Kezi rose later that day and dressed in her tank top and jeans. After clipping her bag to her belt, she snuck out into the hallway and managed to reach the portal to the main temple. She slipped through and walked around until she found the portal leading to the Earth temple.

Avoiding all open spaces where she could be seen, Kezi made her way to Jordan's room. He was sitting on the edge of his bed as she slipped into view. He was startled at seeing her, but he smiled as he realized she'd meant what she said. But he also grew a little worried. He was really blurring the lines of their friendship by encouraging her to hang with him.

She went over to sit next to him. "Hi." she said.

"Hey." he answered. "What's up?"

"Nothing much. I just stopped by to say hello is all. I'll be right back."

"Where're you going?"

"I just remembered...I need to...ask Eva about something."

"Oh, okay." She left the room.

Jordan waited for Kezi to come back. After a few minutes, his eyes laid on her bag that she had lrft on the floor. His curiosity was aroused. What was inside it? She always had it with her. He reached for it.

Jordan came across a lot of pictures of her at the orphanage and at her military academy. He came across one that seemed to be just after she'd gotten her pilot's license. She was standing by her fighter ship.

As he put the scrapbook away, pictures slid out. He hurriedly picked them up, only to gaze at them in wonder.

The first was Kezi with who Jordan assumed her brother. Their arms were slung around one another, grinning away; the two children seemed to be four or five. Jordan randomly thought that Kezi was a pretty little girl. He flipped on to the next one. A blonde haired man was hugging Kezi, cheek to cheek. Kezi looked about five years old. Next one.

Jordan saw a little Kezi hugging the legs of a tall, slender woman. The woman's hair was long and curly as it flowed in the wind. Her hand was on Kezi's head as the little girl grinned. And behind them was a star racer. Not just any star racer...an Erridian military fighter star racer.

'Well...' Jordan thought. 'I know where she gets her features from.'

The next picture showed the woman smiling as she gave the little girl a piggy back ride. The little girl threw a peace sign with her hands.

And the last one held the two of them again. This time, the picture seemed to have been taken while they were moving. The woman's back was toward the camera, but you could easily see Kezi; her arms were stretched out like a bird's wings as the woman twirled her in the air. The grin on little Kezi's face was the most prominent feature on her face.

A voice from behind startled him. "Can I help you with something?"

He whirled around to see Kezi glaring at him. She held out her hand for the photos. Jordan looked at her apologetically as he held the photos out to her but didn't give them to her. "I...was curious, Kez." he said. Her eyes narrowed as she reached for her pictures. He handed them back to her, but before he could let go of all of them, she jerked her hand away. Both of them heard a ripping sound.

"Oh no!" Kezi cried. She bent down to catch the other half, but Jordan beat her to it. He handed it to her. He could see emotions boiling to her face, despair above them all. He quickly got up and said, "Here. I'll go find some tape." He ran off.

He came back to see Kezi hugging the only broken photograph while gently singing a song. It sounded like a lullaby.

'My little baby, let your smile shine.

When you're grown and I'm long gone,

This will be your baby's rhyme,

And then will rise your precious dawn.'

Jordan walked slowly over to her. He could see her visibly tense when he was a few feet from her. He went over to her and knelt. He reached for the picture but she wouldn't let him near it. "Kez..." he sighed. "Let me fix it."

Kezi snapped for no apparent reason. "NO! Why should I let you touch it? You tore it! It's the only one that my mother is smiling in! We were so happy then. Does that NOT make any difference to you, you...EARTHLING? Why the hell were you in my bag anyway?!"

Jordan held his tongue; he knew he shouldn't have gone through her stuff, but he believed she was overreacting. "Kez...I'm...sorry."

He saw her tear-streaked face that she tried to hide. When he tried to soothe her, Kezi quickly got up, grabbed her bag, and fled back to her temple.

'What was...that?' was all he could think.

Kezi knew she shouldn't have done that. But she was so upset about the picture. Though when she looked back on it, she was unnessecarily harsh on Jordan. He may have been a snoop, but she was the one who yanked the photos from him. It was her fault that it was ripped.

'Ahhhh...what's wrong with me?!' she thought, frustrated with herself as she fell onto her bed. 'Why am I so emotional all of a sudden?'

Then her conversation with Eva just a few minutes ago reminded her of why she was acting strange. It was because of...her.

Kezi couldn't explain it, but she was absolutely sure that her baby was a girl. She even picked a name for her...Marnaya. It was a name she'd heard in a dream. She liked it a lot, so she chose it for her daughter.

Kezi rubbed her flat stomach, still in shock that she was carrying a child. She knew that she was having severe mood swings...and that the guys must be making fun of her for them.

She sighed as the guilt of what she'd done to Jordan seeped in. She walked out on the ledge of the flying temple to feel the cool wind on her hot cheeks. Night was falling. She closed her eyes as a song came to her lips.

'It hasn't always been this way...I remember brighter days,

Before the dark ones came, stole my mind, wrapped my soul in chains.

Now I live among the dead, fighting voices in my head,

Hoping someone hears me, crying in the night, and carries me away...

Set me free, of the chains holding me.

Is anybody out there hearing me?

Set me free.'

She noticed a figure walk out on the Earth temple's ledge when she opened her eyes. She shyly glanced toward the silhouette. It was Jordan. She was worried he'd heard her. And she quickly ducked out of view. After watching him outside for a while, she made a promise to Jordan and herself.

'I WILL apologize tomorrow, Jordan.' she thought to herself. 'I swear on my star racer.'