Chapter 6

"WHERE IS SHE?!" Rylox yelled loud enough for the entire planet to hear him

"Umm... she ran," the female Zorainian who had given him the note

"WHAT?!" the army commander yelled angrily making the female flinch

"Jeeze dude, don't shoot the messenger," Kilo smirked

"We had a deal Mariza," Rylox scowled powering up his weapons

"Try it," Mariza smirked darkly as all the Zorainians present let out nasty chuckles

"Your powers won't work," Rylox smirked

"Wanna bet?" Kilo smirked as his hands ignited in flame, each Zorainian powered up their individual powers

"Querl Dox," the commander growled

"Correct you are sir, now...LEAVE!" Mariza boomed using his telekinesis to throw Rylox and the commander out of the city "AND DON'T COME BACK!!" he yelled loud enough for the two to hear.

"Rylox, that little pipsqueak is around the galaxy somewhere; there are only so many places he could go... there was a ship off of here yesterday, to the planet Valcor... we start there." The commander growled as he called the Coluans back.

"Payback time," Rylox smirked evilly "and we have the sapphire,"

"Indeed, so they die anyway," the commander smirked darkly and they boarded the ship, to find the gem gone. Meanwhile back in the city

"Great job fayla!" Mariza smiled low fiving the 10 year old Zorainian girl

"Gensae," the young girl giggled (thank you) as she handed the Sapphire to Mariza, the young girl was small and held a definite innocent melodious voice. Her arms were covered in dark blue patterns that fitted perfectly with the rest of her young body. Her outfit was a blue top with black shorts on. Two very small fins came out of her arms finishing the look.

"Awww," Kilo smiled at his younger sister then they all heard a brief yell of anger making them burst out laughing.

"I guess they noticed sire," the servant smiled mischievously

"Yeah... I just hope Roxy's safe," Mariza smiled sadly at the sky

"She'll be fine sir, Roxy's strong... and so is her bodyguard... she'll be safe," Kilo smiled confidently

"I hope so Kilo..." Mariza sighed as Fayla tugged his arm; he looked down to see her smile then hug him

"Mern'ii ka oi," she smiled innocently (she'll be fine)

"Thank you Fayla," Mariza smiled picking the little girl up as she giggled (such a nice king, isn't he XD)

"Naggen" she replied tiredly (you're welcome) then fell asleep with her head rested on his shoulder.

"Kilo, take your sister home, she needs her bed... i'll sort everything else out," Mariza smiled and gave Fayla to Kilo who nodded and took the small girl home.


Meanwhile...

"Roxy!?" Brainy yelled over the noise of the Valcorun city centre.

"Right here Brainy," Roxy waved over to him. He walked over to her as she looked at the clothes stores

"You know you don't have the money for any of this," Brainy sighed shaking his head

"I know...but... doesn't hurt to look does it?" she asked innocently

"No... I suppose, we really should be getting somewhere to sleep for the night," he looked up to see the sky darkening

"Ok then, there's a hotel down the road, nothing fancy but it'll do," she smiled and he nodded

"That will suffice," he agreed typing something on his arm, he looked up to see her effective puppy dog eyes "...ooohhh fine, one outfit," he sighed as she clapped and dragged him into the store. About 2 hours after they finally left the store "I said one outfit," Brainy frowned

"Which means shoes and new eyes shadow and new lip gloss and everything, one outfit, doesn't really describe what I have to stick to," she winked "now lets go get that hotel room," she smiled and pulled his arm dragging him to the small hotel. "Let's get a room and set this lot down...it's heavy," she mumbled and he rolled his optics then took the bags off of her "thanks Brainy," she smiled then walked inside.

The man at the desk was a short plump man with silver skin and red hair.

"Hello Ma'am," he smiled kindly "how can I help you?" he asked politely

"I need a room for two, two beds," she spoke smiling

"Two?" he asked as Roxy motioned Brainy to walk in

"I'm sorry but...we don't allow Coluans in here," he frowned

"Please sir... this Coluan has to stay with me," she explained pleading

"I apologise for any trouble my race has caused in the past, but I had nothing what so ever to do with it, we'll only be staying for the night then we'll be gone, the Princess needs rest," Brainy explained as Roxy stared at him dryly

"Why don't you just tell the world," she growled quietly as he smirked

"Princess?" the man asked shocked and she nodded then removed her necklace showing the Zorainian form. "Holy mother of pearl, Princess Roxanne," he yelped shocked as she covered his mouth with her webbed hand

"Shush!" she hushed looking round "we can't have anyone knowing we're here..." she sighed and he nodded as she let go of his mouth.

"My apologies, but...why is the Zorainian Princess...with a Coluan boy?" he questioned

"Cuz he's by far; my bestest buddy ever," she smiled childishly as she hugged the young Coluan who just smirked at her.

"Odd... well, we have one room available, it's yours for as long as you need it, I just need a down payment," he smiled

"Of what?" Roxy asked

"One Zorainian Lunar Crystal," he smiled and she shrugged

"These things seem to be on high demand recently." She sighed and took a crystal out and handed it over, it was relatively small but would trade at a high price for its glow.

"Here you go," the man smiled then handed them a card key "number 43; last floor," He informed them and Roxy grabbed the bags

"Race ya?" Roxy smirked

"...Couldn't hurt," Brainy grinned. That led to a rather amusing round of 'beat the elevator', which led to a race on the landing, which led to a 2 person pile up on the floor inside the room where they'd tripped over each other landing in a cross shape with Roxy across his back and him face first on the floor.

"...Ouch," Brainy mumbled as she stood up

"Oopsi," she smiled sheepishly and helped him up. She looked around the room then grinned and ran over to the sliding doors and opened them then walked out onto the balcony that looked out over the city. She could see the orange horizon that was dimming into reds, dark blues and purples. (The planets sky is Orange in colour) "It's beautiful..." she breathed

"Valcor is a planet of obscured beauty, true enough." Brainy smiled from the door

"Brainy...how do you think my planet is doing?" she asked quietly

"Well, look," he smirked and held out the small machine that blocked all Zorainian powers, turned off and shut down completely.

"..." she gasped

"I can fully assure you Roxy, your planet is safe," he smiled, she immediately glomped him

"THANK YOU!" she thanked happily as she hugged him, he smiled and wrapped his arms around her in a hug

"You're welcome," he mumbled in response with a definate tint to his cheeks.


Meanwhile

"WHERE IS IT?!" the commander boomed

"It was here a second ago!" one of the guards yelped fearfully

"How could it have just Vanished?!" he snarled

"The Zorainians have different powers to each of them, one must have sneaked aboard and took it, Sir" another guard explained with fear.

Rylox growled angrilly "We need to track those two down and make them pay for this!" he scowled

"Oh we will," the commander smirked evilly "and there won't be a thing he can do to protect his little charge from us," he snickered as Rylox smirked darkly.


Back on Valcor Roxy had noticed something rather distressing

"...Brainy?" she asked

"Hmm?"

"That Crystal I gave him at the desk...it was my last one," she gulped

"What do you mean?" he frowned

"All I have are 3 Solar Crystals and a few credits" she spoke

"...And I have no credits..." he frowned

"...This is bad," she mumbled "very bad"

"Indeed, if we have no money, then we can't get any more rooms... therefore we'd have to stay outside," he frowned

"This is very-VERY bad," she gulped as she sat down on her single bed.

"Maybe we could earn a few credits to pay for food and necessities," he suggested

"You mean work?" she asked and he nodded "...Fine by me," she shrugged "as long as I can eat, i'm happy," she smiled as he smirked

"You're a very odd princess, you know that right?" he asked

"I doooo," she giggled as he sat down on his bed.

"Get some rest now Roxy, we'll need it to out run the Coluans... they'll know about the ship that brought us here, they'll be tracking us," he explained as she nodded. He didn't let her see it...but...he was scared, he knew what Rylox would do to him if they caught up with Roxy and himself... and he knew he'd make it slow and painful. But he wasn't about to show his fear in front of her, because if she knew he was scared...how could she possibly put her faith in him?
So he fell asleep a few moments after she did; thinking about how they'd escape.

Sometime during the night, he was awoken by a soft shaking of his arm; he looked up to see watery lilac eyes

"What's wrong?" he asked suddenly alert

"... Very bad dream," she gulped like a lost little toddler. With a blush evident on her cheeks she spoke softly "c-can...I sleep with you?" the question took him by surprise but, he moved over and pulled the cover aside giving her room to lay next to him; she led down then snuggled up to him as soon as he'd gotten comfortable, so he wrapped one arm around her shoulders and rested his head on hers whilst his other arm was under his head on the pillow. Both her hands rested on his chest as she quivered slightly. He pulled the cover back over her and let her drift back into a peaceful night's sleep, himself quickly following.


Ya see, fluff CAN ensue more by deleting chapters and re-writing them ;) night-night all! –skips off to noddy land-