This chapter is a shorter one, sorry.

Ch. 16

The Call

Krystal rammed into Josh almost making him fall backwards, she threw her arms around his back and hugged him tightly. Josh felt so relieved to see she was indeed okay, he let a small sigh out and wrapped his arms around her, he could feel her body trembling and he held her even tighter, he noticed she was wearing the same white clothes as he was.

"I was so worried about you." She said pressing her face deeper into his chest inhaling his scent, a scent she had grown to love.

"I'm alright…What about you? Are you alright?" He asked and pulled her back so he could see her face, she wiped some tears out of her eyes and nodded.

"Yes I'm fine…Ryan explained everything to me…Although I'm still pissed at how they did it, and what they did to you…I was relieved to hear you were okay." She removed one of her hands away from his back and placed it softly on his cheek. He inhaled deeply as he felt her hand touch his skin; he placed one of his hands on top of hers and smiled.

"I'm glad you're okay Krystal." He said and then looked up at the Arwing. Krystal noticed him staring and turned to look at her space craft.

"They tried to get it in working condition, but it won't start. The power cells were damaged and are completely dead; they don't have the technology yet to restore the cells back to power…Even if they did, I wouldn't feel all that safe flying in it again. The metal used to withstand slip space travel doesn't exist in your planet." Krystal took hold of one of Josh's hands and led him to the Arwing.

"However, the satellite is still in tacked and even better they have the tools I need to fix it, which means I can still call for a ride to get me off of this planet." She said with excitement in her tone. She seemed so happy about this, yet Josh was feeling the opposite. She seemed so happy that she was able to leave that it seemed as if she forgot that she would be leaving him behind.

"That's…Good news." He said hiding the sadness in his tone. He then turned away from her and felt his head start to hurt where he got hit at. He looked over at Ryan.

"I don't suppose you have anything for my head do you?" He asked.

"I'll bring you something, would you liked me to show you to your room?" He asked, Josh raised an eyebrow.

"Room?"

"Yes, we have a few bedrooms here, you two will have to stay here until Krystal is able to make contact…For safety reasons." He said and started to walk away, Josh looked back at the Arwing to find Krystal working on it, he sadly lowered his gaze to the floor and walked off following Ryan. They took an elevator up a few floors.

Ryan ended up leading Josh to a hallway with wooden walls, it looked kind of like the inside of a log cabin, Josh then noticed a few metal doors with push pads next to them. They walked to the end of the hallway and stopped at the last door on the left, Ryan placed his hand on the push pad and pushed it. The metal door slid open revealing a bedroom that also looked like it was in a log cabin.

There was a bed with black and red checkered strip blanket, the bed post were made out of wood, as was the floor. There was a couch and red carpet, a small table and a window. Josh walked into the room and made his way over to the window and saw trees everywhere.

"Where are we?" He asked and turned to Ryan.

"California." He said, "I'll have something for your head brought up to you." He turned around and left, closing the door behind him. Josh turned back to the window, he stared out at the blue sky and the trees that covered everything. Josh then turned to the bed and approached it. He placed his hand on the bump that had formed and flinched at the pain.

"Ouch." He said and lowered his hand, he sighed and made his way to the bed and laid down, he looked up at the wooden celling and felt his chest tighten at the thought of Krystal leaving. He had fallen in love with her, and knowing she was going to leave was breaking his heart, he rolled onto his side and closed his teary eyes and tried to sleep.

A few hours passed and he was woken to a knock at the door, He opened his eyes and for a brief second forgot where he was, then it all came back. He sat up on the bed and rubbed the back of his neck.

'Knock, Knock, Knock' the door knocked again.

"Ugh…Come in." He said. The sliding door opened and Krystal walked in, it appeared she had taken a shower as her hair looked wet.

"Hi." She said and sat down next to him on the bed, "How's your head?" She asked, Josh smiled.

"It's good, nothing to worry about…How's the ship thingy going?" He asked, Krystal started to rub the back of her neck.

"It works…I wanted to let you know that it's finished and the call has been sent." She said, Josh noticed there was something bothering her, as she wouldn't look him in the eyes.

"What's wrong?" He asked, he reached his hand to grab hers. As soon as his fingers touched hers she pulled her hand away, it caused his heart to cringe and he pulled his hand back towards him. He could her Krystal taking a deep breath, and knew she was about to speak.

"You've been very kind to me Josh…You've been an amazing person and I'll never forget what you've done for me." Josh could feel the tears forming in his eyes, he didn't want to hear her good bye speech already.

"When I leave…I know it's going to break my heart, and I know it'll break yours, but we both know I can't stay on Earth…You are very…Special to me Josh, and I can't imagine not being able to see you every day."

"Krystal…I…" He started to say but she quickly turned around and placed her fingers on his lips.

"Please let me finish." She said, he nodded and she moved her fingers away. "Josh…I want you to come with me." She said, Josh felt his heart leap at her words. This wasn't her goodbye speech, it was her come with me speech.

"You mean so much to me, and I want to be with you…I want us to be together…" She was cut off as Josh forced her back onto the bed with his lips pressed against hers. The sudden burst of affection was a sweet surprise to her, as he kissed her it felt as if all her worries melted away, she gently moaned into his mouth and wrapped her arms around his neck, he kissed her as if it was his last. He pulled away and looked into her eyes, words couldn't describe how happy he was feeling.

"I'll go with you Krystal, and we'll travel space together…I don't know how good I'll be at mercenary work, so you might have to teach me a few things." Krystal smiled. He was willing to leave his world to be with her, she understood that was a big decision to have to make on the spot, but she was glad he was going with her. Having to leave him behind after all they've gone through would have killed her on the inside.

"I'm sure I can teach you a few things." She said and leaned up to kiss him again, Josh happily accepted the kiss with one of his own. After the kiss Josh rolled onto his side, Krystal nestled into his chest and closed her eyes. He wrapped his arms around her and then felt her soft tail wrap around his waist. He kissed her forehead and watched her sleep for some time, taking the time to admire how beautiful she was, and how lucky he was to have met her, the only sound to be heard in the room was the sound of her gentle breathing. It was very calming hearing her breath and to feel her warm breathe exhale against his chest, in this state it wasn't long until he fell asleep again.

Deep in space the rusty red Gorton ship entered the Great War ship. Ashtark exited from his ship and made his way out of the hanger and into an elevator. He arrived on the top floor and walked up to a large door, he pushed it open and walked into the black marble floor command room. Ashtark approach the large chair where the Gorton war king sat.

"What news do you have Ashtark?" The King asked.

"I was in the Lylat system and found this my king…Play back transmission." He called out, the area was filled with the sound of static, after a few seconds the static disappeared.

"I'm sending this transmission to all emergency radio waves, my name is Krystal. I have crash landed on the planet Earth in the Sol system and have no way off the primitive planet. I'm in need of an emergency rescue." The sound of static came back and then the transmission ended.

"That was the one who murdered Jaqar." Ashtark spoke, the chair turned around and the Gorton War King faced his nephew.

"Are you sure?" He asked. Ashtark nodded.

"I never forget a voice…That was the voice of the blue Vixen who killed my cousin, your son." He spoke and waited for a response. The room was quiet for some time until the King turned his chair back around to stare at the stars.

"Go fetch Jaqun…Take a few warriors with you and go kill this Vixen and bring me her skin…For I shall wear it as a belt." He said.

"As you wish my lord." Ashtark spoke and walked out of the room.

Ashtark and his cousin along with some warriors flew out of the hangers in their Star ships and went into slip space heading towards the coordinates of the distress call. Unbeknownst to them in the Lylat system a Mercenary Star cruiser had also heard the message and had left for Earth.