Chapter 6

Alone in his room, the ceiling appealed to him as he stared at it.
It was kind of funny, in a away, because the longer he stared at it, the more it appealed to him. With a smug smile on his face, David Hein shook his head and sat up from where he lay on his cot.

"What am I doing here..." he muttered. He'd no doubt be thrown in jail for a merciless murder spree, having fired the Zeus Cannon.

"What else was to be done? The damned planet deserved it..." he muttered, wincing as he bent his burned and bandaged wrists.

His memory floated back to Aki, and how gentle she'd been while wrapping him up. Carefully, but swiftly and accurately. Why had she actually taken the time out of her day to spare his life? He knew it was all about the stupid spirit waves.

"Damn Gaia. Damn spirit waves, damn life forms...DAMN GAIA!" Hein shouted, picking up the digital alarm clock that sat on the night table and hurling it across the room with unexplainable force.

"Why couldn't I have died up there..." he muttered. Why hadn't he shot himself earlier? He could have done it, it would have been easy. Simple. Death, had never tasted so sweet, or as close he'd come to it, anyway.

I'm a wuss, he thought. A no good, low life good-for-nothing chicken wuss. That's me. David Hein, chicken wuss and crazy sadistic murderer extraordinaire. That's me.

He almost laughed aloud at this thought. It would be his new title. He could start a business, with all the business cards saying that about him. People would get a kick out of it.

His office door would have the words "the psycho is in" on it, and people would flock from all over Gaia to see what he had to offer.

He shook his head. "I've been in space too long. It's affecting my brain."

His stomach growled from where he sat and he raised an eyebrow. "Looks like something in me still works."

And without any further argument with his conscience, he rose from his cot, and left the room to find something to eat.

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Aki watched the dream again and again. She knew there must be a clue inside her dreams. A simple clue, something so small, she had to have been missing it.

Dr. Sid had agreed to later come by the dream recording room to take a look at her dream for clues, however, that was a few hours ago, and he still wasn't there yet.
With a sigh, Aki leaned back in the dream chair and shut her eyes.

As her sight was blocked off from her closed eyes, her hearing had heightened some, and she listened as heavy footsteps trode down the hallway.

With a smile, she shook her head, her eyes still closed. "I knew he'd get hungry sooner or later," she muttered.

He stopped, hearing her mutter something, and peered in the room.

"What do you want?" Aki asked sharply, opening her eyes to glare at the raven-haired man.
He smirked. "I'm just curious why someone so...shall we say, gifted with the skill of knowledge is wasting her time in the dream recording room, when she should be-"

"Throwing you in jail for viscous manslaughter? Yes, Hein. I'd love to do that sometime. Maybe I will have your ass thrown in jail. But until then, I have work to do in order to save my planet." Aki interrupted.
Hein scowled. "Your planet. Since when is it your planet?"

"Since you tried to destroy it, it's not yours anymore." She rose from the dream chair and walked up to him, her face inches from his. She scowled as she stared into his eyes, which were, without a doubt, cold and heartless.

"Yes, Hein. You finally realize you're not God. What do you have to say about that?" she hissed.

He grinned, "And you think you are God? No one is God but God Himself. And it's funny that you ask me that. A while back I was trying to destroy 'your' planet. It's really funny. I like your fire, Dr. Ross. It's...appealing to me. Now please excuse me while I go feed my growling stomach," Hein mercilessly replied.

Aki glared as he smiled gently, and continued on down the hall.

"Bastard," she muttered.

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A/N: This was by Raine. I merely looked over it and agreed, so if you have some praise for this chapter talk to Raine. Yeah.

Hmmm.... Hein gave a half hearted wave to all the readers. I didn't think he'd be so interested in the movie "The Lion King". *Watches with a snicker* Poor guy. I think the death of Simba's father hit him pretty hard.

Hein: Hey, I can see that.

Sev: oops.

Hein: *Throws the rest of his ice cream at Sev's head*

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