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Chapter Four
"I'm tired," Aisha said with a yawn.
"Go into one of the rooms in the back, then," Gene said. "You won't miss anything."
She stood up and stretched out her long arms. "Fine." She turned to Jim, who was laying half-asleep in his chair. She nudged his shoulder until he woke up. "You want to come to come with me, Jim? You're about to fall asleep on your keyboard."
He lifted his head and rubbed his eyes. "Go where?"
"To bed, silly," she replied, helping him to his feet. "Let's go, Jim."
His eyelids weren't fully open and neither was his mind. He was stuck in-between going to sleep and already being asleep. After a few minutes, he finally realized what was happening. Aisha, his crush ever since the time they were locked in that old tomb, was taking him to bed, where she was also going to be sleeping. His face turned bright red with embarrassment.
"Aisha?" he croaked. "I'm not that tired after all. So I don't need any sleep."
She shook her head. "Don't be silly, Jim. You're tired and you know it."
He shrugged in defeat. "Yeah. I guess I am."
They walked down the dark hallway, with Suzuka following behind them.
Gene grinned, keeping his eyes on the millions of stars ahead of him. They've been in space for a couple of long hours. They were all tired, but he knew that he had to stay awake to be able to fully control the ship. So he let everyone else fall asleep while he forced himself to stay awake.
"Gilliam, how long until we get to Blue Nexus?" Gene asked with a yawn.
"About three hours, Gene," he replied. "It's just desolate space the whole way there, so you could put the ship on autopilot it you wish."
"Sounds good," he said, and pressed the red button to turn the autopilot on. He stood up and started to walk down the hall, when Melfina called out to him from her tube.
"Gene?" she said.
He stopped and turned to her. "Yeah?"
"Please stay with me, Gene," she pleaded. "I don't want to be alone."
He sighed and said, "All right, I'll stay."
He sat down in the chair that Suzuka was sitting on and reclined back.
"Thank you, Gene," she said. "I really appreciate it."
"You know, Melfina," he said thoughtfully, staring at the ceiling, "it's not even like you're speaking to me. It's like someone's talking for you and controlling your every movement. Like a robot."
"What do you mean?" she asked.
He sat up and stared at her. "Are you even real, Melfina? Is that you're brain and your heart?" he asked, and then stood up. "Is everything you're all about true? Or is it just an illusion?"
She blinked and looked in slow motion, turned her head to him. "I'm real. I breathe, eat, sleep, feel, and… love," she said. "I'm just as real as you are, Gene."
He walked over to her and shook his head. He wasn't sure anymore. Everything he ever thought was true and real was turning out to be a lie. They were all lies. He knew there was some big secret that everyone was hiding from him. He wanted to know why everyone was hiding it.
[Why is everything not as it appears to be?]
"Are you really real, Melfina?" he asked. "Or is that what someone told you? Or maybe even programmed into you?"
"What are you talking about?" she asked, her voice was filled with hurt. "Programmed?"
He shook his head. "Nevermind, Melfina," he said. "Just thinking out loud."
He tried to reassure her with a smile, but he could only curve his lips slightly. He shrugged away his doubt and sat down in the pilot's chair.
--
"Jim, are you awake?" Suzuka asked.
He lifted his head from his pillow. "Yeah, unfortunately." He sat up and glared at Aisha, who was snoring as loud as the ship's engine. "Can I borrow your sword for a minute, Suzuka?"
She laughed. "You know you don't want to do that."
"No, I'm sure of it," he replied. "When it comes to sleeping, I don't care if I like the person or not."
"So you like her?" Suzuka asked.
His face turned red. "I--I well…"
She grinned and sat up. "Don't worry, Jim. I won't say anything."
He sighed in relief. "Thanks," he said. "How did you know?"
"It's obvious," she answered. "You act differently around her then you do with everyone else."
"Oh," he said.
He looked outside the window. Black space for miles and miles, with a few dull stars. "I expected space to be more than just darkness," he said. "I was expecting aliens and millions of stars, you know?"
"Jim, not everything is as it appears to be," she said. "Remember that."
He nodded and lied back down.
They were quiet for a minute. Only the sound of the engine running and Aisha's snoring filled the atmosphere.
"Suzuka?" Jim asked.
"What now?"
"Can I borrow your sword?"
--
To be continued…
Please review!
Hey everyone! I Hope you guys enjoy this short chapter! And next chapter I hope to bring Hanmyo into the story! So please review so I know to continue!
Chapter Four
"I'm tired," Aisha said with a yawn.
"Go into one of the rooms in the back, then," Gene said. "You won't miss anything."
She stood up and stretched out her long arms. "Fine." She turned to Jim, who was laying half-asleep in his chair. She nudged his shoulder until he woke up. "You want to come to come with me, Jim? You're about to fall asleep on your keyboard."
He lifted his head and rubbed his eyes. "Go where?"
"To bed, silly," she replied, helping him to his feet. "Let's go, Jim."
His eyelids weren't fully open and neither was his mind. He was stuck in-between going to sleep and already being asleep. After a few minutes, he finally realized what was happening. Aisha, his crush ever since the time they were locked in that old tomb, was taking him to bed, where she was also going to be sleeping. His face turned bright red with embarrassment.
"Aisha?" he croaked. "I'm not that tired after all. So I don't need any sleep."
She shook her head. "Don't be silly, Jim. You're tired and you know it."
He shrugged in defeat. "Yeah. I guess I am."
They walked down the dark hallway, with Suzuka following behind them.
Gene grinned, keeping his eyes on the millions of stars ahead of him. They've been in space for a couple of long hours. They were all tired, but he knew that he had to stay awake to be able to fully control the ship. So he let everyone else fall asleep while he forced himself to stay awake.
"Gilliam, how long until we get to Blue Nexus?" Gene asked with a yawn.
"About three hours, Gene," he replied. "It's just desolate space the whole way there, so you could put the ship on autopilot it you wish."
"Sounds good," he said, and pressed the red button to turn the autopilot on. He stood up and started to walk down the hall, when Melfina called out to him from her tube.
"Gene?" she said.
He stopped and turned to her. "Yeah?"
"Please stay with me, Gene," she pleaded. "I don't want to be alone."
He sighed and said, "All right, I'll stay."
He sat down in the chair that Suzuka was sitting on and reclined back.
"Thank you, Gene," she said. "I really appreciate it."
"You know, Melfina," he said thoughtfully, staring at the ceiling, "it's not even like you're speaking to me. It's like someone's talking for you and controlling your every movement. Like a robot."
"What do you mean?" she asked.
He sat up and stared at her. "Are you even real, Melfina? Is that you're brain and your heart?" he asked, and then stood up. "Is everything you're all about true? Or is it just an illusion?"
She blinked and looked in slow motion, turned her head to him. "I'm real. I breathe, eat, sleep, feel, and… love," she said. "I'm just as real as you are, Gene."
He walked over to her and shook his head. He wasn't sure anymore. Everything he ever thought was true and real was turning out to be a lie. They were all lies. He knew there was some big secret that everyone was hiding from him. He wanted to know why everyone was hiding it.
[Why is everything not as it appears to be?]
"Are you really real, Melfina?" he asked. "Or is that what someone told you? Or maybe even programmed into you?"
"What are you talking about?" she asked, her voice was filled with hurt. "Programmed?"
He shook his head. "Nevermind, Melfina," he said. "Just thinking out loud."
He tried to reassure her with a smile, but he could only curve his lips slightly. He shrugged away his doubt and sat down in the pilot's chair.
--
"Jim, are you awake?" Suzuka asked.
He lifted his head from his pillow. "Yeah, unfortunately." He sat up and glared at Aisha, who was snoring as loud as the ship's engine. "Can I borrow your sword for a minute, Suzuka?"
She laughed. "You know you don't want to do that."
"No, I'm sure of it," he replied. "When it comes to sleeping, I don't care if I like the person or not."
"So you like her?" Suzuka asked.
His face turned red. "I--I well…"
She grinned and sat up. "Don't worry, Jim. I won't say anything."
He sighed in relief. "Thanks," he said. "How did you know?"
"It's obvious," she answered. "You act differently around her then you do with everyone else."
"Oh," he said.
He looked outside the window. Black space for miles and miles, with a few dull stars. "I expected space to be more than just darkness," he said. "I was expecting aliens and millions of stars, you know?"
"Jim, not everything is as it appears to be," she said. "Remember that."
He nodded and lied back down.
They were quiet for a minute. Only the sound of the engine running and Aisha's snoring filled the atmosphere.
"Suzuka?" Jim asked.
"What now?"
"Can I borrow your sword?"
--
To be continued…
Please review!