Epilogue-How It Was Dun

"You said you would take of this for me, Jun."

"I have tried to speak with him several times, Kalee, but his mind is made up. What do you wish me to do?"

"I refuse to marry him and since you could not persuade him otherwise..."

"What do you intend on doing?"

"How much do you love me, Jun?"

"Vous avez à demander? Words cannot express my love for you."

Kalee smiled and looked around the streets to make sure they were alone and gave him a kiss. She controlled the disgust she felt whenever she was forced to show affection to him but knew it was necessary. Jun would take care of everything for her.

"Well, mi amor," Kalee began, "I see only one possible way out of this for me."

"What is it?"

"You have to kill Rani."

Jun let his jaw drop in shock. "Kill him? And how will that help us? I will die soon after."

Kalee smiled mischievously, "Not if you were to make it seem as if someone else was responsible...someone Burka did not know..." She let herself trail off and watched Jun as he put it together.

"You mean one of the outsiders."

"Non perché? What are they to us?"

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but my friends and I are trying to find Rani. Would either of you know where we could find him?"

Kalee gave him a quick look which basically meant be careful.

Jun did his best to school his features. "Yes, we saw him not long ago. He is speaking to Aldaz and will most likely be detained for quite some time." Seeing that the explorers were still there, he forced himself to add, "Is there anything that we may do to assist you?"

Roxton shook his head. "No, that isn't necessary. We can speak with Rani later. Thank you for your help…"

"Do forgive my poor manners. I am Jun, and this is Kalee."

Kalee excused herself as soon as she could but did not go far to wait for Jun. She listened from a distance as he gained their trust and even managed to get them to delay their trip by another day. She was surprised that he managed to think quickly on his feet. Things were starting off well. Now she needed to think of a plan quickly and put it into action.

XOXOXO

"Are you sure you gave him enough?"

"I'm sure Kalee. I put it in his cup before you poured the drinks."

"Bon. That takes care of him. I have already told Rani to meet me tonight where we planned. Make sure you don't follow us too closely. Everything echoes in the tunnel."

"Very well."

XOXOXOXO

Jun had managed to slip away from the party without attracting any attention and made his way quickly, yet silently, to Roxton's cabin. He paused to look around before quickly entering. Seeing Roxton lying lifelessly on his bed, Jun chuckled silently to himself as he took Roxton's pistol out of its holster on the table and quickly left to keep his appointment.

Hurrying across town, he managed to get to the tunnel just as Rani and Kalee were entering. He waited a few moments and quickly followed.

He heard their voices echo back to him as he trailed behind silently. He couldn't light a torch in fear that he would be seen so he had to use the walls as a guide. Something caught his foot causing him to lose his balance and fall. He held his breath as he heard Rani and Kalee stop and turn.

"Did you hear that?" Rani asked.

"I did not hear anything," Kalee innocently replied.

Jun had been holding his breath, but he let it out with a sigh of relief as he heard them continue on their way.

"Are you sure you want to go outside this late at night, Kalee? We won't be able to see any predators."

"I am sure," Jun heard Kalee reply. "All this excitement today, I could use a little quiet time alone with you."

Jun had to control himself from rushing ahead and killing Rani in the tunnel. He couldn't stand all those times he had to watch Rani with the woman he loved. All he had to do was be patient for a little while longer and Kalee would be his and he wouldn't have to live in Rani's shadow any longer. Picking himself up and making sure he had his weapon in hand, he approached the exit to the tunnel.

XOXOXO

"Idiota! El stupido! Engane! Can you not to a single thing correctly?" Kalee shouted in frustration.

"Me? Why am I forced to do everything? I killed him and I am carrying his body, the least you could have done was held the door open!"

"Well now we have no choice. We must enter through the gates."

Jun grunted as he readjusted Rani's body on his shoulder. "And how do you propose we do that? It is guarded."

"Do I have to do everything myself?" Kalee asked angrily. "Take off your shirt." At his confused look she sighed. "Honestly, it is a wonder we have succeeded this far. Your shirt is soaked in Rani's blood. Use it to lure some raptors to the gates and distract the guards. I will take his body and meet you there."

"All right." Jun lowered Rani to the ground and took his shirt off ripping it into pieces as ran off into the jungle. Kalee bent over and picked up Rani's legs and began to drag him towards the town gates muttering to herself.

XOXOXO

"All right, the guards have left their posts," Jun said as he approached Kalee out of breath.

"Good," Kalee said. "Pick him up. I will go ahead and make sure your path is clear. We must hurry, people will start to be in the streets soon."

Reaching Roxton's cabin, they placed Rani's body on the floor. Jun and Kalee struggled but they managed to get Roxton out of bed and threw him on the floor. Jun removed the pistol he used to shoot Rani from his pocket and put it nearby Roxton. Kalee grabbed one of the Webleys and headed for the door. "Hurry up."

"All right."

Jun was finishing setting everything up when Roxton started to stir. He silently cursed to himself. He must not have given him enough sleeping draught. Now he would have to kill Roxton himself.

Roxton was starting to make noise, Jun had to hurry. Roxton unfortunately was not cooperating and was fighting back.

BANG!

Jun swore again. Kalee had already shot off the gun. People would be there in a few minutes, he needed to get out of there. He saw Roxton had the pistol in his hand. Jun released Roxton and ran out the door and barely managed to get out the door and turned a corner when he heard a group of people approaching the cabin.

He quickly ran and met up with Kalee at the designated place.

"We have a problem. Roxton is not dead."

"Fool!" Kalee hissed. "You told me you gave him enough!"

"I thought I had. I assumed he was dead when I went into his cabin last night but he must have only been sleeping. But I think we are safe. He had the gun in his hand, they will think he shot him."

"What about this one?" Kalee asked holding the Webley.

Jun took it. "I will replace it before they realize it is missing. We have to find your grandfather. Are you sure you can handle this?"

Kalee nodded. "I have been practicing."

"Do not overdo it. We have been waiting too long for this."

XOXOXO

"Why do you still have the weapon?"

"I could not replace it in time. I had to leave to take you to the healer and they already realized it was missing before I could get the chance. By the way, have you seen my necklace? The other two almost caught me as I was going to look for it in the cabin."

"Your necklace is the least of our problems now."

"I know," Jun agreed, "we also have another problem. I saw them coming from the jungle. Coming back from the same direction where we killed Rani."

Kalee's face grew grim. "They need to be sent a message."

XOXOXO

Jun headed to the midday meal after speaking to Kalee. He unobtrusively followed Marguerite and Malone from a distance. He saw his chance when the two of them split up. He noticed that Marguerite was following Aku which gave him the perfect opportunity to deliver the message sent by his love.

He followed behind Marguerite as she followed behind Aku. He closed the distance and got close to her just as she turned around. His fist connected with her jaw and she went down in a heap.

He had to find Kalee and initiate the next step in their plan.

XOXOXO

Jun found Aku in the street along with several others. Most were lamenting the loss of Rani. When he saw the crowd separate from Aku, he moved closer.

"How dare you say such a thing?" he shouted at Aku. Jun was hard pressed to not laugh when he noticed Aku's look of confusion.

"What? Vous sont me parlant?"

"Por supuesto! Do not talk about Rani in such a way!" Before Aku had a chance to react, Jun started throwing punches. Several people tried to step in, but Aku had started defending himself at that point.

Kalee watched from around the corner and saw Aku was occupied and slipped into his house. Her eyes darted around the room looking for a place to put the gun when she heard him coming up the street and swearing up a storm. She quickly left it on the table and ran out the door.

She met Jun in the street. "You were supposed to give me more time!"

Jun hissed as held his sore ribs. "I have taken two beatings in one day. I held him off the best I could."

Kalee smiled and held his hand. "Bambino povero, I will make you feel better."

XOXOXO

Jun quietly walked around the back of the house and knocked on the window softly. A few moments later, Kalee appeared and opened it.

"What is it? It is late."

"I was speaking with the outsiders. They are trying to prove that Aku is the killer by using fingerprints."

"Fingerprints? What are those?"

"They told me that when our fingers touch objects, they leave a mark behind. And they want to prove that the marks on the gun belong to Aku. But when they try they will realize they are not his and will keep looking. We must retrieve that gun!"

"All right. I will come with you." Jun helped her climb out of the window. "I will keep watch for people coming."

XOXOXO

"I thought you were going to watch for people coming?" Jun asked bitterly.

"Do not blame this on me! They must have already been there waiting for you. Se lei non era tale idiota, we would not have been caught!"

"Idiota? Me? What about you? All of this was your plan and you left me to take the blame for everything! You were trying to save yourself!"

"I had to! I did not want to end up in here with a fool like you, but that is just what has happened!"

"Fool? You…"

And they lived happily incarcerated ever after…

THE END

A/N: Well that's it! I want to thank everyone who read along and especially those of you who took the time out to review. Feel free to leave comments, questions, etc. I hope you enjoyed the story! Until next time!