Chapter 10
It'd been hours and while the other prisoners settled into their renewed freedom Angel wandered, inspecting her new surroundings, even if they were only temporary.
She put her headphones on and chose a song from her IPod (one of the things she'd brought with her from Earth) walking slowly onto the Bridge.
She remembered the conversation she'd had with Dove about an hour ago;
They had begun dropping people off at their home Terra's when Dove tackled her from behind, pulling her into a hug. "Angel! How are you? The Cyclonians didn't hurt you too bad did they? Where were they keeping you?" Angel smiled at her friend gently "I'm fine, don't worry. I kept my nose out of trouble and have no scars to show for it"
'Well no physical scars anyway' she turned to Dove and gripped her firmly by the shoulders "Dove, you have to listen to me now. I'm serious, but don't be worried. I want you to know straight from the off that this has nothing to do with you and everything to do with me! I'm not going back with you to Gale" Dove stared at her wide eyed "Why not?! You're perfectly able to stay with us for however long you want! I know Grandpapa would say the same!" Angel fought back tears as she pulled the other into another hug "I just can't. I have to keep moving"
'It's for your safety'
Dove had been dropped back with her grandfather minutes later and Angel had hidden herself away, except for now moving to the Bridge. She didn't dare disturb the Pilot but was glad to notice that she wasn't the only one who'd had the same idea. She noticed a door leading to a small open observation deck around the outside of the Bridge, she moved out through said door and down a little to lean on the window, watching the sky as it passed by slowly. They had left Terra Blizzaris twenty minutes ago, but she hadn't seen Digger at all. 'I suppose it's for the best'
Hours felt like minutes as she stood there. She hardly noticed the Carrier stopping and starting at the different Terra's. She couldn't stop thinking about what her next move should be. She didn't know anyone else other than Dove, Wren and Digger (and obviously select people on Cyclonia) and she'd never been to any other Terra aside from Gale and Cyclonia. That and she didn't have any money or place she could stay.
The door was still open and from her place on the window she could hear someone inside say "Finally! That's everyone back on their home Terra's!" she couldn't hear the muffled conversation that followed and wasn't really paying attention when someone came to join her, leaning on the rail. "Our Pilot informs me that you've been out here for a while. Is there any particular place we can drop you?" Angel said nothing but only stared through her peripherals at the speaker.
He wasn't looking at her but she could see his bright red hair blowing in the breeze created by the motion of the ship. "Not a talker huh?" he joked, she directed her vision back out front "If you'd been through what I have over the past few weeks, you wouldn't talk much. Especially to people you don't know" he stared at her but she didn't move. His lips curled into a crooked grin "Touché" they stood there for another minute, her gaze eventually falling on him 'He looks that same age as Cyclonis'. She moved next to him, leaning on the rail "Drop me anywhere, it doesn't matter." He looked at her hard "Which Terra do you come from?"
"I don't come from anywhere"
"Do you have any family?"
"Not here"
He continued to look at her, then gently directed her inside. Angel dropped her gaze, not really wanting to stick around much longer "Look next place you land, I'll get off and won't get back on, okay"
"We'll figure that out when we get to it. What's your name?" Angel hesitated 'No doubt they know about me, and think I'm like my sister. They can't know I'm me!' Angel looked up as the other faces in the room turned to her "Blinx. With an X not the 'ks"