Jeanie 'JD' Daskovska
”Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.”
JD held her breath as she heard the crunching of glass to her right, her hands tightened on her bow but she knew whoever it was, was too close to her for her to use it. She gently rested it against the counter next to her and pulled out the bone knife she had strapped to her outter thy of her left leg.
She heard another sound, like movement over to her right.
‘Damn’she thought to herself as she realized someone had come into the back door. She had two options, shoot the intruder with her bow or slit the neck of the other woman hiding behind the counter. She realized a few seconds later that the new comer had a pistol pointed in their general direction. Pistols where rare now days…
She took a moment to analyze the situation. The other woman either didn’t know she was there or she didn’t care. JD hoped it was the latter but she couldn’t take the chance. She knew could shoot the newcomer through the door with her bow, she had made damn sure her arrows where strong enough. She held her breath again as she ducked down and crept slowly around the backside of the counter. Not giving the woman a chance to realize she was there she pressed the knife to the woman’s throat as a warning.
“Say something coherent” she whispered in the girl’s ear knowing most inanies could no longer speak rationally. She pulled the girl with her as she turned. She waited for an answer as she placed the girl between herself and the other person’s pistol. If they were going to shoot they would have to go through the other woman’s body first.
”Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.”
JD held her breath as she heard the crunching of glass to her right, her hands tightened on her bow but she knew whoever it was, was too close to her for her to use it. She gently rested it against the counter next to her and pulled out the bone knife she had strapped to her outter thy of her left leg.
She heard another sound, like movement over to her right.
‘Damn’she thought to herself as she realized someone had come into the back door. She had two options, shoot the intruder with her bow or slit the neck of the other woman hiding behind the counter. She realized a few seconds later that the new comer had a pistol pointed in their general direction. Pistols where rare now days…
She took a moment to analyze the situation. The other woman either didn’t know she was there or she didn’t care. JD hoped it was the latter but she couldn’t take the chance. She knew could shoot the newcomer through the door with her bow, she had made damn sure her arrows where strong enough. She held her breath again as she ducked down and crept slowly around the backside of the counter. Not giving the woman a chance to realize she was there she pressed the knife to the woman’s throat as a warning.
“Say something coherent” she whispered in the girl’s ear knowing most inanies could no longer speak rationally. She pulled the girl with her as she turned. She waited for an answer as she placed the girl between herself and the other person’s pistol. If they were going to shoot they would have to go through the other woman’s body first.