Marie.

I'm Marie. Just Marie... You got anythin' to eat? // {SV RP 18+} #XMenRP #TWDRP #BPRP #IntoTheFire

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- sense to hide their tracks.

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- ground, she eyed the fortified looking building, wishing, not for the first time, that she'd managed to hold on to @ViciousWeapon's sense of smell.}

{softly} Look... There's no footprints. No nothin' in the dirt. Means we won't see the Dead. They don't have the --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- it when the wind shifted, but I never could pick it up over the stench of Missus Williams begonia trees.

{Easing back her hood, she shot #Robert a grin, pushing open the door.} I'm not squeamish, Robert. You don't gotta worry 'bout that.

{Silently slipping to --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly I know what an abattoir is.

{Pride swirling with nerves blazing bright in her smile, she leaned to #Robert, gently chucking his shoulder.} We had one in town. Back where my fam... Where my Momma and Daddy and live. Folks used to bellyache about the smell of --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- text.} ... terhouse? The heck's that?

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- a gravel road, she nodded, resolute.} I learned from Logan. You bet your /ass/ I'll flatten any of those jerks that come near.

{Spinning back to the road as she caught sight of a faded sign, she squinted, trying to read the blood obscured, sunlight obliterated --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- gaze.} His name's Logan. Victor's his brother, but they are /not/ the same. They're... {waving a hand} They're night and day. Light and dark. {huffing} Good and /jackass/.

{Putting her hand out to the dashboard to keep herself from jolting as they bounced on to --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- she closed her eyes, shoulders slowly lowering.}

It was my best friend. He's the one who showed me I could protect people. That I could /fight/. My own parents sent me away... But he didn't. He /believed/ in me.

{Nipping her lip, she looked to #Robert, worry darkening --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly {Snorting a laugh, she ducked her head, thoughts slipping to her first years at school.}

There was a time when folks woulda laughed at that idea. Me kickin' ass? {softly} Spent a lotta time bein' the rescu-ee, not the rescu-er.

{Resting her head against the window, --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- and fidgeted.}

I don't want Victor to get his hands on you. He... He's cruel for the sake of it.

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- Walkers. /Negan's/ people. I don't want to be starin' either of 'em down if we can't see five feet in front of our faces.

{Rubbing her nose, the uncomfortable thought of @SlasherMutant and @FluidFatality tracking them through the night, she blew out a nervous breath --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly -- {mumbling} Your hand's warm.

{Doe eyes lifting to meet #Robert's, she gave a sunshine warm crooked smile, daring to squeeze back before pulling her hand away.}

We gotta find someplace to go, Robert. It's gonna be dark soon, and they're gonna be comin'. --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @FcknFriendly Not long. Hour or two, maybe?

{Blinking, she cast her gaze down to #Robert's hand on hers, entranced for a beat by the feeling of contact without the nightmarish symphony of gasping for air, choking and bone rattling coughs that seemed to inevitably follow.}

Robert, I... --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

-- her thoughts drifted to just how close behind them @FcknFriendly's men might be, she chanced giving @_GaveUpTheGhost a gentle shake, heart starting to pound.}

Butch! /Please/ wake up. {nipping her lip} We gotta find somewhere to hide...

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

-- cicadas into a seemingly startled silence, she sat up like a shot, paling as she realized her hand was on @_GaveUpTheGhost, exhaling as she registered her trusty leather gloves against his cotton shirt.

Thank /God/.}

Butch. Butch, wake up.

{Throat going tight as --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

-- banish the remembered​ look of pain on @ViciousWeapon's face as #Magneto blew him backwards, putting hands on her, /forcing/ her to hurt people against her will.

Just like @FcknFriendly wanted her to do.}

NO!

{Waking with a shout, the noise startling the buzzing --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

-- out, gloved fingers closing around @_GaveUpTheGhost's shirt in her sleep.

A heartbeat and she tensed, the visceral nightmare of #Logan being ripped from her by #Magneto making her gut twist.

A hitched breath and she felt herself ready to scream, unable to bear or --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

'It's gonna be fine, kid. You'll see. We'll protect each other.'

{Turning fitfully in her sleep, the remembered sounds and smells of the train where she and @ViciousWeapon had rumbled promises of safety and friendship to each other running through her mind, she reached --

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @SlasherMutant @FcknFriendly @FluidFatality @Be_Extra_Nice @Shoot4TheHead @TheOutpostDoc -- determined she wouldn't be the one to get them spotted.} Butch! They're comin'!

[Marie. @LongingToTouch]

@_GaveUpTheGhost @SlasherMutant @FcknFriendly @FluidFatality @Be_Extra_Nice @Shoot4TheHead @TheOutpostDoc -- stepping out. Dropping to the seat before she could see whether or not it was #Silas, she stamped her foot to the floor mat, --