Trials of a c'tarl c'tarl Chapter 5½ - Found & Lost

Aisha Sat at a bar downing a shot and telling the bar tender to give her another she'd been depressed since Darien died all their leads had died with him it'd been six months without a single lead and now finding the rest of her family was seeming more and more like finding a needle in a haystack except there were millions of haystacks and only one needle. It all seemed to hopeless with nothing to go on if they could find one just one it'd make things easier maybe they'd find someone who knew where the others went or at least had a clue they'd already tried the places her family used to live in and tried to go from there but they'd all covered their tracks pretty well then Aisha's thoughts were interrupted by some guy who was obviously drunk who came over to her and draped his arm around her like he knew her

"Hey there..." He said his breath reeking of liquor

"Leave me be Terran it's not a good time." Aisha said

"Wha? What's wit you c'tarls' and your high and mighty attitude?" He said slurring a few words

"We act that way because we're better than you well...most of you there are exceptions" Aisha said thinking of Gene.

"Hah! You sound jus like that other old bird that was in ere' a while ago jabbering on at the mouth about her fall from glory she was...." He said this time speaking clearly

"What? A C'tarl woman? What'd she look like?" Aisha asked

"Uh about your size same color eyes her hair was shorter tho' bout waist length I think and it seemed more gray than silver." He answered

Aisha's eyes widened he'd just described her mother.

"What else did she say?" Aisha asked

"What? Now your interested? What's so important bout her to you anyway?" He asked

"I'm looking for someone and she might be her." Aisha said

"Oh well...In that case you'd best look in the scabby part of town then she didn't have much money and looked it too yea I'd say from the looks of her that by now she's on a corner working for some pimp." He said with a slight laugh

Aisha's anger rose but she controlled herself

"Thanks" She said simply and left after putting some cash on the bar to pay for her drinks.

Aisha hurried out of the bar and headed for the south side of the city if her mother truly was in the bad part of town she'd be there somewhere... Aisha pulled a cloak over herself so as not to be bothered by anyone who might mistake her for her mother though that could have been a good thing from what the guy at the bar had said her mother hadn't taken her fall from grace well and was likely to have made enemies by now. Aisha wandered in silence looking around at the thugs eyeing her she kept moving and it wasn't long before she heard a commotion up ahead

"Why you dirty Terran! How dare you!" A womans voice yelled

"Hey you were the one sending the signals babe" A mans voice said

Aisha hurried over and saw her mother arguing with a man about something but she didn't care what it was she'd found her mother.

"....Mother" Aisha said taking the hood off the cloak so her mother could see her face.

She stopped in mid argument with the man and looked at Aisha Then froze as if something horrible had happened.

"Aisha?...No I can't be seen like this!" She said and ran off Aisha tried to follow her but lost her in the alleyways. Her mother may have been getting old but she was still much faster than her.

"Mother...." Aisha repeated silently standing on top of a building looking for some sign of her but finding none.

Then Her communicator blipped

"Aisha Aisha! Where are you?" Gene said

she sighed and grabbed it from her side

"I'm in the south part of town I saw my mother here...but I lost track of her she could be anywhere now." Aisha said.

"Don't worry Aisha we'll find her but for now head back to the ship we'll figure out where to go from here. I'll have Jim make maps for everybody." Gene said

"Ok...Thanks Gene." Aisha said and started back to the ship.

End chapter 5½

Sorry bout this guys but I had writers block for the longest time hence the 5½ so I wrote this to tide you over and let you know I DO intend on finishing this thing...eventually...whenever that is so that said

Next chapter- Chapter 6(Really this time!) – Pride is thicker than blood