Right before it all ended

Ved and Ellie

Words: Remember, Giants, Electric, Fireworks, Mental

Quote: "STOP. When you look at me like that... I almost forget who I am; who you are and... and it's dangerous."

Rating: up to PG13

Disclaimer: I don't own anything it belongs to Cloud Nine and whoever else owns it

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(Series 4)

She wasn't sure how long she had been locked up just that she had been. Everyday that passed seemed like a lifetime. She wanted to go home. She wanted her freedom. She wanted to escape this cage. She was stuck with a prisoner who was a former Techno- apparently he had committed some kind of crime… he always looked depressed wanting to know where his girlfriend was- what had happened to her.

She had no memory of anything before this time away- sometimes though in her dreams she remembered this boy with orange hair kissing her. She would will herself to remember- but try as she might- nothing ever came. All she knew was a life behind this electric fence cage with his blonde boy and this older teenage boy with long blonde hair.

He was a mental case- he'd rant and rave all about some guy called Zoot. He'd say incoherent lines about power and chaos, things about fireworks going off on his victory against the city. But what city was he talking about? Ellie didn't understand- she didn't even know her name half the time but they kept calling her Ellie so she guessed that was it but what a funny name in her opinion- Ellie.

Then, it happened by chance one day she and the boy had escaped. At first, he wanted to go his own way- but then before he could get the chance Ellie begged him to help her- he agreed but as time went on- he was growing tired of it. Now, hiding out in a small place called Liberty for night- in the morning Ved and her were going to part but Ellie was trying to think of anyway to stop that.

As Ved, woke up again and she gave him a sad look.

"STOP. Don't do that again, Ellie. When you look at me like that... I almost forget who I am; who you are and... and it's dangerous," he said to her again- this had not been first time but she always wondered why he said this.

"I don't understand- can't you explain it?" Ellie asked him.

"You're a Mallrat- you're my enemy. I'm a Techno or was… I can't feel sympathy for you- and when you do that- you make me want to and you make me want to take you with me- and you can't go with me," he replied.

"Why can't I?" Ellie asked.

"I have to find Cloe and you're only in the way," Ved replied.

"You always say that but she's gone- whoever she is- she's gone and you might never see her again. So why not take me with you- we can go start a new life together somewhere safe from the techno's," Ellie retorted.

"How do you know that? That there is such a place? Because I don't think there is. And I can't- you're not fast enough- you never remember who you are or who I am longer a day anyway. Your needy-," Ved proclaimed, "I have to find Cloe and people like you are only baggage," he reported.

Ellie gave him a look, " Please don't leave me here".

"I have to- and you won't be here- I'll show you the way to the city but I need to get on a ship to the island to find Cloe," he replied.

Ellie sighed, "What if you never find her? I mean you don't know where to look for all you know she's in the land of the jolly green giants," she retorted.

"Maybe or she could be close- but I have to find out and you can't come- you belong here," Ved said annoyed.

"Why?"

"BECAUSE you do okay- now let's go you're stalling and keeping me from doing what I need to do," Ved retorted.

Ellie gave him a final pouted look and got up off the ground she had been sleeping on- hopefully he was right… hopefully, she did belong here- and maybe she would find out finally who that boy was in her dreams- but for now all she had was a lot of questions and no tour guide to lead the way.

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Short, and done.