I don't know *what* his idea had been--I gave him the wrong hotel, got out when he left me off, hiked it to the Metro... was on my way, about to disappear. I had too much to think about. I had never put it all into perspective, I guess I'm just not that deep a person. This wasn't a field I could play on.
I considered calling home, but I couldn't. Let them think whatever. Let them think I died. My head ached, and all I wanted to do was sink into sleep. Out of habit, I lay myself out on the couch (I can't get comfortable on a bed), and somehow, bustling thoughts aside, passed out.
Big mistake. Going to sleep all sober like that.
I dreamed. I was at St. Anselm's, but it was larger, and littered with corpses. I stared at them, knowing full well how they got there. And then, on my mind as always, Kronos was behind me, only I didn't sense his presence. I only heard his voice.
"How do you like our legacy?"
"The world is...dead?" I asked, but I knew the answer.
"Yes," he breathed into my ear, and I could really feel his breath, warm, as if he were alive. "And now you must let it burn."
And his eyes weren't cold at all. They were like flames.
I awoke with a start, sensing an Immortal presence in the room with me. It was dark, but I knew who it was. The light went on. A sword was at my throat.
"Do it, Methos," I said, not caring about the catch in my voice.
"Did you know you screamed out his name?"
"It wouldn't have been the first time. Do it. Take my head. I've meant nothing but violence...I've owed the world a death since coming into it, and I'm not afraid to pay up." I was rambling, not exactly the death scene I always imagined for myself.
He lowered the sword. "Don't be stupid," he sneered. "It's braver to live and face the consequences of what you've done, whatever it is."
He gave me a look of surprising patience. What a strange man he was. "Come on, we're going to see someone."
"Who?" I wondered, getting up without really wondering "who?" or much caring.
"A friend. MacLeod."
I blinked. Duncan MacLeod? This was just getting interesting.
Posted on Jun 14, 1999, 7:47 PM from IP address 216.164.197.168