I am so sorry! I loaded it and something went wrong, I have a hunch but I don't know for sure. Anywho, sorry to EVERYONE in the fanfiction community about my mistake. I went through uploading and submitting and paperwork of replacing the chapter because I saw that I had RUINED my "Glorious Work of Art". Here is the FIXED version. (I hope…)
Chapter One: Rabbits on Steroids
It was four in the morning. No one was up yet... Except Eva. She had wanted to see what the sunrise was like on Oban, and besides, she couldn't sleep. This might also give her time to speak with Aikka. It was a warm night. She sat outside on the temple step, wearing her regular night attire, shorts and a tank top, deep in thought.
"Hey, Molly!"
The voice startled her, partly because she had just been sitting there in silence, and partly because of whom the voice belonged to.
"Jordan! Why are you up this early?" she inquired.
"I couldn't sleep, and you weren't there, so I figured you were out here." Jordan was holding two mugs of steaming liquid. "Here, I brought us some hot chocolate"
"Thanks" Eva said. She blew on her cocoa and took a long drink. "Does this have caffeine or sugar in it?"
"Both." Jordan grinned. He took a seat beside her.
They sat a long time.
Finally, Eva piped up, "This silence is killing me. Pick a letter."
"Um, an S"
"Yes! Erm, I mean S. Okay...steroids!"
'It's amazing what caffeine and sugar early in the morning can do to a person sometimes' Jordan thought. "What did you say!?"
"Watch it. I could've said something worse."
"Eh heh heh." he nodded, thinking of the weirdness of talking about the "other word". "Okay, say something."
"Hmm... Rick looked like he took steroids at some point. So do you."
"Well to tell you the truth, I just exercise a lot. As for Rick, I guess we'll just have to ask him when we get back on Earth, eh?"
"You know, while you were saying that, I thought of something really funny."
"What?"
"It's hilarious!"
"WHAT!"
"Okay, okay, don't have a heart attack. Anyway, Crogs have those big, spiky ears, right? Well, I think that a Crog is actually a lab rabbit on steroids!!!"
They both burst out laughing and started rolling around on the temple floor.
"What did you say?" A low, booming voice echoed around he temple walls.
"." Eva screamed.
"Run!" Jordan yelled. He grabbed Eva's arm-not her hand-and yanked her out of the way. Kross brought his fist down hard on the ground where Eva had been less than a moment ago. "This way!"
When they were safely out of sight, Eva whispered, "What do we do now?"
"We should try to find help. You go wake up Don Wei, Stan and Koji while I distract Kross" Jordan whispered back.
"You can't fight him!"
"That's not what I said. Now go!"
Eva ran off to wake up the temple. She planned on getting medical help too, since she knew that at least Jordan would need it.
Meanwhile, Jordan leapt out and shouted to Kross, "Come and get me, you oversized rabbit on steroids!"
The taunt worked surprisingly well.
"Nah nah!" said Jordan as he darted in the opposite direction of that Eva had gone. "You can't catch me!"
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Meanwhile, Eva had roused the others and gone off to find Satis.
(A/N- The temples landed in the night, just to let you know)
"Satis! Satis! Where are you?" she yelled. "Ouch!" Eva tripped over a soft object.
"Excuse me, could you please stop yelling? I'm trying to get my beauty sleep, here!"
What beauty sleep? He's uglier than a pig with extra hair! Was what she thought. But, just to be polite, she didn't speak her mind that openly. "Satis! We need your help. General Kross is attacking Jordan, and I think he wants to get rid of the Earth team!"
"Well, we will just have to do something about that, now. Please help me up, I'm a little stiff."
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By the time they had gotten to the temple, Jordan had given up running around and had picked up a pole to defend himself, while Don, Stan, and Koji were watching.
"Oh, dear. Kross, that's enough! If you land one more blow on that Earthling, you will be disqualified!" Satis announced.
"I don't take orders from an old man." Kross said. He forgot Jordan and started toward Satis.
Satis chuckled. "Old man? I'm barely over 600!" He held up his staff, and a beam shot out, rendering Kross unconscious. He then tapped Kross on the shoulder, and Kross disappeared.
"Is he back on his planet?" Eva asked.
"No, he's just back at his pit. Lucky for you, Kross won't be able to participate in the next race."
Jordan, meanwhile, had been lying on the floor. A dribble of blood came out of his mouth. His nose was a different story. It was spouting blood just like Old Faithful.
(A/N- In case you didn't know, Old Faithful is a geyser.)
His left arm looked like it wasn't supposed to bend that way, and his right leg was sporting a large bruise. Two of his ribs were broken, and the rest of him had quite a collection of other scratches and bruises.
"OMFG! Jordan!" Eva ran toward him.
"Huh, what?" Jordan blinked. Then he shakily got up. "Die, alien scum! Wait... where Kross?" He sank to the floor.
"Kross isn't here anymore. It's okay, Jordan." Eva told him in a low tone.
Jordan didn't answer. He had fallen unconscious again.
Unconsciously, Eva stroked Jordan's hair. "What can we do for him?" she said to no-one in particular.
"Leave it to me." Satis said gently. He walked over to where Eva was holding Jordan up. He mumbled something in an alien language and circled the air above Jordan with his staff. Eva watched, amazed, as Jordan's nose, mouth and cuts stopped bleeding, his bruises disappeared, his skin knitted together, and she could hear a faint grinding noise that could only be his bones connecting and healing.
"Wow" she said. Eva realized she had been holding her breath the whole time. She shook Jordan, but to no avail. Jordan was out cold.
"Well, I guess I'll take him back to his room. Wait a sec- is it getting cold in here, or is it just me?"
"Brrr!" said Koji.
"Bloody hell, it's another blizzard!" said Stan.
"But it was so warm a couple hours ago..." Eva trailed off.
"You should get some rest for the race in a day." Satis advised. "Good night!"
"Satis, wait-!" said Eva.
"Hmm?" Satis said.
"Thanks. If you hadn't saved Jordan or kicked Kross out, we'd be done for. "Eva said gratefully.
"Well, I'm just doing my job and keeping the peace around here. Now, back to bed all of you! Goodnight!" and with that, Satis waved his staff and was gone.
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Well, I hope y'all liked it. This is my third fic and this time I plan on finishing it. All creative criticism is welcomed. I want to know what you think about my fics so I can make them better. And to all those Jordan lovers, sorry I made him injured... Jordan's my hero, you see, so it was hard for me, too. Well, at least I healed him, didn't I?!
Spoiler
Chapter two
He saw himself sitting there with someone that looked strangely like Molly, except she called herself "Eva". He saw the two people talking about something, but their words were incoherent. Then, all of a sudden, a large hand that looked like a Crog's flew through the air in slow motion. He tried to call out to himself, but no sound escaped his lips. There was no way to save them...
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--Virtual Dragon of Oban