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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p28. 2-2

    Joe: "Father Dariu..."
    Darius: "Not at the moment. You see, I was murdered on Holy Ground, by your people no less!"
    Joe: "His name was James Horton and he led a fanatical group of rogue killers. They DID NOT represent the Watchers or what we stand for! Your death was mourned by Immortals and Watchers alike."
    Darius: "I've done my own watching since I awoke. First was the pain! Like being born again through lightning. Then the confusion and doubt of it all. No pearly gates or Saint Peter waiting for me... Just darkness, then the light! It was like a split second and an eternity all at once."
    [He looks over to Ramirez.]
    Darius: "Wouldn't you agree?"
    [Ramirez silently nods his head.]
    Darius: "So you'll understand my hesitation in donning the cloth again, nor the desire not to be recognized in it during these recent years. Easier to navigate around Watcher eyes that way!"
    Joe: "How long have you been awake?"
    Darius: "Long enough to have watched and studied your people. Long enough to know that you now work with Immortals instead of hunting us, and that your cause is JUST! This fate has been foretold for centuries. Nostradamus himself used to tell me of it during our private studies. Strategy would suggest you're moving us. May I inquire as to where exactly?"
    [Joe hands him a Watcher file to see the details for himself.]
    Darius: "You've found and refortified the KEEP! I conquered this site in..."
    Joe: "...in the 7th Century! Your military campaigns and strategies were required studies during my recruitment years."
    [Darius glances at Joe and Ramirez with the smirk of an impressed schoolteacher as he looks over the KEEP details.]
    Ramirez: "We are at your service. But time is short. We must MOVE!"
    [Darius winks at Ramirez as he hands the file back to Joe with a hand shake.]
    Darius: "Then a game of blitz chess it is! Let us go together."


    P29.

    Rebecca: "Ramirez and the others are on their way back, but I'm going to need your help soon!"
    Hatalyah: "How exactly?"
    Rebecca: "You worked with Quentin's father in the antiquity business and the black market surrounding it back then. How are your sleight of hand skills?"
    Hatalyah: "Pretty good, but Connor was a talented lifter! We taught each other a thing or two."
    Rebecca: "Is it true you helped raise his daughter in the 1950's and 60's?"
    [Hatalyah smiles at the memory of that time.]
    Hatalyah: "Yes... Rachel! He found her during World War II and I found him working some trade scheme between Bengal and Prague in 1947. We became business partners and..."
    Rebecca: "...Just business?"
    [Hatalyah leans back with a smile and a sigh as she remembers and blushes slightly.]
    Hatalyah: "There were benefits, but we kept it professional and strictly friends around Rachel. She was so sweet and special!"
    [Hatalyah's smile softly drops.]
    "She wanted us to be together, but Connor and I had our... reservations! It takes its toll on you both when you've buried more than you have actually loved."
    Rebecca: "I understand!"
    Hatalyah: "So tell me, what am I lifting!?"
    Rebecca: "When the first of us arrived here, we were given three master keys to the vaults. One of us does not need a master, nor is trusted with one... so I need you to swap it without notice! The timing must be impeccable because I need you to do this the night of the elixir, just before we go under. This will take preparation and observation."
    [Hatalyah rolls her eyes and scoffs softly.]
    Hatalyah: "Oh... so NO pressure at all then? Just like Connor and his ploys."

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p28. 1-2

    Joe: "The world knows... and now it's CHAOS as we predicted! Airlines are grounding in two days, so we have a private charter that you'll be flown over on with some VIP's of the organization."
    Ramirez: "Any loose ends on our part?"
    Joe: "Every awakened Immortal that we're aware of has been accounted for... living or deceased. Quentin and Kay were flown over this morning with the rest of the vault archives."
    Ramirez: "Their spirits and determination were holding well the last I saw them."
    Joe: "You've been invaluable to us, Juan! He's all yours now... teach him well."
    Ramirez: "Then this is farewell for us both, I...."
    [Ramirez pauses at the surprise of the sensation of another Immortal.]
    Ramirez: "Not all accounted for!"
    Joe: "WHAT!?"
    Ramirez: "There is another here with us... Look!"
    [Joe turns around to the shock of a well-known face from the archives.]
    Joe: "Holy shh... Darius!"

    To be continued....

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p27.
    Hatalyah: "OH.. MY... GOD!"
    Kastagir: "You two didn't really think you were gonna have this party without me, did you?"
    [They both felt the presence, but Rebecca turns in sheer joy and disbelief when she hears his voice. Hatalyah screams as she runs into his arms with an embrace for the ages!]
    Kastagir: "You both have me at a disadvantage! I haven't even seen this guest list yet."
    Rebecca: "Well you're definitely crashing it! My, my, my!"
    [Hatalyah straightens his suit jacket while he raises his arms as if being at a custom tailor.]
    Kastagir: "This feels familiar."
    Hatalyah: "Let's see! Do you mean the night of the banquet at Tahj De'mont?"
    [Rebecca begins laughing uncontrollably through her tears of joy!]
    Kastagir: "Oh yes! You tailored our ceremonial gowns for the night. Though I must say Rebecca's looked far more lavish than mine!"
    [Rebecca blushes with an embarrassed smile as she shakes her head NO!]
    Kastagir: "When was that exactly... 1752?"
    Hatalyah: "Nooo! It was 1748 and you got us all drunk and ruined those gowns!"
    Kastagir: "I seem to remember us all being quite drunk and naked in the grand fount-"
    Rebecca: "Don't you say another word!!!"
    [The warmth and joy of his guilty smile just melts her to the core.]
    Kastagir: "I must confess that the 1700's were definitely my party years!"
    Rebecca: "Oh, I seriously doubt you limited those to one century."
    Hatalyah: "At least I didn't have to get blood and mud out of those gowns like that mess you and Connor got those tailored suits into at the Boston Common!"
    Rebecca: "Oh good lord!"
    Kastagir: "Yesss! His famous duel. He and I were just talk-"
    [Rebecca sees his face drop as he realizes it wasn't just yesterday that he and MacLeod were together, it was 27 years ago and MacLeod was gone now. Hatalyah presses his hand against her cheek, simply nodding her head and letting him know it's okay with her sweet gesture.]
    Rebecca: "Are you ready to see their wine cellar here?"
    [Kastagir's smile returns as he slides between the two of them.]
    Kastagir: "Ladies... lead the way!"

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p26.

    Joe: "So... you know."
    [Quentin takes a breath and pauses at the thought of it.]
    Quentin: "We know."
    Joe: "How did she take the news?"
    Quentin: "Better than I did. Told you she was strong."
    Joe: "I know she's strong. We're arranging for everyone to be moved to the KEEP before the global news of it breaks."
    Quentin: "How big are these vaults?"
    [He knows what Quentin is getting at and goes straight to the point.]
    Joe: "Big enough for two. Rebecca and Nakano are working on a special brew of this elixir for Kay. She'll sleep like the rest of you, but you know she'll never wake up."
    [Joe pauses to think of a delicate way to put it.]
    Joe: "It will have preservation effects on her, and they have a spot picked for her in the garden."
    [Quentin silently nods his bowed head with a coarse look on his face.]
    Quentin: "What will you do?"
    Joe: "Oh... me and Dr. Alex are gonna have a lot of drinks, play some tunes, make some love and see it out together!"
    [Quentin begins to cry as Joe steps up and hugs him.]
    Joe: "Hey... I've known a few MacLeods in my day, but you're the future, kid! So do right by all of us and make it a bitchin' one! You're in DAMN GOOD company."
    [Quentin nods his head as Joe gives him the ol' Quarterback slap on the shoulder.]
    Joe: "Speaking of which I've got to hop on another plane! There's been an awakening in New York and this one was mine during the final FOUR."

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacies Edge]
    p25.
    [Quentin and Kay have returned from the getaway and back into their routine lives. He's in the shop doing some road maintenance on the Porsche when he suddenly feels the presence of another.]
    Quentin: "Hey! Did you guys find Axel?"
    Ramirez: "Oh... he's been found and dealt with. Are we alone?"
    Quentin: "What's happened?"
    Ramirez: "ARE WE ALONE?"
    Quentin: "Aye! Kay's at band."
    [Ramirez pauses and sits at a tool bench, then speaks in a voice of icy calm.]
    Ramirez: "The GAME has changed and there isn't much time! An impending doom approaches Earth and we are the last hope of humankind. A meteor is on a trajectory calculated to strike Earth in less than 60 days. It was discovered by Watcher Astrologers just before you left. Governments of the world are being notified as we speak."
    [Quentin goes cold into shock that quickly turns into anger!]
    Quentin: "I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS!!!"
    Ramirez: "None of us ASKED for it, nor half of the tragedies our endless lives have forced us to endure! Our circumstance has a living purpose... NOW! Not just a driven killing game, but a chance to preserve VIRTUE and knowledge. A way has been prepared for us to do so, far from here."
    Quentin: "And what of the people... What of Kay!?"
    Ramirez: "Do I really have to answer that question?"
    [Quentin's anger turns into RAGE as he begins turning over tool racks in a feat of supernatural strength that leaves the air charged with the Quickening.]
    Ramirez: "ENOUGH! We are princes of the universe, dear boy! And the weight of this crown is upon us whether we like it or not. We must bear it together!"
    [Quentin drops to his knees and SCREAMS out into the night.]

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p24.

    Sofia: "This is your solution? This is your DAMN answer!? We have just awakened to new lives and you want us to bury ourselves for centuries of sleep! All this for some kid!?"
    Rebecca: "He is the SOURCE of our awakenings... He is the key to us all! We woke after him and we all hold different knowledge of history and cultures spanning the centuries. Knowledge he hasn't acquired! What would you rather do? Face the destruction and multiple deaths you would suffer... if your body could even sustain them intact!? You are too valuable... You are too IMPORTANT to lose!"
    [Sofia goes silent at the sincerity and passion of Rebecca's words.]
    Joe: "You see all these archives around you. I, and all these records of time will be gone. You will remain! You are a living archive, a treasure of time. You've seen and touched art that I could only dream of seeing! We need you... we need you bad! The FUTURE needs you!"
    [Sofia takes a deep breath and runs her hands through her hair as she analyses it all in her head, depicting its elements like a painting in her mind.]
    Sofia: "Okay... who's in the vault with us? Who else has been awakened?"
    Rebecca: "Here's where it gets interesting!"

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p23.

    Ramirez: "What have you ladies discovered from Hatalyah's scroll?"
    Felicia: "Well, the scroll definitely predates the Zhou Dynasty! Although testing on the surface silk shows that it was made later than the parchment."
    Zhing Li: "Closer to the Sui Dynasty, which means it was refinished and probably updated around 600 AD."
    Felicia: "I can also tell you that it's not just a scroll... It's a puzzle map!"
    Zhing Li: "These glyphs are an ancient writing system that utilizes Hindu and Chinese character types. They serve as latitude and longitude points with tiles marked by Mayan style mathematics. These can also shift to identify different polarity lines."
    Ramirez: "Many religions, prophets and scholars have predicted a great fire from the sky as the next purge of man after the Great Flood. From the promise of Noah's Rainbow all the way up to Nostradamus."
    Felicia: "It definitely appears that way now!"
    Zhing Li: "When I was a child there was a legend of a great comet that brought power to a nation of fire who destroyed the world to rebuild it in iron. This scroll tells of that legend and speaks of the comet's return."
    Felicia: "I believe by its design that this could be used to calculate the precise location where the meteor will strike!"
    Ramirez: "So the pieces are coming together...."
    Zhing Li: "...and the countdown begins!"
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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p22.

    [Rebecca meditates in the garden of the KEEP. She embraces its peacefulness while planning a course to replant it once they return to the surface. She's brought Sofia here to Germany to show her this place and offer her the choice they will all have to soon make. She knows Joe has flown in from Seacouver, but she doesn't know who has come with him.]

    Hatalyah: "Hello, Rebecca!"
    [Their smiles illuminate off each other as they embrace with tears of joy!]
    Hatalyah: "When I heard your name from the Watchers, I dared to hope it was actually you!"
    Rebecca: "I would have met you myself had I known!"
    Hatalyah: "One of Graham's students was sent for me. He definitely carries his teacher's charm."
    Rebecca: "That he does!"
    [Rebecca sits and takes in a deep breath!] "So... What have they told you?"
    Hatalyah: "Enough... I know what is upon us! Used my contacts to provide them with a rare scroll that has been steeped in Hinduism, Taoism and Hebrew prophecy predicting such an event! Another Immortal and I chased this artifact for many decades."
    Rebecca: "How long have you been... back?"
    Hatalyah: "Just over two years. How many of us are awakened now!?"
    Rebecca: "There have been eleven that the Watchers know of. Four killed so far and three of those within this year alone! The Quickening seems to not only replace a head for a head, but is also increasing its own numbers since the SOURCE himself... nine years ago."
    Hatalyah: "Is it true he's just a boy? Twenty or so?"
    Rebecca: "Quite! Son of an Immortal... product of the PRIZE or so I'm told."
    Hatalyah: "The Quickening and its mysterious gifts. Do you also have knowledge of technologies you've never seen before?"
    Rebecca: "Oh yes! We all seem to have inherited that gift."
    Hatalyah: "So a son of the Quickening you say? It always seems to be a damn boy, doesn't it? Why couldn't it have been a girl for a change?"
    [Rebecca scoffs and chuckles at the irony and frustration of it.]
    Rebecca: "Indeed!"
    [Hatalyah takes Rebecca's hand and turns to look over the KEEP together.]
    Hatalyah: "For the duration of whatever this stay may become, this place better have a WELL stocked cellar for the after party!"
    [Rebecca's smile ignites with the comfort and optimism of Hatalyah's spirit! Her head quickly turns to Rebecca...]
    Hatalyah: "Oh..and I'm definitely bringing my makeup!"
    [They smile together.]
    Rebecca: "Absolutely to both!"

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    I agree with the person who said Eric Stoltz was the perfect choice for a son of Connor and Brenda.

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p21.

    [Joe has left the keys to the bar with Ramirez as he prepares for a flight to meet up with Rebecca and Sofia. Ramirez locks up the front and makes his way down to the street corner but hesitates at the sensation of another Immortal's presence. Just then an elegant woman rounds the corner with her eyes going straight to him. Her face is familiar to the centuries but new to Ramirez. Her stride is as constant as the confidence radiating from her.]
    Ramirez:
    "Well... hello there!"
    [His tone is flirtatious while his hands are cautious. One casually slips into his overcoat pocket, gripping his sword sheath underneath while the other sets on his lapel. Ever ready to draw his ivory masterpiece in a flash of steel.]
    Zhing Li: "Hello handsome!"
    [She sees his move and counters it with a soft hand on his chest, slowly dragging her fingers around his broad shoulders as she circles him, sizing him up as a potential opponent in the process.]
    Zhing Li: "You're quite broad and tall for a..."
    [She leans into his chest, clasping his sword hand with hers as she closes her eyes and smells him.]
    "Hmmm..... for an Egyptian! I knew it."
    Ramirez: "Very Good! Am I to assume this is a Chinese Treasure standing in front of me?"
    [She playfully withdraws with an illuminating smile.]
    Zhing Li: "It is! Though I definitely get more points for my deduction. Have you a name?"
    Ramirez: "I do indeed! Although I must insist the lady go first."
    [She pauses at his intentional diversion, but respects and rewards the smoothness in which he has performed it.]
    Zhing Li: "I am Zhing Li Tao of the Fu Province. Student of Kiem Sun."
    Ramirez: "I am Juan Sanchez Villalobos Ramirez of Egypt, once the chief metallurgist to King Charles the V of Spain!"
    [Her eyes widen and she steps back with her mouth covered! Then opens up with excitement.]
    Zhing Li: "You were Duncan's Sigong!!!"
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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p20.

    [The main door of an art gallery foyer unlocks and opens to reveal its stunning Spanish curator. She moves with the stride of a woman determined to secure a new life in spite of her circumstances. Her leather boots resonate like thunder off the marble floors and echo off the framed and cased masterpieces that surround her. Suddenly those boots stop in silence as the whirlwind of the Quickening floods her mind with the presence of another stepping out from the distant shadows.]

    Rebecca: "Hello Tess."
    Sofia: "Methos was the last to call me by that name and your voice would be the last I wish to hear it from! The name is Sofia now."
    Rebecca: "Apologies... Sofia."
    Sofia: "So I wasn't the only one to awaken from our little trio. Of course this twisted universe brings me YOU instead of my Methos! I should have assumed it would do as much... ever the cruelest!"
    Rebecca: "How many others have you encountered?"
    Sofia: "Only two... and Axel won't be stalking me again or any other woman for that matter!"
    Rebecca: "You did a service to us all with that stroke."
    Sofia: "I do not aim to serve YOU in anyway."
    [Rebecca steps forward with welcoming hands held out.]
    Rebecca: "I looked for you... searched for you after his dea..."
    Sofia: "DO NOT SPEAK OF IT!"
    [Rebecca bows her head and covers her mouth in sorrow as she begins to cry silently. Sofia's hands tremble as hot tears of anger stream down her face.]
    Sofia: "To lose Methos... OH GOD! He was a living work of art to me. You were the last thing I EVER wanted to see!"
    Rebecca: "Your disdain for me has never been a secret! I know you would have taken my head just to keep him to yourself."
    Sofia: "I would have taken a thousand heads if it meant keeping him!"
    Rebecca: "And yet YOU had him! My God, woman... ...you held him!"
    Sofia: "HE WAS WITH ME, BUT HE CONSTANTLY THOUGHT OF YOU! Damn your BOND and elixirs!"
    [Rebecca's teary eyes are now fixed on her with an unapologetic gaze!]
    Rebecca: "Damn your jealousy, woman! We have no time for it now. Have you not felt the pull of the Quickening!?"
    Sofia: "Yes, I feel it and will suffer the pain of its resistance till I'm ready to meet a new fate! NOT this time!!!"
    Rebecca: "Oh, you stubborn girl! You have NO idea what's happening... what this world is about to SUFFER!!!"
    [Just then, Sofia's expression moves from heartbreak, anger, and pride to cautious curiosity and a hint of fear.]

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p19.
    Ramirez: "So there's a problem with our two new arrivals?"
    Rebecca: "QUITE! Felicia has no business with us, in any fashion! She's a murderer and a liar!"
    Ramirez: "By means of the Game, or..."
    Rebecca: "By means of killing the family of one of my students! You weren't the only one broken who has required my healing over the years."
    Ramirez: "Are you sure it was her?"
    Rebecca: "Sure enough! Which leads to the question as to what we know of this Kortan? All I've ever heard of him was from my Amanda and it sounded as if he was as conniving and deceptive as she could be! Even the Watcher files have little on him."
    Ramirez: "All I know is that they came to the Watchers and agreed to further this cause with us. Her knowledge of cartography and maps has been quite helpful. He also holds knowledge of many cultures and language arts."
    Rebecca: "Well I don't like it and don't trust them one bit!"
    Ramirez: "I would recommend we welcome their help, offer them sanctuary and watch them with caution! Seems better to keep our eyes on them close instead of from afar."
    [Rebecca considers this tactic with scornful distaste.]

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p.18 2-2

    ...18 hours earlier.

    [Joe walks into the Sake Bar and pauses at the sight of the two of them pouring the bottle.]
    Joe: "You boys feeling no pain yet?"
    Ramirez: "Not quite yet!"
    [Nakano slumps over with a slight chuckle that quickly erupts into boastful laughter!]
    Nakano: "Aaaaah, hah, haaah!!!"
    Joe: "We've got a task that we particularly need you for, Juan."
    Ramirez: "But of course you do... after this bottle!"
    [Nakano chuckles off to the side as he takes the bottle from Ramirez.]
    Joe: "Serious now! We've located another Immortal here in the city. Hatalyah Najhal of India, she's a bit of a Wild Card! After her last husband was killed during a shootout in a Shanghai night club in 1935, she vanished into the underworld of market and trade. We know she worked with Connor as a partner in his antiquity marketing in the 1950's and 60's while helping raise his adopted daughter, Rachel. She lost in a duel with Zachary Blaine in 1973."
    Ramirez: "Still not seeing what exactly this has to do with me?"
    Joe: "Because after her mortal death in 1504, she fled from India into southern Europe and met up with one of your old teachers...
    ...Graham Ashe!"
    Ramirez: "Old Graham... really!?"
    Joe: "Really! She became his student and eventually his intimate lover until his death in 1657. Figuring she's spent quality time with both a teacher and student of yours... we thought you would be the best choice of a contact to bring her in."
    [Nakano raises his cup in a drunken salute!]
    "Hai... Ramirez is the one!"
    [All three of them begin laughing together.]
    Ramirez: "I'll look into it."

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p18. 1-2

    [The sun glows off the amber skin of this woman as she stops to bask in the warmth of it. A stranger in the heart of a strange city, drawn here by the irresistible pull of the Quickening. She leans against a fence and enjoys its warm embrace. Thinking about the irony of taking comfort from a type of cage. She was caged and kept once, back before she learned the sword. Before she was killed for her own freedom to live and love!
    Just then she feels the whirlwind sensation of another's presence, something she hasn't felt in two years.
    Something she's only felt once since her awakening, which poses the haunting question... "Am I truly reborn, or is this a state of Naraka?" Her hand slips inside her long coat to her sword. She looks to her right down that long fence and sees a well-dressed and groomed elderly man gazing upon her.

    Ramirez: "Greetings, dear Hatalyah!"
    [She remains silent for just a moment to analyze him.]
    Hatalyah: "I do not know you!"
    Ramirez: "No... but I believe you knew one of my teachers. That would be a Graham Ashe. I am Juan Sanchez Villalobos Ramirez, and I am at the lady's service!"
    [She smiles at the warmth of his voice and the memory of Graham's beautiful face!]

    To be continued...

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    [Legacy’s Edge]
    p17.

    Nakano: "To the MAGIC, old friend!"
    Ramirez: "Yes, to the MAGIC indeed. Cheers."
    [Ramirez takes a moment to admire Nakano's appearance and attire.]
    Ramirez: "I see the good doctor got you tailored and fitted for the modern age."
    Nakano: "Yes. She was most helpful with the confusion of it all! Especially awakening in my cave startled, naked, and surrounded by strange people with lighting and recording devices. She was quite accommodating and generous with the situation."
    Ramirez: "At least you had a welcoming party! I awoke just the same at MacLeod's old farm on quite a cold morning."
    [Ramirez pours another round of sake.]
    Ramirez: "To the warmth and comfort of a good suit!"
    Nakano: "Hai. Cheers!
    [They sip the sake.]
    Nakano: "Any complications with the others joining us for this endeavor?"
    Ramirez: "Oh yes... some have arisen."

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p16.2-2

    Rebecca: "So I heard you went on to teach after your time with me."
    Ramirez: "Oh... on occasion. Here and there for those that needed guidance or direction."
    Rebecca: "Sounds as if I rubbed off on you a bit!"
    [She smiles at the thought of it... then glances at him with inquisitive eyes.]
    "Also heard you became a bit of a womanizer as well! Perhaps I restored you too well?"
    [Ramirez reveals a boyish grin with a bit of devilish cheek behind it.]
    Ramirez: "Perhaps."
    Rebecca: "Ummhmm... a bit naughty you became, much like my Amanda."
    Ramirez: "Would it be rude of me... to inquire as to the circumstances that led to the lady's personal demise?"
    Rebecca: "Yes it most certainly would! Although I will confirm it had nothing to do with some damn mythological crystals, let alone one of my own students. Festive rumors seem to roll along as swift as the years do... PLEASE!"
    [Sensing the heat in her scoffing tone, he quickly and wisely diverts the subject.]
    Ramirez: "Did you ever meet my student?"
    Rebecca: "The Highlander was your student, wasn't he!? The older one, I mean!"
    Ramirez: "Yes, that would've been Connor MacLeod. He was the eventual winner of the PRIZE with the defeat of the Kurgan, which is what I trained him for from the very start! I teach his son now, on occasion."
    Rebecca: "So I've heard. An Immortal's child... I must admit to a bit of jealousy on that note! However odd the circumstances may be, to have had a child of my own would have most certainly been a prize."
    [She falls silent on those words for a moment, as he intuitively awaits her next ones.]
    Rebecca: "He is the SOURCE of our awakenings... isn't he?"
    Ramirez: "Yes, he is!"

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacies Edge]
    p16.1-2
    [Ramirez has arrived at a fortified schloss in northern Germany that was once known to Immortals and Watchers alike as the KEEP. He walks down the stairs into the south gardens and pauses at the presence of another Immortal. Just then she appears from the hedges like a walking dream!]

    Rebecca: "Hello... old friend!"
    Ramirez: "My God! You are here!"
    [Rebecca's smile and warmth are as radiant as the sun to him.]
    Rebecca: "It has been a long time, hasn't it. I must say you look well in a modern suit."
    Ramirez: "Much obliged, but by NO means fairer than the lady present!"
    Rebecca: "So the Quickening has reunited us in its own peculiar way."
    Ramirez: "It has always favored its own kind of magic. Perhaps we are pawns in a grander game than we imagined?"
    Rebecca: "Quite. I mourned at the news of your death. I sensed it, you know?"
    Ramirez: "Sounds as if I finally bested the lady who so graciously refused me on more than one occasion!"
    Rebecca: "I seem to remember besting you both in the saddle and with the sword!"
    Ramirez: "I was merely off my skill due to my condition at the time, as you well know."
    Rebecca: "Is that an excuse I detect!? I'm curious as to what condition led to your defeat."
    Ramirez: "I happened to be entertaining for the evening with stories and a glass or two of wine. Why, it was the Kurgan himself that I faced, and on quite an unstable footing, as it were!"
    Rebecca: "Juan, Juan! Excuses, excuses!"
    [He smiles bashfully and welcomes the banter of such an elegant opponent whom he has sincerely missed.]
    To be continued...

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p15.2-2

    Joe: "Only one division of the Watchers, the Legacy, even have access to the Jettator chronicles. I was allowed to study with them once! This Rebecca you speak of, her teacher was one of the few members ever identified in the records."
    Ramirez: "They were an ancient Clan that laid down their swords and swore an oath of peace between each other to sustain humanity throughout cataclysmic tragedies, together as ONE. To preserve and rebuild cultural knowledge and history as a living ARK. It was they who are believed to have enacted the Rule of Holy Ground due to their experiences within the Keep."
    Joe: "Damn! Sounds like we need YOU in Archives, pal! So I have a question. Is there any truth to the stories and legends of the Jettators or other Immortals being placed in a form of suspended hibernation/meditation?"
    Ramirez: "In ancient Egypt we had many mystical ways with potions and preservation, but there was an Immortal elixir that only few had knowledge of over time. It was this elixir that was used to restore and heal my mind and spirit. Imagine being able to harness the powers of the Quickening through a substance!

    "Nakano had sorcery of the MIND, Methos drew from a Holy Spring for the SPIRIT, but it was Rebecca that held the knowledge of the WILL. I was sent from one to the other with portions of each element, but she was the KEY and final step!

    "It could unlock many powers within an Immortal, so its safeguard was quite unique. No single Immortal held the knowledge of the elixir themselves."
    Joe: "Juan... you have been invaluable to us since your awakening! After Quentin's rebirth there have been multiple awakenings around the world. Some good, some evil as you well know. Nakano's awakening has now been confirmed by our Dr. Johnson in Japan! His is the most recent recorded. She'll be escorting him to us once he's settled and acclimated."
    Ramirez: "The old mystic. I shall look forward to toasting with him again."
    Joe: "We also have the Methos journals on an elixir, but as you've pointed out... they are incomplete! What if I told you that you are not the only Immortal that has been working with us. What if I told you that your KEY is here with us now.... in this time!"
    [His eyebrows and energy rise with a grin of surprise and excitement.]
    Ramirez: "Really!?"

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p15.1-2

    Joe: "Did he return the sword to you?"
    Ramirez: "Yes, this morning. It served him well, as it did his father over the years! You know, one of the last things I said to Connor was to let his wife go and walk away from love. The death of my last wife had shattered me to a point of such self-devastation that it took the intervention of other Immortals to bring me back."
    Joe: "That would have been one Nakano of Niri and the legendary Methos if the records are correct?"
    Ramirez: "Indeed, young Joe! Indeed they are, but also incomplete. Nakano and Methos set me on the path, but it was Rebecca who salvaged my soul and restored my spirit many years later. I would have preferred to save Connor that process and pain!"
    Joe: "So what did you tell Quentin?"
    Ramirez: "I told him to take the journey and enjoy this time in love. Told him to cherish her! He doesn't know what's coming...does he?"
    Joe: "No, Juan, nobody knows! We control the only observatory that can see it at this point. If the trajectory calculations are correct... we're talking about a new Dark Age, pal! One that most of us won't live to see, but you awakened Immortals will. We thought your awakenings were by some means of random selection, but it's certainly not looking that way now!"
    Ramirez: "No... it's not."
    "Ironic how most coincidences unfold with years of universal timing, isn't it!?"
    "Those of us awakened by the Quickening have lived many lifetimes and seem to have also inherited a knowledge of technologies even beyond our years of the Game! A game which must go on hold if this impending fate is certain. Mortal civilizations will need our knowledge to rebuild their futures and restore their legacies.

    Tell me...young Joe, in all your years of research and archiving, have you ever heard of an ancient Immortal Clan known as the Jettators?"

    ...to be continued!
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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p14.2-2
    [Joe drops his head and breathes a sigh of relief as his jukebox cycles its vinyl and a familiar ragtime piano sounds off with the velvet voices of Sam Cooke and his crew.]
    ~Bring it to me
    Bring your sweet loving
    Bring it on home to me~
    [The unseen figure steps in through the door and speaks to him in that soothing and unmistakable voice.]
    Dr. Alex Johnson: "Hey there, old man!"
    [Joe smiles while still looking at the bottle rack as he realizes that she was the one who had brought Quentin back here. He flips the bar light back on, then turns to give her his undivided attention.]
    Joe: "Hey kid!"
    [They both take a moment to just enjoy the view. She's crushed on him since her training days and now thinks to herself... "Damn! He is still sexy!" She had been a young lady when they first met, but he is definitely enjoying the woman standing at his doorstep right now! He admires how good the age looks on her.]
    Alex: "You've expanded here, I see!"
    Joe: "Yeah, I bought the place next door back in the late 90's. We took the wall out and added a bigger stage area."
    Alex: "Very nice! I was wondering what got all your time and attention!"
    [Joe blushes at her flirtation, but keeps his cool even though he knows that he can't hide his glow from her.]
    Joe: "So, he did good out there tonight?"
    Alex: "He did GOOD!"
    [Their eyes simply hold the moment as Sam Cooke settles the silence.]
    ~That ain't all, that ain't all I'll do for you...~
    JOE: "How long are you in town?"
    Alex: "I fly back to Japan tomorrow."
    [She leans into the bar and he pauses because she smells AMAZING!]
    "Curious if you've got a bottle of Sobieski back there!?"
    Joe: "The lady's got a taste for Polish Vodka! Of course I've got one!"
    Alex: "Good, cause you're gonna need to bring that out here with some chilled glasses and turn the jukebox up!"
    [She reaches over the bar and grabs the lemons as she winks at him.]
    "Doctor's orders!"
    Joe: "You got it, Doc!"
    [His smile and glow is radiating as he thinks to himself... "It's been a victorious day, it's gonna be a DAMN GOOD night!"]
    ~Bring your sweet loving
    Bring it on home to me~

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p14. 1-2
    [Joe throws his polo shirt back on and grabs his coat as Kay's anxiety is boiling over! The phone hasn't rung and there has been no report back on Quentin's duel.]
    Joe: "Hell with it! We're heading over there. Flip off that power switch for me."
    [Joe ducks behind the bar and unlocks the front doors from a remote button as Kay powers downs the stage. He strolls down the bottle rack to hit the last breaker that powers the front sign, entrance and old jukebox, but hesitates at the switch as someone abruptly opens the door!]
    Quentin: "Sorry! Was I supposed to call first?"
    [Kay's chest sinks in with a deep breath.]
    Kay: "OH... YOU BASTARD!!!"
    Joe: "Son of a bitch... He made it!"
    [Quentin is obviously exhausted and emotionally drained from the experience this night has been! His first real duel... his first Quickening. He braces himself on Joe's front door with help from someone standing quietly behind him. Kay is frozen at the bar by an emotional flood of shock, anger, relief and tears of joy as she hysterically laughs and sobs.]
    Kay: "He made it! Oh gawd, he..."
    Joe: "Hell... Go get him, honey!"
    [Kay bolts off that bar stool and it hits the floor while she runs to Quentin. Joe cracks a million-dollar smile as his seasoned eyes well up a little at the sight and energy of youthful love and innocence; something not often seen or felt through the lives of old Immortals. Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" has been softly playing on that jukebox in the front corner and does not seem to be lost on their moment it comes to an end.
    Those two stumble out onto the bar's porch in each other's arms as the unseen figure behind the door quietly steps in.]

    To be continued...
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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacies Edge]
    p13.
    [Quentin and Kane's duel began at sunset and it has been well over an hour since. Joe had closed the bar doors and only he and Kay sit inside. He has some of his guitars out on the stage and the old Fender fired up! Even though Kay is smothered in the warmth of Quentin's leather bomber jacket, (the one Connor was wearing the night of his final duel with the Kurgan) her nerves and trembling are at NO end! She picks up a guitar and begins to play... to slow her mind and tune in her emotions.]
    Kay: "When will we know?"
    Joe: "As soon as it's over this phone should ring... then we'll know! I have one of my best Watchers on site, I trained her myself back in the day."
    Kay: "Oh yeah, an old friend?"
    Joe: "Oh yeah, something like that! She's special!"
    [Another tear rolls down Kay's cheek as she looks toward Joe and realizes he has someone in his heart as well. She plays with RAW emotion and the haunting sound tells of it. Her love for Quentin, her need for him to walk back through those doors, burns with her fingers into the chords. As she plays, crying... the guitar weeps with her. Joe pours two glasses and moves over to the stage, trading his cane for the bass guitar and begins playing with her. They play a tune all too familiar to Highlander fans... Michael Kamen's original theme on metal guitars!]

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacies Edge]
    p12.
    Watcher Chronicles:
    September 9th, 1992
    Joe Dawson; Instructor Log #195
    ~Dr. Alex Johnson has passed all field training requirements and, in spite of her youth, shows seasoned composure in exposed surveillance. She is the first candidate that I have trained since the Immortal Division and I am hereby forwarding my recommendation and certification for her to begin field operations in our Paranormal Division.~

    Alex: "I've been promoted and assigned by the council!"
    Joe: "Hey, that's GREAT! Which sector are they running you off to first?"
    Alex: "Southern California, actually!"
    Joe: "Alright now! Most of the Newbies get to freeze out on the eastern seaboard for at least the first three years. Somebody's lucky!"
    [She laughs and looks at him suspiciously because she knows he had something to do with it! She can't hide her glow from him in these moments.]
    Alex: "I'm supposed to report to a Giles in Sunnydale to aid in setting up a new local HQ there, then I'm off to Japan to begin our dig and investigation into the Immortal Archives."
    Joe: "I've heard Sunnydale isn't all that sunny. You watch your ass down there, kid!"
    [She wants to hold his hand, but is not sure whether they are being watched themselves at this moment. So... she simply leans, pressing firmly into his shoulder.]
    Alex: "I'd rather have you watching it!"
    [Joe feels the attraction too, and smiles at the acknowledgment of it while they both look away.]
    Joe: "From a distance, sweetheart! I'll be admiring from a distance."
    Alex: "Just watch it!"

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    P11.
    Kane: "This is your last sunset, boy! It's best you enjoy the view." ~HA, HA~
    [Quentin reaches into the denim trench coat draped over his arm and draws out Ramirez's Katana.]
    Kane: "That's VERY cute!"
    Quentin: "Your head has fallen to this sword before... aye!? Very soon, it will again."
    Kane: "You are NOTHING! A figment of the Quickening's imagination."
    Quentin: "Oh... no!? Then why is there fear in your eyes? You know this blade! All too damn well."
    [Kane spins his sword and steps into an attack position as Quentin moves to a counter stance.]
    Kane: "The PRIZE was never meant to be....."
    Quentin: "I AM THE PRIZE!!! You're just history! I am Quentin MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod! Born of Scotland and heir to the legacy. There can be only ONE!"
    [Kane feels a cold shudder through the Quickening and hears the unmistakable voice of Connor MacLeod speak to him from beyond.]
    Connor: "You have already lost!"

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    ~HIGHLANDER~
    [Legacy's Edge]
    p10.

    [Kay walks into the service garage attached to their apartment and is startled by what Quentin has up on the lift.]
    Kay: "WOW! Ok... Where did this come from?"
    Quentin: "It was one of my dad's. Now it's ours!"
    Kay: "Wait, what!? One of!? How many did he have?"
    Quentin: "He supposedly had a couple stashed around the world! Dad raised me working on his Porsche in Scotland. Joe brought me to this one... Dad had it stashed in the garage behind the bar!"
    Kay: "Was there any paperwork of his with it?"
    Quentin: "Old registration to one of his aliases and a flirty/dirty letter from someone named Amanda. Guess they had a Porsche thing together!"
    Kay: "Don't you have a challenge tonight? You actually have time to be giving this full service?"
    Quentin: "If I'm the SOURCE of all this, if they're being drawn to me, after tonight, we need to scramble for a bit!"
    Kay: "We have a life here Quence! We FINALLY have stability, and we're just gonna speed off and run!? You can't run from this!"
    Quentin: "Look... I'm NOT gonna be a sitting target! YOU'RE not gonna be a target for one of them to just roll up on like he did the other night! What if I don't come back? You take this and..."
    Kay: "STOP... Stop it!!! You don't EVER say it! You don't even think it! Come here, NOW!"
    [He knows this tone in her voice is not be contested or argued with! Their routine is synchronized at this point together. He steps up with his eyes closed and breathes in a ZEN breath as her arms go around his neck, bringing him into her space.]
    Kay: "You go and face this guy, you win this, okay? You bring your ASS home, then we worry about the next one. We do this together! Because I not gonna have..."
    [She just pulls him in and TAKES the kiss! She's done with words.]
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