Disclaimer:Les Miserables belongs to Victor Hugo
A/N: Thanks to my reviewers...hope this doesn't displease people.
January of 1824, Gorbeau House Paris
That man is infuriating. Does he not know his place? A convict belongs in prison, yet he has the gall to run, to escape in order to terrorize the populace once more. That's how it was for him and that's how it will be for Valjean. Who does he think he is to grasp for freedom, a privilege he threw away long ago?
He is cunning, oh yes. His disguised his escape almost beautifully; pretending to rescue someone in order to save his own wretched hide. People thought him dead but I know the truth; Jean Valjean could not die so easily. He lives. And I shall be the one to root out his evil once more. He shall not escape justice. I swear it. On my badge.
At first I saw no sign of him; he hides his tracks well, the bastard. But despite all his intelligence he's still so arrogant and that shall be his undoing. My eyes and ears abound even the most forsaken of places, searching the gutters and combing the winds for the slightest hint. At last, a whisper reached me, through a beggar in Saint Medard, about an old man poorly dressed yet very generous…
"The beggar who gives alms", you never learn do you, Valjean? You're leaving the same clues all over again. Do not taunt me! The old lady told me much about you and your 'new' life. That one look by the crumbling well was all I needed to confirm my suspicions; enjoy your last hours for the messenger I sent would have reached the prefecture by now. Soon the constables will arrive and you'll be back in Toulon. Till they come I shall maintain my vigil within your very abode; you've escaped once, never again!
I shall not rest until you are back in Toulon where your bones may rot and your soul left in the depths of hell where the devil may pour upon your filthy spirit the punishment that you so deserve.
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A/N: I don't know if Javert could/would swear but I figured pride was one of Javert's pillars and that was badly beaten when he found out Valjean got away. That could incite swearing. It's kinda short but I was afraid that if I made it longer it would sound repetitive.
People have told me that Javert is starting to sound one-sided so I tried to add a little more depth to his character in the first paragraph. Did anyone catch it? The "him" that Javert refers to is his father who was also a convict (and whom I persume died in prison). I believe Javert cared about his parents and if anything wanted to believe they were being treated fairly so he personally ensures that all convicts get the same treatment as his father and mother. If others got better treatment that would mean that life/people were being unjust to his parents. Not something you want for people you care about. That's why Valjean infuriates him so; he was able to get away and make a better life for himself, something his parents were never able to do.
As always review please!