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Gazelle sat bolt upright as a gust of cold wind hit her. Where was she? Last she remembered, she had been in a ship, tied in a corner… anything was better than that, at least. Why did the Council always pick her for those missions? A foul smell drifted past her nose, and she coughed. Her cough seemed to wake a figure at the other side of the alley. It stirred and glared at her before rising unsteadily to it's- her- feet, and walking towards her.

She watched the girl's progress, her steps firmer as if waking from sleeping. She rubbed her arms where the ropes had chafed against her skin, making red marks. Then she realised something was strange about the girl. Her hair was bright gold, and her eyes a vivid purple. In the half light she could see tattoos spinning on her face, and a tattooed snake was crawling up the olive skin of her arm. She shuddered.

The girl reached her and glared. "I was sleeping," she informed Gazelle, her voice rough. "Do you make it a habit to disturb people's sleep?" Gazelle shook her head mutely. Something in the girls eyes riveted her. Anger, hatred, despair, pain… such a mixture of emotions. She wondered what had happened to this girl for that deep, deep pain to be so clear. "Well I don't recommend you start now. Not for a happy life, especially if those people have a mind for revenge. Got that?" without waiting for a response, the girl turned her back on her and walked back to the snakes coiled on the ground and sat again.

It was then when Gazelle realised that there was a slim black tube dangling from her belt.

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Hana woke to the sound of a cough, and opened her violet eyes to glare at the figure with blue luminescent skin. I ask you, blue luminescent skin! What would these aliens think of next? She walked towards her, legs wobbling from fatigue. She reached her and glared.

"I was sleeping." The alien just stared at her. What was wrong with her? Didn't she have a conscience? "Do you make it a habit to disturb people's sleep?" the alien shook her head wordlessly. Hana's anger bubbled to the surface, though she tried to contain it. "Well I don't recommend you start now. Not for a happy long life, especially if those people have a mind for revenge." Like me. "Got that?" she strode back to the end of the alley, back towards her snakes, and sat down.

Then she remembered the silver tube on the aliens belt.

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R&R please!!!