Authors Notes: Remember this is book 3. If you haven't read book 1 you're reading into the the ending
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Of Smoke and Steam
Fragmented Code
Chapter 3
Who you Truly Are
The clouds looked far more thicker near the ocean. Did you know? I lay on the surfboard. My hair wetter then it ever had been. I don't think I've ever in the water this long in my whole life. It had to have been hours and hours. The sun was peeking over the mountains now. Turning my head I can see part of Uncle Zareths hair, the side of his two toned cheek. His shoulder and his arm which was in the water. His hand in my own. We just floated around letting the waves softly push us around. I felt the sand below my knuckles a few times. But I kept looking up. The stars slowly popping into existence above us. I gently close my eyes feeling slightly tired. But I felt Zareths hand move. I looked on at him he too had fallen asleep. But it looked like he was dreaming. Their was a goofy smile on his face. I lay on my board a little longer watching him smile. What a goober. Him and that smile of his seem to draw everyone in.
"Angela…" Now that was new. He normally had dreams about mom, or me...but this Angela. Did he have a secret that he hadn't been telling us? Has he gone off and met a woman. I sat up quickly. This seemed to catch his attention and wake up with a snort. "Wassamatter Inky?" His groggy question had me laughing.
"Oh? Whose Angela?" I asked with a laugh pushing him off his board. He didn't go very far. Actually you could still see his leg. He sat up sputtering and glaring at me. I smiled at him and he chuckled splashing water at me. We heard a loud whistle come from the cottage. Turning around looking back at the porch I could see a large pile of food waiting for us.
"Why do they always cook so much if they don't eat?" Zareth asked no one. Walking back toward the cottage I could see the garden through the bushes. Lost of different sculptures stood out. Some looked far more real the the next.
"Wow he's gotten better." Zareth said. Oh yeah I had forgotten they had been here before. Dad and mom.
Sitting down looking over the food I realized that I had missed lunch completely and my stomach growled loudly. Cryptor laughed having heard it from where he sat down near the door. A teacup in his hand. I felt the heat rise in my cheeks. Such a jerk sometimes, but then again I hear its something in his nature.
I don't really remember falling asleep at all. Actually I remember sitting down against Zareth to hear stories he had to tell me about mom. But I woke up to the sounds of the tide. Zareth slept not to far from me on a hammock. Mindroid slept on the couch and Cryptor would slept on the far bed nearest to me. My first thought was 'Why isn't Zareth sleeping in a bed? Where did he get that stupid thing, and lastly...where was Uncle Cryptor? I stood up and walked out the door as quiet as I could.
'This is a bad idea. You should go back to bed.' the demon voice in my head said tiredly.
Quickly and quietly I was snatched up and walked out onto the sand. I knew that quiet thrum of a pump beat in my ear. It was Cryptor.
"You ever hear of something called...the in between?" He asked. I looked up at him. I had to admit I wasn't to sure what he was talking about. Just what was this thing called an 'in between?' He pointed toward the ocean.
"The in between is where heaven and earth meet...and you can't tell one from the other." I looked where he was pointing to see what he meant. My heart skipped a beat as I gazed upon the in between. The stars were perfectly reflected off the ocean. Uncle Cryptor was right. Their was no difference between one and the other.
I must have been gawking at it for a little while because the sun broke through. He chuckled down at me.
"Hypnotizing isn't it Inky?" He asked looking down with a secret smile he kept just for me. I nodded my head and pulled his cloak around myself. "Oh its like that is it?" He chuckled and pulled me in tighter. It was rather cool this morning. Uncle Cryptor was a brilliant heater. Specially in the winter. Luckily for us it was summer. I felt myself being lay back down on the bed. It honestly felt like a fluffy cloud. I...never felt the cloak being pulled from my hands. At first I thought he had just let me have it. But then I felt him on the other side of me. Just like back at that place on the d...I shuttered feeling the sudden cold that the memory caused. It wasn't cold for to long. I felt someone else crawl into the bed next to me. Mindroid burrowed in too. These two regardless of their past they've always been there for me. I love them so much. I'd never trade them for the world.