((oh no...i loved it an absolutely beautiful scene you constructed...morbid but beautiful and it should have been morbid this is not  a scene for happiness ))<br/><br/>Raoul was jerked awake with a shocked gasp.  He had not even realized he had drifted to sleep.  The guards yanked him to his feet and his knee twisted weirdly making him grimace in pain.  The voice behind him that sneered "It's time pretty boy," was sickeningly familiar, the guard that had harassed them the night before.  He did not give the man the satisfaction of begging for his life or even asking what it was time for.  Even if he hadn't been warned he would have assumed at this point that an execution was in order.  his arms ached form the position they had been kept in and it didn't help when the guard tightened them tying them with rough rope that would surely cut off his circulation.  Not that he would be alive long enough for it to matter.  He could see Alyx's head over the shoulder of the guard in front of him still held tall and proud, stubborn, some would have called it but Raoul knew.    "The sparrow may die, but her song shall live on..." he said softly, almost under his breath.  He had understood the message the moment it had been uttered by Alyx and wished he had said something so meaningful to Josephine in what could be their final communication.  He was brought back by his reverie by the pain coursing through his leg but he pushed through it knowing that it wouldn't matter for too long now.  The walk to the wagons seemed to take years; they saw no others on their way down and they were slung into the wagons with little care to their well being, though he supposed the shape of the package to be hanged didn't really matter so long as its feet stopped twitching by the end of the day.  it was not long until he saw more guards came into view  bringing the others he strained his eyes trying to get a good glimpse of his princess and his eyes focused on a flash of silvery white hair and shimmering ocean blue eyes.  "Josephine!" he said sounding elated.  He was happy just to get a look at her here in these final moments.  A sharp blow to the side of his head was his reward for the outburst but even that didn't ruin his mood.  His smile stretched across his face because thought this fate was inevitable the fact that they would be able to spent their last moments together was a great comfort to his soul.