We Bleed the Same
"Commander, Look." Shasic spoke as he pointed at the human ship landing in a nearby clearing with a long scaly finger.
Jeerimass thought a moment before speaking, rubbing the green tinged wound on his arm as hi spoke, "You should scout ahead...Karo and Koro should go with you as well as Yappity. Use your active camouflage and go silently."
With a nod to his commanding officer Shasic motioned for his friend and activated the light bending technology in his armor.
"Shasic!" Star called as she stepped from the ship, face clean of tears though her eyes were still red as she looked around, turning to look through all the trees before the sound of active camo deactivating made her turn.
She couldn't stop herself as she gave him one brief glance before in casing his alien chest in a hug, and, after a moment of comprehension he put an alien hand on her back.
"Star, its ok." He spoke in a quiet voice as Yappity appeared from the shadows and Karo and Koro imerged from the trees.
"How'd you get that ship anyway?" Shasic asked later as they sat in his room. Star cross legged in front of him as he treated the wounds on her back. A souvenir from the flood.
"I was with the humans again." she spoke in a soft, restricted voice and Shasic felt her muscles tence under the stinging liquid he was smearing over the red cuts.
"Why? I thought you didn't like them." he spoke, though he was forced to mentally embrace that he knew why she'd been there.
"I-I..The Demon..He was my friend..." Sh said in one breath as she winced a little, he answered softly.
"You care about him."
"But he doesn't care! He's too much of a soldier! He's not...He's not..."
"He makes you hurt."
Silently Star looked over her shoulder, looking at him in surpass as he continued to treat her wounds.
"Yeah..Yeah he does Shasic but how-?"
"Because I bleed, the same as you." He said as he stood, lifted the sack and walked without a good bye from his own room.
Star slid her shirt back on over the bandages, suprised and caught off guard by his quoting of Feriik.
Feriik..that was who'd said it before in the ancient covenant novel she'd read long ago to pass time.
She almost ran to her from, armorless as she reached the shelves and pulled book after book from the case until she found the beaten old thousand page book.
Opening it, she began to read the story. it was actually a very interesting story about the forbidden love of an Elite and a Human...and then she reached the part and almost felt sick
The Bok of Torn Souls, Chapter 80, paragraph 18-22
And so he stood infront off Dianna, dark eyes gleaming as he spoke to her in a language she did not understand. Finally she caught the word love and asked hesitantly as bullets flew around them. "You love me?..."
"Yes." He spoke now in human as his dark armor gleamed.
"But how? We're...We're too different..."
"Because we bleed the same. Because we can both feel." He said but was cuts short as she lifted her battle rifle and-
Eyes burning once more Star found herself unable to pull her gaze from the book as she kept reading.
The Bok of Torn Souls, Chapter 80, paragraph 22-23
-squeezed the trigger, the bullets piercing her own flesh as she fell to the ground in a pool of crimson.
His roar of agony went unheard in the battle as he lifted the alien weapon and he too fell, his own blue (Or purple, don't remember) blood mixing with hers to form a lifeless black.
He whispered with his last breath while he touched her smooth face,
"You see? We bleed the same."
Star slammed the book shut and stood, knowing Shasic was watching her from the doorway she spoke.
"I'm...I'm too different Shasic."
"I knew you'd stay that." He said, his voice lacking its determined growl as Star looked at him before smiling.
"But that doesn't mean I don't love you as my friend ok? Besides...Your a warrior, you should have a son sometime and he can take your place when you're old and crusty."
He laughed, unable to help it as she walked up to him and said, as if nothing had ever happened, "Lets get some dinner..."
Side by side the best of friends walked to mess hall.
Meanwhile, on the human ship, Master chief was doing every scan he could think of. there had to be SOMETHING wrong with him to make him hurt this much, but, after finally determining he was fine he sat on his bed, helmet off, head in his hands as he tried to stop the mental pain by running thorough the statistics of all his guns in his mind.
But finally, unable to help it he let his mind stop on Megan and the pain stopped, just for a moment, and though she could here nothing he said in a silent whisper.
"You win."
REVIEW! tell me if I got too...Romancy in this one. don't worry, battle scene's next chapter.
