<div class="floatleft">(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae282/caela_ecub/Blondes/ts1-1.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Abigail "Abby" Holden<br/><strong>Species:</strong>Human/Slayer<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Redemption<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Tara, River, Anyala (mentioned), Rae (mentioned)<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Abby couldn't help but to smile at the stern look on Tara's face. Unlike Tara she hadn't watched the world change, she had grown up in it. The world as it was now and all it's challenges were all that Abby had ever known and now Tara had just told the young girl that she had<em>power</em>! Something no woman in Homestead was even supposed to think she<em>might</em>have any control of her own life and now Tara had practically handed her the keys to the kingdom! Granted it was a broken and dangerous kingdom, but she had just told the young woman that she didn't have to be a slave to what she had thought was her fate.<br/><br/>For Abby, that something to laugh and smile about. The fact that the day had been full of stress and an emotional roller coaster, simply meant that her responses were a bit exaggerated as well.<br/><br/><em>"The fighting will come, and luckily we have plenty of people who can help you. I will have you do some training with the rangers for a few weeks. If there's anyone who can help you sharpen your skills, it's them."</em><br/><br/>Abby nodded, more than willing to train with the Rangers and simply accept Tara's word. Tara had freed her, she would have Abby's loyalty and until she was settled and knew more about Redemption, Abby would listen to her without asking too many questions.<br/><br/>Before she could do more than nod, however, the doors opened and the men from Homestead entered the Hall. She wasn't surprised when they spotted her quickly, she was near the front, right beside Tara, and they had known the look of her golden curls since she was a child. She felt a pang of fear rush through her, like cold fingers raking down her spine and, in response, her body tightened, fell into a slight crouch and her lips pulled back from her teeth in a macabre parody of a smile.<br/><br/>Before she had to respond to them though the Helka Warrior had the one that dared threaten her handled and all the others had drawn back slightly, faces pale, unused to having to deal with a woman who was a better fighter than they.<br/><br/>Abby suddenly wanted very much to be like Anyala when she grew up!<br/><br/>Hearing one of the men order her back to them, she was about to smart off when Tara simply took charge and told them that Abby was no longer their concern. Hearing her ask the young man to take them out of the room, Abby gave Tara a respectful nod and murmured, "Thank you so much!"<br/><br/>With that she moved to stand beside the young Ranger, her face defiant when she glanced back at the men of her Holdout, seeking out the only face she had ever cared about. Her Father gave her the barest of nods and while his face would have looked stoic to others, she could see the relief in his eyes at seeing her step away from them and into the safety of the care of the people of Redemption.<br/><br/>Blinking her eyes, so that she wouldn't cry and make a fool of herself, she tore her gaze away from her Father's and looked up at River, her voice slightly subdued after that gaze with the only man she had ever trusted, "Lead the way, and while you're at it, do you have a name? And does Red over there? Do you guys have a thing against giving out names or something?" she asked, clearly ready to follow once he led the way.<br/>