Disclaimer: I do not own the NW series, they belong to L. J. Smith.
So, this is dedicated to lamia vampress, lexiSHAE and all of you rashel/Quinn lovers. Enjoy!
John Quinn stared out on the open ocean. The rays from the setting sun sent glimmers to his face, making it look ethereal and more gorgeous. Quinn couldn't believe his luck, he had the fortunate luck to of found someone who not only knew him, but accepted him, the good and bad. He also couldn't believe he had the unluckiness to of been sent off on a mission and was stuck there for a year. A whole year where he couldn't see Rashel, his soulmate, his little cat. But it wasn't lack of trying that had prevented him, Ash and Morgead from getting of the enclave, it was because there was no way out. he guesses he was lucky in some way since he got to spend a whole uninterrupted year with Rashel, unlike Ash who was barely back for a month when he was sent out again.
"dude, we're trying to get some smoke starting again, care to help us out?" Morgead asked, his eyes carried the same dull gleam Quinn had. A gleam that showed that he too had given up. But none of them would admit it, especially not to Ash. Ash had lectured them when they first realised they were stuck. Quinn remembered every single word of it...
"We're stuck. It's been a week and there is no way off of this bloody enclave. I knew it was a stupid idea." Morgead had said. Ash looked up quickly.
"So what, you're just going to give up? We have only been here a week! If you guys aren't willing to work your asses off to get back home, then your soulmates probably mean nothing to you!" Ash shouted, "I don't know about you guys, but I just saw my M'lin a week ago! It's barely been a month and I am not going to lose her again. Especially not because I can't get off this island. If I have to swim back, I will." He said slamming the door to one of the houses on the enclave. Quinn and Morgead had looked down embarrassed. They had been lucky that Jez and Rashel had taken their bad behaviour with so much as a blink while Ash had to prove his worth, had to fix his mistakes before Mary-Lynnette had taken him back.
"Always knew that girl was smart" Thierry had said back when Quinn still had Rashel.
"Should we..."
"Yeah. We should." Quinn said as they both got up to see Ash staring at the stars.
"I said to Mary-Lynnette once that no matter where we'll be, we'll both be watching the same sky." Ash said randomly. His eyes were opaque black. Hard and cold, just as Quinn's used to be. Quinn felt sorry for him, truly sorry.
"Yeah, why not." They both went to the house when Ash came back, a triumphant look on his face. Quinn didn't know if that was good or bad.
"I figured a way to get off of this place!" Ash said nearly shouting. He had a manic look on his face that Morgead and Quinn couldn't help but look questioningly at each other.
"How?" Morgead asked him, Quinn could tell that Morgead was just playing along for Ash's sake.
"We burn the house down!"
"What!" This time both Quinn and Morgead shouted, questioning Ash's sanity.
"If we burn the house, we get smoke. If there's smoke, there's..." Quinn looked at Ash blankly, he didn't really see the point Ash was trying to make.
"Rescuers! Ash, you're a genius!" Morgead said with dawning comprehension. Quinn got it too.
"What do we do?"
So they started to gather as much wood as possible, which was pretty hard since they were on an island bust they manage too. But making the fire was another thing.
"Um...so how exactly are we suppose to light a fire?"
"We make a bonfire in the house then use the sticks we gathered to burn it from the outside, and hope it'll burn..." Ash said slightly hesitant. Quinn and Morgead did as plan and stood outside with Ash, praying it would work. It did.
"Yes! We'll be out of here in no time!" Ash said gleefully. Morgead was grinning ear to ear. They heard something about an hour later, the sounds of choppers getting louder. Quinn looked up, a giant helicopter landed. Quinn couldn't believe it, they were saved. The minute it landed, a girl with black hair came running out of it. It was Rashel.
"Quinn!" she shouted, hugging Quinn fiercely. This time, Quinn was determined to keep her there, in his arms. Who knew an enclave that was once a thing of dread for Quinn, was know a place he adored.