Marian looked at the leader of the bandits as he approche, and as soon as his hood cam off his head her crying stopped. "Max?" she couldn't belife her eyes, was it really him, but she had been told Max was killed by the bandits.

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

Max stared blankly at her, raising one eyebrow. No recognition crossed his face as he looked at her. "Yes...? That is my name. Do I know you?"
It was then that Marian might have noticed the long white jagged scar on his temple. Certainly it hadn't been there years ago before he was separated from her...

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Marian looked at the scar he had just noticed. "Max, its me, Marian." she held up the ring. "Your fiance."

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

Jonah laughed. "What's she talking about?"

Maxelle shook his head, confused. "I... I don't know." He stared hard at her. "You must be confused. I've never so much as seen you before."

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Marian looked juat as confused. "Max, you were traveling for the king. just before you left you gave me this ring. you said you would marry me when you came back. You promised."

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

Max frowned in annoyance, pointing his bloodied knife at her. It gleamed a fraction of an inch under her nose. "That's enough! Shut your madness up before make you!" he threatened.

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Marian looked at the man she loved. "How did you join the Bandits, why did you?"

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

He looked curiously a her. "The Brotherhood is my life. It always been so. This is where my loyalty lies."

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"For how long, when did you join?" Marian felt desperate. She needed him to remember.

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

He scowled deeper, the knife pointed at her still. "Who gave you the right to question me, you crazy wench? Keep your tongue behind your teeth before I cut it out!"

"Easy Max..." Jonah murmured. "She's confused. What are we supposed to do with her?"

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Marian felt the tears start to flow again. "You really donn't remember me."

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

"Hard to remember someone you've never met, isn't it?" he insisted, smiling with cruel sarcasm.

"What do we do with her?" Jonah repeated. Maxelle shrugged his muscular shoulders.

"I dunno.. taker her back to camp or something. Maybe we can get a ransom out of her..."

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Marian sighed. "Maybe you are not max, he would not act like this."

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

"My name is Maxelle Greenwood, no doubt," he said with his characteristic smirk. In a bitter twist of irony, it was the same face he used to make when he used to playfully tease her so many years ago. "And I'll make sure you don't soon forget it, girl."

(btw, it's pronounced "Maxel" not "Max-ell". Like Axel with an M. And Max -

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((Nice pic. Must search for one suitable for Marian.))

Marian cringed, she knew it was Max, his name was the same, and that smirk, it always mad her blush and got her heart going. She sighed again, she couldn't push it, she had to wait, maybe he would want to know, and she could lead him to remember, but she had to be patent, now she found him, she was not going to loose him again.

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

Max stared at her a long moment. The way she looked at him was unnerving, making his stomach feel odd in the pit of his gut. He broke his gaze from hers and turned to direct his men

"Search the coach for valuables and hide the body. Jonah, come with me back to camp. Bring the girl." He nodded in the direction they would be headed. Before departing, he released the frightened horse from the carriage and let the animal bolt off. Now people would know for sure that something had happened to the girl once the beast returned home.

Jonah kept his grip firm on Marian as they headed back to the theives' hideout.

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~*~ I am the Patron Saint of Lost Causes. ~*~