Owen Robinson ᴥ Puck (knavish_sprite) wrote in metem_log, @ 2013-07-19 22:53:00 |
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Entry tags: | mab, puck |
Characters: Puck and Mab
Date/Time: July 13th, 2013, just after the kids' rescue
Location: Chicago
Rating: TBD, but... maybe PG-13?
Warnings: Dunno yet. Puck freaking out?
Summary: Puck follows Mab to Chicago, and gets a nasty surprise.
"Mission accomplished, as they say, my lady," Puck said cheerfully to Mab as the children all went home with their respective parents. "It's been some time since I visited the Windy City. Has it changed much, I wonder?"
He followed Mab through the Gate, and the moment he touched human ground, it slammed shut behind him. That in itself wasn't terribly surprising--the Gates rarely were held open for long. But the feeling that came with it... Oak and ash, he'd never in all his thousands of years felt anything like this. It was so... so... final. He knew in an instant he couldn't go back.
He gasped as if he'd been suddenly doused in ice water. And then he couldn't breathe at all. His throat and chest burned. His heart... He thought for certain it would stop. He was dead. No... dying. And it hurt. Worse than the coldest chill burning like fire. Worse than iron poisoning. He felt wetness on his face. Blood? No... tears. Tears? He cried? He never cried. He reached for his magic... Nothing responded. He felt for his ears. Why were they round? Why was he so dizzy?
"Wh-what have you done to me?" he gasped.