Shadows and Light 14/?
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
Unknown Enemy
Over the next few days the trainees had gotten closer together while trying to find us, while Neroon and I had all but been avoiding each other as much as possible. Every time I looked at the Minbari I would notice that he staring at me. His eyes seemed to burn me up from the inside out until I began to stop looking at him at all.
I had no idea what he was thinking of when he looked at me like that, but it was beginning to make me nervous and jittery. Ever since we overheard that conversation that the trainees had the night of our 'disappearance' I have been trying to convince myself that it was impossible for Neroon to be attracted to me at all. After all I am human and his dislike for humans is near legendary nowadays. I don't think that Neroon would even think to look at a human as a lover would, let alone me. I knew that Neroon respected me after the Denn'sha, but I couldn't even contemplate any deeper feelings between us.
While we both ignored the other we had to stay a step away from the trainees, who had decided the next morning once they had talked about our mysterious disappearance in more detail, that we had left them to fend for themselves.
After coming to that decision they decided to track us using the broken branches to give them a direction in which to travel. At that point we decided to leave a few clues for them to track, although nothing so noticeable for them to be able to actually find us. They came close a couple of times to seeing us, while we were spying on them, but fortunately we managed to escape unseen through the underbrush.
Most surprising of all was the deep friendship that had developed between Brian and Peedran. During the daytime they would track together and at night they would stay up and talk about their lives and childhoods. It did me proud that some of our students had managed to put their differences aside and began to form friendships.
Not all of them were so inclined however. Michael was still bitter about Peedran giving orders and was increasingly belligerent to all the Minbari, causing a rift between himself and Brian. Fortunately the distanse didn't seem to be irreparable, so hopefully he would realize his mistake before we got back to camp.
Neroon was scouting ahead to check our path when I heard a scream from the opposite direction, where the trainees were following us from. Without thinking about the consequences I ran full tilt in their direction. I rushed through the trees, ignoring as branches caught me across the face and arms, scraping my skin. Following the screams of the fallen warrior I came upon two creatures attacking him unmercifully. I had no idea what the thinks were that were attacking him, but I jumped into the fray to protect my student from harm.
The two hairy creatures had long teeth, almost like fangs, and claws that were razor sharp. They were a bit larger than my height and covered with scales and dark green hair. Just as the one closest to Sactira was about to flay him alive with it's claws I intervened. By chance I managed to block it's claws from connecting with his head, as I continued hitting it with my pike. When I noticed that my pike was having little effect except to momentarily stun the creature I grabbed my dagger hidden in my cloak and stabbed it in the chest before it could injure me. Unfortunately it managed to claw me across the chest before it was killed. The other one smelling my blood went wild, attacking me ferociously like a thing possessed. I was quickly overpowered and knocked to the ground as the creature pounced on me, wrapping it's tail, which I hadn't noticed it had since it had been detracted, around my chest cutting off my air supply. My pike had dropped from my hands during the ongoing struggle and I was left weaponless as it hovered menacingly over me.
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
Unknown Enemy
Over the next few days the trainees had gotten closer together while trying to find us, while Neroon and I had all but been avoiding each other as much as possible. Every time I looked at the Minbari I would notice that he staring at me. His eyes seemed to burn me up from the inside out until I began to stop looking at him at all.
I had no idea what he was thinking of when he looked at me like that, but it was beginning to make me nervous and jittery. Ever since we overheard that conversation that the trainees had the night of our 'disappearance' I have been trying to convince myself that it was impossible for Neroon to be attracted to me at all. After all I am human and his dislike for humans is near legendary nowadays. I don't think that Neroon would even think to look at a human as a lover would, let alone me. I knew that Neroon respected me after the Denn'sha, but I couldn't even contemplate any deeper feelings between us.
While we both ignored the other we had to stay a step away from the trainees, who had decided the next morning once they had talked about our mysterious disappearance in more detail, that we had left them to fend for themselves.
After coming to that decision they decided to track us using the broken branches to give them a direction in which to travel. At that point we decided to leave a few clues for them to track, although nothing so noticeable for them to be able to actually find us. They came close a couple of times to seeing us, while we were spying on them, but fortunately we managed to escape unseen through the underbrush.
Most surprising of all was the deep friendship that had developed between Brian and Peedran. During the daytime they would track together and at night they would stay up and talk about their lives and childhoods. It did me proud that some of our students had managed to put their differences aside and began to form friendships.
Not all of them were so inclined however. Michael was still bitter about Peedran giving orders and was increasingly belligerent to all the Minbari, causing a rift between himself and Brian. Fortunately the distanse didn't seem to be irreparable, so hopefully he would realize his mistake before we got back to camp.
Neroon was scouting ahead to check our path when I heard a scream from the opposite direction, where the trainees were following us from. Without thinking about the consequences I ran full tilt in their direction. I rushed through the trees, ignoring as branches caught me across the face and arms, scraping my skin. Following the screams of the fallen warrior I came upon two creatures attacking him unmercifully. I had no idea what the thinks were that were attacking him, but I jumped into the fray to protect my student from harm.
The two hairy creatures had long teeth, almost like fangs, and claws that were razor sharp. They were a bit larger than my height and covered with scales and dark green hair. Just as the one closest to Sactira was about to flay him alive with it's claws I intervened. By chance I managed to block it's claws from connecting with his head, as I continued hitting it with my pike. When I noticed that my pike was having little effect except to momentarily stun the creature I grabbed my dagger hidden in my cloak and stabbed it in the chest before it could injure me. Unfortunately it managed to claw me across the chest before it was killed. The other one smelling my blood went wild, attacking me ferociously like a thing possessed. I was quickly overpowered and knocked to the ground as the creature pounced on me, wrapping it's tail, which I hadn't noticed it had since it had been detracted, around my chest cutting off my air supply. My pike had dropped from my hands during the ongoing struggle and I was left weaponless as it hovered menacingly over me.