ObeSlifRa, Hiya, thanks for the review, I'm glad u like the story. Hope u stick with me till the end!
Shastalilly, hello again, glad u still like it. Killing the general will not have much effect on her, you'll find out why in the next chapter.
Faith, Glad you liked Callisto in this chappie, do me best every time. Enjoy the next chappie.
Freaky, How ya doing? Wow, that's one hell of a review, almost like an email ya know. Thanks for the running and screaming advice, but I don't think that's possible when ur tied to a chair. Anyway, here's another chappie, u enjoy it oka!?
Diva, You don't have to worry about Callisto, she'll be just fine. Now go read the next chapter oka and thnx for the review.
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Chapter 12, Saying goodbye and hello.
The two friends were enjoying some good wine as Callisto told Camilla what happened during her captive with the general.
"And then I woke up tied against a pole in his tent."
Camilla took a sip from her wine and smiled "Were you comfortable?" she said sarcastic.
"It wasn't that comfortable, especially when he couldn't keep his hands from me, but he failed to find a knife I had tugged behind my back."
Camilla raised her eyebrow "The general failed to find a weapon on you? What was wrong with him, was he drunk or something?"
"What do you mean?" Callisto asked.
"He always makes sure to search a woman thoroughly for any weapons, if you know what I mean."
"Well, he failed to find my knife, I killed him with it."
The dark haired woman narrowed her eyes "How did you kill him?" she asked.
Callisto leaned back in her seat and finished her wine before she answered.
"Very slowly and painful." She said.
"Slow and painful huh?" Camilla said "I guess he deserved it."
"Guess he deserved it? Camilla he killed you're son and if he hadn't been immortal Dent still would have been dead. Some people just deserve to die like that."
The tone in her voice sounded angry.
"I know that Callisto, just be careful with what you do, I don't want you to go back to who you used to be."
The blonde woman sighed and placed a comforting hand on Camilla's shoulder.
"Don't worry about that Camilla. I let that life behind me I can promise you it will never come back."
"I know you want to make that promise Callisto, but I've been there too. It's not that easy to let go of you're past and start a complete new future."
"I know, and that's why I need some time for myself."
Camilla reacted confused on these words "What do you mean?" she said.
"What I mean is that tomorrow I'm leaving, there are some things I want to do and I have to do them on my own."
By the look on Camilla's face she hadn't been expecting this and she seemed to be rather disappointed with it.
"You're leaving? But, you'll be back…right? I mean, Xien is going to rebuild our house and you must know that you're always welcome."
"I know that, and I'll be sure to return, all I need is some time for myself, to get some answers."
"Well then let's have another drink before our paths go separate."
The two women continued their evening laughing and drinking, at the end of the evening they were close to being drunk. Then they went to the room that Xien had rented to take a long rest.
The next morning Callisto stood up early and started packing her horse for her long journey, suddenly she felt someone tugging on her leg when she turned around she saw Dent standing in front of her.
"Why are you leaving Callisto?" he asked sounding rather sad.
Callisto kneeled down and placed her hands on his shoulders.
"Because I have to do something, and I have to do it alone. But don't worry Dent, I will come back."
"But I don't want you to go Callisto." His eyes started to fill with tears.
To comfort him Callisto wrapped her arms around the boy and pulled him closer to her.
"Oh Dent, why don't you want me to go?"
"Because I love you and I'll miss you so much."
Callisto pulled the boy back "Silly boy, I love you too but I'll always be with you, right here." She placed her finger on his heart.
A large smile was forming on his face, just then Camilla and Xien entered the stables to say goodbye to Callisto.
"I see at least somebody is going to miss you." Xien said.
"When will you be back Callisto?" Dent asked.
"I don't know Dent, its going to be a long journey."
Xien walked forward "Just make sure you have a safe one." He said and shakes hands with the blonde woman.
"Don't worry about that, I'm a big girl, I can look after myself." Callisto replied.
Xien laughed "I'm sure you can." He reached for Dent's hand "Come on son, let's give these two women some space."
"Why?" Dent asked as he followed his father out of the stables.
"Girl talk Dent, girl talk."
These words made both women laugh.
"You have a wonderful family Camilla."
"Thank you, so what is it exactly that you are going to do?"
The blonde woman sighed "Something I haven't done in years, visiting my sister and parents."
"Where are they?"
"I buried their bodies just outside of Athens, so I have to travel to the other side of Greece."
"Well then we won't see each other for many months for sure."
The women started hugging.
"I'll miss you Callisto." Camilla said as she backed away.
"I'll miss all of you, especially Dent."
"I think it will be difficult for him the first couple of days." Camilla said as Callisto jumped on her horse.
"It isn't easy for me either."
The women shake hands for one last time.
"Good luck Callisto, but please come back soon."
"You take care Camilla."
Then Callisto forced her horse out of the village, into the woods.
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Two days later.
Callisto was riding her horse through the forest. She really missed Camilla and Dent, once she visited her parents she would be sure to go back to Torus as soon as possible. It was strange for her to travel alone, too quiet. She snapped out of her thoughts when she saw someone lying motionless at the side of the road. Immediately she stopped her horse and jumped of, she hurried over to the injured person. It was a man, Callisto crouched down beside him and turned him on his back. He had short brown hair and doesn't look much older then she is, bruises and cuts covered his face and he has a nasty wound in his upper back. Suddenly he opened his eyes they widened as he saw Callisto.
"Please…help…me…"
His hand reached out for her but half way it dropped motionless on the ground. He was hurt bad, but Callisto knows some tricks that will make sure he'll survive. Why actually was she doing this, what if this man wasn't as innocent as he looks? Callisto doesn't care, she will help this man, end of story.
After she had cleaned his injuries and bound the wound on his upper back, Callisto had set up a fire. The man was lying close to it, so that he would not get cold. The evenings were still cold and it was important that this man would not get sick, or else he would die and all her hard work would have been for nothing. It was getting late and no matter how hard she tried to stay awake, Callisto slowly fell asleep.
She woke up with a start the next morning, seeing the man she rescued yesterday sitting straight up.
"Who are you?" was the first thing she heard when she woke up.
Now this was going to be difficult, probably when she mentions her name it will scare the hell out of him.
"I am Callisto, and you are?"
Strangely enough he didn't seem to recognize her name, strange but a relief.
"My name is Angelos." He replied, his voice sounding rather croaky.
"Well Angelos, what happened to you?"
"I was on my way to Athens to deliver something important to my father when I suddenly got robbed."
Callisto frowned and looked at his brown eyes. "You got robbed? What was it you were about to deliver?"
The man bowed his head "My father is very sick, I had a medicine with me that will heal him, but the robbers took it from me, Malik was right, I should never have gone on my own."
"Come one Angelos, there is no time to be sorry for you're self. I will help you getting the medicine back."
Suddenly Angelos's eyes roamed over her body, especially over the weapons she was carrying with her.
"Who are you?" he asked although he had received the answer for this question a few minutes ago.
"I am Callisto, like I told you before Angelos."
He smiled "I don't think I've ever seen a woman with weapons before."
His words caused Callisto to laugh "Well, I am not the only one, I know at least three more."
Angelos laughed too, but grimaced when the wound on his back hurt because of the laughing.
"You need to rest Angelos, you're still weak."
Immediately he lay down again.
"Can you remember what the robbers looked like?"
"They wore blue clothing with black armor and they had these strange things with feathers on their heads."
"Draco." Callisto immediately said.
"Who?" he asked.
"Draco, not a very nice man."
"You know him?"
"By name, yes, I never had the pleasure to meet him in person."
"Here's what will happen, you take my horse to the nearest village. I'll go after Draco and get your father's medicine back, then I'll come back to you."
She helped Angelos to get back on his feet and then helped him on her horse.
"Thank you Callisto." He said.
"You're welcome Angelos, now go." She tapped the horse on his back and the horse hurried towards the nearest village.
"So I'm finally going to meet Draco, I'll make sure to give him a good surprise, after all he doesn't know I've changed, this might become very interesting."
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