| She shakes her head. "Don't be, I like to hear you say such things." |
| "I don't believe it." Zaine laughs again. "So you like hearing me make a total fool of myself? Unbelievable!" He laughs even harder now. |
| "I like hearing you say you like me..that is all.." She looks at him confused about the laughter. |
| Zaine's laughing comes to a stop then. "I've never met a girl like you before." He lies back and puts his hands behind his head. "All the girls back home were kind of...well, let's just say they were different. I couldn't stand to be around them for long." |
| She nods in understanding. "What is so special about me though. I am very un-different, no?" |
| Zaine chuckles when she says un-different then looks up at her. "For one thing, you're not petty and shallow, and you don't bother me. You never ask for anything from me; the other girls always wanted something from me. They always wanted me to make them jewelry. Or take them somewhere dangerous." He looks at the sky. "You don't seem to want anything from me. You like me for me, I think." He turns back to her. "But the thing that really makes you 'un-different' is that I like you." |
| She sticks out a smile so very wide. "Sometimes I can barely believe those people exist. Shallow and spoiled that is." She looks to the sky with him. "I think there is so much about you I can't chose what I like the most." She giggles. "Your so, interesting and different....in a good way." |
| He chuckles again. "Interesting huh? I've never had a girl tell me that before. The different part I've heard, though she didn't mean it in a good way..." |
| "Different in a bad way isn't really different. It's just people acting differently than how they should. Good. But there are so many of them they really are the same. It's sad really." She lays her head on his shoulder. |
| Zaine closes his eyes, content that she's there. "You didn't hear how she described me. She was really pissed." He scoffs. "I've never liked people much. They depress me." |
| She frowns "What did she say...?" |
| "It's not important." Zaine waves a hand in the air. "Besides, it doesn't really matter anyway." |
| "Yeah, your correct." She lays back and curls up in a fetal position. |
| He watches her, admiringly. Zaine smiles to himself as he thinks. |
| She looks up at him innocently. "Zaine, even though we just met, will you miss me after my sacrafice?" Her jewel on her head glows a dark blue. |
| Zaine's expression saddens. "Yeah," he says quietly. "I'll miss you a lot..." He smiles at her, though his smile lacks warmth. "But don't worry about me, alright?" |
| Alan smiles. "You know I will." She stands up and sighs. "Shall we return? It's getting late." |
| Zaine stands up. "I guess we should." (I don't even want to think about that right now. 'Course, if I don't prepare myself ahead of time, it'll end bad for me...) |
| Alan and Zaine walk back to the room where everyone else is. |
| (I just thought I should let you know, after a few more replies to this thread, I'll be making another one. I'll tell you when!) Alexi is still asleep, but Cyn is awake when they enter. Zaine gives him a questioning glance. (Doesn't this guy ever sleep?) Cyn motions, and Zaine creeps over. "I slept a bit already," Cyn whispers to him. "In case you were wondering." He smiles then. "You two have fun?" It was an innocent question, but Zaine didn't like how Cyn had said it. "Yeah." Zaine whispers back. "I got to have some local food. It's really good." Cyn moves soundlessly to the window. "You must be tired. Get some rest. We have still have a lot to do." Zaine nods and lies down, grateful to be on a bed. |
| Alan drops on the floor and immediatley falls asleep. (LOL) |
| Zaine plays with his pendant for a while, looking at all the familiar edges and shapes it has. (When Cyn took this, I know he tried to mess with it, but why? What's so special about a dinky little necklace like this?) Curiosity enticing him, Zaine begins to thoroughly inspect the pendant, tracing every line and edge with his eyes. After five minutes, he let's it drop to his chest with a muffled thump. (I'm too tired to think about it now...) |
| (This is kind of long. Sorry 'bout that!) --- Zaine looks around a field. He wonders to himself why everything is so much taller than him. Looking down, he discovers that he must be a child. (Weird.) Curious about his surroundings, he wanders through the field until he sees a black smoke cloud in the distance. (What's going on?) He runs to the top of a hill... ...to see a great city under siege. The dark smoke is winding it's way upwards slowly, as if to revel in the moment. Most, if not all, of the buildings in the city appear to be in flames. Ships fly overhead dropping explosives below. Buildings collapse onto each other, and on those who could not get away. Screams and wails echo throughout the valley. Tears run down Zaine's cheeks. (What the hell is this?!) He sags to his knees, unable to move or looks away from the horrific scene in front of him. "Zaine!" "Zaine!" Two people are running up the hill at him, a man and woman. The woman is bruised and her right arm dangles limply at her side. She is fair skinned, though it is hard to tell with all the grime and blood that covers her. The man is dressed in full armor, his black hair sticks out under his helm at places. This pike, along with his armor is shaped into looking like a dragon. Blood runs off both as he runs to Zaine along with the woman. The woman hugs Zaine fiercely. "Zaine. You are alright." She sounds relieved. Her voice is like music. The man comes closer. He looks at Zaine fondly, then puts down his spear and hugs them both. "We thought we had lost you." His voice is deep, with a rumble in it. Zaine stands there, dumbstruck. (What...?) The man stands up and grabs his pike. "Come Irrilla, we must hurry." The woman releases Zaine. "Yes. There is little time." She holds her hand out to Zaine, and he takes it without question. The three run for a time, down the hill and into the woods, farther away from the burning city. Finally, they reach a clearing that holds a small shed. The woman waits with Zaine while the man brings somethings out of the shed and assembles them. She sits crosslegged, Zaine in her lap, and strokes his hair. "Do not be afraid." She says to Zaine. "All will be well." Zaine looks up at her. (She's beautiful.) Her face, though covered in dust and dirt, seems perfect to Zaine. Her rich brown hair frames her face and falls down past her elbow. Her mouth has a gentle curve to it, her nose is small and rounded, and her eyes, which are the same gray-blue as Zaine's, seem to emit love. As he looks into them, he finds he feels completely safe, there in her lap. The man walks over then. "Hurry. They will find us soon." He walks them over to the finished shuttle. The woman bends down to Zaine's level. She kisses him on the forehead. "Remember that no matter where you go, I will be there to watch over you." "As will I." The man says. He removes his helmet, showing his square face. His chin is covered by a short beard, and his black hair is tied back into a short ponytail, though two strands hang down in the front. He removes his necklace, and puts it around Zaine. Zaine recognizes it immediately. "Never lose this. It will help guide you when you are lost." The man smiles at Zaine. He picks him up and sets him in the shuttle. The man and woman stand next to each other proudly. "Do not fear." The man says. "The road ahead of you will be long, but never give up hope. Though our paths are now diverging, you must never forget those who love you." The woman has tears in her eyes as the shuttle door closes. Zaine watches with a sense of dread. (Where are their pods?!) The two wave at him with sad smiles on their faces, and tears running down their cheeks. Zaine puts a hand up and waves at them too. (What will happen to them...?) His pod flies up and into the atmosphere without incident, watching as everything grew smaller as he went higher. After only a minute he reaches space. There, hundreds upon thousands of ships fight each other. More than once his pod was roughly banged into by a passing fighter. Eventually, even those became smaller until they were mere specs. The planet looks to be molten from what he guessed were battlefields and other burning cities. (How could this--) His thoughts were cut off as the planet turned inward on itself, then exploded. The force was intense; the ships that were specs before vanished in a wave of fire. (NO!!) was the only thought Zaine could think before the pod was hit by the wave and was surrounded in a sea of flames. --- Zaine woke with a start, breathing heavily. He looked around the room, half expecting to see fire. Sunlight crept in through the window, signalling the start of a new day. Cyn slumped in a corner, asleep. Alexi was gone. Alan lay on a bed still. Zaine let out a shaky breath. He sat on the end of his bed and put his head in his hands. |
| Alan lifts one of her eyes open. Awaken by his russling. "Zaine." She whispered "Is all well...?" (One of my friends mentioned Teen Titans today and it made me think of the Starfire/Alan concept lol) |
| Zaine glances at her. "Yeah." he says in a hushed tone, still a little shaken. "Just a bad dream." He puts his head back in his hands. (I'm even sweating...What the hell.) "Sorry. I didn't wake you did I?" |
| She shakes her head. "I dont sleep. Are you sure your ok?" |
| "Sorry. I'm fine." Zaine stands. "I'm gonna go get some air." He leaves the room in a hurry. |
| Alan sighs. (What could be so troubling...?) |
| He turns a corner. Zaine's thoughts jumble together as he tries to sort out what he saw in his dream. As he hurries around the next corner to go outside, he bumps into Alexi. "Ow." Zaine and Alexi both say as they land on their butts. "Geez" Alexi says, "What are you in such a hurry for? The room on fire or something?" She stands and offers him a hand. He lets her help him up. "Sorry 'bout that. You alright?" Zaine starts to head outside again, with Alexi following. She smiles at him. "You know, that's the second time you've done that. Except this time, you didn't get shot." He chuckles. "Yeah." The two of them are now outside, and are headed to the water. "But you still look like you're hurt." She says with concern. "What's wrong?" He smiles. "You can tell huh?" She nods. "Just a bad dream. I think." "What do you mean, I think?" They stop by the water. The sun reflects off its surface, and the sky is hues of red and orange as the sun slowly rises. "Well," Zaine starts. "I felt like the dream I had wasn't really a dream, but like a memory I had." "It's possible." She sits in the sand. "You don't remember much of what happened in your past, so maybe, you'll regain it slowly. Or maybe something could trigger you to remember. The second is more likely though." He nods. The two remain silent for a while, watching the sun rise. |
| "Hey," Zaine says after a bit. "What were you doing out here anyway?" "I couldn't sleep." She says sheepishly. "But you past out almost immediately when you hit that bed." "Acting my friend, acting. Besides, I was worried what those yahoos were doing to my ship, so I wen to check on them." "You left the city, and went into that forest in the middle of the night on a planet you've never been to before?" "Yup." ------time----- Alexi draws little figures in the sand, then brush them out and continues her drawings. Zaine stands with his back to her at the water's edge. "I'm glad." She says. Zaine gives her a questioning look. "I'm glad that you faced your fear, if not by your choice." "Yeah, well, I didn't really have a choice." He says darkly. "But, I'm understand why Cyn did it." "Fear is just an emotion that people learned a long time ago to keep us away from danger." Silence. "But," Alexi continues. "I don't think you can truly live if you're always running away because you're afraid. When people face their fears, we feel alive." Zaine nods. "That's true. I did after I got out of that water." "But I'm a hypocrite." "Huh?' "I say that, but I have never been able to face my fear." She smiles at the picture she made in the ground. It's of a little girl, a big, muscular man, and a woman. "You'll do it one day Alexi. You're strong." She giggles, then full out laughs. "What? What's so funny?" "You are." She says between laughs. She brushes out her pictures and stands. "I'm going to head back now." "Alright. I'll be here for a bit longer if you guys need me." She waves at him as she runs back to the room, still giggling a bit. |
| --In the room-- Brink sits on the bed showing the now fully awake Alan a bunch of gadgets. Alan looks in amazment "What does this one do!?" She says pointing in excitment. |
| Cyn is still sleeping when Alexi walks back in. She rolls her eyes when she sees he's still asleep. |
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| Brink stands and looks at Alexi. "Hello Captain." Alan looks up from the gadget. "Hello Alexi!" |
| She waves at them and says cheerily, "Hiyas guys." She sits down in front of them. "What are you doing?" |
| Alan looks at her excitedly "Mr. Brink is showing me a bunch of technology from your world!" Brink lends a hand to her. "Would you like to sit?" |
| Alexi giggles a bit. "I'm already sitting right here." She pats the bed next to her. "But feel free to sit next to me stud." She winks at him. Cyn cringes in the corner. (Why!? Why is she being all friendly with him!? Calm down Cyn. Just pretend to be asleep.) |
| Brink smirks and walks over. He grabs her chin. "If you wish." He sits down next to her flirtatious. Alan just smiles happily. |
| Alexi smiles at him, then moves her head to look at Alan. "Zaine looked a little shaken up. You think he's okay?" Cyn is imagining Alexi and Brink sitting together, intertwined. (I'm going to kill him.) |
| Alan frowns a little. "He had a nightmare I suppose." |
| "I see." She says. "So Brink, how'd the meeting yesterday go?" |
| Brink sighs. "I am afraid they have quite an uneasy bargin. So we might have to go and convince Kavarda, plus they really don't even know the situation in general." |
| Alexi stands up. "Well then, I guess we need to go back to Kavarda. C'mon, let's go." (New forum section. Whooo) |
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