Chapter two. hehe. as I said please be kind to me for this fic... I've also had some help with it via role play. This is where things really kinda get started...

Chapter2:

Now these pods were designed with a power core built for long journeys, every system that wasn't nessicary to keep it's passanger alive was shut down and it's charge could stay suspended in time for days, months, years or even centuries at a time, little or no aging coming upon it's living cargo.

It was over three hundred years when the pod's navagation systems were finally activated by the ditection of a life supporting planet approching. The ship's thrusters and automatic pilot kicked in and angled the ship so that it would hit the atmosphere as gently as possable.

The craft safly passed into the atmosphere but not without some measure of damage. It's systems did not wake her up so that she could navagate and the automatic pilot was designed for space, rather than atmospheric, travel. She was in for a crash landing, but fortunately she wouldn't be awake to feel it.

The object streaked through the sky, attracting the attention of a figure in red and blue armor. He curiously followed it, green eyes glowing like a predatory cat's in the moonlit night. When he reached the sight of the crash he found a crater in the middle of what was once a Sarafan tombsite. A smirk crossed his face as he approched.

Lights came on all over the strange object and it opened, strange smelling steam rising from it as it opened up. A woman got up, holding her head and litterally stumbled out of the sparkling casket. 'How fitting that she arrived in such a thing..' the figure thought ironically.

Not seeming to have ditected his presence and obviously disoriented the woman moaned, sputtering some nonsense about getting a better travel agent.. whatever that was.. She opened a compartment at the strange looking casket's foot and began taking out a few objects, crystals, some weird metal things, putting them into a pack. She couldn't possably be aware of what was about to happen to her.

Seeming to be starting to regain her bearings the woman held one of the objects out in front of her. A light came out of the end of it to scan her surroundings, causing her to get a curious look on her face. In a flash she dropped the device as the Vampire was upon her and sunk his teeth into the tender flesh of her neck.

Crying out in pain and surprise she struggled and tried to grab the larger creature to throw him off her, but it was no use. She was still too weak from her journey and the computer had already told her how long she'd been in hypersleep.

The Vampire rumbled a contented growl in his throat as her warm blood flowed into his mouth, it had a strangely sweet taste to it and he felt as though he could get addicted.. he certianly hoped she had plenty of blood. Then suddenly he felt a twist and stab in his stomache. He hadn't known what manner of creature he'd bitten into, he couldn't know that, when unwillingly taken, a Unicorn's blood was poison to a Vampire..

His grip on her loostened, he was getting weaker and knew he was dieing. Letting out a feral roar he poured energy into this strange creature, vengance burning at his dark heart. If he was going to die he'd make sure that a part of him lived on in her as he transformed her into a vampire... or maybe she'd die soon, after all a fledgling rarely survived without it's sire to teach it how to live. Either way he would be avenged in some way for this transgression. His venom in her and the siring complete he collapsed to the earth below, the flame of his life blowing out like a candle in the night.

Whimpering Northstar collapsed, conciousness leaving her again as her weakness claimed her. She had no idea what had just happened to her or that her existance would be changed forever..

She didn't wake up for hours and when she did she was looking up upon several armored humans, all male. Her eyes widened for a moment and she sat up weakly, but carefully. They all had swords, spears and arrows pointed at her and she was frankly in no condition for a fight. "Um... I come in peace?" she offered, her voice ragged and horse from centuries of disuse and the obvious screaming she had done when she was bitten. She remembered being bitten, but by what? Everything was a haze right now and she groaned, holding her throbbing head.

"So it's finally awake is it? See I told you it was a fledgling Marcus."

Northstar cocked her head. What did he mean fledgling? She was twenty eight years old... well... technically like 328, but she'd been in stasis so that was nither here nor there at the moment. Her thoughts were on figureing out what the heck was going on.

"Now we can do our job right." the one who had spoke before smirked. She rather disliked his expression as he turned to her. "Fire or water monster?"

"What?" she let out a yelp as he slapped her.

"Fire or water?" he simply repeated.

"W... water ?" she said, her voice trembling, not understanding.

Hopefully whatever he ment saying water or fire, chosing water would be a good thing since it was the one element she controled. Imagine her shock when she was drug to the river, hurled in and it burned her like acid. Her only logical explination was that the water was near a volcano and was superheated. The humans in front of her laughed darkly at her pain, tossing her pack in with her like so much garbage.

This was not cool on so many levels! She willed the water around her to cool, but it wasn't any use, finally she gathered her strength and the pain ceiced as abruptly as it began, her power over water reasserting itself as she let herself sink into her element, allowing it to embrace her as if appologizing for harming her. She sobbed softly as she looked up toward the surface. What was wrong with her?

Once the dull ache in her body subsided she swam to the surface, her head breaking above it. The humans were laughing and gesturing toward where she was thrown in, congradulating themselves for a job well done. Tears filled her eyes. They had tried to kill her! Why? She asked herself when she realized that the fire or water question was her choice of a method of execution. She shuddered at the thought of having said fire as she picked up her pack from the bottom of the river.

Thinking it best to let them think she was dead she dove under water again, swimming. Occasionally it would sting her until her powers fully reaserted themselves in her, merging with what she did not know she had become. After that, swimming in the clear liquid was as it had always been and she let out a purr she wasn't aware of as it flowed over her face and limbs.

As she continued to put distance between herself and the group of cruel humans her mind was a blurr of emotions, thoughts and theories as to what had happened. Morover where was her mate? His pod should have been locked onto hers unless it was damaged. She had a sinking feeling. If that were the case there was no telling where it was. There were still a few things back at the pod, but she had gotten the most important ones and she didn't feel safe going back there. She could not leave it to fall into the wrong hands so she used a handheld computer to set the self distruct sequence and it told her when the pod was destroyed.

Sighing she resurfaced, finding that it was raining hard. She was glad that water no longer hurt and was still confused about that fact. No matter. She had to find shelter so that she could check up on the other pod. Hopefully her mate wasn't too far and she could send him a message that would guide him to her. Her pod was now uselessly vaporized.

She was also starving! After all she hadn't eaten in like three centuries... wait no that wasn't right... She had eaten not long before that last battle and the suspended animation also suspended her digestion. Then again there was no telling how long she'd been out after that creature bit her. What was that thing anyway? she rubbed her neck where the bite mark was, finding two punture wounds and frowned. She would have a look with a mirror once she'd found shelter.

It took about an hour and the storm was getting worse when she finally found it, a cave surrounded by a fair few trees and bushes. It was hopefully well concealed. Picking up her pace she ran into it, wringing the water from her hair and removing the cloak she'd had around her to dry. To keep it from chaifing her she also took off the breastplate to her armor and set it against a rock, leaving her clad in her undergarments and battle-tattered armor skirt.

Now that she had at least some peace she sat down on the same rock and took out the hand held computer, trying to uplink it with the other pod. When the results came back her heart sank. According to the records the other pod was completely destroyed seconds after hers was launched. She tried to deny the truth but she knew in her heart... her mate was dead. Her fears were realized. She dropped the computer and curled her knees to her chest, letting her tears fall like the rain outside the cave.

So lost was she in greif she didn't see two sets of eyes watching her, both glowing. One greenish yellow and the other pure white.