Chapter 6
After taking a long shower, Jhori explored her room. She hadn't really taken the time to look at it when she had been in there before.
The bed was made of a deep mahogony wood and there was a dark red circle carpet under it. The sheets were white satin, the comforter was a black satin down comforter. The dressers were the same deep mahogony as the bed and the walls were on the same dark metal as the rest of the Vionne. It really wasn't that bad of a room now that she was looking at it. But that did little to ease her discomforting thoughts that she would be staying there for quite some time.
Having looked around her room enough she walked to the doorway and desperatly searched for a way to open the door.
"How in the world do they expect me to get out of here if they don't have any door knobs!" she thought to herself crossly.
She continued to poke at the wall, hoping to find a sercret compartment that would allow her to open the door. When her search proved to be unfruitful, she let out a growl of frustration and kicked the door as hard as she could just as it opened.
"OW!" She yelled holding onto her injured limb and hopping up and down to keep her balance. She closed her eyes tight against the pain and didn't see who had walked in.
"Maybe that will teach you to think before you kick" a deep voice chuckled a smirk playing on his lips.
Opening her eyes and she saw a boy – no, man, he was a man, the voice was too deep to be a boys- with short brown hair and laughing brown eyes staring down at her. She immeadiatly saw his smirk and her look of pain turned into a scowl.
"If there would have been a way to open the door i wouldn't have gotten angry!" she snapped. "No how, in all of this bloody world, do you get out of here!"
"Why so quick to leave?" he asked leaning against the doorframe. "You just got here. Don't you like the stay so far?"
"Grrrr...GET OUT OF MY WAY SMART ALLECK!" She yelled frustrated with him.
"How dare he act like he didn't just make me hurt my foot for no reason!" she thought angrily. "Well ok, technically he didn't...But still!"
"Now, now, I haven't even introduced myself. Where are my manners?" he asked standing. "The name is Dalet, At your service." he said giving a gallant bow.
Jhori watched this with her eyebrow slowly raising in sceptism. He did look kind of like a gallant knight coming to take his princess to safety, what with his uniform and the sword hanging by his side and all.
Suddenly Jhori remembered the awful accident in the training room and her eyes grew wide as she thought of Miguel.
"Do you know where the infermary is?" she asked Dalet quickly.
"Ahh...You wish to know how your wonderful hero is i take it?" he replied calmly. "Well I am under orders to say 'no', but I think i could point you in the general direction..."
"Thank you! Which w-" she cut herself off and paused to think. "Wait, did you say you were under 'orders' to say no? Who would give you an order like that!"
Glancing around somewhat nervously Dalet said quietly, "I antca alkta boutaa the aptainca."
Jhori looked at him confused. "What?"
Dalet sighed and shook his head saddly. "We shall have to teach you the language if you are going to be staying here."
Jerking her closer he bent down and whispered in her ear.
"I can't talk about the captain." Jhori pulled away slightly.
"You can't talk about th" she started to repeat but he threw a hand over her mouth.
"Shut up! Do you want me to get killed?" he hissed.
Tearing his hand off her mouth she growled in frustration.
"Stop the dramatics and just point me in the direction for the infermary!" she snapped.
"Ok, its down there." he said pointing left down the hall that seemed to go on forever.
"Oh gee that helps..." she muttered sarcastically.
"Fine, down there and make the first right you see. There is a big door that says 'Infermary' on it. Can't miss it." he said slumping his shoulders as if in defeat.
"Thank you for those directions, kind sir." she said sticking her nose up haughtily into the air and walking in the direction he had pointed.
"You are most welcome, fair maiden!" he replied with another gallant bow, before standing once again at attention.
