Once that gun was pointed to my head, everything seem to get incredibly calm and peaceful, the complete opposite of how I was feeling inside. It almost felt like the wind had stopped blowing, like time itself had paused. Preparing myself for the inevitable, I closed my eyes, not wanting to witness what was coming next.
Moments passed, and yet nothing happened; more seconds went by, and yet I stayed alive. Daring to take a peek, I opened my eyes just in time to move out of the way of the Drac that was toppling over.
For what felt like an eternity, I stared at the thing slumped at my feet, not daring to believe that I had been a breath away from death itself. "Did you actually have any idea how close you came to being ghosted, or did you think everything would turn out okay as long as you had a wing and a prayer?" In the instant that the voice defiantly spoke out, I whipped my ray gun out of its holster and pointed it towards the aforementioned person. "Whoa whoa whoa, I just saved you from a Drac and this is how you repay me? I had no idea you outer-zone Killjoys were so hostile..."
"Look here," I told him, "I don't know you, therefore you are a threat to me." My grip on the gun tightened. "Even if you killed a Drac, how do I know that you're not going to do something a hundred times worse to me, huh? Sorry, but this is really the only option for me." Getting ready to pull the trigger, I watched the supposed 'Killjoy' squirm, although he desperately tried to stay composed.
In a flash, however, the ray gun was shot from my hand in a blinding-white moment. "Don't shoot!" Emerald yelled from a vague distance. "They're Killjoys, they're on our side!"
"How do you know, huh? How do I know they haven't brainwashed you into believing that?"
"Listen to yourself, Aqua. You're sounding like the heat's gone and fried your brain." He tried to reason with me, but I wasn't willing to listen.
"There is NO proof!"
"Oh yeah? Aqua, meet Alteration Airwave. I believe you know each other." Once those words were spoken, I turned around in utter disbelief; just as Emerald had said, Alteration Airwave was there, stood looking triumphant along with everybody else.
"I'm back," she simply spoke. "Miss me?"