Chapter Twenty Three - Marooned
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A/N - I know it's been a while. Sorry guys. This is a good chappie though. I have worked
hard.
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Hilarity woke up, only to find a blinding pain in her side, and a blinding light from the
world beyond her eyelids. the various memories flooded back as fast as the briny
waves had flooded the ship. The mysterious crash, the storm, their only guide getting
struck by lightening. The pain was sharp and insistent and seemed to be coming from
one of her thirty seven ribs (Zean anatomy is slightly different from human anatomy
including a larger rib cage, taller cranium and two separate elbow joints on each arm).
She struggled to her feet and looked around. She was on a thin stretch of golden beach
sandwiched between vast expanses of aquamarine and forest. Several jagged rocks
penetrated the ocean's surface about half a mile off shore which appeared to be the
cause of the recent shipwreck. The morning sun blazed down cheerfully upon the
damp sand and glittered of the various bits of wreckage washed in by the tide...
The others! What had happened to them? What if they drowned?!! Panic swelled up
inside the young alien and she started to break into a run. Or she would've done if she
hadn't tripped over something. What in the universe was it? It was small and bony
and...moving?!? Hilarity's heart almost stopped as she moved in for a closer look.
There, lying semiconscious on the sand was a strange creature with a striking physical
resemblance to Thomas. Except that this being had no hair and one of his contact
lenses had fallen out revealing a pale reptilian eye as opposed to its usual greyish blue.
It had to be him! All the way through the accident he had never let go of her hand.
They must've been washed up together.
"Tom? Is that you?" Hilarity managed in a shocked whisper.
The creature stirred and sat up slowly. The other contact lens fell out dropped onto the
sand like a tiny jewel. Tom realised the game was up and that he had been caught
without his human disguise. He let out a frightened little yelp that sounded like "Hils!"
"So that's what you really look like." said Hilarity thoughtfully.
Thomas looked confused "You knew?!"
"Course I knew! I'm not stupid. you can't live with someone for seven years and not
know that they're really freaky looking and have to wear a humanoid disguise." said
the Zean defensively.
"But...how?"
"I found your spare wig in your sock drawer."
"Oh." said Thomas feeling slightly ashamed of himself. "So it doesn't bother you?"
"Not at all. I'm a bit upset that you felt you had to hide it from me. Why didn't you tell
me?"
"Oh I don't know." said Thomas sadly "It probably had something to do with the fact
that the last time I showed my true form to my girlfriend she refused to sleep with me
any more..."
"Well I guess that is a good reason to not tell me..." Hilarity began to say.
"...And then she turned me in to the Earth government and I got experimented on for
ten years..."
"Oh."
"...And then she married one of the scientists who caught me."
"Jesus Christ, Tom! You are one unlucky bugger!" exclaimed Hilarity.
"Are you sure it doesn't bother you?" said Thomas.
"Of course I'm sure. Looks aren't important. What's important is that we're alive and
we're together." said Hilarity earnestly. "Now have you seen the others?"
"Not since the ship capsized." said Thomas. "I saved the map though but it's a bit
soggy."
"Well that's all well and good, but I don't think we need it anymore if we're stuck here
indefinitely." said Hilarity.
"I can think of worse places to be stuck in." said Thomas and smiled wanly. "Actually
I think this place is quite romantic, don't you?"
"Not now, Tom, I've got a broken rib." said Hilarity "And we need to search the
island first and see if we can find the others."
"OK fine. But the I think you're taking the headache excuse a bit too far." Tom sighed
disappointedly and got up to follow her as she walked along the beach, protectively
holding her injured side...
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A/N - I know it's been a while. Sorry guys. This is a good chappie though. I have worked
hard.
()()()()()()()()()
Hilarity woke up, only to find a blinding pain in her side, and a blinding light from the
world beyond her eyelids. the various memories flooded back as fast as the briny
waves had flooded the ship. The mysterious crash, the storm, their only guide getting
struck by lightening. The pain was sharp and insistent and seemed to be coming from
one of her thirty seven ribs (Zean anatomy is slightly different from human anatomy
including a larger rib cage, taller cranium and two separate elbow joints on each arm).
She struggled to her feet and looked around. She was on a thin stretch of golden beach
sandwiched between vast expanses of aquamarine and forest. Several jagged rocks
penetrated the ocean's surface about half a mile off shore which appeared to be the
cause of the recent shipwreck. The morning sun blazed down cheerfully upon the
damp sand and glittered of the various bits of wreckage washed in by the tide...
The others! What had happened to them? What if they drowned?!! Panic swelled up
inside the young alien and she started to break into a run. Or she would've done if she
hadn't tripped over something. What in the universe was it? It was small and bony
and...moving?!? Hilarity's heart almost stopped as she moved in for a closer look.
There, lying semiconscious on the sand was a strange creature with a striking physical
resemblance to Thomas. Except that this being had no hair and one of his contact
lenses had fallen out revealing a pale reptilian eye as opposed to its usual greyish blue.
It had to be him! All the way through the accident he had never let go of her hand.
They must've been washed up together.
"Tom? Is that you?" Hilarity managed in a shocked whisper.
The creature stirred and sat up slowly. The other contact lens fell out dropped onto the
sand like a tiny jewel. Tom realised the game was up and that he had been caught
without his human disguise. He let out a frightened little yelp that sounded like "Hils!"
"So that's what you really look like." said Hilarity thoughtfully.
Thomas looked confused "You knew?!"
"Course I knew! I'm not stupid. you can't live with someone for seven years and not
know that they're really freaky looking and have to wear a humanoid disguise." said
the Zean defensively.
"But...how?"
"I found your spare wig in your sock drawer."
"Oh." said Thomas feeling slightly ashamed of himself. "So it doesn't bother you?"
"Not at all. I'm a bit upset that you felt you had to hide it from me. Why didn't you tell
me?"
"Oh I don't know." said Thomas sadly "It probably had something to do with the fact
that the last time I showed my true form to my girlfriend she refused to sleep with me
any more..."
"Well I guess that is a good reason to not tell me..." Hilarity began to say.
"...And then she turned me in to the Earth government and I got experimented on for
ten years..."
"Oh."
"...And then she married one of the scientists who caught me."
"Jesus Christ, Tom! You are one unlucky bugger!" exclaimed Hilarity.
"Are you sure it doesn't bother you?" said Thomas.
"Of course I'm sure. Looks aren't important. What's important is that we're alive and
we're together." said Hilarity earnestly. "Now have you seen the others?"
"Not since the ship capsized." said Thomas. "I saved the map though but it's a bit
soggy."
"Well that's all well and good, but I don't think we need it anymore if we're stuck here
indefinitely." said Hilarity.
"I can think of worse places to be stuck in." said Thomas and smiled wanly. "Actually
I think this place is quite romantic, don't you?"
"Not now, Tom, I've got a broken rib." said Hilarity "And we need to search the
island first and see if we can find the others."
"OK fine. But the I think you're taking the headache excuse a bit too far." Tom sighed
disappointedly and got up to follow her as she walked along the beach, protectively
holding her injured side...
