War of the Heroes
By Mikaa, Lord of the Nova

Chapter 5 - Return of Alex

Author's Note - Read chapter 1 for da disclaimer, reread chappy four for WARNING, and let's just get on with it, ya? Not time, no time!
Walking along the hills of late seemed to sooth Felix, moreso than it once did with Sheba by his side. True, their minds were almost impossibly melded together, yet with her by his side, it gave him a boost in confidence; he could take on the world and never falter with her with him. Why did that give him clills, though?

He shook the thought, pressing it down into the private areas of his mind before Sheba had a chance to pick up on it. No need to make her worry over his dreams, especially of some kind of incident that ended with her in his arms, lifeless.

Damn, man, get that out of your head!

Blinking, Felix shot a glance at Sheba, only to see a puzzled Sheba staring right back at him. (Did you say that?)

(No, I thought you did.)

Quickly, impulses that had saved him countless times before sent his hands to his belt, only to remember all-too late that his sword was back under his bead. (Sheba?)

She shook her head, though it was clear that she was trying her best to sense whatever it was that sent the stray thought; never had anyone, even Ivan, breached their mental bond.

So why was he so worked up? What about Alex?

"WHAT?" Sheba's voice was almost as alarming as the look in her eyes, one of puzzlement and pure horror. Felix was just as alarmed, but for different reasons. Alex, a bond? What kind of sick joke was this? "No, I don't have a clue what that was about!"

"Felix..." Sheba's voice trailed off, more than a slight ammount of distrust in her tone, not to mention the thoughts that he was picking up-

But those were not Sheba's thoughts. No, they were foreign, thoughts of a mind he did not know, yet somehow he knew them, knew the feelings, the sent of her hair, the taste of her skin, the warmth of her lo-

"FELIX!"

Ignoring Sheba's horrified outcry, Felix grabbed the nearest rock he could find, applying enough psynergy to it to alter its form to that of a blade. A blade that, though a bit dull, was not unlike that which he himself used on Alex when she-

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD! Whoever you are, GET OUT!"

"You don't remember me? Then I guess I am not in Kansas anymore, eh?"

Following the voice, Felix stared up to a small ridge above, mouth hanging open as he saw the figure kneeling above it, the long hair flowing in the wind, eyes pleading for recognition, and-

Sweet Elements, Alex was a woman.

Before Sheba could bring her eyes up to see what Felix had spotted, the female Alex dropped down, landing just close enough to be between both Felix and Sheba, her arms a bit too tight around Felix's waist.

Sheba, for her part, did not seem to recognize Alex, assuming, Felix mused, that this was the same creature. "Get off of him, bitch!"

"Why should I? Should not your hands be all over that Hama-da-whore?"

Face redder than Jenna's hair, Sheba instinctavely lashed out with her psynergy, oblivious to the fact that she was torching both Alex and Felix. But what little energy wrapped around Felix was suddenly being absorbed by something else. Staring at Alex, he was shocked to see that his, er, her face was as shocked as his own.

Following the bolts, Felix noted the damndest thing before him: it was a man, one looking unusually like himself, though the hair was of a different shade; bare chest of flesh met at the waist with a bizzare mesh of plants and vines, along with a variety of green that Felix had never seen before.

"Well, now that figures," spoke the being before them, and Felix was barely aware of Alex backing off of him. "No wonder I thought you're counterpart was alive; just how in the four hells did YOU get here, Alex?"

End Chapter 5