Escape
"No," the Long Lost Boy with the sword said, and he swung it at Pan with all his might. Pan blocked, knocking the boy to the ground. Morraine stepped between them and held her hand over the weapon. It flew up to her, and she leveled it at the boy's throat.
"I may go wherever I choose," she said. "That you felt the need to tie me to a tree is proof enough of that."
"You should've stayed there."
"I'm not a girl. I'm not some woman you can keep hostage, like a lord with his wife and daughters, sequestered in a castle with nothing but each other for company and entertainment. You ask what fighting I've seen? I've seen monsters, and I've fought them off every way I could. I've survived their attacks and advances, and you cannot think I'm just a girl. You can't think I'm a woman, either, the way I've been defiled."
"So what do you want me to think?"
"I am Morraine," she said, and she swung the sword. Pan blocked, but the blow almost tore his weapon out of his hand. "I'm getting the hell out of here, whether you like it or not."
Pan roared and swung at her again. She blocked and slipped the point of the weapon under his arm, cutting a thin line in his jerkin but not drawing any blood. "You can't kill me," Pan said. "Not like you'd want to, anyway." She slashed at him, cutting through his collarbone and a few ribs before bringing the weapon behind her. He stumbled back. The wound healed before her eyes, but he was still awed. "What are you?"
"I just told you." She checked the blade for blood, wiped off whatever there was, and sheathed it. "Goodbye." She turned and started for the edge. Pan's hand shot forward and wrapped around her wrist. She turned and shoved him into a tree, slamming his head against the trunk for good measure. He collapsed to the ground. "It's time," she called to the others, and they set off for the edge of the shell.
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The Nowehreland, Bae thought with apprehension as he stood on a ridge overlooking the new edge of the forest. He could feel the shell so close to him that it sent chills up his spine, but everything before him was perfectly normal. Just like in Neverland.
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Peter didn't know he was there, and that was just as well, as far as Bae was concerned. A Long Lost boy had told him someone in the Nowhereland knew him, and he knew in his heart of hearts that Morraine had come to look for him. Or she was taken. "I'll find you," he said. "I promise."
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"Time to keep my promise," Bae said. He descended from the ridge and then took a tentative step forward, and the environment shifted drastically. He suddenly found himself in a black forest under a sky of dark grey, almost black clouds. The air was cold and damp, but still. The hair on the back of his neck stood up. "Morraine?" he asked softly.
Someone unsheathed a sword and held the tip to his neck. He glanced to the side, where the person wielding the weapon undoubtedly stood. He turned gradually toward his opponent, and then his breath caught. The girl's eyes widened, then she brushed her hear back and sheathed the sword. "Baelfire?" she asked. "What're you doing here?"
"I made a promise."
"And you kept it all the way through the edge of the Nowhereland?" Bae nodded. Morraine narrowed her eyes. "Why?"
"Because I keep my promises."
She stepped forward. "How do I know you're not a nightmare vision?"
"Last time I checked, I didn't mean you any harm."
"Can you cross over?"
"Yes."
"He's one of us," she called over her shoulder. A gang of boys stepped out of various hiding places in the forest, but they kept their distance from him. "Now, you can get in," she said to Bae. "Time to see if we can get out."
Bae nodded to her and turned half a circle to the edge of the Nowhereland. He took two steps and found himself back in the Enchanted Forest. When he looked back at Morraine, he found he couldn't see her. However, she emerged a moment later, followed by the boys, all shielding their eyes from the sun. A price to pay for their subjection to the Nowhereland, a price Peter Pan imposed on them. "So far so good," he said.
"Yes," she replied, "but now we need to put as much distance as possible between us and the Nowhereland, especially Pan. He'll wake up any time now."
"He's unconscious?"
"That's the only way we could escape. Now, let's go." She set off across the prairie, followed by the Long Lost Boys. Bae trailed behind.