Snippet - Clap of thunder
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wilderthanFandom: The Dark is Rising
For: Loyalty chapter six
Quality: Checked once, posted to prove I'm working on something
Characters: Will, Barney, Simon
"I'm not prescient myself, but I might be able to help you," he said, patiently. He squeezed Barney's shoulder, hard. "We need to do this."
Barney's eyes flickered to meet his. Then he nodded, settling again, looking into Will's eyes in the same way as he had into the water, through the oil... for a moment, he was almost scared of what he might see, looking into, through, Will in that way. But he fought it back, biting his lip hard as he forced himself through into it. He felt Will with him, seeing, even though to him it was all confusion -- there was Jane's voice, frightened and yet not, and a man's voice, harsh with power as he spoke to her, quieting her. Barney kept his eyes open until they smarted, desperately trying, trying to capture something in case Will couldn't.
The power that threw him back out of it and into himself was like a clap of thunder, a flash of lightning, and Barney cried out as he fell back out of the cold and dark onto warm grass in the sunshine. Simon lunged towards him, kneeling at his side with a frightened but determined expression on his face, as if he thought he could do something.
For: Loyalty chapter six
Quality: Checked once, posted to prove I'm working on something
Characters: Will, Barney, Simon
"I'm not prescient myself, but I might be able to help you," he said, patiently. He squeezed Barney's shoulder, hard. "We need to do this."
Barney's eyes flickered to meet his. Then he nodded, settling again, looking into Will's eyes in the same way as he had into the water, through the oil... for a moment, he was almost scared of what he might see, looking into, through, Will in that way. But he fought it back, biting his lip hard as he forced himself through into it. He felt Will with him, seeing, even though to him it was all confusion -- there was Jane's voice, frightened and yet not, and a man's voice, harsh with power as he spoke to her, quieting her. Barney kept his eyes open until they smarted, desperately trying, trying to capture something in case Will couldn't.
The power that threw him back out of it and into himself was like a clap of thunder, a flash of lightning, and Barney cried out as he fell back out of the cold and dark onto warm grass in the sunshine. Simon lunged towards him, kneeling at his side with a frightened but determined expression on his face, as if he thought he could do something.
