Chapter 7- an old friend
Joyi looks at her friend, star. Star is looking ahead leading the way on her management rail. Joyi smiles as star turns to look at her. they stop at an elevator leading to the surface. "you… know I can't go with you… right?" star says, looking down.
Joyi nods as star looks up again. "maybe… I'll see you again someday? …goodbye." Joyi tries to reach her friend but she slides off and pushes a button. Joyi gets in the elevator. Star comes back out, her eye sparking with sadness. Joyi puts her hand on the glass, tears stinging her eyes as she goes up.
A song plays.
Little star, oh little star, you have gone very far.
Little girl, oh little girl, you have followed along.
The two of you are very good, but one must go, and one must stayyyyy…
Maybe just maybe you'll see the star another dayyyyy…
Another dayyyyyyyy…
You can wait that long right?
Please don't put up a fight
Another dayyyyyyyy…
Please just leave the star behind
I promise that I'll be alright.
Another dayyyyyyyy…
Another lifeeeee…
Another nightttt…
Another fightttt…
I'll be alright. You'll be just fine.
We can do this, even if you don't want to say goodbye.
Another dayyyyyyyyyyyyy…
Another dayyyyy…
Another way?
But not today.
Another…day.
Joyi reaches the surface a comes out of the elevator, tears in her eyes. She looks around, and she sees a house right away. She stars walking to it.
Joyi wakes up from her sleep, tears in her eyes. She wipes her eyes and looks at the clock. It was a normal time of 6 am. She gets up, going down stairs, looking out a window. It's raining again. She sighs and stares at the rain. I wonder where star is now… I miss her so bad.
Star wakes up and looks out the window. Her eye is still sparkling from the dream she had. She looks around. And no ones around her. she starts to sob, her eye closing.
…I… I just want to see Joyi. I miss her so badly. Why did I have to make us a song? 'you can wait that long right?' …I can't. I just…want her back. She opens her eye.
It's raining, star looks at her blanket that's covering herself. Still golden with blue stars. Stars… she shivers. She looks outside once more, and then goes back to sleep.
Star looks at her friend. Joyi is crying as she goes up. Star's song is playing, and she is also crying. She can't help it. It hurts to lose your only friend. And she'll never see her ever again.
Another…day.
Her song ends. Star turns away and starts moving back to her station.
Later…
She's telling people about constellations when… she looks over and a kid has a portal gun. "wait don't shoot that it's hooked up to the moon-" the girl shoots a blue portal right behind her. she files off her rail, tumbling into space. The portal closes, trapping her there. Do I deserve this? Is this how I die? Getting trapped in space forever? She closes her eye, sobbing, though because of space, there was no sound.
Star wakes up for the second time with a gasp. Something was shaking her, and she did not like it very much. "STOP SHAKEING ME!" it stopped. Her vision is blurry, from tears and she waits for it to become clear. After a little she can see what's happing.
Wheatley and Orion were right next to her. "sorry" wheatley says looking down. Orion looks at her. "were you having a bad dream starry?" star looks down. He's been calling her that for weeks.
She likes the nickname, but sometimes she really does not like her name. 'star' it reminds her too much of space. She shudders for a moment, then looks around, trying to see if she was still in the same room. She was. She looks at her two friends.
"…I don't want to talk about it." She says bluntly. Orion looks at chell, Chell looks at star. Star looks down. "…do…you want to talk about it later?" wheatley asks her. star snaps.
She looks up, anger filling her. "NO! I DON'T OKAY! YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW!" she yells, floating away, going to her bed and hiding under her blanket. Wheatley stares filled with surprise. She…yelled at me… she…has never done that. I better leave her alone for now.
Chell looks at the two cores, and they look at her too. Trying to comprehend what just happened. Orion is the first to speak. "is…starry okay?" chell looks at him. "…I don't know. I have no idea what's going on…wheatley?" wheatley looks at chell, shaking his eye, then he remembers something from a long time ago.
He looks over, seeing two figures go by him. One robotic one human. He didn't really see what they were doing, so he followed them. There was a core, it was blue and gold, with a brown and golden eye. the human had very pale skin and was blond. Most of the humans clothing was pink, and the human's eye was a very light pink, the other one, was bandaged. The core presses a button, and the human gets in the elevator. A song comes on.
Little star, oh little star, you have gone very far.
Little girl, oh little girl, you have followed along.
The two of you are very good, but one must go, and one must stayyyyy…
Maybe just maybe you'll see the star another dayyyyy…
Another dayyyyyyyy…
You can wait that long right?
Please don't put up a fight
Another dayyyyyyyy…
Please just leave the star behind
I promise that I'll be alright.
Another dayyyyyyyy…
Another lifeeeee…
Another nightttt…
Another fightttt…
I'll be alright. You'll be just fine.
We can do this, even if you don't want to say goodbye.
Another dayyyyyyyyyyyyy…
Another dayyyyy…
Another way?
But not today.
Another…day.
As this happens the two are looking at each other. The humans crying. The core eye is sparkling with sadness. Then the song ends, and the core starts crying. And she comes over towards him, and he hides. Who… who where they? I've never seen them before…
Wheatley snaps out of the memory. "I think I might…know what's happening with star"
Star floats up. She's still sad but…not angry anymore. She needs to say sorry to wheatley. She never yells, she didn't mean to. she floats up, and out of the room, going in the hall leading to chell's room.
The door is closed. She knocks on the door. The door opens. Chell stares at her, then opens the door more. She can see wheatley and Orion on the bed.
She floats over to the bed, plopping herself down. "I'm…sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. I was just stressed." Wheatley looks at her. "I…need to ask you something." Star nods, waiting for it. "…what…what was that humans name? the blond pale one? With mostly pink on? That one." Star looks down. How…does he know? Did he see us? Now that I think about it I did see something… she looks up.
"why do you want to know?" she asks with hesitation. Wheatley looks down, then back at her. "just um…want to know." Star looks at chell. Is this a joke? She looks back at wheatley. "her name… I-is…" she struggles to say her friends name.
she doesn't want to remember her song. She doesn't want to remember the pain. "j-Joyi. Her name is Joyi." She barely managed to say it without crying. Wheatley looks down. "one more. Build date? Again j-just wondering." Star looks up.
Build date? What kind of sick joke are the planning for me? "1\12\87 you happy?" wheatley nods. Star looks at the door. Without say, she floats up, and goes back to her room. No just because she was getting annoyed, but she was staring to get tired.
Chell looks at the two cores again. They look about ready for sleep, so she turns off the light, and goes into her bed. Note to self. The 12 of this month is a Saturday. Find Joyi and reunite with star, get Joyi to stay here somehow, also plan a birth day for star.