26. in Those Last Moments
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As Fiyero saw the axe slowly swing towards his head, his life flashed in front of his eyes:
His childhood, lonely and abandoned out on the Vinkus…
His marriage to Sarima…
The last time he and Elphaba made love…
And to his surprise, a kind and smiling face with purple spirals tattooed on it, the soft grey eyes behind glasses gazing at him, smirking in that little smile…
…and as the blade began to sink into his neck, he began to cry out a name that haunted his very memory…
"Du—"
With a "thunk" the head rolled onto the floor, the blue diamonds twinkling in the moonlight from the window.
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6/1/2006 10:02 PM