Eponine was just about to crawl back from her little corner in the cave, yelling and reprimanding the Ramen about lying and fooling young girls into scaring them. But it was then that she heard it too, clanking of metal and heavy footsteps coming towards the cave. Holding her breath, in order to not make a single sound, she squeezed her beads as tightly as she could. Almost as if by putting all of her strength into holding them was making her faith in god more powerful. Powerful enough to make this intruder go away, to keep her and the Ramen safe. Oh god, was she really fearing for the Ramen's life already?<br/><b><br/>
''....I'm just a traveller finding my way around."</b><br/><br/>She could hear every word of the conversation, hoping the stinking and foul smelling creature would leave as quickly as he had come. The sounds of a screeching animal behind him, combined with the flapping wings brushing against the grass were enough to tell the young girl that she was not safe. Not in the slightest.<br/><br/><i>Our Father, who art in heaven,<br/>
hallowed be thy name;</i><br/><br/>She thought the words in her mind, holding the beads in her hands with her eyes closed, praying to her god that this excruciating horrific moment in her life would be over soon.<br/><b><br/>
''...because of a special someone."</b><br/><br/>It was because of those words that she stopped in the midst of her prayer, opening up her eyes to look at the shadows casted on the side wall of the cave. She could just barely make out the silhouette of the board talking to Razor. Who was special enough in her village to have it burned down to the ground? and if they were still looking for that person, who had survived the raid apart from her?<br/><br/><i>Eighteen years or older..</i>.<b> '' ....she was the church type."</b>Eponine almost gasped at the words being said by the unintelligent moronic being that was not even able to look through the manipulative ways of her saviour. Yes, she saw Razor as her saviour, despite him saying that he'd didn't mind her village being burned to the ground. He had not given her in to this vile creature, and he had saved her from a faith far worse then being taken away. But she could not believe to fit the exact description of this boar, there was no one else in the church of the age of eighteen. It had to be her, but why?<br/><br/><b>...didn't think ya be -that- smart."</b><br/><br/>Eponine held her breath, she could hear the movements, as well as see the shadow of the boar nearing on the Ramen. He would be crushed soon by the great hammer wielded by this vile monster. Her heart fluttered and her courage sank into her shoes, she wanted to help him, and blinded by courage whilst holding her beads in fear she stood up from behind her stone, only to witness the most horrible, horrendous event unwrap before her eyes.<br/><i><br/>
thy kingdom come;<br/>
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.<br/>
Give us this day our daily bread;</i><br/><br/>She could hear the boar squeal in pain, an ear-wrenching terrible sound of panic that should not come from a creature as big and monstrous looking as that. She could see it's every hairy spot of skin exposed to the moon, it's sweat mingled with the charred remains of gut and it's hammer smeared with the blood of its recent victims fall to the ground as the bones in his arm are crushed by Razor. Razor who was so kind and easy to talk to, the monster she had  thought she could trust, was now wrenching this pig-man to the ground. Eponines innocent eyes widened at the death of the horrible monstrosity when the crunching sounds of spine being broken, and the slashing sloshes of Razors claws sinking into fat and flesh filled the air. Eponine flinched at every sound, every movement enfolding before her eyes, but could not look away, nor stop counting her beads as she muttered out loud.<br/><i><br/>
and forgive us our trespasses<br/>
as we forgive those who trespass against us;</i><br/><br/>She could see the being wretch and squirm on the ground, it's lowerbody paralysed forever, but his mind still able to register the all-encompassing pain that it must be experiencing. She could see the drops of blood of the hog drip from her saviours claws, almost in slow-motion, it seemed like a near-beautiful sight to Eponine. But then the claws regained its speed of the human world again, her mind wrapping around the last moments of the grossing fight before her. The shimmering blood-red claws of Razor wrapping around the boars neck and broke it with the ease of opening the gates of her church was to Eponine.<br/><br/><i>and lead us not into temptation,<br/>
but deliver us from evil.</i><br/><br/>Her words were a stutter, tears falling over her cheeks as she stood there trembling of fear of knowledge, of fear of what her eyes had seen. Fear of Razor for what he could, or would, or might do to her. Eponine had never felt so utterly alone and afraid before, the weight of the world crushing down on her shoulders as she stood there finishing her prayer before the bloodshed of the night. The first death she had witnessed before her eyes, but she knew as well, deep down inside. It was him, or her.<br/><br/><i>For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours<br/>
now and for ever.<br/>
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Amen.</i><br/><br/><b>"...Eponine...it's time to leave, now!" </b><br/><br/>She was startled about the sound of Razors voice, his gentle and calm voice, thickened with the urgent call for speed. She needed to act now, and what she did was something she could not have imagined just mere hours before. She ran straight into his arms, and sobbed there, crying for what looked like an eternity. She did not even notice how the Ramen got her on the flying feathered winged lizard, who bore claws that looked like something that came from a child's darkest nightmares. She did not even notice the cold harsh wind eating at her cheeks, making them harsh red of the nights frost in the air up high in the mountains.<br/><br/>The flight looked like it lasted for an eternity, and all the girl could do was sit before Razor, and feeling safe between his arms. Safe high up in the air, even though the notion of safe was something that could not have been further away from the truth, as every word from the conversation in the cave bubbled up to the surface of her mind again. When she had finally found her voice once more, she spoke, softly, but loud enough for Razor to hear.<br/><br/>''.. they want me don't they? Why do they want me? Why does the Kaiser do something as awful as this? there is nothing special about me...''<br/><br/>While Razor answered, she could witness the sun coming up from behind the trees of a tropical forest. A forest that looked nothing like she had ever seen before, nothing like the woods that surrounded her village. It's plants and vegetation bore more colours then the rainbow, and the tops of the trees could almost touch the clouds. Birds in the brightest colours flew around, chasing after fireflies and ladybugs. It was a breathtaking sight, and Eponines heartbeat raised with a fluttering thump.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>