Gone Missing: Darkness Falls (locked to Aille & Samwise)

[daddys_rose]

Uncle Bliss was sick. Very sick. Sick enough that all the servants in the temple were very busy trying to tend to him and his wife, Joan. Sick enough that when two of his friends came to visit, Joxer and Iolaus, they stayed to help watch over him. So sick, in fact, that even Aille didn't have time to spend with her. And her Daddy . . . he was

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Nightmares sometimes do come true

[aille]

Aille knew that it was the middle of the night when she arrived at the Gamgee's door, but she couldn't wait any longer to pick up the young child that was the daughter of her heart. Rose deserved to know the truth of what happened... and she needed to hold her daughter.

When the door opened, a single light poured out from a candle, "I am sorry to disturb you and your family at this hour Master Samwise..." she took a deep shuttering breath, tears starting to slip down her cheeks once again, "but I must see my daughter right away..." she swallowed, knowing this kind hobbit knew Smith as well, "Her father... my hus..." her voice broke completely for a moment. "My husband has died... and I need to bring her home."

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[samwisegardener]

Died? Mister Smith has died? Samwise could hardly believe what he was hearing and thought he might awaken at any moment to find it just a bad dream. But a chill night breeze raised gooseflesh on his arms and he could not deny the wretched state of the goddess on his doorstep.

"Oh, Lass!" he exclaimed sadly, setting aside the candle in its holder and reaching up to take her hands in his. "That's terrible news and a sad thing indeed! If there's anything I can do . . ."

But of course there was. She wanted to see her daughter and so she would. The poor little one! To lose her father so young, and her being so devoted to the man. There were tears in Sam's eyes. "Come in, my dear. Your maid child is sleeping and --"

Before he could say more, a child's wail, heartbreaking and shrill, echoed down the long hall of Bag End from one of the bedrooms. DADDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE . . .

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[aille]

She squeezed Sam's hands in her own lightly, but let go of them quickly at Rose's scream, she'd know the sound of her daughter's voice any where. "Rose!" She took a step forward, but she had no idea which room her daughter was resting in. "Master Samwise... please... take me to her?" Following him down the hall when he just picked up the candle holder and headed towards where Rose was.

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[samwisegardener]

Sam ran down the long, darkened hall down the center of the hobbithole, circular doors to left and right. The little girl's wail becoming loud sobs as he neared the guest room. Grasping the knob, he threw wide the door and hurried inside, the goddess close behind.

Rose Smith was sitting upright in the human-sized bed, her back pressed against the sturdy wooden headboard and her knees drawn up to her chest. She was hugging them tightly, the little stuffed winged lion between legs and chest, and was rocking back and forth. Her eyes were tightly closed and her round little face was bright with tears, her heartwrenching sobs coming from deep down inside . . .

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[aille]

Slipping past Sam, Aille went directly to the bed and pulled Rose into her arms, and as close as her swelling stomach would allow her. "Oh Rose... I'm here, I'm here now." She kissed her hair and rocked with her.

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[daddys_rose]

Rose didn't open her eyes. Wouldn't open her eyes. Still squeezing them closed tight, as if to open them would show her that her worst fears had come true.

"I want my Daddy! I want my Daddy!" she sobbed in a shuddering voice, still clutching the little toy lion he'd given her for Christmas. Hanging onto hope. "Where's my Daddy?!"

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[aille]

Rubbing Rose's back, she had tears going down her own cheeks. "I'm so sorry Rose... I... I did everything I could." she couldn't bring herself to say that he was dead. Even though he'd died in her arms, she still couldn't believe it. "He loved you so much Rose. So so much..."

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[daddys_rose]

"I love him too! I love him and I want him! I want my DADDEEEEE!!!"

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[aille]

"I know you do... I know Rose..." she cooed as she rocked Rose in her arms, holding her close, "But I can't bring him... I'm so sorry... I wish I could... I want him here too... but he can't come any more..."

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[daddys_rose]

Rose shook her head emphatically, denying what she was hearing. Even though she knew what she'd seen in her dream. The darkness and the fear clung to her like black oil.

"No! NO! It's not true! It's not true! I don't believe you! I won't believe you! I want my Daddy! I want to see him! I want to SEE HIM! I WANT MY DADDEEEEEE!!" she wailed and feebly struggled to pull free of Aille's arms. Determined to find him. To see him. To know that the terrible thing she'd seen wasn't true!

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[aille]

Holding onto Rose tightly she kept whispering that it was going to be okay, and that she was sorry. "I promise, I'll bring you too him. He loved you so much Rose, he'd do anything for you."

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[sams_heart]

"Goodness!" said Rosie Gamgee softly as she stepped into the room and saw the surprising and sad sight of the butterfly-winged goddess holding the trembling, sobbing child. "What's this? What terrible thing has happened to be causing such a grief?"

Sam leaned toward her and softly whispered in her ear.

"Oh!" said that good and kindhearted hobbitess. "The poor lasses! What a terrible thing, and with Maia Bliss sick as well."

Her motherly instincts came instantly to the fore, both for the struggling child and the grief-stricken Maia, and without hesitation Rosie went over to the bed and lay a gentle hand on each of them as a sort of comfort. "Is there anything I can be doing for you? Anything I could be getting?"

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[aille]

Aille turned sad eyes upon Rosie and sighed softly, "I need to take her home Mistress Rosie. To see Smith..." her voice broke for a moment and she craddled Rose's head under her chin while the little girl cried. "If... if it's not too much to ask... to get her stuff together quickly..."

Aille looked down at her hands that were circling Rose, convinced she would see his blood on them, even though she knew they were clean.

Looking back up, "We will be having a piar tomorrow... today... I know he considered you both friends, if you would come I know we would all be honored. It would help Bliss heal as well..."

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[samwisegardener]

"We'll be there," Sam solemnly promised for them both.

As his wife set about gathering up the child's few belongings and placed them in her little overnight bag, he lay his on hand on Aille's arm. "If there's anything you'd be needing you need only ask and I'll move earth and sky to see it done. Mister Smith was a good friend, and that's a fact. He'll be sorely missed."

Rosie nodded her agreement as she set the little satchel, now neatly packed, at the goddess's feet.

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[aille]

Covering his hand with her own, Aille looked on him with thankfulness. "I thank you Master Samwise, and I am so sorry to have disturbed your family at this time of night."

Standing carefully, she craddled Rose in her arms. Rose was no longer struggling, but was still crying into her shoulder. She then bent a bit for the bag and took it in her hand, before going back to supporting Rose. "Your family has been a gift from the gods though all of this. I think you again."

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[sams_heart]

"You're more than welcome, my lady," said Rosie as she stood next to Sam, her eyes bright with tears at the sight of the mourning goddess and the child. "Eru be with you and watch over you and your little ones."