New chapter after… 2 weeks… didn't realize how long it has been, I don't know how many people were expecting this chapter, so here it is.
Danny quickly made his way down, landing on the ground floor he made his way toward the door "Danny are you forgetting something?" Danny looked down at his shoes "Oh yeah" He pushed himself to the right placing his hand on the wall, opening the rectangular compartment like the one from before. He took a thick strip of metal with a glass circle at each end. He placed one on the bottom of his shoe and a blue strip of light wrapped around his foot. Danny did the same with the other and lightly kicked the air, the motion made him ascend "Make sure to remind that niece of yours not to be so impatient she almost flew off into space" Danny chuckled "She is Wally's daughter Anna" "Yes, but Daniel and Aidan are your children and they don't seem to act like that" "Well, I was never active like Wally, someone had to have some kind of control" "Just hurry out the meteor shower is almost here" "Alright Anna I'll be right back" Danny called back. As he flew out, Anna put the ship's shield up …sigh "Mira, Danny really needs you, you have no idea how hard he tries to hide his pain from everyone" Anna checked if Danny had a chance to hear her. She had a tendency to talk to herself when there was problem, she should really fix that.
Wendy and Aidan were flying around trying to out-maneuver each other. Wally, Daniel and Wallace silently judged the kids for their over competitiveness they seemed to share, they probably inherited that from their mothers. Eve and Mira were a few meters away watching their children have fun and enjoying themselves while they had their own conversation "I'm surprised you didn't invent these Mira" Eve said, referring to the force generators beneath her feet "Well Eve, my grand-father upgraded it to what we have, but the original idea was from a friend of his, it's actually pretty close to your gravity boots," Eve laughed "Is everyone back home as smart as you?" Mira smiled "No Eve they were both scientists, funny thing is these were made because this friend couldn't swim and thought why swim in water when you could walk on or in it," Eve suppressed a laugh "Well that's how all technology is created, to help us with a problem," Being in the vacuum of space Mira and Eve didn't notice Danny sneak up behind Mira and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Mira gave a little yelp before noticing it was her husband "Danny! How many times have I told you… wait what are…" Danny silenced her with a passionate kiss "It finally got through my thick head that I'm hurting everyone not just me… I see the kids are enjoying themselves," Eve turned to the children "You should go with them, I sure you could show them a thing or two," Danny smiled "Yeah I guess so, but you should come too the meteors are almost here and if its anything like last time it will be amazing," with a swift kick, he flew over to the other group. Mira felt a tug at the corner of her lips because she had a good idea why he finally came out, thank you Anna. Eve and Mira followed close behind "Mira, you never said this was a regular thing for you guys," Mira laughed "It isn't a regular thing, but we do come up here for every once in a while, but we don't exactly scan space to see events like these," Eve rubbed her chin in thought "Maybe I should bring Wallace here more often," "Well Eve it wouldn't hurt right?"
Both families floated together creating a large bubble of air just outside the atmosphere. Wallace scanned the dark frontier hoping to catch sight of the "falling rocks" his sister told him, were coming. After a few moments a white streak skimmed the edge of the field heading to the surface of the earth. Wallace managed to see it in time and turned to his mother "Mom did you see it? Did you see it?" Eve smiled "Yes honey I did, just wait," One after another the meteors passed around them until they were surrounded by white streaks of light she could only compare to the Axiom's Hyperspace Jump passing stars that where light-years apart. Wendy had seen a shooting star from Earth a few times on a clear night, but this was many times better because the 8 of them were the only ones there, making it feel like this sight was for them alone.
After what seemed like minutes, which were actually seconds, the streaks of white finally stopped leaving both families staring at the star covered space in front of them "That was cool!" exclaimed Wallace. Mira laughed looking at her nephew's expression "I'm guessing that was a first for you, right Wallace?" The child nodded his head with a big grin on his face "Can we do this again?" Wally ruffed his hair "Sure, why not" Danny slowly made his way toward the ship before turning to face the others "Should we head back then?" Daniel and Aidan instantly smiled "Flight time!" and they both shot back to the ship. Wendy shook her head "Finally I get to see what all the commotion is all about," They all made their way to the ship to head back when Wendy suddenly stopped. She placed a hand on her chest, feeling a sharp pain and finding it hard to breathe. Danny turned to see if everyone was inside when he saw Wendy in pain and clutching her chest, he made a mad dash to get to her hoping it wasn't what he thought it was "Wendy! Wendy what's wrong?" the girl didn't say anything as every breath felt strenuous enough let alone let out a coherent sentence. Wendy groaned as Danny took her in his arms as he shot off toward the ship.
Danny quickly made his way inside "Anna, you need to get us back to the Axiom now!" Anna noticed the fear in his voice and understood immediately when she saw Wendy. Anna turned on her intercom "Everyone we have an emergency, we have to return to the Axiom immediately," the ship looped up and shot back to the colony. Nobody even got a chance to buckle themselves in and held on to anything they could wondering what happened that made Anna react so fast. The ship shook as it raced back to the Axiom making it hard to speak without having to yell above all the noise Mira noticed Wendy and Danny never came back with them "Anna where are Danny and Wendy?" there was a pause "Danny says he will wait for you at the Axiom's medical bay," It finally dawned on her what was going on "How is she?" "She is having trouble breathing and her heart rate is starting to drop" damn we have to get back quickly. Eve started to panic when she realized Mira and Anna were talking about her daughter "Mira! What's happening?" Mira looked over at Wallace "I'll tell you once we land!" Daniel and Aidan shared a look both knowing what was happening to Wendy, just like when it happened to them.
As soon as the ship landed Mira grabbed Eve and jumped down the elevator shaft. Wally and the others slowly got up hoping the room would stop shaking. Daniel made his way toward his uncle "Uncle Wally we should hurry too," Wally rubbed his head "What is going on?" "…It's Wendy…Uncle Wendy's 13 right?" Wally nodded "When is her birthday?" "Not for another 5 months, why does…" He remembered what his brother told him, They will need one before they turn 14… "No…" Eve screamed as Mira used the force generators to stop their free fall as they got closer to the floor below them. Eve ran to the open door and saw a figure flying toward the Axiom "Eve the force generators can act like your gravity boots, now come on!" Mira took flight with Eve following close behind.
Captain McCrea sat in the bridge of the Axiom speaking to Captain Burke in Washington about how smooth things were going for them "...You were right about Mira being direct with you Captain, she reminds me of one of my crew members," Captain Burke laughed "I warned you didn't I?" A message interrupted the conversation; it was Moe a former member of the Axiom's sterilization crew "Captain McCrea alert medical immediately!" McCrea could see fear in Moe's eyes and alerted the medical bay before asking him what was happening "Moe what's wrong, what happened?" Moe tried his best to calm down "It's Wendy sir, she was barely breathing when I saw her" McCrea got up and turned to Captain Burke "I'm sorry Captain there is an emergency I must attend to," he cut the feed and hurried to down the elevator hoping Wendy will be alright.
After going through one of the Axiom's gates, Eve dragged Mira all the way to medical, living here all through her childhood she knew the ship like the back of her hand. Eve made one final turn and found Danny sitting in the waiting area, his face buried in his hands "Danny! Where is she?" he looked up at the distraught women in front of him "Eve! Mira! Finally, this way quick," Danny led them down a hallway into the surgical wing. Eve felt a tear roll down her face, "Don't worry Eve nothing is going to happen," Eve had not known Danny for long, but hearing his voice so confident helped reassure her, even if it was only a little. The 3 ran past the glass a set of glass sliding doors and found Wendy on a surgical table in immense pain; doctors were taking equipment out and preparing machines for whatever they could possibly need. Mira ran up to Wendy ordering everyone what to do. Not knowing the woman they turned to Eve about to ask what she was doing here; Eve gave everyone a stern look "Do as she says!" The team didn't need to be told twice.
Mira turned to Eve "Eve please step outside for a minute" Eve stood with an unreadable expression "W-why?" she couldn't believe it, her of all people stutter, but more importantly did Mira just tell her to leave her daughter when she needed her? Danny placed a hand on her shoulder, she pushed him back into the glass door, cracking where he made contact "Eve please, we can't stress Wendy anymore than she is now," Eve heard a groan from behind her "Eve, Wally told me how you don't like listening to anyone, but no is not the time to be stubborn, let Mira work and everything will be fine," Eve turned to Danny holding his side as he tried to grab her arm again. Eve didn't resist this time when Danny led her out of the room and watched as the doors closed in front of her.
Eve stared at the blurry figures moving every which way hoping that nothing bad would happen. Danny stood next to her leaning on the wall; he coughed and wiped a few drops of red liquid from his lip. Eve noticed a few drops of blood on the ground "I'm sorry Danny I didn't mean to throw you like that," she whispered. Danny turned and smiled "No worries I remember doing that to a few people too," "What knock people into a wall?" she said half-heartedly "I knocked them down, but same thing…" Eve leaned on the wall and pinched the bridge of her nose "…Eve, Mira knows how to deal with this, alright?" "I know Danny I just wish she didn't have to in the first place," Danny looked down "You have no idea what I'd give to make that true," Eve wiped a few tears from her cheek. The worker faced her and wrapped her in his arms "You have to be strong, Mira is the reason I got through this, I'm sure Wally needs you just the same," Eve was surprised at first by his sudden action because only Wally dared to hold like that. But this was a family member comforting another when they needed it most, which in this case she definitely needed.
She returned the hug, crying into his shoulder. Danny pushed her at an arms length when she finally settled down "Now…" he smiled "…what is taking that brother of mine so long?"
Family moments always cheer you up! R&R need some constructive criticism on this story. I need to know what you think.