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Message 326:

Date:     Thu Nov  2 18:19:08 2000 CST
From:     Zalbag (#2864)
To:       *plots (#1506)
Subject:  The Theft

Zalbag rolled out of bed and looked over at Sarah asleep he stroked her hair and walked across the
 room and slipped on his tunic. He heard Mortesium start wailing he walked over to the crib lifting
 him up whispering to him to be silent. He heard a sound on the balcony placeing the child down he
 walked slowly out onto it. A dark cloud was comming to the keep he steeped back into the room and
 saw it gather on the balcony and formed into a young man wearing robes wearing a royal blue cloak
 and a goat skull helm. Zalbag's eyes widened as he reached for his sword on the table the man
 lifted a hand and Zalbag was hurled aginst the wall. "Tisk tisk....You have grown sloppy Shadow."
 the man laughed and snapped his fingers and nine men stood round him. Zalbag winced as he tried to
 stand but the man said "Perhaps I should help you." at those words two of the nine mgn lifted him
 up by his arms. "Why have you come for me?" The young man laughed "I havent come for you. I have
 on the other hand come for your child." He nodded to the crib where the child now lay
 wailing.Zalbag spat at the man "Over my corpse shall you take him." The young mans eyes widened
 with joy "Exactly." he lifted the child up, but Sarah had awoken but he raised a hand at her and
 chains locked her to the bed she screamed Zalbag's name but she could do nothing.The young man
 walked to the balcony and smiled over his shoulder at Zalbag "Now he is my son." he looked at the
 Nine "Kill him. But leave her to live with the pain of her lovers death and childs abduction." At
 that he disapeared.
The Nine gathered around Zalbag like vultures weapons drawn. He rose to his feet his sword
 Celestine drawn. He blocked the first strikes knowing the fighting style well. But he was soon
 over come  and fell to his knees each of the Nine stepped forward and stabbed there blade into his
 gut. The one who seemed to be the leader picked up Zalbag's sword and stabbed him in the heart.
 Zalbag shuddered as the cold steel slip through him. The Nine lifted him and tied him to  three
 horses, he was dragged for what seemed like an enternity finally they stopped he could here the
 sounds of the sea. The Nine lifted him and he heard the Eye's voice clearly in his head "Now you
 will know true pain." at those words he was hurled off a ocean cliff and down to the raging sea
 knowing only pain and loss.