Time and Tide

[Jacky]

((Ha, g'afternoon ))

Before she can storm off far though, I grabbed a hold of her wrist and spun her 180 degrees, so we're standing toe-to-toe facing one another. I lifted the hand holding my pistol and the barrel is placed firmly against her temple, cold iron against warm skin. "There's li'll f*ckin' reason for ye to be doing incredibly..." I eye her warily, "....stupid. Either." I tell her simply. Then I let go of her, "Now walk." I demand, making a superfluous handgesture towards the ship.

[Nikki]

That had been enough to tempt heart failure. All anger left me. . .there was only room for a few other emotions, floating around randomly inside me. Intimidation was one of them; but somehow, it wasn't the pistol that had made me shrink into myself and obey him. Maybe it was because of his sudden flare of temper. . .but I doubted myself on that one. All this sudden thinking had not left the rest of my body working properly; I stumbled and fell face foward in the sand. "Just kill me now," I groaned, with a moutful of sand.

(...have to go. )

[Jacky]

((awww Buhbye!))

"There'll be no use in killing you yet, missy." I tell her, impatiently waiting for her to get up again. That's always the trouble with women, innit? Soon as they get scared or even angry, they stumble over their very own feet or freeze in position. "Come come, dear, we don't have all day." I urge her.

[Nikki]

Then I realized. . .I was acting like a self-absorbed b!tch; exactly the kind of person I had run away to escape being. I stood, looking straight ahead-the horizon would be the only thing before me for quite some time.

[Jacky]

I bring her back to the ship where the crew eyes her curiously, but I tell them to get back to work. I look around for..

(dammit, I forgot Dazza's name )

...Well for what's-her-name, so she can keep an eye on our guest here for a while.

[Nikki]

(I don't think Dazza has a name for her yet! Either that or we both totally overlooked it )

I eye Jack's female friend, no longer scared. She looks friendly enough. . .not knowing what to say, I watch her until she says something.

[Daz]

I frown at them both and stand up "I was wondering where you'd got to.."

[Jacky]

"I found ourselves a guest." I wave my pistol in Rae's direction, "An' you'll have the honours of keepin' an eye on her, luv." I grin

[Daz]

"huh... why me, exactly?"

[Jacky]

"Because it occured t' me that ye were the only one not doing anything else." I tell her simply. "Now be glad yer gettin' away with it."