Chap 3, Seti -
Setting, Indigo's Apartment -
Early Morning –
Chapter Three - Apology
Stretching his arms over his head, Indigo woke as he usually did around six in the morning. His mind raced toward consciousness as he felt someone in his bed, Did I sleep with anyone last night? What's Spectra up to now? Moving the sheets revealed that ridiculous Seti creature.
Immediately boiling with rage, he recalled what the stupid thing had said to him the night before, specifically that it usually drained people in their sleep, I know that what it did! It must have drained my ki last night! The bastard, and he karate-chopped its head.
Seti tumbled off the bed to a sitting position, blinking as he regained consciousness, I fell off the bed, he thought before smiling and happily chirping, "Good morning!" Immediately, and without hesitation, it reached toward Indigo simultaneously with all eight tentacles.
"Get the fuck off me," and he chopped at them with his hand, making each one disappear in turn.
Seti rubbed his head, thinking he had hit it as he fell from the bed, "You don't like mornings, huh?" and again he reached toward him with his coils.
"I don't like you!" chopping them away again.
Seti giggled for a moment, before his eyes widened as Indigo sprung to his feet. With Indigo standing, a flurry of punches repeatedly flew downwards, connecting with Seti who still sat on the floor.
After twelve or so landed punches and a few random kicks, Seti was completely defeated. He didn't even lift an arm to defend or shield himself. Now laying on his side, he clutched at his abdomen, before another shift kick prompted him to move away.
With his back pressed against the wall, blood stained his teeth pink as he panted, his arms crossed over his ribs. One tentacle was somehow injured and hung loosely at his side. He gently put it inside his crossed arms for protection from further injury.
"I'm sorry I lied to you last night," Seti offered, breaking the silence.
"What?" Indigo threatened with fists ready, daring Seti to fight back.
"I lied to you when I said I had a place to stay. The truth is, I don't have anywhere to stay. So, I tried to stay in the barn, but I started to freeze to death. I had to come inside to apologize,"
"You apologize by breaking in and trying to drain my ki while I'm sleeping!" Indigo nearly laughed.
"I'm sorry. You already beat me up, isn't that enough punishment?" he truly hoped it was, but then felt deserving of additional reprimand "But if you feel you have to, you can hit me some more,"
"Punishment? That's not punishment! It's self-defense. There's a difference. I woke up to you sleeping in my bed, and I know you drained my ki," and then aloud to himself, "Why does the whole world want my ki?"
Seti couldn't stop from speaking his thoughts, "I've never slept in the same bed as someone before. It felt so… right, and it made me very happy. Thank you so much. I bet you don't even know that you saved me. I would've frozen to death in the barn. It's only fifteen degrees outside," and he reached for him again, this time with his hands.
Without a word, Indigo suddenly grabbed his wrist, and dragged him to the outside door. Throwing him out the door into the snow, his boots were soon thrown outside as well.
The door was slammed.
Putting on his boots, Seti immediately quickly walked to the cracked basement window and was soon inside his cardboard refrigerator box. It was safe there, he thought, I have to stay here. I really have no where to go. I hitched on a delivery truck to get here. And they literally drove me out of the last place I stayed for the summer. I've been traveling for months to get to 'Prismah, where the most powerful Color-ki live.'
His breathing began to slow as the adrenaline slowly dissipated. Using his tentacles for light, he examined the one that was injured. It was torn open almost half an inch from the little opening at the end. He carefully licked at his injured tentacle, and his mind calmed from the little spasms of pleasure his lapping created.
While tending to a cut on his face with a piece of old curtain, he heard voices as they descended the basement stairs.
"I know he's down here. I followed his footsteps from my door to that broken window. Stupid thing!"
Seti heard them searching. He quickly moved to the far end of the box and covered himself with old curtains, making his body into the smallest ball possible.
He heard them moving the shelf right next to the old refrigerator box, "Maybe he's in here,"
Seti's heart seemed to stop, petrified and frozen in fear. Through the old curtain, he could see a flashlight shining directly on this thin disguise.
"Let me see something, Give me the spear."
Pain arched through his leg as a ki spear stabbed his calf. Repressing a scream was extremely difficult, but he managed it. However, when the same ki spear unluckily brushed against his injured tentacle, it was impossible not to yelp.
"Ah ha! I knew it!" and strong arms pulled him out from the box. Seti screamed in fear as he never had before, he was completely terrified.
"What this?" and Spectra yanked Seti's injured tentacle. It was now temporarily solid, due to the tear-injury and Seti's carelessness while sneaking pleasure from Indigo the night before.
Again, Seti screeched as if he were in a screaming contest, and the tentacle was loosed. Momentarily free. Seti scrambled back into the refrigerator box. Like an injured animal, he felt safe hiding the darkness back there. He pulled the blankets that remained over him. His body shuddered with sobs.
"That's not a Poltergeist, Indigo,"
"Yes it is! It drained my ki!"
"Listen, I know Poltergeists, and that's not one. It's definitely from the Eighth Dimension, whatever it is. Its eyes are black. But it's not a Poltergeist. It's injured, too," and then speaking to Seti, "Are you hurt?"
"Yes," it sobbed.
"How did you get hurt?"
Not wanting to betray his friend, Seti lied, "I hurt myself coming to this dimension, and now I have no place to stay,"
Indigo was speechless, amazed that the silly thing refused to implicate him.
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