<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9845.msg541579#msg541579">Quote from: Swedish Steel on 06-03-2008, 17:44:14</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Just you wait untill I turn the engine on," he replied with a grin. The beast hummed to life and they set out into the snow covered city.<br/>Lily found herself almost not believeing it. Only an hour had passed, and they had not only left New York, they had left it far behind. She had never seen anyone as lucky with traffic as Io, they hadn't ran into a single red light, not a single traffic jam, and the snow hadn't even slowed them down. Around them the white country side stretched out like something out of a fairytale, wich she guessed it was. A modern day fairytale.<br/>Just then the engine stuttered and decided to die on them. Sometimes things was to good to be true. Io didn't seem at all supprised though, he just pulled over to the side and climbed off. He produced some tools from under the seat and went to work.<br/>"These prices you pay? This is one of them..."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Lily had been lost in the wonder of it all.  She hadn't realized how closed in and trapped she'd felt until they left the city... and then, it was like a whole new world exploded into being.  The pristine snow, blue white and untouched that covered the soft rolling hills, the cold wind sharp against her face, the scent of Io mixed with winter trees and woodsmoke and the gasoline of the engine, a strangly heady scent... Finally she could breath again.<br/><br/>Even the engine stuttering to a stop, didn't phase her.  It meant they'd have to stand around and drink in the wonder of it all.  What a terrible delimma.  Dressed as she was, the day was chilly, and yet, she didn't really mind.   Wandering over to the side of the road, she stared out across the distance, back at the faint outline of the city, thinking that, out here, she was safe from the redcaps, from Skuzz, from everything.   A big smile lit her face, and she bent down, scooping up a small ball of snow and shaped it until it was just right.  Then she turned slowly, squinting her eyes, and launched it at Io's back as he fooled with the bike's engine.