{"id":1185,"date":"2012-04-16T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2012-04-15T11:40:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T15:40:17","slug":"autumn-chapter-7-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=1185","title":{"rendered":"Autumn – Chapter 7 – 03"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Once they hit the bottom of the ravine, J.T. unslung his claymore from its harness across his back.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019re expecting trouble, aren\u2019t we?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Matt asked, nervously putting a hand on the hilt of his borrowed blade.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cShouldn\u2019t we have brought a shotgun with us?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAt close quarters, we\u2019d hit Phelan.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>They worked pretty well when we were just going up against the damn Greys, but trying to shoot Vammatar with one would probably do more harm than good.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. shook his head, starting to pick his way along the stream\u2019s muddy bank.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cPistols would be different, but I\u2019m not sure how much good one would be against her.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cBecause it\u2019s not iron?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. glanced over his shoulder at Matt.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cYeah, that\u2019s it.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>How\u2019d you know?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cSomething Phelan said to me a week or two ago, while we were starting to get the forge set up.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Things\u2014supernatural things\u2014tend to be sensitive to iron and iron alloys.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Steel\u2019s effective, but not as effective as iron, but iron\u2019s too soft sometimes and too brittle other times to be a whole lot of good in the long run.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Something like that.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I can\u2019t say I completely understood him, but I figured I should take his word for it since he\u2019s got a lot more experience than I do.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Matt glanced across the stream to the other side, brows knitting.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHow far do you think they could have gotten?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cNo idea,\u201d J.T. said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>His gaze flicked up toward the rim of the ravine.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>No sign of Carolyn yet.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Maybe we\u2019ll find him before she finds us.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m not sure that\u2019d be a bad thing.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI couldn\u2019t see much past the Greys throwing themselves against the lines.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Did you?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Matt grimaced.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI saw them go over, if that\u2019s what you mean.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Phelan caught her at the hip and she threw him off, then she went over the edge and he chased her.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I half expected we\u2019d look down and find them at the bottom where they went over the edge.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I guess the fact that we didn\u2019t means there\u2019s a chance Phelan\u2019s still alive, right?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It also means there\u2019s a chance that Vammatar\u2019s still alive and that she killed Phelan.<\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. bit down hard enough on his tongue that he tasted blood.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>There were still moments when Phelan made him vaguely uncomfortable\u2014that was thanks to the damned dreams that hadn\u2019t stopped, he ones about a past life he could only remember in fragments\u2014but he didn\u2019t want anything to happen to the old bastard.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cRight,\u201d J.T. said, crossing the stream at a narrow point.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Matt hopped across the bank after him.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>They both froze at the sound of footsteps splashing through the creek. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The sound echoed off the ravine walls, making it hard to distinguish which direction it was coming from.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. turned around and breathed a sigh of relief, lifting his hand to wave to Drew.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cCarolyn\u2019s coming,\u201d he said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cShe was grabbing your kit, Jay.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Said she\u2019d only be a minute after me.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I shouldn\u2019t have asked them to send her down.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. nodded slightly.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019ll wait, then.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHope we won\u2019t need that kit,\u201d Matt said, shifting his weight from one leg to the other.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe will,\u201d J.T. said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cDidn\u2019t you see the knife?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cKnife?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Drew and Matt asked in the same voice.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhat knife?\u201d <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Matt continued.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. shook his head.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cVammatar got Phelan in the shoulder with one.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>He fished around in the pocket of his heavy cargo pants and came up with the rag-wrapped blade.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI grabbed it before anyone could step on it.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It was a beautiful weapon.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Oxidized silver wire wrapped a sharkskin covered grip.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>The cap was a black opal the size of his thumbnail and the guard was narrow, just a shade wider than the blade itself, which looked like some kind of blackened or blued steel.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Bare traces of runes marked the blade.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Drew held out his hand.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cMay I?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. nodded, shivering a little.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Something about the blade made him uneasy despite its beauty.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cRory might have a use for it,\u201d he murmured.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhy Rory?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Matt asked.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Drew and J.T. exchanged a look.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Drew took the blade and handed it to Matt.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhat do you feel?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Matt weighed the weapon in his palm, checking its balance, running a fingertip along the flat of the blade.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>His brows knit as he frowned slightly.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s <\/span>cold<\/span><\/em>,\u201d he said quietly.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cBut it\u2019s not cold.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I put my finger on it and it\u2019s just as warm as my hand, but holding it in my hand, it just feels cold.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Drew glanced at J.T., who just nodded slightly.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Same way it feels to me.<\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>A muscle in his jaw twitched.<\/span>\u00a0 I don\u2019t like it.<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cEverything okay?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Carolyn asked, jogging up behind them, J.T.\u2019s bag banging against her hip.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Greg was behind her, a canvas bundle under his arm.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. snatched the knife from Matt\u2019s hand, hastily wrapping it and shoving it back into his pocket before Carolyn could see it.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Matt shot him a puzzled look and he shook his head quickly.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Just keep your mouth shut, Matt.\u00a0 <\/span>She doesn\u2019t need to know about that part yet.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>He turned and smiled lopsidedly at Carolyn. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cTook you guys long enough.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cYeah, well, we needed to strip the canvas off one of the camp beds,\u201d she said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cGreg\u2019s idea, in case we needed a stretcher.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Her lips thinned briefly as she unslung the bag and offered it to J.T.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI just grabbed the whole thing.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I wasn\u2019t sure what you\u2019d need, so it seemed like a better idea to grab everything.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cGood call,\u201d J.T. said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019m going to need, either.\u00a0 <\/span>That should scare the shit out of me.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>But he wasn\u2019t scared\u2014not as scared as he thought he should be.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>He was perfectly, eerily calm.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>That was almost enough to unnerve him completely.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>They got moving, heading deeper into the ravines.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAre we sure they didn\u2019t go the other direction?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Carolyn asked as they<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>worked their way closer to the river. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cShouldn\u2019t we have found him by now?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAre we sure they didn\u2019t just fly away somehow?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Greg muttered, looking around as if he expected something nasty to pop out of the brush along the creek.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. couldn\u2019t blame him. He could feel a strange tension in the air, setting his hair on end and his muscles tense.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Carolyn\u2019s hand found his and squeezed.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d Matt said slowly.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe would have seen it, right?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>There was an unasked question in his voice.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>He didn\u2019t know how they could have flown away\u2014mostly because he\u2019d never seen Vammatar do it.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Of course, that could have just been tricks on their eyes that night by the burial mounds.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>They crossed through the marsh and down along the old jogging trail that split in two directions\u2014one headed toward the crew\u2019s boat launch north of campus and one headed into the thicker tangle of woods that made up a good quarter of the university\u2019s property along the riverfront.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cRight or left?\u201d <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Drew muttered.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Carolyn let go of his hand and started walking, cutting left, heading north.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThis way.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>She looked back over her shoulder at Matt and smiled weakly.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIf you\u2019d come down here with your sister, you\u2019d know why.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>South is a nexus.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Phelan wouldn\u2019t try to draw someone in that direction.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>He\u2019d fight every step of the way to keep Vammatar away from it.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>She nodded toward the path she\u2019d chosen.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThey went this way.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Trust me.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI didn\u2019t know that she\u2019d ever brought you down here,\u201d Drew said quietly.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cOnly a couple times,\u201d Carolyn said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cMostly hiking.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s pretty down here.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It <\/span>was<\/span><\/em> beautiful to look at, with the ravines a blaze of autumn color.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>It was also quiet and still, which made J.T. a little queasy.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It shouldn\u2019t be so quiet.<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>They hit the place where the trail widened, a few feet from the edge of the river.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>The crew launch was only a few hundred meters ahead, beyond a kink in the river.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. could see something beyond Carolyn.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>He put his hand on her arm and motioned for the others to wait, taking a few extra steps forward and squinting against the glare of sunshine on the water.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cOh, shit.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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