Thinking back on it now I would have decided to take the fucking blue pill. Panting and holding my sore arm muscle. I look at Ganarth, he's smiling.
Not for long. The son of a…
I run at him with all the strength left in my body, Matrix flip over his head landing perfectly on the ground, then I sling shot my elbow back, everything is in slow motion. I thrust my arm forward aiming for his nose. But some how he ends up behind me, and I land face planted in the ground. He places his big foot at my back, grabbing my arms he pulls them upward in a most uncomfortable position.
"Do you give up?" He asks form above me. I glare into the dirt. I mumble a small yes, but he doesn't hear me. "I'm sorry I didn't catch that what'd you say?" I push my face sideways.
"I GIVE DAMN IT!"
Ganarth laughs as he lets me up. My arms drop willingly to the ground. I breath in and out several times. I close my eyes.
"You… will… pay." I tell him breathing heavily.
He laughs a little louder. "I know." He stops giggling like a school girl and says. "Come, you've had enough training for one day" I open my eyes to see that he offers me his hand. I grab his helping hand smiling inwardly, thinking of doing something wicked. I pull down on his arm. He falls with a surprised look on his face, landing with a huff next to me. I laugh loudly, clutching my stomach.
"Well," he says after I quiet down. "I wasn't expecting that."
I look around the Chinese dojo looking room. Then pat his shoulder. "That's alright, Darth." I stand stretching my back.
"Why do you insist on calling me that?" He pushes him self up.
"That? Ohhhh… because your name is weird." I say simply.
"It's not my Earth name you know. That was Michael. I changed it when I found out the truth." He sighs. "Like your name changed."
Some name, Fay, just because I fainted… WHICH I DIDN'T! "But why Ganarth? It's really… different."
He laughs slightly. "I'm not totally sure. I got the name when I was really young. I was saved when I was six."
My jaw drops. "Wow." Poor bastard.
"Yeah." Ganarth looks up at the computer generated ceiling. "When I first got here I thought it was all a game. I was in my own world, my fantasy dream. But then I found out that it wasn't make believe. That I couldn't wake up. I tried." He laughs. "I pinched myself… a lot. But Zion is my home now. I can't imagine living any where else. You will grow to love it here as well."
I snort.
"Well are you ready to go back?" He clasps his hands together.
I shrug. "I guess." I walk towards him, I feel my foot get caught on the rug beneath me. I try to gain my balance back but only windup tripping over my other foot. Joy.
I land on Ganarth. He catches me. My hands land on his chest. His own arms around my middle. I look up at him and he looks down at me. HOLY FUCK!
His head drops slowly to mine. And I completely freak.
A kiss… A KISS! I don't even know the guy! What dose he take me for?
But I don't say no, like I could!
"Commander," Ganarth and I fly apart. "We've got a problem over here, you better head back." Ganarth nods his head.
"ya… ya. Send us up."
"Right away Commander." I hear a click. Ganarth looks at me, I quickly look away. He sighs and then were transported back to the ship thingy. YAY ME!
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A bowl of goopy grayish pink stuff was placed in front of me with a clank. I stare down at it thinking that it might attack me if a look away.
"Eat." Says the guy who gave it to me, one of the guys my age who whispered to one another two days before.
"I don't have much of an appetite." I reply, staring down at it.
"My names Domino. But you can call me Do, or Me." He laughs.
"Funny." I state sarcastically. "Can't I just call you a dumb ass?"
He stops laughing suddenly. "Your not as pretty as I thought you were going to be."
"And how 'pretty' did you think I was going to be? Because I was under the impression that you DIDN'T think."
People sitting around the kitchen area laugh silently. Domino glares at them.
"Not as nice either." He says.
"Sorry to disappoint you Domino Pizza."
He frowns at me.
"Leave the poor girl alone Domino." Says the person who just walked in through the door. A very HOT person with black hair and green eyes. Who is VERY tall. He sits next to me on the table. "Names Big. Nice to meet you."
I give him the once over. "Big huh?" He just smiles at me. I look around the room then. I see two girls sitting close by each other but away from everyone else. "And what are your names?" I ask innocently.
"I'm Minnie and this is Silver. Were lesbians." I stare opened mouthed at the two women. The one who spoke has short brown hair and the other long brown. Both have brown eyes. They could almost pass for twins. Except it seemed the Minnie was the more out spoken one ad Silver was more reserved. I shake my head and turn away from them. It wasn't like I was prejudice or anything. I supported gays and their right to love one another. But I guess I felt differently when they were 'loving one another' in front of me.
Then I see a tall muscley guy sitting in a corner. He has short red semi-curly hair, with dark blue eyes.
"Who's that?" I ask Big. He follows my gaze.
"Oh, don't bother your little self with him cutie. He don't talk to no one."
"Still I would like to know his name." Big sees my hostile stare.
"No need to get upset Fay my dear I'll tell you. His name is Kay." Big directs his attention to the Kay fellow "Isn't that right Kay my man?" He looks up from his almost empty bowl, looks at me then Big, nods his head and goes back to eating.
"See what'd I tell you?" Big says giving me a little hit on the arm with his fist.
"Don't touch me" I say in a kindly way.
Big laughs. "I like em fiery!"
I roll my eyes, then stand and exit. Walking down the halls of the quiet ship I explore. The kitchen door I hear open and close, I see Kay walking towards me. I stop to let him catch up.
"They said you don't talk. But I think their wrong. I believe you just don't want to. So Kay, why is that?"
He keeps walking as if I'm not there.
Rude.
I walk faster to keep up with him.
"You know," I say behind him. "I wont leave you alone until you talk to me."
He glances over his shoulder then stops. I smell victory. But all he does it point at a door, then he keeps walking. Half of me wants to follow him, while the other half wants to know what's behind this door that he pointed to. I close my eyes for a second. I push open the door.
"I'm busy go away." Someone says. I look around the room, I hear a shower running behind another closed door. "Domino if that's you, I haven't found the game yet but I will get it to you tomorrow." I walk towards the voice.
"Ganarth?" I say loudly.
"Fay?" The shower turns off. "Did you need something?"
"No, umm… Kay told me to come here."
"He spoke?" Ganarth sounds interested.
"Well, no, he just pointed here."
"Oh." He says. I look around the room. I see a closet, shoes, weird gadgets, a bed… I shake my head fiercely. NO BED! "I'll be out in a minute." The shower turns back on before I can say forget it.
I walk around the room picking up things I have never seem before. A rock that looked like the state of Illinois but is yellow. An old strike any where match. Two dark maroon pennies. A baseball cap. I pick that up, I turn it over in my hands. I see grass stains and mud spots. I smile.
"I found that in New York." I jump when I hear Ganarth voice. "When I went back to the city." He sounds disgusted. "The corpses laying next to it were black and gray." I put the hat back on the table and turn towards him. He looks away from me. And I see for the first time that he only had a towel wrapped around his mid section. My eyes widen, but I can't look away. Droplets of water still glide down his salty skin. His nipples a rosy red tight to the tip. I imagine myself licking his them. I look at his chest, sprinkled with light blond hair. Lower I look at his stomach, his belly button seeming to be an endless hole that I want to explore. I shake my head, I still can't look away. Lower still my gaze drops, my legs lock and I sway forward. I throw my arms forward not wanting to land at his feet. Ganarth grabs my arm pulling my close to his chest. His chest that moments ago I wanted to taste. I look up at him.
"You should really let Perk look at that." I was too dazed to say anything. Just then the door opens. At the same time Ganarth and I look to it.
Domino stands there wide eyed and open mouthed. "I… I…" He turns showing us his back. "I just wanted to ask you, Commander, about the game simulation."
"I'll give it to you tomorrow." Domino nods his head, leaves then closes the door behind him. Ganarth turns to me. "They will start talking about us now." He pushes me back to my feet. I stagger. Then glare at him.
"They will not."
"And who will stop them?" He asks slightly amused.
"You will, you're the Commander you can tell them to do just about anything."
He laughs. "Oviously you do not know them all that well." He shrugs his shoulders. "I suppose we wouldn't be going through this if you had remembered to shut the door."
I blush. "Probably. But you could have put some more clothes on before you came out to talk to me."
"You didn't have to faint to make it seem we were doing something we weren't." We glare at each other.
"I wouldn't have BLACKED OUT if you had more CLOTHING ON!"
He grins. "So the sight of me affected you that much did it?"
My brow wrinkles. "I'm not sure."
Silence falls. Ganarth coughs. "Have you been shown to your counters?"
"No."
"Then let me show you."
I turn from him then open the door. "You might want to put some more clothes on first." I close the door, deciding to wait for him out in the hallway.
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Hello all you freaky people! I would just like to tell you that this chapter has been posted earlier only because I have nothing better to do. But because this is 4th of July week I wont have much time to write, so the next chapter may take longer to post. Thanks for sticking it out with me! Have fun the week and… don't get into too much trouble!