AN: Thank you so much to Scaramouche, XoXLiLaNqELXoX and Space Surfer for giving me those real nice reveiws. They make me feel a lot less terrible at this. You make me happy! But hey I could always use more! So reveiw, people, REVEIW! Anyway here's the next bit.......
Emotions are Edible.
Chapter 2
Dylan stepped up beside Tyr with a puzzled look on his face. Tyr continued to stare straight ahead.
"Tyr?" Dylan paused for some kind of acknowledgment but got none, "Why did you deny cheating if you knew you had?" After a short silence Tyr answered.
"I wasn't sure of what I was doing."
"Well why didn't you say that?"
"Well I didn't want to interupt your little tantrum." he mocked.
"Excuse me?" Tyr ignored him."Why can't you Commonwealth humans handle the cheating, the injustice? Or should I say 'Why couldn't you handle the cheating?' Since they're all dead. If the Commonwealth was so strong then how come it doesn't exist? Hm?" Tyr now turned to Dylan whose mouth hung open in shock. Every single one of you was weak, pathetic, oh and of course INFERIOR!!" Tyr bellowed into his face, spitting as he yelled his favourite word, inferior. The shock on Dylan's face slid off and was replaced by anger. It never occured to Dylan for one moment that Tyr would never say these things, unless he had a good reason. It would have been obvious that the creature was manipulating him had Dylan not been blinded by his rage.
Tyr heard the words fall from his mouth, saw the outrage on Dylan's face but he wasn't part of it. Tyr thought that he could push through the barrier that kept him isolated from the whole scene. But it was like a mouse thinking it could break through a metal wall. It just couldn't happen. He couldn't fight his way back into control of his actions. He was actually quite insulted that Dylan believed that this was him saying these things. He could insult Dylan much better than this!! But he didn't have that freedom, he'd lost it. He'd lost.
The creature pumped the words out of Tyr and pumped Dylan for anger. Gleefully watching him tense up, knowing there was going to be a fight. He could feel the neitzchien screaming at himself to regain control but this was one fight that he could not win, the creature knew this all too well. Soon he would be stomping around the ship trying to prove himself, or he may become depressed.....Either way it was gonna taste good.
Dylan obviously had a weak point. The only sound that escaped his lips was the roar that he gave when his fist connected with Tyr's jaw. His head snapped to the side and for a moment the creature let him go for pure joy of the indulgment. Anger, frustration, defeat, shock and now pain. It was in this moment that Tyr let out.
"Can't you see?" But the creature took him back before he could blame it.
"Well apparantly not! Blind with idealism!" Dylan closed in on Tyr, anger clouding his eyes..........
Trance and Harper sat next each other on the edge of the bed in Medical. For once Harper didn't have anything to do so the two of them sat and hoped that the creature wouldn't do anything to them before Rommie figured out a way to get rid of it. Harper wondered what it was doing now.
"I think we need to give it a better name." said Trance.
"Ya think?"
"Yeah." She paused for a moment. Trying to think of a name that would make it sound less scary."How about James?"
"Bob?"
"Jack?"
"Bob."
"Johnny?"
"Bob!"
"John-bob?"
"Sold!" Trance grinned, she had no idea why Harper would tell her that she'd sold something but she knew she'd won the game.
"C'mon." she said, jumping off the bed."The plants need looking after."
A few minutes later they were in Hydroponics chatting about anything and everything. Trance was watering the flowers when Rommie's hologram flickered on beside them.
"Have you seen Rev?" she asked.
"Errrr Rommie you're the ship. You always know where everyone is." Harper pointed out.
"I know, but Rev has dissappeared. It's as though he's dropped off my internal sensors."
"Rommie that's impossible." he assured her. But then it dawned on him. "John-bob." Rommie frowned.
"Who?"
"That's what we called the alien." Trance explained.
"Oh." She wouldn't ask why they called an emotion-eating alien John-bob, this was Trance and Harper after all.
"Well in that case, that's what I was thinking." She turned to face Trance. "Trance, I want you to go find him."
"Oh but I'm-" she began.
"Harper can water the plants. Rev might be hurt, in which case you'll be more help."
"Oh, alright." she agreed. Rommie smiled and switched off. Trance looked over her shoulder at Harper as the Hydroponics's doors opened and she went out into the corridor. "Harper, you take good care of those plants! Give them a good watering but don't drown them! I don't want to come back to find you've killed them all." Harper tried to look accused.
"Would I?" Trance turned around and walked backwards. She had 'yes' written all over her face. "Hey, trust in the Harper! The Harper is good!" he advised her. How many times had she heard that before? She smiled cheekily and turned back 'round again, heading off to find the missing Rev.
Harper turned back to the garden. He went 'round and turned all the sprinklers on and started watering the little ones by hand. It was boring but he payed close attention to what he was doing. He knew how much these plants meant to Trance. He had just about finished when he noticed a small blue flower. It's leaves were turning brown around the edges and the stem hung forward looking limp.
"Hey, you don't look so happy." He could've sworn that he'd already done that one and it had looked perfectly healthy then. He poured the water into the small pot. And to his horror, the flower shriveled up and died right infront of him. "Ah!" He whirled around to see the entire garden go from lush, green and beautiful to brown, dry and crisp. Leaves curled and fell off the stem, petals wrinkled, fell limp and dropped one by one onto the earth below. Hydroponics was ruined! Destroyed! Dead! Trance was gonna kill him!! "JOHN-BOB!!!!"
Emotions are Edible.
Chapter 2
Dylan stepped up beside Tyr with a puzzled look on his face. Tyr continued to stare straight ahead.
"Tyr?" Dylan paused for some kind of acknowledgment but got none, "Why did you deny cheating if you knew you had?" After a short silence Tyr answered.
"I wasn't sure of what I was doing."
"Well why didn't you say that?"
"Well I didn't want to interupt your little tantrum." he mocked.
"Excuse me?" Tyr ignored him."Why can't you Commonwealth humans handle the cheating, the injustice? Or should I say 'Why couldn't you handle the cheating?' Since they're all dead. If the Commonwealth was so strong then how come it doesn't exist? Hm?" Tyr now turned to Dylan whose mouth hung open in shock. Every single one of you was weak, pathetic, oh and of course INFERIOR!!" Tyr bellowed into his face, spitting as he yelled his favourite word, inferior. The shock on Dylan's face slid off and was replaced by anger. It never occured to Dylan for one moment that Tyr would never say these things, unless he had a good reason. It would have been obvious that the creature was manipulating him had Dylan not been blinded by his rage.
Tyr heard the words fall from his mouth, saw the outrage on Dylan's face but he wasn't part of it. Tyr thought that he could push through the barrier that kept him isolated from the whole scene. But it was like a mouse thinking it could break through a metal wall. It just couldn't happen. He couldn't fight his way back into control of his actions. He was actually quite insulted that Dylan believed that this was him saying these things. He could insult Dylan much better than this!! But he didn't have that freedom, he'd lost it. He'd lost.
The creature pumped the words out of Tyr and pumped Dylan for anger. Gleefully watching him tense up, knowing there was going to be a fight. He could feel the neitzchien screaming at himself to regain control but this was one fight that he could not win, the creature knew this all too well. Soon he would be stomping around the ship trying to prove himself, or he may become depressed.....Either way it was gonna taste good.
Dylan obviously had a weak point. The only sound that escaped his lips was the roar that he gave when his fist connected with Tyr's jaw. His head snapped to the side and for a moment the creature let him go for pure joy of the indulgment. Anger, frustration, defeat, shock and now pain. It was in this moment that Tyr let out.
"Can't you see?" But the creature took him back before he could blame it.
"Well apparantly not! Blind with idealism!" Dylan closed in on Tyr, anger clouding his eyes..........
Trance and Harper sat next each other on the edge of the bed in Medical. For once Harper didn't have anything to do so the two of them sat and hoped that the creature wouldn't do anything to them before Rommie figured out a way to get rid of it. Harper wondered what it was doing now.
"I think we need to give it a better name." said Trance.
"Ya think?"
"Yeah." She paused for a moment. Trying to think of a name that would make it sound less scary."How about James?"
"Bob?"
"Jack?"
"Bob."
"Johnny?"
"Bob!"
"John-bob?"
"Sold!" Trance grinned, she had no idea why Harper would tell her that she'd sold something but she knew she'd won the game.
"C'mon." she said, jumping off the bed."The plants need looking after."
A few minutes later they were in Hydroponics chatting about anything and everything. Trance was watering the flowers when Rommie's hologram flickered on beside them.
"Have you seen Rev?" she asked.
"Errrr Rommie you're the ship. You always know where everyone is." Harper pointed out.
"I know, but Rev has dissappeared. It's as though he's dropped off my internal sensors."
"Rommie that's impossible." he assured her. But then it dawned on him. "John-bob." Rommie frowned.
"Who?"
"That's what we called the alien." Trance explained.
"Oh." She wouldn't ask why they called an emotion-eating alien John-bob, this was Trance and Harper after all.
"Well in that case, that's what I was thinking." She turned to face Trance. "Trance, I want you to go find him."
"Oh but I'm-" she began.
"Harper can water the plants. Rev might be hurt, in which case you'll be more help."
"Oh, alright." she agreed. Rommie smiled and switched off. Trance looked over her shoulder at Harper as the Hydroponics's doors opened and she went out into the corridor. "Harper, you take good care of those plants! Give them a good watering but don't drown them! I don't want to come back to find you've killed them all." Harper tried to look accused.
"Would I?" Trance turned around and walked backwards. She had 'yes' written all over her face. "Hey, trust in the Harper! The Harper is good!" he advised her. How many times had she heard that before? She smiled cheekily and turned back 'round again, heading off to find the missing Rev.
Harper turned back to the garden. He went 'round and turned all the sprinklers on and started watering the little ones by hand. It was boring but he payed close attention to what he was doing. He knew how much these plants meant to Trance. He had just about finished when he noticed a small blue flower. It's leaves were turning brown around the edges and the stem hung forward looking limp.
"Hey, you don't look so happy." He could've sworn that he'd already done that one and it had looked perfectly healthy then. He poured the water into the small pot. And to his horror, the flower shriveled up and died right infront of him. "Ah!" He whirled around to see the entire garden go from lush, green and beautiful to brown, dry and crisp. Leaves curled and fell off the stem, petals wrinkled, fell limp and dropped one by one onto the earth below. Hydroponics was ruined! Destroyed! Dead! Trance was gonna kill him!! "JOHN-BOB!!!!"