City Drop, Part 4, May we remember
Libba and Beth both stood still. Almost like they were holding their breaths. When know one came running out at them they had come together. Beth is a little more shaken than Libba, who has sadly seen violence. Yes, not at this level but still. She wasn’t really overwhelmed. All it did, bring up ugly memories of home. She turns away from them pretending to look around but wiping her tears away.
Raelle hadn't stayed still. The shot had rang out. There was nowhere in the whole place that I didn't hear. For her enemies it was a wranging to them all. We know and are ready. Raelle had started moving leaves and the normal dead. Away, making a clearing. And with the dead leaves and other bits created a circle.
After a moment Libba looks over at her, smiles to herself she understood straight away what Raelle was doing. She quickly moves and helps her understand that she was creating a Christian pagan funeral. But that doesn’t matter much about that. Not like others high atlantic would have done. She likes that Raelle wasn’t afraid to show her beliefs.
Out of all three of them Raelle was the true fearless. She wished that after this whole thing, they would reunite properly. Maybe even have dinner, with a twist. She kept her smile off her face, remembering where she was.
Once the clearing was done, both Libba and Raelle started to move the bodies into the clearing. Beth this whole time stood still. Just watching, as her friend gets carried over to a clearing. She did even notice her feet move or that she dropped down next to her. And placed her hand over her chest.
Libba placed her hand on Beth's shoulder. Making her look up and without anything said. Burst into tears and lean into Libba. She just holds her close. Raelle just continued to proper the way of the dead. It doesn’t take long before Raelle to carry the reminder of them into the clearing. She would cry, if not on a battlefield, she had learnt the hard way. There is a time and place to cry and on the battlefield was not one of those places.
Once done she sits beside Beth.
“Remove the Medals, Libba. Please”
She nobs once and does just that. Giving Beth's friend medal to her. The others she held onto, she knew what to do with them once back at Fort Salem. A place she has fallen in love with. But it is more the people the place. But right now she wishes she was there. Safe, out of harm's way. But no, she somehow is war meat on a new battlefield.
“I will begin the prayer, once I do. Repeat what I say.”
As they prayed. There felt it, a low rumble in the earth. She paused. Raelle looked over at those two. And realised something, which made her blood boil. Fear.
So with that she moved on quickly, they have things to do. Raelle finished with her prayer. Quickly followed by them both. And at once the earth of the mother, bright mushrooms. Come up, covering the witches. And dragged them down.
“May you rest, may we never forget. Return know to the mother, and Rest”
The mushroom glowed a little after that. Slowly faded to standed mushrooms.
“We need to leave, Libba grab a rifle i have a plan”
Libba just nobs, forces herself to get up. She looked around and noticed a few rifles on the ground. And moved to one of them to check.
Raelle placed her hand on Beth’s shoulder. “We have to move, we can stay here.”
“I can't,” Beth cried out.
“I can help with that, and after it will come back stronger.”
“We are on a battlefield, I need to be strong.”
And with that Raelle takes a breath, looking Beth in her eyes. And started her so familiar seed, “you will follow my orders”
Beth without hesitation nobbed.
“You will stop crying. Gather weapons with Libba and myself and once you're safe in front of someone your trust. The sadness of this lose with take you”
And like a switch and being turned off, Beth wiped her face and got to her feet. Quickly pulling Raelle to her feet. Raelle could see the emotion behind her mark that was known. If you look into her eyes you could almost see the emotion moving.
“Good to go,” Beth said, her tone cold.
Both her and Raelle collected a few of the guns and all three of them left quickly. Not really wanting to spend more time there.
****
Alder smirks. She thanks the goddess for keeping M and their team safe. The gun shot was a disturbing sound. And so with much hesitation, She quickly connects to everyone on this made shift basic.
“Everyone, the enemy surrounds us. Form up a circle, on the rim and on three we attack as one. That's the order.”
One of the instructors step up to Alder, “what the meaning of this”
Alder looked over at her, she recognized the person that spoke, it was the imperatrix daughter., and like her mother. A stick in the old ways, B***h.
“Are you questioning an order?”
“No”
“Then know your place and move your ass to the line, know”
Everyone had left her alone, forming a circle around the base and on her command had sent a shock away through the woods. Taking out 30+ Camarilla.
She connects to Petra through Fear Speech.
“Petra we have a situation here. I need reinforcement to City drop. Asap”
Petra had stopped half way into her sentence with President Wade.
“I understood”, Petra looked up after she had responded to Alder.
“Madam we have a problem, it would seem the Cadets in city drop are under attack. By the Camarilla”
President Wade's face drops quickly.
“I Give you full reins, bring them home”
With a stamp of her feet Petra leaves the office. Kelly walks over to the window alone with her thoughts. And not for the first time prays to the goddess to keep Alder safe.
****
Raelle and the other two manage to get back to the old bar that they were held up in. Libba and Beth both regroup with their unit. Abigail walks over to her once she drops off the guns into the middle of the room like the other two.
Instead of speaking to Abigail she addresses everyone. She even opens her farspeech with those upstairs to keep them in the loop.
“We have lost three fellow Witches today.”
She allowed the shake to settle over everyone before speaking again.
“We are in for a fight. But I know them well. I have a plan. But so do they.” She looked at them all. “They have placed a bomb inside the school. Not sure where. Toot and Beth will come with me. And find this bomb. The remaining witches, take the building that are of form the pool house”
“Why not take the pool house” one of them fired back.
Raelle steps forward, “My plan is to have you lay traps everywhere. With that housing area. With a small warning on a witch's frequency. To hold up, in the basement of those houses. Given the buster free run to go all out. Bells”
She then looks at them straight in the eyes, “the pool house is just under the school, within the blast zone, of said bomb.”
She really didn’t want to deal with this anymore and step away. Giving the floor to Abigail.
“We have a plan, get to it.”
Raelle made her way up the stairs. As she did she could hear Libba speaking out.
“Who can use a gun”
****
Scylla pushes herself up as Olly comes in. Bells leans forward and helps her adjust, to be more comfortable in bed.
"Can't sleep," he says. Sitting down at the end of the bed.
"I have a feeling something wrong"
Olly over the past few weeks, he has gotten to know Scylla well. And knew that she wouldn’t sleep unless she had her feelings settled.
"I can contact, Batgirl"
"I’m not sure that, ok. Raelle mention she had sent Nicta to city drop"
"Yes, but she should be there until midday tomorrow. She should be in range still”
Scylla thought for a second before saying, "Well I leave it up too."
"How bad the feeling"
Scylla didn’t say a thing, just made eye contact with him. Trying to tell him everything he needed to know.
“Ok, well. I think Bells here could tell you a good story about Raelle. Will I contact Batgirl”
From a neutral face, a smile slowly appeared across her face. She turns to Bells, “you have stories and haven’t told me”
Olly gets up, stepping away. As Bells starts its first story. On how they both meet.