The sound of a door opening awoke her. She squinted as light fell through the door opening and could make out the huge posture of the Engineer. Suddenly she was wide awake - she didn't know how much time had passed or how she managed to sleep at all. It must have been the exhaustion.
She sat up, still covering her naked body with the blanket. Adrenaline was racing through her body. The Engineer stood still in the door opening for a few seconds before coming in and shutting the door behind him. He sat on the bed, then with one quick movement laid down. Even when laying down, he still looked like a soldier - he never seemed to relax a muscle. It was too dark to see where his eyes were pointing, but she could make out his face was pointed towards the ceiling.
Judging by the light outside, she had a mere few hours before she had to meet Shaw and David. She waited until she thought he was asleep, or whatever it was he seemed to do. She moved her legs as quietly as she could. The Engineer didn't move. She flung her legs over the edge of the bed and stood up. Still no movement from him. Her heart was racing as she sneaked towards the door. When she was close enough to the door to open it, nearly relieved, she heard a noise behind her. She suppressed a scream as she turned around, seeing the Engineer standing up.
'For such a colossal being, he sure is quiet...' she thought before he came for her and pushed her away with one hand. Though not a powerful push for him, the push was still hard enough to make her fly around the room and hit the wall. As she hit the floor, she felt a sharp pain in her thigh. Glass, again. Her stomach turned and she felt sick. She sat on the ground a few seconds until the world around her stopped spinning before her eyes. She looked up and saw the Engineer sitting on the edge of the bed again, his back straight and sitting perfectly still, as if nothing happened. She stood up and felt the glass cut her thigh. She flinched in pain. Then she got an idea that made he stomach turn, though this time not from being sick... She felt strangely nervous, but above all weird. Yet she had no time to over think this, or perhaps she just didn't want to over-think this. She wanted this to happen and had no time (or anything, really) to lose.
She took a deep breath to calm her nerves somewhat before she walked over to stood close in front of him - too close for his comfort, as she was well aware of and pointed towards her thigh. Standing so close to him, she could see his eyes were aimed towards hers.
'Get this glass out,' she whispered. '...please.'
Her heart was beating so fast she was almost sure he could hear it. Her stomach felt like it was in a knot, but somehow it wasn't unpleasant. Even though she was naked, she was burning up, yearning for him to touch her.
His eyes followed her finger to her thigh. He grabbed her thigh with his big hand, a firm grip but she didn't flinch. He seemed to hesitate, as if touching her was something he wasn't supposed to do, before he finally moved his head towards her thigh and sucked the piece of glass out.
'Nnngh.' she couldn't suppress the sound that came from deep within her. She knew it wasn't from pain alone. He looked back up to her and slowly released her thigh. She could hear herself breathing - her whole body was screaming for more.
Then it was her turn to move quicker than HE expected as she leapt forward and sat on his lap with one leg on each side. She could feel all his muscles tense, but suddenly she didn't care anymore if he would throw her to the other side of the room - as long as she could touch his lips with hers just once... She put her hands on his face, leaned forward and pressed her lips on his. She felt really small and fragile sitting on the lap of this colossus who still didn't move a muscle, but was tensed up and probably about to throw her off. When he started to move she turned her head away, her eyes shut tight, waiting for the blow to hit her. But instead he wrapped an arm around her and with one swift move he put her on her back. He stood up and took his suit off. Even though it was dark, she could see enough to see his muscular frame and pale skin. As he now fully naked moved towards her she put his arms around his neck pulling him closer quicker - she thought she was going to explode if she didn't have his hands on her body, never having felt that sort of lust before. As he was laying on top of her she could only touch his big chest and a part of his back - her arms were too short to go anywhere else. His big hands seemed to be everywhere. There was simply no room in her head to think about anything else except him, here and now. He also seemed to have forgotten everything - his mission, the fact she was a forbidden fruit... He didn't hold back in kissing her, stroking her, and then he turned his face away, looking down at his -
'Oh!' she couldn't suppress the sound as she felt him entering her. He looked up, his face close to her. Their lips touched again and she completely relaxed. He was gentle, at least for his standards. She never felt anything like this before, never enjoyed or wanted anything or anyone more in her life. She ignored the voice in the back of her head screaming this was wrong, and completely subdued and indulged in the moment, in him...
Afterwards he turned to his side, she turned on her side as well. Baffled by what just happened, she just stared in to the darkness until she nearly jumped up from feeling a hand on her hip. He pulled her close and wrapped an arm around her. She laid completely still, didn't dare to breathe and not being able to comprehend this situation at all.
At least an hour must have passed until she moved again. She knew he was asleep, and after what happened earlier probably in a deep sleep as well. Yet she couldn't get herself to move, even though time was running out. She closed her eyes and felt him breathing in her neck - in this moment, him in most vulnerable state, she felt completely at peace.
'Several days ago he wanted me dead...' she thought to herself. 'I can not stay. This means nothing, if anything it was a good way to get him to sleep.'
She managed to slip away under his arm and sneak out of the room. She quickly got dressed and put her suit on before leaving the escape pod. She doubted for a second before opening communication with Shaw and David -
'This is Jones...'
It didn't take her long to find Shaw and David. They weren't kidding when they said they would leave without her - they were completely ready to go.
'You made it!' Shaw blurted out in surprise when she saw Jones.
The trio hurried inside the ship and took off. Isabel wandered through the ship and looked outside of the window to see LV-223, with the Engineer still there, getting smaller and smaller. She sighed.
'That was quite a special escape manoeuvre you had there, miss Jones.'
She nearly jumped up.
'David!' Isabel said. 'I thought you were with doctor Shaw.'
'My apologies, miss Jones, I didn't mean to scare you. Miss Shaw is busy sending a transmission to Earth. I thought I'd check up on you.'
Then she remembered David could sense the Engineers' presence and mood. He could also have sensed what happened between her and the Engineer...
As if he could had sensed her thoughts as well, David then continued: 'I've been told that sometimes opposites attract. And that what is forbidden becomes extra attractive.'
There was no doubt - David knew. She didn't know what to say. After a brief moment of awkward silence, David then smiled: 'There is also something else, Stockholm Syndrome I believe it is called.'
She was unsure whether David was trying to be friendly and provide her with an 'excuse' for what had happened, or whether what he said was true. Perhaps it was too early to know, perhaps she would never know. The only thing she did know in that moment is that she wanted nothing more than to go home.
'Forgive me, miss Jones. It is of course none of my business.' said David.
'We have more important things to talk about, anyway!' replied Isabel. Her voice sounded genuinely excited - the thought of returning to normal life did her a world of good. 'When will we arrive back on Earth?'
David tilted his head slightly as he asked: 'Earth?'
The end! For now... ;-)
As you all know from watching the movie Prometheus, Elizabeth Shaw leaves LV-233 and sets course to the homeplanet of the Engineers instead of Earth. At first I wanted to end my story with all of them returning to Earth safe and sound, but I figured an open ending (and one that is somewhat correct according to the movie) was much more fun.
Originally this story was meant to be a short story about forbidden love, a theme that isn't very original (but because it's between an alien and a human it's at least a little bit more modern, haha). It was meant to be a simple and short first story to try out this website, however, after writing this I do feel inspired to make it a bit more than just a short love-story, hence the open ending. Perhaps I'll be writing a part II soon. For now, I'll leave this as it is; my very first (published) story ever with a not so original theme but oh so much fun to write! I hope you enjoyed reading it as well :-)
Thanks for all the reviews everyone, much appreciated!
