Chapter 9

"What is that!" I exclaimed, as the hover car was attacked by the deafening sounds of pittering and pattering, through the window I could not believe the sight before me. "Water?" I asked before either of my parents had the chance to answer my first question.
Mother started laughing and looked at father,
"Spock, That is rain and yes it is water."

I pressed my hands against the glass in excitement, "Water! Water from the sky! that's absurd"

"it is indeed" Father piped up, whilst mother giggled and glanced over to him a wry smile grew on her lips whilst father's eye held straight on the road undeterred by her.

The 'rain' battered against the windows of the hover car that sped through the crowded streets of San Francisco, humans hurried in all directions, pulling up their hoods to avoid this rain. Some were putting up up strange poles which extended outward in a mesh like way, they proved useful though from my observations as they provided a moving shelter for which to walk under. I didn't quite understand why the rain would cause the people of earth the grimace and run for shelter. I of course never had experienced rain before, and from my hover car hands pressed tight against the window and eyes wide I was oblivious to the horror of the rain.
"Why do they run from it mother?" I asked my breath condensing on the pane protecting me from this lucid phenomena.

"They much like our father. Do not like getting wet." Mother replied still humor lace through her tone.
"Why? Water from the sky seems to be a gift, the Earth I kind to these people, it throw water at them" I rushed out in an excitable gasp as the bullets of water beat down all over.

"You may think differently my son when we too have to step out into it." Father added his tone soft and low cutting through the pattering rain.

I watched through the window still marveling at the height of the buildings here, on Vulcan we have few tall structure, many were kept low to the ground allowing the views of the desert to be seen throughout all of ShiKar. However here in San Francisco the buildings towered over each other a maze of structures lay ahead whilst our car floated through the winding path between the chaotic architecture surrounding us.

The car slowed after about half an hour of oggling at the city, we stopped out side of the Vulcan Consulate where my father worked and where we would be staying, the rain still fell small lakes of water had started t form on the ground and tiny rivers flowed down the curbs into hole in the ground, Mother informed me that the lakes were something called a puddle and that they were often jumped in by small children. Father let out a very subtle grunt and opened his door into the rain, Vulcan aides rushed to the the car with the same mesh shelter ready for us to step out, father stepped straight under a mesh-thing, mother reciprocated. I however was curious, I wanted to know how the water from above felt. I, unknowing of the cold damp and uncomfortable qualities of rain, stepped straight into the torrent of water with nothing but my light traveling robes on. Immediately I understood the grimace. Water splashed down hard, cold, wet and left me freezing in front of the consulate. Mother restrained a laugh whilst father looked on at me with his eyebrow quirked upwards. The blood seemed to have stopped flowing to my fingertips and my toes were equally as numb, I set of at a run to where my parents were stood my cheeks were flushing green and I could feel the tips of my ears burning.

"Rain is most unpleasant."
"Yes, I do agree son, it is a phenomena for which I am grateful does not occur on Vulcan." Father stated and mother hit him playfully on the arm "come the council is awaiting my presence, the aides will take our bags to our room. You and mother can discuss this rain there, let us get out of it and into the warmth of the consulate."
I nodded and walked beside mother as father led the way to the consulate doors, the yellow lights glowing through the windows promised the warmth which my body was now craving.

Inside the consulate Father was quickly ushered off into some important meeting and other walked us over to the lift which would carry us to our room. A Vulcan joined us in the lift who I did not recognize. He was blonde with his ears capped and rounded, his eyebrows however were distinctly Vulcan and such was his demeanor. The man wore the traditional garb, his robes were all black with a small metal pin fastening at his neck. He just stood in silence eyes forward, his posture held stiff, shoulders square. The lift halted and the doors opened a man was stood waiting to get on. Usually people would share lifts and I thought the custom would be shared on Earth, however the blonde Vulcan to my side stepped forward and whispered something unintelligible at the man. The short bearded human bowed and did not enter the lift, doors closing we et off again climbing through the many floors of the consulate building. I looked up to mother in query but she shook her head, implying I should remain silent.

The silence was heavy making the lift journey drag, we did reach the 54th floor eventually however and the door opened to a plain corridor, cream walls and soft wood flooring laid before us, The Vulcan stepped out of the lift ad checked the corridor before he allowed us to leave, after three checks of looking up and down the corridor he gestured to move forward with his hand. I walked close to mother wary of my surroundings, still dripping wet and a small globule of saliva was gathering in my nose. The silence continued as we moved towards room 901 The Vulcan carried on in his austere manner checking behind us all the way down to the room. The halls seemed to be pretty empty to me so I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. We reached the door and again the blonde ran his checks, sweeping under tables, sofas and walking around the room. After five minutes and twenty seconds of thorough checking he allowed us in.

"I am Kevish, I have been ordered to stand by for your protection. If you need me I will e outside your door," He bowed "lady, Master." Without a word he left closing the door behind him, the shadow f his feet invaded the light from under the door frame.

"Who was he?" I asked incredulous
"I do not have a clue Spock," she aid as she walked over to the floor to ceiling windows of our apartment room, "come look Spock, forget about Kevish and just enjoy this view"

I wandered over to mother, checking under the door all the while for the two shadows of Kevish's feet. "It's just odd"
Mother pulled me to her and whispered, "Kevish is here to protect us okay, Earth is a great planet, the thing is your father is an important dignitary and so precautions must be put in place for safety okay, now lets just forget that for the moment and just gape"

I nodded understanding that Kevish was another quirk to our unorthodox family life. "The buildings are so tall...

After 'Gaping' as mother put it, I changed into something much more comfortable, something dry. Mother laughed when I came out from my room , "Oh Spock look at you!" She pulled out her PADD and snapped a holograph of me for which I was not grateful, "I'm sending that your aunt 'Spock's first encounter with rain' come here yours still flushed, and your hair needs drying or your going to catch a cold."

"A cold?" I asked, she smiled and grabbed a towel drying my hair. After she had thoroughly shook me about drying my head, with a piece of tissue she wiped my nose.
Pulling away she showed me the horrendous image of mucus covering the paper cloth. "That. Is vile."

"Well she sighed, "if you catch a cold they will be much more of that green gunk. Its common on earth so watch out the germs are out!" She started to poke me and instantly I was suppressing a smile a her insistent prodding caused my nervous system to squirm.

Authors note:

Oh god, I didn't realise how long this 'short break' away from this story had extended to. Sorry guys! I'm back anyway and I should, (Should being the operative word here) be updating at least once a week. I hope you enjoyed this little installment and find Kevish's presence as alluring a I do!:P
Thanks for reading Ellimongoose