Sorry I haven't updated... I've been busy with school and all. and writer's block, So...

I'M SORRY!


June found herself laying outside of Charleston. Tired and confused, she stood up from the ground, wiping dirt off her cheeks. Before she could even blink, a blue energy shot at her, but missed. She turned to see Cochise, on a horse, pointing a Volm weapon at her.

"Cochise…? The hell are you doing?" she asked. There was no reply.

Cochise tried to shoot at her again, and she dodged it, reaching for her father's dagger, but it wasn't there. Cochise continuously tried to shoot at her, until finally, she grew tired, and he was able to shoot her legs.

"Why are you doing this? She tried to drag herself away from him, but Cochise got off his horse, and grabbed her by her hair, and slammed her face on the ground.

"You must die…" were the words that escaped his lips.

"Why…? What did I ever do to you…?" Cochise pointed the weapon to her head, and shot her. The last thing she had ever saw, was a blue rose, beautifully withering away, just as her. And not a moment too soon, she was dead.

June had woken up from a loud knock on the door in her room. In surprise, she threw the dagger across the room, and the dagger stuck to the door, as the figure who stood there flinched. "Ms. Stem…?" it was the sound of a voice of a young boy, no more than probably, 16 or 17. June walked over, and opened the door. It was Ben, the boy who she saw yesterday.

"Yes…?" June asked.

"Um, my dad, Tom, wants to see you…" he said a little nervously.

"Is there a reason…?"

"He just wants to ask you questions about your activity outside of Charleston before you came here…" June paused to think about it.

"alright then…" she replied.

She fixed her hair, tying it in a long ponytail. She shut the door behind her, then realized she forgot her fathers dagger, that was sort of sticking out of the door like a sore thumb. She opened the door, pulled it out, shut the door again, and stuck it in her dagger belt. On their way to Tom's office, Ben and June didn't really say anything.

"So, uh…the dagger…" Ben said.

"Oh, right. Sorry about that. It's a habit. I thought I was going to be attacked, so I threw the dagger at the door as self defense…" June chuckled nervously.

"ah…" Ben replied.

"so… you're Tom's son…?" June asked.

"yes, I'm the middle sibling. I have an older brother, and a younger one."

"must be nice to have siblings…I'm an only child…"

Ben did not say anything in return. Soon, they had arrived at Tom's office. Ben opened the door for June, and she stepped in. Tom was sitting on his desk, looking over some papers.

"Dad, she's here…" Ben said.

Tom then looked up to see June.

"Thank you son…" Tom smiled, and Ben closed the door, leaving the two of them in silence.

"So, did you sleep well…?" he asked.

"well, a lot better than I normally do…" June replied

"good… and did you find the food to your liking…?"

"actually yes…I haven't had such a warm meal in a long time…"

"I'm sure you'll get along just fine here…" Tom smiled.

"Yea…about that…" June said.

"did something happen?" Tom asked in concern.

"Well, I punched this guy on the nose…"

"why…?" asked Tom again.

"Well, for one, he called me an alien loving freak, and said that he'd laugh if Cochise and the Volm betray us…"

Of course, June didn't care what Pope had said, but the word 'betray' felt like a punch in the face, but she didn't want to tell him.

"and what was this guy's name…"

"Pope…" replied June.

Tom chuckled.

"its about time some one taught him a lesson…"

"has he always been like that…?" she asked him.

"well, mostly he is…sometimes he has his bad days, and sometimes his good days…" Tom chuckled again.

"well then, that must have been his bad days…" June said. Tom smiled in response.

"June, I'm going to ask you a few questions, if that's okay…"

"by all means…"

"what were you doing before the invasion...?" he asked.

"is that question necessary...?" June asked in return. Tom looked at her, hoping she would notice he meant yes.

"...I was helping my mother run our small restaurant, while my father was teaching in a local high school an hour away from where we were..."

"and after the invasion...?" Tom leaned in closer.

"my father and I had to seek refuge in our restaurant's storage room..."

"and your mother?"

"she was shot in the heart by a customer who went crazy." June sunk in her chair a little.

"I'm sorry..." Tom said, in sympathy.

"and your father...?" Tom continued.

"he went missing. I haven't seen him since we left Chicago, which was about a year ago." June replied again.

"and how did you contact Charleston...?"

"me and my group of survivors made our way to the old clinic, and found an old radio. we had an engineer with us who made contact with you guys, but failed the first time..."

"and where is your team now?" Tom said in interest.

"dead. a group of skitters ambushed us. That's when I tried radioing for help. I think I'm the only one alive currently...well, beside my ex boyfriend..." June said in disgust as she said boyfriend.

"boyfriend...?" Tom asked

"well, I don't think it was official. he told us about the clinic and ran off... to save his own skin" June replied again.

Tom did not ask anything else. He did not want to pry into someone's personal life.

"is that all?" June crossed her arms growing tired of the questions.

"yes, June... you may go." Tom said gently. June was just about to walk out the door, but she turned around

"Um... Tom?"

"yes?"

"where is Cochise...?"

"oh, he's talking with the other Volm about the preparations of the weapon. He'll be back here in a few minutes... Is there something you needed?" Tom asked.

"no, it's nothing…" June replied. Then, she left the room.

-0-0-0-0

June had just finished showering, and went to go get breakfast. She got in line, and had a short talk with Jean, about how well she was already fitting in. Then, sat eating by herself again.

"well well, if it isn't the alien loving freak…" June turned around to see Pope, holding a tray of food like last time. Instead of sitting in front her, he sat next to her.

"the hell do you want Pope…? She said in a strict straight forward way.

"relax… I came to apologize…? June raised an eyebrow.

"oh really…?"

"yes. Really. Look, I'm sorry for all I said yesterday…" Pope replied

"and…?" June said

"…and for calling you an alien loving freak again, just now…"

"and…?"

"'And' what…?" Pope asked.

"You insulted the Volm…" June replied.

"so…?"

"so…you're not gonna say you take back what you said about the Volm…?" June asked angrily.

"ey, I take back everything I said about you. I'm not taking back what I said about the aliens…" Pope sipped a cup of water.

"why not?" June asked.

"I don't like em…and that includes and about 80 percent of the people in Charleston…" Pope took a bite out of his bread.

June rolled her eyes, took another spoon of her soup, sipped a half of her apple juice, and got up. She picked up her tray, and was about to leave.

"leaving all ready…? Maybe you are an alien loving freak!"

Pope was only joking, but June just couldn't wait to beat the living hell out of him. But she didn't want to cause an uproar, so she walked up to him, and poured the other half of her apple juice on Pope's head.

"you…" Pope said angrily. He stood up, juice dripping down from his hair, to his leather jacket.

"yes, me…" then, June tried to walk away, but Pope gripped her shoulder, and jerked her back. He grabbed her by her shirt, and was about to punch her, when Cochise came by.

"Pope, can please let go of Ms. Stems…?" Pope froze.

"I ain't gonna listen to your kind, you big eyed looking insect!" June jerked away from Pope's grasp, and-guess what she did…

Yep, she kneed him in the balls. Pope had fallen to the floor, covering his crotch, moaning in pain. People around were staring at them.

"HEY!" June saw Weaver quickly making his way over to them.

"shit!" June grabbed Cochise's arm, and pulled him away, as they both broke into a run.

0-0-0-0-0

June and Cochise found a place to hide from Weaver, if he ever came looking for them. They went to the outskirts of Charleston, surrounded by trees, and the open road. The both of them, out of breath… June sank to the ground, and so did Cochise.

"damn, that was a close one…" June had finally caught her breath.

"why did you pull me away…?" Cochise asked. June paused, and then looked at him.

"you…" June said in a grumpy way.

"why didn't you say anything to Pope? You're just gonna let him talk to you like that?"

"I don't really mind. I understand that having an alliance with an alien is something not many people can quickly grow mutual to. I hoped that maybe someday, Pope would understand…" Cochise replied.

"you are a wonder you know that…?" June had calmed down.

There was silence between them. Cochise had broken the silence.

"How is your wounded leg?"

"it's fine…it kinda hurts to walk sometimes though…" June patted her leg. again, more awkward silence.

"Cochise? I'm sorry about yesterday...I didn't mean, honest..." June finally said.

"I don't mind, it doesn't bother me as much..." Cochise replied

"Well, good..."

There was silence yet again, and this time, June broke it.

"I hope we beat the skitters soon…maybe things can go back to normal again. Well, except for the part where I'm going to have to get used to living alone for a while…" Cochise became curious.

"why must you be alone? Do you not have a family…?" he asked.
"my mother is dead. And, I have no idea what happened to my dad after we separated during the invasion."

"I see. I am sincerely sorry for the loss of your loved one…" Cochise said.

"I too, lost a loved one. My brother…" Cochise looked at the sky.

"you had a brother?" June was surprised, thinking he may have been an only child like she was.

"yes. Right before he died, we had a silly little argument, that we hadn't resolved…if I would have a chance, I would apologize to him…"

"I'm sorry for your loss too…" June said.

"I like to believe that my dad is still alive. But honestly, I don't think he's even alive still." June frowned.

She missed her old life. Yes, it was somewhat boring, but each and everyday, there was always something that made her life worth while. She felt the need to cry. But she can't. she doesn't want to show a sign of weakness.

"do not lose hope. You may meet with your father again sometime…" Cochise slowly, and hesitantly, placed his hand on her head, and patted her gently.

June flinched, and Cochise quickly took his hand away.

"what was that?" June asked him in shock.

"is that not the way to comfort a person when they are upset?" he replied.

"oh that's what you were doing…sorry."

"no, I should be the one to apologize. What I did was impolite."

"oh, no, it wasn't…it's just that, I haven't been patted on the head before…" June blushed a little.

June got up, and patted away the dirt from her pants from sitting on the ground.

"we should be heading back now…" Cochise had also stood up.

For a moment, they stood there, and then, June hugged Cochise. Her arms wrapped around his body. For that short brief moment, she could hear his heart beat when her ear was against his chest. She had expected to feel cold, but Cochise felt surprisingly warm. Then, she quickly let go. Cochise did not know how to react.

"Uhh…it's a thanks. For trying to comfort me…" June said.

"you are most welcome." Cochise replied. June blushed.

"lets go…" June walked ahead, and Cochise followed behind. Though Cochise could not see it, June was blushing…

A lot.


Honestly, I had this idea come to me when I fell asleep in my Algebra Trig class xD

This is eight pages long...

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