Well here's the next part. it's short but I should update with a longer
piece tomorrow.or later today depending on your time zone. ;-)
I don't usually do long drawn out thank you's but you guys have been so good to me.
Ehm ehm
Bolo thanks for sticking with me seeing your comments on my stories is always a pleasure.
Claire. I love your stories.It's a privilege to have you read mine
Gordon AI.awww you're making me blush
Drakcir. your comments always make me laugh (in a good way) thanks for reading
Lady Lenna thanks for sticking with me.
Thanks to the Harperchondriacs as always you guys inspire me.
And everyone else a big hug and thank you
.now on with our story.
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He was home. Not the Maru, not the Andromeda. his first home. Earth. He looked at his hands. He was small, but some day he would grow big. His Da said so. His Da was always right. He could hear them laughing. He smiled and ran up the dirt path. His twin cousins, Siobahn and Declan, were two years older then he was so they could run faster.
"Wait! He shouted. "I'm coming."
"Hurry Shay." The voices laughed.
He ran and he ran but he felt as slow as a snail.
"Hurry Shay!" the voices now scream with horror in his head.
"No, please." He sobbed. "I'll run faster." But he was already way too late. Years too late.
He fell to his knees. Small stones dug in to his legs through his pants. He hide his face in his soiled hands. Then another voice. Trance.
"Harper we need to stick together. This way!"
Slowly he got to his feet. Something was wrong. He couldn't see Trance. He heard a noise. Like a child lured by a shiny new toy he followed it. The noise came again as a small groan.
"Trance?" he whispered. He wandered around the far side of a run down building. He slipped through a fence in to what once might have been a family's small garden space.
He knew what came next. HE KNEW WHAT CAME NEXT!
"No, please." He sobbed once again. But who was he asking? He saw the small hand first, then the blood. Tiny blonde curls lead to enormous empty blue eyes.
"I want my Mommy."
He leapt back with shock. Dear Divine she was alive! He recovered as soon as he could. "Hey Kiddo, my name is Harper."
"No! I want Mommy." A big tear dripped down her face.
It was then he saw it.underneath her pink beaded unicorn shirt. Her bloated stomach moved on it's own. He took three steps away and was quietly sick.
The little girl groaned and whimpered in pain. "Come back.come back, please. I'm scared."
Harper returned to her side. She could be no more then four. She reached out and took his hand. "Sing me a song? Mommy always sang."
"I - I don't know any."
"I'll start!" she whispered the words to a child's song. He had never heard it before. He found that he couldn't look away from the blood smeared across her chin.
Her stomach moved again. It wouldn't be long.
The girl gasped for air. "You're turn.start."
Harper tried to remember the words. "You are my sunshine.my only sunshine.You make me happy when skies are grey."
The tiny, perfect little girl let out a final scream of agony. It was over.
The infant Magog scrambled through the grass. He pulled his gauss gun and fired and fired. "No, please!" He sobbed. Then he ran.
"Harper wake up you're having a bad dream. Wake up." It was Dr. Lemieux. He was wearing a robe and was kneeling by his bed. It was weird you how you notice stuff like that when you're not fully awake yet. "Are you awake?"
Harper looked up at him finally becoming aware of the words. A coldness seemed down him from the inside turning his belly cold. "I'm fine. I'm good. Really." He said it a little to fast for it to be believable.
"Harper. do you want to talk about it. Your dreams."
"I said no! Now get out!"
The doctor studied him for a moment more before standing up slowly. "We if you change your mind just call. If not see you in the morning."
They both stood staring at each other. Finally, with a sigh, Dr. Lemieux turned and left.
Harper waited to make sure he was gone before turning his eyes once more to the night sky.
The stars shined up above. Innocent.
Harper started to hum. "You are my sunshine.my only sunshine.."
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tbc
I don't usually do long drawn out thank you's but you guys have been so good to me.
Ehm ehm
Bolo thanks for sticking with me seeing your comments on my stories is always a pleasure.
Claire. I love your stories.It's a privilege to have you read mine
Gordon AI.awww you're making me blush
Drakcir. your comments always make me laugh (in a good way) thanks for reading
Lady Lenna thanks for sticking with me.
Thanks to the Harperchondriacs as always you guys inspire me.
And everyone else a big hug and thank you
.now on with our story.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
He was home. Not the Maru, not the Andromeda. his first home. Earth. He looked at his hands. He was small, but some day he would grow big. His Da said so. His Da was always right. He could hear them laughing. He smiled and ran up the dirt path. His twin cousins, Siobahn and Declan, were two years older then he was so they could run faster.
"Wait! He shouted. "I'm coming."
"Hurry Shay." The voices laughed.
He ran and he ran but he felt as slow as a snail.
"Hurry Shay!" the voices now scream with horror in his head.
"No, please." He sobbed. "I'll run faster." But he was already way too late. Years too late.
He fell to his knees. Small stones dug in to his legs through his pants. He hide his face in his soiled hands. Then another voice. Trance.
"Harper we need to stick together. This way!"
Slowly he got to his feet. Something was wrong. He couldn't see Trance. He heard a noise. Like a child lured by a shiny new toy he followed it. The noise came again as a small groan.
"Trance?" he whispered. He wandered around the far side of a run down building. He slipped through a fence in to what once might have been a family's small garden space.
He knew what came next. HE KNEW WHAT CAME NEXT!
"No, please." He sobbed once again. But who was he asking? He saw the small hand first, then the blood. Tiny blonde curls lead to enormous empty blue eyes.
"I want my Mommy."
He leapt back with shock. Dear Divine she was alive! He recovered as soon as he could. "Hey Kiddo, my name is Harper."
"No! I want Mommy." A big tear dripped down her face.
It was then he saw it.underneath her pink beaded unicorn shirt. Her bloated stomach moved on it's own. He took three steps away and was quietly sick.
The little girl groaned and whimpered in pain. "Come back.come back, please. I'm scared."
Harper returned to her side. She could be no more then four. She reached out and took his hand. "Sing me a song? Mommy always sang."
"I - I don't know any."
"I'll start!" she whispered the words to a child's song. He had never heard it before. He found that he couldn't look away from the blood smeared across her chin.
Her stomach moved again. It wouldn't be long.
The girl gasped for air. "You're turn.start."
Harper tried to remember the words. "You are my sunshine.my only sunshine.You make me happy when skies are grey."
The tiny, perfect little girl let out a final scream of agony. It was over.
The infant Magog scrambled through the grass. He pulled his gauss gun and fired and fired. "No, please!" He sobbed. Then he ran.
"Harper wake up you're having a bad dream. Wake up." It was Dr. Lemieux. He was wearing a robe and was kneeling by his bed. It was weird you how you notice stuff like that when you're not fully awake yet. "Are you awake?"
Harper looked up at him finally becoming aware of the words. A coldness seemed down him from the inside turning his belly cold. "I'm fine. I'm good. Really." He said it a little to fast for it to be believable.
"Harper. do you want to talk about it. Your dreams."
"I said no! Now get out!"
The doctor studied him for a moment more before standing up slowly. "We if you change your mind just call. If not see you in the morning."
They both stood staring at each other. Finally, with a sigh, Dr. Lemieux turned and left.
Harper waited to make sure he was gone before turning his eyes once more to the night sky.
The stars shined up above. Innocent.
Harper started to hum. "You are my sunshine.my only sunshine.."
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tbc