I know it's been a while since i last posted thats because i was waiting for this to be bated, but nobody volunteered, so enven though it's still unbated i'm gonna carry on posting in hopes that someone will volunteer to be my beta. :)

Hope you enjoy and to say i'm sorry for not posting in a while i'll be posting three chapters today.

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Chapter Thirteen

The next year Saxton trained with Adam almost everyday in hopes that she would soon be ready to face Conner MacLeod. The first few months were dedicated to increasing Saxton's strength and teaching her a fighting style that would be more suitable for herself.

Samantha had headed back home after the two weeks stay was up promising to sort out Saxton affairs back home and forward all her belongings to Paris. Joe although no longer a field watcher anylonger kept an eye on Conner's file, keeping track of where he was at all time for when the time came that Saxton was ready to face him.

It was in her ninth month of training that Saxton took her first quickerning. Adam had sent her to the store when she had run into an arrogant head-hunter, out for an easy head, but thanks to Adam's teachings she was able to defeat him and claim his quickening fairly easily.

The quickening was just as painful as she remembered from Richie's memories but there was also the feel of the power that tempted you. Thanks to Richie's memories she managed to push those urges as far back into her subconscious as possible unwilling to get power hungry.

Adam was relieved to find out that Saxton had won her first challenge with relatively no problems, but still had to try and convince her that she still wasn't ready to face Conner. She reluctantly agreed and they once again settled into training, Saxton seemed to have found encouragement form taking her first quickening that help her through the next couple of months.

It was a few days until it was her one-year anniversary since becoming immortal when she had an unsuspected visitor. She felt the presence before she ever saw the person. She instinctively reached under her long leather coat gripping the handle of her sword firmly waiting for the other to appear.

A figure emerged from out of the shadows and a smile graced Saxton face at seeing a friend she hadn't seen in over a year. "Rommy?"

"Hey Sax" Romona smile at her friend and moved to hug her.

They embraced for a few moments then both pulled away with smiles on their faces.

"Your immortal?"

"Last time I checked. I thought Sam would have told you."

"No, guess that little fact must have slipped her mind. How you been anyway?"

"Good I guess. I couldn't believe it when I heard about what you did Sax. Sam had to almost pin me down to stop me jumping on a plane just so I could come kick your butt for having a stupid idea like killing yourself just so you could get revenge."

"It wasn't that simple Rommy, you've got to understand I need Mac's quickening to make him understand that I forgive him."

"I know that now. Once I calmed down enough Sam explained to me why you did it and to tell you the truth, if I was in your shoes I would have properly done the same thing. I'm still finding it kind of hard to believe that you have this Richie guys memories, it sound like something out of the outer limits or the twightlight zone."

"Tell me about it."

A smirk crossed Romona's face as she remembered another fact that Samantha had told her. "And what's this I hear about you having a hunky boyfriend?"

"Adam, yeah he's great. He's my teacher, trying to get me ready to face Conner." Saxton's eyes sparked at the thought of Adam and how there relationship had just intensified the longer they had got to know each other. She could not remember a time where she had been more loved then she felt whenever she was around Adam.

"Yeah from the look in your eyes I think you've fallen hard for him." Romona teased her friend, happy to see her as happy and content as she was.

"Come on, I was just on my way to meet him. It'll be good if you could come and meet him as well."

"I'd like that. Lead the way."

Saxton smiled once again glad to have her friend back in her life having not spoken to her since leaving for Paris a year ago. 'Life seems to be getting better.' Saxton thought as she led the way to Le Blues Bar.

Saxton and Romona entered the bar and were greeted by the presence of another immortal. Saxton smiled when she saw whom it was and walked over to where Adam was sloughed like usual on a barstool.

"Adam, I'd like you to meet Rommy. Rommy meet Adam."

"Nice to finally meet you Adam, Sam's told me all about you."

"Yeah nice to meet you too." Adam quickly dismissed Romona and turned to Saxton and placed an envelope in her hand.

"What's this?"

"Plane tickets to London."

"Why do I want to go to London?" Saxton asked puzzled.

"I think it's about time we paid a visit to an old friend."

"Conner?" Saxton could only hope that she was right and he finally agreeing to her facing the one that had killed Mac.

"Yeah Conner."

"When do we leave?"

"Tonight. We fly out at 1930."

"Good. It's about time." Saxton sighed trying to calm her nerves. The prospect of finally getting Mac after all this time was a relief beyond anything she could possible describe. To finally be able to relieve herself of all the guilt she has been carrying around with her for the year was a more then she could ever have wanted.

"What's going on?" Romona asked as a puzzled look crossed her face.

"It's nothing Rommy, I just have to go out of town for a day or two."

"I'm guessing you're not going to visit this Conner just to see a long lost friend."

"No I'm not. I'm going to claim his head and in turn claim the quickening of Duncan MacLeod."

"Duncan MacLeod? Sam's teacher?"

"Yeah, and Richie's. Don't try and talk me out of it Rommy because it won't work. Ask Adam he's been trying for a year without much success."

"Fine but Sam's not going to be happy. I know her and I know that she would want to claim Duncan's quickerning."

"Yeah she does, but she also understands that I've got a valid reason for wanting it. She agreed to let me do this."

"Sam agreed to let you take Duncan's quickerning?"

"Yeah! Why is that such a big surprise?"

"It's such a big surprise because she loved him. I'm not talking about love as in mutual friends here, I'm talking about she was in love with him, but was too afraid to do anything about it. There was always someone else, Amanda, Tessa, Anna and the list goes on."

"Sam? No way, she would have told me."

"No she wouldn't. She only told me because she wasn't in the right frame of mind. If I remember correctly it was in the sixty's and she was completely out of her face."

"I can't believe it. She. How could? Oh I give up trying to figure things out. Adam I'm going home to pack a few things"

Saxton turned ready to walk straight out of the bar when Romona put a hand on her arm stopping her from going anywhere.

"Sax, this isn't like you."

"Yeah well I've not exactly myself since the dreams started bring fourth a chain of events that I need to do something about. I need to know that Mac knows something and the only way I can do that now is to get his quickening."

"Sax, I'm sorry about what happened. Finding out all that you did only to loose most of it before you got a chance to put things right, but this isn't the way to go about things. This isn't what has to be done." Romona pleaded with her friend trying to change her mind no matter how futile her efforts obviously were.

"Rommy I'm doing this, there is nothing you could possibly say that could change my mind so you're wasting your breath."

"This Conner, is it Conner MacLeod?"

"Yes"

"Then I'm asking, no pleading don't do this. Conner is my teacher. That's how Sam and me met, we were been taught by the MacLeod's at the same time. Sam getting taught by Duncan and me I got taught by Conner. Please don't do this. I'm asking you as a friend pleading for another friend's life.

Saxton looked at her friend shocked at what she had just admitted. "You were Conner's student?"

"Yeah, now do you see why I don't want you to go through with this? Now you know the true reason Sam stopped me from coming over a year ago when I first found out about what happened. Please Sax, let him live. He must be in enough pain as it is having the guilt of taking his students head."

"Rommy, I can't I need to make sure that Mac knows that I forgave him. The only way left to do that is to gain his quickening. Have him be a part of me so that he would understand."

"Then wait until someone else takes Conner's head, then go after their head."

"Your asking me to live with the guilt of not telling him about Richie's and mine forgiveness just so I would leave Conner alone. Live an unlimited amount of time with the guilt burning a hole through my heart. Then there's the fact that Conner's strong and whoever manages to take his head would be stronger and I'll more then likely not be able to beat that person. What you're really asking me to do is forget about taking Conner's head and with it forgetting about Duncan's quickening." Saxton could not believe what her friend was asking of her.

"Please, I'm begging you Sax."

"No!" with that Saxton pulled herself free from Romona and stormed out of the bar.

Adam sighed getting up from the stool, "thanks for trying. You better go call Sam and tell her it didn't work." With that Adam turned and heading towards the exit and after Saxton.