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A Cruel Fate by: Sineari

"Nyaah, it's not fair! Seba!" a sixteen-year-old Kairet (in the first two she was 12) whined, as she shot a nasty glare at Mesedj, who ignored her and kept walking. Seba, who had been watching the two with amusement, just smirked and said "Well, if you hadn't called him a scrib-faced mudcrab with the brain capacity of a kwama forager, you might not be hanging upside down from the roof." Kairet just grumbled and thought about how funny it would be when she killed the two of them. Mentally she grinned, as she went over the plan she had devised three years ago. First, she would act as if she was on their side. Second, she would receive training from them a) to get better, and b) to learn their strategies. After that, she would escape and then, if need be, she would find help and then return to destroy the Camonna Tong. Overall she thought, it was a pretty good plan, when you filled in the few gaps. THUMP! "Owww… that hurt." Kairet complained, after Seba had thrown a dagger to cut the rope Kairet had been tied to.

When the dark elf trio finally got to the Silt Strider (Mesedj and Kairet had slowed their progress considerably with their arguments) Kairet and Mesedj were both nursing sore arms or heads due to the fact that Seba, who had eventually gotten very mad and whacked them both over the head, and glaring at each other. While Seba ignored them and arranged for transportation to Seyda Neen, a few passers-by stared in surprise and interest until they received a few threatening looks from the two injured dunmer. Seba who had apparently finished with her arrangements told them to hurry up and get on so they wouldn't be there all day. They all got on and were soon on their way to the small village. Immediately upon arrival the group split up to find places to stay. Kairet poked around the huts a bit, then decided to take a walk along the shore. It was quiet and very different from her home in Balmora, the view was nice too, there was nothing like the view of the ocean in Balmora. She leaned against the stone wall nearby and closed her eyes, it was not often she got away from her 'friends' Mesedj and Seba, she could get used to the peace. 'Ehh, what's that?' she thought as she heard the sound of water splashing against wood and some kind of heavy fabric flapping. Kairet opened her eyes to see a big ship coming into land at the dock to her right. She watched with interest as it stopped and a brown haired imperial soldier went down the ladder to the hold and came back up a while later followed by a…. a dunmer prisoner? 'What is that about? Poor guy' she thought as she observed the prisoner getting off the ship and walking onto the dock only to forced to follow yet another imperial guard. She stayed there until they had entered the building then hurried back into the main housing area.

"A dunmer prisoner on an imperial ship, you say? Well nothing that interesting, why are you telling me this?" Seba said in a bored tone of voice, as she swirled her drink around in the wooden cup she was holding. Kairet just stood there ignoring the grin that Mesedj gave her, clearly stating what a moron he thought she was. "Well, I thought you might be interested but, as you are not I'll go back to gathering information." With that Kairet turned on her heel and left the room.

When she was outside she fumed angrily, they always ignored her! So why did they keep her around? Kairet sighed, the latter question was rhetorical, and she was Seba's slave because of her talent, which was the only reason anyone talked to her. As she made her way through the village, weaving through the small groups of people Kairet didn't notice she was on a collision course until she ran into someone. BANG! Kairet and the other dunmer that she had run into fell backwards and groaned rubbing their heads, they stood and looked at each other, the man Kairet had knocked into was the prisoner she had seen earlier! Cautiously she held out her hand and said, "I apologize, and I wasn't looking where I was going. Sorry for running into you." He nodded and shook her hand, "It's alright, I don't think I knew where I was going either." He told her, he then smiled and said, "I guess I should introduce myself, my name is Bakari, I just arrived here from Mournhold." 'Ahh, so that's where he came from,' thought Kairet, 'I guess he just got released as well.' Out loud she said, "Yes I saw the ship you were on earlier. My name is Kairet, and I don't live here I'm from Balmora, that's north from here." It was the truth and she didn't need to tell him whom she worked for anyways. Nodding he seemed to think for a moment then "Yes, I think I've heard of it before, from my fellow prisoners, that is." He said that with a look of mock seriousness so funny that Kairet couldn't help but laugh. He was funny, she thought and easy enough to get along with also. "I don't see what's so funny," he said, "Do I have something on my face?" he asked her with an exaggerated look of confusion on his face. "No, no, it's just that the way you said it was hilarious, and the people I work for don't really have a sense of humor at all." She told him. They stopped talking for a moment appeared to be thinking about something important, she watched him as she waited for him to speak up again. 'Hmmm, for a dunmer he's kind of cute. Wait! Where did that thought come from? Bad mind bad!' she thought to herself, she mentally sighed and thought 'Well, even though I do NOT like him, I will admit that he is different looking from the other guys here. After all, not many guys like to grow their hair long, and their hair is usually really dirty, you can actually tell his hair is white, like mine.' 'He's probably also around your age' a strange voice in her head told her. While Kairet was wondering where these weird thoughts were coming from Bakari seemed to have finished thinking, "Do you know where a man named Caius Cosades lives? I was told that his home is somewhere in Balmora." Startled out of her thoughts by Bakari's question Kairet took a moment to remember what he had said. "Caius Cosades? I think I know where he lives." She told him, the old guy lived on the east side of the river and was in a group called the Night Blades, though she didn't say anything about that. Speaking up quickly before Bakari could respond, Kairet said " My employer could probably help you more, if you wish I can take you to her." It was an idea that had just popped out of her head, and maybe Bakari would be able to help her get rid of Seba and Mesedj. Bakari just nodded after a moment and said, "Lead the way."

Sineari: Na ha! This should be interesting! By the way it has been 4 years since the previous chapters because I was too lazy to write all that down. How do you like the idea of the new character Bakari? I guess he'd be like the character someone would play in the game. Please review and tell me what you think. (I took a long time adding another chapter because I didn't know what to put in it next.)