Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 18:50:49 -0500 Reply-To: Samantha Anne Copeland Sender: Highlander TV show stories From: Samantha Anne Copeland Subject: Daddy's Little Girl part 04 X-To: Patricia Terris , Art Pena , Norman Sundheim , "Dittohead, Neal" , Martha Wright , Dylan Kaufman , Melissa Lynne Tomlin , Ellen Karp , Gini Smith , Dan Richter , Peggy Stubblefield , Charles Purwin , Mike May , James Miller , Pete LaPlant , Jeff Dorfman , Aaron Johnson , NiKi Coleman , Dave Hirvela , "Robert P. Thurstans" , Ron Ronsayro , Laura Penuel , Stephen Brown , Robert Solomon , Brenda M LeBlanc , Phil Wright , Ron Brooks , "Roger W. Smith" Here comes some more o' the story. The response has been overwhelming, I guess this means I'm going to have to keep putting this out, huh? Daddy's Little Girl Samantha Copeland copelasa@vuse.vanderbilt.edu ******Part 4****** "Ring...Ring...Ring...Ring...," MacLeod woke up, but decided to let his answering machine do its job, "Hello this is Duncan MacLeod, I can't come to the phone right now so if you leave your name and a message at the beep I'll get back to you as soon as I can............BEEP." "Duncan, this is Chris. A really big problem just came into my living room and I just barely got away with my life" At those words MacLeod fumbled for the phone and picked it up. "Chris, calm down. Tell me what happened." He paused. "On second thought, come here. Do you think you can find your way over here or should I pick you up?" "I think I can find my way O.K. I'm only a few blocks away. I really appreciate this; I didn't know anybody else to go to for help." "Don't mention it. I'll meet you in the dojo below my loft." "Thanks a lot Duncan!" "Bye." As he hung up, Duncan wondered if he were doing the right thing; after all the last teenage girl that he had tried to help had come on to him. He finally decided that he would worry about it later. Duncan pulled on some clothes and then went to the kitchen. From the distress of Chris's voice he knew that she would need something to calm her nerves. He had thought of giving her a stiff drink, but remembering that she didn't care much for alcohol, decided that an herbal tea might be better. He took his kettle out and filled it. When the water began to boil, he poured it into his teapot along with a tea that Darius had told him how to blend. Darius had told him that it was very good for those sleepless nights that seemed to go on for longer than life itself. He left the tea to steep while he went downstairs to wait for Chris. When he got down to the dojo he turned on the lights and sat down on one of the weight benches to wait. He didn't have to wait long. Ten minutes later the two of them were upstairs sipping on the tea. "So who was it?" Duncan finally asked after Chris seemed somewhat calmer. "Some jerk...called himself Robert Alexander." "What happened? You said something about him barging into you apartment and nearly killing you." "I was asleep. He broke in and tried to kill me. I guess he thought I was easy pickings, but I showed him." "Just what did you _do_?" Duncan's curiosity got the better of him. "I managed to get one of my epees and .....", she trailed off and looked down sheepishly. "And?" "Well...I sort of impaled him on the blade and got the hell out of there." "You didn't finish it...Take his head?" "I ....I couldn't, I have problems thinning out my plants. I just couldn't do it, I mean, this isn't some little plant, this is a human life!" "Hey, it's O.K. You're safe now; we'll talk about this in the morning. But first, where am I going to put you?" "The couch is fine." "I was just thinking the same thing. I'll dig out a few things to make it more comfortable." Duncan went over to a chest in the corner, pulled out some bedclothes, and spread them over the couch. "That ought to do it." "Yeah, thanks a bunch!" MacLeod sat down on the edge of his bed and got ready to go to sleep. Chris stretched out on her side on the couch, pulling one of the lighter blankets over her. _____________________________________________________ As always and forever, just send questions and comments to me. If you pick this up in the middle, I will be happy to send you past installments. 5&6 should be comming out sometime this week, I just happen to have three tests this week and don't really have the time to do that one final edit on them. Yeah, I know this part's a little short, but it'll keep you interested, right? Samantha Copeland copelasa@vuse.vanderbilt.edu =========================================================================