CHAPTER TWO
"Hey lady, I asked if...you...were....." she trailed off as she saw Trance's tail.
"You have a tail too?" the girl asked.
Trance got up and turned round to look at the girl. She gasped at what she saw before her. So did the girl, and they had good reason to. They both had the same facial features, same pointy ears. Of course there were a couple of differences, like the girl was a few inches smaller than Trance and that she was blue as opposed to purple.
They were the same species. Trance hadn't seen anyone like herself for... well, a long time.
She was ecstatic to finally meet a fellow being that she started babbling away.
"Oh my God! It's sooo great to meet you! I can't wait to have a good chat with you. You know, it's been so long since I've seen a person like us! Oh, wait till I tell everyone about this! It's gonna be so fun talking to you!" She paused for air when she saw that the look on the girls face. Her jaw looked like it was about to hit the floor and her eyes were so wide as if they were about to pop out of her head.
"Y...y...you're just like ....me! Oh...my...god. Where did you come from?" Asked the girl with urgency. Then she grabbed Trances arms and looked up at her with such intensity.
"Can you tell me where I come from?" she pleaded.
Trance was shocked. "Do you not know what you are?"
"NO! That's why I'm asking you!!" Shouted the girl, letting go of Trance. She looked at Trance, pleading for an answer with her eyes.
Oh my, thought Trance. This is bad. She looked around at the crowd that was milling around them, none of them noticing the life-changing situation happening right in front of them. No, they couldn't talk here, not with all these people around them.
"Do you have somewhere private we could talk?"
"Yes! This way." Said the girl, grabbing Trance once more and dragging her through the crowd until they reached an apartment building.
As they stood in the elevator, neither girl talked, both nervous about the situation they knew was coming.
On the 12th floor they got out and turned left. At apartment 12c the girl stopped and put her hand on the screen beside the door.
"Unlock code?" asked a mechanical voice. "Three two strike alpha zeta strike." Said the girl and instantly the door opened. The girl stood back and motioned for Trance to enter the room. Once inside, Trance sat on the pretty sofa at the far end of the room.
Not wasting any time, the girl sat down beside her and bombarded her with questions "So where do I come from? Please! Tell me!"
Trance lent back in surprise, "Woah there! Just wait a second! Tell me exactly what you know about yourself and then I'll fill in the blanks as best as I can."
"Well, I've been on this planet for twenty years but physically I've aged about two years, which freaks me out no end, and I don't remember anything before that. I remember waking up in this apartment twenty years ago. The funny thing is, I knew where I was. I knew everything about this apartment, including my unlock code. I just don't know anything about my life before that day. I have no medical records because no doctor can detect my life- signs. I don't have any birth certificates or any records of my existence at all. I basically don't exist! I've tried looking for people like me but there are no records of my species. And then you turned up."
She stopped talking and looked at Trance, eager for an answer.
"Well," said Trance "we are a very old and special race. Our race has existed since the start of time. We basically are ....well...stars! We are avatars of suns. So there are millions upon millions of us. Don't get me wrong, we aren't machines, we're definitly organic beings. We exist as, I suppose, universe gardeners!" She giggled before noticing that the girl wasn't laughing.
"Well, we look after our solar systems. Making sure the planets don't destroy each other, stuff like that. All to create the perfect possible future. I take it you can sometimes see the future?"
The girl leant so far towards her she was nearly in her lap. "Yes! I thought I was crazy at first but then my visions came true! Though, they don't come regularly. My last vision was a year ago. They only come when I'm really stressed or when something bad is about to happen. Wow...this is so amazing! But what about my life before? And which star am I an avatar of?"
"I'm afraid I don't know. But why don't you tell me your name. We haven't really introduced ourselves."
"Well, even though I remembered things about my environment, I couldn't even remember my own name. So I picked one out for myself. I'm Guinevere Le Fay."
"Oh that's so pretty!" exclaimed Trance "That's from the King Arthur stories of old earth isn't it? My name is Trance Gemini." She held out her hand.
Taking the outstretched hand, Guinevere shook it, a smile finally forming on her pretty face. "You're absolutely correct. I read the story of King Arthur in the library here. I was captivated by the story so I decided to pick my name from it." She sighed.
"Now what do we do? I want to learn more about who I am. Are you staying here long?"
Trance felt so bad, but then had a brilliant idea. A smile slowly took to her lips.
"I'm only here for today and then I'm going back to ship I live on. See I live on the Andromeda..."
She was cut off suddenly by Guinevere's surprised gasp," Oh my god! You're part of the Andromeda's crew? I've heard so much about Dylan Hunt and the Andromeda. But I've never learnt of the crew's names! I just know of Dylan Hunt's plight to restore the commonwealth, everybody does! Oh wow!" Guinevere looked like he was about to bounce out of her seat with excitement.
Once again, Trance gave a big, beaming smile. "Well then, I have a proposition for you. How about you come to stay on the Andromeda for a while and I'll teach you all about our past. What do you say?" She looked at Guinevere. Guinevere looked at her with her mouth open, before squealing in excitement and hugging Trance so tightly that she nearly couldn't breath.
"I take it that means yes then?!?!" She said in a strangled voice while being squeezed to death.
"Hey lady, I asked if...you...were....." she trailed off as she saw Trance's tail.
"You have a tail too?" the girl asked.
Trance got up and turned round to look at the girl. She gasped at what she saw before her. So did the girl, and they had good reason to. They both had the same facial features, same pointy ears. Of course there were a couple of differences, like the girl was a few inches smaller than Trance and that she was blue as opposed to purple.
They were the same species. Trance hadn't seen anyone like herself for... well, a long time.
She was ecstatic to finally meet a fellow being that she started babbling away.
"Oh my God! It's sooo great to meet you! I can't wait to have a good chat with you. You know, it's been so long since I've seen a person like us! Oh, wait till I tell everyone about this! It's gonna be so fun talking to you!" She paused for air when she saw that the look on the girls face. Her jaw looked like it was about to hit the floor and her eyes were so wide as if they were about to pop out of her head.
"Y...y...you're just like ....me! Oh...my...god. Where did you come from?" Asked the girl with urgency. Then she grabbed Trances arms and looked up at her with such intensity.
"Can you tell me where I come from?" she pleaded.
Trance was shocked. "Do you not know what you are?"
"NO! That's why I'm asking you!!" Shouted the girl, letting go of Trance. She looked at Trance, pleading for an answer with her eyes.
Oh my, thought Trance. This is bad. She looked around at the crowd that was milling around them, none of them noticing the life-changing situation happening right in front of them. No, they couldn't talk here, not with all these people around them.
"Do you have somewhere private we could talk?"
"Yes! This way." Said the girl, grabbing Trance once more and dragging her through the crowd until they reached an apartment building.
As they stood in the elevator, neither girl talked, both nervous about the situation they knew was coming.
On the 12th floor they got out and turned left. At apartment 12c the girl stopped and put her hand on the screen beside the door.
"Unlock code?" asked a mechanical voice. "Three two strike alpha zeta strike." Said the girl and instantly the door opened. The girl stood back and motioned for Trance to enter the room. Once inside, Trance sat on the pretty sofa at the far end of the room.
Not wasting any time, the girl sat down beside her and bombarded her with questions "So where do I come from? Please! Tell me!"
Trance lent back in surprise, "Woah there! Just wait a second! Tell me exactly what you know about yourself and then I'll fill in the blanks as best as I can."
"Well, I've been on this planet for twenty years but physically I've aged about two years, which freaks me out no end, and I don't remember anything before that. I remember waking up in this apartment twenty years ago. The funny thing is, I knew where I was. I knew everything about this apartment, including my unlock code. I just don't know anything about my life before that day. I have no medical records because no doctor can detect my life- signs. I don't have any birth certificates or any records of my existence at all. I basically don't exist! I've tried looking for people like me but there are no records of my species. And then you turned up."
She stopped talking and looked at Trance, eager for an answer.
"Well," said Trance "we are a very old and special race. Our race has existed since the start of time. We basically are ....well...stars! We are avatars of suns. So there are millions upon millions of us. Don't get me wrong, we aren't machines, we're definitly organic beings. We exist as, I suppose, universe gardeners!" She giggled before noticing that the girl wasn't laughing.
"Well, we look after our solar systems. Making sure the planets don't destroy each other, stuff like that. All to create the perfect possible future. I take it you can sometimes see the future?"
The girl leant so far towards her she was nearly in her lap. "Yes! I thought I was crazy at first but then my visions came true! Though, they don't come regularly. My last vision was a year ago. They only come when I'm really stressed or when something bad is about to happen. Wow...this is so amazing! But what about my life before? And which star am I an avatar of?"
"I'm afraid I don't know. But why don't you tell me your name. We haven't really introduced ourselves."
"Well, even though I remembered things about my environment, I couldn't even remember my own name. So I picked one out for myself. I'm Guinevere Le Fay."
"Oh that's so pretty!" exclaimed Trance "That's from the King Arthur stories of old earth isn't it? My name is Trance Gemini." She held out her hand.
Taking the outstretched hand, Guinevere shook it, a smile finally forming on her pretty face. "You're absolutely correct. I read the story of King Arthur in the library here. I was captivated by the story so I decided to pick my name from it." She sighed.
"Now what do we do? I want to learn more about who I am. Are you staying here long?"
Trance felt so bad, but then had a brilliant idea. A smile slowly took to her lips.
"I'm only here for today and then I'm going back to ship I live on. See I live on the Andromeda..."
She was cut off suddenly by Guinevere's surprised gasp," Oh my god! You're part of the Andromeda's crew? I've heard so much about Dylan Hunt and the Andromeda. But I've never learnt of the crew's names! I just know of Dylan Hunt's plight to restore the commonwealth, everybody does! Oh wow!" Guinevere looked like he was about to bounce out of her seat with excitement.
Once again, Trance gave a big, beaming smile. "Well then, I have a proposition for you. How about you come to stay on the Andromeda for a while and I'll teach you all about our past. What do you say?" She looked at Guinevere. Guinevere looked at her with her mouth open, before squealing in excitement and hugging Trance so tightly that she nearly couldn't breath.
"I take it that means yes then?!?!" She said in a strangled voice while being squeezed to death.