Fic: Clipped Wings 12/?
Title: Clipped Wings 12/?
Author: insanely_quirky
Rating: R (for graphic scenes)
Legth: 6829
Spoilers: None, AU
Disclaimer: Not mine
Summary: There's a prompt somewhere about an Angel!Rachel who fell down from heaven and met Quinn.
A/N 1: Finally finished the chapter, i would like to thank everyone who's read this so far, and who is still reading even with all the questions hanging around.
A/N 2: In this chapter, I really tried to do a little but kicking, I hope I did a believable enough action sequences.
A/N 3: This is for the following people for being so awesome, on LJ wikdstrange , vsquared_k , freshtilapia and msgalindafic
on fanfic dot net: alibooboo, lildvasmom and bandrak, on tumblr, sparky2, tiggerbounced, and pursuingneverland. I'm pretty sure i missed a bunch of you, I apologize in advance!!!!!
Previous Chapters: 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 11
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel frantically searches for Quinn, and falls down on her knees when she feels her heart stop, then she hears it.
‘Help me god, please help me. Angel, anyone,’
“I’m coming Quinn, I’m coming,” she says taking flight once again.
-o-o-o-o-
The van stops and Quinn feels absolute terror when her father gets out of the driver's seat. She tries to move away from the door, wriggling as best she could. She jumps when the door slides open.
"Come here Quinn, Daddy won't hurt you if you're good," he says in a sickeningly sweet voice.
It sent chills down Quinn's spine; she tries kicking her feet as her father grabbed them and pull her towards the door.
"I don't want to hurt you princess. Don't make me hurt you," Her father warns her.
The way he said it made no room for doubt, he'd do it in a heartbeat.
"If you promise that you'll be my good princess, I'll take these off," he says pointing to the ropes on her hands and the gag on her mouth, "I mean it Quinn, no funny business. Besides if you remember this Cabin, we're far away from anyone that can help you," he adds as his eyes stay glued on hers.
She shudders at how dark his eyes, and slowly nods her head. 'Be brave Quinn, strong like an Amazon.' she tells herself as she feels his calloused hand on her skin, she cringes as he takes time to trace her face, and tuck her hair behind her ear.
"You're so beautiful Quinn, you remind me so much of your mother," he says as he helps her to her feet leading her up the stairs into the cabin.
'God please help me,' she prays as he closes the door behind them.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel falls down on her knees, she looks up to the sky and cries in desperation, "I can't find you, I can't..." she says brokenly.
She feels a presence moving towards her and she is quickly on her feet, sporting a defensive stance.
"Rachel?", "Santana?" they say at the same time.
"What are you doing here?"
"Russell is planning something, and I couldn't do anything, I was stuck and couldn't move."
"He took Quinn."
"I couldn't even report back to coach."
"She's scared, and so am I."
"You won't believe who's egging him on Rach."
"and I can't find her Santana, I'm failing her, at the time she needs me the most," Rachel screams once again falling down on her knees, "It hurts so much and I can't do the simplest act of finding her, I can't hear her anymore, I'm so sorry Quinn," she says beating the ground repeatedly.
Santana falls beside her, she puts her hands on Rachel's face, "Rachel stop it," she says wiping away her tears, "Listen to me, ok, listen to me coz we don't have much time," she says, "Think of Quinn, think of her, of all the times you were with her, all the times you were without her," she moves to hold Rachel in her arms, "remember the last time you held her in your arms, remember what she said, your hearts were beating at the same time."
Rachel nods her head at this, she remembered everything, "I know you feel it Rachel, and I know you do. You could never forget your Quinn; you could never let her down,"
"I feel her Santana, she's so scared, but trying to be brave," whispers Rachel, eyes screwed shut, fist clenching.
Santana then grabs her hands, "What else Rach, what else?"
"He took her to the woods, a cabin," she opens her eyes catching Santana's gaze; "I know where she is."
In a blink of an eye they were gone.
-o-o-o-o-
"Here you go Quinn, I hope you like it, it's my specialty," says Russell as he places a plate filled with pasta.
Quinn clasps her shaking hands tight as he kisses the top of her head, "Thank you Daddy."
"Still well mannered I see, I'm glad Judy didn't ruin everything I taught you," he says as he starts eating.
Getting her fork she tries to eat along with him, she had to make him trust her to survive. It was the only thing she could do.
-o-o-o-o-
A ball of light shatters the calm hill, two figures burst through it hitting the ground hard.
Santana gets on her knees gasping for air, "Ok, what was that?" she asks Rachel who was struggling to catch her breath.
"There's a no fly zone on Lima," she says brokenly.
Brushing off leaves from her arms Santana tries to stand up, "It explains why I couldn't leave or do much, doesn't explain why you could with me hitchhiking."
"She's close Santana, I can feel her," Rachel says instead, walking away.
-o-o-o-o-
"Come here Princess tell me everything I missed," slurs Russell as he pats the space beside him on the couch.
Quinn warily looks at him, and the bottle of scotch he held in his hand before sitting down a few inches away from him.
"How is Alexis? And you what's keeping you busy? Any boys I should know about?" he asks before taking a long drink from the bottle.
Quinn bites her lip, "She's doing well, she married a nice man and they live in Boston," she answers.
"And you, any boys I have to chase away?" he slurs.
She wraps her arms around herself before answering, "No daddy, I'd rather focus on school, cheerios and glee."
"Are you cold?" he asks noticing Quinn shiver, "Why don't you come closer Princess," he adds with a smirk.
Quinn's blood run cold, 'Help, please,' she prays.
-o-o-o-o-
"We need to move faster," says Rachel, grabbing Santana's arm.
A twig snapping make them turn around, "Well, well, well look what we have here," says one voice.
"Oooh it's the teacher's pets," taunts another.
"You...this is your doing isn't it?" Rachel accuses pointing at the smaller one.
He grins walking slowly towards her, "Well not all me my lovely nightingale, I had a little help," he says.
"I didn't think it was possible for both of you to stoop so low, actually I'm not as surprised about you," Santana says pointing to the larger one, who moves to tackle the Latina. Stopping short when he feels a hand on his chest.
"So this is what happened to you? You chose this path?" says Rachel, "And you dare use the moniker I bestowed upon you in your quest to spread evil?"
He appears behind Rachel and whispers in his ear, "I did quite enjoy being your Lark Rachel but this was all your doing,"
Rachel spins glaring at him, "My decision to become mortal had nothing to do with you Jesse!" she screams
"It had everything to do with me; I wanted to be with you for eternity," he answers back angrily, "You chose to leave me behind to be with weak pathetic human beings."
All four of them feel a change in the atmosphere. Jesse starts laughing, "I just love how unhinged Russell Fabray is when drunk, Poor Quinny, do you think you can save her this time?"
Rachel grits her teeth; her shoulders tighten and was ready to pounce.
"Some guardian you are, letting Daddy hurt poor little Quinny," taunts the other a few feet away.
A blur pushes him against a tree, Santana's arm pressing down his neck, "You know nothing, you don't get to dis Rachel or what we do,"
He pushes back sending her flying across the clearing, "I can do whatever I want to do bitch," he says laughing.
"Now Dave, remember they're our friends," Jesse tells him as they stood side by side, "I think it's time we show them a good time Bull," he adds rolling his neck, Dave manically smirks and cracks his knuckles.
Rachel readies herself, "We don't have to do this," she says only to be knocked back. She lifts a hand to soothe her aching jaw, only to find the corner of her lip bleeding.
"That's it!" Santana says before charging at Dave, "Come on bull, show me what you got," she taunts as she appears behind him, delivering a karate chop to the side of his neck causing him to stumble. Santana smiles in triumph for a second, she find herself face down on the ground, a knee placed in the middle of her back.
"I don't think you're ready for me lil reaper," he taunts putting more pressure on her back causing her to growl, He laughs at this but is thrown aside.
Santana jumps to her feet in an instant, "You were saying big guy?" she says jumping from one foot to another.
Jesse and Rachel circle each other, "Jesse, we don't have to do this," she says arms up palms facing forward; a kick is delivered to her stomach. She stumbles and whips her head around looking for him.
"Au Contraire my Nightingale we do, I've been waiting a long time for this," he says side sweeping her then appearing a few feet away.
Rachel gets up from the ground, looks at him just as she disappears; Jesse follows right behind her, grabbing her foot. They tumble to the ground. Jesse straddles Rachel and proceeds to punch her face, "Do you really think I'll let it go that easily," he screams at her, "I despise what you've become, loving that filthy mortal," he adds spitting at her face before delivering another blow.
--
"Pfft, you fight like a girl," Dave says with an evil smile, "You think you can take me tiny?"
Santana sneers before letting her wings unfurl, majestic white wings flutter behind her, "Bring it," she says.
Horns appear on Dave's head, his massive wings appear behind him, his hand grow sharp talons, he licks his lips as his eyes travel down her body, "Once I beat you up I'm going to take my sweet time violating that body," he says before charging at her.
-o-o-o-o-
Russell puts a blanket around Quinn's shoulders before tucking her under his arm, "You look so much like your mother Quinn," he tells her, "She looked just like you when I first saw her, when I first wanted her," he whispers against her ear.
Quinn clamps her eyes shut, 'Oh god no, please no' she prays.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse cackles as Rachel tries to push him off of her, he moves forward, and licks Rachel's face, "I think Russie boy is about to show Quinny a good time," he says, he laughs again only to have it cut short.
Rachel's eyes start harden and she disappears leaving him kneeling on the ground.
"What the fuck?!" he exclaims getting on his feet.
--
Dave and Santana charge at each other, dirt and leaves flying behind them, Santana hits him on the face, as he scratches at her torso, "You look good with red, ever think of switching teams?" he tells her licking her blood off of his hand.
"You have to do better than that buddy boy," she says as she assumes a defensive position.
They go at each other, kicking, punching and dodging; it was a blur of red and white, the demon and the angel.
"When I'm done with you, I'll do the same thing to Rachel," he says maliciously, "and then I'll take my sweet time with Quinny, she's a hot piece of ass that one," he adds.
-o-o-o-o-
"Are you still cold Princess?"
Quinn just nods her head, not trusting her voice.
"Come outside with me, let’s get some wood for the fire," he tells her, "I find it oddly stimulating," he whispers to himself.
She catches the gleam in his eyes, reminding her of times when she'd hear noises from her parents room. She tries not to flinch as he grabs her arm, half leading, half dragging her out of the cabin.
'I need to get out of here' she tells herself.
-o-o-o-o-
"Where do you think you're going Rachel?" Jesse says grabbing Rachel by the hair, "We're not done, we're far from done."
She slaps his hand away and disappears, a few feet away they appear near the edge of a cliff.
"Get off me!" Rachel pushes him away; Jesse lunges forward, grabbing Rachel by the arms.
"That bitch will get what she deserves Rachel, don't you remember 'Honor thy father and thy mother', clearly she forgot her father when she sent him to jail. It's only right Russell shows her, her place," he tells her in an all knowing voice.
Rachel pushes him so hard, he was an inch away from the edge, "He got what he deserved, and more. He hurt my Quinn," she says.
"Your Quinn?" He howls as his wings sprout from behind him, his horns grow, "let's see how perfect you'd still think she is once I'm done with her," and with that statement he disappears.
--
"I so wish I could just end your existence," Dave tells her kicking her hard, "Lucky for you, I have a job to do," he adds smirking.
"Walking away? You've always been such a coward," says Santana buffing her nails against her blood stained shirt, she crouches low the moment the atmosphere around her changes, 'so predictable' she thinks to herself as he charges at her.
"Coward! I'll show you cowa--" he looks down finding a dagger lanced into his side, "You Bitch!" he screams pulling it out and screaming in agony.
Santana smirks, "Oh did I forget to tell you? I was reassigned? Defender Santana at your service," she says with a bow before turning around.
She falls down on her knees as a burning sensation from behind her.
"Does it hurt Santy?" he asks as he twists the knife before pulling it out and plunging it down again, "It burns doesn't it?"
Santana falls to the ground, her wings fold behind her, what was once immaculate white was now tinged with red. She coughs once, and blood seep down her mouth.
"I'll be back my lovely, I promise I'll show you a good time," he coos before kicking her hard and disappearing.
Santana tries to get up as tears roll down her face.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse is blinded by a burst of light, causing him to come hurtling stopping only to crash against a large tree trunk, he tries to move only to find himself stuck.
"You dare hurt her?" he hears Rachel say as she glides closer to him.
His eyes widen, Rachel was aglow. Energy crackling about. Her eyes white. She was blinding, beautiful. terrifying.
"Rachel," he rasps as turbulent wind pin him further into the trunk.
Rachel looks at him as if disinterested, "Call him off," she commands eerily, "Call him off, and I'll let you go."
Jesse balks at this, "I can't Rach."
"Call him off now!" she screams.
A ball of light grow bigger, emanating from her heart. It swallows both of them whole.
-o-o-o-o-
Russell pauses from chopping wood to watch Quinn as she gathers up some wood, 'Just like Judy,' he thinks to himself.
He raises the axe to chop some more, only to drop it when a loud booming sound cuts the silence around the cabin; he turns around only to squint at the sudden burst of light that exploded in the woods.
The strong gust of wind hits both Quinn and Russell so suddenly, they didn't have time to ready themselves. It throws Russell a few feet away, hitting the side of his van hard, while Quinn who was crouched rolls across the ground.
Both lie still.
Quinn was safe, for now.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse lowers his arm, and finds Rachel kneeling on the ground breathing heavily; he spies Dave creeping behind her and tries to stop himself from grinning.
Dave leaps towards Rachel, only she meets him head on, they fly apart both of them hit rock walls in opposite directions.
He regains his bearings first.
"Dave my friend, a little help please," he hears Jesse scream, "Quickly while Rachel is down for the count."
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn whimpers and slowly lifts herself off of the ground; she sees her father slumped against the van, unconscious.
'Thank you, thank you' she prays.
She gets on her feet, and once steady enough she makes a break for it, running towards the woods, towards the flash of light.
It was calling to her, she knew, somewhere there, she'd be safe.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel opens her eyes, and they widen when she feels her heart beating, calling to her, calling out for her.
"Quinn," she whispers as she places a hand on her chest.
She stretches her wings and flies, she'd keep her safe, she'd protect her, whatever it took.
-o-o-o-o-
"Wake up Russell," Jesse whispers, "Your princess is getting away, you don't want that do you?" he adds.
Dave and Jesse smile as Russell groans and opens his eyes.
"Quinn?" he says out loud, when he doesn't see her anywhere he stands up and goes into the cabin.
"Show her who the man is Russell, nobody disrespect Russell Fabray," Dave eggs on.
Russell appears at the door with a gun in hand, "Come out, come out wherever you are princess, Don't make me hurt you!" He bellows.
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn hears her father's booming voice, and scrambles to find a place to hide. She scolds herself for not grabbing a weapon, anything that she could use to protect herself.
She berates herself for not continuing her self defense classes with Seth.
-o-o-o-o-
"Can I go teach that Santy a lesson now?" Dave asks shakily as he puts pressure on his wound, he was getting weaker, and he knew he needs to get back to HQ soon.
Jesse looks at him with a raised brow, "We have a job to do.," he says icily.
"As do I," Rachel says before charging at them, she tackles Dave to the ground and Punches him with all that she has. His head lolls to the side, and Rachel looks down at him with remorse, she puts a hand on his cheek and whispers, "I'm sorry Dave, I am."
Lost in her internal turmoil, she forgot about Jesse.
-o-o-o-o-
"Where the hell are you, you little bitch!" Screams Russell.
He curses at how dark the sky had become, "You better pray to God I don't find you, cause when I do, You'll be begging me to kill you instead!"
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn crouches low, she could hear him, and he was getting closer. She's starting to panic, she was sure she was going in circles. She wipes away her tears knowing crying wasn't going to do her any good.
She then remembers the van; she could use it to escape.
'Please let this work, please' she prays.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse's blood boil as he watched Rachel touch Dave, he didn't want Rachel touching anyone that wasn't him. When she sees her lean down to whisper her apologies mumbling about how it was for Quinn, he sees red, and stalks over to her. He stalks on over to her and thrusts his hand out closing his hand, and in a few seconds he closes his hand around the axe handle.
His eyes turn black as coal, and he evilly smiles as he imagines cutting of her wings, 'I’ll cut off your wings for you Rachel so you can finally be with your precious Quinn, ' he thinks to himself. Just as he swings he finds himself tackled from the left, hitting his head against a rock knocking him out cold.
Rachel scrambles to Santana's side, putting her hand on her wound, "Santana, you need to get back, you have to go back." she says, trying not to cry.
"I promised, I said I'd always protect you," mumbles Santana coughing up more blood.
Rachel shakes her head, as tears run down her face, "Santa--" she says cut short by the sound of gunshot.
"Go," Santana whispers trying to keep her eyes open.
"But you need--," Rachel tries to say, but Santana shushes her.
"Go," she says again, "she needs you," she says softly.
"Wait for me, I'll come back for you," she whispers before kissing Santana's forehead.
She nods her head and finally lets her eyes close when Rachel disappears, "I'll try," she mumbles.
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn moves as quickly and quietly as she could, she looks around and sighs I relief when she doesn't see her father anywhere. She wasn't sure how far she was from the cabin, it's been awhile since she had been there, and she wanted to cry at the idea that she might just be actually lost in the woods, with her father trailing after her in a mad rage. She hears a twig snap, and whips her head toward the sound, she finds nothing there, her shoulders sag and she starts moving again.
She stops when she hears the sound of a gun being cocked, Her heart thunders in her chest, 'No, no, no, no, please no,' she prays.
"I don't want to hurt you Quinn," Russell says evenly, "So come to daddy," he adds.
Quinn makes a run for it ducking behind a large tree, she could hear how close he was and she knew it was the end of her, "You disappoint me Quinn, I thought you were my princess, but now I see you really are just like your mother. You're just dying for a lesson too, aren't you?"
The last sentence frightens her so much, she runs as fast as she could flinching at the sound of the gun going off, she looks back and finds her father hot on her trail, she keeps running, weaving in between trees, and rocks fearing for her life.
"Stop right this instant Quinn, or I will shoot you," he screams.
But she doesn't stop, she can't.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse Groans and touches the side of his head, he sits up and his gaze falls on Dave and Santana, He knew both had little time left, he unsteadily walks over to Dave. Once there he looks out into the distance and whispers, "Make her pay Russell, make her pay," He turns his gaze towards Dave and frowns, "You are so useless sometimes," he says before they both disappear into thin air.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel finds herself a few feet away from Quinn, she hears Russell's frustrated curse as Quinn kept on moving, she distinctly heard the sound of the gun being cocked. She didn't think, she just moved. She barrels towards him silently urging Quinn to keep running, she didn't care that his gun was pointed straight at her, didn't think that it could still do some damage to her, she only knew one thing, she had to keep Quinn safe, so she looks at Russell then at the gun, she delivers a blow unto his wrist, knocking down the gun in the process.
"What the hell?!" He exclaims, shaking his hand in pain, he wonders what the hell it was.
He feels something come closer, it's presence heavy, just like all the other times he would think of getting his revenge, times when his thoughts were not just thoughts, times when he would actually take action, like when he set fire to that judge's house knowing he was inside, or that time he poisoned that cop.
Only this time, he was afraid.
"You should be,” was whispered to his ear, and he twirls around looking for the owner of the voice, "It's time to pay your dues Russell," he hears from behind him, and he turns again.
"Show yourself you demon!" he screams, he moves looking from one side to the other, turning whenever a foreign sound reaches his ears. The hair at the back of his head rise, and dread flows down his body when he hears the chuckled response.
"I find that between the two of us, you are quite closer to being a demon than I ever could," the way it was said made him freeze, if only for a minute. He stumbles backwards only to fall as he tripped on his own feet. He scrambles for the gun, and points it at any direction he could, going round in circles.
"Drop it," he hears the voice behind him, he is startled by this prompting him to turn and shoot, the sound of shot echoing in the woods.
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn keeps running, something, someone was telling her to run. So she did, she was running alongside the river, behind her the sun was already setting, and she knew it was only a matter of time before darkness will shroud the woods, she had to get back to the cabin, she had to get there quick.
She hears the gun shot, and she feels a sharp pain on the side other shoulder. It was so distinct, and so unexpected that she screams, falters in her step and falls into the raging river beside her.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel touches her shoulder gritting her teeth. The bullet grazed her shoulder and the pain was not as intense, but the feeling acute to rage did. She stalks over to Russell, and smiles a little as his eyes grow large as she finally appears before him, with her wings outstretched.
But her rage was short lived. She heard Quinn scream, and felt her utter terror. "Quinn," she whispers before taking flight, Russell would get what was coming to him but right now her ward needed her.
-o-o-o-o-
Russell falls to his knees; he couldn't believe what he just saw.
He could sense heavy footsteps behind him and he turns his head, and his eyes widen at the sight of another winged creature smiling evilly at him.
"Hello Russell," it said.
-o-o-o-o-
She tries to keep her head afloat, she spies a fallen tree and tries to steer her body that way. She swims as hard as she could, but she was tired, so so tired.
'swim Quinn, swim!' she tells herself as she paddles and kicks as much as her tired body could, her torso hits the trunk hard, and she takes heaving breaths in relief. her eyes are starting to close, and her body was starting to shut down. It was so cold, and her body just seemed so close to giving up. Her hand slips, and before she knew it she was once again carried by the raging waters.
She screams, and water fills her mouth then her lungs, she flails her arms getting her head above water, she sputters and looks to the sky, she vaguely sees wings before an undercurrent pulls her down.
She was sure she heard her name being screamed before all she could hear was water, everywhere.
-o-o-o-o-
"Where are you," Rachel whispers under her breath. She keeps her eyes on the raging waters, shivering knowing how cold it was, the sun was almost fully gone. and the sky was starting to be tinged blue.
She notices a blonde head clinging to a fallen tree, just as she was close enough to swoop down, Quinn's hand loses its grip and Rachel could only watch in horror as she disappears again.
"Quinn!" she screams as she swoops down and dives into the water.
-o-o-o-o-
Russell struggles to move away, as the man in front of him move closer and closer, "No need to be afraid Russell, we are after all old friends," he says grinning.
"Stay away from me! What the hell are you?!" he screams, trying to get up on his feet.
Stretching his wings, Jesse smirks, "Hell? that's where I come from, and I can't stay away," he says slowly, "I need you after all," he adds before he turns into smoke, smoke that enters Russell's open mouth, and ears and nose. His eyes grow wider, and his scream dies in his throat, his body collapses on the ground and convulses in pain.
For a few seconds he lies still, before jumping to his feet, and rolling his neck and smiling at the popping sounds he gets, "As filthy and disgusting being in your body is Russell, I feel as if I will be quite satisfied with using it."
He bends forward and grabs the gun, twirling it like in old western movies, he assumes a shooting stance and makes 'bang bang' noises, he blows on the barrel of the gun before walking to the direction of the river.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel springs from the raging water with Quinn cradled in her arms, the blonde unconscious, and a lot paler than usual. She lands not so gracefully on the other side of the river, she drops down to her knees and gently places Quinn on the ground.
"Quinn," she whispers shaking the blonde's body gently. She frowns upon seeing the blue lips her ward was sporting. She tries to feel for a pulse and tries to check if she was breathing, but her hands are shaking so bad not from the cold but the possibility of failing Quinn. She can barely see through her tears and the water from the river. She calls her name again, desperately praying that she wake up.
Quinn starts coughing the minute she opens her eyes, she didn't even realize she had closed them. She looks at her, drowning in the presence of her, the very thought that she was here with Quinn, they were together again after all this time, even if the circumstances surrounding their reunion was not ideal, even if Quinn didn't know who she was. The only thing she was concerned with was that Quinn was safe, she saved her, she was alive, she didn't fail.
She smiles as Quinn blinks and looks up at her, whispering one word that made her forget everything except Quinn.
-o-o-o-o-
Her body was cold, her lungs hurt and she was exhausted. And as Quinn kept coughing she doesn't register the hand that was palming her cheek, all she knew was she felt safe, that she was safe. It brings her to a time when she was younger, a time that always seemed like a haze to her. She tries so hard to open her eyes.
What she sees made her glad she did. A beautiful brunette was hovering above her, with tears in her eyes, but a smile gracing her lips. She'd never seen anything as beautiful as her, she was so moved, so entranced by her that she lifts up a hand to trace her face.
"Angel," she whispers. The smile grows larger, and everything seemed brighter. She wanted to stay awake, she wanted to stay with this creature in front of her, she wasn't sure if she was still alive, or if she was drowning, or if she was just dreaming. The brunette looked like the girl from her dreams, the girl she drew in her books hidden underneath her bed.
She fights her exhaustion, tries to keep her eyes open. But it was a fruitless endeavor, she closes her eyes with a smile, the last thing she saw was the angel in her dreams.
-o-o-o-o-
As Rachel watches Quinn succumb to sleep, a small smile on her lips she can't help but cry some more, "Oh Quinn," she whispers as she kisses the girls forehead.
She once again takes the girl in her arms and takes flight, Santana needed to go home.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse watches as Rachel takes flight, he looks on in disgust as Rachel gently cradles the human in her arms, he could feel Russell flinch at the sight as well as his fear. He licks his lips loving the taste of it. As Rachel's majestic wings gracefully lift them away. He runs towards the cabin, he knew exactly what to do to win.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel lowers Quinn to ground, and a fire starts behind her where the fire pit lay. She looks at Quinn one last time and whispers, "I'll be back Quinn," just as she was about to turn around, the air grows colder, and she covers Quinn with her wings in reflex. The pain she feels after is enough to make her cry out in pain, once, twice, thrice. She looks down at Quinn and was glad she was unharmed, and undisturbed.
She turns around, and
finds Russell Fabray pointing the gun at them, she walks over to him only to falter a little when his smirk reminded her of Jesse.
"Did it hurt my nightingale?" he asks smiling evilly at her.
Rachel moves closer, "Jesse," she whispers.
He advances at her, and hits her square on the jaw and takes pleasure in watching her stumble to her knees. He delivers a swift kick to her stomach and laughs as she doubles over in pain.
"Fight back," he screams, "Fight back bitch!"
She defends herself from his blows, as much as she wanted to; she had already crossed so many lines. And she couldn't find it in herself to actually harm this human, regardless if he has done such evil things, regardless if Jesse was inside of him. He was still human, and she was still an angel.
"Fight back Rachel!"
"Stop it Jesse, stop it." she says desperately avoiding his blows. She was growing tired; she could see Santana from her vantage point and knew she had to get to her quickly.
"He hurt your precious human, he was going to do evil things to her, he was going to take advantage of her, don't you want him to pay," he says as he finally stops raining punches and kicks at Rachel.
Rachel keeps her arms up ready to defend herself, "It is not my job to mete out justice, however tempted I might be, not like this, never like this." she says.
"He hurt you!" he screams in frustration, he could not break her, he never could.
"All thanks to you, and your meddling," she answers.
He leaves Russell's body as quickly as he invaded it, Russell convulses once again, and when he sees both winged creatures standing in front of him, Rachel turns to him, her rage was alluring, it was calling to her. She moves closer only stopping when she hears him whimper, "she deserved it," she then raises her hand palm facing Russell, "Feel," she whispers, "Feel for a moment what your wife and children felt in your presence," he bursts into tears, pleading for forgiveness, for mercy and giving false promises.
This disgusts Jesse in the process, "Pathetic," he spits out before moving forward and placing his hand on his head, "Sleep," he says stepping over Russell's body as he approaches Rachel, "You are not as pure as you think you are Rachel," he says evenly.
"I never said I was, but I unlike you regret what I just did," she tells him solemnly, backing away from him.
They hear Santana whimper, and Rachel turns towards her at the sound. Jesse takes this moment to grab Rachel by her injured wings, he pulls as hard as he could and laughs at the sound of bone breaking.
Rachel's scream pierces the silence in the woods.
Jesse catches her before she could fall, "I did what you wanted Rachel, I did exactly what you wanted," he tells her before giving her a kiss, disappearing as he does taking Russell with him.
-o-o-o-o-
Santana's eyes open at the sound of Rachel's scream, she curses herself for being so careless, for being so sure of herself that she forgot Dave fought dirty, her wound was healing but not as fast as it would had she been in heaven, she tries to sit up only to fall back down, she could spot Rachel's slumped form and notices the odd angles her wings were.
"No," she croaks as she crawls over to her friend, finding strength hidden deep within, "Rach," she whimpers.
Rachel turns her head, eyes filled with pain, regret and fear, "Santana, don't!" she reprimands her voice strained, sluggishly moving towards her friend, she slumps down beside her, and she grabs the taller girl's face in her hand, "You need to get home," was her pained whisper.
"Your wings Rachel," Santana says, "What happened to your wings?" she asks.
Rachel shakes her head and instead repeats herself, "You need to get home."
Before Santana could say more, they were floating, a bright ball of light holding them together.
"Rachel! NO! I won't let you do this, you can't do this!" Santana utters angrily, she was so tired and the pain was becoming unbearable, but the price Rachel would pay in exchange for what she was doing now, it was too much, she couldn't bear the thought of it.
Rachel once again shakes her head, and rests her forehead against Santana's. She puts her hand on her wound, and sadly smiles. Santana could feel energy pulsing to her wound, "You're my oldest and dearest friend Santana, thank you for everything," she tells her.
"Rachel, don't please don't do this," she pleads. Slowly her strength was increasing, and she knew Rachel was getting weaker.
"I'll miss you Santana," Rachel tells her holding her close, before letting her go.
"Nooooooo!" Santana screams reaching out for Rachel.
-o-o-o-o-
From a distance a ball of light was increasing in altitude, before it splits into two, going separate ways before disappearing.
-o-o-o-o-
"I'll be there soon Quinn,” Rachel whispers hoarsely as she falls down, her wings flapping uselessly behind her, she closes her eyes and whispers,
"and I'll never leave again," she doesn't turn to look at the direction she was going; instead she closes her eyes and accepts her fate.
She hits the ground hard she doesn't feel the pain; all she knows is that Quinn was there with her and she was safe. She drifts of knowing she was where she had to be.
-o-o-o-o-
Santana finds herself reaching out for Rachel, screaming her name only to be in coach’s arms. "Coach, send me back, please send me back!" she pleads, "They're too strong, they won't make it. I have to go back," she begs as Sue holds her close wondering for the first time if they did the right thing.
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn moves closer to the source of heat and wonders why she wasn't under the covers, she is startled awake by the sound of an owl in the distance, she sits up straight and remembers everything, whipping her head round, she searches for her father and instead finds the girl that saved her, a few feet away. She moves closer to the girl, and sighs in relief when she sees her breathing.
She sees a patch of blood on her shoulder, exactly where Quinn felt herself hurt prior to falling into the river. She also notices the wound on her head. She shakily gets on her feet, and tries to lift the small girl towards the van. She was glad the doors were unlocked and was mildly disappointed the keys were not in sight.
She gently lays the girl down on the passenger seat, and spots her bag on the floor; she grabs it and runs to the driver's side. She begins to hot wire the car and smiles as it sputters to life "Thank you Leroy," she whispers, as she drives away, trying to remember how to get home, she grabs her phone and thanks God that her father was not smart enough to throw it away.
She calls the first number on her call list, "Quinn?! I've been searching all over for you, my mom has been practically crawling on walls, until she got called away for a case she couldn't drop. Where the hell are you?!?" Brittany screams at her.
"My dad kidnapped me Britt, but I'm ok, she saved me," she tells her as she maneuvers her way out of the woods.
"Who Quinn?" Brittany asks.
"I don't know," she answers, "But she seems familiar," the last part was whispered mostly to herself as she looks at the slumbering girl beside her, "I'll figure out where to go Britt and I'll call you again, she's hurt and needs a hospital," she ends the call not bothering to pick up when her phone starts ringing again.
She'd have a lot to answer when she finally sees everyone, she can only imagine how her mother would feel, and Alexis too. But right now, for some reason she felt safe. For some reason she wasn't thinking about her father, or the fact that he kidnapped her and was alluding to things she never wants to think about.
All she knew was that this girl saved her life, and she didn't even know her, didn't know her name, but she's never felt more safe, adored and guarded in her entire life, she grabs her scarf and tries to wrap it around the girls head, "who are you," she whispers.
TBC
So there you go folks, did it answer some of your questions?
Author: insanely_quirky
Rating: R (for graphic scenes)
Legth: 6829
Spoilers: None, AU
Disclaimer: Not mine
Summary: There's a prompt somewhere about an Angel!Rachel who fell down from heaven and met Quinn.
A/N 1: Finally finished the chapter, i would like to thank everyone who's read this so far, and who is still reading even with all the questions hanging around.
A/N 2: In this chapter, I really tried to do a little but kicking, I hope I did a believable enough action sequences.
A/N 3: This is for the following people for being so awesome, on LJ wikdstrange , vsquared_k , freshtilapia and msgalindafic
on fanfic dot net: alibooboo, lildvasmom and bandrak, on tumblr, sparky2, tiggerbounced, and pursuingneverland. I'm pretty sure i missed a bunch of you, I apologize in advance!!!!!
Previous Chapters: 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 11
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel frantically searches for Quinn, and falls down on her knees when she feels her heart stop, then she hears it.
‘Help me god, please help me. Angel, anyone,’
“I’m coming Quinn, I’m coming,” she says taking flight once again.
-o-o-o-o-
The van stops and Quinn feels absolute terror when her father gets out of the driver's seat. She tries to move away from the door, wriggling as best she could. She jumps when the door slides open.
"Come here Quinn, Daddy won't hurt you if you're good," he says in a sickeningly sweet voice.
It sent chills down Quinn's spine; she tries kicking her feet as her father grabbed them and pull her towards the door.
"I don't want to hurt you princess. Don't make me hurt you," Her father warns her.
The way he said it made no room for doubt, he'd do it in a heartbeat.
"If you promise that you'll be my good princess, I'll take these off," he says pointing to the ropes on her hands and the gag on her mouth, "I mean it Quinn, no funny business. Besides if you remember this Cabin, we're far away from anyone that can help you," he adds as his eyes stay glued on hers.
She shudders at how dark his eyes, and slowly nods her head. 'Be brave Quinn, strong like an Amazon.' she tells herself as she feels his calloused hand on her skin, she cringes as he takes time to trace her face, and tuck her hair behind her ear.
"You're so beautiful Quinn, you remind me so much of your mother," he says as he helps her to her feet leading her up the stairs into the cabin.
'God please help me,' she prays as he closes the door behind them.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel falls down on her knees, she looks up to the sky and cries in desperation, "I can't find you, I can't..." she says brokenly.
She feels a presence moving towards her and she is quickly on her feet, sporting a defensive stance.
"Rachel?", "Santana?" they say at the same time.
"What are you doing here?"
"Russell is planning something, and I couldn't do anything, I was stuck and couldn't move."
"He took Quinn."
"I couldn't even report back to coach."
"She's scared, and so am I."
"You won't believe who's egging him on Rach."
"and I can't find her Santana, I'm failing her, at the time she needs me the most," Rachel screams once again falling down on her knees, "It hurts so much and I can't do the simplest act of finding her, I can't hear her anymore, I'm so sorry Quinn," she says beating the ground repeatedly.
Santana falls beside her, she puts her hands on Rachel's face, "Rachel stop it," she says wiping away her tears, "Listen to me, ok, listen to me coz we don't have much time," she says, "Think of Quinn, think of her, of all the times you were with her, all the times you were without her," she moves to hold Rachel in her arms, "remember the last time you held her in your arms, remember what she said, your hearts were beating at the same time."
Rachel nods her head at this, she remembered everything, "I know you feel it Rachel, and I know you do. You could never forget your Quinn; you could never let her down,"
"I feel her Santana, she's so scared, but trying to be brave," whispers Rachel, eyes screwed shut, fist clenching.
Santana then grabs her hands, "What else Rach, what else?"
"He took her to the woods, a cabin," she opens her eyes catching Santana's gaze; "I know where she is."
In a blink of an eye they were gone.
-o-o-o-o-
"Here you go Quinn, I hope you like it, it's my specialty," says Russell as he places a plate filled with pasta.
Quinn clasps her shaking hands tight as he kisses the top of her head, "Thank you Daddy."
"Still well mannered I see, I'm glad Judy didn't ruin everything I taught you," he says as he starts eating.
Getting her fork she tries to eat along with him, she had to make him trust her to survive. It was the only thing she could do.
-o-o-o-o-
A ball of light shatters the calm hill, two figures burst through it hitting the ground hard.
Santana gets on her knees gasping for air, "Ok, what was that?" she asks Rachel who was struggling to catch her breath.
"There's a no fly zone on Lima," she says brokenly.
Brushing off leaves from her arms Santana tries to stand up, "It explains why I couldn't leave or do much, doesn't explain why you could with me hitchhiking."
"She's close Santana, I can feel her," Rachel says instead, walking away.
-o-o-o-o-
"Come here Princess tell me everything I missed," slurs Russell as he pats the space beside him on the couch.
Quinn warily looks at him, and the bottle of scotch he held in his hand before sitting down a few inches away from him.
"How is Alexis? And you what's keeping you busy? Any boys I should know about?" he asks before taking a long drink from the bottle.
Quinn bites her lip, "She's doing well, she married a nice man and they live in Boston," she answers.
"And you, any boys I have to chase away?" he slurs.
She wraps her arms around herself before answering, "No daddy, I'd rather focus on school, cheerios and glee."
"Are you cold?" he asks noticing Quinn shiver, "Why don't you come closer Princess," he adds with a smirk.
Quinn's blood run cold, 'Help, please,' she prays.
-o-o-o-o-
"We need to move faster," says Rachel, grabbing Santana's arm.
A twig snapping make them turn around, "Well, well, well look what we have here," says one voice.
"Oooh it's the teacher's pets," taunts another.
"You...this is your doing isn't it?" Rachel accuses pointing at the smaller one.
He grins walking slowly towards her, "Well not all me my lovely nightingale, I had a little help," he says.
"I didn't think it was possible for both of you to stoop so low, actually I'm not as surprised about you," Santana says pointing to the larger one, who moves to tackle the Latina. Stopping short when he feels a hand on his chest.
"So this is what happened to you? You chose this path?" says Rachel, "And you dare use the moniker I bestowed upon you in your quest to spread evil?"
He appears behind Rachel and whispers in his ear, "I did quite enjoy being your Lark Rachel but this was all your doing,"
Rachel spins glaring at him, "My decision to become mortal had nothing to do with you Jesse!" she screams
"It had everything to do with me; I wanted to be with you for eternity," he answers back angrily, "You chose to leave me behind to be with weak pathetic human beings."
All four of them feel a change in the atmosphere. Jesse starts laughing, "I just love how unhinged Russell Fabray is when drunk, Poor Quinny, do you think you can save her this time?"
Rachel grits her teeth; her shoulders tighten and was ready to pounce.
"Some guardian you are, letting Daddy hurt poor little Quinny," taunts the other a few feet away.
A blur pushes him against a tree, Santana's arm pressing down his neck, "You know nothing, you don't get to dis Rachel or what we do,"
He pushes back sending her flying across the clearing, "I can do whatever I want to do bitch," he says laughing.
"Now Dave, remember they're our friends," Jesse tells him as they stood side by side, "I think it's time we show them a good time Bull," he adds rolling his neck, Dave manically smirks and cracks his knuckles.
Rachel readies herself, "We don't have to do this," she says only to be knocked back. She lifts a hand to soothe her aching jaw, only to find the corner of her lip bleeding.
"That's it!" Santana says before charging at Dave, "Come on bull, show me what you got," she taunts as she appears behind him, delivering a karate chop to the side of his neck causing him to stumble. Santana smiles in triumph for a second, she find herself face down on the ground, a knee placed in the middle of her back.
"I don't think you're ready for me lil reaper," he taunts putting more pressure on her back causing her to growl, He laughs at this but is thrown aside.
Santana jumps to her feet in an instant, "You were saying big guy?" she says jumping from one foot to another.
Jesse and Rachel circle each other, "Jesse, we don't have to do this," she says arms up palms facing forward; a kick is delivered to her stomach. She stumbles and whips her head around looking for him.
"Au Contraire my Nightingale we do, I've been waiting a long time for this," he says side sweeping her then appearing a few feet away.
Rachel gets up from the ground, looks at him just as she disappears; Jesse follows right behind her, grabbing her foot. They tumble to the ground. Jesse straddles Rachel and proceeds to punch her face, "Do you really think I'll let it go that easily," he screams at her, "I despise what you've become, loving that filthy mortal," he adds spitting at her face before delivering another blow.
--
"Pfft, you fight like a girl," Dave says with an evil smile, "You think you can take me tiny?"
Santana sneers before letting her wings unfurl, majestic white wings flutter behind her, "Bring it," she says.
Horns appear on Dave's head, his massive wings appear behind him, his hand grow sharp talons, he licks his lips as his eyes travel down her body, "Once I beat you up I'm going to take my sweet time violating that body," he says before charging at her.
-o-o-o-o-
Russell puts a blanket around Quinn's shoulders before tucking her under his arm, "You look so much like your mother Quinn," he tells her, "She looked just like you when I first saw her, when I first wanted her," he whispers against her ear.
Quinn clamps her eyes shut, 'Oh god no, please no' she prays.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse cackles as Rachel tries to push him off of her, he moves forward, and licks Rachel's face, "I think Russie boy is about to show Quinny a good time," he says, he laughs again only to have it cut short.
Rachel's eyes start harden and she disappears leaving him kneeling on the ground.
"What the fuck?!" he exclaims getting on his feet.
--
Dave and Santana charge at each other, dirt and leaves flying behind them, Santana hits him on the face, as he scratches at her torso, "You look good with red, ever think of switching teams?" he tells her licking her blood off of his hand.
"You have to do better than that buddy boy," she says as she assumes a defensive position.
They go at each other, kicking, punching and dodging; it was a blur of red and white, the demon and the angel.
"When I'm done with you, I'll do the same thing to Rachel," he says maliciously, "and then I'll take my sweet time with Quinny, she's a hot piece of ass that one," he adds.
-o-o-o-o-
"Are you still cold Princess?"
Quinn just nods her head, not trusting her voice.
"Come outside with me, let’s get some wood for the fire," he tells her, "I find it oddly stimulating," he whispers to himself.
She catches the gleam in his eyes, reminding her of times when she'd hear noises from her parents room. She tries not to flinch as he grabs her arm, half leading, half dragging her out of the cabin.
'I need to get out of here' she tells herself.
-o-o-o-o-
"Where do you think you're going Rachel?" Jesse says grabbing Rachel by the hair, "We're not done, we're far from done."
She slaps his hand away and disappears, a few feet away they appear near the edge of a cliff.
"Get off me!" Rachel pushes him away; Jesse lunges forward, grabbing Rachel by the arms.
"That bitch will get what she deserves Rachel, don't you remember 'Honor thy father and thy mother', clearly she forgot her father when she sent him to jail. It's only right Russell shows her, her place," he tells her in an all knowing voice.
Rachel pushes him so hard, he was an inch away from the edge, "He got what he deserved, and more. He hurt my Quinn," she says.
"Your Quinn?" He howls as his wings sprout from behind him, his horns grow, "let's see how perfect you'd still think she is once I'm done with her," and with that statement he disappears.
--
"I so wish I could just end your existence," Dave tells her kicking her hard, "Lucky for you, I have a job to do," he adds smirking.
"Walking away? You've always been such a coward," says Santana buffing her nails against her blood stained shirt, she crouches low the moment the atmosphere around her changes, 'so predictable' she thinks to herself as he charges at her.
"Coward! I'll show you cowa--" he looks down finding a dagger lanced into his side, "You Bitch!" he screams pulling it out and screaming in agony.
Santana smirks, "Oh did I forget to tell you? I was reassigned? Defender Santana at your service," she says with a bow before turning around.
She falls down on her knees as a burning sensation from behind her.
"Does it hurt Santy?" he asks as he twists the knife before pulling it out and plunging it down again, "It burns doesn't it?"
Santana falls to the ground, her wings fold behind her, what was once immaculate white was now tinged with red. She coughs once, and blood seep down her mouth.
"I'll be back my lovely, I promise I'll show you a good time," he coos before kicking her hard and disappearing.
Santana tries to get up as tears roll down her face.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse is blinded by a burst of light, causing him to come hurtling stopping only to crash against a large tree trunk, he tries to move only to find himself stuck.
"You dare hurt her?" he hears Rachel say as she glides closer to him.
His eyes widen, Rachel was aglow. Energy crackling about. Her eyes white. She was blinding, beautiful. terrifying.
"Rachel," he rasps as turbulent wind pin him further into the trunk.
Rachel looks at him as if disinterested, "Call him off," she commands eerily, "Call him off, and I'll let you go."
Jesse balks at this, "I can't Rach."
"Call him off now!" she screams.
A ball of light grow bigger, emanating from her heart. It swallows both of them whole.
-o-o-o-o-
Russell pauses from chopping wood to watch Quinn as she gathers up some wood, 'Just like Judy,' he thinks to himself.
He raises the axe to chop some more, only to drop it when a loud booming sound cuts the silence around the cabin; he turns around only to squint at the sudden burst of light that exploded in the woods.
The strong gust of wind hits both Quinn and Russell so suddenly, they didn't have time to ready themselves. It throws Russell a few feet away, hitting the side of his van hard, while Quinn who was crouched rolls across the ground.
Both lie still.
Quinn was safe, for now.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse lowers his arm, and finds Rachel kneeling on the ground breathing heavily; he spies Dave creeping behind her and tries to stop himself from grinning.
Dave leaps towards Rachel, only she meets him head on, they fly apart both of them hit rock walls in opposite directions.
He regains his bearings first.
"Dave my friend, a little help please," he hears Jesse scream, "Quickly while Rachel is down for the count."
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn whimpers and slowly lifts herself off of the ground; she sees her father slumped against the van, unconscious.
'Thank you, thank you' she prays.
She gets on her feet, and once steady enough she makes a break for it, running towards the woods, towards the flash of light.
It was calling to her, she knew, somewhere there, she'd be safe.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel opens her eyes, and they widen when she feels her heart beating, calling to her, calling out for her.
"Quinn," she whispers as she places a hand on her chest.
She stretches her wings and flies, she'd keep her safe, she'd protect her, whatever it took.
-o-o-o-o-
"Wake up Russell," Jesse whispers, "Your princess is getting away, you don't want that do you?" he adds.
Dave and Jesse smile as Russell groans and opens his eyes.
"Quinn?" he says out loud, when he doesn't see her anywhere he stands up and goes into the cabin.
"Show her who the man is Russell, nobody disrespect Russell Fabray," Dave eggs on.
Russell appears at the door with a gun in hand, "Come out, come out wherever you are princess, Don't make me hurt you!" He bellows.
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn hears her father's booming voice, and scrambles to find a place to hide. She scolds herself for not grabbing a weapon, anything that she could use to protect herself.
She berates herself for not continuing her self defense classes with Seth.
-o-o-o-o-
"Can I go teach that Santy a lesson now?" Dave asks shakily as he puts pressure on his wound, he was getting weaker, and he knew he needs to get back to HQ soon.
Jesse looks at him with a raised brow, "We have a job to do.," he says icily.
"As do I," Rachel says before charging at them, she tackles Dave to the ground and Punches him with all that she has. His head lolls to the side, and Rachel looks down at him with remorse, she puts a hand on his cheek and whispers, "I'm sorry Dave, I am."
Lost in her internal turmoil, she forgot about Jesse.
-o-o-o-o-
"Where the hell are you, you little bitch!" Screams Russell.
He curses at how dark the sky had become, "You better pray to God I don't find you, cause when I do, You'll be begging me to kill you instead!"
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn crouches low, she could hear him, and he was getting closer. She's starting to panic, she was sure she was going in circles. She wipes away her tears knowing crying wasn't going to do her any good.
She then remembers the van; she could use it to escape.
'Please let this work, please' she prays.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse's blood boil as he watched Rachel touch Dave, he didn't want Rachel touching anyone that wasn't him. When she sees her lean down to whisper her apologies mumbling about how it was for Quinn, he sees red, and stalks over to her. He stalks on over to her and thrusts his hand out closing his hand, and in a few seconds he closes his hand around the axe handle.
His eyes turn black as coal, and he evilly smiles as he imagines cutting of her wings, 'I’ll cut off your wings for you Rachel so you can finally be with your precious Quinn, ' he thinks to himself. Just as he swings he finds himself tackled from the left, hitting his head against a rock knocking him out cold.
Rachel scrambles to Santana's side, putting her hand on her wound, "Santana, you need to get back, you have to go back." she says, trying not to cry.
"I promised, I said I'd always protect you," mumbles Santana coughing up more blood.
Rachel shakes her head, as tears run down her face, "Santa--" she says cut short by the sound of gunshot.
"Go," Santana whispers trying to keep her eyes open.
"But you need--," Rachel tries to say, but Santana shushes her.
"Go," she says again, "she needs you," she says softly.
"Wait for me, I'll come back for you," she whispers before kissing Santana's forehead.
She nods her head and finally lets her eyes close when Rachel disappears, "I'll try," she mumbles.
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn moves as quickly and quietly as she could, she looks around and sighs I relief when she doesn't see her father anywhere. She wasn't sure how far she was from the cabin, it's been awhile since she had been there, and she wanted to cry at the idea that she might just be actually lost in the woods, with her father trailing after her in a mad rage. She hears a twig snap, and whips her head toward the sound, she finds nothing there, her shoulders sag and she starts moving again.
She stops when she hears the sound of a gun being cocked, Her heart thunders in her chest, 'No, no, no, no, please no,' she prays.
"I don't want to hurt you Quinn," Russell says evenly, "So come to daddy," he adds.
Quinn makes a run for it ducking behind a large tree, she could hear how close he was and she knew it was the end of her, "You disappoint me Quinn, I thought you were my princess, but now I see you really are just like your mother. You're just dying for a lesson too, aren't you?"
The last sentence frightens her so much, she runs as fast as she could flinching at the sound of the gun going off, she looks back and finds her father hot on her trail, she keeps running, weaving in between trees, and rocks fearing for her life.
"Stop right this instant Quinn, or I will shoot you," he screams.
But she doesn't stop, she can't.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse Groans and touches the side of his head, he sits up and his gaze falls on Dave and Santana, He knew both had little time left, he unsteadily walks over to Dave. Once there he looks out into the distance and whispers, "Make her pay Russell, make her pay," He turns his gaze towards Dave and frowns, "You are so useless sometimes," he says before they both disappear into thin air.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel finds herself a few feet away from Quinn, she hears Russell's frustrated curse as Quinn kept on moving, she distinctly heard the sound of the gun being cocked. She didn't think, she just moved. She barrels towards him silently urging Quinn to keep running, she didn't care that his gun was pointed straight at her, didn't think that it could still do some damage to her, she only knew one thing, she had to keep Quinn safe, so she looks at Russell then at the gun, she delivers a blow unto his wrist, knocking down the gun in the process.
"What the hell?!" He exclaims, shaking his hand in pain, he wonders what the hell it was.
He feels something come closer, it's presence heavy, just like all the other times he would think of getting his revenge, times when his thoughts were not just thoughts, times when he would actually take action, like when he set fire to that judge's house knowing he was inside, or that time he poisoned that cop.
Only this time, he was afraid.
"You should be,” was whispered to his ear, and he twirls around looking for the owner of the voice, "It's time to pay your dues Russell," he hears from behind him, and he turns again.
"Show yourself you demon!" he screams, he moves looking from one side to the other, turning whenever a foreign sound reaches his ears. The hair at the back of his head rise, and dread flows down his body when he hears the chuckled response.
"I find that between the two of us, you are quite closer to being a demon than I ever could," the way it was said made him freeze, if only for a minute. He stumbles backwards only to fall as he tripped on his own feet. He scrambles for the gun, and points it at any direction he could, going round in circles.
"Drop it," he hears the voice behind him, he is startled by this prompting him to turn and shoot, the sound of shot echoing in the woods.
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn keeps running, something, someone was telling her to run. So she did, she was running alongside the river, behind her the sun was already setting, and she knew it was only a matter of time before darkness will shroud the woods, she had to get back to the cabin, she had to get there quick.
She hears the gun shot, and she feels a sharp pain on the side other shoulder. It was so distinct, and so unexpected that she screams, falters in her step and falls into the raging river beside her.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel touches her shoulder gritting her teeth. The bullet grazed her shoulder and the pain was not as intense, but the feeling acute to rage did. She stalks over to Russell, and smiles a little as his eyes grow large as she finally appears before him, with her wings outstretched.
But her rage was short lived. She heard Quinn scream, and felt her utter terror. "Quinn," she whispers before taking flight, Russell would get what was coming to him but right now her ward needed her.
-o-o-o-o-
Russell falls to his knees; he couldn't believe what he just saw.
He could sense heavy footsteps behind him and he turns his head, and his eyes widen at the sight of another winged creature smiling evilly at him.
"Hello Russell," it said.
-o-o-o-o-
She tries to keep her head afloat, she spies a fallen tree and tries to steer her body that way. She swims as hard as she could, but she was tired, so so tired.
'swim Quinn, swim!' she tells herself as she paddles and kicks as much as her tired body could, her torso hits the trunk hard, and she takes heaving breaths in relief. her eyes are starting to close, and her body was starting to shut down. It was so cold, and her body just seemed so close to giving up. Her hand slips, and before she knew it she was once again carried by the raging waters.
She screams, and water fills her mouth then her lungs, she flails her arms getting her head above water, she sputters and looks to the sky, she vaguely sees wings before an undercurrent pulls her down.
She was sure she heard her name being screamed before all she could hear was water, everywhere.
-o-o-o-o-
"Where are you," Rachel whispers under her breath. She keeps her eyes on the raging waters, shivering knowing how cold it was, the sun was almost fully gone. and the sky was starting to be tinged blue.
She notices a blonde head clinging to a fallen tree, just as she was close enough to swoop down, Quinn's hand loses its grip and Rachel could only watch in horror as she disappears again.
"Quinn!" she screams as she swoops down and dives into the water.
-o-o-o-o-
Russell struggles to move away, as the man in front of him move closer and closer, "No need to be afraid Russell, we are after all old friends," he says grinning.
"Stay away from me! What the hell are you?!" he screams, trying to get up on his feet.
Stretching his wings, Jesse smirks, "Hell? that's where I come from, and I can't stay away," he says slowly, "I need you after all," he adds before he turns into smoke, smoke that enters Russell's open mouth, and ears and nose. His eyes grow wider, and his scream dies in his throat, his body collapses on the ground and convulses in pain.
For a few seconds he lies still, before jumping to his feet, and rolling his neck and smiling at the popping sounds he gets, "As filthy and disgusting being in your body is Russell, I feel as if I will be quite satisfied with using it."
He bends forward and grabs the gun, twirling it like in old western movies, he assumes a shooting stance and makes 'bang bang' noises, he blows on the barrel of the gun before walking to the direction of the river.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel springs from the raging water with Quinn cradled in her arms, the blonde unconscious, and a lot paler than usual. She lands not so gracefully on the other side of the river, she drops down to her knees and gently places Quinn on the ground.
"Quinn," she whispers shaking the blonde's body gently. She frowns upon seeing the blue lips her ward was sporting. She tries to feel for a pulse and tries to check if she was breathing, but her hands are shaking so bad not from the cold but the possibility of failing Quinn. She can barely see through her tears and the water from the river. She calls her name again, desperately praying that she wake up.
Quinn starts coughing the minute she opens her eyes, she didn't even realize she had closed them. She looks at her, drowning in the presence of her, the very thought that she was here with Quinn, they were together again after all this time, even if the circumstances surrounding their reunion was not ideal, even if Quinn didn't know who she was. The only thing she was concerned with was that Quinn was safe, she saved her, she was alive, she didn't fail.
She smiles as Quinn blinks and looks up at her, whispering one word that made her forget everything except Quinn.
-o-o-o-o-
Her body was cold, her lungs hurt and she was exhausted. And as Quinn kept coughing she doesn't register the hand that was palming her cheek, all she knew was she felt safe, that she was safe. It brings her to a time when she was younger, a time that always seemed like a haze to her. She tries so hard to open her eyes.
What she sees made her glad she did. A beautiful brunette was hovering above her, with tears in her eyes, but a smile gracing her lips. She'd never seen anything as beautiful as her, she was so moved, so entranced by her that she lifts up a hand to trace her face.
"Angel," she whispers. The smile grows larger, and everything seemed brighter. She wanted to stay awake, she wanted to stay with this creature in front of her, she wasn't sure if she was still alive, or if she was drowning, or if she was just dreaming. The brunette looked like the girl from her dreams, the girl she drew in her books hidden underneath her bed.
She fights her exhaustion, tries to keep her eyes open. But it was a fruitless endeavor, she closes her eyes with a smile, the last thing she saw was the angel in her dreams.
-o-o-o-o-
As Rachel watches Quinn succumb to sleep, a small smile on her lips she can't help but cry some more, "Oh Quinn," she whispers as she kisses the girls forehead.
She once again takes the girl in her arms and takes flight, Santana needed to go home.
-o-o-o-o-
Jesse watches as Rachel takes flight, he looks on in disgust as Rachel gently cradles the human in her arms, he could feel Russell flinch at the sight as well as his fear. He licks his lips loving the taste of it. As Rachel's majestic wings gracefully lift them away. He runs towards the cabin, he knew exactly what to do to win.
-o-o-o-o-
Rachel lowers Quinn to ground, and a fire starts behind her where the fire pit lay. She looks at Quinn one last time and whispers, "I'll be back Quinn," just as she was about to turn around, the air grows colder, and she covers Quinn with her wings in reflex. The pain she feels after is enough to make her cry out in pain, once, twice, thrice. She looks down at Quinn and was glad she was unharmed, and undisturbed.
She turns around, and
finds Russell Fabray pointing the gun at them, she walks over to him only to falter a little when his smirk reminded her of Jesse.
"Did it hurt my nightingale?" he asks smiling evilly at her.
Rachel moves closer, "Jesse," she whispers.
He advances at her, and hits her square on the jaw and takes pleasure in watching her stumble to her knees. He delivers a swift kick to her stomach and laughs as she doubles over in pain.
"Fight back," he screams, "Fight back bitch!"
She defends herself from his blows, as much as she wanted to; she had already crossed so many lines. And she couldn't find it in herself to actually harm this human, regardless if he has done such evil things, regardless if Jesse was inside of him. He was still human, and she was still an angel.
"Fight back Rachel!"
"Stop it Jesse, stop it." she says desperately avoiding his blows. She was growing tired; she could see Santana from her vantage point and knew she had to get to her quickly.
"He hurt your precious human, he was going to do evil things to her, he was going to take advantage of her, don't you want him to pay," he says as he finally stops raining punches and kicks at Rachel.
Rachel keeps her arms up ready to defend herself, "It is not my job to mete out justice, however tempted I might be, not like this, never like this." she says.
"He hurt you!" he screams in frustration, he could not break her, he never could.
"All thanks to you, and your meddling," she answers.
He leaves Russell's body as quickly as he invaded it, Russell convulses once again, and when he sees both winged creatures standing in front of him, Rachel turns to him, her rage was alluring, it was calling to her. She moves closer only stopping when she hears him whimper, "she deserved it," she then raises her hand palm facing Russell, "Feel," she whispers, "Feel for a moment what your wife and children felt in your presence," he bursts into tears, pleading for forgiveness, for mercy and giving false promises.
This disgusts Jesse in the process, "Pathetic," he spits out before moving forward and placing his hand on his head, "Sleep," he says stepping over Russell's body as he approaches Rachel, "You are not as pure as you think you are Rachel," he says evenly.
"I never said I was, but I unlike you regret what I just did," she tells him solemnly, backing away from him.
They hear Santana whimper, and Rachel turns towards her at the sound. Jesse takes this moment to grab Rachel by her injured wings, he pulls as hard as he could and laughs at the sound of bone breaking.
Rachel's scream pierces the silence in the woods.
Jesse catches her before she could fall, "I did what you wanted Rachel, I did exactly what you wanted," he tells her before giving her a kiss, disappearing as he does taking Russell with him.
-o-o-o-o-
Santana's eyes open at the sound of Rachel's scream, she curses herself for being so careless, for being so sure of herself that she forgot Dave fought dirty, her wound was healing but not as fast as it would had she been in heaven, she tries to sit up only to fall back down, she could spot Rachel's slumped form and notices the odd angles her wings were.
"No," she croaks as she crawls over to her friend, finding strength hidden deep within, "Rach," she whimpers.
Rachel turns her head, eyes filled with pain, regret and fear, "Santana, don't!" she reprimands her voice strained, sluggishly moving towards her friend, she slumps down beside her, and she grabs the taller girl's face in her hand, "You need to get home," was her pained whisper.
"Your wings Rachel," Santana says, "What happened to your wings?" she asks.
Rachel shakes her head and instead repeats herself, "You need to get home."
Before Santana could say more, they were floating, a bright ball of light holding them together.
"Rachel! NO! I won't let you do this, you can't do this!" Santana utters angrily, she was so tired and the pain was becoming unbearable, but the price Rachel would pay in exchange for what she was doing now, it was too much, she couldn't bear the thought of it.
Rachel once again shakes her head, and rests her forehead against Santana's. She puts her hand on her wound, and sadly smiles. Santana could feel energy pulsing to her wound, "You're my oldest and dearest friend Santana, thank you for everything," she tells her.
"Rachel, don't please don't do this," she pleads. Slowly her strength was increasing, and she knew Rachel was getting weaker.
"I'll miss you Santana," Rachel tells her holding her close, before letting her go.
"Nooooooo!" Santana screams reaching out for Rachel.
-o-o-o-o-
From a distance a ball of light was increasing in altitude, before it splits into two, going separate ways before disappearing.
-o-o-o-o-
"I'll be there soon Quinn,” Rachel whispers hoarsely as she falls down, her wings flapping uselessly behind her, she closes her eyes and whispers,
"and I'll never leave again," she doesn't turn to look at the direction she was going; instead she closes her eyes and accepts her fate.
She hits the ground hard she doesn't feel the pain; all she knows is that Quinn was there with her and she was safe. She drifts of knowing she was where she had to be.
-o-o-o-o-
Santana finds herself reaching out for Rachel, screaming her name only to be in coach’s arms. "Coach, send me back, please send me back!" she pleads, "They're too strong, they won't make it. I have to go back," she begs as Sue holds her close wondering for the first time if they did the right thing.
-o-o-o-o-
Quinn moves closer to the source of heat and wonders why she wasn't under the covers, she is startled awake by the sound of an owl in the distance, she sits up straight and remembers everything, whipping her head round, she searches for her father and instead finds the girl that saved her, a few feet away. She moves closer to the girl, and sighs in relief when she sees her breathing.
She sees a patch of blood on her shoulder, exactly where Quinn felt herself hurt prior to falling into the river. She also notices the wound on her head. She shakily gets on her feet, and tries to lift the small girl towards the van. She was glad the doors were unlocked and was mildly disappointed the keys were not in sight.
She gently lays the girl down on the passenger seat, and spots her bag on the floor; she grabs it and runs to the driver's side. She begins to hot wire the car and smiles as it sputters to life "Thank you Leroy," she whispers, as she drives away, trying to remember how to get home, she grabs her phone and thanks God that her father was not smart enough to throw it away.
She calls the first number on her call list, "Quinn?! I've been searching all over for you, my mom has been practically crawling on walls, until she got called away for a case she couldn't drop. Where the hell are you?!?" Brittany screams at her.
"My dad kidnapped me Britt, but I'm ok, she saved me," she tells her as she maneuvers her way out of the woods.
"Who Quinn?" Brittany asks.
"I don't know," she answers, "But she seems familiar," the last part was whispered mostly to herself as she looks at the slumbering girl beside her, "I'll figure out where to go Britt and I'll call you again, she's hurt and needs a hospital," she ends the call not bothering to pick up when her phone starts ringing again.
She'd have a lot to answer when she finally sees everyone, she can only imagine how her mother would feel, and Alexis too. But right now, for some reason she felt safe. For some reason she wasn't thinking about her father, or the fact that he kidnapped her and was alluding to things she never wants to think about.
All she knew was that this girl saved her life, and she didn't even know her, didn't know her name, but she's never felt more safe, adored and guarded in her entire life, she grabs her scarf and tries to wrap it around the girls head, "who are you," she whispers.
TBC
So there you go folks, did it answer some of your questions?