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Chapter 31
"Mommy's Little Warrior"
Renee still lay on the ground outside the store. She was out cold. She had gone ghostly white. An hour had gone by. A man was walking by with his family when his little boy spotted the unconscious girl laying on the sidewalk.
"Hey Daddy, that's a funny looking girl, isn't it?"
"Oh my Miyu! Janu, hold back Tomi while I check this out, hold him back dammit!"
The woman quickly retrieved her little boy from the side of the girl. The man went over to Renee's side and searched for a pulse. When he couldn't find one, he announced that they'd have to take her to the wise Mastry.
"Come on, let's hurry."
The man picked Renee up in his arms and they were off to the Mastry, the woman and her young boy not far behind.
(Back in the mines)
"Anders get your ass over here! We've got one hell of a mess!"
It was one of his workers. Anders had been, although not officially, promoted to management of EVERYTHING that went wrong in his section and the ones below that. He hurried over, not bothering to look where he was dropping his axe. It almost landed on the man's foot beside him. He yelled out and moved out of the way quickly and glared up at Anders.
"Sorry Benchee."
"That would've hurt like hell boy, watch where your going or it'll be your head!"
"Sure."
Anders replied dreamily as he moved his axe and walked over to the scene of the mess. He just barely made out what his fellow worker said next.
"Damn kids paying no respect to their elders, what's the world coming to?"
Anders mumbled, "Yeah, what is the world coming to when a guy can't make up his mind." He sighed and started figuring out with Huje what to do about the great clutter before them.
Another day at work.
(At Starfire's Hut)
"Honey, have you finished the dishes up yet?"
Starfire was just scrubbing the last bowl. She finished, dried it, and answered with a very enthusiastic "Yep, now I am mommy. Do we get to play dici now?"
"Yeah see, but only since you did such a fantastic job with these dishes, I can see my reflection in it. Your just mommy's special little girl."
She sat there admiring the dish. "Just like your brother used to be my special little boy." She could see her little boy's reflection in it now.
"Hey mommy, watch me! Look at what I can do!" She watched as her child pretended to combat some invisible villian. He completed his series of moves and she applauded as he ran up to, smiling and laughing all the way.
"Yeah, you did it Anders! Your mommy's little warrior!"
She embraced him in a hug as she straitened up and spun him around in her arms. She put him down and watched as he went to fight the imaginary evil.
Tears appeared in her eyes as she put the dish down and sat in a chair, struggling not to cry in front of her little girl, knowing that it upset her. But she couldn't, she just couldn't hold it back. She started sob quietly, putting her head into her hands. Starfire put down the towel and ran over to her mother.
"Mommy? Mommy, don't cry, we can play what you want…"
He didn't stop to correct her child, she just brought her into her arms, like she was Anders, like she was her little warrior.
"Never go away from me Starfire, don't you ever go away from me."
Starfire hugged her mother close and reassured her.
"I'm not going anywhere mommy, I promise."
They hugged each other, Starfire coming to realize that Anders was the problem, she had to talk to him. She was just begging to consider this when her mother shakily replied, "Good."
(Back at the mines.)
Anders to work faster as he shoveled loose dirt into a wheelbarrow and yelled for one of the other men to wheel it away. He had been thinking about the wedding all day.
Miyu, is that all I think about anymore? What about Starfire, and mom? I've been so selfish lately. I gotta get home and set things right. Man, I've got to tell them still. Its been two months since the boat, and I haven't even gotten the food orders yet! I have to take a break from work.
"Hey, Lue, can you take over, I have a wedding in about a week and I'm a wreck!" Without waiting for an answer, he sped onto the elevator, out of the mines, and torwards his hut.
Author's Note: Oh god, I think this was the longest time I've gone without updating. Sorry, but here it is. I know it may be disappointing, but I'll try and juice it up. Please read and review!