Turning Your Back
Chapter 1: Dreams and Hearing Things
Nova's Point of View:
Dream:
I was running, like I always was now in my dreams. I was running as fast as I could, in a full sprint on my hands and feet. My tail was surprisingly wrapped around a young girl's wrist, pulling her behind me. When I turned around to see what we were running from, I saw my family, my comrades behind the girl and I. Chiro and Antauri raced forward, being the fastest and tried to separate me and the girl, but in this dream, I didn't let the happen and attacked them with my flaming fists of fury. They both fell back and the next wave came when Otto and Gibson raced toward us and attempted to deactivate me with some device in their hands. I ran, pulling the girl behind me.
I was able to get away from them, but I wasn't able to get away from Sprx. He used his magnets to capture the girl and I, and that's when I heard the guys come up behind me and I felt one of them deactivate me from behind. And there my dream went black.
It may have been dark, but I could still hear the whispers of this girl. Help me…I heard her thoughts call out to me. Please help me… There were times where I came close to hearing her clearly or I could see her, but I never came close before her connection died off, where ever she was, and her connection cut, something that is preventing her from reaching me.
I looked threw the dark and watched as it all turned red and I heard the girl's blood curling scream before I screamed myself, walking up.
Awake:
I breathed heavily as I had just experienced the same horrible dream that I've been having for a long time now, maybe a mouth or two. I knew that the team has been having a hard time sleeping at night, worrying about me and what maybe wrong, and the fact that I haven't let any of them help me. I had distanced myself from them in order to figure this out on my own. Most days I never left my room, and the only time I did leave was for training and to eat. I would see the others, but I would avoid them at all costs. If they saw me like this, I don't know what would happen.
There was a knock at my door again; my family had one person cheek on me every time I screamed. I headed over to the door and found Jinmay there. I sighed when I saw the worried look on her face.
"I'm alright Jinmay, go back go bed." I told her after I opened the door.
"Nova please, let me in or let the team help you!" She cried. "We all used to be so close, especially after we destroyed Skeleton King! Why won't you let us help you?"
"Because I'm fine, and if there is something wrong with me, I can handle it." I snapped at her. She flinched back.
"No Nova," I heard Chiro say as he and the rest of the team walk up to my door. "This has gone on long enough; let Gibson look you over, please, for us. We don't want to lose you." I looked around me, and even if I wanted to get away, the others would have dragged me to the med bay anyway. I could only sigh and walk out my room, the door closed behind me.
"Alright." I sighed. "You can look me over, but I don't think its going to help." I could hear multiple sighs around me and watched as small smiles turned up on some of the boys and Jinmay's faces.
I followed the guys and Jinmay into the medical bay where Otto and Sprx helped me up onto the table and I laid down. Gibson came over to me with a syringe in his hands. "I'm going to put you under so that you'll feel less pain Nova." He told me.
"Just get it over with Gibson." I whispered, looking strait up into the light above me. He nodded and stuck the needle in my arm and let the drug take its course. I felt it moving inside me and within seconds, it put me out, showing me how tired I really was.
Dream:
I could feel I was back in my dream again. But… this was different. I was surrounded by red again, that red that looked like blood to me, and I could hear the screams of that girl. I looked further into this red domain and saw her, fighting, and she was losing. I hurried over to her, but when I got too close, she vanished, or at least the chains in here that bound her did. I could feel the power primate surrounding us, it was strong in both of us, and it responded to each other.
"We finally can see each other." She said to me. "I'm so glad." The girl was young one, probably about Chiro's age or a little older. Her hair was long, just beyond her shoulders as a light brownish tan color. Her eyes were a very unusual mixture of purple and hazel, she was tall and skinny, like she hadn't eaten much over the past few months.
"I'm glad we've finally met too." I told her. "But why? And why do you need my help?"
The girl looked at me sadly. "A few years ago, a man broke into my home and kidnapped me from my family, at first I thought it was because I was royalty, but then I realized he was after my power. When I was born, I was born with the power primate, but not any power primate, a elemental power primate, like that of yours, which what makes our connection stronger. You have that of fire, and I have lightning.
"This man that took me from my home has drugged me since the day he took me, and with every coming year he gives me a more powerful drug to keep me powerless. I can't do anything, but I know that you can save me, Master Nova."
"Hold on a sec!" I said to her. "First off, I'm no master, the only thing I am is a warrior, and second, how can I help you when right now I can't help myself?"
"I know you're a warrior, but you're my master, it's another reason that binds us together, master and pupil. Just like that of your friends that I saw in your memories, Chiro and Antauri I believe. And as for helping me, the only reason you're so down is because I've been trying to contact you for so long, its worn down your body and mind because of my cries for help, I can't help but cry out for help, the drugs they give me burn on the inside and steal me of any energy I have."
"That's terrible." I whispered.
She nodded. "But now that we're close enough, you can get to me and help me. I'm on a floating medical bay that travels around the galaxies called the Lediture, named after the man that controls this ship. He helps everyone else around us, but drugs me and steals what little energy I've had over the years. I overhead the nurse that gives me my injection everyday say that we were running low on supplies and need to stop for a while at the next planet, which happens to be Shuggazoom, your home planet. Sneak out in the middle of the night and get me out of there, grab a ship and get off the planet."
"But what about my team, my family?" I asked.
She shook her head. "They wont help us, not because they aren't willing, but because every new planet we go to, the head man, James Lediture, brainwashes everyone on the planet in a way that makes it seam like there not, but still will do what ever he says. The person brainwashed doesn't even realize it, no matter what."
"What if I told them a head of time?"
"No, they wouldn't be able to devise a device in time to protect them or get off the planet in time to get out of range of the mind control. I'm not saying this to make you upset, but you're going to have to go alone to help me, your will is too strong for the mind control to work on you, and you can teach me to defend myself and help me get home, from there we can end this man once and for all and save your friends."
"Alright, but how will I find you? If the ships so large how will I find you before it takes off?"
She smiled at me. "We are together as Master and Pupil, feel my presence threw the elemental power primate, you'll find me." She then began to fade and the red was turning to black. "Please help me Master Nova." The darkness surrounded me and then I woke up.
Awake:
I felt my eyes slowly open and I sat up, breathing slowly. I looked around and watched the team look over me slowly, and I looked back.
"Nova, how could you let your energy levels get so low?" Gibson asked me. "Your energy for the passed few weeks at its lowest was nine percent! I honestly don't know how you got threw those days!" I shrugged at him and slowly got myself off the table. Otto and Sprx rushed to my side when I faltered and almost fell.
"Nova you shouldn't be moving, I'm assigning you to bed rest until you get your strength back." Gibson told me strictly.
"Can I at least go back to my room?" I asked.
He sighed. "Fine, but I'm going to have someone checking on you everyday until your well. Who wants first watch?"
"I'll go first!" Otto yelled before anyone else could, Gibson nodded to him and Otto helped me back to my bedroom. Once he got me into my bed, he grinned. "Don't worry Nova! I'm going to help you get better 'til you're like yourself again!" He told me. I gave him a soft smile and turned in my bed to try and get a little rest before I had to go find her.
Witch's Note:
Hello People! This is one of my newest stories, I hope you guys love it and enjoy it, please review! I don't get many review on most of my stories, so please review, I want any feed back! Even if it's only a word! REVIEW!
Question of the Chapter: Is there any name that someone calls you, that has nothing to do with your real name, but ended up being your nickname anyway?
My Answer to the Question: A nickname my mother gave that my friends that I see in Penn often call me is Hessy, I don't know where my mother got it, but its often what she calls me now.
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P.S. - Sorry for updating late this morning, I've been sick with the flu and my head's just been spinning like a dradle. Next chapter will be up next week end or sooner!