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Memories of a pure friendship
Chapter 2
The light of the hallway was strong enough to blind Kai a bit, but not entirely. The person's face was blocked by the light. Trying to gt a better look she used one of her hands to cover her eyes enough so she could see the person's face.
"Are you OK? Did you hurt your self?" The voice could be recognize instantly. It belonged to a woman around middle age. It was kind and sound honestly worried.
Moving her hand a bit she could finally get a good view of the woman. She had a delicate aura around her, she wore a light blue shirt with a lighter blue strip in the middle running from top to her end. Also a black skirt that reached some centimeters above her knees. Her slender could be appreciated just a small amount thanks to the white coat she was wearing and a pair of read shoes on her small feet.
She knee down to be at Kai's eye level thinking she hadn't heard her. Extending her hand to push tenderly Kai's arm to let her get a good view of the small girl's face as well to let the girl see hers.
"Are you OK?" she asked ones again.
She was so impressed by the woman's look that she the only thing she could do to answer was nod. The woman in front of her was really beautiful, she had extremely long chestnut brown hair tight back with a some sort of yellowish band that keep it out of her way, just letting a pair of bags to the side of her heart shape face and some also cover her forehead. Last but not least her reddish brown eyes sparkle with help of the light showing happiness, but at the same time another emotion she could quite place the finger on. Kai was really focused on the woman's eyes until a hand on her shoulder took her back to reality.
"I'm relieved that you are fine, but were you doing in the janitor's closet?" she asked sweetly tiding her head a bit to the side.
"uh...I...just... I was..." Kai stuttered not finding how to explain her situation. They it strike her like a huge pile of books. She was hiding from some Soldiers that were getting closer and mostly of all she was NOT suppose to be there at all.
"Please forgive me! Don't tell Ni-chan that I was here! and also-" talking so fast the woman could verily understand what she said, Kai was interrupted by a hand covering her mouth softly.
"OK, ok easy there. First of all, I'm not going to tell anyone." said the woman with a wink. "Second my name its Lucretia Crescent, what's yours?"
"Um... Kailey S-Strife" Kai answered hesitantly, not sure if she could trust her.
Nodding, Lucretia stood up again, offering a hand to help Kai get up from the floor with a honest smile on her lips. Not wanting to be disrespectful Kai took her hand and with a small pull she was again on her feet.
"You don't have to worry, there aren't many people on this side of the building. Would you like to have a cup of tea with me? I would love to have a bit of company." said Lucretia with her smile still on.
"But aren't you busy right now, Mrs. Crescent?" said the girl not wanting to be a bother and get in more trouble that she already was, or so she thought.
"Of course not!" she exclaimed. "its my lunch hour. So, do you accept my offer Kailey?"
Thinking about it, Kai wasn't really convinced of what to do. She didn't wanted to cause any inconvenience to Lucretia and got to the conclusion that the best thing to do was to politely decline her offer and get back. Remembering that she had no idea what time it was, Kai pulled out of the string from behind her huge shirt/dress with one of her hands while the other took hold of the pocket watch. Letting one of her finger trace around it until a 'click' sound was and the cap of the opened exposing the interior. I was exactly eight o'clock, she still had some hours until Cloud got back to room. Relieved she was about to replay her answer when a growl sound answered before her.
"Looks like your stomach agrees." she said trying to hold the best she could the giggles that were escaping her mouth. "Come, it will just be some minutes, I wont take much of your time." she added taking Kai's petite hand, while heading dipper on the corridor.
A few hours later...
After having something to settle her hunger and thirst Kai was deep in conversation with Lucretia. She had learned so much from her. Lucretia had told her about herself, saying that she was a scientist helping in some research about the planet beside other things that she didn't quite understood. She also told Kai about her theory of chaos and omega. Kai was fascinated by it, she keep asking questions about the topic but mostly about the being called Chaos. She wish that someday she could meet such an interesting creature. When she finally settle down from her '20 questions game' she focused o finishing her tea in silence.
"Kailey" Lucretia called her attention.
"Yes?" said Kai distracted from tons of questions that were swimming on her head.
"If you can keep a secret for me, I'll show you my latest discovery, ok?"she putting her empty teacup on the desk in front of her.
"Yep! My lips are sealed." Kai said while a childish smile took form on her face.Her eyes wavering with excitement.
Trusting her answer Lucretia pushed her chair some distance away from her desk and got a pair of keys out of her left pocket with her key-card attached to them of her lab coat. Reaching one of the metallic drawers on the left side of her at the bottom and away from the view of anyone, she inserted the right key. After some turns she took it out. A small diskette space opened up and she inserted her key-card. Some sort of green scanner ray passing from side to side of the keycard. A Beeping noise was heard signaling that she could put away the card. So she did.
Kai was already on her right side after hearing the beeping noise, trying to see over Lucretia's shoulder out of pure curiosity and a tiny bit of impatience. Lucretia backed away when the drawer opened on its own and some kind of mist was leaking out of it. Seconds later it opened full, showing into view what seem to be the top of a cylinder or a container to be exact. Submerging her hand softly on the white mist, Lucretia pulled out the container very carefully as if it would brake with the smallest breeze and place it with delicacy on the table in front of Kai.
It was a crystal cylinder with two metallic cap, one at the bottom and another one at the top, the size of it, were the same as the ones of a wide gar. The water inside it was a bluish color very lightly, but the thing that got the prize from all was a small plasma black sphere the sizes of marble that released some sort of black mist around it. I didn't move at all, keeping its same position like it was expecting something.
Turning her head to face Lucretia again, Kai looked at her confused and asked: "What is this marble doing there?" she said innocently and returning to face container hoping it would move.
"This my dear Kailey." she said giggling at her confusion. "It being known as the mighty Chaos"
"Really!?" exclaimed Kai with pure excitement on her voice, looking with more respect at the tiny fellow inside. "Cool!, Hey there Mr.Chaos, nice to meet you. My name its Kailey but you can call me Kai for short." she said tapping her index finger soflty on the glass, causing 'Tick' sound.
Lucretia could only smile and laugh a bit for the pureness and innocence of the girl before her. The 'ticking'noise came again but it sounded a bit different from the first one, like... if it was coming from the inside.
At the same time Kailey had taken her finger away from the glass, the sphere stood still for some minutes, then it started to hit the glass softly or just bumping in against it, giving the idea that i was asking for something. Surprised to see that the specimen had finally reacted, Lucretia silently studied its movements.
"Look, look Mrs. Crescent, it moved!" said Kai giggling happy to see the respond.
"Kailey, could you tap your finger again softly on the glass twice?" she said not taking her eyes of the container.
"Uh... sure, I guess." carefully extending her hand to reach it and a with some doubt of the consequences, she tapped the container two times, pulling her hand a small distance but not taking it away entirely.
'tick,tick' was the sound she made.
'tack,tick' came the replied.
"Wow, it answered!" said Kai exited and tried to tap a message in what it was suppose to be moors code.
It answered to every tone she made with its own. After some more messages she let her finger pressed against the glass, to see what could be the next action. But I just pressed it self on the same place as Kai's finger. Chuckling, she move her finger to one side and then to the other like if she was luring a fish. While Kai was really focused on her new friend, Lucretia in the other hand was more focused on the Specimen and the girl. How could it just reacted now? Why hadn't it respond in any of the experiments it had went through? How could this girl make it move even answer to her?
But her attention was taken away when the door of her office opening, the outline of a man came in. Kai hadn't notice the man even with the sound of the door. She was having to much fun that she just kept playing with the marble friend.
"Look Mrs. Crescent, it dancing." said Kai playfully without turning her gaze to the door.
"Hm... So it seems." was the answer but it didn't belonged to Lucretia instead the voice sounded like it was from a man.
Noticing the presence of the stranger, Kai turned her view the entrance of the room. The man slowly got out of the shadows, a unknown aura embracing him.
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With care Kai G.Tayuki