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Ca va sans Dire	By : FreeSpiritedOne Category: S through Z > V for Vendetta Views: 4138 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 5

�V?�

Evey walked into his bedroom glowing with success. He
had heard her speech and found it brilliant. He could not have done it
better himself and took pride in the fact she seemed to know it.

�In old days there were angels who
came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction.
We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening
destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a
calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may
be�yours, Evey.� (4) From his position propped up on a pile of pillows
he offered her a round of applause and earned a confused smile and a very
dainty curtsey. �Brava, my dear. You were a vision tonight.�

She shook her head smiling at him. �But you couldn�t
see me. I was on the radio.�

�True, you were, but I still say you were lovely.
Aren�t imaginations wonderful?�

�If you say so. My knees were
shaking so hard I thought I might fall over and I stumbled on some words.
It�ll get better if I get to do it again, but V, I think I�m really on the
radar now. They are going to come looking for me.�

He wondered how she had missed the manhunt that had been going
on for over a year. Aloud he asked, �Does that scare you?�

She paused, thinking about it. Finally she shook her
head. �Not for myself, no. But you know,
since you chose to live and all, I�d rather be with you for a while if I can
help it.�

Up to now, what had been said at the train had gone unmentioned.
He knew at some point they would visit it, but was hoping that it could be put
off a while longer. He didn�t feel in a position to deal with matters of
the heart just then. But still�he could not let it go either.
�You�re afraid�for me?�

�Well, yeah.� Evey paused, gathering her thoughts for what
he dreaded would be an uncomfortable exchange. �We could sit here and
pretend you weren�t planning to ride that train all the way to your
death. But�if you were ready to start a revolution yet not willing to
stay around to rebuild after it, what did you hang around for?�

Oh. God.

�Since you yourself said your life was nothing but November
5^th until I came along and bollixed it, I can only assume the reason
you�ve come back has something to do with me.�

Give the lady her prize, V thought as he shifted
uncomfortably in his bed. She was about to pull out the word that struck
terror into his heart. Silently thanking God he was a man in a mask he
tried to still his body and appear calm as he waited for it.

She was staring at her feet running a hand back and forth
over her shorn head. �Now, I know people will say just about anything
when they think they�ll never see each other again but�you said you�d fallen in
love with me.�

There. Right there V�s heart leapt from his chest onto
a chopping block. She had couched it in such a way he could back peddle
out of it if he wanted, but as he looked at her not looking at him he knew he
couldn�t. He had promised himself after the ordeal in the cell he would
never again lie to her no matter how much easier it would be or how much it
might spare her (who are we kidding, his) feelings. He swallowed. �So I
did.�

Now she looked at him hard, almost glaring, trying to see behind
the mask. �Did you mean it, or was that just the memory you wanted me to
have?�

A well asked �or� question. When did you become
such a good interrogator, he wondered. Sending a small prayer
heavenward to a God who had never listened before, V threw caution to the wind
and answered her honestly. �I meant what I said.�

She nodded as if she�d already known that and for him to
admit it aloud was not a big deal. �Do you know why I came back, V?�

She was going to let him squirm. He deserved it he
knew, but the agony of it was terrible. Either affirm
me, or deny me but please don�t toy with me. Please don�t deny me. He
remembered what she said on the 4^th as they danced and lobbed it
back at her hoping against hope there was more to it than that. �Because you
said you would.�

Evey rolled her eyes at him and put her hands on her
hips. �Come on, V. Is it such a stretch of the imagination that I
came back for you? Maybe I missed you? Maybe being away from you
and angry at you made me realize how much?�

His head cocked to the right as he walked back through her
words which seemed nonsensical to him. �So you missed me in spite of
hating me?�

Her posture changed again. No longer mother,
exasperated now. She brushed her hand forward over her face stopping to
rub her temples. �No, you impossible man.
I hate what you did. I stayed away because I couldn�t forgive you
and I wanted to punish you. I get why you did it, I think, but I�m still
upset about it. And you know what? For all that, not being here was
a miserable, boring, lonely life. I punished me as much as I punished
you. I don�t know how you did it but somehow V you because�my sun.�

He knew what she meant and he knew the moment was not one for
joking, but it was just too easy and he couldn�t resist. �I must be
misunderstanding you, Evey.�

�S-U-N, the big round thing that glows in
the sky.� She looked like she was ready to give up and he regretted
being so flippant. But she didn�t. Instead she took a breath and
exhaled and when her eyes opened again they were serious and calm. �Those
few months here with you I learned more than I ever did in my entire
life. You opened my eyes, V. When I left I couldn�t see
anymore. It was like living in a shadow world. It was like I could
almost see on my own, but not quite. I felt like I was groping around in
the dark without you.�

�Evey�� He wanted to tell her how dark and lifeless
the Shadow Gallery had been without her. How he had missed her curiosity
and energy. How all the things that used to please him had become empty
vessels able only to hold his regrets.

But.

She was so young, so fresh, so full of life, so able to have
more, do more than he could offer her. She was already doing as he had
hoped. Could he ask for yet another sacrifice from her? With every
moment she spent in his home she got closer to seeing the man behind the mask
and V didn�t like him much.

Oh there was plenty that he appreciated, even admired, about
himself and those things he showed her, but there was
so much more which was dark and ugly and rotting that he did not want her to
see. The moment he was unmasked, either figuratively or literally, she
would run and he would have no one to blame but himself.

If I loved you less, I might be
able to talk about it more, he silently
lamented. (5) Rather than drawing her to himself
and crushing her under the weight of the love he felt, he evaded her by playing
the injured card. �I�m so tired.�

She took a couple of steps deeper into the room, leaned over
him and kissed the forehead of the mask. �Then sleep, but don�t think I
don�t know what you�re doing.�

~~~~~
(4) George Eliot
- Silas Marner
(5) Jane Austin -
Emma

~~~~~

Wanted to say
thanks to Ero Sennin and Gambit_Gurl_Isis for reading.

The small purple
paperback is one I recommend. I adore Terry Prachett. It�s the most
poinent fluff you�ll ever read.

I thought V was
wonderful in the film and wanted to know more about him. Lucky for me, he
chose to become my muse. I got knocked on another site for not having all
his quotes be Shakespear as they were in the film and graphic novel, but I
figured with a library like V has, he would have many, many sources to draw
from for words when his own failed him.

Anyhoo, thanks so
much for reading!
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