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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 2819617" data-attributes="member: 12815"><p>Minerva pulls out a second vial of Holy water, unstops it and throws it on Greeley.</p><p></p><p>Ruby sees Chester preparing his attack so she decides to move. She steps between Kate and Greely to keep him distracted and give Chet the time he needs.</p><p></p><p>"So, it was you who killed Colin Turner. Why?" She stays on guard with the rod in her hand.</p><p></p><p>Greely swats blindly at Nanuet and slams him hard, forcing him backward. Nanuet staggers and then falls to one knee as a portion of his life force is drained from him bolstering the vampire. "He wanted it, he begged for it! He wished for eternal glory, the ability to live forever!"</p><p></p><p>"You're a liar. Then again, you're a foul evil creature from hell. No need for morals." Ruby keeps talking to him, hoping Chester will make his move soon.</p><p></p><p>As he stands over the coffin, Jake holds the vial in his teeth and puts the lantern down. He opens his bag and pulls out two sticks of dynamite, tossing the bag far away from the opening.</p><p></p><p>Jake lights the two sticks of dynamite with his dagger and tosses them in the coffin. He takes a few steps away from it and calls out in a loud voice while sheathing his dagger and holding the vial in his left hand. "Mr. Greely, you are after the wrong one. I am the one you should be worried about, because you know what I am standing next to. Do you not?"</p><p></p><p>Greely's head turns in the direction of Jake. He bellows in anguish as he apparently does realize what is going on as he sees the light at the far end of the chamber. "You fool, you can never destroy me!" he lies.</p><p></p><p>Chester lines up the stake with Greely's heart. He draws back his hammer and strikes. "Athena, guide my hand."</p><p></p><p>"Heh, that is what all the vampires say." Jake draws his long barrelled Colt and clicks the hammer back. "Come and get me, Greely. Oh, and bring me a whiskey on the way."</p><p></p><p>"There will be others, more will come and take my place even if you do succeed, we are eternal!"</p><p></p><p>Minerva prays softly "Goddess Minerva, Father Jupiter, let your power be felt here."</p><p></p><p>Kate pulled the last of her bandages out of her pocket and quickly wrapped her hand. Still keeping her back to the wall, she got a hold on the shotgun and waited for a clear shot at Greely should he move toward Jake.</p><p></p><p>Chester slams the hammer into Greely driving the stake into his flesh. The stake bites in and Greely wails in pain. At the same time a tremendous explosion shakes the room and dust and rubble falls from the ceiling. Greely staggers and stumbles, slowly fading into his gaseous form, but with nowhere to go the gas slowly dissipates into nothing.</p><p></p><p>Minerva stands stunned. She falls to her knees and thanks the gods before going to examine Katherine's wound.</p><p></p><p>"I think the hand is worse than my neck," she said, pulling the rapidly soaking bandage away. "Admittedly, I can't see my neck."</p><p></p><p>Minerva prays over Kate's hand, the blue light eminates from her palm as the wound closes up.</p><p></p><p>"Thank you," Kate said simply and sincerely. She looked at the bloodied bandage in her hand as was about to clean it with a spell when she remembered she hadn't any of those simple spells left. With a sigh, she lifted her skirt, tore a piece off her petticoat and held it against her neck.</p><p></p><p>"You don't need to do that Miss Kate, I can help you," Nnauet says, leaning over Katherine. He casts his healing spell and Kate immediately feels the wound heal over. "There you go."</p><p></p><p>"Thank you, too. If you all don't mind I'm just going to sit here and rest for a few minutes," she said to whoever might be listening and sat against the wall with her eyes closed.</p><p></p><p>Jake is knocked to the floor, the dynamite going off a little sooner than he expected. "I guess I need some more lessons from Flint," he muses as he pulls himself off the floor. He looks around to make sure the chamber is holding together.</p><p></p><p>Ruby immediately grabs the lantern and runs towards where Jake was, "Baby?" she calls out frantically, not seeing him in the dust and rubble.</p><p></p><p>"I am right here Ruby," he says standing the rest of the way and brushing dust of himself. </p><p></p><p>"Is the casket destroyed?" Chester asks. "I don't want to find him coming after us again. Is everyone safe? Kate, how bad are you hurt?"</p><p></p><p>Kate answered "I don't really know, Chester. I feel alright, just tired."</p><p></p><p>"Yes, Chester, I took care of that. Apparently they do not make them like they used to." Jake steps towards Ruby, "Are you hurt?"</p><p></p><p>Ruby throws herself into Jake's arms, "You did it baby, you really did it." She hugs him as tight as she can, "You said you would and you did." She buries her face into his shoulder, letting a good portion of her tensions from the last week disolve away.</p><p></p><p>He glances over her shoulder to see that the others are taking care of each other, he was concerned but knew he could little knowing nothing of the healing arts. Instead he stood quietly holding Ruby and stroking her hair.</p><p></p><p>She pulls her face back and looks Jake in the eyes. "You are so smart, running in here," she says, looking up at him adoringly, "You are my knight in shining armor."</p><p></p><p>"Thank you princess." He pulls her close and releases a sigh, while his body shudders involuntarily for a brief moment. "That was a bit closer that I liked, but we did it."</p><p></p><p>"Yes, we did." Ruby places her hands on Jake's face and kisses him with much emotion. "Now we should go check on the others." After verifying the coffin is burnt up they head back into the main room.</p><p></p><p>Chester says to Jake, "Nice going with the casket. What did you do? And how's Ruby?"</p><p></p><p>"I used the patented Flint method," Jake says. "I must say that he is correct, two sticks of dynamite do wonders for most problems."</p><p></p><p>"I'll say they do. It's a wonder the whole place hasn't collapsed. We better check over this place to make sure we haven't missed anything. Who knows what other secrets Greely had."</p><p></p><p>"Now you are talking, Chet."</p><p></p><p>"Great," Chester says. "So where would you hide your things? And do you believe Whitaker is involved in this, or does he have some other secret?"</p><p></p><p>Ruby walks over to Kate. "How are you feeling? You better get on your feet, you have some spider bites to tend to," Ruby teases.</p><p></p><p>Kate lifted up her hand and took Ruby's. "I'm alright, and I'd wager you are too. If those bites haven't knocked you down yet they're not going to. But I can put something on them when we get back to the house anyway to make the redness and swelling go down," she said lightly. With a more serious look she said, "I'm very tired. I need to eat a big meal and take a long nap. Are you feeling better now, dear?"</p><p></p><p>"Kate, I'm covered in bruises, I don't care about the bites. And I'll save your lecture for another day." She reaches down a hand, "Come on, let's at least get you somewhere safer than this, in case the place comes down around us."</p><p></p><p>"I think you can skip the lecture, I learned my lesson." She took Ruby's hand and used her other to push herself up. "And I didn't mean if you were feeling better physically.</p><p></p><p>Is there anywhere safer to go beside the tunnel? Thom should be free of Greely now, I wonder if he'll be alright."</p><p></p><p>"Me alright?" Ruby pauses. "I will feel better when I get home. Oh! We should go check on Thom, the poor guy. Now that Greely is dead that spell should be broken. Then I want to come back and help search around."</p><p></p><p>Ruby starts heading out the door way to check on Thom.</p><p></p><p>"I'll come with you, if you don't mind. I'd like to get out of here," Kate said.</p><p></p><p>"Nanuet, could you go with Ruby and Kate, please? Just in case Thom is still dangerous. Thanks."</p><p></p><p>"Oh, I'm coming back to search." Ruby pauses, "Nanuet why don't you take Kate back to the house so she can rest? She needs it. Then you can come back if you wish."</p><p></p><p>Ruby walks back up the hallway to get back to where Thom is and will only let Kate follow if Nanuet is accompanying her. As she walks she puts the rod back into her bag, grateful she didn't have to use it.</p><p></p><p>Nanuet listens to everyone talking, but hears very little. When the others request him to go and check on Thom, he nods yes and stands up. He takes a few steps forwards towards the door before collapsing fully.</p><p></p><p>Panic rushes through Minerva causing her to forget her own unhealed wounds, and she is instantly at her lover's side. She examines him quickly, but does not see any obvious wounds, when she suddenly remembers that Greeley had pushed him. She grabs hold of his necklace and begins to pray once more. Pleading with the gods to bring him back to her.</p><p></p><p>Chester runs to Nanuet's side, but realizes that Minerva is best suited to take care of him. "What's wrong with him? He was fine just a minute ago. Did Greely cast a spell on him?"</p><p></p><p>Kate heard Nanuet thump down behind her and rushed back. She got down on her knees and began checking him over, trying to find a wound or an explanation.</p><p></p><p>Ruby turns her head towards Nanuet, now surrounded by Minerva, Kate and Chester, and realizes she is still feeling much weaker than usual. "Is he going to be ok?" she asks. Getting no answer she realizes it's probably better to check on Thom now than get surprised by him in a moment of weakness.</p><p></p><p>Ruby carefully starts back down the tunnel to find Thom.</p><p></p><p>Minerva does not hear the commotion around her as she focuses her entire being on Nanuet, offering her own life force in return for his survival. She continues to pray, willing him to accept her strength and wake up.</p><p></p><p>Kate kneels over Nanuet next to Minerva. She looks him over and notices an ice cold spot where he was struck by Greely. Other than that she notices no other obvious wounds.</p><p></p><p>Nanuet stirs and sees Minerva deep in prayer. A weak smile comes to his face and he reaches up and touches her face. "I'll be OK" he says in a weak voice. "I think when he slammed me he stole some of my life force. I feel pretty tired, and quite weak, but I'll live."</p><p></p><p>Minerva wraps him in her arms and holds him tight while she brushes the loose strands of hair away from his face. "Thank the gods. Are you sure that you will be alright? I love you, Nanuet. I could not bear to lose you." she confesses. "Tell me, What can I do to help you?"</p><p></p><p>"Feel that, right there," Kate said and moved the Priestess' hand over the spot. "That's where he hit him. It's not something conventional medicine can heal. It's not natural or physical damage, so I don't think the usual healing spells will work. I'm not familiar with clerical magic, but I know there are spells that cure diseases or restore energy." Kate stopped and swallowed, remembering when she learned about those spells. "I think we'd need something like that."</p><p></p><p>Chester's jaw drops. "Stole some of your life force? Won't you get it back now that he's dead? Kate, Greely grabbed you. Do you feel weak, too? Maybe Mr. Valdez can help you, Nanuet. No, wait, we're not in Promise City. How about the priest here?"</p><p></p><p>"I feel a little weak, but not like this," Kate answered. "Mine is just from him taking my blood."</p><p></p><p>Nanuet is glad to feel Minerva's embrace and also for Kate's skilled healing touch. "I... I don't know how you can help me. I think Chester is right, we need a priest, a powerful priest. Maybe the necklace can help, but I don't know for sure. Just give me a few moments to gather myself so we can get out of here."</p><p></p><p>Minerva suggests to the others that they continue searching for whatever Greeley might have been hiding. "I will take care of Nanuet. There is nothing more that you can do for him now." She sits quietly, holding Nanuet and stroking his hair until he feels ready to rise. When he is ready she helps him up, bearing the bulk of his weight and guides him out of the cellar and back up into the house.</p><p></p><p>The usually proud elf readily accepts Minerva's help. He rests in her arms for several minutes before he feels ready again, letting his strong woman bear most of his weight. The two head back to the house, both ready to leave this town behind.</p><p></p><p>Minerva removes Nanuet's clothing and tucks him into bed. He is weak and unnaturally cold to the touch, especially where Greeley laid his evil hand on him. She removes her own clothes and is surprised by the large ugly bruises and the blood oozing from the puncture wounds that she acquired from her fall into the pit. She ignores the pain and climbs into the bed with Nanuet, tenderly tucking the blankets around them both. She cradles him in her arms, and runs her hands up and down his sides, warming him with her body heat, while she speaks softly to him, comforting him as she would a child.</p><p></p><p>"I know how repulsive the touch of evil is. I felt it briefly when Turner slapped me. It puts a chill in your heart that reaches down to the depth of your soul. But do not worry, I will take care of you and warm your heart again with my love. We will get you the help that you need and you will be your old self again soon. Now, Por favor, rest, Mi Amore.” She says pulling him closer and tucking the blankets around them more securely.</p><p></p><p>She lies with Nanuet long after he falls asleep, praying to her gods and keeping the unnatural cold at bay.</p><p></p><p>"Well, have to stop by the Priest's on the way back to the house," Kate said to Jake and Chester after Miss Florencia took Nanuet down the tunnel. "We may have to make sure we get on that stage this morning and get him to Albuquerque for help. I'm well enough to help you search. Let's finish up and get out of here."</p><p></p><p>"OK, Kate. It shouldn't be hard for us to pack once we're done here. Greely said something about other taking his place. Was he bluffing or are there more like him out there? We haven't figured out what Whitaker is up to. He might be of them too. Let's get to searching the place, so we can get out of here." Chester shivers. "I still feel his presence here."</p><p></p><p>It takes quite a while to search the huge chamber with any degree of detail. To their disappointment those searching find nothing and looking at the debris from the side chamber that once contained the coffin anything of value would have been in that chamber and is now destroyed.</p><p></p><p>Chester looks at the pile of rubble and shrugs. "Well, looks like there's nothing left down here. Let's go home." He plucks Edwards' holy symbol from it's resting place. "Did Edwards say anything about having a family? They would want to have this."</p><p></p><p>"You're assuming he's...." Kate stopped and realized just who had taken that holy symbol from the man and sighed. "I don't believe he had any family. We had a good talk yesterday and he mentioned being a solitary man, and lonely lately." She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.</p><p></p><p>"Let's go gentlemen. There's no reason to say in this glorified grave any longer." With that Katherine led the way back up the tunnel toward Ruby and Thom.</p><p></p><p>"That's a shame," Chester says. "I bet he gave Greely a good fight, though. He looked like he knew what he was doing."</p><p></p><p>Jake takes one last careful look where Greely was before he dissipated into air, searching the ground for anything that may have been left behind on the ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 2819617, member: 12815"] Minerva pulls out a second vial of Holy water, unstops it and throws it on Greeley. Ruby sees Chester preparing his attack so she decides to move. She steps between Kate and Greely to keep him distracted and give Chet the time he needs. "So, it was you who killed Colin Turner. Why?" She stays on guard with the rod in her hand. Greely swats blindly at Nanuet and slams him hard, forcing him backward. Nanuet staggers and then falls to one knee as a portion of his life force is drained from him bolstering the vampire. "He wanted it, he begged for it! He wished for eternal glory, the ability to live forever!" "You're a liar. Then again, you're a foul evil creature from hell. No need for morals." Ruby keeps talking to him, hoping Chester will make his move soon. As he stands over the coffin, Jake holds the vial in his teeth and puts the lantern down. He opens his bag and pulls out two sticks of dynamite, tossing the bag far away from the opening. Jake lights the two sticks of dynamite with his dagger and tosses them in the coffin. He takes a few steps away from it and calls out in a loud voice while sheathing his dagger and holding the vial in his left hand. "Mr. Greely, you are after the wrong one. I am the one you should be worried about, because you know what I am standing next to. Do you not?" Greely's head turns in the direction of Jake. He bellows in anguish as he apparently does realize what is going on as he sees the light at the far end of the chamber. "You fool, you can never destroy me!" he lies. Chester lines up the stake with Greely's heart. He draws back his hammer and strikes. "Athena, guide my hand." "Heh, that is what all the vampires say." Jake draws his long barrelled Colt and clicks the hammer back. "Come and get me, Greely. Oh, and bring me a whiskey on the way." "There will be others, more will come and take my place even if you do succeed, we are eternal!" Minerva prays softly "Goddess Minerva, Father Jupiter, let your power be felt here." Kate pulled the last of her bandages out of her pocket and quickly wrapped her hand. Still keeping her back to the wall, she got a hold on the shotgun and waited for a clear shot at Greely should he move toward Jake. Chester slams the hammer into Greely driving the stake into his flesh. The stake bites in and Greely wails in pain. At the same time a tremendous explosion shakes the room and dust and rubble falls from the ceiling. Greely staggers and stumbles, slowly fading into his gaseous form, but with nowhere to go the gas slowly dissipates into nothing. Minerva stands stunned. She falls to her knees and thanks the gods before going to examine Katherine's wound. "I think the hand is worse than my neck," she said, pulling the rapidly soaking bandage away. "Admittedly, I can't see my neck." Minerva prays over Kate's hand, the blue light eminates from her palm as the wound closes up. "Thank you," Kate said simply and sincerely. She looked at the bloodied bandage in her hand as was about to clean it with a spell when she remembered she hadn't any of those simple spells left. With a sigh, she lifted her skirt, tore a piece off her petticoat and held it against her neck. "You don't need to do that Miss Kate, I can help you," Nnauet says, leaning over Katherine. He casts his healing spell and Kate immediately feels the wound heal over. "There you go." "Thank you, too. If you all don't mind I'm just going to sit here and rest for a few minutes," she said to whoever might be listening and sat against the wall with her eyes closed. Jake is knocked to the floor, the dynamite going off a little sooner than he expected. "I guess I need some more lessons from Flint," he muses as he pulls himself off the floor. He looks around to make sure the chamber is holding together. Ruby immediately grabs the lantern and runs towards where Jake was, "Baby?" she calls out frantically, not seeing him in the dust and rubble. "I am right here Ruby," he says standing the rest of the way and brushing dust of himself. "Is the casket destroyed?" Chester asks. "I don't want to find him coming after us again. Is everyone safe? Kate, how bad are you hurt?" Kate answered "I don't really know, Chester. I feel alright, just tired." "Yes, Chester, I took care of that. Apparently they do not make them like they used to." Jake steps towards Ruby, "Are you hurt?" Ruby throws herself into Jake's arms, "You did it baby, you really did it." She hugs him as tight as she can, "You said you would and you did." She buries her face into his shoulder, letting a good portion of her tensions from the last week disolve away. He glances over her shoulder to see that the others are taking care of each other, he was concerned but knew he could little knowing nothing of the healing arts. Instead he stood quietly holding Ruby and stroking her hair. She pulls her face back and looks Jake in the eyes. "You are so smart, running in here," she says, looking up at him adoringly, "You are my knight in shining armor." "Thank you princess." He pulls her close and releases a sigh, while his body shudders involuntarily for a brief moment. "That was a bit closer that I liked, but we did it." "Yes, we did." Ruby places her hands on Jake's face and kisses him with much emotion. "Now we should go check on the others." After verifying the coffin is burnt up they head back into the main room. Chester says to Jake, "Nice going with the casket. What did you do? And how's Ruby?" "I used the patented Flint method," Jake says. "I must say that he is correct, two sticks of dynamite do wonders for most problems." "I'll say they do. It's a wonder the whole place hasn't collapsed. We better check over this place to make sure we haven't missed anything. Who knows what other secrets Greely had." "Now you are talking, Chet." "Great," Chester says. "So where would you hide your things? And do you believe Whitaker is involved in this, or does he have some other secret?" Ruby walks over to Kate. "How are you feeling? You better get on your feet, you have some spider bites to tend to," Ruby teases. Kate lifted up her hand and took Ruby's. "I'm alright, and I'd wager you are too. If those bites haven't knocked you down yet they're not going to. But I can put something on them when we get back to the house anyway to make the redness and swelling go down," she said lightly. With a more serious look she said, "I'm very tired. I need to eat a big meal and take a long nap. Are you feeling better now, dear?" "Kate, I'm covered in bruises, I don't care about the bites. And I'll save your lecture for another day." She reaches down a hand, "Come on, let's at least get you somewhere safer than this, in case the place comes down around us." "I think you can skip the lecture, I learned my lesson." She took Ruby's hand and used her other to push herself up. "And I didn't mean if you were feeling better physically. Is there anywhere safer to go beside the tunnel? Thom should be free of Greely now, I wonder if he'll be alright." "Me alright?" Ruby pauses. "I will feel better when I get home. Oh! We should go check on Thom, the poor guy. Now that Greely is dead that spell should be broken. Then I want to come back and help search around." Ruby starts heading out the door way to check on Thom. "I'll come with you, if you don't mind. I'd like to get out of here," Kate said. "Nanuet, could you go with Ruby and Kate, please? Just in case Thom is still dangerous. Thanks." "Oh, I'm coming back to search." Ruby pauses, "Nanuet why don't you take Kate back to the house so she can rest? She needs it. Then you can come back if you wish." Ruby walks back up the hallway to get back to where Thom is and will only let Kate follow if Nanuet is accompanying her. As she walks she puts the rod back into her bag, grateful she didn't have to use it. Nanuet listens to everyone talking, but hears very little. When the others request him to go and check on Thom, he nods yes and stands up. He takes a few steps forwards towards the door before collapsing fully. Panic rushes through Minerva causing her to forget her own unhealed wounds, and she is instantly at her lover's side. She examines him quickly, but does not see any obvious wounds, when she suddenly remembers that Greeley had pushed him. She grabs hold of his necklace and begins to pray once more. Pleading with the gods to bring him back to her. Chester runs to Nanuet's side, but realizes that Minerva is best suited to take care of him. "What's wrong with him? He was fine just a minute ago. Did Greely cast a spell on him?" Kate heard Nanuet thump down behind her and rushed back. She got down on her knees and began checking him over, trying to find a wound or an explanation. Ruby turns her head towards Nanuet, now surrounded by Minerva, Kate and Chester, and realizes she is still feeling much weaker than usual. "Is he going to be ok?" she asks. Getting no answer she realizes it's probably better to check on Thom now than get surprised by him in a moment of weakness. Ruby carefully starts back down the tunnel to find Thom. Minerva does not hear the commotion around her as she focuses her entire being on Nanuet, offering her own life force in return for his survival. She continues to pray, willing him to accept her strength and wake up. Kate kneels over Nanuet next to Minerva. She looks him over and notices an ice cold spot where he was struck by Greely. Other than that she notices no other obvious wounds. Nanuet stirs and sees Minerva deep in prayer. A weak smile comes to his face and he reaches up and touches her face. "I'll be OK" he says in a weak voice. "I think when he slammed me he stole some of my life force. I feel pretty tired, and quite weak, but I'll live." Minerva wraps him in her arms and holds him tight while she brushes the loose strands of hair away from his face. "Thank the gods. Are you sure that you will be alright? I love you, Nanuet. I could not bear to lose you." she confesses. "Tell me, What can I do to help you?" "Feel that, right there," Kate said and moved the Priestess' hand over the spot. "That's where he hit him. It's not something conventional medicine can heal. It's not natural or physical damage, so I don't think the usual healing spells will work. I'm not familiar with clerical magic, but I know there are spells that cure diseases or restore energy." Kate stopped and swallowed, remembering when she learned about those spells. "I think we'd need something like that." Chester's jaw drops. "Stole some of your life force? Won't you get it back now that he's dead? Kate, Greely grabbed you. Do you feel weak, too? Maybe Mr. Valdez can help you, Nanuet. No, wait, we're not in Promise City. How about the priest here?" "I feel a little weak, but not like this," Kate answered. "Mine is just from him taking my blood." Nanuet is glad to feel Minerva's embrace and also for Kate's skilled healing touch. "I... I don't know how you can help me. I think Chester is right, we need a priest, a powerful priest. Maybe the necklace can help, but I don't know for sure. Just give me a few moments to gather myself so we can get out of here." Minerva suggests to the others that they continue searching for whatever Greeley might have been hiding. "I will take care of Nanuet. There is nothing more that you can do for him now." She sits quietly, holding Nanuet and stroking his hair until he feels ready to rise. When he is ready she helps him up, bearing the bulk of his weight and guides him out of the cellar and back up into the house. The usually proud elf readily accepts Minerva's help. He rests in her arms for several minutes before he feels ready again, letting his strong woman bear most of his weight. The two head back to the house, both ready to leave this town behind. Minerva removes Nanuet's clothing and tucks him into bed. He is weak and unnaturally cold to the touch, especially where Greeley laid his evil hand on him. She removes her own clothes and is surprised by the large ugly bruises and the blood oozing from the puncture wounds that she acquired from her fall into the pit. She ignores the pain and climbs into the bed with Nanuet, tenderly tucking the blankets around them both. She cradles him in her arms, and runs her hands up and down his sides, warming him with her body heat, while she speaks softly to him, comforting him as she would a child. "I know how repulsive the touch of evil is. I felt it briefly when Turner slapped me. It puts a chill in your heart that reaches down to the depth of your soul. But do not worry, I will take care of you and warm your heart again with my love. We will get you the help that you need and you will be your old self again soon. Now, Por favor, rest, Mi Amore.” She says pulling him closer and tucking the blankets around them more securely. She lies with Nanuet long after he falls asleep, praying to her gods and keeping the unnatural cold at bay. "Well, have to stop by the Priest's on the way back to the house," Kate said to Jake and Chester after Miss Florencia took Nanuet down the tunnel. "We may have to make sure we get on that stage this morning and get him to Albuquerque for help. I'm well enough to help you search. Let's finish up and get out of here." "OK, Kate. It shouldn't be hard for us to pack once we're done here. Greely said something about other taking his place. Was he bluffing or are there more like him out there? We haven't figured out what Whitaker is up to. He might be of them too. Let's get to searching the place, so we can get out of here." Chester shivers. "I still feel his presence here." It takes quite a while to search the huge chamber with any degree of detail. To their disappointment those searching find nothing and looking at the debris from the side chamber that once contained the coffin anything of value would have been in that chamber and is now destroyed. Chester looks at the pile of rubble and shrugs. "Well, looks like there's nothing left down here. Let's go home." He plucks Edwards' holy symbol from it's resting place. "Did Edwards say anything about having a family? They would want to have this." "You're assuming he's...." Kate stopped and realized just who had taken that holy symbol from the man and sighed. "I don't believe he had any family. We had a good talk yesterday and he mentioned being a solitary man, and lonely lately." She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. "Let's go gentlemen. There's no reason to say in this glorified grave any longer." With that Katherine led the way back up the tunnel toward Ruby and Thom. "That's a shame," Chester says. "I bet he gave Greely a good fight, though. He looked like he knew what he was doing." Jake takes one last careful look where Greely was before he dissipated into air, searching the ground for anything that may have been left behind on the ground. [/QUOTE]
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