A/N: Okay, some people might say that this is a little off of the storyline, but it fits in quite nicely, actually. I should know, Im writing the dang thing. Anyways, this is a little shorter then you all might be used to from me, but, I wanted to make it short. Short, sweet, and to teh point. Next chapter is going to have mroe action in it ( YAY!) Please, reveiw and tell me what you all think! I need to know! ( well, I dont need to, but..you get et point...) May Have spoliers
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"Alien/Prawn Speech"
Dream/FlashbackDingane stirred restlessly in his sleep. He was having a nightmare, the same nightmare that he always had, three years straight. He clicked quietly to himself in his sleep, trying to make the dream go away. It never did. Kagiso startled awake, her eyes finding the restless form of Dingane in the darkness. She watched him for a while nothing moving except her eyes and her chest. She stayed perfectly still, unsure of what she should do to try to help him.
A face appeared, and he moved forward, trying to reach out to the last known image of his wife. She must be in agony, not knowing where he is. He wondered how she was doing in the outside world….and suddenly, his world titled, and there was smoke and flame rising from his house. He ran forward, falling to the ground. It was when he let out a primitive scream that he realized that he was human in this dream. He felt tears falling, hot and wet on his shirt, and he struggled to rise from his knees. He turned to his left, aware that there was someone crying beside him.
Kagiso looked at him full in the eyes…or he thought it was Kagiso. It was a prawn that looked like her, but the eyes were different, off color from hers. The prawn was standing over the bodies of two females, and Dingane felt dread pool in his stomach as he struggled to rise, dragging himself closer to the prawn. He noticed that the closer he got to it, the smaller it got. The prawn was barely older than Christopher's son. He looked from the young prawn to the humans it was crying over. The dull roar of the fire behind him rose slightly as he looked over the humans it had devoured. The flames and heat coming off of the house in front of him made him feel numb.
On his right was Kagiso, sprawled out like she had been protecting something. Or someone. She was charred from the fire, covered in her own blood, and she was fully human.
And on his left, when the smoke cleared, was the bloody and scorched body of his wife, Tania.
Dingane jerked awake, his breath coming in gasps as he thought over the most recent nightmare. It was different this time. For one, Kagiso was never in his dreams. He most dreamed about his wife dying, or finding her with another man. For another, why did he think that prawn was Kagiso's son? She didn't even have control over her prawn side yet, and how the heck would she have a child? The two species cant have children together…can they?
He looked upwards at Kagiso, noting that she was asleep with relief. He didn't want her to worry about him. She had enough to think about. He slowly nodded off again, not wanting to rise and wake Kagiso. Little did he know that she was also awake, her mind spinning tales of why he was having nightmares. She closed her eyes quickly, hoping that Dingane didn't notice that she was awake, and the sounds of his steady breathing filled the room and lulled her into sleep.
It was a full four hours later that wither of them stirred again. But, they both woke up after having no dreams.