Its been a while. Here is the next instalment. Needless to say I've been rather busy until now and couldn't update. I hope to do chapter seven soon. But don't get your hopes up for anything sooner than two weeks.

Enjoy.

"War mongerer?" said Nuada. "Is that what she thinks?" Nuada stood in the alleyway for an uncertain amount of time contemplating. Then he turned on his heel and passed through the entrance to the underground.

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Chapter 6 Part 2: Be Quiet.

High above the city New York and somewhere below the rain filled clouds Tam flew. It was some time later, she didn't know how long, but she had finally calmed down from being nearly scared out of her wits. She was puzzling over it now and was asking herself questions. It was hard to find just one there were so many. Taking a deep breath Tam decided to pick one and until she answered it to not move on to the the next.

So here was the first question, she thought. Why, for goodness sake, had she been so scared? Tam went over it on in her mind. She was playing around with Nuada's spear. Just like a couple weeks earlier when she transformed into a human in Nuada's sanctuary she had been caught by Wink. Had that experience taught her nothing? Was she really that stupid? Yes. Because she did it yet again. Only this time there was something better than just wandering around a room as a human; Nuada had left his spear and the thought of holding it in her hand lured her into making the same mistake. Tam had told herself she would only hold it for a moment and then turn back. Usually when Nuada left his layer it was for an hour or two, sometimes more. But he had come back so quickly this time he had caught her completely unawares.

There she was, fiddling around with his spear and he caught her like a child with her hands in the cookie jar.

It wasn't the fact that she was fooling around with his weapon than spooked her. Tam knew that. What scared her was that Nuada might and did recognize her from the corridors all those weeks ago. She wasn't in her bird form at all and meeting him as a human reminded her just how menacing he could be. Tam had felt like a fawn in the eyes of cougar. The only thing she had left was instinct and that instinct told her to run. Somehow it felt like the more time she spent in her phoenix form the closer she became to those instincts.

Instinct alone won't solve anything. Tam needed to get back to reality, or at least her present reality here in New York. She pulled her wings in rolled over in the air, diving like the X-wings in Star Wars. She gained speed rapidly and the skyscrapers zoomed into view. From here she would pull her body level to the ground and glide to her home city block. The entrance she would use was a block beyond that and had an open hatch to the subway beneath the street. The subway was still being used today by the city's populous, but a train only came every twenty minutes on this route and it was easy to time her decent and make the 2 minute trip to Nuada's home. When Tam first began doing this a train came by. Thankfully there were plenty of ledges to sit upon as the loud subway rushed by and there was at least thirty seconds after hearing its approach to find a place to perch. After a couple of those experiences and her bird heart fluttering loudly, she learned the subway's schedule.

It was past sunset now and as she passed above the three story buildings below her the hustle and bustle below caught her attention. Dozens of fancy cars were stopping in front of the museum.

Tonight.

IT WAS TONIGHT!!! Tam made a tight turn in the air and swept passed the museum windows, sure enough they were open and she could clearly see the giant bossumed votive figure and the bald man taking auction numbers. Tam turned around again and by the time she landed on the windowsill the lights inside the building had turned off and the two security guards crashed through the back doors, skidding across the floor. Nuada smiled evilly. Once again Tam was reminded of how much the elf prince despised human beings. He didn't even hide it.

It was hard to hear through the glass, but she could hear the bald man yell out "What do you think you're doing? This is outrageous! Please leave! Take what you want! Take anything, take anything!" Then the auctioneir's face contorted in confusion upon seeing what the elf prince held in his gloved hand. A blue-grey octopus like creature squirmed there, then jumped and molded itself around the man's face.

"Be quiet." Said the prince. The auctioners behind him screamed as he turned around to take the crown piece. Here it comes, Tam thought.

"SIT DOWN!." Commanded the prince, sick of hearing their whimpering confusion. "Proud, empty, hollow THINGS that you are!" The crowd listened in fear. "Let this remind you, why you once feared the dark." and then Nuada pulled the lever to the fairy's cage. Tam new what would happen next, told herself to fly away, but she could only watch as the deadly swarm was unleashed and the screams of everyone inside pained her ears.

War or not, this was a massacre.

Tam could see Nuada through the cloud of buzzing tooth fairies, they flew passed him like he was wearing an invisible shield. The elf's attention turned to her, his amused face became slight surprise, as if he didn't expect Tam to attend. Well I"m not going to stay and encourage you! Tam flew away. Angry. This was worse than the movie, worse than any PG-13 or R rating. She had just witness thirty people get killed. Nuada had killed her and those people. He wasn't a villain for nothing. Tam couldn't help but question herself on why she was sticking with him so long. Nuada was fighting a for a good cause, his people were withering away and it made sense for their prince to stand up for their prosperity. But... there must be a better way to do it.

Tam circled up above, waiting for the elf and troll to come out of the museum. It didn't take long. She saw the elf leave through the front doors and Wink close behind. Tam didn't bother to head for the sanctuary, she knew that they were not going there but to where the rest of the elves now hid in seclusion.

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I think a lot of people forget just how much violence are in movies today. If something like this really happened it would be unbelievable. O.O

The next chapter will be better.

~Chesh