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Sam took great delight in frequently asking 'are we nearly there yet?' as they travelled. Then his attention was rather sharply drawn by all the snow and ice around San Francisco.

Then his attention was even more sharply drawn by the sudden storm that picked up, tossing them around. Their landing was ... rather rough. They hit a tree, among other things.

Twenty minutes later, Sam is shivering from the cold as he inspects the engine of the car.
"Why is everything so cold here?" It is, indeed, very cold. San Francisco appears to be not only utterly wrecked, but also entirely deserted and covered in snow (almost up to Sam's knees) and frost. After a moment's staring at the engine. "Guys, we're going to need a bunch of new parts for this thing."

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Ok... right. Now to take out the other one, and try to grab the sword away.

The other knee shatters and the Knight stumbles forward, still trying to raise its sword.

She punched the Knight's elbow, kicked it in the chest, and reached for the sword.

The Knight shatters into ice and all the slaves hide in terror. One older man stands up and picks up the jewelery he's working on and throws it at her,

"How dare you!? Fool child, you will bring only trouble upon us, run before we bring her back to us."

Kate neatly caught the jewelry. "Good aim. Try throwing it at them." She then hefted the sword.

"See this? They can't stop us. We can fight back."

"Fool!! She keeps us safe, if you wish to die alone in the cold, die on your own!!"

"Don't you get it? Didn't you hear? I have friends out there, people I care about, and that ...lady wants to kill them. Don't you have anyone missing you? Anyone you care about? Homes?"

The man all but spits as he meets Kate's eyes,

"We have each other and before she came it was worse, death from the sea and sky, she keeps us safe. If your friends are out there then they will die or join you, why should we care?"

Kate stared back at that, and the fight seemed to leave her as the sword briefly fell out of her hand. She thought she knew what was going on. That it was like the situation back home somehow, or the prison there. But this was more complicated than that. She still wanted to fight, but also getting tired.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know." Her eyes started to dull a little more.

Maybe it's not that bad just staying here...

A baby cried and a little hob laughed and sang again,

"The bird shall dance for the Queen. The Trees will bow to her and the Magician will pay for burning the Huntress."

Images flashed in her mind. Of Sam dead, and Will imprisoned like this. It would destroy him, she was sure of it.

She snarled and picked up the sword again. "NEVER!"

And brought the blade down hard on the shackle of ice looping her wrist.

The ice shattered and no faces looked towards her as the hob darted away into the between and a small voice said from somewhere hidden,

"They're coming, they search you out."

Kate blinked in shock, both at the voice, and the fact she was free of the shackle. Her mind didn't feel any different though. Damn.

She hunted around for the hidden.

"Where are they?"

"Can't say, they're across the water, coming here. Brave souls and the Man in Green, his love is pure though darkness shadows his heart. Have to leave, you must hide."

Then the voice is gone.

Kate blinked some more in brief shock, and her head felt mildly clearer for a moment.

...Love?

Never mind that for now, just leave and hide.

"Thank you." She then tried to let go of the basket, and just wield the sword. Pleased to find she could do so now. Now, to get out of here, her eidetic memory remembering how she got in.

So she starting heading down the corridors and stairs, seeking a door to slip through and outward.

All faces turn away from her though a few curses are hurled at her, as she moves outside, a lone tree lets fall a few struggling leaves caked in ice, reds and golds.

Gee... just like home. She'd make a comment to that effect if she wasn't... you know, fleeing for her life?

She briefly stopped at that, and felt like scooping up three of the red and gold leaves. Unsure why, or why she felt a little better after doing so as she hurried down the road. Trying to find something remote and abandoned.

Down a slope and a ruin of a building stands empty while various Fae are at the docks, looking out over the frozen Bay. Winter stretches over all of San Francisco, gilding it in ice and silence.

Kate's grip on the sword tightened, and she carefully tried to slip down the slope as quietly as she could, hopefully nobody would look up toward the road. Just avoid the docks and get to the ruins.

Something flits just out of her sight and darts at her, whispering at her, pulling on the compulsion,

"Runaway, runaway, come back to the Queen, for she will keep you safe. The Greenwood is not safe in it darkness, he has too much pain, no happiness to give you."

Her blue eyes started to dull again as she came to a stop.

Safe...she did want to feel safe again. Hadn't felt safe truly since the attack. Been too much pain in her life already.

The sword remained in her hand, but her feet were starting to turn around.

The voice keeps up its song,

"She will feed you and dress you, lovely bird, you will be safe in ice. Branches cling to you and fire will burn you, come be safe in ice."

Safe, and ice, was it cold? She hadn't felt cold since she first arrived here. And something about the idea. Being taken care of... like when she still had Mom. She missed her family terribly since coming here. She missed her teammates. Be very nice to be a part of something again.

More shuffling steps back up.

A tinkling laugh mixes with the song now,

"She is Queen over all, Trees bow and break under ice, while she rules over all."

Her feet suddenly stopped. Trees... break? Her hand went to the three leaves of red and gold, clutching them tightly enough to melt the ice.

"Go to hell, and take your witch with you." She spat out as her blue eyes glowed again, and she slashed at the voice with the sword.