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Cara ([personal profile] wrongkindofsith) wrote2011-05-05 10:27 pm
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The Park, Thursday Morning

In this particular corner of the park, on this particular morning, the air was cool, crisp and still. Not that that last one was true for very long as first a breeze, then a wind picked up, scattering leaves in its wake.

The source of this sudden meteorological change was not a mystery for very long. A shining, shimmering portal appeared, hanging in the air as a red-clad figure didn't so much tumble out as was flung from it with great force.

Then, as soon as it had appeared, the portal closed, and was gone.

[For one.]
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-05 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Cara closed her eyes, her jaw working. "We found them." Calling it easy wouldn't have been accurate, but compared to looking for the Stone of Tears, it hadn't exactly been an epic quest. "Took them back to the caves. They changed, became one crystal, there was a light, and we weren't in the caves any more."

[identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Tell me the rest."
Edited 2011-05-06 01:35 (UTC)
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
"There was nothing but snow, everywhere, as far as you could see, it was cold." Cold enough she hadn't put up more than a token protest when Clark had offered her his jacket. "Clark threw the crystal. Hard and far, and something grew where landed."

[identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Is that where Clark went?"
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Cara nodded. "We both did. It was a fortress, made of ice and crystal. It was beautiful." Dull as it was, there was still a trace of awe in Cara's voice.
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
"No, that's not what..." Cara shook her head. "We went in. A group of crystals started glowing. Clark's father's spirit started speaking. He was there instead of the cave."

[identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
"You're going to have to speed this up." He wasn't unsympathetic. "The suspense is killing me." This was how other people lived, not him.
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
That Cara didn't even bother shooting him a dirty look for that should have told him a lot. "He said that the fortress was there to train Clark, to prepare him for his destiny," she said, tightening her grip on her agiel. "That he couldn't have anything distracting him."

[identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
His hands moved to her shoulders, the blip of humour gone again. "That he couldn't have you distracting him."
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Clark was angry. He said he wouldn't let Jor-El do anything, that he wouldn't even have found the crystals without me, that he l-" Cara's voice cracked. "Jor-El said it didn't matter."

[identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Omnipotent spirits rarely think anything but what they want matters. He kept Clark there," the Doctor assumed.
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
"He must have. I tried to hold onto him, when the portal opened. For as long as I could." Under the pain of the agiel, Cara was starting to feel a telltale throbbing and stiffness in her arms and wrists. There would be finger shaped bruises along them by the evening. "It wasn't enough."

[identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
The Doctor reached down and placed a hand on her arm. He'd realised where the buzzing was coming from and what it was doing. He didn't let the pain show. "Let go," he said softly.
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I can't," Cara said, quietly. The pain was the only thing keeping her grounded right now... and she deserved it.

[identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Cara." He kept his voice even and remained quiet as he spoke. "You have to let go now. If there's any chance of Clark coming back, he'll find a way, or you'll find a way to him. But not like this."
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Slowly, so very slowly, Cara loosened her grip, letting her hand hang down by her side.

[identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
He slid his hand down to grip hers. "There you are." He pulled her into a hug. "Hey, there you are."
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Face pressed against the Doctor's shoulder, back stiff, Cara cried. Tears rolling down her face to soak into his clothes.

[identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Cara cared about Clark more than he suspected, but then he wasn't that great at that sort of thing. Losing him was enough to make her break down like this and there was a good chance it was going to leave more of a mark than the agiels ever would. "Come on. You need tea. Let's get you some tea."
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2011-05-06 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Cara couldn't really see how tea would help in the slightest, but she was too far past caring at this point to argue, so she simply nodded and let the Doctor lead her.
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