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Chapter 10
Trance was eating in a small restaurant passing time until she got a hunch as to where to find Siegfried. As she sipped on her soup a warm feeling oozed over the purple girl. Trance smiled with contentment; she now knew Harper was out of the woods and would fully recover.
Trance picked up a napkin dabbed a tear that had formed in her left eye. She was happy but had her doubts for the future. The purple pixie was emotionally exhausted from the mood swings she was getting as a result of her "turning phase" She was also turning a darker shade of purple. It was only a shade darker, something that wasn't too noticeable to the normal human eye.
Trance finished her soup and began to hand over the appropriate amount of thrones when she was struck by one of her famous hunches. Trance didn't even wait for the waiter to return with her change. The purple alien rushed out of the restaurant and stopped a passerby.
"Excuse me Madame but would you mind telling me where I can find a stadium where there is a fight match?" Trance asked with a fast patter to her voice.
The female Than twitched her antennae before pointing in a direction to the right, adding a few vocal clicks for emphasis.
Trance bounced on the balls of her feet with anxiety. She managed to get out a quick thank you before rushing off.
Trance had little trouble finding the large oval outdoor sports stadium. The purple girl made sure she was covered as well as could be by her hooded cloak. Trance waited in line to purchase a ticket to the even for that evening. There was a fairly large crowd for a medium sized drift like the one she was on.
Trance quickly purchased a program from one of the vendors who walked up and down the lines of people. She quickly scanned the program and found that there was to be a track and field event with multiple races and other competitions. A Nietzschean like Siegfried would appreciate this type of competition" Trance thought.
The purple girl eventually made it up to the ticket booth and purchased a ticket, paying extra to sit in the more posh section. An Alpha Nietzschean like Siegfried wouldn't bother to sit with the riff raff who came to the game Trance reasoned.
Trance took an elevator to the upper level of the stadium, keeping an eye out for any of the Sabra Jaguar Nietzscheans, particularly Siegfried. The crowd in the elevator eyed Trance as if trying to figure out who this cloaked girl was. The purple girl had to admit she was taking a chance wearing gloves and a hooded cloak on such a warm day
Trance got off the elevator on the floor where the boxed seats were all located. She wandered the area before being stopped by a guard. Trance kept her cool and waited to find out what the guard wanted. She only had a ticket for a seat in the cheaper section and would be kicked out if she was caught.
"Do you have a ticket for this section ma'm?" The older gray haired guard asked.
"I have a ticket sir," Trance replied, putting on her best innocent look.
The tall, heavyset guard frowned down at the purple alien. "I need to see the ticket then."
Trance grinned at the guard and looked around. Seeing a younger human male approaching, the purple girl waved at the young man. "Oh there's my fiancé, he's the one who has our tickets."
The young man smiled despite his confusion and waved back. Trance rushed to the young brunet human. "You got here just in time honey. This guard was asking me for my ticket and well, I remembered you have our tickets."
The human narrowed his eyes as decided whether to play along. He was about to tell guard he didn't know the odd girl but the way Trance kissed him on the lips changed his mind. "Sorry dear. I thought I handed you your ticket. Are you sure you don't have it?"
Trance pretended to search her handbag a few moments, looking intently inside. "No I don't see it in my handbag honey."
By now the guard was becoming impatient. "So this girl is fiancée then?" he asked the young human.
"Yes she is. This is her first sporting event here. I'm sorry if we caused you any trouble officer," the young human apologized.
"Just let me see your ticket and you can be on your way," the guard ordered.
The young human pulled a wallet form the back pocket of his pants and produced a ticket. "Here you go officer."
The guard examined the ticket before putting it under a portable scanner. The scanner beeped as a green light flashed on the scanner. "Okay your ticket is valid so I'll let you in with your fiancée but be more careful with your tickets."
Trance grinned at the guard as she shook his hand profusely. "Oh thank you officer. This won't happen again I promise." The purple girl wrapped her right arm around the young human's left arm and walked him away from the guard.
As soon as they were out of earshot of the guard the human stopped and grabbed Trance by the shoulders. "Okay what was this all about? Why did you use me to get yourself inside the stadium?" he demanded.
"This track and field competition looked so interesting that I just had to attend. I bought a ticket and got lost trying to find my seat. Well, this area is so nice that I decided watch the competition from here," Trance explained with sincerity.
The human looked into the alien girl's big brown eyes and felt his anger dissolve. "Okay then, how about watching the game with me? I have suite on this level so you can watch from there if you like."
"Oh could I? That sounds like so much fun," the purple girl squealed with glee. With that the two went arm in arm to the suite.
When they got to the suite Trance looked over the crowed that was milling about. She wasn't surprised to see Siegfried and two other Nietzscheans standing off in a corner talking with a diamond Than and a tall blond female human.
Siegfried was easily recognized from the video Trance had secretly downloaded from Andromeda's files. The purple alien had studied the Nietzschean's feature long hard so she would be sure to remember.
Siegfried glanced over in the direction of Trance and her companion but seemed not to pay them much attention. Trance suddenly realized she didn't know the name of her male companion and decided it was time to find out.
"I'm sorry but I don't believe you told me your name yet," Trance whispered just loud enough for human to hear here.
The human blushed slightly with embarrassment as a sheepish grin played across his lips. "Why you're right. I'm Jason Farragut and whose company do I have the pleasure of sharing tonight?"
Trance smiled and offered her hand. "I'm Tracy. Nice to meet you Jason."
Jason brought trance over to the bar and lifted her up onto one of the barstools. "What'll you have Tracy?"
Trance thought for a moment before announcing, "A Martian Rover."
Jason looked over at the purple pixie with a puzzled look. "That's a new one on me. I'm afraid I haven't tried that one." Then turning to the bartender, "Make that two Martian Rovers."
The bartender quickly mixed two Martian Rovers and set them in front of Trance and Jason. The human glanced at Trance and they both downed their drinks simultaneously.
Just then the woman who had been speaking to Siegfried approached the two. The tall leggy blonde hugged Jason in a way that gave trance the idea that they were friends.
"Hi I'm Tracy," Trance greeted.
"Yes I'm sure you are," the woman replied curtly. "I'm Sabrina Garamendi, the owner of this suite."
"It's a very nice suite Ms. Garamendi. I'm already enjoying this party here," Trance enthused.
A scowl crossed the blonde's face. "Yes I'm sure you are my dear."
Jason grabbed three Martian Rovers which he had just ordered and began handing one to Sabrina. "Now Sabrina relax. I invited Tracy here. Come on, let's have a drink and enjoy the competition, the pole vault should be starting soon."
"Okay, I'll play nice, but the kid's your responsibility," Sabrina warned.
Trance raised her glass to Sabrina. "To being responsible"
Trance downed the Martian Rover as quickly as she had the first. She was about to say something when she started feeling queasy and room went out of focus. Trance felt her knees buckling under her as the room went black.