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1. [DL-C] When is a Cold Not A Cold.. When Abby Finds a Clue
From: "Barbara A. Matthews" <carolyn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:03:28 -0600 (CST)
From: "Barbara A. Matthews" <carolyn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [DL-C] When is a Cold Not A Cold.. When Abby Finds a Clue
nrpg: I couldn't remember if I sent this out because I didn't get a
copy
of it so... Sorry if it's the second send..
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When is a Cold Not A Cold.. When Abby Finds a Clue
(part four)
The saga continues.....
>"You've known Trevor for 'several years' and Trevor's still alive to talk
about it?" the healer's lips twitch in amusement. She well knew her
friends reputation for getting back at her brothers and others when
they
tried to pull something on her.
>Lenna gave a short laugh, understanding what Abby was getting at.
>"Let's just say Trevor..."gets me", she purred, and smiled for the first
time since Abby gave her the news about Triss.
"He must be a pretty amazing guy to have you care about him so much,"
Abby
noted, as respect for the man she had never met rose in her mind.
"Trevor is amazing even though he doesn't know it himself. He reminds
me a
lot of Dan'yar in some ways, always putting other people first, even
before his own needs, and is always willing and ready to help others
out
when they have a problem," Lenna's tone held a respect that Abby didn't
hear much when talking to her friend. "That's why I'm finding it so
hard
to believe that some bastard would try to get at him by trying to kill
his
dragon..." her voice trailed off, but Abby waited, knowing Lenna wasn't
done talking.
"You know they saved my life..." she turned her eyes on the healer.
"The
time you helped save Blanchie's life when I was kidnapped... Triss
found
me.. She has this kind of.. extra whammy thing.. a talent I've never
seen
in any other dragon before. It's sort of a sonar thing that allows her
to
zone in on someone she knows, and they were somehow able to find me
using
it. I don't know exactly how it works but it does.. I've seen her do it
several times."
She jerked away from Abby and looked as if she wanted to hit something,
but she regained her composure and turned back under control now.
"That's why who ever did this had better hope others find them before I
do, because they messed with my family and I will make them pay for
that!"
"Make who pay for what?" came the concern voice of the Warrenlady from
the
door way behind them. The healer and Lenna turned quickly to face them
and
Lenna had the grace to blush like a child getting caught saying
something
she shouldn't have. "I hope you are not planning on disrupting my
Warren
again. It's been so 'quite' around here lately."
Lenna snorted, "You miss it and you know it... Just the other day you
were
saying I've grown to tame.. But I'm sure you'll agree with me once you
hear what we have to tell you." She warned her, including Trevor in her
reply.
Cynthia's ears heard the seriousness in her tone and after seeing the
confirmation in the respected Healer's eyes, the Warrenlady groaned.
"Will
I need a stiff drink before I hear the news?"
"If you didn't just have twins... Congratulations by the way... I'd say
yes to the drink..." Abby quipped. "But as you did just have twins...
we'll just pretend you also just had a stiff drink because you're going
to
need it."
"I'm not going to like this am I?"
"No more then Trevor or the rest of us do..," Lenna's eyes were cold,
not
matching the smile on her lips. "For once it's not about me getting
back
at someone... Yet. I'll let Abby tell you what she found when I asked
her
to have a look at Triss."
She saw concern flash in Trevor's eyes and hated that she had to be the
one telling him what he was about to hear.
Cynthia nodded a greeting to the Healer she had known most of her life,
then gave Lenna a *you had better explain what the healer is doing here
in
Cleft Warren* look. "It's good to see you Abby. I hope you were not
inconvenienced being called here to the Cleft."
The Telnor healer shook her head and gave a short laugh. "Actually I
came
here on my own to say goodbye to some old friends. I'm leaving in the
morning to head out to Jasra Warren in the lost lands to see my brother
Ga'brin's mate and their children. You know Tera moved there after they
refused to do anything in Telnor about Ash... when he killed Ga'brin ..
To
many memories."
Cynthia nodded. She had known Ga'brin... His dragon Preston had won her
Queens mating flight just before they opened Cleft Warren. "I was sorry
to
hear about his death. How are your parents doing?"
"Thank you M'lady.. Mother and father are doing fine, though they miss
Ga'brin's boys, but understand why Tera felt she had to leave.. They
are
doing a lot better now that Ben'sar who we had thought died in a
teleporting accident.. turned up alive but with no memory of his time
away."
Lenna was watching Trevor as the two old friends caught up and she
could
see his face looked a bit paler then normal and slowly made her way
closer
to him, without making it seem that way.
The Warrenlady's eyes lit up with pleasure upon hearing the news of the
Tenor rider Ben'sar's return. "I was thrilled when I heard the news.
You'll have to give him my love when you see him... But now what has
happened that you both felt the need to summon us here?"
Abby turned to look at Lenna, who nodded for her go ahead and explain.
Abby began by explaining about arriving in the Cleft to see her old
friend.. and how during lunch, Lenna asking her to come with her to
have a
look at Triss when Blanchie had requested her rider come look at her.
"We took a blood test and when Lenna and Blanchie got called away.. I
came
back here and run the test."
She paused to look at Lenna for a second before going on to explain to
the
them, just as she had Lenna moments earlier about finding the
Myspoolotas
in the dragon test blood and how it was impossible for them to have
gotten
there on their own.
Cynthia, knowing Abby's reputation first hand for her skills in healing
dragons, didn't question her findings as her face turn to stone
reminding
the healer of an angry Lenna for the moment.
Trevor looked about ready to pass out as he listen to Abby explain what
the bugs did to their victims. Lenna moved to his side of offer support
as
his knees buckled in fear. She knew he was thinking about the worse
possible thing happening to his soul mate... and the thought was more
then
any rider could bare.
She saw him look pleadingly at first herself and then Abby as if
begging
them to tell him everything would be okay.
"Triss will be fine," Abby was quick to promise him. The confidence in
her
tone doing more to reassure him then words alone. "We got the antidote
to
her before any real damage could be done to her internal organs.
He looked up at her, not even trying to hide the tears of relief that
threaten to fall from his eyes. Lenna knew how he felt as she wiped
away
tears from her own eyes. If she had lost Blanchie during the
kidnapping...
she wouldn't have wanted to live.
"Are you sure she'll be okay?" his voice was horse and low.
"I'm sure," Her voice was firm as she looked from Trevor to the hand
Cynthia had placed on his shoulder. "I'll take another blood sample
tomorrow before I leave but I'm sure Triss will be fine. The antidote
works quickly, and the fact that there wasn't enough red cells for them
to
attack and eat helped quite a bit. Besides which, Triss says she's
feeling
better already.
"You can hear her?" Trevor asked, not sure he had heard her right. "She
spoke to you?"
"Abby has a rare ability that enables her to *speak* & *hear* injured
dragons when she's healing them," Cynthia told her mate, glad now that
she
did. "It's what makes her such an excellent healer. She somehow *feels*
the dragons pain and somehow this lessens the dragon's own real pain..
She
is much sought after for the worse dragon injuries, because of her
success
rate at pulling through the worst dragon injuries. So if she says Triss
will be fine.... Then Abby speaks the truth. She would know."
"Then I am doubly thankful to you Healer Abby," he exclaimed and
reached
out his hand to her in a sign of gratitude. "If I or my dragon can ever
do
anything for you... You've only to ask... I am surprised though that
you
were not searched.."
Abby gave an amused snort. She was used to people asking that question.
"Others have wondered that too. My duty in life travels down a
different
path. We both serve our Warren in different ways. I have always wanted
to
be a healer... so I've never once regretted not joining with a
Dragon...
They talk to me and I to them.. Not just one on one.. so I have the
best
of both worlds."
She turned to look steal a quick look at Lenna and then gave a long
sigh.
"Okay.. now back to why we called you here. These bugs... They didn't
just
happen to jump on Triss and work themselves into his blood stream on a
whim... They DO NOT attack dragons on their own.. Someone.." and she
looked from Cynthia to focus on Trevor. "Someone with evil intentions
injected those bugs into Triss on purpose..."
She now took a look around the room and met the eye of each person
there.
"Now you have the hard job. You get to figure out who you pissed off
bad
enough that they would try to get back at you by trying to kill your
dragon..."
THE END.... for now....
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Tag John:
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*****Submitted by: *******
Barbara
Aka:
Lenna & Blanchie
Visiting Dragonhealer
Abbien from Telnor
Summary: Abby the visiting Dragonhealer who was asked to take a look at
Triss, calls in Lenna after finding something odd in Triss's blood
sample.. Together they contact Cynthia and Trevor to tell them that
someone tried to kill Triss and they discuss a possible reason..
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