Royal Shadow

[Hellfire]

Nathan moved closer to her. "We all have our moments." He said, plaicing his chin on his arms and opening his eyes. "Ruling isn't easy, it takes a strong person to fill the role. That, or a strong team."

 

[RavenMist]

"Like you, you mean." She murmurs quietly, "Of course that's what you meant." She murmurs, "What if I'm not strong enough for this, maybe everyone was right." She murmurs.

 

[Hellfire]

"Perhaps I would be right for the role." Nathan said with a shrug. "Who that person will be is your choice, should you decide one is needed." He smiled. "Don't doubt yourself Bella, you are stronger than you think."

 

[RavenMist]

"I don't feel it," she mumbles quietly, taking a deep breath, "I just rely on everyone around me. I'm nïave and too goddamn optimistic." She murmurs, "But you couldn't rule. You're too much like a Royal and everyone who isn't a Royal is too set on fighting some unknown force." She says.

 

[Hellfire]

Nathan laughs, wiping his eyes as tears came to them. "Glad to see you figured us all out so quick." He said, still laughing slightly. "Perhaps they could help you with certain matters, and you could do the ones they would be one sided about." He suggested. "You are many things Bella, but nïave is not one I would use to describe you."

 

[RavenMist]

She smiles weakly, letting a some laugh leave her lips. She wipes her face, "I've trusted everyone who I shouldn't though." She murmurs, "I have faith where I perhaps shouldn't." She adds, "I care most about people who don't even care."

 

[Hellfire]

Nathan looks at her thoughtfully. "Perhaps." He said, looking aorund them. "But even monsters guard treasures." He gestured to the room. "Even if you can't trust them, at least they kept you safe."

 

[RavenMist]

"And what if I hadn't of started this revolution, what if I hadn't offered to help. If I was just as they expected, acted like a heartless Royal?" She murmurs, "I'm not some treasure that needs looking after." She murmurs,

 

[Hellfire]

"Sorry, bad comparison." Nathan said with a small wince. "I doubt they would be so close to what they have wanted all theses years without you." He says with a frown. "Although, I am not sure what it is that they want."

 

[RavenMist]

"Even some of those in the slums are hungry for power." She murmurs before standing, "But seriously, rest if you can." She murmurs, looking around slowly, holding her hand close to her body.

 

[Hellfire]

Nathan nods. A loud banging noise comes from the garage where Shadow is. Nathan looks in that direction. "I guess i could try." He says, getting up and going into the room where Darren had disappeared into.


Shadow wanders into the room. Searching through a desk for something.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella turns and looks at him, "What are you looking for?" She asks quietly, "I can help look." She adds, her voice soft, she was sick of being angry but she wasn't she about trusting him.

 

[Hellfire]

"The name escapes me." He says as he goes through the drawers." It is a blue chip, I need it to help fix up the old bike I have out there." He points bakc to the garage.

 

[RavenMist]

She nods slowly, starting to looks around the room for the small chip that he described. She continues to search for it until she turns to him, holding it in her hand, "Is this it?" She asks quietly, holding it in her fingers.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow smiled. "Yes." He said as he reached for it. He paused, not touching her hand. "It is quite dumb how machines these days don't work with only a small part missing." He said, attempting to cover up the fact that he had reached for it. "Want to come see the old thing?" He asked, referring to the bike.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella watches him carefully, looking at his hand, "Sure." She says quietly, she looks up at, placing the chip until his hand, her hand touching his before she lets her hand drop.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow nods and leads her into the garage. The bike looks like it has recently been cleaned, but a few spots of rust remain. It sits on stands that hold it up. It is rectagular in shape, but the corners are rounded. "This is an old model, you don't see many of these anymore." He says as he lifts up a panel. He chucks an older chip and replaces it with the one Isabella found. He hops on and attempts to start it.


The bike dies almost instantly are it fires up. Shadow sighs. "I am still working on getting her back into working condition." He hops off and looks into the opening where he put the chip.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella watches nodding slowly, she looks around the garage and then at the bike. She was quiet now, not sure what to say. She hadn't got the faintest idea about bikes. Her mind drifts slightly, thinking over everything, "I'm sorry." She says suddenly, though her voice quiet and soft.

 

[Hellfire]

"You have nothing to be sorry about Isabella." He says as he reaches into the panel, he begins tinkering with the bike. Every so often he reaches down to grab or set down a tool

 

[RavenMist]

"I shouldn't have gotten angry at you." She murmurs, "Not that angry. You didn't have any reason to tell me what happened to your parents." She says, taking a deep breath, "I'm sorry for being such a bitch." She adds.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow stops working and turns to her. "You were within your rights." He said, setting down the tool in his hands. "I don't like talking about what happened to my family, but that gives me no right to lie to you." He points out. He then smiles softly. "You also have a lot of stress on you, I would rather you take it out on me than anyone else."

 

[RavenMist]

She nods slowly, "I didn't quite take it out on you. I took it out on the wall and broke my hand." She murmurs, thoughtfully looking down at her hand, she looks back up, "I'm not angry, not now but I don't trust you. I don't trust Darren and I don't trust Nathan." She murmurs, "But I want to trust you but I don't think I can, not now, not yet."

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow nods his head. He tries to start the bike again, and it comes to life. Satisfied, he shuts it off. "You have a god given right to do as you wish." He says, looking at her hand. "How is your hand anyway, it should be healed soon."

 

[RavenMist]

"It aches, but it's not as bad." She says looking back up, she frowns after a moment, "I don't even know where to begin next. There's so many things I have to do." She murmurs, "I need to lower the tax and the rent of the houses, those who have no home will eventually be housed and make sure there's enough food from harvests." She rambles.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow sighed. "It's to bad there isn't a button you can push and things fix themselves." He says as he wipes his hand clear of engine fluids. "Perhaps you cna orgainze groups to help manage and do these things. They would of course, report directly to you and be subject to random checks to make sure they are doing as they say." Shadow says with a thoughtful look.