The plane finally landed and Saxton sighed in relief. She was extremely glad that she was going to be able to get off the plane soon. Thinking she had never wanted to get off a plane so much in her life, Saxton closed her eyes and waited to be told that the passengers could leave the aircraft.
It wasn't just the usual babies crying or slightly too many people that were bothering her so much. It was the fact she had to sit next to one of the most annoying women she'd ever met in her life.
She couldn't believe how stuck up the woman was. From take off to landing, went on and on about things that Saxton had no interest in. Saxton's attempts at being polite were the only things that restrained her from telling her to be quiet.
Once off the plane she collected her luggage as quick as possible and headed straight for the car hire counter. Making quick work of hiring a car, Saxton headed to the nearest hotel, hoping she would have time to check out the blues bar Samantha had told her about.
Since she hadn't booked a hotel she stopped at the first decent-looking one she came across hoping it wouldn't cost a fortune for a simple twin room. She was lucky and managed to get a twin room at half the price she had been expecting to pay.
In the room Saxton threw her bag on the spare bed and quickly got a change of clothes out. Once the clothes were collected she headed into the small bathroom. She showered quickly and dressed herself for going out to the bar.
Making record time, Saxton left the hotel room half an hour after she first entered it. She didn't bother with the car because she knew where blues bar was- only a short walk away from the hotel. Thanks to Samantha's directions and having driven past it on the way to the hotel, it was easy to find.
It wasn't that dark out so Saxton didn't feel there was going to be any trouble walking the short distance to the bar. She had decided, though, even if it was only a short walk away from the hotel she would get a cab on the way back, not wanting to be walking around at night on her own.
Finding the bar exactly where she had passed it earlier that day, Saxton was slightly surprised at how busy it looked inside. From what she could see through the windows, almost every table was filled with people that looked like they were having a good time even at this early hour in the evening.
She crossed the road and entered the bar to be greeted by the sound of blues music playing at a comfortable level by a band at the far end of the room. There was also the smell that came with all bars no matter how posh or up-beat: it was the smell of stale beer and smoke.
She spotted an empty stool at the bar and walked over, taking a seat. It wasn't long until the bartender spotted her and came over.
"What can I get you"
"Bottle of beer please"
"Sure thing"
"Hey Roy. Put that on my tab will you." An English accented voice caught the Roy's attention.
"Sure thing, Adam." Roy said a knowing smile plastered across his face as he walked away.
Saxton turned to look at the man who had just offered to buy her the beer ready to refuse him but stopped as she found a youngish handsome-looking man. At most she would have said that he was only about twenty-five but there was something about him that made her wonder if he was actually older then that. He had short dark brown hair and the most alluring eyes she had ever seen. They were a green but as he moved his head she could have sworn that they turned a shade of gold.
"You don't have to do that." Saxton couldn't help but smile at him and felt the heat rush to her cheeks.
"Sure I do- how can I pass up the chance of buying a beautiful woman a drink or two"
"Well that's one line I haven't heard before," Saxton laughed nervously, her smile growing slightly letting him know she didn't mean that in a nasty way.
"Adam Pierson." Adam held his hand out for Saxton and she took it gently, surprised at how ruff his hands felt for someone who looked like they never took their head out of a book.
"Saxton Thomson, but you can call me Sax"
"Saxton, that's an interesting name. I believe it means Swordsman in Latin."
"Yeah, a friend told me that a while back when I first met her"
"So what brings you to good ol' Paris, Sax"
"Oh that's a complicated question. Well I'm considering writing a book and thought I'd come here to do some research"
"That doesn't sound so complicated"
"Ahh, but there's more: it's where I got the idea for the story from that makes things complicated"
"Sounds interesting"
For some reason Saxton was finding it easy to talk to Adam even though she had only just met him. No matter how comfortable she was feeling with him though she wasn't going to discuss the dreams with anybody apart from Samantha and Romona. "It's not really that interesting. What brings you to Paris?" Saxton changed the subject before Adam had a chance to dig deeper.
"Oh I'm living here for a while." Adam noticed the quick change of topic but thought if she didn't want to talk about it then he wasn't going to push her.
"Is that what you call it? I've got your bar tab that says it's a lot more than a little while," a man who looked to be in his mid- to late-sixties interrupted Adam. He walked with a cane, which she noticed he leaned heavily on as he walked. The smile that crossed his face when he looked at Saxton showed her that he was truly a kind person and obviously a close friend of Adam's. The look he gave Adam though was one of puzzlement.
"Joe Dawson, I hope Adam isn't bothering you"
"No he's been a perfect gentleman." Saxton smiled back, taking the hand Joe offered and was surprised when he raised it to his lips, kissing the back gently, which made her once again blush.
"As I recall Joe you've never actually asked me to pay off my tab. I just assumed you wanted to be generous with me, being your friend and all"
"Oh, I only tolerate you for Mac's sake," Joe smiled letting Saxton know he was only joking.
"That's what you always say, Joe, but for some reason I've never believed you"
Smiling again and shaking his head Joe turned around and headed towards the stage. He picked up his guitar once he'd taken a seat and put the strap over his head then his fingers moved over the instrument and music once again flowed through the bar and it was only then that Saxton noticed the music had stopped in the first place.
Adam turned back to Saxton and noticed she had a look of concentration on her face. "Are you ok?" he asked slightly concerned.
Saxton looked up and noticed the slight concern on Adam's face and smiled, letting him know she was all right. "I'm fine; it's just that the way you interacted with Joe just then, it just seemed weirdly familiar"
"It did"
Shaking her head she continued, "Don't worry about it; it's probably nothing."
"Whatever you say… So where were we? Ahh, yes I was telling you I'm living in Paris at the moment"
"That must be nice, living in a beautiful city like this"
"How long have you been in Paris exactly? Because I would say Paris is anything but a beautiful city"
"I just arrived a few hours ago"
"You've only just arrived and you came straight to a bar?" Adam couldn't help a small laugh that escaped.
"Yeah well I think I needed it after the flight I just had. I checked into the hotel, quickly got changed and here I am trying to forget all about the slightly snotty woman I sat next too"
"Well you picked a good bar. There's no better then Le Blue's Bar"
"I had nothing to do with picking it; my friend that's flying out at the end of the week made me, in no uncertain terms, promise I'd come check the place out"
"Made that much of an impression on her did we"
"To be honest I don't think she's ever mentioned anything about coming to Paris before"
"Then how?" Saxton noticed how Adam suddenly seemed to tense and looked over her shoulder towards the door. A moment later she felt a breeze as the door opened and then Adam seemed to relax again, smiling back at her.
She decided not to mention anything about the way he had tensed but made a note to watch for that again as there was also something familiar about the look in his eyes when he tensed.
"Hey, Mac." Adam greeted someone who stood behind Saxton. She turned to see who was there, and what she saw had her frozen to her seat with fear. Looking up at the man she saw that it was the same man from her dreams, the one that had killed her.
"Sax, are you ok?" Adam asked as he noticed fear clearly visible on Saxton's face. He saw that look thousands of times when he rode with the horsemen.
Turning back to Adam she tried to smile but he could tell there was still something wrong with her. "I've got to go"
"But you've only just gotten here"
"Sorry… I..." Without saying another word Saxton got up from her stool and quickly walked out of the bar.
"Way to go Highlander. I can't believe you scared her off!" Adam snarled then got up himself and followed Saxton, heading out of the bar.
When Saxton had rounded the corner a short distance from the bar she stopped and leant up against the wall reaching into her pocket. Unaware of someone watching her, a short distance away. She retrieved her phone and pressed the speed dial to Samantha. Her heart was hammering in her chest at what she had just seen.
"Hey, Sax. Don't tell me you need help with your French already"
"Sam, I saw him." Saxton spoke quickly into the phone, clearly upset and unable to catch her breath properly.
"Woah, calm down Sax. Who is it you saw"
She swallowed a couple of times to try and calm herself down. She couldn't believe she was actually shaking. "He was standing right in front of me, Sam. I was just sitting talking to Adam and then he was right there"
"Sax, I need you to calm down and tell me who you saw"
"The guy out of my dream, MacLeod… I…" Saxton pursed as she realised something. "Why is it the one place you sent me to just happens to be the one place I just happen to bump into him?"
"Are you sure it was the same guy?" Samantha said without missing a beat.
"Sam, I've been having the same dream for the past three weeks. I'm Goddamn sure it was the same person. It was the same person that cut the head off the other guy because he thought he was someone else. Samantha, you knew didn't you"
"I had an idea of who you saw in your dream, yes, but I wanted to be sure. That's why I sent you there. I needed to know if you recognised him without me mentioning it to you." The line went dead. Saxton couldn't believe her friend.
How could she have lied to her about something like this?
Adam, who was listening to Saxton's side of the conversation, couldn't believe what he had just heard. He was just about to go around the corner to see if she was okay or confront her, not sure which one at the moment when he suddenly felt the presence of another immortal.
"Sam? What are you doing here? I thought you weren't flying out until the end of the week. How did you know where I was?" A thousand other questions ran through Saxton's mind at how her friend stepped out of the shadows from where she had been keeping watch.
"Yeah well the other manager let me off the hook so I changed the tickets and got a flight just after yours. Just… Who's there?" Sam turned her attention away from Saxton to where she felt the presence the other immortal.
A/N: - Hope your enjoying but where are all my reviews. Please review just to tell me what you think weather it's good or bad I don't mind as I just like to find out what people think.