Sorry to all of you who have been waiting for a update for a while. I have several chapter's I'm working on for another story, and I was still kinda in a block on what to write about for this chapter. Also, thanks to all of you who have reviewed! You guys have no idea how happy it makes me feel that people actually like what I'm writing. It also makes my day to see what some of you say.
Yay! Dustfinger and the others are on their way to get Ann! But of course, now Capricorn 'cause Basta had to go ahead and open his big mouth and blurt it out, and Ann now knows that Dustfinger is finally coming for her, so she has something to look forward too XD.
I'll shut up now, enjoy!
"Damn it!" Dustfinger yelled as he heard the phone 'click' on the other end. He felt the disturbing urge to kill. To kill anything near him at that moment. But after a few moments of cooling down, Dustfinger looked at the others in the giant vehicle that Silvertounge had when he drove them to the fat woman's house. Each of the characters in the car was looking at him. Even Silvertounge glanced at him from the mirror in the car.
"How is she?' Meggie asked, concerned.
The fire-eater looked at her and managed a small smile. "She…I don't really know princess. She tried to talk to me, but Capricorn wouldn't allow her. I could hear her in the background, she sounded so miserable. And it's all my fault."
Dustfinger dug his head into his hands, trying to hide the tears threatening to fall.
Meggie could only look at the man who once she always was uncertain about and gave her the unusual smile, as he wallowed in misery.
"Don't worry Dustfinger, once we get there, we'll get her out of that village and get rid of Capricorn for good. Though, I still can't understand how that damned man came back! I mean, I read the paper that Fenoglio wrote, and we all watched him and his men die. There must be another writer, or someone who can read like me and Meggie."
Resa looked at her tired and confused husband, and patted his arm in a comforting gesture. Elinor had remained silent ever since they got in Mortimer's van and was seated only two seats away from the man tied in the back.
Basta, if looks could kill, stared at every person in the car with as much venom as he could muster hoping that they all died on the spot. The man had gained a few bruises after he had blurted out that they were all coming to retrieve Ann. Then, after making a few comments about how stupid they all were, going straight to their deaths, and how Ann was probably going to be disposed of after Capricorn was done with her, did he gain a few more bruises and black eye. Dustfinger even had the satisfaction of gagging the man so that he wouldn't make anymore 'unnecessary' comments.
"I don't see how were going to get her out. Capricorn knows that we're coming now, and he's going to have place swarmed with guards. If only—."
Silvertounge cut him off, "I was not going to hold that knife any closer to his neck Dustfinger. I take no pleasure in using knives or anything in that manner that causes someone harm!"
"Even if the man wouldn't have thought twice about using that very knife against you!? You know that if Basta was untied right now, that we would all be dead, and that he wouldn't feel any regret for our bleeding bodies dead and cold in the car! I cant believe that you are still so stupid after all that we have been through, that you would be so soft on someone who had threatened your family, and your very life!"
"Just because he would use it against us, doesn't mean I'm going to become like him and use that knife on his throat! I know for a fact that you yourself have no pleasure it cutting others up with weapons! So do not tell me that I should become what he is Dustfinger, especially in front of my wife and daughter."
The car grew quiet as the two's fighting died down and the tension slowly dissipated from each other. Silvertounge continued his driving while Resa and Meggie slept on the small couch in the camper van, and Elinor slept in her chair, she still didn't speak a whole word the entire time since she had entered the van, her face strained with fear. But now, her face held a calm expression.
I wonder if Ann had been able to sleep the way they sleep now, to sleep peacefully. To dream of being somewhere far away from knives, red churches, and black jackets. And to dream of never being alone.
Dustfinger smiled a soft sweet smile as he remembered a time when he and Ann were sitting near a lake in the Inkworld, and how they had brought up the topic of their greatest fears. Dustfinger told her that his fear was of being somewhere where he couldn't light a match and see its orange flames. Ann had laughed, her face so carefree. But when he asked her, her answer didn't surprise him one bit. Because that was his true fear.
Being alone.
The two grew quiet after telling their fears, then Ann stood up and walked to the lakes edge. Her eyes distant, but she started to sing of all things. Never once had Dustfinger ever saw Ann sing. He didn't even know that she knew how. After all, the Prince and him had only ever taught her the things they knew, such as playing with fire and throwing knives. Her voice though, it was soft and he would never forget it.
Dustfinger closed his eyes at the memory and played her song in his head.
I waited for you today
But you didn't show
No no no
I needed You today
So where did You go?
You told me to call
Said You'd be there
And though I haven't seen You
Are You still there?
The memory of when Dustfinger had to leave Ann that one horrible night, played in his mind, how he told her that he would come back for her, no matter what. And how she was trying so hard to come with him, to not be left for Capricorn to steal. What was she thinking as he left her?
I cried out with no reply
And I can't feel You by my side
So I'll hold tight to what I know
You're here and I"m never alone
Did Ann ever cry out for him? Did she know that all he ever thought about was going back to her, holding her, and never letting her go? He told her that no matter what, that he was with her.
And though I cannot see You
And I can't explain why
Such a deep, deep reassurance
You've placed in my life
Dustfinger chuckled, Ann made a place of her in his heart and his life. And she would never understand how she affected him. How when it was only the Prince and him that he still felt left out in the world. That whenever he looked around, things were bleak with no life, and that they only thing keeping him sane was his fire, his friend, and the thought of life. For Dustfinger was terrified, and didn't know if he even had the courage to die if he wanted too. But he no longer had to worry about death, because he wanted to live because of Ann.
We cannot separate
'Cause You're part of me
And though You're invisible
I'll trust the unseen
We cannot separate
You're part of me
And though You're invisible
I'll trust the unseen
Dustfinger's eyes drooped slowly as sleep started to over come him. Ann's song, still playing in his head, was his lullaby. Even if he couldn't hear it out loud, hearing it inside of his head was enough to make him dream of being with Ann once more. That he would be with her, they would return to the Inkworld…
"And never be alone." The fire-eater mumbled as he finally slunk into a deep slumber.
You know what to do! R&R please, and I'll try and update sooner!