Chapter 2
Withdrawing back, Purple backed far away his back being poked by one of the weapons in display. He closed his eyes in order to wipe away the image before him. When he opened his eyes the scythe with blood was gone, Purple's breath became faster as he knew there could be an assassin on board that wanted to take his place. This time he broke into a hovered run down the hall. Soon he was at the door be he felt someone there turning around he caught glimpse of a sharp object before his back thudded against the wall, cornered, he looked at what looked like eyes then as the figure was about to make a blow an unseen wind distorted the figure and blew it away as if it were only sand. Then he felt his back wasn't to the door anymore and turned around to find the battle room door had opened. Breath still quick he searched the room for any sign of his co-ruler and found nothing but an open case and a scythe lying on the floor as if the user had quickly vanished in order to do something important. Cautiously stepping inside Purple took a look at the room. Various weapons and defense items were placed on a rack, the room looked like an arena with a few benches here and there. The walls were covered in wires and an uncomfortable shade of red. Half the room was simulation and half was real. "Have you thought of what you said and what I said in return?" Came the voice from one of the benches higher up. Looking up Purple saw Red lounging on a bench with a cherry freezie in his hand. "Yes and no." Purple replied back getting nervous again. "There's either a yes or a no, so which is it?" Red replied bored, as he took as sip from his freezie. There was a silence as Purple thought and thought of what he was going to answer. Time seemed to tick slowly as Purple thought, 'If I say yes he's going to ask me who was right, if I say no, I might as well be kicked and punched by him again and he'd be angrier than before.' Just about when he was going to answer a beep sounded off, it was an incoming transmission. "Answer" Purple replied hastily. Soon a screen popped up in front of them and a stout looking Irken with green eyes appeared on the screen. "Hello my tallers, It's good to see you" The green-eyed Irken greeted them. He had a light accent as if he came from another part of Irk. "Hello Dran, how are things?" Red replied with great caution. As he took another sip from his freezie "Things are going well, thank you." Dran clapped in a show of example. The stout Irken turned his attention to Purple. His smile turned to a half frown half smile. "I see that the Bi-" Dran was abruptly cut off by Red in haste. "Um, Purple have you met Dran yet?" Red looked at Purple with an expectant look. Purple studied the face and somehow the face clicked somewhere in his memory. "I think I have." Purple began but was distracted by the look of worry and fear on Red's face. The face of Dran smiled in return and he shifted his weight. "I see, is your recovery full?" Red's face became even more emphasized as those words. "Yes I-" Purple was cut off by Red, as though he wanted to avoid the question. "He's had a full recovery Dran, remembers everything I-" Dran's would be eyebrow was raised in question.
"Remembers everything?' Red's eyes widened as he realized his mistake.
"Well not everything Dran-" Dran put up a chubby hand to stop him.
"That's goo-" Red shook his head as if to warn him. Purple got the feeling something wasn't right and noticed a symbol on Dran's glove engraved in red the picture of the Irken symbol but with a snakelike animal wrapped around it. Red seemed to take noticed and hurriedly said. "Well Dran nice talking to you, see you!" with that the screen switched off and rolled back into the ceiling. Purple turned to where Red was perched and saw Red was shaking as if nervous. "Are you okay Red?" Red's head snapped to him as if he heard a phantom sound. Smiling weakly Red got up and descended the stairs. "I-I'm fine Purple, now b-back to matters," Red hovered over to where he was standing. "Did you think of what I said?" Purple stared blankly for a while before he registered what Red had said. "Yes, yes I did" Purple nodded in order to add effect. "Okay, that's good well why don't we go back to the main room and bug the other Irkens eh?" Red's voice seemed a bit to jolly. Also he hadn't reacted as Purple expected.' Could it be from the conversation with Dran?' Red then put an arm around Purple and led him out of the room and into the hall and corridor leading back to the main room.
Red paced back and forth worried about his reputation if Purple found out what happened three months ago. He was waiting for the medic's analysis of what was happening to Purple's memory and brain. Minutes passed and he became even more restless and even more troubled. Soon a pale skinned nurse entered with a file and cleared he throat to get the restless ruler's attention.
"Well, it seems he coming down with an consumption of brain, that mean if this isn't fixed he could suffer drastically and become insane." The nurse pulled out an x-ray pictured and showed it to him. "Mr. Gangster, whether this will be good new or bad, he's beginning to remember what happened to him some months ago and now it's only a matter of time."
"Foy, could you please not remind me of the brainwashing I went through? It was painful enough I had to see one of my friends suffer from that scan." Red shook his head and sat down in a nearby chair. And put his head into his hands.
"I'm sorry, the point is do you want to replenish the scan so he won't remember anything?" Foy waited for an answer light purple eyes blinked as she waited. Red didn't stir from his position for a moment before looking up at the nurse. His eyes stared for another moment then he sat up.
"Yeah" Foy recorded something down in her file and closed it. Red was staring at the wall before him thinking of the pain Purple might have to go through in order to keep him safe.
"I'll see to it my Tallest, goodbye"
"Goodbye Foy." The nurse left Red alone in the room as he slowly drifted back to past memories that he would rather forget.
Withdrawing back, Purple backed far away his back being poked by one of the weapons in display. He closed his eyes in order to wipe away the image before him. When he opened his eyes the scythe with blood was gone, Purple's breath became faster as he knew there could be an assassin on board that wanted to take his place. This time he broke into a hovered run down the hall. Soon he was at the door be he felt someone there turning around he caught glimpse of a sharp object before his back thudded against the wall, cornered, he looked at what looked like eyes then as the figure was about to make a blow an unseen wind distorted the figure and blew it away as if it were only sand. Then he felt his back wasn't to the door anymore and turned around to find the battle room door had opened. Breath still quick he searched the room for any sign of his co-ruler and found nothing but an open case and a scythe lying on the floor as if the user had quickly vanished in order to do something important. Cautiously stepping inside Purple took a look at the room. Various weapons and defense items were placed on a rack, the room looked like an arena with a few benches here and there. The walls were covered in wires and an uncomfortable shade of red. Half the room was simulation and half was real. "Have you thought of what you said and what I said in return?" Came the voice from one of the benches higher up. Looking up Purple saw Red lounging on a bench with a cherry freezie in his hand. "Yes and no." Purple replied back getting nervous again. "There's either a yes or a no, so which is it?" Red replied bored, as he took as sip from his freezie. There was a silence as Purple thought and thought of what he was going to answer. Time seemed to tick slowly as Purple thought, 'If I say yes he's going to ask me who was right, if I say no, I might as well be kicked and punched by him again and he'd be angrier than before.' Just about when he was going to answer a beep sounded off, it was an incoming transmission. "Answer" Purple replied hastily. Soon a screen popped up in front of them and a stout looking Irken with green eyes appeared on the screen. "Hello my tallers, It's good to see you" The green-eyed Irken greeted them. He had a light accent as if he came from another part of Irk. "Hello Dran, how are things?" Red replied with great caution. As he took another sip from his freezie "Things are going well, thank you." Dran clapped in a show of example. The stout Irken turned his attention to Purple. His smile turned to a half frown half smile. "I see that the Bi-" Dran was abruptly cut off by Red in haste. "Um, Purple have you met Dran yet?" Red looked at Purple with an expectant look. Purple studied the face and somehow the face clicked somewhere in his memory. "I think I have." Purple began but was distracted by the look of worry and fear on Red's face. The face of Dran smiled in return and he shifted his weight. "I see, is your recovery full?" Red's face became even more emphasized as those words. "Yes I-" Purple was cut off by Red, as though he wanted to avoid the question. "He's had a full recovery Dran, remembers everything I-" Dran's would be eyebrow was raised in question.
"Remembers everything?' Red's eyes widened as he realized his mistake.
"Well not everything Dran-" Dran put up a chubby hand to stop him.
"That's goo-" Red shook his head as if to warn him. Purple got the feeling something wasn't right and noticed a symbol on Dran's glove engraved in red the picture of the Irken symbol but with a snakelike animal wrapped around it. Red seemed to take noticed and hurriedly said. "Well Dran nice talking to you, see you!" with that the screen switched off and rolled back into the ceiling. Purple turned to where Red was perched and saw Red was shaking as if nervous. "Are you okay Red?" Red's head snapped to him as if he heard a phantom sound. Smiling weakly Red got up and descended the stairs. "I-I'm fine Purple, now b-back to matters," Red hovered over to where he was standing. "Did you think of what I said?" Purple stared blankly for a while before he registered what Red had said. "Yes, yes I did" Purple nodded in order to add effect. "Okay, that's good well why don't we go back to the main room and bug the other Irkens eh?" Red's voice seemed a bit to jolly. Also he hadn't reacted as Purple expected.' Could it be from the conversation with Dran?' Red then put an arm around Purple and led him out of the room and into the hall and corridor leading back to the main room.
Red paced back and forth worried about his reputation if Purple found out what happened three months ago. He was waiting for the medic's analysis of what was happening to Purple's memory and brain. Minutes passed and he became even more restless and even more troubled. Soon a pale skinned nurse entered with a file and cleared he throat to get the restless ruler's attention.
"Well, it seems he coming down with an consumption of brain, that mean if this isn't fixed he could suffer drastically and become insane." The nurse pulled out an x-ray pictured and showed it to him. "Mr. Gangster, whether this will be good new or bad, he's beginning to remember what happened to him some months ago and now it's only a matter of time."
"Foy, could you please not remind me of the brainwashing I went through? It was painful enough I had to see one of my friends suffer from that scan." Red shook his head and sat down in a nearby chair. And put his head into his hands.
"I'm sorry, the point is do you want to replenish the scan so he won't remember anything?" Foy waited for an answer light purple eyes blinked as she waited. Red didn't stir from his position for a moment before looking up at the nurse. His eyes stared for another moment then he sat up.
"Yeah" Foy recorded something down in her file and closed it. Red was staring at the wall before him thinking of the pain Purple might have to go through in order to keep him safe.
"I'll see to it my Tallest, goodbye"
"Goodbye Foy." The nurse left Red alone in the room as he slowly drifted back to past memories that he would rather forget.