Second Chances
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Chapter 10
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Sheba walked down "Main Street" of Vale, a smile on her face. The sky was void of virtually all clouds, and the sun had risen hours before to bathe the village of tents in a nice glow.
Of course, there were other reasons to be happy. Felix and Isaac had accepted Alex as a changed person, as had Mia. Jenna and Garet seemed to be pleased about the notion, but they were anything but, and it didn't take a Jupitarian to tell.
And for the most part, the villagers weren't angry. The twenty some-odd villagers had only been told that Alex was a traveler that was climbing mountains, and had been on Aleph when it feel. To explain Sheba's relationship with him, it was said that they had a prior relation going, started when they met during the journey.
The best part was that Alex would get to leave the tent later.
Both Mia and Isaac had agreed that Alex would be able to leave the tent later, and would be allowed to get some exersise. This included both physical activity and using some psynergy, though for some reason, he still seemed to have little psynergy, if any at all.
Sheba's smile frowned slightly, uneasy with that thought. She had been worried about his psynergetic levels ever since Ivan probed the tent, as Alex had been unable to sense the psynergy. But if he didn't have any psynergy, how could that be possible? Had he been stripped of powers by the Wise One? Or had he hit his head, disabling his ability? What was the reason?
"Hello again, Sheba."
Turning to the side, Sheba noticed Mia walking towards her, and moved so that they were walking side by side as she made her way towards her tent.
"Hi Mia. How are you?"
"Fine."
Sheba's face showed a smile, yet she felt uneasy. She still had the notion that Mia held a grudge against Alex, though why she thought that, she did not know.
"How is Alex? I haven't seen him since this morning."
"He's fine."
They continued to walk, an uneasy silence falling over them.
"You don't trust me."
A statement, not a question.
"To be honest, Mia, I half expected you to kill him."
Sheba blinked when a dry chuckle came from beside her. She turned to face Mia, stopping her pace. Mia looked at her, her face smiling.
"I was taught that it is better to live and forgive than to kill and hate."
"Even if he betrayed your clan?"
Mia sighed. "I was upset with him, dissapointed even. But then, Alex had wanted to extract revenge for his parents, an eye for an eye so to speak. I did not agree with him, but I knew that I couldn't stop him. I only hoped that something got in his way."
She let out another chuckle. "Besides, how could I hate a brother?"
Sheba blinked this time. "A brother? I thought..."
"Alex's mother entrusted my father with his care, and he treated us as siblings. It just grew on us."
"Ah."
Another wave of silence overtook the conversation, and they continued to walk. "He does care for you, Sheba."
"What makes you say that?"
"I talked to him before we all got together in the tent. He seemed to care very deeply for you."
"Do you think its odd that he would care for me, since we haven't known each other long?"
"Sheba, sometimes there are things that just happen. Alex and I shared a sibling-like relationship, yet our feelings didn't go farther than that. Right now, I'm spending time with Felix and Isaac to see if I wish to spend the rest of my life with them. That's the path that I have to take. You lead a differient path, one that seemed destined to happen."
"What?"
Mia shook her head. "I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking when I said that."
Sheba frowned. What the heck did Mia mean by that?
"I apoligize, Sheba. I don't know what came over me."
Frowning, Sheba continued to walk with Mia, wondering what Mia meant...
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Alex sat in his cot, wondering how Vale would welcome him. Five people welcomed his presence, yet at least two were against his presense, and knowing them, they would make him as miserable as possible.
Standing up, he struggled to gain his balance, as he hadn't used his legs for standing in over two days now. As he steadied himself, he saw the tent flap rustling, and looked towards it, smiling as he expected Sheba to enter the tent.
Yet it was not Sheba that entered to greet him.
"Hello Alex."
"Hi, Garet."
Alex watched Garet's face, trying to see what the Martian had on his mind, and tensed as he stepped forward. The last thing that Alex saw was a large fist slamming into his face as darkness came over him...
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Sheba - o_o ALEX-CHAN!!!
X_X I'll never get used to hearing that...@_@ REVIEWERS!
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Pyro1588 - I love FF.net and computer crashes... They always seem to go together...@_@ Thanks for the review!
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Chapter 10
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Sheba walked down "Main Street" of Vale, a smile on her face. The sky was void of virtually all clouds, and the sun had risen hours before to bathe the village of tents in a nice glow.
Of course, there were other reasons to be happy. Felix and Isaac had accepted Alex as a changed person, as had Mia. Jenna and Garet seemed to be pleased about the notion, but they were anything but, and it didn't take a Jupitarian to tell.
And for the most part, the villagers weren't angry. The twenty some-odd villagers had only been told that Alex was a traveler that was climbing mountains, and had been on Aleph when it feel. To explain Sheba's relationship with him, it was said that they had a prior relation going, started when they met during the journey.
The best part was that Alex would get to leave the tent later.
Both Mia and Isaac had agreed that Alex would be able to leave the tent later, and would be allowed to get some exersise. This included both physical activity and using some psynergy, though for some reason, he still seemed to have little psynergy, if any at all.
Sheba's smile frowned slightly, uneasy with that thought. She had been worried about his psynergetic levels ever since Ivan probed the tent, as Alex had been unable to sense the psynergy. But if he didn't have any psynergy, how could that be possible? Had he been stripped of powers by the Wise One? Or had he hit his head, disabling his ability? What was the reason?
"Hello again, Sheba."
Turning to the side, Sheba noticed Mia walking towards her, and moved so that they were walking side by side as she made her way towards her tent.
"Hi Mia. How are you?"
"Fine."
Sheba's face showed a smile, yet she felt uneasy. She still had the notion that Mia held a grudge against Alex, though why she thought that, she did not know.
"How is Alex? I haven't seen him since this morning."
"He's fine."
They continued to walk, an uneasy silence falling over them.
"You don't trust me."
A statement, not a question.
"To be honest, Mia, I half expected you to kill him."
Sheba blinked when a dry chuckle came from beside her. She turned to face Mia, stopping her pace. Mia looked at her, her face smiling.
"I was taught that it is better to live and forgive than to kill and hate."
"Even if he betrayed your clan?"
Mia sighed. "I was upset with him, dissapointed even. But then, Alex had wanted to extract revenge for his parents, an eye for an eye so to speak. I did not agree with him, but I knew that I couldn't stop him. I only hoped that something got in his way."
She let out another chuckle. "Besides, how could I hate a brother?"
Sheba blinked this time. "A brother? I thought..."
"Alex's mother entrusted my father with his care, and he treated us as siblings. It just grew on us."
"Ah."
Another wave of silence overtook the conversation, and they continued to walk. "He does care for you, Sheba."
"What makes you say that?"
"I talked to him before we all got together in the tent. He seemed to care very deeply for you."
"Do you think its odd that he would care for me, since we haven't known each other long?"
"Sheba, sometimes there are things that just happen. Alex and I shared a sibling-like relationship, yet our feelings didn't go farther than that. Right now, I'm spending time with Felix and Isaac to see if I wish to spend the rest of my life with them. That's the path that I have to take. You lead a differient path, one that seemed destined to happen."
"What?"
Mia shook her head. "I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking when I said that."
Sheba frowned. What the heck did Mia mean by that?
"I apoligize, Sheba. I don't know what came over me."
Frowning, Sheba continued to walk with Mia, wondering what Mia meant...
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Alex sat in his cot, wondering how Vale would welcome him. Five people welcomed his presence, yet at least two were against his presense, and knowing them, they would make him as miserable as possible.
Standing up, he struggled to gain his balance, as he hadn't used his legs for standing in over two days now. As he steadied himself, he saw the tent flap rustling, and looked towards it, smiling as he expected Sheba to enter the tent.
Yet it was not Sheba that entered to greet him.
"Hello Alex."
"Hi, Garet."
Alex watched Garet's face, trying to see what the Martian had on his mind, and tensed as he stepped forward. The last thing that Alex saw was a large fist slamming into his face as darkness came over him...
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=D
Sheba - o_o ALEX-CHAN!!!
X_X I'll never get used to hearing that...@_@ REVIEWERS!
wildcats1310 - ^_^ Hope this explained a bit... I have considered another, just need to do it...^_^ Thanx for the Review!
Pyro1588 - I love FF.net and computer crashes... They always seem to go together...@_@ Thanks for the review!
Dragon Empress - 0_0 YOU REVIEWED!!! lol ^O^ Thanks for the review!!!
Forgotten Souls - ^_^ Thanks for the compliments... Thanks for the review!
TemplarofNi - GS3! ^_^ Thanks for the review!
SSJ-KybokSilverfang - 0_0 I saw a movie with a twenty-someodd woman and a seventy year old man... Course, she died...@_@ Thanks for the review!
Sheba - REVIEW!
I DO NOT OWN GOLDEN SUN OR NINTENDO!!!