CHAPTER 9: CONFRONTATION AT THE PALACE
"You shouldn't have lied back there," Jerry grunted as he trotted behind his master. "I know that you're leaving without them."
Erin didn't look at the dog. "I don't have a choice. I can't let her die for me. I can't let her die, period."
She entered her room and started gathering some things. This time she didn't forget her tranq gun and put it and the darts in her backpack.
In a poof of air and magic, Orko appeared and nosed around Erin's room.
"Watchya doing?" he asked. "You're not leaving are you?"
Erin looked at the floating elf. She didn't know what he was, but she liked him.
"I'm going to get the Queen back, Orko," she forced a smile. "She's in great danger."
"As you will be if you're about to do what I think you're going to do," a voice boomed behind her.
She didn't turn, she knew who it was and she knew what he was going to say. She just kept packing her things. She didn't want to hear it, but she was going to.
"Orko, leave," He-Man said as he shut the door. The magician shrugged and disappeared in a "poof."
He walked over to her. "You can't go there by yourself," he said in a demanding tone that Erin didn't like. "You have NO idea what you are dealing with. You can't help my mother if Skeletor has found some way to destroy you, which he may have. You can't.."
Now, she was mad and flipped around, her face was red and she shook with anger.
"I haven't been able to do anything for myself since I arrived on this God forsaken planet!" she cried. "And I'm sick of it. I can't just stand by and let this happen, I DON'T CARE IF I DIE BUT I WON'T LET THEM KILL HER!!!! I CAN'T LOSE ANOTHER MOTHER!!!!!"
He-Man moved closer to console her but she wouldn't have it and she pushed back on the warrior's chest.
"YOU DON'T GET IT DO YOU!" she continued her rant. "WHEN MY MOTHER DIED I COULDN'T DO A THING TO STOP IT! I WATCHED AND WAITED THROUGH THE MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCE OF HER LIFE UNTIL IT WAS OVER, THEN IT BECAME THE MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE!!! SHE LEFT ME ALL ALONE!!!!!"
She stopped hitting him and fell into his arms sobbing. He helped her to the ground and just held her while she let it all out.
"I know.Marlena's not my mother," she cried. "But she cared when I thought no one else did. She was the first person I felt I could trust since my mom died."
He-Man hugged her and stroked her hair. She calmed herself a little and pulled back far enough to look him in the eyes again.
"Adam, if there's a chance I can stop this, if I can do something..anything to save her life, I HAVE TO," she begged. "Do you understand?"
He pressed his forehead against hers and nodded. Then he put his hand under her chin and lifted her face. Her blue eyes locked on his gray eyes and a connection clicked.
"I understand," he said gently. "But you need to understand, that I can't let them destroy YOU. I won't lose you or her. Mother is not the only one who cares about you. Trust this,"
Erin stared at his face.
"I care.."
His face inched closer to hers
"..so much."
closer still
"it hurts."
He cupped her face as his lips grazed hers. At first she sat there in disbelief, but it didn't take long for her to reciprocate and she kissed him back, on the lips, on the eyelids, on the cheeks. He held her tighter, almost to the point where she couldn't breathe. What started out as a gentle, soft kiss soon became fierce and wanton as they consumed the power in each other.
After several minutes, the kiss broke. Breathless, they both just looked at each other.
He-Man broke the silence and smiled.
"So, that's how Earth girls kiss?"
"You shouldn't have lied back there," Jerry grunted as he trotted behind his master. "I know that you're leaving without them."
Erin didn't look at the dog. "I don't have a choice. I can't let her die for me. I can't let her die, period."
She entered her room and started gathering some things. This time she didn't forget her tranq gun and put it and the darts in her backpack.
In a poof of air and magic, Orko appeared and nosed around Erin's room.
"Watchya doing?" he asked. "You're not leaving are you?"
Erin looked at the floating elf. She didn't know what he was, but she liked him.
"I'm going to get the Queen back, Orko," she forced a smile. "She's in great danger."
"As you will be if you're about to do what I think you're going to do," a voice boomed behind her.
She didn't turn, she knew who it was and she knew what he was going to say. She just kept packing her things. She didn't want to hear it, but she was going to.
"Orko, leave," He-Man said as he shut the door. The magician shrugged and disappeared in a "poof."
He walked over to her. "You can't go there by yourself," he said in a demanding tone that Erin didn't like. "You have NO idea what you are dealing with. You can't help my mother if Skeletor has found some way to destroy you, which he may have. You can't.."
Now, she was mad and flipped around, her face was red and she shook with anger.
"I haven't been able to do anything for myself since I arrived on this God forsaken planet!" she cried. "And I'm sick of it. I can't just stand by and let this happen, I DON'T CARE IF I DIE BUT I WON'T LET THEM KILL HER!!!! I CAN'T LOSE ANOTHER MOTHER!!!!!"
He-Man moved closer to console her but she wouldn't have it and she pushed back on the warrior's chest.
"YOU DON'T GET IT DO YOU!" she continued her rant. "WHEN MY MOTHER DIED I COULDN'T DO A THING TO STOP IT! I WATCHED AND WAITED THROUGH THE MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCE OF HER LIFE UNTIL IT WAS OVER, THEN IT BECAME THE MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE!!! SHE LEFT ME ALL ALONE!!!!!"
She stopped hitting him and fell into his arms sobbing. He helped her to the ground and just held her while she let it all out.
"I know.Marlena's not my mother," she cried. "But she cared when I thought no one else did. She was the first person I felt I could trust since my mom died."
He-Man hugged her and stroked her hair. She calmed herself a little and pulled back far enough to look him in the eyes again.
"Adam, if there's a chance I can stop this, if I can do something..anything to save her life, I HAVE TO," she begged. "Do you understand?"
He pressed his forehead against hers and nodded. Then he put his hand under her chin and lifted her face. Her blue eyes locked on his gray eyes and a connection clicked.
"I understand," he said gently. "But you need to understand, that I can't let them destroy YOU. I won't lose you or her. Mother is not the only one who cares about you. Trust this,"
Erin stared at his face.
"I care.."
His face inched closer to hers
"..so much."
closer still
"it hurts."
He cupped her face as his lips grazed hers. At first she sat there in disbelief, but it didn't take long for her to reciprocate and she kissed him back, on the lips, on the eyelids, on the cheeks. He held her tighter, almost to the point where she couldn't breathe. What started out as a gentle, soft kiss soon became fierce and wanton as they consumed the power in each other.
After several minutes, the kiss broke. Breathless, they both just looked at each other.
He-Man broke the silence and smiled.
"So, that's how Earth girls kiss?"