Disclaimer - No one from Highlander belongs to me. Elkaryene's mine though! (And any other character in here that you don't recognize.)

Summary - Two Immortals show up in town, declaring war against Methos and Elkaryene. But neither him nor her know these two Immortals. What do they want?

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Whispers of the Past

Methos and Elkaryene headed down the street, talking. It was evening and the sun almost made its way over the horizon. They were heading back to the barge, which was not too far away.

"So, I became a student to the world's oldest Immortal and I never realized it," she mused. "I still don't believe it. I never expected you to take on a student, ever."

"Oh, I have taken on some students over my long life. Over the past couple of centuries, I thought I would never have anymore students but then I was on the Carpathia, that trip in April of 1912 and then I met you," Methos replied with a smile on his face. "There was something about you that stood out in my mind. Maybe it was talking to those two children everyone thought were orphans."

"Yeah, we kept in touch until their deaths, the older one's being just recently," Elkaryene said as she faced the ground. "He always wondered how I was still alive afterall these years. How I seemed to in good health all the time."

"So did you tell him about your Immortality?" Methos wondered.

"I went to see him just before his death. He couldn't believe that it was me. He thought I was just a descendant of the woman who kept them company and the genes passed down in my family really well. But then I told him about several experiences that only someone from that time could have known," Elkaryene explained with a smile. "I told him the truth then. About how I was Immortal and that the only way I could die is with decapitation."

Methos also smiled. He didn't tell too many mortals about his Immortality. He was glad that he taught her enough restraint not to talk about hers.

"It's been a few decades since we last saw each other and things have changed greatly," Methos told her.

"You expect things to stay the same? You've been alive longer than I ever will be. You should know more than me how things change over time," Elkaryene told him with a smile as she glanced over at him.

"That is right, considering I'm more than 40 times your age. Now there're no more threats that we have to deal with. Charley's dead, both here and in the afterlife. Still don't know how the heck he got into my head though. I've been trying to figure that one out since it happened. Joe's been giving me a few suggestions and so has Amanda believe it or not," Methos replied.

"But I still miss Fitzcairn. I wish he were here. I always liked listening to his ramblings, no matter how strange they got to be. I'm just glad he helped you, even though he's dead," she said with a smile.

"I could tell that you missed him. I never knew him personally but I always thought I did because of what you told me about him," Methos told her.

"I used to tell him that I would one day meet Methos, the world's oldest man. Told him that it was a small dream I had just to meet him before death claimed either of us. He called me crazy since there were only the stories within the Immortal community, no real proof that the world's oldest man ever really existed. I once told him that why were the stories around if he hadn't existed? He never had an answer for that one," Elkaryene said with a snicker in her voice.

Methos had to laugh at that remark but their talk, and laughter, soon stopped when they felt the presence of two other Immortals. Both of them pulled out their swords and looked around.

"Great. I'm never been the type for fighting. With the fights I've won, I've always felt I've been lucky with those. As much as I know, I still would like to live a little longer," she muttered as two people walked up to them.

"Who are you?" Methos called out to them.

The two didn't answer as they walked into view. It was a man and a woman, both carrying swords in their hands. It was as if they were prepared for this moment from before they stepped towards them.

"Are you Scott Winters and Elkaryene Shymel?" the woman asked them.

"Yes, we are," Methos replied, not letting his guard down one bit. "Who are you?"

"I am Bobby Smith and this is my wife Anna. We've come to give some payback," the man replied as he lifted the sword from his side.

"Never heard of you," Methos told them, standing between them and Elkaryene.

The two new Immortals appeared to be experienced to him and he knew that Elkaryene didn't have much experience fighting Immortals. He knew that she would die against whoever she was to face.

"No, you wouldn't have heard of us," Bobby told him. "You never met us. Now, we have to fight. I will take your head and Anna will take the head of your young friend there."

"What? Please explain what is exactly going on here? What did we ever do to you for you to find us like this?" Methos demanded to know.

"You've lived, that's why," replied Anna, as the two lifted up their swords.

"I know this is a bit strange but I can't let you do that. This almost appears to be an act of something else other than a normal battle between two Immortals," Methos said with a snicker in his voice.

"How right you are," Bobby told him before lifting his sword.

The man ran forward, lunging with his sword. Methos grabbed Elkaryene's arm but the connection was soon broken when the man's sword hit Methos in the arm, drawing blood. The oldest Immortal retaliated, gasping from the injury. Methos saw that the wound was quite deep. He feared that it might have have hit an artery for there was quite a bit of blood. He glanced at the Immortal standing before him.

"That is only a start of what we will do to you," Bobby told him.

Methos glanced at the injury before lifting his sword with the other hand. The man started to steadily walk towards him, his sword prepared.

"Both of you will die tonight," Bobby snarled at him.

"No, we will not. Not if I can help it," Methos said with a smile, hoping that his injury would heal really soon. "Elkaryene means a lot to me."

"What is she? Your lover?" wondered Anna as she gave a smirk.

"No, she is not my lover but she is a very good friend of mine," Methos replied as he carefully watched the two of them.

As much as he prepared himself for the oncoming attack, he still wasn't entirely prepared for it. Methos managed to block some of the attacks assailing him but he found it difficult with only one good arm. He was soon finding the pain too great and he looked over at Elkaryene and saw that she was losing. Bobby saw Methos let his guard down for one moment and attacked. He stabbed the oldest Immortal through the stomach. Methos gasped at the movement though his abdomen area. He stared at the Immortal before him for one moment looking down at the sword that lay speared through him.

"Now, you shall die!" Bobby told him, glancing over at his wife.

Elkaryene was trying her best to defend herself against Anna and she was losing terribly. Methos quickly glanced over at her and saw this.

'What did I get you into now?' he thought to himself.

'I haven't had enough experience for something like this!' Elkaryene thought to herself.

She soon found her sword knocked out of her hands. She looked over at Methos to see that he had a sword through his body. What was even worse, was that the sword was protruding slightly from the man's back. Methos started to fall to the ground, obviously dying or already dead.

"Scott!" she cried out, her attention diverted from Anna.

Anna snickered at the oppurtunity that was given to her. She pulled out a dagger and stabbed her in the shoulder. Elkaryene gasped at the sensation and looked at the woman before her.

"I still do not understand why you are doing this?" she said in a quiet voice.

"And you will never know why for both of you will die tonight. Neither of us know how old the two of you are but it will still be a pleasure killing the two of you," Anna replied quietly as she lifted up her sword.

Bobby also lifted his, ready to take Methos' head when they heard a voice in the distance.

"Hey, what are you doing over there?" came a man's voice. "What's going on here?"

Anna and Bobby gave each other a quick glance before they looked back to where the voice came from.

"Whoever he is, he's a mortal. We will have to finish this another time," Bobby told her.

"That we will. Let them deal with the fact their Immortality has been revealed to a mortal," Anna agreed as she kicked Elkrayene in the back.

The young Immortal winced before she felt herself being pushed to the ground. Anna pulled Elkaryene's sword away from her and looked at it for a moment before spearing it through her shoulder. Elkaryene cried out and continued to do so as the man hurried up to them as quickly as he possibly could. Through blurry eyes, she thought she recognized the man, who was walking slower than someone else would. She thought she reccognized the man, who held onto his cane. His greying hair and beard stood out to her as she fell into unconsciousness. The man looked over their bodies before staring in the direction the two strangers went in.

"What the heck happened?" wondered the man, surprised at what he was seeing.

He pulled out a cell phone and punched a number into it. He allowed it to ring a few times before someone finally answered.

"Hello?" came a male voice.

"Mac, we have a problem," Joe said into the phone. "It's about Methos and Elkaryene. Something's happened."

TBC...