Chapter 4
My bare feet hit the sand with enough force to send me onto the ground. The water splashed around my ankles as I pulled myself all the way out of the water, paranoia with the security sensors heavy on my mind. I sat down on the cold sand and caught my breath.
I considered staying on the small island halfway to the pumping station. Said pumping station was only a few yard swim away. I was a fast swimmer but the sensors were faster. Besides, I don't really have very much confidence in my physical prowess. I knew I could shimmy my way up the pole to the metal platform. From there, I could get to the city quickly.
I decided in the end that it was safest to stay in the relative safety of the island until morning. That way I could see if any type of enemy coming my way hopefully before it was too late. That and the thoughts of rest were far too tempting.
The ache in my body had eased away during the run from the air-train pilot, as well as the sting in my skin. But now that the adrenaline had worn away, I was tired. The only thing that I objected to, was the sensor filled water and the exposure. There was no cover on this little island, barley wide enough for me to spread out.
As I lay there, waiting for sleep to take me, I realized I didn't really want to fall asleep. As I lay there, I stayed awake for a long time, thinking of just how I got here and how badly I wanted my own bed again. At that thought, my stomach twisted and clinched uncomfortably and any hunger I had been feeling had left me to be replaced with a dizzying grief. Somewhere, something told me I would never see my home or my family again. I was doomed to live in this hell of a place forever.
I rolled over onto my side and cried. I sobbed without really knowing I was sobbing. I knew that some childish place in my mind, I wanted someone to come and find me and tell me it was okay. After I had cried until I couldn't anymore, I still listened for footsteps of my rescuer, but they never came.
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"Blarg! Turn off that God awful light!" Why in the hell would someone have a light that bright in their room this early in the damn morning! Frag! I rolled over to escape the light but felt uncomfortable where I lay. I brushed the surface with my hand, and frowned. I was yet to have opened my eyes. "What the hell? Did someone dump a beach in my bed?"
I finally took that as an excuse to open my eyes. Well, if I had thought that the sand had been a rude awakening, than this was going to be the death of me. It turned out, I sarcastically remarked inside my head, that I had not been dreaming, I really was on Precursera.
Well, that was just the frosting on the cake.
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A/N: Well I lied if I said that this chapter was going to be longer but I'm tired and it's Friday and the mother is being a bitch. Love her to death but it wasn't my fault she didn't have a good day at work, and I have a right to be angry after she blew me off for the third time this week.
Anyway, onto a lighter note, I lied to you, BB-is-the-cutest-ever. I said Jak is going to be in this chapter but I see no blonde one. I am terribly sorry, I will do it eventually, I promise!
Again I'm sorry for the lateness, the shortness, and the lack of Jakness. Bear with me, please.
Broken Wolf/ D.R.M.
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