Re: I've been waiting. [6/?]
anonymous
October 4 2009, 20:33:37 UTC
The moment she realizes this, she feels like she’s drowning. Her body heaves, taking in deep breaths of air as she cries into her hands. Her son has forgotten her. Her ally has abandoned her.
Nothing remains of the world she knows and her mind starts to whirl with the possibility of taking arms against them.
The Native woman knows it’s a fruitless attempt. A land of starving people could not hope to stand up to the fully fed, clothed and armed country that was National Army. They lacked every necessary to win.
“We have fought against tougher odds.” A man speaks behind her. A Cherokee. She is not surprised by his words; all her people could feel her pain right now.
“We have won peace.” A woman speaks. A Seminole.
“We are willing to fight for our place in this world, if we must.” A Navajo.
In that moment, a cluster of broken words fills her heart warmly. They are spoken in all different languages, but she understands each. She feels their trust in her and the woman can’t help but wonder when the last time she had felt such faith running through her body.
It was gentle. It was warm. It was filled with love and affection that ran far beyond what she had ever felt for Alfred.
So she stands, her back towards them and hands falling to her side. She feels them hold their breath.
When her body turns then, they see their leader as she was. The image implanted in them by their grandparents and ancestors brings a smile to their face. Her head is held high-above the sorrows of their world around her. Her face is still twisted in a sad frown, but behind her auburn eyes, there’s a fire forming. They can see the emotion clearly.
“Let’s fight.”
The weeks that followed where spent with agonizing preparation. Her people hadn’t been difficult to bring into their idea of warfare. It was in their blood.
Doing this under the radar hadn’t been a problem either. They were always underground. The government ignored them whenever possible and now was no exception.
It was preparing.
It was finding clothes, food and weapons.
It was training the young men to shoot with the few guns they had.
It was still finding the courage to know that she would have to shoot at the young man’s head.
The Native nations seem to band together for the first time ever, prepared to fight whatever forces may threaten them. They are surrounded on all sides by Americans, but in their eyes, it was just another obstacle.
They all know it’s a futile effort, but it’s their attempt to gain attention from the world.
‘We were here first.’ She would hear them speak as she walked by the campsites ‘We were here and we will not let them take that away from us.’ ‘We gave them their knowledge, they take away our humanity’ ‘Our children will know what it’s like to feel honor.’
It will be unsuccessful, but not wasted.
In their eyes, she can see a fire burning too, one that had been dampened long ago.
Her shock was evident the day they took over their first town in the corner of Arizona.
America’s was even more obvious when he came up to her that very afternoon, demanding to know what she was doing.
“We are succeeding from your world.”
“You can’t!”
And all the woman does is smile.
“I loved you once.”
They are ignored again when he stalks away, pain making his every step heavy.
They take over more land, more small towns and nations, but their passage is still overlooked.
Things changed the afternoon someone was killed.
A man on their own side, who shared their blood, took arms against them. He wasn’t full-blooded, but enough to feel their intentions in his spirit. He stood out in front of them as they walked into the town and deliberately, shot one of her beloved Cherokee between the eyes.
Without warning, everyone seemed to be firing their guns. Woman screamed, children cried and even the men towards the back of the line seemed too surprised to do much else other than fire.
It’s a massacre of their spirit.
When the man falls, they seem to be filled with some kind of insatiable blood-lust for all those years spent in unseen turmoil.
Re: I've been waiting. [7/?]
anonymous
October 4 2009, 21:27:03 UTC
She watches them storm into homes, silencing the screaming within the walls and pillaging the stores as if they were in the past. She doesn’t stop them with the police come out. There aren’t enough of them there to effectively calm her angered group.
They fall within minutes, littering her earth with their bodies.
When she blinked, everything was still once more. There’s a crying girl clinging to her deerskin skirt and all she can do is press a hand to the back of her neck, sliding out the small dagger between her fingers and slice the neck wide open.
When the body falls to the ground, a twitching mess of limbs, she has to stifle a small laugh.
“Try to ignore me now.”
The words Ahyokah had spoken that afternoon haunted her. Every station on the television was marked with their image. Webcams had caught them in the act of the slaughter and for some reason, the fact that someone had shot at them first seemed to be wiped out from any news report.
The next day, a similar occurrence happened in Canada and was reported on later that night.
It was dubbed a tragedy. There was talk of capturing every Native American as quickly as possible. She saw the news coverage of the press conference that America’s boss had and behind the man, her gaze was enraptured by the blond. He looked ashamed, tired and angry.
She couldn’t have been happier.
They call a meeting two months after the blood bath on those desert dry streets. The woman is tempted to not answer the phone, but decides that she fights now for attention to cause. If they wish to speak, she will answer.
When she walks in holding an air of tranquility about her, all heads look up. She seems them immediately, weary and nervous. America, sitting closet to the door-closet to her as she walks in, no longer holding a nervous smile but instead, glancing away towards the window. Across from him, she sees Canada; staring down at the ground with his hands folded his lap. There are two new faces though, ones she can’t remember seeing before.
They both stand as she enters.
“You’re causing problems.” The one with prominent brows starts without introduction. He held an air of arrogance that immediately revolted her.
“Now now England, when you’re in the sight of such a beautiful woman you should be more polite.” Even in the seriousness of the situation, he holds out his hand to her. “It’s been too long! Oui? Native America, it is dear France.”
With a smile, she grasps his hand, giving it a slight shake.
They all sit down in the circle of chairs, she is in the middle and knowing this intimidation tactic well, she simply continues to smile, looking like nothing more than the picture of deerskin-clad innocence.
“I wish for you all to leave me and America alone.”
To this, male’s head finally turns to look at her, Canada finally glancing up as well. She can see the large cut across his cheek and resists the urge to laugh under her breath.
“Non~ There is much we all need to discuss.”
“You are causing problems for the country right now. America has more important things to deal with than a revolt in his country, if you don’t stop, we’ll have no choice to bring up arms against you.” The British man wasted no time.
She ponders the amusing thought that he must be a very busy man.
“I’m surprised you would say that. Did you two not fight quite some time ago?” They both stiffen at these words, unable to speak of their separation still. The ache from that memory was tangible in the room and it took America’s voice to pull them out of it. “How could you kill all those innocent people?”
Her head tilted. “What was it that you said? ‘Our’ people can survive another night, but your people are dying.” Her mouth straightens into a thin line. “Your people are dying now in your own land because of your ignorance. What will you do?”
Re: I've been waiting. [8/9]
anonymous
October 4 2009, 21:30:07 UTC
They share a moment together, unable to tear each other’s gaze away. Both were sides unable to believe that it had come to this extreme.
England breaks the silence now with a ‘click’ from his gun and points it at her head. There is an unexpected coldness emitting from him, covering the whole room in a frozen blanket. “I heard you called him ‘your son’ but you are of no relation.’’ She couldn’t help but smile.
It was personal now.
“But he is my son.” She didn’t seem outwardly intimated by the weapon at her head. “In my own way, on my land. He learned from me like any child would learn from their mother. As I learned from mine. “
She feels his hand shake, but doesn’t look to see if it’s from anger.
She doesn’t have too.
America is ignoring her and staring at England, eyes shaking with weakness.
“Stop it England. We’re here to talk, not shoot and where did you get that gun from.”
“You bloody idiot it’s my gun. Do you realize the chaotic mess the world is in right now? No one’s going to notice her gone. No one noticed her here in the first place.” The words were rooted with deep-seated anger that she supposed came from all those confrontations in the past.
France pushed the front of the gun away, smiling nervously.
She expected him to do so, they did go back.
“Let’s discuss this like the civilized people we are.”
He seats himself in a huff, placing the handgun on the table in front of them. America looks relieved and returns his attention to the woman who sat up straight at the sudden attention, piercing him with her gaze.
It hurt him even more to say. “We’re going to have to detain you.”
But she just smiles and leans back against the comfortable chair. It made him nervous.
She looked all too much like Ivan, when he would bring out his pipe.
“Detain me?” Her voice cracked into a fit of laughter. “Tell me, how much more of me can you detain? You’ve already cornered us, locked us into ‘reservations’ denied us our humanity and will.” Her hands rose towards the table as she grabbed the gun, placing it firmly against her head. All three stood up quickly. “You cannot kill my spirit, dear son.” Even when she removes the weapon from her head, she still laughs. “This is awfully light England; did you forget to put bullets in it?”
The man blushes at the impromptu confession. The gun had been for threats only.
But there were bullets in his pocket he could easily throw in.
They could see it.
The French man seems to let out a sigh of relief, though his body was tensed. “Mon Cherie, please place the gun down. You gave me a heart attack I think.”
For the briefest moment, she seems to think America has had one, as he slumps back into his seat and rubs his head.
“I’m surprised to see you so distraught. Isn’t this what you wanted? No...I suppose you would have wanted to pull the trigger yourself.”
Cheerfully, she claps her hands together, the gun still in her grasp.
“Please do. Make yourself feel better.” There’s anguish in his pose and it doesn’t go unnoticed by the people in the room.
He laughs. A sound so sad in pathetic, she almost feels sorry for him.
“I’ve made you this way, haven’t I?”
Her answer is in the way she throws the gun to the opposite end of the room and in one swift movement, her legs are on the table, poised to jump and her fingers are around his throat, along with the bloodstained dagger from the days ago, when she had first felt a taste of power.
“I loved you once.” There’s a thin line of blood that appears on his neck and when she presses her lips against his laughing forehead, there’s a loud, resounding bang.
Re: I've been waiting. [9/9]
anonymous
October 4 2009, 21:30:55 UTC
At first, she doesn’t seem what Alfred looks so shocked about, but she doesn’t understand why her hands are suddenly falling or why her body seems so weak once again.
Her mind is suddenly filled with adrenaline when she turns her head just in time to see the smoke disappearing from the gun and Canada turning away from the scene. France was looking at his English partner with shock. He starts talking, but she can’t understand the words.
She slumps against the American who clutches onto her while he screams her name.
She's still laughs, even when her blood starts staining the floor.
This turned out a lot different than I thought. I hope you all enjoyed it though.
OP loves you
anonymous
October 6 2009, 06:19:07 UTC
Oh, I loved how dark it became, although I still can't help but think of Native America as kind of a tragic figure, huh? Thank you for the lovely fill!
Her son has forgotten her. Her ally has abandoned her.
Nothing remains of the world she knows and her mind starts to whirl with the possibility of taking arms against them.
The Native woman knows it’s a fruitless attempt. A land of starving people could not hope to stand up to the fully fed, clothed and armed country that was National Army. They lacked every necessary to win.
“We have fought against tougher odds.” A man speaks behind her. A Cherokee. She is not surprised by his words; all her people could feel her pain right now.
“We have won peace.” A woman speaks. A Seminole.
“We are willing to fight for our place in this world, if we must.” A Navajo.
In that moment, a cluster of broken words fills her heart warmly. They are spoken in all different languages, but she understands each. She feels their trust in her and the woman can’t help but wonder when the last time she had felt such faith running through her body.
It was gentle. It was warm. It was filled with love and affection that ran far beyond what she had ever felt for Alfred.
So she stands, her back towards them and hands falling to her side. She feels them hold their breath.
When her body turns then, they see their leader as she was. The image implanted in them by their grandparents and ancestors brings a smile to their face. Her head is held high-above the sorrows of their world around her. Her face is still twisted in a sad frown, but behind her auburn eyes, there’s a fire forming. They can see the emotion clearly.
“Let’s fight.”
The weeks that followed where spent with agonizing preparation.
Her people hadn’t been difficult to bring into their idea of warfare. It was in their blood.
Doing this under the radar hadn’t been a problem either. They were always underground. The government ignored them whenever possible and now was no exception.
It was preparing.
It was finding clothes, food and weapons.
It was training the young men to shoot with the few guns they had.
It was still finding the courage to know that she would have to shoot at the young man’s head.
The Native nations seem to band together for the first time ever, prepared to fight whatever forces may threaten them. They are surrounded on all sides by Americans, but in their eyes, it was just another obstacle.
They all know it’s a futile effort, but it’s their attempt to gain attention from the world.
‘We were here first.’ She would hear them speak as she walked by the campsites ‘We were here and we will not let them take that away from us.’ ‘We gave them their knowledge, they take away our humanity’ ‘Our children will know what it’s like to feel honor.’
It will be unsuccessful, but not wasted.
In their eyes, she can see a fire burning too, one that had been dampened long ago.
Her shock was evident the day they took over their first town in the corner of Arizona.
America’s was even more obvious when he came up to her that very afternoon, demanding to know what she was doing.
“We are succeeding from your world.”
“You can’t!”
And all the woman does is smile.
“I loved you once.”
They are ignored again when he stalks away, pain making his every step heavy.
They take over more land, more small towns and nations, but their passage is still overlooked.
Things changed the afternoon someone was killed.
A man on their own side, who shared their blood, took arms against them. He wasn’t full-blooded, but enough to feel their intentions in his spirit. He stood out in front of them as they walked into the town and deliberately, shot one of her beloved Cherokee between the eyes.
Without warning, everyone seemed to be firing their guns. Woman screamed, children cried and even the men towards the back of the line seemed too surprised to do much else other than fire.
It’s a massacre of their spirit.
When the man falls, they seem to be filled with some kind of insatiable blood-lust for all those years spent in unseen turmoil.
So they kill.
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They fall within minutes, littering her earth with their bodies.
When she blinked, everything was still once more. There’s a crying girl clinging to her deerskin skirt and all she can do is press a hand to the back of her neck, sliding out the small dagger between her fingers and slice the neck wide open.
When the body falls to the ground, a twitching mess of limbs, she has to stifle a small laugh.
“Try to ignore me now.”
The words Ahyokah had spoken that afternoon haunted her. Every station on the television was marked with their image. Webcams had caught them in the act of the slaughter and for some reason, the fact that someone had shot at them first seemed to be wiped out from any news report.
The next day, a similar occurrence happened in Canada and was reported on later that night.
It was dubbed a tragedy. There was talk of capturing every Native American as quickly as possible. She saw the news coverage of the press conference that America’s boss had and behind the man, her gaze was enraptured by the blond. He looked ashamed, tired and angry.
She couldn’t have been happier.
They call a meeting two months after the blood bath on those desert dry streets. The woman is tempted to not answer the phone, but decides that she fights now for attention to cause. If they wish to speak, she will answer.
When she walks in holding an air of tranquility about her, all heads look up. She seems them immediately, weary and nervous. America, sitting closet to the door-closet to her as she walks in, no longer holding a nervous smile but instead, glancing away towards the window. Across from him, she sees Canada; staring down at the ground with his hands folded his lap.
There are two new faces though, ones she can’t remember seeing before.
They both stand as she enters.
“You’re causing problems.” The one with prominent brows starts without introduction. He held an air of arrogance that immediately revolted her.
“Now now England, when you’re in the sight of such a beautiful woman you should be more polite.” Even in the seriousness of the situation, he holds out his hand to her. “It’s been too long! Oui? Native America, it is dear France.”
With a smile, she grasps his hand, giving it a slight shake.
They all sit down in the circle of chairs, she is in the middle and knowing this intimidation tactic well, she simply continues to smile, looking like nothing more than the picture of deerskin-clad innocence.
“I wish for you all to leave me and America alone.”
To this, male’s head finally turns to look at her, Canada finally glancing up as well. She can see the large cut across his cheek and resists the urge to laugh under her breath.
“Non~ There is much we all need to discuss.”
“You are causing problems for the country right now. America has more important things to deal with than a revolt in his country, if you don’t stop, we’ll have no choice to bring up arms against you.” The British man wasted no time.
She ponders the amusing thought that he must be a very busy man.
“I’m surprised you would say that. Did you two not fight quite some time ago?” They both stiffen at these words, unable to speak of their separation still. The ache from that memory was tangible in the room and it took America’s voice to pull them out of it. “How could you kill all those innocent people?”
Her head tilted. “What was it that you said? ‘Our’ people can survive another night, but your people are dying.” Her mouth straightens into a thin line. “Your people are dying now in your own land because of your ignorance. What will you do?”
She can see he’s furious.
He can see the similar look in her eyes.
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England breaks the silence now with a ‘click’ from his gun and points it at her head. There is an unexpected coldness emitting from him, covering the whole room in a frozen blanket. “I heard you called him ‘your son’ but you are of no relation.’’ She couldn’t help but smile.
It was personal now.
“But he is my son.” She didn’t seem outwardly intimated by the weapon at her head. “In my own way, on my land. He learned from me like any child would learn from their mother. As I learned from mine. “
She feels his hand shake, but doesn’t look to see if it’s from anger.
She doesn’t have too.
America is ignoring her and staring at England, eyes shaking with weakness.
“Stop it England. We’re here to talk, not shoot and where did you get that gun from.”
“You bloody idiot it’s my gun. Do you realize the chaotic mess the world is in right now? No one’s going to notice her gone. No one noticed her here in the first place.” The words were rooted with deep-seated anger that she supposed came from all those confrontations in the past.
France pushed the front of the gun away, smiling nervously.
She expected him to do so, they did go back.
“Let’s discuss this like the civilized people we are.”
He seats himself in a huff, placing the handgun on the table in front of them. America looks relieved and returns his attention to the woman who sat up straight at the sudden attention, piercing him with her gaze.
It hurt him even more to say. “We’re going to have to detain you.”
But she just smiles and leans back against the comfortable chair. It made him nervous.
She looked all too much like Ivan, when he would bring out his pipe.
“Detain me?” Her voice cracked into a fit of laughter. “Tell me, how much more of me can you detain? You’ve already cornered us, locked us into ‘reservations’ denied us our humanity and will.” Her hands rose towards the table as she grabbed the gun, placing it firmly against her head. All three stood up quickly. “You cannot kill my spirit, dear son.” Even when she removes the weapon from her head, she still laughs. “This is awfully light England; did you forget to put bullets in it?”
The man blushes at the impromptu confession. The gun had been for threats only.
But there were bullets in his pocket he could easily throw in.
They could see it.
The French man seems to let out a sigh of relief, though his body was tensed. “Mon Cherie, please place the gun down. You gave me a heart attack I think.”
For the briefest moment, she seems to think America has had one, as he slumps back into his seat and rubs his head.
“I’m surprised to see you so distraught. Isn’t this what you wanted? No...I suppose you would have wanted to pull the trigger yourself.”
Cheerfully, she claps her hands together, the gun still in her grasp.
“Please do. Make yourself feel better.” There’s anguish in his pose and it doesn’t go unnoticed by the people in the room.
He laughs. A sound so sad in pathetic, she almost feels sorry for him.
“I’ve made you this way, haven’t I?”
Her answer is in the way she throws the gun to the opposite end of the room and in one swift movement, her legs are on the table, poised to jump and her fingers are around his throat, along with the bloodstained dagger from the days ago, when she had first felt a taste of power.
“I loved you once.” There’s a thin line of blood that appears on his neck and when she presses her lips against his laughing forehead, there’s a loud, resounding bang.
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Her mind is suddenly filled with adrenaline when she turns her head just in time to see the smoke disappearing from the gun and Canada turning away from the scene. France was looking at his English partner with shock.
He starts talking, but she can’t understand the words.
She slumps against the American who clutches onto her while he screams her name.
She's still laughs, even when her blood starts staining the floor.
This turned out a lot different than I thought. I hope you all enjoyed it though.
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