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Dreaming: Chapter 5.
"There it is..", Spike muttered under his breath. He hadn't been quite sure what planet he was on in the first place, so finding Earth was more difficult than it should have been.
Spike drew in closer to the planet in question, and sucked in his breath sharply. "Dammit, how did I end up at Venus? Earth should be around here somewhere.."
Irritably, Spike pulled away from Mars and began heading towards where Earth should be.
"Spikey.That's Mercury you're heading towards. You need to turn around to get to Earth.."
In the void of space, sound doesn't carry. Even if it did, nobody except Billy was around to hear Spike's scream of frustration.
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"Spikey..I'm bored. Talk to me."
Spike deadpanned at the request. "I don't make good small talk, kid."
Billy sighed and rolled over while floating. "Ask me questions, then. I'm bored, bored, bored, bored, bored." Like a mantra, Billy began repeating the word 'Bored' in a singsong voice.
To shut him up, Spike quickly thought of a question. "Here's a question for you, Billy. How do you know me?"
Billy giggled. "That's a simple question, Spikey. Ask me something hard, like..how do you spell glixididdlyoniquare?"
Spike looked at the adolescent. "Billy, I can't spell it, I can barely pronounce it, and I have secret doubts that it's even a real word." Billy laughed at Spike's simplicity.
"Silly, that's what makes the question hard."
Spike smiled in spite of himself. The kid was plenty weird, but he made for good company when there was nobody else.
"C'mon, Billy. I'm serious. How do you know me?"
Billy sighed, blatantly showing his dislike of the simple question. "Spikey found me when I was little."
Spike waited for more, but information was not forthcoming. "I need a bit more than that, Billy. Help me out here."
"Okay...but Spikey owes Billy when he gets to Earth, okay?" Spike nodded his agreement to the proffered deal and Billy took a deep breath in preparation for his speech.
"So. Spikey found Billy when Billy was little and living in the junkyard. Spikey gave Billy a place to stay, and then Spikey went out on a walk. He didn't come back, so Billy ran away back to the junkyard. Now Spikey's back, and we're going to EARTH!!" Billy shouted the word happily, excited to be going on such an adventure.
Spike pursed his lips, absorbing and contemplating the new information. "Billy, how long ago did I first meet you?" Billy ceased his celebrating and stuck ten fingers and 1 toe in front of Spike's face. "Okay, when did I go on the long walk?" Three fingers disappeared, and the toe remained. "And finally, how old are you now?" The three fingers reappeared and were joined by 4 toes. "Ah."
Spike thought about this. He had known Billy for 11 years, surely Billy would know who Ed was. But why didn't he recognize her name? Something was wrong, and it concerned Spike in a major way.
"Spikey..You know that we passed Earth a long time ago, right?"
Cursing, Spike turned the ship around and headed towards Earth for the third time. He had enough things on his mind, Ed would be able to clear everything up.
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"Finally, we're here on EARTH!! Earthearthdirtdirtyoldearth!!" Billy spun around while singing his song of happiness about how dirty Earth was. Spike pointedly ignored him.
"So..Now that we're here, let's get a move on. I want to find Ed and pry some information out of her." Spike followed his own advice and began walking towards a village in the distance. Hurriedly, Billy followed Spike, still singing his little song.
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"Excuse me, have you seen-" Spike was cut off by the cranky old man.
"No, I haven't seen Ed. No, I haven't seen Radical Edward. Yes, I'v heard of Radical Edward the hacker. No, I won't help you look for her. Now go away."
All of his questions answered, Spike left the guy alone, muttering under his breath. "Stupid old coot, he could have at least let me ask the questions instead of just listening to me talking to everybody else."
Spike had been asking for information in the marketplace for about an hour now, and his results had been not dissimilar from the exchange he had just now. It was as if Radical Edward the hacker didn't exist.
"Billy, c'mon. We're leaving."
Showing an unusual grasp of the moment, Billy refrained from doing anything unusual from the fear that Spike was looking for somebody to hit.
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"I LOVE junkyards!!" Billy shouted exultantly, throwing trash and refuse into the air.
"I wish I shared your sentiment. Actually, I'm glad I don't." Grumbled Spike. "Now c'mon, stop playing around and help me find this person."
Billy giggled at Spike's antics. "Silly Spikey..You can't find Edward if she lives in a junkyard like Billy. Edward will find you."
Spike turned in the direction of Billy's voice, gearing up for a very large shout. As he took a deep breath, something knocked his foot off of the ground, and Spike fell the short distance to the ground, landing with a thump on somebody's old blanket with a clang. Rubbing his head, Spike sat up and moved the blanket to discover a Refrigerator
"Hello, Spike-person."
Billy jumped in shock and ambled over to the tousled head sticking out of the ground. "Who is the head, Spikey?"
An arm erupted from the garbage, lifting green goggles off of the head they apparently belonged to. "Am I only a head? I wonder where the rest of me went.."
Billy smiled happily, and pointed at the arm. The head turned, and visibly relaxed at the sight of the appendage. "Oh good. Edward was afraid she had lost herself." Climbing out of the trash, Ed curled up into a ball and rolled over to Billy's feet. Billy copied Ed and also crouched into a ball. Together, they rolled over to Spike, bumping into him as he attempted to stand on the unstable terrain.
"Moo"
"Maa"
"Moo"
"Maa"
The two childred bleated happily at Spike's obvious discomfort. Spike sat down heavily and kicked at the ball with red hair.
"Okay, Ed. You've had your fun, now it's time to give me some answers. What's happened to me?"
Ed hurridly stood up. Billy began bumping at her feet, too. Spike put him in the fridge.
"This appears to be an uncomfortable place to have a discussion, Spike- person. Please, let us proceed to my dwelling, where we may have tea, and other manners of fine snacks." Pompously, Ed recited her little speech, then giggled. "Edward always wanted to say that. Hurry, Spike. Let's go!!"
Ed quickly yanked open the fridge door and dived in, jerking it shut after her. Spike was at a loss for words.
"Hey..wait.."
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And now, the rant I promised you guys at the beginning of the chapter.
First, I guess I owe you guys an apology. I promised to have this up by last Friday at the latest, and it's now past the Friday AFTER the Friday I was talking about. That's probably around two weeks later than you guys expected, and that's wrong. I shouldn't have done that. I feel like I've let you guys down, I'm sorry.
However, here's the reason behind it. First, I have a girlfriend. I love her, she's a great person, we love spending time together.
She moved to New Jersey on Wednesday. For somebody like me (Who lives in Washingtong), that's a large distance, no matter how you look at it. She's been accepted into boarding school, and the odds are we'll never date each other again. The next time I'll get to see her will be for about a week sometime next summer. That's hard for me, and it's been taking up a lot of my time.
Also: In the middle of my girlfriend leaving, I'm also moving. It's nothing catastrophic, just a 45 minute hop from Seattle to Carnation. However, I need to do my share in getting the house packed, and I also need to pack up my room. What time I'm not spending talking with my girlfriend on the phone is spend putting things into boxes.
Finally: Until just a couple days ago, I had gotten exactly ONE review on the latest chapter. C'mon, guys. I need more than that, seriously. Reviews are what inspire me to write. I appriciate the sentiment of the review that was left by Midnightoasis, but it really isn't enough. It wasn't until I got some more reviews by Jeril Dragonsoul that I even wrote the first word of this, I think. I finally decided to finish it when Meirelle Emeraldeyes reviewed, and then I found myself severely lacking in time to write anything at all.
But, all that's over with. I honestly have no idea when I'll be able to post the next chapter. I probably won't even start writing it until I get at least two or so reviews on this one, so keep that in mind. If you want to read any more of this, you seriously do need to review.
I'll be moving in just about 3 weeks. When I finish with that, all I need to do is unpack my room, and I think I can get that done pretty quickly.
Dreaming: Chapter 5.
"There it is..", Spike muttered under his breath. He hadn't been quite sure what planet he was on in the first place, so finding Earth was more difficult than it should have been.
Spike drew in closer to the planet in question, and sucked in his breath sharply. "Dammit, how did I end up at Venus? Earth should be around here somewhere.."
Irritably, Spike pulled away from Mars and began heading towards where Earth should be.
"Spikey.That's Mercury you're heading towards. You need to turn around to get to Earth.."
In the void of space, sound doesn't carry. Even if it did, nobody except Billy was around to hear Spike's scream of frustration.
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"Spikey..I'm bored. Talk to me."
Spike deadpanned at the request. "I don't make good small talk, kid."
Billy sighed and rolled over while floating. "Ask me questions, then. I'm bored, bored, bored, bored, bored." Like a mantra, Billy began repeating the word 'Bored' in a singsong voice.
To shut him up, Spike quickly thought of a question. "Here's a question for you, Billy. How do you know me?"
Billy giggled. "That's a simple question, Spikey. Ask me something hard, like..how do you spell glixididdlyoniquare?"
Spike looked at the adolescent. "Billy, I can't spell it, I can barely pronounce it, and I have secret doubts that it's even a real word." Billy laughed at Spike's simplicity.
"Silly, that's what makes the question hard."
Spike smiled in spite of himself. The kid was plenty weird, but he made for good company when there was nobody else.
"C'mon, Billy. I'm serious. How do you know me?"
Billy sighed, blatantly showing his dislike of the simple question. "Spikey found me when I was little."
Spike waited for more, but information was not forthcoming. "I need a bit more than that, Billy. Help me out here."
"Okay...but Spikey owes Billy when he gets to Earth, okay?" Spike nodded his agreement to the proffered deal and Billy took a deep breath in preparation for his speech.
"So. Spikey found Billy when Billy was little and living in the junkyard. Spikey gave Billy a place to stay, and then Spikey went out on a walk. He didn't come back, so Billy ran away back to the junkyard. Now Spikey's back, and we're going to EARTH!!" Billy shouted the word happily, excited to be going on such an adventure.
Spike pursed his lips, absorbing and contemplating the new information. "Billy, how long ago did I first meet you?" Billy ceased his celebrating and stuck ten fingers and 1 toe in front of Spike's face. "Okay, when did I go on the long walk?" Three fingers disappeared, and the toe remained. "And finally, how old are you now?" The three fingers reappeared and were joined by 4 toes. "Ah."
Spike thought about this. He had known Billy for 11 years, surely Billy would know who Ed was. But why didn't he recognize her name? Something was wrong, and it concerned Spike in a major way.
"Spikey..You know that we passed Earth a long time ago, right?"
Cursing, Spike turned the ship around and headed towards Earth for the third time. He had enough things on his mind, Ed would be able to clear everything up.
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"Finally, we're here on EARTH!! Earthearthdirtdirtyoldearth!!" Billy spun around while singing his song of happiness about how dirty Earth was. Spike pointedly ignored him.
"So..Now that we're here, let's get a move on. I want to find Ed and pry some information out of her." Spike followed his own advice and began walking towards a village in the distance. Hurriedly, Billy followed Spike, still singing his little song.
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"Excuse me, have you seen-" Spike was cut off by the cranky old man.
"No, I haven't seen Ed. No, I haven't seen Radical Edward. Yes, I'v heard of Radical Edward the hacker. No, I won't help you look for her. Now go away."
All of his questions answered, Spike left the guy alone, muttering under his breath. "Stupid old coot, he could have at least let me ask the questions instead of just listening to me talking to everybody else."
Spike had been asking for information in the marketplace for about an hour now, and his results had been not dissimilar from the exchange he had just now. It was as if Radical Edward the hacker didn't exist.
"Billy, c'mon. We're leaving."
Showing an unusual grasp of the moment, Billy refrained from doing anything unusual from the fear that Spike was looking for somebody to hit.
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"I LOVE junkyards!!" Billy shouted exultantly, throwing trash and refuse into the air.
"I wish I shared your sentiment. Actually, I'm glad I don't." Grumbled Spike. "Now c'mon, stop playing around and help me find this person."
Billy giggled at Spike's antics. "Silly Spikey..You can't find Edward if she lives in a junkyard like Billy. Edward will find you."
Spike turned in the direction of Billy's voice, gearing up for a very large shout. As he took a deep breath, something knocked his foot off of the ground, and Spike fell the short distance to the ground, landing with a thump on somebody's old blanket with a clang. Rubbing his head, Spike sat up and moved the blanket to discover a Refrigerator
"Hello, Spike-person."
Billy jumped in shock and ambled over to the tousled head sticking out of the ground. "Who is the head, Spikey?"
An arm erupted from the garbage, lifting green goggles off of the head they apparently belonged to. "Am I only a head? I wonder where the rest of me went.."
Billy smiled happily, and pointed at the arm. The head turned, and visibly relaxed at the sight of the appendage. "Oh good. Edward was afraid she had lost herself." Climbing out of the trash, Ed curled up into a ball and rolled over to Billy's feet. Billy copied Ed and also crouched into a ball. Together, they rolled over to Spike, bumping into him as he attempted to stand on the unstable terrain.
"Moo"
"Maa"
"Moo"
"Maa"
The two childred bleated happily at Spike's obvious discomfort. Spike sat down heavily and kicked at the ball with red hair.
"Okay, Ed. You've had your fun, now it's time to give me some answers. What's happened to me?"
Ed hurridly stood up. Billy began bumping at her feet, too. Spike put him in the fridge.
"This appears to be an uncomfortable place to have a discussion, Spike- person. Please, let us proceed to my dwelling, where we may have tea, and other manners of fine snacks." Pompously, Ed recited her little speech, then giggled. "Edward always wanted to say that. Hurry, Spike. Let's go!!"
Ed quickly yanked open the fridge door and dived in, jerking it shut after her. Spike was at a loss for words.
"Hey..wait.."
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And now, the rant I promised you guys at the beginning of the chapter.
First, I guess I owe you guys an apology. I promised to have this up by last Friday at the latest, and it's now past the Friday AFTER the Friday I was talking about. That's probably around two weeks later than you guys expected, and that's wrong. I shouldn't have done that. I feel like I've let you guys down, I'm sorry.
However, here's the reason behind it. First, I have a girlfriend. I love her, she's a great person, we love spending time together.
She moved to New Jersey on Wednesday. For somebody like me (Who lives in Washingtong), that's a large distance, no matter how you look at it. She's been accepted into boarding school, and the odds are we'll never date each other again. The next time I'll get to see her will be for about a week sometime next summer. That's hard for me, and it's been taking up a lot of my time.
Also: In the middle of my girlfriend leaving, I'm also moving. It's nothing catastrophic, just a 45 minute hop from Seattle to Carnation. However, I need to do my share in getting the house packed, and I also need to pack up my room. What time I'm not spending talking with my girlfriend on the phone is spend putting things into boxes.
Finally: Until just a couple days ago, I had gotten exactly ONE review on the latest chapter. C'mon, guys. I need more than that, seriously. Reviews are what inspire me to write. I appriciate the sentiment of the review that was left by Midnightoasis, but it really isn't enough. It wasn't until I got some more reviews by Jeril Dragonsoul that I even wrote the first word of this, I think. I finally decided to finish it when Meirelle Emeraldeyes reviewed, and then I found myself severely lacking in time to write anything at all.
But, all that's over with. I honestly have no idea when I'll be able to post the next chapter. I probably won't even start writing it until I get at least two or so reviews on this one, so keep that in mind. If you want to read any more of this, you seriously do need to review.
I'll be moving in just about 3 weeks. When I finish with that, all I need to do is unpack my room, and I think I can get that done pretty quickly.
