Beltane
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"Some of us want to take a party out and look for the others." Carrie said sitting down at the table where we were all having lunch. "Most of the snow is gone and the water is running a little less strong each day, besides they've been gone almost 2 weeks. They should be back by now." "You and your friends aren't the only ones that think that way but let's save this conversation for the office after lunch. Gather the council and your people and we'll meet at 1:00." Brian said taking another bite of food and changing the subject as a man who called himself Samson hurried up. ***** "The woman's gone. I went to relieve the guard for lunch and the door was open, the guard was inside knocked out and tied up with strips of sheet; the baby was laying beside him with this note pinned on her." YOU WANT HER. TAKE HER. ***** "We need to address the request several of our SHG members have made to send another search and rescue party out to look for our companions who should have returned by now, so I think we should take care of that first." Brian said shutting the door behind him when everyone had arrived. "Everyone assumes we are meeting to discuss what to do about our missing house guest and the baby she left behind so no one should be too curious." "First let us make everything clear; we want your permission to go but with or without it we're going. As Roy's wife what belongs to him belongs to me so I have my own transportation, Ron has his own bike too and Tina said we can take Bobby's if Danny doesn't use it himself and the others also will have their own transportation." "We've all had survival training and can travel light so other then some ration packs and such we will need little besides tents and a change of clothes. We are planning on leaving on the Eve of Beltane in 4 days." Carrie said before anyone else could speak. ***** "It would seem then we have nothing that needs to be discussed except who's going. That would be you, Ron and who else besides me since I gather you were planning on inviting me?" Danny said. "I'll go if you'll have me, we can take my truck. It's designed to go off road and is fully equiped plus has an extended cab so you can load the bikes and ride inside. That should make up the whole group you were planning on taking, right? Brian said. ***** "Some of us already knew this was coming. We only have one stipulation; regardless what you find a least 2 of you will continue on to reach Salt Lake to advise them of what we know and suspect and deliver this envelope." I said. "Who will be leading?" Lizzie asked. "Brian." eveyone said at once. "We'll decide everything else tomorrow and that will give us 2 days to prepare." Carrie finished. ***** "The baby is taken care of also - with your permission that is." Ashara said getting up and walking to the door. ***** "Since Quinn and I are legally married as of last week and according to the law the baby is abandoned we'd like to adopt her and raise her with ours. They'll grow up together and yes, we've thought it over. Her name is Promise. Penny said looking down at the tiny little girl in her arms. "What do you say Elijah, can we do that?" Lizzie asked. ***** Beltane evening The North Shore Coven and a few friends performed a ritual at Blue Lake and sometime during the 'Welcoming' of Promise Marie Donaldson to the Circle 4 people left unnoticed.
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