*A/N: I don't know why I titled this chapter what I did. It's just a nice
little break from the story line to explain a little something about Jet
and Kelli. I think I'll throw these in when I need to explain something
about characters. And for clarification, when I said in a previous chapter
that Yvonne was a Goth, and that was the reason that she was disliked, I
didn't mean that she just belonged to that sub-culture. I meant that she
was decended from the Goths, who invaded Rome at one point. I picture
Sauropolis as a very Roman city, so maybe the dislike of the Goths still
lingers. Thus we have Yvonne where she is now. I guess that'll be explained
later.
Kitsunia, thanks for your reviews! Hope this one is long enough for you! ^-^*
"Silence," chapter 7
To Live and To Love
Back in Chandara, Jet and Kelli had finished up practice in the late evening at the Karate studio where they trained. Upon returning to the warehouse, they found more people than usual.
"Bran. Who're these folks?" Kelli asked.
"People from Sauropolis. They're just as crazy as us. I like them." Andraste said with a smile.
"Ah. Okay, well I'm Kelli, this is Jet. We're tired and hungry so we're gonna hit the bath house and head home for some food. We'll see you all in the morning." Kelli smiled, waved, turned and left.
"Yeah. See ya'all." Jet said, following Kelli.
They left and went back a few streets and alleys to an older rowhouse that Jet called home. Kelli frequently stayed with him in the house. On the outside, the paint peeled and the mason-work was chipping away. Inside, it was much better looking. Jet shared the house with a family who only used the house when they came to Chadara to visit family, otherwise, they lived in Prosperine. Jet's room was on the second floor and was very spacious. He had a punching bag hanging from the ceiling and mats on the floor. His large nest bed was in the corner of the room, under the window.
Kelli and Jet tossed their bags on the floor, went to the closet and pulled out their bath stuff, and fresh clothes. Kelli didn't live with Jet officially, but stayed over enough to be counted as living there. They left to go to the bath house then a late-night cafe.
* * * * *
Kelli was a dolphinback from the United States, specifically, Montana. She grew up on a large homestead with many horses and open places to roam, but she liked to go into the town and be with people. When she graduated, her parents sent her on a cruise, and there she met Jet, a charming young surfer from Perth, Australia. They quickly became friends, and rarely did anything without each other. When, in the middle of the night, a storm came out of nowhere and blew the ship off-course and killed all equipment on board, they ran to the deck and hid there. They both prefered to not have the entire ship collapse in on them.
The ship ran aground on the coral reefs surrounding Dinotopia. Kelli, hid her face against against Jet's shoulder, but the once time she peeped out, they faced the island, which was being lashed with rain, but in the faint distance, the rising sun lit the clouds with red. As she watched a distant sun rise, the ship heaved, and she and Jet were thrown overboard. Jet hit his right shoulder on a peice of reef, and Kelli slit her left knee on the sharp edge of a rock. A current took them, and pulled them away from the sinking ship as an explosion tore the ship apart, sending peices flying in all directions. Jet tried to break away from current, but gave up, as his shoulder complained when he moved. Instead, they relaxed and let the current take them far from the accident site. After what seemed like hours in the ocean water, a dolphin surfaced beneath both of them and pulled them into a calm harbor. Jet pulled himself and a faint Kelli onto the beach. She had lost a lot of blood from the cut in her knee, which was about three inches in length and went to the bone. Somehow, it completely missed all the important tendons. She passed out first, Jet fell asleep from exhaustion soon after.
When they woke up, they were in a white room together on a comfortable bed. Kelli's knee had been cleaned, stitched, and bandaged, and Jet's shoulder had been bandaged and his arm set in a sling. On a table nearby were two glasses of water. Kelli struggled to sit up, took one of the glasses and sipped from it before handing it over to Jet, who sat up as well.
"Jet. Where are we?" She asked, her voice scratchy.
"I don't know. Why?" Jet answered, sounding much like a frog.
"Because there is a dinosaur over there." Kelli pointed to the corner where a small saurian waited for them.
"Um. That worries me. We're seeing the same hallucination." Jet said, taking another sip of the water. Kelli took the glass from his hand and took another sip.
"Oh our patients are awake. Are you in any pain?" Someone said. A blonde in a nurse's outfit approached them with a smile.
"No, not right now." Kelli said. "Where are we?"
"You are in Chandara. But you shouldn't worry about that now. Are you hungry at all?" The nurse smiled, gently checking their wounds.
"Not right now." Jet said.
"Me either." Kelli shook her head. "Ouch!" She yelped when the nurse touched the area around her knee.
"You're both badly bruised. But you, somehow, managed to cut your knee open, but miss all the major tendons in there." The nurse said, patting Kelli's other knee. "I'll let you both be. Ring this bell if you need anything." She set a large cowbell on the table next to the bed.
Jet got out of bed and walked to the window that was next to their bed. Looking out, he saw that he was definitely not in Australia. Just based on the architecture, he thought they might be in Hong Kong or some Asian country. The buildings, on average, were very low, and made of either wood or masonry, which was elegant. In the center of his view was a large Japanese-style pagoda that towered 5 stories above the hospital where they were staying. But they couldn't be in Asia, the nurse didn't look Asian. Unless they hired an American or British.
"Kelli, if you could walk, I'd tell you to get over here." Jet said, in awe of the city. "I think we might be in Hong Kong or something."
"But how do you explain the dinosaur?" Kelli mumbled. She was tired still, and her knee had started to throb.
"Statue maybe." Jet turned and shrugged. "It hasn't moved."
"Maybe. I'm tired. Goodnight." Kelli said, laying back down on the bed, and pulling the sheet over her.
"I'm going to explore. See you later." He walked over, kissed Kelli's forehead, and left the room.
The door of their room opened direction into a small courtyard, in the center of which was a large fountain with saurians and humans spitting water. Sitting on the ledge was a bipedal dinosaur. Jet panicked, and went back into the room.
"Hey Kelli, there *are* dinosaurs here. There's one out by the fountain there!" Jet said, paling slightly.
"A real dinosaur? You have got to be kidding me!" Kelli snorted, sitting up again. She had just gotten to sleep when Jet came back.
"I swear. It was reading something by a fountain." Jet said, coming back to the bed.
"Come back and lay down. Maybe you've got a fever and are delirious." Kelli laid back down.
"Maybe I am. Though, I don't feel like I have a fever." Jet said, crawling back into the bed, being careful of Kelli's knee.
Kelli reached out and touched his forehead then hers. "Nope. Maybe you need more sleep." She put her head down and fell back asleep.
"Night then." Jet said.
* * * * *
A few days later, they were getting accustomed to the dinosaurs and the nurse had been telling them of the ways of Dinotopia, and had even gotten them a tutor. Kelli's knee was healing fast, and she was up and walking around with the assistance of a crutch. They took small trips into the city and learned more on their walks. The residents were very interested in hearing about all the technology and troubles in the Outside World. Frequently, they shook their heads and said, "Isn't it nice we don't live in a world of strife."
As the days passed, Kelli started to re-gain the use of her knee, and the nurse wanted her to enlist in some sort of physical therapy. Instead of taking an instructor at the hospital, she found a Karate studio to her liking and signed up there. Jet signed up as well. She was delighted to find that it taught American Kenpo, but under the name change of Dinotopian American Kenpo, founded on the island by Chad DiPilco. She had never heard of the man, but found that the system was much like what she studied in the Outside World. She picked up the changes fast, and advanced quickly.
Jet, however, had to start from scratch, but with the help of Kelli, he advanced a little faster than a few other pupils at the studio. It was at the studio that Jet and Kelli first came across Bran, who invited them to hang out with his group. Jet moved into his current house, and Kelli moved into a house not too far from him. They hung out with the group at the warehouse, and became accepted as one of the group, despite disappearing for hours on end to train.
* * * * *
Jet and Kelli grabbed their bath things and made their way to the bath house. Kelli still bore a large scar on her knee, but was okay with people seeing it now. As the two soaked in a warm tub, they discussed the events of the day as only old friends would.
Kitsunia, thanks for your reviews! Hope this one is long enough for you! ^-^*
"Silence," chapter 7
To Live and To Love
Back in Chandara, Jet and Kelli had finished up practice in the late evening at the Karate studio where they trained. Upon returning to the warehouse, they found more people than usual.
"Bran. Who're these folks?" Kelli asked.
"People from Sauropolis. They're just as crazy as us. I like them." Andraste said with a smile.
"Ah. Okay, well I'm Kelli, this is Jet. We're tired and hungry so we're gonna hit the bath house and head home for some food. We'll see you all in the morning." Kelli smiled, waved, turned and left.
"Yeah. See ya'all." Jet said, following Kelli.
They left and went back a few streets and alleys to an older rowhouse that Jet called home. Kelli frequently stayed with him in the house. On the outside, the paint peeled and the mason-work was chipping away. Inside, it was much better looking. Jet shared the house with a family who only used the house when they came to Chadara to visit family, otherwise, they lived in Prosperine. Jet's room was on the second floor and was very spacious. He had a punching bag hanging from the ceiling and mats on the floor. His large nest bed was in the corner of the room, under the window.
Kelli and Jet tossed their bags on the floor, went to the closet and pulled out their bath stuff, and fresh clothes. Kelli didn't live with Jet officially, but stayed over enough to be counted as living there. They left to go to the bath house then a late-night cafe.
* * * * *
Kelli was a dolphinback from the United States, specifically, Montana. She grew up on a large homestead with many horses and open places to roam, but she liked to go into the town and be with people. When she graduated, her parents sent her on a cruise, and there she met Jet, a charming young surfer from Perth, Australia. They quickly became friends, and rarely did anything without each other. When, in the middle of the night, a storm came out of nowhere and blew the ship off-course and killed all equipment on board, they ran to the deck and hid there. They both prefered to not have the entire ship collapse in on them.
The ship ran aground on the coral reefs surrounding Dinotopia. Kelli, hid her face against against Jet's shoulder, but the once time she peeped out, they faced the island, which was being lashed with rain, but in the faint distance, the rising sun lit the clouds with red. As she watched a distant sun rise, the ship heaved, and she and Jet were thrown overboard. Jet hit his right shoulder on a peice of reef, and Kelli slit her left knee on the sharp edge of a rock. A current took them, and pulled them away from the sinking ship as an explosion tore the ship apart, sending peices flying in all directions. Jet tried to break away from current, but gave up, as his shoulder complained when he moved. Instead, they relaxed and let the current take them far from the accident site. After what seemed like hours in the ocean water, a dolphin surfaced beneath both of them and pulled them into a calm harbor. Jet pulled himself and a faint Kelli onto the beach. She had lost a lot of blood from the cut in her knee, which was about three inches in length and went to the bone. Somehow, it completely missed all the important tendons. She passed out first, Jet fell asleep from exhaustion soon after.
When they woke up, they were in a white room together on a comfortable bed. Kelli's knee had been cleaned, stitched, and bandaged, and Jet's shoulder had been bandaged and his arm set in a sling. On a table nearby were two glasses of water. Kelli struggled to sit up, took one of the glasses and sipped from it before handing it over to Jet, who sat up as well.
"Jet. Where are we?" She asked, her voice scratchy.
"I don't know. Why?" Jet answered, sounding much like a frog.
"Because there is a dinosaur over there." Kelli pointed to the corner where a small saurian waited for them.
"Um. That worries me. We're seeing the same hallucination." Jet said, taking another sip of the water. Kelli took the glass from his hand and took another sip.
"Oh our patients are awake. Are you in any pain?" Someone said. A blonde in a nurse's outfit approached them with a smile.
"No, not right now." Kelli said. "Where are we?"
"You are in Chandara. But you shouldn't worry about that now. Are you hungry at all?" The nurse smiled, gently checking their wounds.
"Not right now." Jet said.
"Me either." Kelli shook her head. "Ouch!" She yelped when the nurse touched the area around her knee.
"You're both badly bruised. But you, somehow, managed to cut your knee open, but miss all the major tendons in there." The nurse said, patting Kelli's other knee. "I'll let you both be. Ring this bell if you need anything." She set a large cowbell on the table next to the bed.
Jet got out of bed and walked to the window that was next to their bed. Looking out, he saw that he was definitely not in Australia. Just based on the architecture, he thought they might be in Hong Kong or some Asian country. The buildings, on average, were very low, and made of either wood or masonry, which was elegant. In the center of his view was a large Japanese-style pagoda that towered 5 stories above the hospital where they were staying. But they couldn't be in Asia, the nurse didn't look Asian. Unless they hired an American or British.
"Kelli, if you could walk, I'd tell you to get over here." Jet said, in awe of the city. "I think we might be in Hong Kong or something."
"But how do you explain the dinosaur?" Kelli mumbled. She was tired still, and her knee had started to throb.
"Statue maybe." Jet turned and shrugged. "It hasn't moved."
"Maybe. I'm tired. Goodnight." Kelli said, laying back down on the bed, and pulling the sheet over her.
"I'm going to explore. See you later." He walked over, kissed Kelli's forehead, and left the room.
The door of their room opened direction into a small courtyard, in the center of which was a large fountain with saurians and humans spitting water. Sitting on the ledge was a bipedal dinosaur. Jet panicked, and went back into the room.
"Hey Kelli, there *are* dinosaurs here. There's one out by the fountain there!" Jet said, paling slightly.
"A real dinosaur? You have got to be kidding me!" Kelli snorted, sitting up again. She had just gotten to sleep when Jet came back.
"I swear. It was reading something by a fountain." Jet said, coming back to the bed.
"Come back and lay down. Maybe you've got a fever and are delirious." Kelli laid back down.
"Maybe I am. Though, I don't feel like I have a fever." Jet said, crawling back into the bed, being careful of Kelli's knee.
Kelli reached out and touched his forehead then hers. "Nope. Maybe you need more sleep." She put her head down and fell back asleep.
"Night then." Jet said.
* * * * *
A few days later, they were getting accustomed to the dinosaurs and the nurse had been telling them of the ways of Dinotopia, and had even gotten them a tutor. Kelli's knee was healing fast, and she was up and walking around with the assistance of a crutch. They took small trips into the city and learned more on their walks. The residents were very interested in hearing about all the technology and troubles in the Outside World. Frequently, they shook their heads and said, "Isn't it nice we don't live in a world of strife."
As the days passed, Kelli started to re-gain the use of her knee, and the nurse wanted her to enlist in some sort of physical therapy. Instead of taking an instructor at the hospital, she found a Karate studio to her liking and signed up there. Jet signed up as well. She was delighted to find that it taught American Kenpo, but under the name change of Dinotopian American Kenpo, founded on the island by Chad DiPilco. She had never heard of the man, but found that the system was much like what she studied in the Outside World. She picked up the changes fast, and advanced quickly.
Jet, however, had to start from scratch, but with the help of Kelli, he advanced a little faster than a few other pupils at the studio. It was at the studio that Jet and Kelli first came across Bran, who invited them to hang out with his group. Jet moved into his current house, and Kelli moved into a house not too far from him. They hung out with the group at the warehouse, and became accepted as one of the group, despite disappearing for hours on end to train.
* * * * *
Jet and Kelli grabbed their bath things and made their way to the bath house. Kelli still bore a large scar on her knee, but was okay with people seeing it now. As the two soaked in a warm tub, they discussed the events of the day as only old friends would.