Chapter 2 - The calm before the storm.
Lalna's P.O.V
"Uncle Lalna, what does this do?" I look to my left and see Lou standing in front of one of my condensers.
"Don't touch that! What did I tell you earlier?" I'm fed up of having to be her babysitter. Xephos and Lomadia owe me big time.
"Don't touch anything without your permission. Sorry uncle Lalna." The seven year old looks up at me with big blue eyes. She's so adorable, I can't stay mad at her.
"Let's go get some dinner before bed, shall we." I lift Lou onto my shoulders and fly her to the kitchen. I slowly land and place her on the table. When I open the chest containing food, I see an apple and some pork. That will do nicely!
Lou is sill sitting on the table, swinging her legs back and fourth. Her blond hair is in messy pigtails and her blue eyes swirl. She looks so much like her parents. She clutches the toy owl Lomadia gave her and sucks her thumb. On her back is a rucksack which is also in the shape of an owl and its full to the brim with what she calls 'treasure'.
I shove the pork into a furnace and lift Lou off the table. She takes her tiny thumb out of her mouth and smiles sweetly as she takes the rosy red apple out of my hand. Her mouth opens wide to take a bite but she pulls a face when she realises that she doesn't like apples.
"Ha ha," I chuckle, "your face then. It was so funny. Here, spit it into this tissue." I hold out a tissue and Lou spits the chunk of apple out. At that same moment, there was a knock. Someone was at the front door.
"Stay here, I'll be back in a second. Don't touch the furnace, it will burn you." I fly out of the kitchen and go to the castle doors. I glance into a monitor and see that I have an unexpected guest.
I know this red haired girl. I gave her knowledge once but I also hurt her. I almost killed her! Why would Zoey be here though? I blew her up with a nuke, so she can't be here on good terms. One word bounces around in my head... Revenge. I was prepared for her and Rythian's attack, but for many years it never came. Why would they attack me now though? It's all very peculiar.
I don't have time for this, I need to get Lou fed and in bed, if I don't look after her, Xephos will fire me, then I won't have a job at the Jaffa factory! But if I take my eyes off Zoey, she could attack.
I know what I could do! I type several commands into the computer and hey presto! A force field appears around her so she is trapped! I then stroll to the kitchen to sort Lou out. When I finish dinner, my red haired enemy will be getting her just desserts ! (Yes, I know, it's a rubbish joke but its the best I could think of. Does anyone even get it?)
Sips' P.O.V
"Awwwww! Sjin! I found some uranium!" I say as I swing my pick into the mineral.
"Who's ranium?" My best friend replies from the other side of the mine.
"My ranium!" A smile is suddenly on my face. I know where this is heading.
"Sips, what are you doing in Tehran?" He laughs as he sinks his shovel into a dirt block. I find myself laughing also. That joke never gets old!
"Look at all this shit we got! Lets go take it back and have a dip I the pool." I start to make my way out of the mine but I stop when Sjin places his boney hand on my shoulder. Something's wrong, really wrong. He's only ever put has hand on my shoulder once, and that was when Aloysius got killed by the beaver mafia.
"I have a bad feeling about going back to the Sipsco facility. Something's going to happen, something bad." His hand falls from my shoulder and goes to his side. He has a worried look on his dirt covered face and his orange spaceman suit is also covered in the dirt.
"It will be fine. Come on Sjin, you big dumb dumb." I try to comfort him but I'm only doing it because I want to go in the pool. I can imagine it now, the sun shining on the beautiful blue water with me and Sjin floating on top.
"Fine Sips. Lets go." We climb out of the mine and head towards the pool. We splash around for a bit together, then finally float on our backs, watching the grey clouds gather together.
Suddenly a young boy teleports into the pool and is flailing about. It's obvious he can't swim so me and Sjin help him out. His clothes are soaking wet and I recognise him from somewhere. He reminds me of someone.
"Who are you?" Sjin asks the boy.
"I'm Jay. Have you seen my sister? She has red hair and she talks to mushrooms." The boy replies quickly. I still don't know who he looks like though.
"You mean Zoey? She has red hair and likes mushrooms." Sjin talks while I just stand there staring at this lad. He must only be 16 or 17.
"No, Zoey is my mother and Rythian is my father. My sister is called Elizabeth but she does look very similar to my mum." Jay is starting to get a bit worried now. I know who he looks like though. He said his dad is Rythian and I can certainly say they look very similar. Even their clothes are the same.
"Don't worry. We'll help you find your sister won't we Sjin." I reassure the boy and Sjin nods in agreement.
I look at the sky and more clouds have gathered. There's a storm coming so I direct the others inside, hoping that it will pass quickly.
As usual, thanks for reading and reviewing. Sorry it's taken a long time to upload this because I have been very busy lately. If you haven't already noticed,I put a cover art on which I drew. I copied the hair though out of this lets draw manga book though, because I am a fail at drawing hair. When I found the picture in the book I had a spaz because I was all like 'omg! It's Rythian hair kind of.' Anyway, enough of me rabbiting on. Again, thanks for reading, I hope you like this chapter. Byeeeeeeeeeeeee!