A/N: Here goes chapter 2. I've come up with the thought of every now and then switching between Jim and Ashe's P.O.V. I will make it easy to tell who it is, maybe use some indicator between them, not sure yet. Also thanks for the reviews; it helped writing this chapter knowing that people were enjoying it so far.
Falling For You
Chapter 2: Fight Night
If there was one thing that Ashe hated the most, it was when someone disturbed her slumber. She had stayed up for at least a half hour after getting to her room to see if the ship she was on earlier was close by. She had easy access to the roof from her room if she climbed out her window, and for this she was thankful. She watched the area around the inn from the very top of the roof for about fifteen minutes. It had to have been an hour since she got off of that ship, and if no one noticed she was gone within that hour, then the people on it were as stupid as she took them to be when she first met them. After the fifteen minutes of watching the sky, she climbed down and got into her bed. The last fifteen minutes she spent trying to calm her body from the nervous feeling she had.
Ashe sat up and looked around groggily. 'What the hell woke me up,' she thought angrily as she tried to get the sleep out of her mind. She then felt another nudge on her cheek, the thing that had woke her up. She turned and saw a floating pink blob looking up at her with a worried expression on its face. "Morph," she said remembering the name that Jim had called it, "what the hell is wrong that you couldn't wake Jim up for?"
Morph then started to pull on her sports bra strap; she had taken off her tank top so that she could be more comfortable, trying to get her out of bed. Ashe groaned and got out of bed. Morph then moved over to her window, looking back to make sure Ashe was following. Once Ashe got to the window she looked out expecting to see something. But that was the thing. There was nothing. She turned then to Morph, who was floating out the window looking up at the sky with a confused expression on his face. She then climbed out the window and onto the roof, now fully awake and alert. The years of training in self-defense and her senses were going haywire. 'Why by Martell didn't I think about it before? Of course they would try to sneak up on me while I slept. And with innocent people around, I can't hurt them.' She managed to get up on the roof and started to survey the surrounding area.
Everything was quiet, which scared her the most. No animals, even within the town, were making any noise. If Morph's shivering form weren't on her shoulder then she would probably have thought nothing of it. But having been taught about animalistic habits and teachings told her otherwise. Even though there wasn't anything that seemed to be disturbing the town or the area between it and the inn, there had to be something to set the blob into a shivering heap.
Ashe descended down from the roof, deciding to take a look around inside the inn before heading back outside for a final look. Once in her room, she quickly put back on her shirt, jacket, and boots. She then opened her door a little to peek out before exiting. Everything in the hallway was just as she remembered when Jim walked her up, minus the lights being off instead of on. Ashe eased herself out of her room and as quietly as she could, made her way for the ascending staircase. On her way up, Ashe made sure to look for every possible exit and count every single room on the floor. She guessed that the inn consisted of the dining area and kitchen on the first level, the second level was for any guest that were staying, and that the third level was more dedicated to where the Hawkins actually lived. Ashe glanced at the staircase that led to the third floor. She figured that something had happened to Jim otherwise Morph probably wouldn't be with her at this moment. 'Wolf Star rule number 3, you owe a debt you see it paid, no matter what,' Ashe thought as she quietly made her way up the stairs. 'So the least I can do is make sure he's alright so that I can pay him back for saving me.' "Where is Jim's room, Morph?" she asked in a whisper.
Morph then zoomed up the stairs and hugged the right side of the wall once he reached the top. Ashe slowly followed him. Right as she was half way up the stairs, she stopped. Morph looked back at her as if to say, "Why did you stop?" Ashe's eye narrowed as she stared at a shadow that could be seen on the wall at the top of the stairs. She couldn't make out what it was of, but she still didn't want to chance anything. She bent down and took out a small handgun that was stored in one of her boots before continuing her way up. Once she reached the top of the stairs, she put her back to the wall and glanced around the corner. She couldn't see the shadow anymore but she could see that there was another hallway off of the main one. She then straightened herself and grabbed Morph before he could move from their spot. Most likely whatever she saw was still upstairs, probably down the hallway she had seen. 'Guess I'm playing the waiting game,' she thought bitterly as she leaned a little more comfortably against the wall. She lowered her gun slightly as she turned her head a little to try and listen for movement. She stroked Morph absent-mindedly with her thumb, trying to calm him.
And then she heard it, the slight creak of a floorboard. It didn't sound like it was coming from a near by room, because if it had, then there would have been more than one creak. Ashe didn't have to wait long to hear another creak, this one slightly closer to her. Slowly but surely, the sound of movement in the hallway grew louder. Once the person was at least halfway to her, she released Morph from his confinement. She held up a hand, hoping that he understood that she wanted him to stay. She edged as close as she could to the corner without giving away that she was there. She gave one quick glance back at Morph and was grateful that he did seem to understand what she wanted. Once she was sure that the person would find her on their next step to the stairs, Ashe reacted.
She quickly stuffed her gun in her belt and bolted around the corner. It happened too fast for even Ashe to see what she was doing. She grabbed the person's right wrist, twisted their whole right arm behind their back, drew her gun and then pointed it at their head with all of her body weight pressed against their right side so that they were slammed against the wall.
"Don't move," she hissed and she cocked the gun. Ashe was about to order the person to tell her what they were doing till she did a double take at her captive. She quickly released them from her lock and backed up to give them some space. "Jim, what the hell do you think you're doing?!"
"I think that's my line," Jim hissed back as he turned around. Even in the dim light Ashe could tell that he wasn't feeling or looking all right. He looked like he had gone through hell and back. His hair was in disarray, most likely from waking up, and his clothes weren't that neat either. But what caught Ashe's attention more than anything were his eyes. Large dark bags could be seen under them, his pupils were dilated incorrectly with the amount of light in the hallway, and they were slightly blood shot as well. It looked like he hadn't gotten any sleep in awhile. "What the hell are you doing sneaking around?"
Morph then decided to make his entrance. He rushed over to Jim and started to chirp, quietly thankfully, as he rubbed his body against Jim's cheek. Jim patted him lightly before turning back to Ashe. He opened his mouth to say something else but Ashe quickly stopped him by covering his mouth with her hand. She brought her other hand up, telling him to be silent, and as she pulled away she brushed her fingertips against the bottom of one of his eyes. She then narrowed her gaze as she concentrated on what was on the end of them. Her final examination was then to sniff them but her eyes just widen in surprise.
"Those bastards, how the hell did they get their hands on this? Great, looks like I'm going have to inform Captain Zoltan about this once I get back to the crew. Ashe then looked up at Jim. 'But right now I need to make sure Jim's alright, otherwise I break the one rule that even I hate to break.' "Where's a bathroom up here?" Ashe asked as she rubbed her fingers on her pants. Jim pointed down the hall but made no indication that he was going to move. Ashe rolled her eyes, grabbed his wrist again, and dragged him down the hall. If Jim was against what she was doing, he did a poor job in showing it. He made no move to protest nor did he voice any.
Once they reached the bathroom, Ashe pushed him in and locked the door behind them. She then grabbed a towel off the counter, wet it, and then threw it at Jim. "Wipe your eyes quickly. If you let that stuff set anymore, then you'll be unconscious till tomorrow." Jim rolled his eyes this time, apparently not believing what she said. Ashe folded her arms against her chest, leaned against the door, and glared at him. "Fine, don't believe me. But when you wake up tomorrow to your whole house ransacked then don't come crying to me." 'Not that I'll let that happen but still if it gets him to actually listen.'
Jim gave her one more questionable look before doing what she had said. "Are you going to answer my question?" Jim asked as he washed one of his eyes and glared at her with the other.
"Morph came in and woke me up," she answered as she stared at the ceiling. "My guess is that he tried to wake you up but couldn't because of the sleep spore in your eyes."
"Sleep spore?"
"Well, that's its street name; I forget what its scientific name is. Anyways, it's a substance that if the right amount is mixed in with any food or drink item, can give an illusionary high of dreaming. But if applied to the eyes, like what happened with you and most likely everyone else in this inn, then it can keep a person sleeping for a good twenty-four hours if they are given a small dose. Did Morph leave any evidence to show that he might have tried to wake you up?"
"Yeah, he poured water on my face. I woke up when I heard you on the stairs."
Ashe nodded, "It most of been enough to wash most of the spore out of your eyes."
"The others will wake if we wash their eyes out, right?"
"It's possible. I heard after a certain amount of time that even if it's washed out the sleep spore still affects the person. But I haven't heard any concrete evidence to confirm this. Does Morph usually act distressed if he isn't around you?"
"No," Jim said as he moved onto washing his other eye out. "He only acts like that if he's scared of something."
'So it is safe to assume that they are still within the inn. Now it's just a problem of finding them. Great.' Ashe's thoughts were stopped when she heard a loud slamming noise. She tore her eyes away from the ceiling to see Jim standing in front of her, a hand on the sink counter, glaring at her. He looked better than he did out in the hallway. He had smoothed out his hair, his eyes weren't blood shot anymore and his pupils weren't dilated incorrectly. "You think I did this, don't you?" Ashe said in a matter of fact voice.
"I see no reason not to," Jim's voice was just as hard as his glare. "I just met you today and you've given me no information about who you are besides your name. And only god knows why you were thrown off that ship."
"I wasn't thrown," Ashe said defensively as she glared back at Jim. "I fell off after tripping over some rope." 'Why by Martell did I say that?' "Anyway, if I had done it you would be dead by now. I could have easily killed you back in the hall, take whatever was valuable, and be gone before anyone else woke up. Hell, I can easily kill you now."
"If it wasn't you, then who else would have done it?" Jim asked seeming to ignore what she had said.
At this Ashe had to look away from him. She wouldn't be going against any rule if she told him the truth but that would mean dragging him into a whole slew of trouble. Who knew how much trouble she already got him and his mother in by just spending the night. The other thing was if she should trust him. It was apparent that whatever trust he had towards her, tiny if any, was on the brink of vanishing with what was going on at the moment. She let out another sigh before returning her gaze to Jim's, making her decision on what to do at that moment.
"How much do you know about Interstellar Police Core?" Ashe asked running a hand through her hair.
"They deal with any problems that are accruing on a planet, everyone knows that."
"Yes, but what everyone doesn't know is that they get swamped with requests for help. To stop that from happening, the Core set up groups of spacers called Combat Guilds. Combat Guilds, or C.G.s, take on the smaller request that the Core gets or are too busy to handle. Right now, I'm part of C.G. called Wolf Star. We were on our way to a job when our ship started to experience mechanical problems, so we were forced to stop up at the Space Port. My friends and I decided to kill time by seeing what Montressor was like since none of us have been here before. Unfortunately, I got separated from them and got kidnapped. I managed to escape but I fell off the ship, and well, that's how I met you." Ashe stopped to see if Jim was following her. It was hard for her to read his look but she could make out shock and somewhat disbelief, but mainly shock. She darted her eyes away from his as she continued, "Anyway, I had a feeling that whoever kidnapped me would return for me. So I believe this is their doing." Ashe then looked back at Jim, this time a more confidant look in her eyes. "Any questions?"
Jim stared at her for a moment or two. Ashe wasn't sure if it was the sleep spore that he might have missed or that the story was just that farfetched. She was about to get him out of his stupor when Jim finally spoke, "Who the hell are you?"
Ashe chuckled before answering with a smirk, "I told you, I'm Ashe Aurion and a member of the best C.G. in the Entherian, Wolf Star."
"Right…So now what?"
"Now, I go and take out the people that are trying to kidnap me, with your help most likely."
Jim stared at her blankly for another moment before opening his mouth. But before he could utter a word, a sound was made right outside the door. Ashe immediately got away from the door with her gun at the ready. Both teens stood there for a moment, Morph floating between them before he went into Jim's pocket with his eyes peeking out. Then the doorknob started to rattle as the person on the other side tried to open the door.
Ashe glanced over at Jim to see that he was doing the same. She then tossed him her gun before explaining, "Alright, when I open the door, I'll push them as far to the wall as I can. I need you to be right behind me with the gun. If they make a move to kill either of us, that is your signal to shoot. Don't be afraid to shoot, even if I'm in the way. Understand?" All Jim did was nod. Ashe quietly made her way back over to the door. Once she was there she looked back at Jim. "On the count of three," she mouthed to him. She then held up three fingers and started to count down. Once she was done, she quickly unlocked the door and was out of the bathroom in a flash. Ashe found it surprisingly easy to get the person against the wall along with the surprise that the person felt like metal. But her thoughts were quickly interrupted when a hand on her jacket collar pulled on her. She turned to see Jim dragging her and a yellow rust colored robot back into the bathroom.
Jim closed and locked the door this time before turning to the robot. "B.E.N what are you doing," he asked in a hushed voice.
"I thought I heard some voices so I thought I would check it out," B.E.N. said before he turned to Ashe. Ashe stared at him slightly wide eyed. It wasn't her first time interacting with a robot, but B.E.N gave off the vibe of being different than the ones she was used to. B.E.N started to shake Ashe's hand with vigor as he started to ramble, "Names B.E.N, Bio Electronic Navigator. What's your name, I want to say Sally."
"It's Ashe," she managed to get out before B.E.N continued.
"So you're Jimmy's new girlfriend that I've heard about. I had a girlfriend once. She was completely horrible but she had a nice body. I can't really remember her name though. Let me know if I start rambling. Anyways-"
"I'm not his girlfriend," Ashe cut Jim off before he could say it. B.E.N then looked between the two of them, which gave Ashe the chance to get her hand back.
"B.E.N you need to keep quiet, okay?" Jim said as he tried to get the point across. B.E.N opened his mouth to reply but Jim glared at him, which thankfully kept it shut. Ashe leaned against the wall and let out an annoyed sigh. All she wanted to do was find the pirates that were most likely in the inn, but she couldn't exactly do that at the moment. She was instead stuck with the innkeeper's son, his pink blob of a pet, and apparently his rambling robot friend.
'We need a plan,' Ashe thought as she started to rub her temples with her eyes closed. 'But I can't think of one without knowing where they fucking are. But sitting here is getting us nowhere. Oh, damn it all to the Void.' "You didn't see anyone else besides the two of us did you," Ashe asked as she opened her eyes to stare at B.E.N.
"Nope but I do think I heard some voices coming from downstairs. I came here first though, since it was closer."
"Right," Ashe said as she pushed herself off of the wall. She then went over to the door and unlocked it again. She was about to open it when Jim's hand on hers stopped her.
"Where are you going," he asked sternly.
"To get those pirates out of your house," Ashe said just as sternly back.
"Whatever happened to needing my help?"
"Right now, I need the two of you to stay out of my way and the best way for that to happen is by going to the police and getting help."
"Like that's going to happen. I'm going with you."
"No you aren't. I told you, you'll only get in my way and I also said you could trust me, which is what you need to do right now."
"And just how do you expect to take them all on? You don't even know how many are down there let alone if you could take them on. You said that they kidnapped you, so what makes you think they can't do it again?"
"I just know alright! Now by Martell stop getting in my way!"
"And I told you that I'm going with you!"
Ashe let out a low growl as she tore her hand off of the doorknob and out of Jim's. She then started to pace the length of the bathroom as she tried to sort through her thoughts in her anger. Jim, Morph, and B.E.N. watched her, Jim still with a determined look on his face that Ashe saw whenever she glanced at him. She let out a final growl before marching over to Jim. "Fine you and your friend can come but you are to follow my orders. If I say to run and leave me, then by Martell you better do it or I'll send you to the Void. I am understood?" Ashe asked as she jabbed a finger in Jim's chest.
He looked at her before replying, "Fine." Ashe stared at him a moment longer before nodding in acceptance.
"Put the gun on stun. It is best to have them alive. That way they can face a judge for their crimes. And," Ashe said as she turned to B.E.N, "In the hallway, we need to go down as quietly as we can. It will be in our best interest to surprise them, understand?" B.E.N nodded his head. Ashe glanced once more at them before opening the door. The group silently made their way to the stairway. Once they were there, Ashe stopped them as she peered around the wall. Sure enough she could hear the low murmur of voices. 'Sounds like they are in the dining area,' Ashe thought as she remembered that there was a piece of hallway on the second floor that allowed people to look down into the dining area. She then signaled the others to follow her as she made her way down the stairs. She was thankful that Jim at least seemed to know how to go down quietly. B.E.N made soft noises as he went, but it was most likely just his gears turning, so Ashe didn't blame him for that. Once they got close to the railing that over looked the dining area, Ashe got down on her stomach and crawled over to the railing. Jim followed closely behind her and lay next to her as they peered into the room below. Ashe quickly shook her head at B.E.N when she saw him try to make his way over. She pointed to the stairs, telling him to keep watch, which he understood with a nod. Ashe then went back to spying on her would-be-kidnappers.
Ashe let out a hiss as she saw what was going on below. Tied up to a chair with a cloth around her mouth, was Mrs. Hawkins. A large dark red reptilian like creature with long split ears that went slightly past its jaw held a gun pointed at her. A smirk, which showed off its jagged teeth and an evil glint in its beaded little eyes, could be seen. "I'd say we made out pretty well as it is, Boss. She will sell for a lot even at her age," the alien hissed as its smirk grew.
Out from underneath the railing came the reptilian's companion. It was a large; at least six feet tall, spider-like woman. She had the upper body of a beautiful woman with long black hair with night blue highlights. Her eyes had a human appearance to them but still had a golden spider hint to them as well. Her lower body was what defined her spider-like. It looked like the body of a black widow, right down to the deadly red mark on her back. The woman, if you could call her that, made her way over to Mrs. Hawkins with a similar smirk on her face as her reptilian companion. "Hmm, that's a possibility, but what I really want is that Sylvariant girl. Selling her alone will make us richer than even Flint."
"Like to Martell, that will happen," Ashe muttered as she continued to watch.
"Where the hell is Jub." She scowled "I swear if that pig-headed buffoon is eating again, I'll feed him to a saber-bear when I get the chance," the woman said angrily as she started to pace.
"Maybe he is also trying to find some other valuables for us," the reptilian offered as he glanced over to the stairway. It was then that one of the worst things happened. In his attempt to see better, Jim had moved slightly closer to the railing. Unfortunately this caused a floorboard to squeak under him. Ashe immediately pulled him and herself away from the railing. The two just sat there for moment, both of their hearts pounding. "Did you hear something Boss?"
"Hear what?" she asked.
"Nothing, I must be hearing things again."
"Whatever."
"You need to be careful," Ashe scolded Jim after the two pirates stopped talking. "Down there is a Bangaa and they have excellent hearing. If that dimwit hadn't dismissed that noise as something he thought, then we would have a fight on our hands much sooner than I would have liked."
"How about a fight now?" Both Jim and Ashe turned around to see a fat pig-like alien behind them. He had the nose and face of a pig with a light green horn stuck out of the top of his head. His ears went past his chin and were a dark blue as was the rest of his body; save for his belly and underneath his arms and legs. Two sharp tusk-like teeth stuck out of his mouth. His legs ended in hooves and seemed to be skinny compared to the rest of him. In one hand he held B.E.N's skinny frame and in the other a blaster, which he fired right at the floor beneath Jim and Ashe. Both teens gasped as the floor caved around them causing them to fall to the dining area.
Ashe let out a groan as she lifted herself up. She looked underneath her to see Jim moving in slight pain as he let out a groan. Ashe quickly helped him up as she muttered a: "Are you alright?" to him.
"My, my, look at what you have brought us Jub," the spider-woman said as the pig, apparently Jub, jumped down from the hole he made. He quickly let go of B.E.N, who got the gun that the reptilian was holding pointed at him, and lifted both Ashe and Jim to their feet, each with their hands in one of his own. Ashe glanced over at Jim to see that he still had a look of pain on his face.
'Great he must have hurt his back again by catching me…again,' she thought quickly. She then noticed that Jub hadn't taken her gun away from Jim. When they were looking down into the dining area, she vaguely remembered that Jim had pocketed the gun inside his jacket, instead of putting it into his belt.
"Hmm, aren't you a cutie," the spider-woman said as she took Jim's chin into her hand so she could get a better look at him. "He's in excellent shape as well. He will make for a fine laborer."
"Is drug dealing not working out for a hag like you then, Miranda?" Ashe asked as a plan started to form in her mind. At this, Miranda quickly turned to Ashe with a deep scowl on her face. Without warning, she punched Ashe right in the cheek and forced her out of Jub's grasp. Ashe went flying across the floor where she landed with a loud thud a few feet away. Ashe coughed up some blood as she got up onto her knees and hands as Miranda moved towards her.
"What by the devil's name did you say bitch!" Miranda growled with venom in her voice.
"I'm pretty sure I called you a hag, ugly," Ashe said as she wiped some blood off of her mouth while looking up at Miranda. This just earned Ashe another hit, this time aimed at her stomach by one of Miranda's many long legs. Ashe crashed into a leg of a table, taking it out and causing the table to fall on her. Thankfully, to her at least, she wasn't knocked unconscious but she pretended to be. Ashe heard Miranda make her way over to her and the possible sound of Jim trying to fight his way out of Jub's grip but failing miserably. She then felt Miranda grab the front of her shirt and lift her off of her feet. Spit then landed on her bruised cheek and Ashe had to resist the urge to cringe in disgust.
"If you weren't worth more than your weight in gold I would gladly kill you," Miranda hissed out. "Bwagi, stop pointing that thing at that shaken piece of tin and hold her. I want all of her clothes taken off as well, just so what happened on the ship doesn't happen again. Jub, tie him and the robot up. I'm going to look around some more. When I come back, we'll throw them on the ship and get off of this hell hole of a planet." Miranda then dropped Ashe and made her way up to the second floor. Ashe allowed Bwagi to take her clothes off but once he got her down to her underwear, her eyes opened and she started to act.
'My martial artist outfit should be enough to take them down and do little damage to the inn,' Ashe thought as light ribbons started to wrap around her body. Soon she was in a dark blue short sleeve kimono top. Short dark blue shorts that went to her mid thigh appeared along with matching slippers. A cloth belt was tied around her waist with its ends down to her knees.
Once she felt her clothes reappear, she quickly elbowed Bwagi in the stomach. She then side kicked him in the same spot and sent him flying to the other side of the room. She then turned and ran to where Jub was. Jub seemed to be more than ready for her attack. He bent his head down so that his horn was pointed at her and started to charge at her. 'Does he really expect that to work?' Ashe thought as she let out an inner sigh. She dodged Jub's attack and managed to stick out her foot so that Jub would trip over it. She then finished him off by kicking him right in between the legs causing him to howl out in pain. She then went over to Jim, where he was tied up to a post that held up the second floor.
She quickly untied him as she spoke in a rushed whisper, "I need you to get your mom and B.E.N out of here as quickly as possible. Those two are easy to take care of, but once Miranda comes back then I can't be worrying about the safety of others." It was then that Bwagi decided to interrupt them by firing at them. Both teens quickly made it behind an upturned table. Bwagi continued to fire at them. Jim quickly got up and returned fire before falling back down beside Ashe. He then opened his mouth to argue again but Ashe shook her head. "Remember, this was part of the agreement. I can take care of myself fine but when it comes down to this I can't say the same when others are involved." A smirk then appeared on her face as she looked at him. "Besides, now I owe you twice for saving my life. The least I can do is save yours once, right?" Jim let out a sigh but nodded all the same. "Right, when I charge for Bwagi, run over to B.E.N and grab him. I then need you to get to your mother quickly, I don't know how long till Miranda comes back or how much time I can get you by distracting these two. Anyway, head for their ship and go to the police in town. Also, call up the Space Port and ask for Zoltan Ruslan of the Wolf Star. Tell him everything that has happened since we met." Jim nodded as he glanced one more time over the table. "We move on three-One…two…three!"
Ashe quickly made her way around the table and ran as fast as she could towards Bwagi. Bwagi focused fire on her but she managed to dodge every one of his shots. When she was within range, she threw a right hook aimed for his face, which Bwagi managed to block by using his gun. What he didn't expect was Ashe attacking him again with a roundhouse kick aimed at his ribs. Ashe pulled the gun out of Bwagi's hands and she turned to Jim. "Jim," she called as she threw the gun at him. He caught it right as he reached his mother. 'Good, it shouldn't take him long to get her out of here.' Just then, Ashe had the wind knocked out of her as she went flying towards the floor again.
"Ashe," she heard Jim call out. Ashe opened her eyes and tried to get up but found that a large black hairy body was forcing her to lie back down.
"Why hello little bitch," Miranda said as she bent her head back down. Ashe glared at her and spit in her face the same way Miranda had done to her. Miranda then let out a cry of anger as she slammed one of her feet towards Ashe, but Ashe managed to roll out of the way even within the confines of Miranda's many legs. This also gave Ashe a look to see how Jim was doing. But what she saw made her heart drop. Jim, with his mother and B.E.N behind him, was stuck between Jub now with the broken table leg in hand and a wall. Bwagi had also regained himself once again and was making his way towards the group as well. "It looks like your boyfriend is in a bit of a bind. Oh well, the two of you will still sell for a pretty penny once you heal up." Ashe then turned back onto her back to try and fight her way out but her attempt ultimately failed. Miranda managed to quickly pin one of her wrists to the floor with a foot, causing Ashe to cringe in pain. "So tell me, what does it feel like-" But before Miranda could finish the door to the inn was thrown open. Ashe bent her head back to see who had entered the inn to see if they were another bystander or an enemy. What she saw made her gulp.
A tall man, probably about six feet, walked into the dinning room then. He had flaming red hair that was spiked with a small bang that just reached in between his eyebrows. His eyes were the same color gold as the richest yellow of a star. His pale skin stretched over toned muscles. He wore a black long sleeved shirt with a dark brown jacket that went down to his ankles and the sleeves cut off it. Baggy black pants were tucked into the tops of his black boots that went to his mid calf. Two gold earrings finished off his outfit, one was a medium sized loop that was attach to the lob of his ear and the other was on the upper part of his ear with a small sea blue tear drop jewel attached to it.
The man's eyes roamed over the room till he saw Ashe. He locked eyes with her as Ashe muttered, "Captain…"
A/N: Cliffhanger maybe? Anyway, I loved writing this chapter. I got stuck but after watching TP, I managed to get past it. I loved writing the moments with Ashe and Jim butting heads. This chapter is only long because I want to get the actual story on the way and the only ways for me do that was to introduce Zoltan as soon as possible. I'm thinking that after chapter three, the real story should start so I'll try and get it out as soon as possible.