"and then, there was this incredible whoosh feeling, and this incredible impact. We were all knocked off our feet, and Tobias, who remained a hawk, hit the wall and nearly died. He morphed just in time. It would have been another casualty in my hands, my fault..." he trailed off and just rocked back and forth. Even I, who can read people, didn't understand. Maybe he was depressed? Maybe my second surprise would have to wait...
"Well, we did a scan on the Blade ship, and everything was dead. So we explored it. Even The One was dead. We never did find out about he/she/it. Maybe he/she/it had something to do with The Five. Remember? With the Venber and all?..." he trailed off again, but at least he had come out of his little funk.
"Nothing at all was left on that ship. Nothing. When we rammed it, we killed everything. All systems shut off.It was from the impact, because our ship was faster. Much faster. Another few deaths at my hands, my responsibility. But hey, what's another few compared to the few hundred Hork-Bajir and Taxxons and humans I practically killed?..." he went back into his little funk again.
I pondered. I'm no psychiatrist, but Jake was clearly depressed. Seriously depressed. Possibly clinically depressed. My surprise would definitely have to wait. I was having my own problems with dealing with the war. I couldn't deal with his.
It was so hard. Something would remind me of the war, of a bad time, and I'd go home, and collapse in tears, absorbed in memories. It was especially hard when something reminded me of Jake.( That's how the surprise I have for him came about.) When something reminded me of him, I'd go home, collapse, remember, look at pictures of him, and wish he wasn't off risking his life in alien territory.
"So then we turned around, jumped to Z-space, and headed home. And now I'm here. And so many others aren't....Ax...Rachel...Tom..." On the word "Tom," his voice cracked, and his eyes filled with tears. NOW was the time to ask. It was time for........(A/N: suspenseful music plays ^_^)........................the surprise.
"Jake," I said,"you seem really upset. I have to go get something, so you just take a minute to calm dowm, okay?" He nodded silently and I gave him an awkward sideways hug and a kiss on the cheek.
I went into my bedroom, got the box out of the drawer, and....
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A/N: Another cliffhanger. Again, the Kelbrid space thing isn't the MAIN part of the story, so it's sketchy. In the words of one of my best friends, DEAL WITH IT! This is a SAPPY fic. It has SAP. R&R please.
"Well, we did a scan on the Blade ship, and everything was dead. So we explored it. Even The One was dead. We never did find out about he/she/it. Maybe he/she/it had something to do with The Five. Remember? With the Venber and all?..." he trailed off again, but at least he had come out of his little funk.
"Nothing at all was left on that ship. Nothing. When we rammed it, we killed everything. All systems shut off.It was from the impact, because our ship was faster. Much faster. Another few deaths at my hands, my responsibility. But hey, what's another few compared to the few hundred Hork-Bajir and Taxxons and humans I practically killed?..." he went back into his little funk again.
I pondered. I'm no psychiatrist, but Jake was clearly depressed. Seriously depressed. Possibly clinically depressed. My surprise would definitely have to wait. I was having my own problems with dealing with the war. I couldn't deal with his.
It was so hard. Something would remind me of the war, of a bad time, and I'd go home, and collapse in tears, absorbed in memories. It was especially hard when something reminded me of Jake.( That's how the surprise I have for him came about.) When something reminded me of him, I'd go home, collapse, remember, look at pictures of him, and wish he wasn't off risking his life in alien territory.
"So then we turned around, jumped to Z-space, and headed home. And now I'm here. And so many others aren't....Ax...Rachel...Tom..." On the word "Tom," his voice cracked, and his eyes filled with tears. NOW was the time to ask. It was time for........(A/N: suspenseful music plays ^_^)........................the surprise.
"Jake," I said,"you seem really upset. I have to go get something, so you just take a minute to calm dowm, okay?" He nodded silently and I gave him an awkward sideways hug and a kiss on the cheek.
I went into my bedroom, got the box out of the drawer, and....
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A/N: Another cliffhanger. Again, the Kelbrid space thing isn't the MAIN part of the story, so it's sketchy. In the words of one of my best friends, DEAL WITH IT! This is a SAPPY fic. It has SAP. R&R please.
