Hi everyone. This is my first story on this site, so i really hope you like it. :D Please rate, and be honest with it. Lol. I decided to write this story due to the overwhelming lack of Sam x Dekka/Sekka stories on this site, even though i know i'm definintely not the best author to do it. It's set post - plague, primarily at Lake Tramonto, although there may or may not be other locations such as Perdido Beach or the mine shaft featured here. It depends on whether or not I add more chapters [In other words whether or not i actually get any readers, lol.] Anyways, i'll quit talking now. xD Hope you like it. :D Note: This is the rewritten version, as of 5/10/12.
Dekka:
She was floating through a never ending sea of darkness, with no clue as to where she was going. Dekka was lost. Hopelessly lost... She had confessed how she felt to Brianna, and now she wouldn't even talk to her. Now.. She was just sad. She had nothing left to be here for. Nothing to keep fighting for in this hell known only as the FAYZ...
Then, suddenly, while Dekka was lost in her rather melancholy thoughts, through the darkness there was a light... It seemed almost blinding, as it sliced through the vast world of darkness, just a single ray. She squinted slightly, shocked by the sudden flash, and almost involuntarily began drifting towards the light, loving how it illuminated this dark world.
She felt almost happy as she approached the light. Feeling oddly warm, she heard a rather familiar - sounding voice, though she couldn't quite place it, as it was partially muffled by the thickness of the darkness surrounding her. "Dekka? Dekka?"
Dekka woke with a start and sat up quickly in her bed, feeling a hand shake her shoulder just a couple times, very lightly, obviously not intending to surprise her as it had.
"Dekka? Dekka? Are you alright?" It was Sam. Was he the light she had heard? Dekka looked up at him, a slightly puzzled expression on her face.
"Yeah, I'm fine..." She lied, not really wanting to go through a long talk about how Brianna would come around eventually. They did help most of the time, but well... she was still really, really tired.
"Nuh-uh. I can tell when you're lying Dekka." He sat down on the bed, a few feet away from her. "I couldn't sleep so i went out to the fields for a while. When i came back and passed your boat, i heard you going back and forth between screaming and muttering to yourself about the 'Darkness.'" Sam frowned and continued. "I came in to make sure you were okay, which you obviously aren't."
Sometimes she hated how well he knew her. But the real question racing through her mind was... in that last moment, before she was awoken, why had he been the voice..? The light ... it was Sam.
"Oh... sorry. It was just a bad dream. I hope i didn't wake anyone." She managed a sort of false smile, hoping it would pacify Sam enough to have him stop worrying about her.
"Well... alright, if you say so." He still looked worried. "If theres anything you wanna talk about, just ask alright?"
I couldnt help but wonder why he cared so much. No one really cared.
Sure, she had people who pretended they were her 'friends' and then all but abandoned her after they found out about her sexuality... but aside from that, she pretty much just had Sam.
She had always known Sam was a true friend, but this... was it more than that to him? Or was it just her imagination? She quickly dismissed it as crazy ideas which couldn't possibly be true. Every girl in the FAYZ fawned over him, and he still loved Astrid... it was impossible.
"Alright. Thanks, Sam."
"Any time." Sam stood up and walked away, presumably going back to his own 'White Houseboat'. She felt oddly sad as she watched him leave. She decided to just leave it 'till morning, and laid back in her bed, shutting her eyes, and once again entering that world of endless darkness within mere seconds.
Sam:
Confused. That was the only real world for how Sam felt right then. He had wandered off towards the zeke fields a little earlier into the night, not to pick any food or anything, just needing some time to himself. He'd done that a lot lately, ever since Astrid left. Astrid. He felt a sharp pain in his chest, like an ice-cold dagger had been buried into his flesh and pulled out almost instantaneously, leaving no noticeable wound.
Noticeable. Thats the key word. It may not be noticeable to others, but it was there. Always there. Not a physical wound, not life threatening... just heartbreak. He hadn't been the same since the FAYZ. Changed again after that first kiss with Astrid. Once again after the fight with Caine.
So many things... so many things in this hell known as the FAYZ had wounded him, cut him deep. Scars which would never be erased. Things he had done... which he could never undo. He suddenly found himself choking back tears, simply at all the memories. He waited just a few more minutes, until he had calmed himself down, and began to walk back to his houseboat. When he passed by Dekka's place, he happened to hear very small, sad sobs. Coming from inside.
Almost instantly realizing it was Dekka, Sam had walked in and talked to her for a while. Calmed her down, or at least he thought he did. When he left... he could see that she was still hurt, by something. Most likely brianna. He frowned a little at the thought, but continued on to his boat.
Sam stopped for a moment, realizing he had almost completely forgotten about Astrid while he was talking to Dekka. And even now, thinking of that sad topic yet again... he still felt almost happy. Or at least not depressed like he had been in the past few months. "Maybe I'll go talk to Dekka again tomorrow," I thought to myself, silently telling myself it was just to check on her.
But honestly, i wasn't sure if it was for that, or just because i needed to see her as much as she needed to see me.
Dekka:
Dekka woke up the next morning a bit groggy-headed, as she'd gotten very little sleep. (Obviously.) She stumbled out of bed and went to the houseboat's small kitchen, wearing a small pink pajama tee shirt matching her pink pajama pants.
Her hair was tied back into a ponytail (The days where i was able to keep it tied up in corn rows consistently were long gone.), and needed to be brushed before i went out to work with Edilio and the other children of Lake Tramonto.
"Wonder who i'll get paired up with today..." She muttered to herself. She honestly didnt care all that much, as long as she didn't get paired up with Computer Jack, or worse, the Breeze herself.
Just the thought of Brianna caused her to grow a little sad and let out a small sigh. "Oh well, nothing you can do about it now.." she said, still evidently talking to herself as she opened up a jar of Nutella and had some "breakfast", if you could call it that.
Nutella was a god send to the FAYZ, but eventually, even it began to grow a little tedious to eat every day. Feeling spoiled, she cracked open a can of Pepsi and drank it as well, putting her in a much better mood than before.
After her short breakfast, she slid on a pair of very tight jeans found in the boat's previous owner's closet, a tight black tanktop which matched very well, and some black boots, and slid out the door and onto the small walkway which led to the Zeke fields.
Just as dekka reached the nearest zeke field where Edilio stood nearby, she noticed two kids who couldn't be older then eight or nine pushing each other around near the edge of the Zeke field before even throwing one of the Blue Bats in; a disaster waiting to happen.
Only mere seconds after noticing the two children, the exact thing Dekka feared would happen did. The larger kid pushed the smaller one just a little too hard, and he stumbled backwards over a basket filled to the rim with cabbage. The boy fell back, only moments from crashing to the ground and being devoured by the zekes waiting below.
Reacting on sheer instinct, Dekka raised her palms up, lifting the child high into the air and above the ground below.
However, a side effect was that the dirt below - and the zekes which lived within it - rose up as well. Now the little boy who looked oddly familiar to Dekka was floating only a foot (give or take a couple inches) from the top of a massive pillar of dirt, filled with killer worms which could completely devour the poor boy in seconds if given the opportunity.
Almost as though they finally realized what was happening, the zekes began to crawl up through the pillar of dirt, snipping at the little boy, getting dangerously close to sinking their teeth in and ripping him apart.
Everyone's eyes were now glued on the boy and the pillar, no one knowing exactly what they should do. It would take little less than a miracle to save him now.
Sam:
Sam woke up suddenly, hearing the sound of glass breaking from the floor above his bed. He quickly threw on a pair of dark blue jeans and ran up to the next floor, seeing that it was just Edilio who had dropped a jar of Sam's Nutella.
Sam glared at him. "You woke me up."
"Sorry man, sorry," Edilio said quickly. "I just wanted a little somethin to eat... it slipped out of my hand."
Sam sighed. "Well, at least i'm up now..." He then yawned and slid on a plain black tee shirt, watching as Edilio quickly headed out the door, calling back to Sam and saying, "Sorry man, but i've gotta go. Kids are gonna start showin up in the fields any minute now."
Without even awaiting a response, Edilio practically sprinted out the door. "Weird..." Sam muttered. It really was unusual to see Edilio late like that. Sam waited a few more minutes, and decided he should probably head out to the fields as well. Besides, he might see Dekka there.
Sam found himself smiling at the thought.
As he turned the corner to the fields, Sam almost instantly noticed Dekka, with her palms raised to the sky. Realizing something was terribly wrong, Sam did a quick survey of the area, and saw the column of dirt with a small kid - Justin, if Sam was remembering right - with zekes writhing through the dirt and trying to bite the small boy.
Well, Dekka had saved his life for now, but it would be in vain if Sam didn't act soon. Sam quickly raised his hands in the air, palms facing out, as he stepped quickly to the side so he could safely avoid hitting Dekka, and fired.
Dekka:
Dekka was still holding up the pillar, had been for almost 30 seconds now, and the zekes seemed to be edging closer and closer to the small child. If something didn't happen soon, he would die.
Suddenly, two twin beams of brilliant green-white light flew by Dekka, a little ways to her left. She smiled a little, instantly realizing it was Sam, and even better, that the boy would be saved.
The white light incinerated the many writhing zekes within the pillar fairly quickly. The look on the boy's face was one of pure relief, and Dekka felt incredibly proud of herself. When the last of the zekes were gone, Dekka slowly, slowly lowered the pillar, until the boy was low enough to be grabbed fairly easily by Orc, who had stumbled out of the shadows to help out in the only way he really could. Dekka liked the new Orc a lot better than the drunken monster he had been before.
When the boy - Justin, she had heard another boy call him - was safely away from the field of zekes, Dekka went up to Sam.
"Well, someone has nice timing today." She smiled, something extremely rare, a genuine smile, and looked up at Sam.
Sam:
"Well, i do try." Sam said, smirking just a little, feeling just as happy to be here as she seemed to be.
Then, suddenly, Edilio, Orc, and Justin walked over to the pair. Tears were welling up in Justin's eyes, Edilio looked both happy and a bit shellshocked at the same time, and Orc looked as unreadable as ever beneath his gravel shell.
"Hey," Edilio said, and seemed as though he was about to say something else when Justin pushed him roughly aside, and abruptdly pulled both Sam and Dekka into a big hug, tears now streaming down his face. "Th-th-thank you..." he said to the two of them, still sobbing.
"Its alright, You're safe now." Sam hugged Justin back softly, and, without even thinking about it, ended up wrapping an arm around Dekka as well.
Realizing what he had done, Sam looked away slightly and blushed. Dekka just looked over at him and smiled. She didn't seem to mind.
Dekka:
After comforting Justin for a little while longer, and being given the rest of the day off by Edilio, Dekka walked away with Sam, still beaming with pride about her job well done. And maybe the fact that Sam had actually wrapped his arm around her contributed a bit, too.
"Ya know, you really were great out there," Sam said, looking over at her. "Justin would be dead now if not for you."
"Well i could say the same for you," Dekka said, almost smiling. "Anyways, lets drop the topic for now. We've got the day off, remember?"
"Yeah." Sam smiled and looked up, as though deep in thought.
As they passed by Dekka's houseboat, Dekka grabbed Sam's arm and pulled him in through the front door. "Lets just hang out in here for a while," she said, barely able to contain her laughter at Sam's shocked expression, and when she saw his blush, she actually did laugh just a little.
"A-alright.." Sam said, going in with her.
Dekka:
Dekka then sat down on her bed, and Sam quickly followed suit, sitting down next to her. They just sat there and talked for hours after that, until it was dark and working hours were well over anyways. Both were in incredibly good moods, when Sam turned to her and said, "Well, i guess i need to get going... see ya tomorrow?"
"Yes!" Dekka said excitedly, a bit more quickly than she'd intended.
"Alright. Night Dekka," Sam said, and hugged her a little closer than 'Just a friend' would, and certainly a lot longer. Not that Dekka minded it.
After their embrace, Sam turned to leave, and went back to his house.
Dekka then laid down in her bed, a wide smile on her face. It was then that she realized that she hadn't thought about Brianna once today. And even now, when those thoughts did surface, she wasn't quite so sad.
Sam:
Sam laid down in his bed, looking towards the bunk and noticing Astrid's nightgown which he had always kept by his side for comfort.
It was then that he realized, not once today had she crossed his mind. And even now, even the thoughts of her were not sad enough to bring him out of his good mood.
He then stored the nightgown away in a closet drawer for safekeeping, and laid back down, feeling just about the happiest he had ever since the coming of the FAYZ.
Okay, reading that over, it was incredibly cheesy. xD But oh well, its my first story, i'll [hopefully] get better soon. lol. Please review, and be honest. ^^ I'll try to update as soon as i can. And hopefully, it'll be a little better next time. :3