Lost and Alone (Fell/Merci)

[.Rabid Lycan.]

Fell's eyes hardened. "That's horrible. Judging on appearance proves the prosecutor guilty!" His voice became a warning snarl. This infuriated him.

[Ärï]

"Hush Fell" Merci said softly, her tone gentle and her eyes half closed as she looked at the sky. "My pack was an innocent pack of fools that panicked. I'm still alive, Halo is still alive. I'm content."

[.Rabid Lycan.]

"How...? Content!? How can you be content for what they did to you and your brother!" Fell was urgent now. "That was not justice! That was cowardice and poor judgement! They should be taught a lesson!"

[Ärï]

"What lesson is possibly strong enough to show them how they hurt us?" Merci growled suddenly aggressive. "There is no lesson like that Fell! I know that! Death may be what you see but not for me. That's giving them peace. I don't want to hurt anyone Fell. Halo doesn't either. We just want to be content, to be alone where no one can hurt us. There's no lesson to teach the pain of loosing what you held dear."

[.Rabid Lycan.]

Fell rolled onto his paws, looking up at the sky once more. "It just seems wrong to just... stand. To not act. To allow it to happen again." He closed his eyes. "I have vowed not to allow what happen to Legion, Mosca, and I to happen to others. Yet, despite my efforts, there are still murderers, rapists, abusive phsychopaths, and cannibals..." The black brute lowered his head. "I've killed many of those wolves, who refused to apologize for their crimes until they were an inch from death.... but I can't take pity on them then. I guess that's what is different about you and I. You can give mercy, just as your name says. While I am cursed with this burden that I've put on myself. And no matter what anyone says, I will never escape my plight."

[Ärï]

Merci rolled onto her back and looked at Fell with a gentle gaze. "Sometimes, it's enough to be able to stand back up and say 'I survived.'" Merci rose to her paws. Her gaze rested on the moon, the silvery light giving her dark bodice a bluish tint. "They weren't bad, just scared" Merci murmured.

[.Rabid Lycan.]

"I'm afriad I'm bound by laws. An eye for an eye, I think. But some cannot be even... so I send them to overcome theirf final judgement..." Fell turned his head away. "You are a unique wolf, not fearing me, nor hating me. Usually wolves would have torn me apart when they meet me or my comrades."

[Ärï]

Merci looked around for a moment and then back at fell. Her icy blue eyes glowed in the dark as she looked at him, a slight smile on her visage. "I'm not a killer. I have no right to judge you or your comrades just because they are different. Halo and I swore we would never judge a wolf because too many have judged us."

[.Rabid Lycan.]

Fell didn't move for a moment. "In that way, you are also unique. Judgement is a cruel thing. You are blessed, in a way, not to feel the urge to kill..." The sun began to dive behind the mountains, and Fell's figure became a dark sillouhette outlined by twilight's last firey blaze. "While I am cursed with it."

[Ärï]

Merci touched her muzzle against his, meeting his eyes. Her shadow stretched and the white mark on her chest was almost invisible. "All curses have their cure, you just have to find the right one for you." Merci's words were soft spoken and gentle though she knew Fell could hear her. He was so unique. Dark and maybe a bit confused but still, special. Merci was a healer. Her heart urned to help him while in all reality, there was little she could do to soothe this troubled soul.

[.Rabid Lycan.]

The wolf's eyes came to a forced close. His tense muscles relaved slightly. "You treat me with kindness in affection.... it is strange. I often find emotions difficult, when you live the life of an... assassin."

[Ärï]

Merci took a few steps back. "I am a healer, I treat all wolves with the same kindness and love." It was a lie. Merci had never show this much affection to any other exept Halo and Fell. She turned and started off toward the trees. "If you ever need me, just howl" she said over her shoulder. "I will come."

[.Rabid Lycan.]

Fell didn't follow her with his eyes, and his back was faced to her. But, away from her eyes, he smiled to the sky. He had heard her words.... the words that he had told her. "I will remember that, Merci. I promise you that. And remember..." He lifted his head high. "I am a wolf of my word." Fell lunged foward in a sprint, throwing back his head in a zealous howl.

[Ärï]

Merci paused in the shadow of the trees at the edge of the meadow. Her elegently crafted crown turned skyward. A beautiful note rose from her, echoing slightly in the meadow. It rose to a silvery note as if to touch the moon itself. Her howl died away on a fairly high note and she looked toward Fell and a slight smile on her pretty face. "Is that a howl for help or are you just testing?" she asked, a hinting of teasing in her voice.

[.Rabid Lycan.]

The black figure skidded to a stop. "Just want you to know that I'll always need you." Fell turned and pointed his muzzle away from the sun. "And, if you head that way, you should find WhiteMist soon enough." The shadow danced across the meadow, and seemed to fade into the night. "Adios, para ahora."