Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Purgatory ❯ Encounter ( Chapter 7 )

Disclaimer: I wish!

 

A/N: I wanna ask the readers something, I have been trying to take a different view with each character that I write about. Nothing drastic just their personalities coloring the way I write the sections. Have I been hitting that or am I getting OOC? Kinda curious, I hope so. It's like putting on a pair of glasses and trying to see the situation through their eyes. Not easy. Please let me know! Simple `yes', `no' or `your doing $%*!#' will suffice.

 

Purgatory

Hush little baby don't say a word,

Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird

 

Running as fast as his feet could carry him Yulie ran from that terrifying voice. That woman was nuts! He had been sitting in the forest totally lost and afraid. Then she had appeared out of nowhere! When she saw him she burst into tears asking all kinds of questions, how he had survived without her for so long, did he remember her, did he still love her, then she called him her sweet baby! Like she was his mother! She had tried to hug and kiss him but when she got close he had clobbered her on her shin and ran for it. Night surrounded him as the once friendly forest now became a horrible maze.

 

And if that mocking bird don't sing,

Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring

 

And if that diamond ring turns to brass,

Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass

 

Baaabeeee! My sweet babeee! Come back… come back to mama…I love you…I'm not mad, I know your surprised to see me…come give me a hug.

 

`LIKE HELL!' Yulie thought as he ran through some bushes. This lady was a good tracker, he had already ran through a couple of streams and down one for a ways trying to lose her. She just kept on coming! Lungs beginning to burn he just wanted to rest but if he could hear her that meant she was still close!!

 

And if that looking glass gets broke,

Mama's gonna buy you a Billy Goat

 

And if that Billy Goat won't pull

Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull

 

And if that cart and bull turn over,

Mama's gonna buy you a dog named Rover

 

 

She was gonna drive him nuts with that singing! Why was she after him??? ` Go away , go away, go away, go away, GO AWAY!' he just wanted her to just leave him alone. He hadn't done anything wrong. What made her think she was his mother? He knew what his mom looked like and it wasn't her!

 

Turning to look behind him to see if see if she still followed was what did it, tripping over lose twigs and branches he fell down, hard. Scrambling fast to get up and away from her he mentally kicked himself for even looking. Didn't Mia once tell him to just run and not look back, that it was better to not know how close you were to death? So this time he ran and ran hard, not stopping to slow down over nasty looking rocks or through thick tree branches.

 

Yulie looked up in front of him, YES! It looked like the end of the forest. Maybe it was the house! Putting on a little bit more speed he raced towards the tree line. He hadn't heard her in awhile but that didn't mean she wasn't there. `Keep moving, just keep going, your almost there!' It was like he could hear the Ronins, telling him to move.

 

Feet pounding the earth he burst through the tree line…and straight towards the edge of a sheer drop twenty-five to thirty feet down. Pin wheeling his arms to help keep his balance as he skidded to a halt close to the edge. The lose earth underneath shifted and fell down the side. No escape here, looking back towards the forest he felt his gut clench. There a little ways in, she stood. Brown pants, black tee shirt (it had a picture of a dragon wrapped around a skull on it he noticed) black boots, and ragged trench coat. Her hair was brown and just hanging in tangled clumps, but nothing scared him as much as her eyes. It was night and she stood so far away he shouldn't be able to see them but he could. Her eyes practically glowed in the faint moonlight. They were a brownish -yellow and they were wide open, staring at him. Frozen, he stood there waiting to see what she would do. For a very long time they stood staring at one another. She quietly began to sing again.

 

And if that dog named Rover don't bark

Mama's gonna buy you a horse and cart

 

She began to advance slowly out of the trees, her voice low and soft. Yulie felt his body tighten up with fear, his eyes following her every move. Her eyes were totally fixed on him, watching waiting to see what his next move would be.

 

And if that hose and cart fall down

You'll still be the sweetest baby in all of town.

 

“Come here sweetie. It's me. It really is me, mommy. Ute…please honey. Remember? Remember our song? Ute...my little Ute. How you've grown!” She was whispering. She moved forward again faster this time, and this time he moved back. Back away from her forgetting the edge just behind him, until he felt himself sliding, slipping down. Landing hard on his stomach he felt his legs touching nothing but air and then he slid further over the edge.

 

“UTE!!!” Looking up as he fell he saw her reaching down to him as if she could reach and catch him. He felt himself hit then darkness swallowed him whole.