This drabble was written for a drabble challenge on 'Heart of Camelot'.
Challenge: A Different Perspective Choose a character you dislike and write about them from a sympathetic point of view.
Character: Halig (Bounty Hunter from Lady of the Lake)
Rating/Warnings: K+
Word Count: 203
"There," thought Halig as he slammed the door of the cage and turned the key, imprisoning the young girl within.
"That's another one that won't be troubling the unprotected citizens of Camelot any longer," he told himself.
The rugged bounty hunter knew full well that the girl in the cage did not deserve any part of her fate. He'd seen curses like this one before –the very creature that had killed his parents and his adored baby sister all those years ago had also been forced into its murderous existence by a vengeful sorcerer.
There had been no cure for that curse either. The only option had been to hunt down and eliminate the monster; there was no room for mercy. After that first success, it had become young Halig's life mission to find all such abominations against humanity; to prevent what he had gone through from happening to other families. It was fortunate that the King of Camelot paid dearly for the creatures – whether dead or alive. And so Halig's calling had become a career, after all the man needed food to eat and clothes to put on his back.
Looking once more into the cage, Halig sneered and had to admit to himself that somewhere along the road, the career had even become a pleasure.
A/N Okay, so you probably are still not really sympathetic to ummmm poor Halig, but he was pretty reprehensible, and I've done what I can :)