Ok so this took more then a week and a half… but hey it's summer! And I've been busy… most of the time anyways lol… oh and there is this other factor were my parent can't know about this… cause they wouldn't approve with me being "involved" in a site like this. And they probably think I'm immature and ground me or something like that… but don't worry I'm good at being sneaky.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN OBAN STAR RACERS! Uh I hate these things….
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Chapter 4
Eva stood on the stairs just outside her school; she was waiting for Rick to come pick her up. She normally would just ride her rocket seat or have her dad pick her up, but unfortunately the steering in her Rocket Seat wouldn't work and her dad was in an important meeting right now, about something she couldn't remember, which sort of bugged her seeing that her dad actually took time out of his busy schedule to tell her he couldn't pick her up from school today. To anyone else that wouldn't have meant anything to them but to her it did, seeing that Don Wei has never been the type of father to inform Eva of any important or unimportant matters. Of course he didn't really have anyone to inform anything to for 10 years so Eva wasn't bothered by it that much, she only cared that he tried, and that's all she could ever ask from him. And in a why that made her even more disappointed in herself, there her father was trying to involve her in his life, and how did she repay him? By hitting a guy in the face…
"Hey Little Mouse! Are you going to get in the car or are you just going to stare of into space!" Eva snapped out of her daze and found Rick Thunderbolt in a red convertible with a huge lighting bolt across the side right in front of her. She shook her head to wake her self up a bit and headed to his car.
"Sorry Rick, I didn't realize you were there…" Eva got into the passengers side of the car and sighed. She knew that Dr. Johnson already told Rick by know about her little incident today so she was waiting for Ricks little rant about it.
It was true that Rick was very pacifistic when it came to things like this, normally he could care less. However when it came to Eva he found himself caring, and how could he help it? He saw himself in Eva and he didn't want her to end on the same path he ended up on. But he also knew Eva had a more common sense then he did, which is why instead of telling Eva his opinion about what she did today, he just drove off without a word.
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The two were almost at Eva's house and Rick still didn't utter a word to her, and it was freaking her out. What the hell if going on her, Rick never lets up a opportunity to give me advice or tell me what I did was wrong… and of course the one time I could use it!.. Maybe he is actually upset with me this time… Shit! I don't know what to do!
Eva side glanced at Rick to see if he seemed upset, but he just had his normal 'every thing is good' face on. So she deemed it safe to talk to him and spoke up.
"So Rick… uh… did you uh... happen to get a call from someone today?" Eva still kept Rick in the corner of her eye to see what his reaction would be but he still had that calm expression on his face.
"Call? Hmm I don't think so….Wait! Actually I did…" Eva tensed up, expecting Rick to yell at her. "Stan called me and asked if I had any extra power tools available, apparently Koji dropped theirs down a flight of stairs."
"That's it? No one else called you?" Eva asked in an impatient voice.
"Nope, no other important calls." Rick looked at Eva in the corner of is eye and saw she was about to hit a fuse, by the time he was parked in the Wei's drive way Eva looked like she was about to crack… In three, two, one…
"What the hell Rick! Why are you acting like you don't care! Of all the times you lectured me on crap I did; now you pick the time to say nothing! And when I could actually use it to! Are you even listening to me!" Eva's face was red and she was just staring at Rick wait for his reply. Rick unbuckled his seat belt and turn fully around to make eye contact with her.
"Woe slow your role there Little Mouse, I was just going to let you of easy this time seeing you birthday is in three days…. But I'm guessing there is more to it... Why don't we go inside and talk it over with some coffee, o.k.?" Rick gave her on of his signature smiles and Eva calmed down immediately. Rick always knew how to make the situation better. It was a good thing he decided to be assistant manager with Don because Rick was responsible for why Eva's and Don's relationship was better then anyone expected it to be, which was no relationship at all.
"Yeah that sound good… and I'm sorry, I shouldn't have blown up on you like that." Eva's head sunk but Rick rubbed her hair back and forth like he did on Alwas and said, "Its o.k. Little Mouse, no hard feeling." Eva smiled back at Rick and with that the two headed inside.
I hope you have some good advice for me Rick, because I have no idea what's going on with me…. And I have a bad feeling about it too.
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Somewhere in are solar system Jordan was flying towards Earth, usually he would just transport himself from one planet to another but Eva's power was already starting to awaken and it's force was so dense it made teleportation impossible for Jordan. It was also making flying a bit difficult as well, even if he could travel the speed of light, every wave Jordan hit of Eva's power he could feel her confusion and frustration.
"Don't worry Molly, I'll make everything come to light for you… if I can ever get there." Jordan thought out loud.
Just after Jordan said that another wave hit him, everyone was like a punch to the face, and every time they got stronger, and it worried that crap out of The Avatar. Eva needed to learn how to contain all this power or the Universe wouldn't be able to handle it.
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Eva and Rick were sitting on the couch in the family room, Eva just finished explaining everything to Rick and she made sure she didn't leave anything out. Rick was calm through the whole thing as usual. However that was expected since Rick was there for Eva's strange growth spurt. He also knew about Canaletto, even before she told Rick about him, seeing that once Canaletto was destroyed all Rick's memory came back. So not much surprised the ex racer anymore, which is why Eva told Rick everything instead of her dad, Rick just knew how to handle it better.
"Hmm, do you think your growth spurt and this 'power' taking over you is part of something bigger?" Rick asked after thinking what Eva told her through, Eva's problems always ended up being part of some bigger conspiracy based of his observation, so it was safe to assume what was happening to Eva wasn't the end of it.
"I really hope it isn't Rick… I don't think I can handle something else like the whole Canaletto again." after saying this Eva plopped her head in he hand that were being supported by her knees and started rubbing her temples, all the stress was giving her a head ache.
"Don't doubt yourself Little Mouse, I've seen you over come many challenges in your life. Challenges that normal people would have given up the second it hit them. Weather you believe it or not you're a special and talented kid… and besides you got a bunch of people backing you up this time around!" Rick was about to say something really encouraging in till…
"Rick's right Eva! You even got me to back you up which should make it 100 times better!" Eva and Rick both jumped, then the turned around to the entryway of the kitchen to none other then Haven.
"Haven! How did you get into my house!" Eva looked at the girl like she was insane.
"Your back door was unlocked…. Oh you're having tea!" Haven made a dash to the couch and started to pour herself some tea.
"Haven… why can't you just come through the front door like a normal person?" Haven always liked to make an entrance when she came over to Eva's house, especially if it scared the crap out of someone. Coming through Eva's window while she wasn't paying attention was her favorite way.
"Uh because I'm not normal… I thought you already knew that… so Rick I think you were telling Eva about us being there for her this time." Rick looked at confused look for a second, her entrance made him forget what he was about to say to Eva.
"Oh uh, I don't remember what I was going to say… but that's o.k. just as long as Eva got what I was saying." Rick smiled at Eva and gave her a thumbs up, and Eva did the same. She could always count on Rick.
"Well this was fun, but I need to get back to work or Don is going to chew my head of. Oh and don't worry Eva I won't tell him about what happen today… I'll leave that up to you." And with a solute Rick headed out the door leaving Haven and Eva by themselves.
"So… how are you going to tell your dad about all this?" Haven said after she took a sip of tea.
"I have no idea… not only will he be upset with me getting in another fight, but he'll freak out about my explanation too. You and I both know he doesn't like things that are… unorthodox." Haven nodded her head towards this, she only knew Mr. Wei for a couple years, but it didn't take a genius to figure out he had a pole up his butt.
"True, but he's a little bit better now…" Haven started to look around for something. " Hey I know this is of topic but… Where's Rush?" Eva almost spit out her drink and gasped.
"Oh my gosh I almost forgot about him!" Eva jumped off the couch and headed for the back door. Rush her 1 year old Chow Chow was in a large cage next to the door looking at Eva with a sad expression, he knew she forgot about him. Eva let him out the cage to go outside to do his business, then quickly when to go put some more dog food and water in him bowl. Not even a couple of seconds went by when Rush came charging in to eat his dinner.
Eva knelt down to pet him, "I'm sorry Rush, I was so caught up in my drama I forgot about you." The Chow Chow looked up from his dinner and bark at Eva then went back to his food.
Eva chuckled, "thanks for understanding." It was true that Rush was only a year old but he was as smart for a dog and very obedient. Eva's dad wanted a guard dog a year back to protect Eva when she was home alone, and to teach her some responsibility lesson, of course Eva didn't know about the second part. So when they went out to adopt a dog Eva saw him in a kennel all by himself sitting up right looking at her with these kind adorable loving eyes, and it reminded her of a certain Byrus friend of hers. Even though Chow Chows weren't known for being aggressive Don gave in and bought the puppy for Eva. And after a while Eva was able to teach Rush how to worn her and her father if an intruder were to enter the house, which made Don actually like having a pet around. Even though he was never known to be a dog person.
After Eva got Rush's choirs all sorted out, she started heading back to the living room were Haven was still enjoying her tea, and watching the news as well. Eva was about to join her when the phone rang, when she saw who it was her heart stopped for a second, it was her father.
"Oh crap Haven! It's my dad!" Eva looked at Haven with big eyes for advice, but Haven was giving her the same expression because she didn't know what to do either.
"Shit! Uh… Ummm… Just stall! Don't tell him about today yet!" Haven yelled with a panicked voice.
"But what if he asks me how my day was?" Eva yelled in an equally panicked voice.
"I don't know! Just...Just wing it! Now hurry up before it goes to voicemail!"
Eva picked up the phone quickly and answered with an unsteady voice, "Heeeey dad!" Eva waited for a reply but all she heard were some noises in the back round followed with a loud crash that made Eva jump. Then you could hear Don in the back screaming "What do you think your doing! We need that part for next week's race! How are we going to get the star racer ready if you keep breaking all the part to it!" After that episode was over, Eva could hear her dad clearing his throat so he could begin to talk, which made her heart start to pound. "Hello darling, sorry about that things are a little hectic here at the moment."
"Oh that's ok dad, so what's up?" Eva asked to avoid her dad asking how her day was.
"To be honest it was stressful, so stressful that I'm going to have to stay late tonight, which is why I called. Do you think you will be fine if I could home a little late tonight?" Don really hated coming home late; he always felt that Eva would think he was abandoning her again. But of course Eva proved to be more like her mother and had no problems with it what so ever.
"Yeah that's fine dad. You are doing this for my star racer, so I can't be that mad at you." Eva said the last part jokingly, she was just happy that her day still let her race after Oban and Alwas.
"Thanks for understanding Eva; I'll probably me home by eleven o.k.?" Before Eva could answer there was another crash in the back round, and an irritated sigh from Don Wei. "Eva I have to go, see you at home at eleven."
"O.k. dad, see you at home." Then a second later the line went off and Eva let of a deep breath. She avoided telling her dad for a little bit longer, still she still had the burden of telling him later.
"Well I think I made a pretty good liar out of you Mrs. Eva, you had a whole conversation with your dad and you didn't even mention your fight today." Haven said with a triumphant voice as if what Eva did was her doing.
"HA! Yeah right! You and I both know we suck at lying…" Eva plopped down next to Haven on the coach; she was still watching the news.
"This is true….. Hey look! This is what I was telling you about earlier today! About Nourasia making an alliance with the Earth Collision." Haven was pointing to the big screen TV where they were currently showing footage of the President on Nourasia next to The King. Eva could see why I was so hard for Aikka to go against his father and court about the whole Crog situation, he was pretty intimidating. Not to mention he towered over the president, The King was just plain huge! While Eva was focusing on the King a not as tall young Nourasian came out, she didn't recognize him at first, not in till she got a good look at him.
"Oh my gosh! That's Prince Aikka!" Eva jumped out of her seat and was now gawking at the T.V. Aikka must have grown at least 2 feet and his hair was really long now, past his shoulders. But somehow it made him more mature looking, or maybe that was just the new muscles he developed, he was still slim but more defined.
"Wow, you are hard core staring at him. But I can't really blame you he is pretty hot for a Nourasian dude... no wonder why you like him so much." Haven said with a mischievous grin.
Eva blushed it was true Eva still had a crush on him, but she knew better. Nothing could really happen between him and her. They where billion miles away, plus even if they saw each other again nothing could happen between them because he was a Prince, and Eva was pretty sure having a relationship with Aikka would be a huge no-no on his planet. "Whatever Haven, I was just excited to see him again, it has been three years." Eva shot back at her with as much of an evil stare she could back. Haven wasn't buying it though. So she just chuckled and stared singing a song.
"Eva and Aikka underneath a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Haven covered herself with a pillow because she knew Eva wasn't going to take that well, and she was right. Eva's checks flared up a bright pink, and she puffed out her check like she always did when someone embarrassed her.
Eva took the pillow that was behind her and chucked it at Haven, "Shut up Haven! We didn't even kiss that night!" Haven got up from the couch after she blocked the pillow because she knew she was going to have to run after she said this.
"Yeah but you know you wanted him too!" Haven said in a singsong teasing voice. And that's when Eva took of after growling at her. The two were running around the house and Eva was throwing non-breakable things at Haven yelling 'No I didn't take, that back'. Then after a while Rush got into the action and started to run after the two as well barking. They went running throughout the house for about ten minute laughing, yelling and barking at each other in till they got into Eva room. Haven got to the window were she was going to jump out on to the tree and then run home so Eva could take some time to cool off about the whole thing, she personal thought it was hilarious but Eva apparently didn't. However before she could hop out she turned around and saw Eva pick up one of her pillows of the bed so she could throw it at Haven's face, but before she could throw it the strangest thing happen. It started to glow red, much like the color of Eva's eyes, normally Haven was smart enough to figure out she should jump when she had the chance but she was just memorized but the glow. Eva threw the pillow as hard as she could at Haven, but all her anger made she aim really off so hit the wall and it didn't flop down like normal pillows would have it made a dent with a load thud to it. They both stood still shocked by what just happen.
Haven was the first one to snap out of it, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!"
"I-I I don't know…" Eva almost whispered. Haven looked at Eva's eyes and she could tell what she did scared the crap out of her. So she calmed down and stepped out the window sill, she walked over to Eva and but her hand on her shoulder. Eva didn't look up at her though.
"Eva, its ok….I didn't mean what is said like that… you just freaked me out that's all" Eva still didn't responded. "Look we knew something was going on with you… and now we know a little bit about it now… just take this as a learning experience." It was true Haven like to stir up trouble for some entertainment but she knew when to be serious when the time came.
Eva finally looked at Haven in the eyes, "Haven… I threw a 50 pound pillow at your head… and you're telling me to take this as a learning experience…" Eva almost half laugh but she was still in shock about the whole thing so it didn't really come out right.
"Look Eva if I started freaking out and take this the wrong way, then that wouldn't make your situation any better. Whatever is happening to you isn't normal… let's just admit that now. So, if we want to figure this out then we need to have a calm head about this… But seriously try to stay calm because making you anger obviously triggers… uh it…I said I was with you this time, and I intend to keep my promise." Haven finish with a smile at Eva, which made her feel a little bit better. Like Rick, Haven always knew that right thing to say.
"Your right Haven, staying clam seems like the best thing to do… I just wish I knew something else that would stop this... power." Eva sat on her bed; she didn't know how much more she could handle this.
"How am I going to tell my Dad about all this… he's going to think I'm insane." Eva fell back covering her face with her hand, she just wish she could hind in a cave for a few days to avoid all this drama. Haven flopped down next to her only her arms were crossed.
"Well I'm sure your going to have to tell him slowly… and probably repeat yourself a couple times." Haven half smiled at her and Eva laughed. "That's not what it meant."
"Yeah I know…. Listen telling your Dad about this isn't going to be easy. So how about you just sleep on it and tell him in the morning. He will be is half asleep so his reaction probably won't have its full force. Plus he is coming in late so it would probably be best if you do it in the morning anyways." Haven looked at Eva again with a serious look; she could tell she wasn't buying what she said. "And… if you want I can come over to blow over some of the tension after you have your talk." That made Eva light up a bit.
"Yeah that be great Haven… thank you, I don't what I do without you." This time Eva smiled at Haven and she smiled back. She was relived that she got through to her. Haven got up and headed towards the window again, and petted Rush along the way. He was just sitting there with a confused look, but started to wag his tail when Haven paid attention to him. Haven turned back around before she left and said to Eva who was sitting up straight now "If you need anything just call, o.k.? I'll be her in 5 minutes flat."
"Thanks Haven... but can you try not to scare the crap out of me if you do come over?" Eva asked in a sarcastic tone.
Haven laughed, "Well, I don't want you throwing another fifty pound pillow at my head, so I'll just come through the back door again." and with that she jumped out the window on the tree, climbed off of it and ran home.
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Eva woke up the next morning feeling refreshed surprisingly. She didn't think she would have been able to sleep at all, but for some reason she felt drained when she went to bed, and it was a good thing it was the weekend because she needed the extra sleep. Still Eva wasn't looking forward to telling her dad about everything that happen. Hopefully Haven was right about him yelling at her less because it was morning. But really no matter how many times she tried to play it out in her mind of how she was going to tell him, the result would be him yelling at her. It didn't mater though; she promised herself she would be truthful to her father, no more secrets.
Eva sighed, "Well, here goes nothin'."
She headed down stairs, her long black and red hair was all mest up from sleeping and she just had on a dark red t-shit that had her evil bunny on it and black boxer short, which were wrinkled as well. She felt like a mess and looked it too, she would have at least fixed her hair before she came down, but she thought her dad might take pity on her if she looked like crap. Once she got to the bottom of the stairs she peeked around to see if her dad was in a good mood or not, luckily the stair were hidden by a wall so her dad couldn't see her. And from what she could see Don looked perfectly content drinking his coffee at the kitchen table. Her heart stared to race a little bit from her nervousness, but she wasn't going to let that stop her. She took a deep breathe and stared walk over to her dad.
Come on Eva you faced Crogs before; this can't be any harder…
She walked faster to the counter were her dad would usually leave her coffee and sat across from him, clutching the mug for dear life. Her dad looked up from his iPad300, which I where he read the news and smiled.
"Good morning Eva how was your day yesterday? I'm sorry that I couldn't make it to dinner last night, everything was so hectic." Her dad looked at her with an apologetic look, and it made Eva even more guilty.
"It's fine Dad really, and my day didn't go so well yesterday… look Dad I have to tell you something, but don't say anything or freak out till I'm done o.k.? I want you to hear everything first" Eva looked he father straight in the eye; he needed to know she was serious about this. It seemed to work too, Don immediately straightened up and gave Eva a business like look, which meant he was ready for whatever his daughter was about to tell her…or so he thought.
"I do not like where this is going Eva but I will restrain myself from interrupting." Eva nodded at him, she took a deep breathe got her story straight and stared to talk. She told him about Robert and how he was talking about her mother, which made Don uneasy a little but he kept his mouth shut. Then Eva went on about the fight and how she got this random burst of energy. She went through everything else that she went through during the day just to make sure he got every detail of it. Next came the part she was going to have trouble with, the pillow, once she told him everything there was complete silence. Eva looked into her dad's eyes but there was an unreadable expression on his face, so she started to panic.
"If you don't believe the last part Dad, then come look at my room…" Eva stood up and walked to the stares, Rush came over and sat by her leg wait for her to go up the stairs. Then her father finally spoke.
"Eva…a pillow?" Don's voice was a mixture of confusion and disappointment, and it just about brought Eva's heart.
"Dad I know it's hard to believe… but you know I wouldn't lie to you like that, not again." With that and an long stare between the two, they headed upstairs and Eva showed him he wall. For a while he just stared at it, not believing what he was seeing. Then after a while he touched it. Eva was watching him closely when he did this, and she swore when he did that his pupils got as big as his eyes. But then the unthinkable happened. He passed out, out of no where, just drop to the floor, and all Eva could hear was her own breathing and a soft thud.
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Oh how I love cliff hangers! :D So what do you think enough drama for you? Lol That mostly why I love Oban Star Racers so much, all the drama… but oddly enough I hate being involved in drama lol Again I'm really sorry about this being so late, I'm such a procrastinator sometimes…But this 9 page chapter make up for it right? O.o Anyway I made a deadline for myself to have the next chapter up before I start school (Senior year! Yeah Baby! Class 2012 Rules!), which is the 26. But since the story is getting exciting I might be faster with it… you never know with me.
Comments, advice, criticism? I know I have more then 7 people reading this story, so I expect you to say something about it! Again it doesn't have to be nice. Oh reviews really do motivate me so if you really want the next chapter fast…;D
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