The second the two men had turned away, Dreamer's foot slammed down on the gas pedal.  The tires screeched as he forced the already-over-worked car's engine to accelerate down the road.  He skidded sideways as he turned down the long driveway to Maeve's mansion.  Any humans watching would probably assume he was enjoying driving for the first time of his life, but if they didn't, he didn't care right now.  The emotions were tumbling through his mind in a maelstrom of horror.<br/><br/>(Maeve,) he thought.  (Maeve, hang on!  I'm coming!)<br/><br/>She'd been caught.  She wasn't safe as he'd been praying.<br/>But she was alive.  She -had- to be.  The two men had said this 'Lanner' had been told he could 'have' her.  Surely that didn't mean to devour her... surely it meant...<br/>He shook violently, but kept in control.  Now wasn't the time to lose it.  Even if Maeve were to suffer degradation... if she was just -Alive-... she could be rescued... saved... healed...<br/><br/>How -Dare- those humans call her a slave driver?!  She was a kind, fair land owner!  She'd always treated her humans well!  ALL the Blotars had!  These humans had NO right to what they'd done!<br/><br/>Regardless of what he had or hadn't done to Maeve... this 'Lanner' was going to die.  Even if the men had seemed to fear his reaction to the 'news' Dreamer was bringing ("We'll be seeing ya, bro"), Lanner would be no match for this rage.  They had no -Idea- who they were dealing with.  Dreamer himself didn't, sometimes, but in this he was certain of himself.<br/><br/>Some semblance of sanity remained in Dreamer's mind, however... and he began to slow down as he drove.  He looked sideways at Kitten and back at the sleeping bag.<br/><br/>"There's going to be blood, soon," he managed, his voice quavering.  "The little one shouldn't see it... or... or what may have... happened to..." he grimaced.  "You... you two... it's up to you.  Do you want to get out now, and hide in the crops?  This 'Lanner' probably has guards... they'll want to check out the car.  You won't be safe staying hidden."<br/><br/>He fixed Kitten in the eyes.  "You can all go, and try to reach Kassemar.  Kazmer, whatever." He shrugged violently. "But I'm going to get Maeve.  What you do is... up to you."<br/><br/>He slowed the car almost to a stop, giving them time to answer.