"Mrs. Thornclaw? What are you doing here this late?"
Whithout a word, she pulled something out of her pocket and laid it on my desk in front of me.
Edited by: Detia1 at: 2/25/02 8:24:53 pm
Mikel30 Registered User
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(2/19/02 2:44 pm)
Re: A Woman Scorned
I immediately recognized the object before me. It was the locket I had given my wife, Katherine for our first wedding anniversary. I had thought it lost forever when it was discovered missing from around her neck the day she died.
"Where...where did you get this?"
Charra Loon Registered User
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(2/22/02 8:47 pm)
Re: A Woman Scorned
Endora then proceeded to bring something else out into the open. It was a set of coordinates. Could it be...dare I hope?
"Is that where that bastard Dragor is?" She nodded, much to my delight. I look at the clock; it was 12:03. It was now twenty-three years to the day since my beloved angel was taken from me. Losing her, especially in that manner, was difficult, but it was so much worse when I found out she was pregnant at the time of her passing. I didn't even bother to tell anyone that part...gods, twelve years of marriage and that was the only time she ever conceived. Now, on the anniversary of her death, I had the means to bring her rapist-murderer to justice. How very appropriate.
Screw the law; I'll deal with him myself. They let him escape in the first place and there was no way I was going to let that mistake happen again. Gods know it cost me dearly.
After dropping off my bounty, I went to see Dray. We were sharing a very romantic moment in his hot tub. The lights were dimmed and the tub was surrounded with candles. The heat had me very relaxed. I leaned back on my love's shoulder as he caressed my body kissed my neck.
"Oh, Dray, I wish all my nights could be like this."
"They can be, baby."
"Oh really? How so?"
"You could come stay here with me."
"Dray, don't tease me."
"I'm not, Liza. I've been thinking about asking you that anyway."
"You were going to ask me to come live with you here?"
"Yeah."
"Dray...I can't do that!"
"Why not?"
"Because...well what about Puss Puss?"
"What about her? It's about time you left her anyways."
At first I thought Dragor was joking, but when I looked into his eyes, I could tell he was dead serious.
"Eliza, I'm tired of competeing with that furball for your time and attention. She always seems to get the better end of the deal anyway."
"What?"
"When it comes down to it, you always put her feelings before mine."
"Dray that's not true!"
"Oh yeah? What about your birthday that just passed? You told me you would spend the night of your birthday with her, then we could do something the next night. When our time rolled around, what did you do? You spent the next night with her too! And you told me you forgot about our date!"
"I made it up to you the next night..."
"You wouldn't have had to do that if you'd thought about me in the first place. I was really hurt when you told me you forgot." I was feeling really guilty at that point.
"Oh, Dray...I'm sorry. I had no idea you felt that way. Will you forgive me?"
"Of course. All you have to do is agree to move in with me and all will be forgiven and forgotten," he replied as he nibbled on my ear.
"Dray...this is so sudden. I'm...I'm going to need time." He responded with a frustrated growl.
"Gods, Liza, how much time do you need?"
"Give me three nights." He thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
"Ok, you got three nights. After that, we'll just cut eachother off all together and leave each other alone." I certainly didn't want that. "Liza, who do you love more? Me or her?" Oh dear. Wasn't expecting him to ask me that.
"I love you both equally."
"Yeah, that's why you always put her feelings first, right?"
"Dray, I promise I will never make that mistake again. Listen, I have to leave. It's getting late and you know I can't stay here."
"All right, baby. See you in three nights." We gave each other a long, passionate good-bye kiss before I left his aerie. I had no idea that someone was waiting to spring a trap as soon as I left.
Edited by: Detia1 at: 12/30/02 2:28:44 pm
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(2/25/02 4:33 pm)
Re: A Woman Scorned
It's about bloody time she left! I staked out Dragor's place and waited until Eliza went home. The instant daylight came, I sent out a signal from my current location. Lucky for me, Dray's a heavy sleeper, especially after intimacy, so he won't notice that I'm drawing in his enemies until it's too late. I know Mack and Whisper said they have everything under control, but I wasn't taking chances. No siree, I was making sure that bastard was caught and that he was caught good. I do believe the local law will find Dragor's hiding place very interesting indeed.
Re: A Woman Scorned
After Rakuna let Hardware and I know Eliza had left Dragor's aerie, I headed there armed with my laser crossbow. I knew that when he would spend weekends with Eliza, he would step out not long after dawn for his morning stretch. As soon as he unfurled his wings, I would shoot him between the wings, paralizing him long enough to be restrained. My revenge was so close I could taste it!
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(2/27/02 2:46 pm)
Re: A Woman Scorned
I held my crossbow rock steady as I waited for Dragor to come out. That's when I noticed soemthing out of the corner of my eye. Someone else was coming. The SilverHawks? What are they doing here? I hopey they wouldn't tip off Dragor, because I wanted to make sure I got my revenge!
Re: A Woman Scorned
Finally he came out on the balcony. He had no clue that someone was watching him. Time seemed to stand still as I waited for him to unfurl his wings. At last he stretch, unfolding his wings from out of his back. When they were completely unfurled, I fired.
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(3/11/02 9:30 pm)
Re: A Woman Scorned
When I felt the blow between my wings, paralisis set in immediately. I was unable to brace myself as I fell to the ground face first. I lay there helpless. Soon I could see a pair of furry brown feet at my eye level. I'd recognize those feet anywhere. That damned hairball had shot me in the back! But how the hell did she find my aerie? I knew Liza couldn't have told her. She's one of the few people I can trust completely, and when she makes a promise, she keeps it.
Re: A Woman Scorned
Finally, the Creep was about to get what her deserved. Soon, he would be out of my way and out of my life. I would truly have Eliza all to myself. I smiled when he began to growl at me. Just for the hell of it, I kicked him in the face. By that time the SilverHawks had landed and were preparing to transport him to Penal Planet Ten.
"You are so going to regret this, fish breath! I'm gonna make sure you pay for this!"
I just grinned and gave him the finger, then waved good-bye. Good riddence! Now to go home to my love.
Charra Loon Registered User
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(4/24/02 8:25 pm)
Re: A Woman Scorned
(Hotwing)
Finally! I thought we'd never catch that monster! Before anyone could notice, I conjured up the syringe containing my revenge for him and injected it into him as discreetly as possible. No turning back now. Excellent! Every last drop of the curse is coarsing in his veins. If I did this right, then he should experience the effects right after he sleeps. Pleasant dreams, yungar.
(Dragor)
Well, this turned out to be a good day. For the first time ever, I'm in a cell on the Penal Planet. Hmm, number ten, too. Shouldn't be a total waste. Despite the fact that I'm in a super-tough cell with no chance of escape, it's not gonna ruin my fun, which shall start right about...now.
"Well, well, well." I say casually at the scrawny figure in front of my door. "If it isn't Limbo's resident insect. What brings you down to my dreary accomidations, besides the fact you run the place?"
"You know exactly why I'm here." he just said. Oooh, somebody's got an attitude.
"Okay, if this is about Kate, I'm really, really sorry....that she died. I tried to be gentle on her--"
"Oh, I'm so sure!"
"But she kept fighting me. For some odd reason, she wouldn't leave you and run away with me, but that's all in the past. Anyways, her death was a total accident."
"You call the murder of my beloved an accident?! You call tormenting me every single day since your return about how you slandered her preicous body an accident?! You dare to brag about that particular little event every single chance you get and then repeat history with other victims?! The courts made a grave mistake in letting you off on insanity!" I then saw he had a laser pistol out, pointing at me. "And I plan to make sure that mistake doesn't happen twice."
"And what exactly are you going to do about it, insect?"
"What I should've done a long time ago..." Well, I'll be damned! He's getting ready to pull that trigger. About time he got himself a spin. "You've made my life a living nightmare for twenty-three years to the day, Wyvern, and it ends now." Then he fired.
Edited by: Charra Loon at: 7/29/02 7:46:25 pm
Re: A Woman Scorned
(Whisper) When I got home, Liza was still asleep. I crawled into to bed next to her, kissed her, and held her close. Now that Dragor was finally put away, I could truly relax and not worry about him interfering with me and my lover. I couldn't understand why she started seeing him again anyway. He treats her like sh*t. Sometimes worse than that. I lost count of the times he's cause her heartbreak and pain. I never did forget the time's she would go to her room to cry herself to sleep because of some of the things he said and did to her. Well, I was determined to keep him from ever hurting her again. He never deserved Eliza in the first place. The only thing he deserved was to be put away. I couldn't help but smile at the thought of him in total misery in the Penal Planet.
Charra Loon Registered User
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(12/29/02 9:28 pm)
Re: A Woman Scorned
(Stargazer)
Finally! I thought we'd never get a hold of Dragor. Once the other 'Hawks got an anoymous tip on a location, they hightailed it and arrested him. Lord knows he's no Mon*Star, but still has a lot to answer for. Ah, here's Bluegrass with a report now.
"Milk run completed." he says. "Everything went smoothly, Commander."
"Thank God." I reply. "There's one less thing to worry about now that Dragor's put away."
"Yessir, we sure don't expect him gettin' out of Penal Planet Ten any day now." I paled at that last comment.
"You put him in Penal Planet Ten?!" I shouted.
"Sir, yes sir. That's where we put all the Mobsters, right?"
"All the Mobsters but Dragor! It says so in his file, for Pete's sake!"
"Sir, with all due respect, Penal Planet Ten's got the highest security rate."
"And a Warden who'll give anything to have a chance to kill Dragor!"
"What? [i]Kill[/i] Dragor? Sir, I know ol' Lockup's a bit harder on the sex offenders than anybody else, but you don't think--"
"Dragor is the reason for that extra hardness. Don't ask me how; that's between Lockup and myself."
"So, what do we do?"
"Return to Hawk Haven; I'll deal with this myself." I cut communications and rode off to the Penal Planet. Damn it! If he's as bitter as he was twenty-three years ago, then I can't afford to waste any time. On the way, I contacted Condor and gave him the situation.
"Penal Planet Ten?!" he cried. "Tell me you're kidding, Gaze."
"I wish I was. You know that Lockup's got a huge chip on his shoulder ever since..."
"he lost Kate. I know, but that was twenty-three years ago; don't you think he's moved on by now?"
"Do you know what today is, Jack?"
"Yea, it's a Friday, I think. Lost track a bit due to schedule."
"The date, Condor, the date!"
"May--oh sh*t. The day Kate died."
"Exactly. Still think he won't kill him?"
"I'm on my way." Now, all I need to worry about is stopping that fool before some real damage is done. When we go to the Penal Planet, Condor and I just barely stopped Lockup from committing murder. The shot just missed Dragor by a hair. And Lockup? Well, he wasn't too happy that we interfered with his revenge, so I left Condor to keep an eye on Dragor while I had a talk with the Warden in private.
"What, in the twenty hells of Limbo, did you think you were doing, Jerimiah?!" I told him.
"Remeding a mistake, what did it look like?" he replied. "Have you forgotten what that bastard did to those women since he escaped? Have you forgotten what he put me through when he killed Katherine?"
"Of course not. I wish I could forget such a thing."
"And need I remind you that one of your own was defiled by that monster?"
"As bad as Kate was, only she survived. No, you don't need to remind me. But, Warden, this isn't the answer."
"The law let him off once, Stargazer, I'll be damned if I let them do it again!"
"This won't bring Kate back, you know that! You could've commited first-degree murder. And if you had succeeded, you could've lost everything."
"I lost everything a long time ago, thanks to that creature!"
*sighs* Okay, this isn't going to be easy; Lockup was one of the stubbornest people in Limbo and the one person who can talk him out of this crazy plan has been dead for twenty-three years. "Okay," I started. "We know what you want, but is this what Kate would've wanted?" That hit the spot. God bless that woman for looking out for her patients, no matter what their reputation. That was the best thing about her; to see something that no one else sees in other people. "She'd be turning in her grave by now if she knew you were trying to off one of her most difficult patients."
"I'm sure she would understand that I'm a bit ticked at him for what he did to her!"
"And would she care?"
"If Kate hadn't bothered with filth like Dragor, she'd be alive today!"
"When was the last time you took a vacation, Warden?" I asked, changing the subject.
"Last one was my grieveance leave after..." Nothing further.
"Look, you've been under a lot of stress; we all have. What you need is a nice long sebatical. To clear your head."
"Perhaps...what's the catch?"
"I'll take care of your attempted murder on Dragor."
"You do that. I'll get on my sebatical today. After all, a rape-murder carries the maximum sentence of capital punishment. I'm sure the law's learned from its last mistake involving Dragor." Well, that was settled. And as for Dragor? He probably would've pressed charges for the heck of it if I didn't threaten to expose his run-in with Sundance to the public; he didn't like admitting a woman got the best of him. God, he causes almost as much trouble as Mon*Star himself does!
The next couple nights with Eliza were pure bliss. Knowing the Creep was where he belonged had me felling relaxed and happy. Things took a drastic turn about three nights after I captured Dragor. I had just come back from Fense to find Eliza at the cave entrance. She didn't look happy. I also noticed all my things were strewn all over the yard and covered with coffee grinds. When I looked back up at my lover for an explanation she replied with a cold glare, "You got a message...from The Boss, deary...would you like to hear it?"
Before I could answer, Eliza played the message for me.
"This is Warden Lockup for Mrs. Endora Thornclaw. I'd like to commend you for your excellent work on your last bounty. We've been trying to capture Dragor for decades without sucess. You've done what not even my best bounty hunter could do. I see a promotion in the works for you. Once again, good job!"
Charra Loon Registered User
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(12/30/02 3:00 pm)
Re: A Woman Scorned
[Is that what this is about?] I asked. [Your little dragon getting penned? I'm surprised he hasn't been slayed already.]
"How could you do this to me?" Liza asked. "After everything I've done for you?!"
[Like cheating on me with Dragor?! Don't think I didn't see the two of you together again! He was manipulating you, just like before!]
"Dragor loves me! And I love him! You had no right to do what you did!"
[How could you love someone like that monster?! You deserved better than him! If it weren't for me, you would've gone down with him because there were plenty of people out to get Dragor!]
"Especially the Boss! Do you even realize what you've done?! Dray'll be killed before he even gets a trial!"
[I wish!] Then a thought just occured to me. [Wait a minute, you knew what Dray put him through? Raping and murdering his wife?]
"Of course I did, and it wasn't murder. Dray told me what happened that day he first escape, and her death was an accident."
[They won't see that when they put him on trial.]
"Get out. I never want to see you again, ever." I didn't say anything; I just gathered my things and left. How could she be so ungrateful?! I did this for her, after all! And Dray getting killed at his arrival didn't sound like such a bad idea; wishful thinking, but not a bad idea. When I got to the Penal Planet to get my bounty, I was surprised to see the Deputy Warden. She told me that the Warden had to go on a long-deserved sabatical. After what that poor man went through what he did, I thought he deserved a nice, long break. I stayed at the Omni for a while and contacted Damian to tell him what happened. He was much more understanding than Eliza, thank goodness.
If I had to do it all over again, I'd do it in a heartbeat, only I probably would've offed Dragor instead of bringing him in alive. Eliza hated me, but I didn't care. She'll get over it eventually, but until now, I'll wait for her to cool down. I myself need to get over the anger I felt towards her for protecting that monster and cheating on me. There was also the anger of what I felt towards Dray for what he did to her, not to mention every other female that's crossed his path.
I guess what they say is true; hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
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