AN – Hey people! I'm finely back after countless days and minutes of NO free time whatsoever! Still grounding up work and stuff but I'm happy to say the chapter, not that there is many left will be out quicker (I hope!) This Chapter is shorter than most but don't let that put you off. Thanks to all my reviews and again (as I've still had no time) excuse any typical Cherry B grammatical errors as I'm prone to them! A hint to the chapter, people can do very silly things when they're A) In love (have I heard that in a movie or something?) or B) When they're emotional... and on with the chapter!
Disclaimer – I don't own anything except Sarah and other minor characters and places. Everything else is by J.M Barrie.
Walking away from demons
Sarah looked at the peering faces that looked on at the sight before them in utter shock. To this day no one ever believed Pan could die, that he was immortal. If Hook couldn't do it then no one could. An array of faces looked from the lifeless body of Pan to the paled face of Sarah. It was strange to see such confusion in their eyes as it was obviously taking it's time to believe Peter Pan was dead.
Sarah took a deeper breath feeling her adrenaline slowly start to fall; right now she wanted to be outside, in some fresh air, with now body around her. There was a time and a place for questions and answers, now was not one of them.
Slightly watched Sarah leave the alcove, stepping carefully around Peter.
Jake was still scowling at Peter and was now joined by a pale Autumn.
"Is he really dead?" She whispered, eyeing him with disgust.
"Completely." Jake replied adding another harder than usual nudge of his foot before spitting on his body.
Sarah pushed through the crowd by the entrance to the alcove and found her legs take her to the main reception area in the underground. It was empty with everyone back at the alcove but she was sure it wouldn't stay this quiet for long.
Sarah looked at the gash on her leg and noticed it had stopped bleeding. She carefully set herself down on the floor and took another a deep breath. For some reason all she wanted to do was cry. It was a mixture of feelings that had suddenly surged through her in the past five minutes; relief, fear, joy, pain and guilt.
A noise to her left awoke her from her thoughts.
Summer slowly walked over and knelt beside her.
"You okay?" She asked
Sarah creased her brow and slowly turned to Summer with appal on her features. "Am I okay? Well of course I am, I mean, well Peter has just attack a few of us to get here, then he found me and I was by myself." Sarah's words were dripping with sarcasm and anger at Summer who sneered back. "He then decided to try and kill me and it ended up that I killed him and I've never killed anyone before, do you know what that feels like? There was blood and, and that, that look in his eyes and I didn't know if I'd see another minute of tonight and your asking if I okay with this?" Sarah's voice was raised.
"Oh God, calm down Sarah I was only asking." Summer replied a little pissed at her answer she was given and so walked back to the scene.
Sarah huffed and buried her head into her hands, completely confused.
A small cough got her attention.
Sarah looked up to the small voice and found the youngest member of the tribe staring at her. "Let me get you something." Cleo, a young girl with a kind heart shaped face and long black hair. Her look was very sweet and at first glance you could tell she had an oriental background.
Sarah watched Cleo produce some sort of warm beverage at an unbelievable speed.
"Here, drink." Cleo mentioned.
"Thanks". Sarah took the warm drink. She parted her lips to take a sip and grimaced at the foul taste of which she was sure she could taste, mud, mud or possibly mud.
"Mmm." Sarah mention, deciding to hold the drink as a source of comfort instead of drinking it.
Sarah put down the hot drink and stood up, a feeling of queasiness upon her. She flinched as she thought she heard a sound behind her and felt her heart race. She knew she was still spooked and thought that she'd possibly clam, but the presence of the underground in it's past and present was giving her odd feelings, claustrophobic and upsetting.
"Are you okay?" Cleo asked noticing how alarming pale Sarah looked and how wide her eyes were.
"Slightly?" Nibs asked coming to the doorway of the alcove with Meg in his arms.
Slightly heard the distressed voice of Nibs and saw his piercing eyes scan the room for what only could be Sarah.
"She's with Summer I think, what's happened?" Slightly mentioned to the limp body of Meg.
"She's not with me, she's in one of her moods." Summer huffed coming into view.
Nibs passed a glare as did Slightly at Summer before Nibs lightened his look as the small girl known as Patch spoke up.
"Cleo went to see her."
Many faces were now starring at Meg in the arms of Nibs but Nibs couldn't take his eyes off the body of Pan when he came to a closer view of it.
Nibs turned to Del and Bink, carefully handing Meg to them. Half of the tribe now turned to Meg who was thankfully breathing but unconscious.
Nibs walked away from the scene and towards the main area stopping as he caught sight of Sarah coming his way.
They both ran to each other in a frenzy grabbing each other in a fierce hug. Sarah's tears let loose and Nibs kissed her head roughly.
"He found me." Sarah mumbled into Nibs' chest.
"Are you okay? Your leg?" Nibs spoke rapidly, noticing her stained skirt.
"I'm okay. I don't want to stay here."
"Slightly and the rest." Nibs indicated. "They'll wanna talk to you."
"Nibs I want to go." Sarah raised her voice in a pleading way grabbing the front of Nibs' shirt and pulling it tightly in her fingers.
"Okay, okay." Nibs pulled back from Sarah and took her hand. They walked past the throng of people still talking and looking at Peter who had now been moved ever so slightly. Meg had obviously been moved to another place.
Sarah and Nibs made it to the new entrance just as Slightly came into view, peering his dark head from round the doorway.
"Where are you going?" He asked dark eyebrow raised.
"I told you." Nibs stated quietly to Sarah trying to make a joke, but noticed Sarah wasn't in any mood to laugh. "Err, Slightly, do you mind if Sarah and I get some fresh air?"
Slightly was about to shake his head but saw Sarah sigh before she spoke.
"Slightly? I can't stay here tonight, I... he...in my room, the blood? I can't stand it. I want to be far away from this place at the moment, even though I call it home. Please let me go."
Slightly licked his lips and eyed her carefully. "I don't know what to do about the body yet...Nibs I'll need a hand, so, if you guys are going out, I really need you back."
By now, others hand eavesdropped on the conversation and the likes of Hopper and Pitt, were standing close.
"Do you want us to go and tell John and Tiger Lily?" Hopper asked, shaking a blonde lock from his brown eyes.
Slightly nodded still looking at Nibs and Sarah. "Yeah, please. Go with Pitt."
"We won't be long." Nibs spoke. "If I were you Slightly I'd keep someone on guard of his body, but don't move him yet."
"His body will be worth a fortune." Slightly mentioned darkly, in his own world.
"I know." Nibs replied as he ushered Sarah into the fresh air.
As soon as the pair got out, Sarah slouched her weight onto Nibs and closed her eyes, sighing heavily before she caught the all too familiar feel of her eyes burning in confusion of tonight's events. Nibs caught her weight and they moved off from the new entrance, Sarah lost in thought while Nibs looked cautiously around.
"Where do you want to go?"
"Ravens town" Sarah replied.
"What?" Nibs smirked, still walking with her into the jungle.
"Ravens town, I need a stiff drink."
"Don't we all." Nibs replied with a hint of amusement.
"I'm not trying to be funny Nibs, I mean it. I need a drink."
Nibs stopped walking and looked at her carefully. Her cute smile wasn't beaming, nor were there any creases by her lips to indicate it was a joke. Her eyes were on the brink of tears again and her face did look paler than her usual golden self.
"Sarah, you can't go to Ravens town."
"Why not?" Sarah replied a bit too stubborn.
"Well? You just can't, you're a lost girl, and you're needed here... its pirate territory."
"So?"
"So? Sarah you..." Nibs sighed and looked confused. "Look at you. You're dressed in Indian wear for a start. They'll chuck you out of any pub. You'll stand out!" It wasn't meant to be a joke but Sarah frowned at his words especially since if it had been her in Nibs' position, she wouldn't have started the 'against going' with clothes maybe, because of love, but not clothes.
"So are you coming or not?" Sarah asked low, moving from his body.
It was Nibs' time to change his tune. "Sarah, Slightly didn't want us away for too long. I'm not being patronising but Ravens town is a fair walk from here, if, you don't remember?"
"I remember Nibs, but I'm not staying here any longer. Peter tried to kill me in our home, in her room for Christ sake! Do you think I'm going to be able to sleep tonight let alone any night when I think about him trying to kill me or all the blood and his horrible body?"
"Sarah." Nibs sated softly, reaching out his hands to her, trying to calm her down.
"Nibs are you coming or not?"
Nibs looked at Sarah and then back to the new entrance of the tribe's home. He looked back at Sarah and shook his head sadly. "The tribe, my family need me now and I'm not going to defy Slightly, he's our leader Sarah, the best we've ever had. There's nothing to run from, not anymore and no need to doubt him."
"Now you're going off on one Nibs! I never spoke about doubting Slightly, I just need to get the hell away from this place! Don't you understand?"
There was reason to go behind Peter's back but not Slightly and I'm not going to go off with you. It's the wrong thing. Maybe we can try and find some drink around here, but I'm not going into Ravens town and neither are you."
"Oh yeah, let me go and find that wine tree, or was a beer tree hmm? 'Cus by God I know there's one around here somewhere Nibs!" Sarah replied sarcastically.
Nibs frowned his brow unhapply with her attitude. "I'm just trying help. You've put everything out of context, I just want to help you, we all do. And you blow up things out of hand.
"All I asked was to have a drink in Ravens town and if you loved me..."
"Sarah," Nibs butted in. "you're upset, you're frightened, and you need to calm down. I'm here for you."
"Nibs, no." Sarah barked angrily. "I don't feel safe."
Nibs looked defeated. He didn't know if she was saying the truth or that it was her emotions playing up, but it crushed him to think she didn't feel safe with him.
"And so what? Running off to Ravens town will make you feel safe?"
Sarah didn't answer.
"Sarah, please, don't." Nibs asked his eyes growing anxious with worry. "I'll take care for you here, Ravens town isn't where you belong! You belong with me and the tribe. The minute you walk away from me...I." Nibs hung his head and sighed before looking back up to her, eyes darting to find some form of joke that she'd done but there was none. "What about us? You and me, I thought?"
"I know you're not that sensitive Nibs and it was for only one night."
"Do you know what you're even saying!?" Nibs cried out.
"No, and that's what I'm trying to tell you, I'm confused!!"
"Fine." Nibs stated. "While I'm going back to help our tribe, out 'family', you just mosey on down to Ravens town, oh, and while you're there, say hello to everyone for me will you? And maybe you can shout loud enough when you're being mugged or rapped by the filth that populates that town and I might be able to hear you and help."
Sarah's blood was boiling. A small fraction of her mind and her heart was telling her that he was telling possibly some form of truth. But the majority of her mind wanted to spit in his face at the degrading species he'd made her out to be; helpless and female.
"Fine." Sarah replied cold as ice. "You know? I really thought something of you Nibs." Sarah started to say.
Nibs waited for her carry on and possibly call him every word under the sun but she turned her back and started to walk away.
Nibs grounded his fists into balls and tightened his jaw. The sad thing was he felt so angry with her that he really wasn't going to run after her this time. He was absolutely dumbfounded by the fact she didn't feel safe with him and that she wasn't able to find any comfort what so ever in anything to do with the lost tribe. This was one of those moments he wished he'd had Curly or some one really close to talk to. Of course there was Slightly, but he had problems to deal with. The thought struck him and Nibs knew he needed to help his friend about the body of Peter. Maybe if Peter was definitely out of everyone's life, things would look up. After a quick a quick splash of cold water on his face, he walked inside to help the others, without looking back.
"Yeah you were right I think, about the body." Jake mentioned between himself Autumn and Slightly.
"It's not that I want to dispose of him quick because I really do, but I want Lady Quiller to come see the body and if necessary do, something, I guess, about, well, maybe his spirit or I don't know."
Autumn and Jake turned to Slightly as he voice gave away a difficulty in saying his words.
"No, no don't worry Slightly, It is really creepy and stuff just having his body here but, Peter was a very dark person and like the others..." Autumn put a hand on Jakes hand and smiled briefly. "...We need to put him at rest, for our sakes."
"And when his spirit is gone I hope Jack, Curly, Tootles, Michael and Wendy kick his ass to the most horrific hell known to Neverland." Jake muttered bitterly.
"Yeah well, we'll see." Nibs replied unfolding his arms and he pushed his own body from a wall and walked in further to his and Sarah's old room.
"Any sign of Sar?...." Slightly asked before looking at Autumn and Jake who were listening intently.
Nibs nodded at first to let Slightly know it was okay at what he'd said.
"What?" Jake asked.
"Is something wrong?" Autumn added.
Nibs Sighed. "It's Sarah." He replied brushing and hand to his face and through his matted brown hair. "She's left."
"What forever?" Autumn asked a bit too quickly and full of worry.
"Why?" Jake asked.
"Awh, we got in a bit of a fight. I wasn't understanding her properly, but she wasn't listening to anything I was saying!"
"Hey sorry to but in but some of the Indians and Lady Quiller are here." Hopper said a little out of breath.
Everyone walked outside where a mass of bright orange touches were ablaze.
Lady Quiller saw Jake and walked over to him, touching his cheek and saying something that sounded strong and proud before making her way to Slightly.
Autumn turned to Jake and frowned before noticing the light smile of strength on his face.
Nibs noticed Lily and John also come forwards but were silent as Lady Quiller spoke in her tongue, talking to everyone then only Slightly. Slightly replied and she followed him into the underground.
Peter's body was taken from the underground yet not bandaged or cleaned. Lady Quiller had told Slightly that his body was to out to sea as the mermaids craved for it. It seemed odd at the time but nobody wanted to give him a respectable burial and nobody could be bothered. His body was lifeless and although fire burns, he would not suffer any pain and that was what the tribe seemed to want; pain and suffering for Peter. All the tribe gathered around as the Indians took the body of Peter and a chant was said. No morning song was sung or drums like thunder echoed into the early morning light. The Indians took the body and let but not before Lady Quiller spoke up.
"My brave children. It is now time to change, to grow up. Youth is always in you heart, you have to just believe it. You have had bad times, there has been blood shed and children should not be a part of it. You are all young people now and you must still care for yourself and each other. Slightly will lead you all into strength and light. No more will you all be tainted by bad blood such as Peter Pan. Our door is always open, but I see a new path a new start and departure. Our loved ones look down on you and there is pride and hope. I agree with them that all is settled for now."
Everyone listened to Lady Quiller's old calming voice and a shiver passed though everyone as an invisible breeze blew in-between them.
"Did you feel that?" Summer asked to Autumn.
"Yeah, weird."
Some of the Indians started to walk away and John and Lily walked over to Autumn, Jake, Summer and Slightly.
Lady Quiller turned to and walked away knowing there was a pair of eyes burning in her back.
"Nibs?" She called still walking.
Nibs was surprised when she called his name and turned to the other, noticing they were deep in conversation. He caught up with her and noticed a few Indians look suspiciously at him.
"The ancient winds tell me things are unsettled, your heart can guide you but the winds will be in play." She said sternly hugging her fur around her shoulders and walking off as Indians came closer to her.
"Ancient winds? You mean voices right? Or do you mean the weather?" Nibs asked confused.
There was no reply as Lady Quiller and her troop were gone. Nibs sighed and turned back to his own tribe.
"Nibs? Are you coming in?" Lily asked.
Nibs nodded sadly, praying that he'd wake up and find all of tonight had been a dream.
Disclaimer – I don't own anything except Sarah and other minor characters and places. Everything else is by J.M Barrie.
Walking away from demons
Sarah looked at the peering faces that looked on at the sight before them in utter shock. To this day no one ever believed Pan could die, that he was immortal. If Hook couldn't do it then no one could. An array of faces looked from the lifeless body of Pan to the paled face of Sarah. It was strange to see such confusion in their eyes as it was obviously taking it's time to believe Peter Pan was dead.
Sarah took a deeper breath feeling her adrenaline slowly start to fall; right now she wanted to be outside, in some fresh air, with now body around her. There was a time and a place for questions and answers, now was not one of them.
Slightly watched Sarah leave the alcove, stepping carefully around Peter.
Jake was still scowling at Peter and was now joined by a pale Autumn.
"Is he really dead?" She whispered, eyeing him with disgust.
"Completely." Jake replied adding another harder than usual nudge of his foot before spitting on his body.
Sarah pushed through the crowd by the entrance to the alcove and found her legs take her to the main reception area in the underground. It was empty with everyone back at the alcove but she was sure it wouldn't stay this quiet for long.
Sarah looked at the gash on her leg and noticed it had stopped bleeding. She carefully set herself down on the floor and took another a deep breath. For some reason all she wanted to do was cry. It was a mixture of feelings that had suddenly surged through her in the past five minutes; relief, fear, joy, pain and guilt.
A noise to her left awoke her from her thoughts.
Summer slowly walked over and knelt beside her.
"You okay?" She asked
Sarah creased her brow and slowly turned to Summer with appal on her features. "Am I okay? Well of course I am, I mean, well Peter has just attack a few of us to get here, then he found me and I was by myself." Sarah's words were dripping with sarcasm and anger at Summer who sneered back. "He then decided to try and kill me and it ended up that I killed him and I've never killed anyone before, do you know what that feels like? There was blood and, and that, that look in his eyes and I didn't know if I'd see another minute of tonight and your asking if I okay with this?" Sarah's voice was raised.
"Oh God, calm down Sarah I was only asking." Summer replied a little pissed at her answer she was given and so walked back to the scene.
Sarah huffed and buried her head into her hands, completely confused.
A small cough got her attention.
Sarah looked up to the small voice and found the youngest member of the tribe staring at her. "Let me get you something." Cleo, a young girl with a kind heart shaped face and long black hair. Her look was very sweet and at first glance you could tell she had an oriental background.
Sarah watched Cleo produce some sort of warm beverage at an unbelievable speed.
"Here, drink." Cleo mentioned.
"Thanks". Sarah took the warm drink. She parted her lips to take a sip and grimaced at the foul taste of which she was sure she could taste, mud, mud or possibly mud.
"Mmm." Sarah mention, deciding to hold the drink as a source of comfort instead of drinking it.
Sarah put down the hot drink and stood up, a feeling of queasiness upon her. She flinched as she thought she heard a sound behind her and felt her heart race. She knew she was still spooked and thought that she'd possibly clam, but the presence of the underground in it's past and present was giving her odd feelings, claustrophobic and upsetting.
"Are you okay?" Cleo asked noticing how alarming pale Sarah looked and how wide her eyes were.
"Slightly?" Nibs asked coming to the doorway of the alcove with Meg in his arms.
Slightly heard the distressed voice of Nibs and saw his piercing eyes scan the room for what only could be Sarah.
"She's with Summer I think, what's happened?" Slightly mentioned to the limp body of Meg.
"She's not with me, she's in one of her moods." Summer huffed coming into view.
Nibs passed a glare as did Slightly at Summer before Nibs lightened his look as the small girl known as Patch spoke up.
"Cleo went to see her."
Many faces were now starring at Meg in the arms of Nibs but Nibs couldn't take his eyes off the body of Pan when he came to a closer view of it.
Nibs turned to Del and Bink, carefully handing Meg to them. Half of the tribe now turned to Meg who was thankfully breathing but unconscious.
Nibs walked away from the scene and towards the main area stopping as he caught sight of Sarah coming his way.
They both ran to each other in a frenzy grabbing each other in a fierce hug. Sarah's tears let loose and Nibs kissed her head roughly.
"He found me." Sarah mumbled into Nibs' chest.
"Are you okay? Your leg?" Nibs spoke rapidly, noticing her stained skirt.
"I'm okay. I don't want to stay here."
"Slightly and the rest." Nibs indicated. "They'll wanna talk to you."
"Nibs I want to go." Sarah raised her voice in a pleading way grabbing the front of Nibs' shirt and pulling it tightly in her fingers.
"Okay, okay." Nibs pulled back from Sarah and took her hand. They walked past the throng of people still talking and looking at Peter who had now been moved ever so slightly. Meg had obviously been moved to another place.
Sarah and Nibs made it to the new entrance just as Slightly came into view, peering his dark head from round the doorway.
"Where are you going?" He asked dark eyebrow raised.
"I told you." Nibs stated quietly to Sarah trying to make a joke, but noticed Sarah wasn't in any mood to laugh. "Err, Slightly, do you mind if Sarah and I get some fresh air?"
Slightly was about to shake his head but saw Sarah sigh before she spoke.
"Slightly? I can't stay here tonight, I... he...in my room, the blood? I can't stand it. I want to be far away from this place at the moment, even though I call it home. Please let me go."
Slightly licked his lips and eyed her carefully. "I don't know what to do about the body yet...Nibs I'll need a hand, so, if you guys are going out, I really need you back."
By now, others hand eavesdropped on the conversation and the likes of Hopper and Pitt, were standing close.
"Do you want us to go and tell John and Tiger Lily?" Hopper asked, shaking a blonde lock from his brown eyes.
Slightly nodded still looking at Nibs and Sarah. "Yeah, please. Go with Pitt."
"We won't be long." Nibs spoke. "If I were you Slightly I'd keep someone on guard of his body, but don't move him yet."
"His body will be worth a fortune." Slightly mentioned darkly, in his own world.
"I know." Nibs replied as he ushered Sarah into the fresh air.
As soon as the pair got out, Sarah slouched her weight onto Nibs and closed her eyes, sighing heavily before she caught the all too familiar feel of her eyes burning in confusion of tonight's events. Nibs caught her weight and they moved off from the new entrance, Sarah lost in thought while Nibs looked cautiously around.
"Where do you want to go?"
"Ravens town" Sarah replied.
"What?" Nibs smirked, still walking with her into the jungle.
"Ravens town, I need a stiff drink."
"Don't we all." Nibs replied with a hint of amusement.
"I'm not trying to be funny Nibs, I mean it. I need a drink."
Nibs stopped walking and looked at her carefully. Her cute smile wasn't beaming, nor were there any creases by her lips to indicate it was a joke. Her eyes were on the brink of tears again and her face did look paler than her usual golden self.
"Sarah, you can't go to Ravens town."
"Why not?" Sarah replied a bit too stubborn.
"Well? You just can't, you're a lost girl, and you're needed here... its pirate territory."
"So?"
"So? Sarah you..." Nibs sighed and looked confused. "Look at you. You're dressed in Indian wear for a start. They'll chuck you out of any pub. You'll stand out!" It wasn't meant to be a joke but Sarah frowned at his words especially since if it had been her in Nibs' position, she wouldn't have started the 'against going' with clothes maybe, because of love, but not clothes.
"So are you coming or not?" Sarah asked low, moving from his body.
It was Nibs' time to change his tune. "Sarah, Slightly didn't want us away for too long. I'm not being patronising but Ravens town is a fair walk from here, if, you don't remember?"
"I remember Nibs, but I'm not staying here any longer. Peter tried to kill me in our home, in her room for Christ sake! Do you think I'm going to be able to sleep tonight let alone any night when I think about him trying to kill me or all the blood and his horrible body?"
"Sarah." Nibs sated softly, reaching out his hands to her, trying to calm her down.
"Nibs are you coming or not?"
Nibs looked at Sarah and then back to the new entrance of the tribe's home. He looked back at Sarah and shook his head sadly. "The tribe, my family need me now and I'm not going to defy Slightly, he's our leader Sarah, the best we've ever had. There's nothing to run from, not anymore and no need to doubt him."
"Now you're going off on one Nibs! I never spoke about doubting Slightly, I just need to get the hell away from this place! Don't you understand?"
There was reason to go behind Peter's back but not Slightly and I'm not going to go off with you. It's the wrong thing. Maybe we can try and find some drink around here, but I'm not going into Ravens town and neither are you."
"Oh yeah, let me go and find that wine tree, or was a beer tree hmm? 'Cus by God I know there's one around here somewhere Nibs!" Sarah replied sarcastically.
Nibs frowned his brow unhapply with her attitude. "I'm just trying help. You've put everything out of context, I just want to help you, we all do. And you blow up things out of hand.
"All I asked was to have a drink in Ravens town and if you loved me..."
"Sarah," Nibs butted in. "you're upset, you're frightened, and you need to calm down. I'm here for you."
"Nibs, no." Sarah barked angrily. "I don't feel safe."
Nibs looked defeated. He didn't know if she was saying the truth or that it was her emotions playing up, but it crushed him to think she didn't feel safe with him.
"And so what? Running off to Ravens town will make you feel safe?"
Sarah didn't answer.
"Sarah, please, don't." Nibs asked his eyes growing anxious with worry. "I'll take care for you here, Ravens town isn't where you belong! You belong with me and the tribe. The minute you walk away from me...I." Nibs hung his head and sighed before looking back up to her, eyes darting to find some form of joke that she'd done but there was none. "What about us? You and me, I thought?"
"I know you're not that sensitive Nibs and it was for only one night."
"Do you know what you're even saying!?" Nibs cried out.
"No, and that's what I'm trying to tell you, I'm confused!!"
"Fine." Nibs stated. "While I'm going back to help our tribe, out 'family', you just mosey on down to Ravens town, oh, and while you're there, say hello to everyone for me will you? And maybe you can shout loud enough when you're being mugged or rapped by the filth that populates that town and I might be able to hear you and help."
Sarah's blood was boiling. A small fraction of her mind and her heart was telling her that he was telling possibly some form of truth. But the majority of her mind wanted to spit in his face at the degrading species he'd made her out to be; helpless and female.
"Fine." Sarah replied cold as ice. "You know? I really thought something of you Nibs." Sarah started to say.
Nibs waited for her carry on and possibly call him every word under the sun but she turned her back and started to walk away.
Nibs grounded his fists into balls and tightened his jaw. The sad thing was he felt so angry with her that he really wasn't going to run after her this time. He was absolutely dumbfounded by the fact she didn't feel safe with him and that she wasn't able to find any comfort what so ever in anything to do with the lost tribe. This was one of those moments he wished he'd had Curly or some one really close to talk to. Of course there was Slightly, but he had problems to deal with. The thought struck him and Nibs knew he needed to help his friend about the body of Peter. Maybe if Peter was definitely out of everyone's life, things would look up. After a quick a quick splash of cold water on his face, he walked inside to help the others, without looking back.
"Yeah you were right I think, about the body." Jake mentioned between himself Autumn and Slightly.
"It's not that I want to dispose of him quick because I really do, but I want Lady Quiller to come see the body and if necessary do, something, I guess, about, well, maybe his spirit or I don't know."
Autumn and Jake turned to Slightly as he voice gave away a difficulty in saying his words.
"No, no don't worry Slightly, It is really creepy and stuff just having his body here but, Peter was a very dark person and like the others..." Autumn put a hand on Jakes hand and smiled briefly. "...We need to put him at rest, for our sakes."
"And when his spirit is gone I hope Jack, Curly, Tootles, Michael and Wendy kick his ass to the most horrific hell known to Neverland." Jake muttered bitterly.
"Yeah well, we'll see." Nibs replied unfolding his arms and he pushed his own body from a wall and walked in further to his and Sarah's old room.
"Any sign of Sar?...." Slightly asked before looking at Autumn and Jake who were listening intently.
Nibs nodded at first to let Slightly know it was okay at what he'd said.
"What?" Jake asked.
"Is something wrong?" Autumn added.
Nibs Sighed. "It's Sarah." He replied brushing and hand to his face and through his matted brown hair. "She's left."
"What forever?" Autumn asked a bit too quickly and full of worry.
"Why?" Jake asked.
"Awh, we got in a bit of a fight. I wasn't understanding her properly, but she wasn't listening to anything I was saying!"
"Hey sorry to but in but some of the Indians and Lady Quiller are here." Hopper said a little out of breath.
Everyone walked outside where a mass of bright orange touches were ablaze.
Lady Quiller saw Jake and walked over to him, touching his cheek and saying something that sounded strong and proud before making her way to Slightly.
Autumn turned to Jake and frowned before noticing the light smile of strength on his face.
Nibs noticed Lily and John also come forwards but were silent as Lady Quiller spoke in her tongue, talking to everyone then only Slightly. Slightly replied and she followed him into the underground.
Peter's body was taken from the underground yet not bandaged or cleaned. Lady Quiller had told Slightly that his body was to out to sea as the mermaids craved for it. It seemed odd at the time but nobody wanted to give him a respectable burial and nobody could be bothered. His body was lifeless and although fire burns, he would not suffer any pain and that was what the tribe seemed to want; pain and suffering for Peter. All the tribe gathered around as the Indians took the body of Peter and a chant was said. No morning song was sung or drums like thunder echoed into the early morning light. The Indians took the body and let but not before Lady Quiller spoke up.
"My brave children. It is now time to change, to grow up. Youth is always in you heart, you have to just believe it. You have had bad times, there has been blood shed and children should not be a part of it. You are all young people now and you must still care for yourself and each other. Slightly will lead you all into strength and light. No more will you all be tainted by bad blood such as Peter Pan. Our door is always open, but I see a new path a new start and departure. Our loved ones look down on you and there is pride and hope. I agree with them that all is settled for now."
Everyone listened to Lady Quiller's old calming voice and a shiver passed though everyone as an invisible breeze blew in-between them.
"Did you feel that?" Summer asked to Autumn.
"Yeah, weird."
Some of the Indians started to walk away and John and Lily walked over to Autumn, Jake, Summer and Slightly.
Lady Quiller turned to and walked away knowing there was a pair of eyes burning in her back.
"Nibs?" She called still walking.
Nibs was surprised when she called his name and turned to the other, noticing they were deep in conversation. He caught up with her and noticed a few Indians look suspiciously at him.
"The ancient winds tell me things are unsettled, your heart can guide you but the winds will be in play." She said sternly hugging her fur around her shoulders and walking off as Indians came closer to her.
"Ancient winds? You mean voices right? Or do you mean the weather?" Nibs asked confused.
There was no reply as Lady Quiller and her troop were gone. Nibs sighed and turned back to his own tribe.
"Nibs? Are you coming in?" Lily asked.
Nibs nodded sadly, praying that he'd wake up and find all of tonight had been a dream.