Shadows and Light 13/?
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Marcus and Neroon, or anyone else from
Babylon 5.
Authors notes: Rated PG-13 Contains slash: two males in a romantic/sexual (although not explicit) relationship. If this offends you please turn back now.
Not related to either Journey of Love or Through the Darkness Falling
Complaints, Rumors and… Respect?
"Where are they?" Brian asked panicked. "We were only gone for a few minutes."
"Our supplies are gone too." Sactira stated looking around the campsite.
"Not all of them. Look over there."
The group walked over toward the edge of the clearing and indeed there were some of their things. Peedran hastily looked through the pile to see what was left.
"There are a few blankets, some food, and five heat generators." Peedran exclaimed softly. "We only have these items and the clothes on our back."
"What do we do?"
"Do you think something happened to Alit Neroon and Anla'shoc Cole?" Kendrick asked in a tiny voice. "Could there be wild animals out here?"
"Maybe they were attacked." Sactira commented worriedly.
"Let's look around the clearing and see if we can find any clues as to where they disappeared to." Peedran suggested, not waiting for the others to agree as he strode away.
"What makes him the leader?" Michael asked Kendrick, when he thought Peedran was out of earshot.
"No one else had any ideas, and we need to get moving." Peedran called over his shoulder calmly. "Are you going to help look for them or not?"
Michael made no move to verbally answer merely grumbled angrily as he followed Kendrick in Peedran's wake. All thirty-two warriors worked in silence for over ten minutes, each examining a section of the clearing and the underbrush. After an unsuccessful search they gathered back near their supplies to report their findings.
"I found nothing." Kendrick exclaimed in a frustrated manner, throwing his hands in the air helplessly.
"Me neither." Michael answered.
"There were not tracks of any kind and the only thing I noticed were a few broken branches off the path to my right." Sactira told the gathered warriors. "If they were attacked the thing was flying, because it lest no trail."
"Perhaps." Peedran acknowledged. "We don't know anything about the wildlife and fauna of this planet. There may be creatures that fly in the air that attacked them, but wouldn't we have heard an attack?"
"You're right." Kendrick agreed to the shock of everyone present. "We weren't that far away, we would have heard them if they had been attacked. They likely would have called for help."
"Besides," Kendrick continued softly. "Between the two of them they could handle most any threat."
"What are you talking about?" Michael exclaimed. "That Minbari is as much a…"
"Competent warrior as Anla'Shoc Cole is." Kendrick interrupted. "Or have you forgotten what they did to us during the war games exercise so soon?"
"Of course not, but what's to say that he didn't attack Cole?"
Peedran snorted in amusement, for once in accord with Kendrick who had much the same reaction.
"What?' Michael asked irritably. "If Neroon had attacked Marcus then he could have taken him by surprise. That could be why we didn't hear a struggle."
"Somehow I sincerely doubt that." Bandel said sounding amused. "Besides the fact that I don't think the Alit would attack anyone from behind, I doubt that Anla'shoc Cole would quietly allow himself to be knocked out."
"True." Agreed Kendrick. "I can't see them doing anything quietly, let alone fighting."
"There have been rumors…" Bandel mentioned hesitantly.
"Rumors?" Peedran questioned curiously.
"Among some of us… Do you think that Neroon and Marcus are attracted to each other?" Bandel asked delicately.
"They do spend an inordinate amount of time in each other's company."
"It would explain a few things." Peedran agreed.
The conversation continued in much the same vane for quite a while until they decided to sleep and look at the problem again with a fresh perspective in the morning. Across from them quite a ways away Marcus and Neroon looked at each other uncomfortably before lying down to sleep facing away from the other. No words passed between them in the night.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Marcus and Neroon, or anyone else from
Babylon 5.
Authors notes: Rated PG-13 Contains slash: two males in a romantic/sexual (although not explicit) relationship. If this offends you please turn back now.
Not related to either Journey of Love or Through the Darkness Falling
Complaints, Rumors and… Respect?
"Where are they?" Brian asked panicked. "We were only gone for a few minutes."
"Our supplies are gone too." Sactira stated looking around the campsite.
"Not all of them. Look over there."
The group walked over toward the edge of the clearing and indeed there were some of their things. Peedran hastily looked through the pile to see what was left.
"There are a few blankets, some food, and five heat generators." Peedran exclaimed softly. "We only have these items and the clothes on our back."
"What do we do?"
"Do you think something happened to Alit Neroon and Anla'shoc Cole?" Kendrick asked in a tiny voice. "Could there be wild animals out here?"
"Maybe they were attacked." Sactira commented worriedly.
"Let's look around the clearing and see if we can find any clues as to where they disappeared to." Peedran suggested, not waiting for the others to agree as he strode away.
"What makes him the leader?" Michael asked Kendrick, when he thought Peedran was out of earshot.
"No one else had any ideas, and we need to get moving." Peedran called over his shoulder calmly. "Are you going to help look for them or not?"
Michael made no move to verbally answer merely grumbled angrily as he followed Kendrick in Peedran's wake. All thirty-two warriors worked in silence for over ten minutes, each examining a section of the clearing and the underbrush. After an unsuccessful search they gathered back near their supplies to report their findings.
"I found nothing." Kendrick exclaimed in a frustrated manner, throwing his hands in the air helplessly.
"Me neither." Michael answered.
"There were not tracks of any kind and the only thing I noticed were a few broken branches off the path to my right." Sactira told the gathered warriors. "If they were attacked the thing was flying, because it lest no trail."
"Perhaps." Peedran acknowledged. "We don't know anything about the wildlife and fauna of this planet. There may be creatures that fly in the air that attacked them, but wouldn't we have heard an attack?"
"You're right." Kendrick agreed to the shock of everyone present. "We weren't that far away, we would have heard them if they had been attacked. They likely would have called for help."
"Besides," Kendrick continued softly. "Between the two of them they could handle most any threat."
"What are you talking about?" Michael exclaimed. "That Minbari is as much a…"
"Competent warrior as Anla'Shoc Cole is." Kendrick interrupted. "Or have you forgotten what they did to us during the war games exercise so soon?"
"Of course not, but what's to say that he didn't attack Cole?"
Peedran snorted in amusement, for once in accord with Kendrick who had much the same reaction.
"What?' Michael asked irritably. "If Neroon had attacked Marcus then he could have taken him by surprise. That could be why we didn't hear a struggle."
"Somehow I sincerely doubt that." Bandel said sounding amused. "Besides the fact that I don't think the Alit would attack anyone from behind, I doubt that Anla'shoc Cole would quietly allow himself to be knocked out."
"True." Agreed Kendrick. "I can't see them doing anything quietly, let alone fighting."
"There have been rumors…" Bandel mentioned hesitantly.
"Rumors?" Peedran questioned curiously.
"Among some of us… Do you think that Neroon and Marcus are attracted to each other?" Bandel asked delicately.
"They do spend an inordinate amount of time in each other's company."
"It would explain a few things." Peedran agreed.
The conversation continued in much the same vane for quite a while until they decided to sleep and look at the problem again with a fresh perspective in the morning. Across from them quite a ways away Marcus and Neroon looked at each other uncomfortably before lying down to sleep facing away from the other. No words passed between them in the night.