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Space Station
It had been over three hours since they had left the burning village behind. No one had said a word afraid to upset the leader of the fallen village. Aerrow quietly got up from the co-pilot seat and sat by Piper wrapping his arm around her bony shoulders. He noticed that she was shivering and held her closer to him. He felt pressure on his shoulder as she leaned against it closing her orange colored eyes.
The only sounds that the space occupied was the breathing of the five people and the slight twerps of the machine they were all inside. Silver sat tensely in the front and with her cool gray eyes stared hopelessly out at the endless black speckled with white flecks of light. He remembered when she told him her name and that she intended him to barely use it; in this silence he began to wonder why.
He glanced over at Finn and to his surprise Rin was sleeping on his shoulder. Finn had his eyes closed and his arms wrapped protectively around her. Aerrow grinned. Someone had fallen for the goof and he wasn't doing to bad caring for her. Aerrow's gaze went back to the white-haired girl and found her cold gaze on him.
"We're going to have to refuel soon," her voice filled the cockpit and startled the sleeping members awake. "There is a space station nearby. It's relatively safe."
Relatively? His brain asked. He nodded and the girl turned her attention back on flying the small contraption of metal. Silently everyone waited for the space station to come into view and finally it did, but it was too late.
"Oh, we're going to die!" Finn exclaimed as the shuttle began to steadily descend. Before the shuttle crash-landed into the Wastelands a metal hook clamped onto the shuttle. The impact caused the five teens to be shaken and a loud bang sounded.
Slowly the hook pulled them up and helped them dock their ship. Once the shuttle was safely connected to the dock a door hissed open revealing a hallway that led to a bustling market place. The five stared at the sight before them and then quickly recovering they set to work on refueling the ship with a few engine crystals. Aerrow agreed with Rin that they should at least check out the stalls once they were done with the business. Silver at first disagreed, but then reluctantly gave in to the demand.
Patiently Finn, Piper, and Rin waited for Aerrow and Silver to finish paying for the fuel crystals. When done Aerrow came over to Piper and putting his arm around her waist guided her to the crowded market place. Being a new couple Finn and Rin just held hands as the walked down the hall followed by Silver (she was happy to be alone).
Silver glanced around suspiciously and something in her gut twisted. The crowd suddenly looked too big and unfriendly. A strange feeling engulfed her and she leaned against the wall feeling queasy. She saw the boy named Aerrow look back at her with concern, but she waved at him to go on. She didn't want him to worry about her. Silver slid down the wall and sat on the ground.
With her knees up to her chest she silently watched the people. Some were acting like idiots, some were cheating their customers, and some were more than serious. She wanted to laugh, but she held it in trying not to at attract any attention to herself. Something caught her eye. It was a picture of a black-haired girl with pink eyes and a red-haired boy with green eyes. Her eyes widened; it was a bounty. Ignoring the threatening grasp of claustrophobia she charged into the crowd looking for her friends.
He stared at the boy and girl in front of him and then glanced back down at the piece of paper he had on his counter. A thin smile crept onto his lips. With that much money he could live comfortably for the rest of his life. The blond and the black skinned one had ventured off leaving these two alone. How was he going to lure these two into his trap? What trap? He frowned.
"What can I do for ya?" he asked uninterestedly.
For the first time the boy had realized he was there and smiled. "Uh," the boy said. "We were just looking."
They were about to turn away and an idea sprang to him. "I got some new crystals that might interest ya," he said, he desperately tried to hid anticipation from his tone of voice. The red head turned around.
"Hey, don't you think Piper might like one?" he asked the girl. The girl nodded; her pink eyes darting around looking for anything that was out of place. He grinned at them.
"Follow me," he said directing them toward a tent. Grinning unpleasantly he opened the tent flap gesturing for them to enter. This is the trap, he thought gleefully. With a burst of energy he pushed the two into the crystal containment shield. Turning the shield on low (low enough to let air in and high enough for them not to escape), he turned around to walk away. "Bye," he said over his shoulder. You two are going to get me a lot o' money! He thought.
"How could I be so gullible?!" he shouted causing Rin to flinch. He sat down heavily and sighed. "Why in the world are we in here anyway?"
Rin shrugged. Apparently they hadn't seen that they were on the bounty list from Cyclonis. "How should I know?" Rin retorted.
It was Aerrow's turn to shrug. How did he get into this mess? How in the world did that old man trick them? Where were the others? He groaned in frustration.
Wildly she looked around for them. Where were they? She started jogging trying to look for them through the many stalls and alleyways. How could a space station be this big? Without looking where she was going she ran right into someone and fell onto the ground. She groaned and then looked up staring at bright blue eyes.
The blond, she recalled. He held out a hand to her and she took it. When pulling her back up the dark skinned girl came up to them with worry written all over her face. I should really find out what their names are, she thought.
"We have to find Aerrow and the other girl," Silver said when she was on her feet. She handed the sheet of paper that had the bounty on it to the girl. Her orange eyes went wide.
"We were looking for them," she answered, concern evident. "They were supposed to meet us at the fountain less than fifteen minutes ago."
The blond snatched the piece of paper from her. He frowned. "That ain't good," he remarked.
"Before we go off on a goose chase, what are your names?" Silver asked curiously.
"I'm Piper and he's Finn," the girl said. "And the other girl's name is Rin."
Silver nodded. "I'm Silver," she struggled to spit out. She didn't like sharing her name, but she had grown to like these guys. "We should probably split up."
Both of them nodded. All three of them dashed off in different directions. Hopefully we aren't too late, Silver thought. Oh, crap. If they are in holding that means Cyclonis is on her way…
Is that considered a cliffhanger? Well, if it is I am sorry, but I had too! Oh, and this chapter is shorter than usual, but at least I wrote something. Hopefully you all liked it and PLEASE review to tell me!
