The Death of an Outlaw and The Beginning to a Love.

Chapter Three:

By:

The Bride of Vegeta

Disclaimer: I do not own Outlaw Star. I'm just borrowing the characters for
a while. Don't sue me; I'm just a poor teenager with no money.

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It had been about a week since the pancake incident between Melfina and Gene. Gene had avoided all contact with Melfina so it wouldn't happen again (well, atleast not until he figured out what was going on). They had run out of money, Gene had paid his visit to Fred Leo for the money needed for the ships repair work and food. Gene didn't want to make the visit, but he knew that if he didn't they'd all starve to death. After Gene had made the dreadful visit he went out and got the groceries for Melfina, who had turned into a wonderful cook after that last week. She learned rather quickly from the pancake lesson that she could cook. After Jim had tasted her pancakes he went out and bought her a huge cook book full of delicious recipes. Every one in the ship enjoyed the meals Melfina cooked. "Great Meal" or " My complements to the cook" would be heard after every meal. Melfina loved all the praise she was getting but she wanted something more. She knew that Gene was avoiding her, but she didn't understand why he would do that to her. She cared for him deeply, but he seemed too distant to her. So many thoughts so many feelings, can't decipher between any one of them. She sighed heavily and began to wash the dishes that were left over from breakfast. 'Another day Gene will avoid me.', she thought. She started humming the only song she knew. ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

Gene felt guilty for the way he had been treating Melfina. He knew he had to make it up to her. He could see the way he was treating her affected her moods. In each of her little sighs and frowns he could feel the pain he was giving her. 'I need to think of something', Gene growled in frustration, 'Nothing that I think of is helping any to better my situation with her.' Many thoughts of what type of appreciation he could do for her went through his head but none of them seemed right or just seemed way to out his place to do. He had started to pace around his room to think and to stretch his muscles a little bit. He sighed and started to rub his temples to ease the headache he was starting to get. Things that were building up in his head to think about. Melfina had finished washing dishes and was outside busy looking at the stars in awe. Thoughts of Gene ran through her mind like always, but what else was new to her. She wondered what would become of her if she was to run off on her on. The hole inside of her seemed to keep growing more and more. All because of the love that was being denied to her from Gene. She gazed across the sky at the spot where the ship had just come from a couple of months before, when things were still new to her. So many things had been learned. She giggled when she remember what fun she and Gene were having when he was teaching her how to make pancakes. Tear slowly trickled down her cheek to fall to the ground. Silently she wept over her loss of love to a dead pirate. She cursed her fate silently, 'Who really needs me anyways? I might be a stupid key to a lay line that might not exist. What is my purpose for that lay line away? Why does it need me?' She shivered a bit and adjusted her cloak again. It was the same cloak that Gene had given her the first time she ever saw him. She sighed and begin to walk by inside to finish whatever housework there was left to do. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Gene slowly toyed with the idea that had just popped into his head. 'To go to the lay line or to stay here? That's a really tough one, but if we went to the lay line what would be there for us?' He was scared to go back into space, but he also wanted to fulfill his promise to Melfina. He hoped that maybe Hilda wasn't dead at all. Maybe she wasn't at all, maybe she was just hiding from the pirates. The pirates were another reason Gene was so weary of going back into space. He wasn't quite ready to deal with them and to deal with the horrors of space he had suffered many years ago when he was a child. Memories of his fathers ship being destroyed ran through his head. Misery and grief consumed him again just as it had when Hilda had been killed. Oh how he missed her so. She was the only woman that had lied to him that he could trust. Melfina was just a different story, yet he could tell by the way she looked at him that she was infatuated with him. He liked her but what to do with her. She was different than Hilda. Melfina was more of the type of woman that you could take home and show the parents(if Gene still had them). While Hilda was the wild girl that couldn't be tamed. He loved how Hilda had been so comfortable feeling under him while making love. The door suddenly opened, Gene quickly averted his eyes to it. Jim slowly entered looking at Gene unsurely. "Gene, we just got a new assignment. Something about towing a shipment of blowup dolls.', Jim said hesistantly while looking down at his clipboard at the information he had written down hastely. Gene sighed and stretched his aching muscles, then proceeded towards the storage unit. Jim followed and proceeded to tell him about the rest of the mission. Gene started to arrange some boxes on the shelf above the door Gene's mind was too focused on the humming he heard from the next room , the sweet song held Gene attention that he couldn't focus on anything. The heaviest box soon tumbled and hit Gene smack on the head leaving him unaware of anything.

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AN: Well, that's the end of chapter 3. What will happen next?