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The Warriors Bard (warriorsbard) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-09-19 20:03:00

Entry tags:

complete, dahak, day 16, gabrielle, kidnapping

Who: Gabrielle and Dahak.
What: The Kidnapping- Day 16
When: Mid-morning
Where: The stables, for now.
Rating: PG:13[for now!]
Status: Incomplete

Gabrielle had not been herself as of late, she was distant and most of the time refused to leave the room, taking comfort in writing her scrolls. Her mind was plagued with thoughts of Hope, the memories of her daughter not to mention her own faults as a mother. She hated that she had let Hope down. the thoughts and memories only seemed to bring her more pain and depression. She hadn't found the right time to talk to Xena about it, the warrior usually not around much either, though she usually knew where she was. Leading some training session. The bard tried not to let it bother her because she knew deep down Xena couldn’t pass up an opportunity to train. After all, she was a warrior.

Waking up, she found herself alone, wondering where Xena was off to today. The bard decided she wasn’t going to spend the day inside, though it was cloudy outside, she wasn’t going to let it bother her. The amazon queen needed out, needed fresh air and something to distract her. She got up and quickly showered then got dressed before leaving the room, venturing out to the tables, hoping by chance that she would find Xena along the way but the warrior princess was nowhere in sight.

She felt that things had changed since the day her feelings came out but hoped that wasn’t the case. The last thing she wanted was for Xena and her to drift apart because of shared feelings. Entering the stables, she walked over to where Argo was being held. She reached for a brush and moved into the stall. “Hello girl.” She whispered, brushing the horses main and her coat, sensing that Argo was enjoying the attention.

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warriorsbard
2008-09-20 12:08 pm UTC (link)

Gabrielle furrowed her brow as if she fought to find sense that he was lieing to her, just trying to twist her heart and mind about Xena but the truth was clear as day and right in front of her face. The warrior princess hadn’t been around, much to busy training with other’s. The last thing the bard ever wanted to do was admit that Dahak was right, let any part of darkness inflict her. After all, she stood for goodness and light. Of course, she began to wonder if it was her fault that Xena was around. She had been distant the past few days but still, she didn’t see much of the warrior.

“Why would you be watching me? Of what interest am I to you?” She questioned, her green eyes meeting his once more, the evil that she saw making her want to break eye contact right away. It was torturing her on the inside, every inch of being crawling with his evil power, feeling as if she was loosing who she was. That feeling only intensified as the words, ‘Xena abandoned you,’ hit the bard’s ears.

That sent a rage within her, one she hadn’t felt since the Furies drove her to stab Eve in the back with her own sai, one she hadn’t felt since the warrior wanted to kill Hope. She had done everything to protect Hope but couldn’t. Dahak’s touch snapped her from her thoughts, her eyes darting back up to look at him, pain and fear reflecting in her eyes, realizing she wasn’t going to get out of this.

Swallowing hard, she set her slightly shaking hands on his chest, wanting distance between them but as he moved in closer, she knew she wasn’t going to get that distance that she sought. Evil was going to consume whether the bard liked the idea or not. A tear slid down her cheek, waiting any moment to hear Xena call out her name, save her from this but that was something that would never come.

“I don’t want it to hurt anymore.” She whispered, her soul and heart having weighed down with the pain of her nightmares and now the very idea of Xena abandoning her was destroying her on the inside. So much that she actually found herself taking comfort in the fact that Dahak’s arms were around her but that would mean she was giving herself over to the dark side, something she knew she couldn’t nor wanted to do.

Remembering the power that flowed over when they were together, Dahak, of course in spirit form, it made her wonder what he was like now, a new sense of fear and uneasy rushing over the Amazon queen. She already had a feeling that she was going to find out what it was like, even if she didn’t want it. Gabrielle found herself quiet, her breathing coming shallow, more out of nerves.

“I’m guessing… I don’t have much of a choice, do I?” She questioned when she found her voice, swallowing hard, waiting for what was to come next.

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