Desmond Fayte - Roses Watered with Blood
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:13 pm
"How do you plead?" He asked me.
I looked to my right and back to my left, two men who were once my soldiers, two men who were once my friends.
"Innocent"
"There is no need to make it harder on yourself then it already is"
I looked back at him, the man who was once my lord "I plead innocence, I was merely doing my job, as commanded by you"
"You were never commanded to kill those man, only bring them back for justice"
"But they killed her, they bloody killed her, they got the justice they deserve!" I yelled at him and spat at the floor before being held back by my former men.
"I gave you power to observe the laws in my city and make sure they are kept, not the power to dispense justice as you see fit!" And with that, Nasher rose to his feet and stepped down from his dais.
"You have served me well in the past, but this is a crime I cannot afford to overlook" his gaze turns to the pair holding me: "Take him away, he is to be stripped of his rank and position, his name stricken from the records..." his gaze returns to me, as if trying to pierce my soul with those stern, focused eyes "...And he is to be exiled from the city, a death penalty hanging over his head should he ever return"
I look down at the tooth dangling from a chain on my neck and back to him and smile "Death? This is how it is to be then? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth?" I laugh maniacly as my two jailors drag me away from the room with a grim look on their face.
"Captain," they said "We are sorry" and with that they rip off my ranks, and whatever is left of my dignity.
That night, with only my clothes, my rusted sword and a horse, the last 'token of mercy' for my service, I left the city I had spent two decades defending, the very city I could not defend my own family from.
"Julia" I said, clutching the tooth hanging from my neck "If only you knew.."
And just as the necklace slid back to its place, so did a tear slide down my cheek.
I looked to my right and back to my left, two men who were once my soldiers, two men who were once my friends.
"Innocent"
"There is no need to make it harder on yourself then it already is"
I looked back at him, the man who was once my lord "I plead innocence, I was merely doing my job, as commanded by you"
"You were never commanded to kill those man, only bring them back for justice"
"But they killed her, they bloody killed her, they got the justice they deserve!" I yelled at him and spat at the floor before being held back by my former men.
"I gave you power to observe the laws in my city and make sure they are kept, not the power to dispense justice as you see fit!" And with that, Nasher rose to his feet and stepped down from his dais.
"You have served me well in the past, but this is a crime I cannot afford to overlook" his gaze turns to the pair holding me: "Take him away, he is to be stripped of his rank and position, his name stricken from the records..." his gaze returns to me, as if trying to pierce my soul with those stern, focused eyes "...And he is to be exiled from the city, a death penalty hanging over his head should he ever return"
I look down at the tooth dangling from a chain on my neck and back to him and smile "Death? This is how it is to be then? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth?" I laugh maniacly as my two jailors drag me away from the room with a grim look on their face.
"Captain," they said "We are sorry" and with that they rip off my ranks, and whatever is left of my dignity.
That night, with only my clothes, my rusted sword and a horse, the last 'token of mercy' for my service, I left the city I had spent two decades defending, the very city I could not defend my own family from.
"Julia" I said, clutching the tooth hanging from my neck "If only you knew.."
And just as the necklace slid back to its place, so did a tear slide down my cheek.