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Meg (meganmasters) wrote in payline,
@ 2013-12-09 16:07:00

Entry tags:

!closed, meg masters (canon), ruby (au)

Who: Meg Masters (canon) and Ruby (au)
When: 3am, Tuesday Morning
Where: The Wave Pool
Rating: TBD
Warnings: TBD
Summary: Meg runs into a former comrade
Status: Closed | Complete

She was making an effort to be more careful. After the run in with Jo, she’d made up her mind that it would be best to go back to her old routine. The temptation to stay in her room with it’s sweeping view and all too willing angel in her bed had been very strong, but she’d resisted. It was for the best really. He was getting too close and the time had come to put some distance between them. A week, she thought. A week to get her head back in order before she saw him again. She didn’t spare any thoughts for what he might do during that time, or what he might think of her absence. If she started to think about that, her resolve might crumble. She might be tempted to check on him and, once seeing, be tempted to stay. He had that effect on her, and she hoped like Hell he never actually figured that out. He had enough power over her as it was without the added knowledge that just seeing him had a way of softening her resolve, no matter the situation.

So she’d left. She’d spent the morning with him, a first for them, and then she’d left, as she’d known she must. Already the enormous suite had felt too small. She’d felt a momentary twinge at the idea of him using the space when she wasn’t in it, but only that. It had been one thing when the room had been so standard. Just like every other room. It even had two beds. Then, if he used the room, she hadn’t thought of it as him using her room, merely a room that she was expected to occupy, and chose not to. This, however? This room she thought of as hers. It had obviously been chosen with her tastes in mind and, unlike the previous one, it only had one bed. No longer was he sleeping in a vacant bed in a room she didn’t care about. Now he was sleeping in her bed. It was a subtle difference, but one she couldn’t seem to get past.

Today she planned to stay outside the hotel. She’d been cooped up too long and needed a little room to breathe. Perhaps she’d spend the day in a gondola at the Venetian. The sound of softly lapping water and the bright, faux sky had a way of calming her. Slipping out of the Mandalay, she turned her steps towards the strip, skirting briefly across the beach of the wave pool as she did so. She only hoped that, this late at night, she was once again safe from random encounters. At least with hunters who were after her blood, that was.

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oh_such_malice
2013-12-12 12:15 am UTC (link)

Ruby was stretched out on one of the lawn chairs, she was avoiding everyone, trying to figure out a game plan on how to get out of here. She heard someone before she saw them, but then she saw up, watching, was that...a demon? "Huh?" she breathed, wondering if perhaps she'd figure out what was going on.

Perhaps this was one of Abaddon plans, no one really knew that she had up her sleeve. Ruby was debating on how to play this, she could be forth coming, but what would be that point, if the demon wanted to talk to her, she'd see what happened. She leaned back down, her eyes looking up at the sky and the moon waiting to see what would happen.

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meganmasters
2013-12-12 03:50 pm UTC (link)

Meg stopped short at the sight of someone else on the beach. Great. Just great. Three times now she’d been busted here. That meant this was likely the last time she’d ever set foot on the damn beach. Even at this hour it wasn’t safe for her to travel here. She was on the verge of turning around, heading back to her newly warded and protected room and it’s all too willing inhabitant, when she got her first good look at the person, the woman, reclining in the lounge chair. She could see her features, unfamiliar not only in life in general but also life here at the hotel, but she could see beneath that. She could see the darkness, swirling like smoke, just beneath the woman’s skin. This was no human. This was a demon.

Her first instinct was to flee. She wasn’t really on speaking terms with any demons these days, not after the things she’d done. Too many of them had gone crawling to lick Crowley’s boots and those who didn’t were all long dead. She should have been among them. Any demon that ran into her here would most likely be prepared to sell her out for little more than a pat on the head. Yes, flight was the best option.

Just as the realization hit her, a break in the clouds flooded the area with light and Meg got a good look at her unwanted company. She looked...familiar. Oh not the human meatsuit she wore. The demon itself. Meg couldn’t be sure. It had been several years since she’d last been in Hell, and she hadn’t exactly been lining up facebook friends in those days. Still, did she know this demon? The urge to take a step closer was very strong, but survival instinct won out and she stayed planted exactly where she was.

“Name and rank, soldier,” she said loudly, with heavy sarcasm.

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oh_such_malice
2013-12-13 03:14 am UTC (link)

Ruby snorted, "Under Crowley, you're kidding, right?" she asked, "he's all ass with minions to do his bidding, I'm certainly not one of those. Loyalist is who I am, to our father." She moved her legs to the side, stretching them out. Her eyes looked over the other woman, there was something about her as well, perhaps they had passed in passing.

"And you?" she asked, "are you with him?" Ruby needed to be careful, she knew that much now. Her arms rested in her lap as she watched Meg closely, her eyes flickered to black, just for a moment, hoping to get a better view, but no such luck.

"Look," she held her hand up, "I'm not here for trouble, no idea why I'm here at all." She rubbed her arm, "I was in hell," she was lying, but demons lie all the time right? "now I'm here."

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meganmasters
2013-12-13 03:21 pm UTC (link)

“Yeah, I don’t think so, Sweetheart,” Meg said with a sneer. Carefully, she reached beneath her jacket and wrapped her fingers around the handle of her Angel Sword. She had enough problems to contend with in this place and the last thing she needed was another demon screwing around. One was bad enough in the eyes of the populace. Add another, who might be less inclined to lay low, be a good little girl, and play nice with the humans and they could kiss both their asses goodbye. Besides, she wasn’t on the level, that much was clear. What loyalist would announce what they were in front of another demon nowadays? It was a death wish. And even if she was one of Lucifer’s, there was no way she was fresh from Hell. The only loyalists left down there were screwed to the ceiling in so many pieces they’d never be able to sort themselves out again. Crowley didn’t have much going for him, but he was certainly imaginative in his tortures.

Slowly, carefully, not exactly a threat but definitely a message, Meg drew the Angel Sword and held it nonchalantly in one hand. She raised an eyebrow at the unknown demon.

“If you were a Loyalist, you’d be dead. If you weren’t dead, I’d know who you are. So let’s try this again. Name and rank.” Was it foolish to stop and chat? Possibly. But she was in a bind. If she tried to kill this demon outright, there would be a body. She had no way of knowing what this demon had been up to, who might miss her, or what might be caused by her disappearance. Things had been starting to even out. Meg had hoped that maybe, just maybe, she could spend less time hiding out and more time enjoying this crap vacation since it looked like it was all she had left of life anyway. But now this. And unknown demon who could, and possibly would, fuck everything up.

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oh_such_malice
2013-12-14 03:30 am UTC (link)

"I was dead, I was killed right when father was coming to earth," Ruby arched a perfect eyebrow at her. "I was reward, brought back, but I was informed to stay away, I played my role and then sat back, till he was royally screw over." She folded her hands across her chest, she didn't take kindly to the Angel Sword and then it dawned on her, who was known to have one, most demons didn't.

"Put it up, Meg, I have no beef with you. I just want to be left alone. "Ruby sighed, "It's Ruby," really she didn't want to announce that, but hey she had an Angel sword, Ruby wanted to live to see tomorrow. "I don't know why I'm here, I'm just laying low till it's revealed or till can go back to what I was doing." Her head nodded, "rumors were true, did you end up back in hell?" Ruby asked, her eyes looking the woman over and then sat back down.

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meganmasters
2013-12-14 12:59 pm UTC (link)

Once upon a time, the Winchesters had dropped her out a window. She remembered the way it had felt to hit the ground and feel every bit of air leave her body. The way the bones in her legs had snapped like twigs and the impact had radiated through her ribcage like a wave, shattering everything in it’s path until she felt absolutely flattened against the pavement. This felt similar. The shock that went through her wasn’t simply surprise at this demon being someone she actually knew, it was the claim she made. Without lowering her blade, Meg walked boldly to where the woman sat and peered at her face, trying to see beneath the human skin to the darkness underneath. She knew Ruby of course. They’d never really been in the same social circles as it were, but every loyalist knew her. Now. She wasn’t sure if she’d be able to really recognize her, it had been so very long, but she had to look. The faint familiarity of the features behind the humanity...it wasn’t much, but it was enough. At least for her.

And still she didn’t drop the blade. Nothing about this made sense. Ignoring Ruby’s question entirely, Meg shot back one of her own.

“Assuming I believe you, how the fuck have you stayed alive this long? You should have been at the top of Crowley’s hit list if you were still alive.” She didn’t lower the blade. She had no intention of doing so. Not yet anyway. Another demon arriving was bad enough. But this one? With both Winchesters in residence and the populace already well aware of the demon in their midst? There could be no worse timing.

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oh_such_malice
2013-12-14 03:36 pm UTC (link)

"Because I'm a survivor," Ruby pointed out, "I was reward for releasing our father, with instructions to stay away, plus the rule book was broken thanks to the Winchesters, getting out of hell isn't that hard, which you should know, how many times have you escaped without Daddy's blessing?"

Ruby looked at her, smugly, "If you lay low, you don't attract attention, plus when Dumbshit McGee took control, someone else was in his eye sight not me. I bet he thinks I'm rotting away in hell in a deep dark corner."

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meganmasters
2013-12-14 04:13 pm UTC (link)

“Touche,” Meg admitted grudgingly. She had a point. Crowley had had a hard on for her for years now and one piddly year of torture wasn’t nearly enough for that sick son of a bitch to get his rocks off. If he really had thought Ruby was dead or locked in Hell, and there was no reason he shouldn’t since even she hadn’t known the other demon was still alive, then it was plausible. Meg hadn’t been back to Hell since Crowley had taken over so she had no way to know if Ruby was telling the truth or not about the ease of her escape. It grated, not being able to say for certain. What if she’d sided with Crowley? How would she ever know? Her only consolation was that at least the smarmy dick wasn’t there anymore. He couldn’t hurt her here. Not now anyway.

With a sigh, Meg sat down on the edge of the lounge chair closest to Ruby, resting the angel sword cross her legs, but not returning it to her hip. Girl couldn’t be too careful.

“Anyone give you the rundown yet?” she asked, but then thought better of it and waved her hand as if dismissing the question. “Nevermind, doesn’t matter. We’re stuck, can’t get out. That’s about all there is to it. Winchesters both in residence. Couple of their lackeys, too.” She was on the verge of telling her there was also an angel in the building, but stopped herself. Old loyalties died hard and Ruby had been on her team once upon a time. But while that might put her on even footing with the Winchesters in Meg’s personal hierarchy, she didn’t even come close to Cas, even without whatever fucked up thing was going on between them at the moment. “They already know I’m here and while that wouldn’t be a problem on a normal day, their kid sister is hot for my blood.” Meg shrugged as if it were an everyday occurrence. “Been laying low since she got here.” She let her eyes flick over Ruby’s current body, sizing her up. “Got a plan for staying off the radar?”

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oh_such_malice
2013-12-15 05:28 am UTC (link)

"They won't know I'm here. Do like I always do," Ruby replied as she sat back down, "Stay away, been here for days, you only came across me by chance," she pointed out as she put her hand in her laps. "I don't want to be caught here, just like I didn't back home. Daddy said to stay away from them and I will."

She smiled a little, "Kid sister? Oh...Jo?" she rolled her eyes, "cause of the hounds?" Ruby shook her head, moved to sit back, "they are hunters, its killed or be killed, humans." Although Ruby use to be one, attached to one, but still it amazed her the grudges they held, it was their job, that they picked to do. Demons didn't have a choice it was do it or get stuck with someone worse, like torture in hell.

"Do you think this is a trick of Abaddon?" she asked Meg, "she'd been pulling major tricks lately."

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meganmasters
2013-12-15 03:51 pm UTC (link)

“Jo,” Meg said, nodding in confirmation. She didn’t relax, but she wasn’t as ready to spring any longer. This could still go either way, really, but, well, it was Ruby. She was a hero. She was a legend. She’d done what Meg hadn’t been able to do. Her job had been to get close to Sam Winchester, drive a wedge between him and his brother, and get him ready for what was to come. And she’d failed, miserably. But Ruby? Ruby had succeeded and she’d died a hero’s death. Maye Sam just preferred brunettes. She’d studied him for so long, picked what she thought had been the right look. Edgy, free spirited, blonde like his poor dead girlfriend. But she’d gotten it all wrong. She’d never been able to do what Ruby had done and for that she, and all of demon kind, should have been eternally grateful. If there was any justice in the world she’d have been elevated to a kind of sainthood. Instead, she’d apparently been tossed out with the rest of the garbage, just like Meg had.

“Ran into her just the other day. She seems to think we can stay in our respective corners and everyone can go back to holding hands and singing Kumbaya. We know better,” she added with an almost sad little smirk. “Better to disappear. Out of sight, out of mind.” Speaking of, Meg turned to check over her shoulder, just to be sure no random civilians were about to stumble upon them. She’d been still too long. She needed to get moving again.

Ruby’s question, however, had her full attention.

“Abbadon? She’s been missing since the 50’s. We all assumed she was dead.”

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oh_such_malice
2013-12-15 07:39 pm UTC (link)

"No, she's back," Ruby said, "before I came here, she started to rebel against Crowley, like taking over things, she was telling everyone a new regime was coming and she was talking over." Ruby shrug a shoulder, "I didn't go to her, stayed out of the way like I was told, but I was following her, she had it hard up for the boys as well, things were going to get very ugly.

She snorted "as if it wasn't alright with the Angels fallen back to earth, pure insanity." She shock her head, demons been crawling the earth for how long? Angel come down and start pushing religion on everyone, killing people."

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meganmasters
2013-12-15 11:52 pm UTC (link)

“Yeah, heard about that,” Meg said vaguely, keeping her expression blank. Castiel had told her, weeks ago, and as hard as it had been to believe then, it was even harder hearing a former comrade in arms talk about it. She didn’t envy the demons left on earth with all of the heavenly host waging war right around their ears. Maybe she was better off here after all. And she certainly had no intention of telling Ruby that Castiel was in residence if she didn’t already know, and definitely not that he was human. That was too valuable a bargaining chip if any more of their kind showed up and she didn’t want it in hands she couldn’t trust if she could help it.

Sighing, Meg tried to consider her options. Turning Ruby in to the Winchesters was the smartest plan. It would ingratiate her with the masses and remove a demon from the mix, making her look extra squeaky clean by comparison. But that wasn’t her way. Demon she might be, but betrayer she was not. Ruby had been on her side of the war. She was a loyalist, and a hero. She wasn’t about to let toss her to the wolves, and she was certain that would come back to bite her in the ass. Picking up her sword, she pressed the tip into the ball of her thumb, deep enough that it wouldn’t heal over immediately, and let a drop of blood well up.

“Look I don’t have a pen, this is going to have to do.” Grabbing Ruby’s arm, she sketched out a symbol on her skin. “The stars are the rooms I stay in. Starts with 522 and goes up three floors the next day, moving vertically down the lines. Symbols are drawn on the undersides of the desks. Go to them, trace it in your blood, and the whole thing will protect you too. Makes us harder to find. You’re not outed yet, but trust me it will happen and you don’t want to be caught without a plan.” She almost added “like I was” but thought better of it.

Standing, sheathed her blade and cast a glance around her immediate surroundings, checking for onlookers.

“Sit still too long around this place and it’s only a matter of time before there’s a knife in your back.”

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oh_such_malice
2013-12-16 01:53 am UTC (link)

Ruby looked at her arm, then at Meg, she was wondering why she was being nice, but then again, they were on the same side a long time ago. "Thanks," she nodded her head, "I have some curses up as well, witch and all." Ruby shrug a shoulder, she knew how to handle herself, she always did no matter what.

When Meg mentioned Ruby being caught without a plan, "History should have told you by now, always have one, just never reveal it till it's about to happen. Plus being stabbed in the back, I can handle, it's the front like your being gutted is what stings." It was how she was killed by Dean.

"I don't want to keep you, best to keep our distance." Solo was the way to ride, unless trouble is to be have. "If you need me, just reach out." It was one time offer that will be spoken, unspoken Meg should know what she meant by that. Ruby shirted to stretch out her meatbag, eyes glancing up at the sky, "hope to not see you soon."

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