
"My first sister is a grown woman, Birgitte. If she wants to drink to an excess, then she will drink to an excess. Frankly, I don't think you have room to talk, we all know you have a soft spot for certain taverns."
Birgitte stopped pacing and slumped herself into a chair.
"Why didn't you go with her, maybe you could have had some of what she drank?"
" I am not her minder," Aviendha protested. "I had business with the Wise Ones."
Birgitte continued to rub her head, staring into air
"Surely a hangover can't hurt that much," Aviendha said as she picked up her book again.
"Its not quite right," whispered Birgitte. "It is as if something is wrong. I feel a sense of urgency through the bond."
Aviendha sighed as she stood.
"I think you and I should pay a visit to the house of Paeron."
JJ
Yana slipped into the prison block making sure no one saw her. She went straight to the cell that held Lan. As she stepped inside he rose from where he had been sitting on the floor. The sight of him quickened the beating of her heart, as she knew she was looking at the most beautiful man in the world, even with his shirt wrinkled from sleeping.
"Nynaeve, a pleasure as always." He said formally.
Yana ignored his comment and checked to see that Vlad the jailer had disappeared. Safe from prying eyes, she drew a sword from behind her cloak. She handed it to Lan. She then reached into her pocket and took out two thin pieces of metal, the type you use for lock picking. Lan stared down at these items.
"Why are you giving me these?"
"Well, if your going to escape you need a weapon. Unfortunatly, I couldn't get the real keys so you'll have to just make do."
"Do," Lan said quietly. "Do you believe me?"
Yana looked up into his cool blue eyes that were filled with hope.
"I don't know," she said finally. Abruptly she broke the eye contact. " Your friends are down the corridor, turn left, third down. Oh and try to be discreet."
Lan caught her arm. "Where will you be?"
"I'll be outside the fort, that's all you need to know."
Lan relinquished her arm and she stepped out of the cell.
JJ
Yana glided into the cell Elayne and Egwene shared. The blonde woman, Elayne, was awake and was staring at her as if she had sprouted two extra arms.
"I have come to tell you to be extra vigilant this afternoon and tonight," Yana said, dividing her gaze between the two young women.
"Why? We can't go anywhere," Egwene said. "Your forkroot has made us too weak."
"When a sister comes to you this afternoon to give you your dose," Yana explained. "It won't be forkroot. It will take some time to pass through your system but you should be able to walk or even run."
"Why are you helping us?" piped up Elayne. "You don't believe a word we say."
"What ever the Black Ajah is planning for you it isn't going to very nice," Yana said. "And, for some reason unknown to me, I don't want to see you hurt."
"Your still Nynaeve deep down," Elayne called as Yana left the cell.
Chapter 15 Talk of Escape
Elayne awoke with an aching head and uncoordinated limbs. She groaned as she rolled over and opened her eyes slightly. Above her was a ceiling of cold grey stone. Elayne's eyes widened and she scrambled to stand. Or at least she tried. She got as far as her knees before having to flop back down on the floor. Breathing hard she tried to remember the events of last night. The walk in the gardens, the men attacking her, the Black Aes Sedai then… darkness. She gingerly fingered the back of her head, expecting a huge bump. Instead she felt smooth skin. Someone had Healed her. Elayne yelped when something moved next to her and scurried as fast as she could to the other side of the dingy cell. What, in the name of the Light, was in the room with her? A trolloc?
"Elayne?" The bundle inquired. The Queen of Andor let out a sigh of relief. It was only Egwene.
"Thank the Light its you!!" Elayne exclaimed enclosing Egwene in a hug. "What are we doing here? Where is here?"
"Elayne let go, I can't breathe. Ah thank you. Well, I'm not sure where we are but we are in the captivity of the Black Ajah and they seem to have aquired a new member"
Elayne listened in silence as Egwene's tale unfolded and by the end, tears were running unchecked down her cheeks.
"She is truly alive," Elayne muttered. "Yet she does not know us? Where is Lan?"
"I don't know," Egwene admitted. "Somewhere in this prison."
"Don't worry Egwene, Birgitte and Aviendha will come for us and when we escape, we will be taking Nynaeve with us."
JJ
"What!" exclaimed Birgitte as she strode into the room where Aviendha sat, "Did that girl drink last night!?! My head feels like it's been split open and I can hardly tell which direction she's in! No wonder she had to stay at the Paeron house overnight!!"
Aviendha calmly closed the book she had been reading.
"My first sister is a grown woman, Birgitte. If she wants to drink to an excess, then she will drink to an excess. Frankly, I don't think you have room to talk, we all know you have a soft spot for certain taverns."
Birgitte stopped pacing and slumped herself into a chair.
"Why didn't you go with her, maybe you could have had some of what she drank?"
" I am not her minder," Aviendha protested. "I had business with the Wise Ones."
Birgitte continued to rub her head, staring into air
"Surely a hangover can't hurt that much," Aviendha said as she picked up her book again.
"Its not quite right," whispered Birgitte. "It is as if something is wrong. I feel a sense of urgency through the bond."
Aviendha sighed as she stood.
"I think you and I should pay a visit to the house of Paeron."
JJ
Yana slipped into the prison block making sure no one saw her. She went straight to the cell that held Lan. As she stepped inside he rose from where he had been sitting on the floor. The sight of him quickened the beating of her heart, as she knew she was looking at the most beautiful man in the world, even with his shirt wrinkled from sleeping.
"Nynaeve, a pleasure as always." He said formally.
Yana ignored his comment and checked to see that Vlad the jailer had disappeared. Safe from prying eyes, she drew a sword from behind her cloak. She handed it to Lan. She then reached into her pocket and took out two thin pieces of metal, the type you use for lock picking. Lan stared down at these items.
"Why are you giving me these?"
"Well, if your going to escape you need a weapon. Unfortunatly, I couldn't get the real keys so you'll have to just make do."
"Do," Lan said quietly. "Do you believe me?"
Yana looked up into his cool blue eyes that were filled with hope.
"I don't know," she said finally. Abruptly she broke the eye contact. " Your friends are down the corridor, turn left, third down. Oh and try to be discreet."
Lan caught her arm. "Where will you be?"
"I'll be outside the fort, that's all you need to know."
Lan relinquished her arm and she stepped out of the cell.
JJ
Yana glided into the cell Elayne and Egwene shared. The blonde woman, Elayne, was awake and was staring at her as if she had sprouted two extra arms.
"I have come to tell you to be extra vigilant this afternoon and tonight," Yana said, dividing her gaze between the two young women.
"Why? We can't go anywhere," Egwene said. "Your forkroot has made us too weak."
"When a sister comes to you this afternoon to give you your dose," Yana explained. "It won't be forkroot. It will take some time to pass through your system but you should be able to walk or even run."
"Why are you helping us?" piped up Elayne. "You don't believe a word we say."
"What ever the Black Ajah is planning for you it isn't going to very nice," Yana said. "And, for some reason unknown to me, I don't want to see you hurt."
"Your still Nynaeve deep down," Elayne called as Yana left the cell.