A/n: Of course, I don't own, please don't sue. For the record, Audrey is my favorite character.
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Impenetrable mist covered the barren landscape. It swirled and mixed together, leaving it shapeless as well. The colors seemed to come at her, twirling about her at rapid speed, passing her with such speed her hair whipped and stung her eyes until here was nothing but darkness.
"Milo? Sweet? Anybody?" Audrey's senses told her she was somewhere safe, warm and inviting, but her mind screamed at her to get out. "Come on guys this isn't funny anymore!"
She began to run, she didn't know why, as far as she could tell, there was no ground. Interesting thing was, she could feel it. Just as she felt herself trip and fall.
She landed softly enough, on a bed. It looked like her room at home, but, that couldn't be. It was different. For starters, the bed was bigger, very much so. She walked over to what should have been her dresser. It was covered in photographs, many she didn't remember even taking. In one she was sitting infonet of a ship, the team was there, including Kida and a strange man she had never seen before. Sam was there, she noted, and her hair was longer. Sam was also holding her from behind, and both of them were grinning like crazy. Audrey shivered, it was highly discomforting.
She head muffled voices from down stairs. Had it not been for the pictures, Audrey would have thought she had stepped into the past. Her father sat in the middle of the floor, holding a small boy in his arms, laughing and kissing his forehead. The young mechanic's eyes welled up. He used to do that to her when she had been younger. "Poppy…."
"Audrey, did you have a nice nap? We didn't wake you did we?" Manuel looked at the girl, grinning his copyrighted grin that used to be able to fix all of Audrey's problems. The little boy, who couldn't have been more then two maybe three, grinned and wobbled towards her, arms outstretched. Audrey scooped him up, and he snuggled into her shoulder, stuck his thumb in his mouth and was asleep almost instantly.
"No, I mean, yes…. You know, never mind." She couldn't believe it, her father, the one who was dead. Maybe not even dead. Kida had said that they never found his body, just his jacket. In any sense he was standing right in front of her. Manuel walked over and hugged her lightly, his eyes resting on the little boy. He smiled fondly.
"You used to do that, you know. As soon as I would pick you up, no matter if you'd been asleep for hours, you'd yawn and go right back to sleep." On cue the little boy in Audrey's arms stretched and yawned. "Unless, of course, we were at the shop. You were so full of curiosity, you wanted to touch everything, the tools most of all."
"Yeah, well, that figures. I'm a mechanic, after all." Audrey smiled up at her father. The door opened and shut, and Manuel headed off towards the kitchen. She would have followed him, but Sam walked in. In a suit, hair combed back out of his face and he looked… responsible.
"Hey." Samuel said simply. He looked at Audrey in a way that she didn't remember him looking at her before, and then he did something he had never done before. He kissed her.
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Audrey awoke with a jerk, startling Fluffy out of sleep as well. The short-haired Persian looked questioningly up at her. She pulled the cat close, holding her for dear life. "Fluffy. I think I have a problem."
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Sry it was so short, but telll me what you think. R/R
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Impenetrable mist covered the barren landscape. It swirled and mixed together, leaving it shapeless as well. The colors seemed to come at her, twirling about her at rapid speed, passing her with such speed her hair whipped and stung her eyes until here was nothing but darkness.
"Milo? Sweet? Anybody?" Audrey's senses told her she was somewhere safe, warm and inviting, but her mind screamed at her to get out. "Come on guys this isn't funny anymore!"
She began to run, she didn't know why, as far as she could tell, there was no ground. Interesting thing was, she could feel it. Just as she felt herself trip and fall.
She landed softly enough, on a bed. It looked like her room at home, but, that couldn't be. It was different. For starters, the bed was bigger, very much so. She walked over to what should have been her dresser. It was covered in photographs, many she didn't remember even taking. In one she was sitting infonet of a ship, the team was there, including Kida and a strange man she had never seen before. Sam was there, she noted, and her hair was longer. Sam was also holding her from behind, and both of them were grinning like crazy. Audrey shivered, it was highly discomforting.
She head muffled voices from down stairs. Had it not been for the pictures, Audrey would have thought she had stepped into the past. Her father sat in the middle of the floor, holding a small boy in his arms, laughing and kissing his forehead. The young mechanic's eyes welled up. He used to do that to her when she had been younger. "Poppy…."
"Audrey, did you have a nice nap? We didn't wake you did we?" Manuel looked at the girl, grinning his copyrighted grin that used to be able to fix all of Audrey's problems. The little boy, who couldn't have been more then two maybe three, grinned and wobbled towards her, arms outstretched. Audrey scooped him up, and he snuggled into her shoulder, stuck his thumb in his mouth and was asleep almost instantly.
"No, I mean, yes…. You know, never mind." She couldn't believe it, her father, the one who was dead. Maybe not even dead. Kida had said that they never found his body, just his jacket. In any sense he was standing right in front of her. Manuel walked over and hugged her lightly, his eyes resting on the little boy. He smiled fondly.
"You used to do that, you know. As soon as I would pick you up, no matter if you'd been asleep for hours, you'd yawn and go right back to sleep." On cue the little boy in Audrey's arms stretched and yawned. "Unless, of course, we were at the shop. You were so full of curiosity, you wanted to touch everything, the tools most of all."
"Yeah, well, that figures. I'm a mechanic, after all." Audrey smiled up at her father. The door opened and shut, and Manuel headed off towards the kitchen. She would have followed him, but Sam walked in. In a suit, hair combed back out of his face and he looked… responsible.
"Hey." Samuel said simply. He looked at Audrey in a way that she didn't remember him looking at her before, and then he did something he had never done before. He kissed her.
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Audrey awoke with a jerk, startling Fluffy out of sleep as well. The short-haired Persian looked questioningly up at her. She pulled the cat close, holding her for dear life. "Fluffy. I think I have a problem."
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Sry it was so short, but telll me what you think. R/R
