Ridding in Low Tides
She searched through the dark space. All she saw was blackness. Her ship cut through the blackness of space. Her violet eyes were cold and filled with hate. "Where are you?"
Right then she sees something deep in space. "What's that?" She pushes her ship toward it. "Oh no!" She shouts when she gets close enough to know what it is. "Not a black hole!" She pulls back on the steering stick. "I'm too close." She hit's a green button on the control panel. Her ship opens and she jumps out.
She raises her arms high above her head and closes her eyes. She starts to glow a pale blue color. She open she eyes. The cruel violet deepens to an almost black. "I call upon the power of space!" She lowers her arms and stares at the black hole. She points to the black hole. Slowly it gets smaller until it vanishes. She smiles a cold smile. "Nice to control space." She then turns and floats back into her ship and closes the lid.
"Thrusters on… turbo speed working…" Then she gasps. "Can Koppa-Mijin still transform? I hope so." She pushes her ship forward. The wings come off, the body twists. Seconds later an amazing metal creature stands in the space. It has a round lightning blue jewel in its center, a silver ring is around it, the chest plate is navy blue. Its legs are pale blue, and the armor on its arms is a periwinkle blue. Pointed silver eyebrows are just above sapphire colored lights that are its eyes.
She grins. "She does still transform. Great, but unfortunately she's not needed this instant so she shall stay my ship." She pushes a button inside the magnificent Gundam. The wings detach, and the body twists. She sits in her mostly blue ship again. She closes her eyes. "Thank you, Sanjeet, my brother. Without you I don't think I could- no, would have this honor to pilot a Gundam suit. But I miss you something awful." She closes her eyes in memory of her twin brother.
"I always be wit you." She remembers him saying so clearly when they were four. She remembers him putting his arms around her in a hug. His black hair had fallen into hers. She remembers everything about that terrible day when her father had taken him away from her. The way he smelled, the start of his braid, his Persian blue eyes, even what he was wearing. "Promise me you won't forget me, Sheridan."
She'd hugged him and started to cry. "Sanjeet, don leave me! I miss you too much!"
"Sheridan, promisswe me you won't forget me. I never forget. Now promise me." He said looking into her violet eyes.
She'd kissed him on the cheek like a sister. "I won't, Sanjeet. I promise, I won't."
"Good. Bye-bye, sissy." He'd said as their Dad came and picked him up.
Sanjeet had looked at her with hurt in his eyes, but their Dad had nothing but hate for the little girl in his eyes. "Good bye, girl." He'd said coldly. "Say bye-bye to your brother, you'll never see him again." He smiled at the little boy. "And you're on your way to becoming perfect." Then he'd walked away without any concern for the little girl, caring only about Sanjeet.
She opens her eyes violet eyes in terror. "And I curse our father for taking you away." She'd gotten her father's violet eyes and hated him all the more because of it.
"Something wrong?" She hears someone ask.
"No, Koppa-Mijin, nothing's wrong." She said with a slight smile. She'd put an artificial intelligence chip into her ship so it learned and talked just like a human. Koppa-Mijin's her only friend.
"You were thinking about him again, weren't you?"
The girl sighs. "I can't fool you, can I, Koppa-Mijin?"
"It's been ten years, Sheridan. It's not your fault your Father preferred little, disgusting boys over-"
"Koppa-Mijin! Little boys are not disgusting! My brother was a little boy and he was clean, loving and… I miss him."
"It's still been ten years. He's prob`ly forgotten about you!"
"He has not!"
"Whatever."
Sheridan grins and runs her finger over the dashboard. "Take it back."
The voice starts to laugh. "No! No…!! No tickle! St-… no tickle! You're cheating! St… stop it!" The voice says full of laughter.
"Take back that you think he's forgotten me."
"N- no! He has-…" The voice stops talking completely and just laughs.
"That's what I thought, Ticklish." Sheridan takes her finger off the dashboard and leans back into he chair. "I'm putting you on autopilot, I need a few Z's."
"Yes, Sheridan. Have a nice sleep."
She yawns. "I will." Her eyes close and she drifts into a deep sleep.
XXXX
She opened her violet eyes and looked around. "Koppa-Mijin, where are we?" She rubbed her eyes. "Which colony?"
"I thought you might be hungry when you woke up so I stopped. See? There's the Magical Café."
Sheridan smiles. "Thanks friend. Would you like anything?"
"Now that you mention it I could use some oil…"
"Okay. I'll get myself a breakfast pizza, some coffee and a bag of doughnuts for the trip, and I'll get you some oil. Any special brand?"
"Hmm… Din-O-Might! That kind's soo tasty! Mmmmmm-mmm!!!"
"You know you're prob`ly the only ship to think that, don't you?
"You made me. It's all your fault, dearie."
"Yes, I know." Sheridan said jumping out of the small ship. "I'll be back in a few, Ok?"
"Ok, go already. I'll be fine."
She smiles and runs into the café.
"I think I'll just take a short nap while she's away…" The ship completely shuts down with a wiz.
Moments later someone circles around the ship. "This is perfect for transporting the monster and the two boys. Sanjeet will be the perfect shoulder after it's in him."
"Yeah… but how do we take it? Shouldn't we find the owner and try to buy it from him?"
"No. There's a chance he'll say no."
"Then how do we take it?"
The first man pulls out a phone. "Police? Yes, we've found this ship. It seems to be blocking part of the rode. You should come by and tow it."
"We'll be right there. Thank you for calling us sir."
"No problem and thank you." Then the man snaps the phone shut.
"Was that really the police?"
"No. In code I said 'I found the right transportation. Come get it ASAP.' You didn't expect me to say that out loud, did you?"
"No, guess not."
The two sit on a bench to wait for someone to come and get the ship. A few minutes later a ship comes. It has pincers. "Hop in. Good job, Richard."
"Yes, sir."
Unknown to them Sheridan came out then. She saw them picking up her ship. With an angry growl she runs to it and opens the hatch. It closes immediately afterwards. "Koppa-Mijin, wake up. You're gettin' high jacked."
"Huh? What?"
"Wakey, wakey, eggs and bacay, you're gettin' kidnapped!"
"No! They can't-"
"No, don't throw a fuss. We'll break out as soon as they land. Maybe they'll take us somewhere. Sides, we could use a little adventure, couldn't we?"
"I like the way you think."
"Me too." She says with a grin.