CHAPTER 3 - KALLISTA'S POV
I knew Halyn was going to get a mouthful after our meal. We were eating in silence, she wouldn't even look at me, it was killing me. I knew she was sorry.
"What were you thinking" I blurted out after I couldn't keep it in any longer.
She slowly looked up at me, her eyes were glistening in shame. She looked back to her food.
"I...I'm sorry, I didn't mean any harm" she said very sincerely.
"I know I was just worried that all," I exclaimed.
"If we get kicked out of Atlantis because of me I am so done for, What if I get demoted because of this?" She asked urgently.
"Your not going to get demoted" I giggled. She smiled the tension in the air melting away with it.
"That was a pretty stupid stunt" I said smiling
"Ya, I wanted to beat you at starting another planetary relationship for our people, dumb idea though" she said ashamed.
"Well its not a contest" I pointed out
Suddenly a loud voice spoke out "Will Kallista and Halyn please report to the conference room" It called.
We looked around in confusion, trying to spot who had spoken, we could not for the life of us figure it out. So we gave up and headed to the conference room, and whatever was held in store for us.
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"Please have a seat" motioned Dr. Weir.
We sat down nervously, looking around at the others. There was Dr. Weir, Colonel Sheppard, Rodney Mckay, Teyla Emmagen, and Ronon Dex.
We were sitting around a large round table, the room was quite bright, and I could feel slight tesion in the air.
And I thought to myself This is the moment where we are either kicked out or get to stay.
I exchanged a worried glance with Halyn.
"What happened to day can never happen again" Weir exclaimed in a very intimidating voice. She could obviously take control of a situation.
"I assure you it wont happen again" I replied
"I am very, very sorry, please forgive me for my mistake" Halyn added with conviction.
I noticed their expressions softened and they looked at each other.
Halyn looked around nervously " are you going to kick us out of Atlantis" she asked
"Of course not" John chuckled.
"Everyone makes mistakes" Teyla added helpfully.
"And we still have much to learn from each other" Dr. Weir finished.
"Now one thing we have to teach you about is the wraith" Ronon explained.
"Yes, for one they are not a good and kind rece. They are evil and they will kill you" Rodney practically shouted.
"Sorry" Halyn mumbled
"Its ok tomorrow why don't you have a look around the city, Maybe if you ask nice, begging also works, John might take you for a fly in they jumper, to get a more thorough look of the outside" Weir mentioned, giving us something to do whether she realized how much or not.
And at the magical word fly we looked at each other and nodded happily, We were going to have a good stay here.
That night we devised our flight plan, we were planning to jump off the balcony that was connected to the control room. It would be amazing, we had never been so high from the ground to start with before.
It was a really restless night we were both just so excited for the next day. Finally when nothing, not even food could keep our eyes open I fell into a deep and dreamless sleep.
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"Breakfast" I called loudly as I sat up.
"Nooo, I wanna go now" Halyn whined sitting up groggily.
"Hey" I snapped "you know how we get when we get hungry"
"Fine" she moped and gathered up all her clothes.
She was almost at the bathroom when she swung around to face me "Well are you going to get out of bed or not" she asked in a high pitched voice.
"I getting up, I'm getting up!"
Halyn was always a bit moody in the morning, it was nothing new.
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We were standing out on the balcony just off the control room. We were over looking the city.
"Wow" I said entranced by the city.
"I've never been so high, look how far we could fall" Halyn said pointing down.
We stepped up ontothe railing, perring down, adrenaline rushed through every vain, urging me to jump.
I was broken out of my trance but a couple of screams.
I looked a Halyn and we both turned around to see a group of wide eyed scientists and technicians.
"Uh hi" I said sounding confused, since that was exactly what I was, Confused. I noticed Dr. Weir pushing her way though the crowd, and she looked a little worried.
"What is going on here" she inquired
"I don't know they just showed up" I said motioning to the crowd.
She looked at me oddly, before she had a chance to say anything chuck showed up.
"I've radioed Colonel Sheppard and his team, they'll be here shortly." Chuck reported.
"Good" Weir replied "Then maybe we can get things sorted out"
"What is there to sort out" Halyn whispered
"I have no idea" I said shaking my head in confusion.
"I'm so confused" she said
"That makes everyone" I retorted.
"Ok no I want you to come down from there" Dr. Weir said slowly.
"Why would we do that" Hakyn asked.
"Well we dont want you to fall and get hurt now do we!"
We both giggled.
"And why would we get hurt" I scoffed.
"Well maybe if we hit something" Halyn mentioned.
"That only happened like what once, twice" I said cockily.
"Exactly, do you think we are amateurs" Halyn asked hotily.
Of course through this conversation people seemed to be getting more and more confused. I wasn't sure why. We were speaking plain English, I think that's what this language was called.
Weir was thankful when Sheppard team arrived.
"Whats going on" he asked while pushing through the crowd.
"Well I'm not totally sure. But what I do know is that Kallista and Halyn here are standing on a railing, over a very, very, long drop might I add.
"Ok, well whats wrong" He asked.
Weirs eyes grew in disbelief that he could ask that.
"Whats wrong! Whats wrong! What if they fall" She exclaimed loudly.
"Ok then" I called out "It's been nice having this little chat, but we really have things to do. I'm sure you can fix this problem without us"
"You are the reason for the problem" Weir said.
"Well if we just leave, so will your problem" Halyn retorted.
We turned to eachother and smirked, we proceded by jumping off the railing, ignoring many of the screams.
I wanted to enjoy my free fall. The wind rushing through my hair, and over my body. Just falling. Down...Down...Down...Now, I called.
I flopped over to my stomach and snapped out my wings, the air quickly caught under my wings and flung me upwards. I turned and saw Halyn right along with me. We were heading to the top of one of the large buildings. Even from here I could see faces full of surprise, what about I wasn't sure.
It's not like they've never seen anyone fly before.
We flew all around the city, high and low, searching every nook and cranny. The city was amazing, more glorious than I had ever imagined.
What it must be like to live here I thought.
Throughout the whole flight we didn't talk much except for the wows, and oohs.
When the sun was setting we decided to be done, we landed on the balcony that we had jumped from.
We sat far enough away to stretch our wings out and let them warm with the fading sun.
We were there until the sun had totally disappeared.
"Food" Halyn droned.
"Food" I repeated.
We got up and jumped off the railing.As we walked though the control room I could feel the straying eyes that could only stare.
But I cared about food only at this moment.
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"This food taste odd' Halyn mentioned, breaking the silence.
"And you just mentioning it now" I said.
"Well its the first time I've paid much attention" She explained.
"This is the first time" I said loudly. "But you love food, I thought you always paid attention."
She looked at me slightly embarrassed. "Ya I know" she paused "It's just I've been so caught up in the city, it's so amazing, the food just slipped my mind."
"Ya it is pretty amazing" I agreed.
Dr. Weir joined us at the table.
"That's something you don't see everyday" she started.
I giggled "Your funny"
A confused look crossed her face.
" I mean your joke, when you said,Its not like you see someone fly everyday, like give me a break." I scoffed.
"But we've never seen anyone fly before, not like that"
"Are you serious" Halyn yelled surprised.
"Yes, unlike you, we do not posses wings."
"Well does it ever suck to be you" I blurted out, embarrassed that it actually came out.
"Oh" Halyn started laughing "That's why you were all freaking out before, you thought we were going to fall.."
"Yes, well if you would excuse me, I have work to do" She said leaving.
I turned to Halyn, with a wicked grin on my face. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yes...What exactly are you thinking?" she asked.
"I was thinking we should go freak some people,who don't know we can fly! Just a little recreational fun."
"I like it" Halyn agreed wickedly.
"To bed" I ordered.
"Yes we need our energy, to scare people."Halyn added smirking.
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The next day we wnt in search of a good balcony, and a good group of people.
We found a decent one after about an hour or so..
"Ok so here's the plan, we have to get the people to come out and watch, something, Oh! I know how about a little sparring match."
"Judge" she interrupted
"Fine judge one, then during the match I will push you over the edge. The we wait for freaking to begin" We both laughed menacingly at our evil little scheme.
"Everyone, may I have you attention" I called out. Some people, but not everyone turned, waiting for me to continue.
"Me and my friend here" I said pointing to Halyn "Would be honored if you came and judged a little traditional sparring match of ours," I said emphasizing the traditional, which it wasn't but I find people are more willing if you tell them it's a tradition.
"Please come this way" Halyn said leading them to the balcony, I estimated that about a third of them were coming.
"You will simply be judging who is better, according to you" she explained.
We walked and stopped a couple feet away from the balcony, we bowed to each other and started circling each other.
I jumped forward and roundhouse kicked her in the side, gently of course, She jumped back round-housing me in the side, we started speeding up our attacks, a lot.
I side kicked,she snap kicked. Now she was right by the railing, just like we had planned, I nodded at her, giving her the cue.
I quickly swung around trowing my leg out behind me back kicking her right in the gut, she went flailing over the railing.
"Halyn" I screamed and ran over to the railing reaching down.
I heard heard horrified gasps and screams coming from behind me.
I started sobbing, pretend of course "I didn't mean to" I told the crowd
"No one will ever be able to replace her" I continued sobbing
The peoples face all changed from their horrified expressions, to sympathetic ones.
"Ok I'm hungry" I said all perkily, It had the impact I was hoping for. There was no mare
sympathy but as you could have guessed there was a lot of confusion.
Their eyes grew in horror, I turned towards the railing, I saw Halyn there flying, looking as white as a ghost.
"I am the ghost of Halyn" she said inn a creepy voice, I started caughing to cover up my laughter.
"I didn't mean to push you off" I said in a sobbing like voice again.
"I will haunt you until the day I am avenged" she said, staring me in the eyes.
"Hmm" I thought "Well I guess you could push me off the edge, would that suffice?" I asked
"That would be great" she answered with a perk.
I turned around so I was once again facing the people "Well I guess this is goodbye" I said dramatically.
"NO!" The people started shouting
I stood in front of the railing, Halyn moved in front of me and pushed me over. I screamed, then laughed at the reason I was screaming for.
I flipped my wings out and made my way back up to the balcony, I landed on the railing.
I swear that you could not come by another face looking so horrified as these peoples were.
"Their ghosts" one said
"I think I'm hallucinating"said another
"I think were all hallucinating" a woman basically screamed
"Man I am hungry" Halyn said
The group stopped talking and looked up at us again.
"Me too, lets go eat, dying can take a lot out of a person." I said holding in the strong urge to laugh.
"I think I actually saw one or two people pass out as we passed though the crowd. As soon as we were far enough away, so that they couldn't hear us we burst out laughing.
"That..wa.s...s...sooo...funny"Halyn said while laughing
"Faces...were...price..less"I agreed.
By time we reached the mess hall we were done laughing, and we were really hungry.
"That probably wont work again" I pointed out
"Ya I know, but it was still worth it, even if it was only this once." She told me happily.
"When were done we should go see what's happening" I said
She nodded her mouth now being to full of food to answer any other way.
After we set out to find Dr. Weir, or Colonel Sheppard, someone who was in charge.
TBC...