14th June 2013 Friday
Day 165
Section for complaining: I'm tired, and sick of exams. Ok I'm done. Because this month is about love, there will be lots of love in the next couple of chapters.
By the way, lock in the 21st of June…just to prepare you.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dex Hamilton or the characters.
"Who's going to go down there?" Jenny questioned, feeling her heart racing in her chest.
"Not me," Tung wheezed, cowering behind Jenny now. "It's really dark down there."
"We'll all go," Dex ordered, handing out glow sticks to everyone. "It'll be faster if all of us searched the ship. Tung, you come with me; Zap and Jenny, take the east wing. If we don't find anything, meet back here."
"Why is it so dark down here?" Jenny questioned, aiming her glow stick out in front of her to illuminate the path. Zap smirked unknowingly in the dim light.
"Why, are you scared?" a little chuckle played on his voice. Jenny stopped dead in her tracks.
"I am not scared," she shouted defensively, but jumped a little when a noise echoed from down the hall. The glow stick fell from her hand and rolled across the floor. In the ominous light, she looked up and caught the sparkle of Zap's eyes, who was standing surprisingly close to her. She gasped inaudibly, unable to pull her gaze away from his.
"Uh, it uh," he tried to form a sentence, but his mind couldn't help but admire her face in the green light.
"Uh, yeah," she finally managed to pull her sight away, grabbing her glow stick and walking quite rapidly down the dark corridor. Zap stood dumbstruck as he watched her walk away, before quickly following her.
"I'm sure it's nothing," Zap argued, trying to change the awkward tension in the air. "It could just be a broken fuse or something."
"Whatever it was…shot at me," she argued, anger rising in her throat. "There's someone on board."
"Well then, I guess we need to head towards the bug; Dex said people all over the galaxy are looking for this, then someone knows that we've got one with us."
"Fine, we'll go towards the bug," she muttered, pretty much under her breath. "Can't believe I almost lost my life due to this stupid insect."
The corridor that led to the haul was darker and longer than the previous one. Jenny sighed loudly as they walked together with cautious steps. "I've really got to install some lights down here…and make these halls shorter."
"Relax, we're almost there-" another clang was heard from the end of the corridor, and a slight squeal was released.
"Yeah, real manly Zap," Jenny dead-panned, pushing him away from his frightened hug. He was so thankful that it was so dark; luckily she couldn't see his blush.
"Down here," he whispered hoarsely, before sprinting down the hall.
"Wait up!" the clone squealed before running after him.
Zap tested the light to the hanger; but nothing happened.
"My goodness, what is with these lights?" Jenny moaned, stamping her boot down in frustration. The click of a gun could be heard from behind the insect's cage.
"Don't move," a voice growled in the darkness, startling the two workers. Zap stood defensively in front of Jenny. "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."
"We've got you surrounded," the pilot barked, aiming his gun at the shadow. "Come out with your hands up."
A laugh echoed through the metal room. "Please, stop trying to be a hero in front of your girlfriend. One way or another, I'm taking this bug back to my boss, and anyone who tries to stop me will meet the end of my gun."
"You're the person who shot at me!" Jenny stepped around Zap to confront the intruder. "You wrecked my ship! I have spent so-"
"Jenny, please," Zap argued, stepping in front of her once again. "You just need to radio Dex, okay?"
"Wait, Jenny?" the voice questioned with surprise. The engineer took another step closer.
"Yeah?" she murmured hesitantly. The stranger stepped out from behind the cage, allowing the team members to catch her face in the light.
"Oh my gosh."
Dun dun dun! I'm almost on holidays, and looking forward to writing so many chapters! R&R!