BOO. … omg, you were so scared, I think it was funny…
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She was stalking around him like a predator. N kept his gaze ahead. He wasn't interested in her, he was interested in the information she had.
Chi was purring as she circled around him. This was a glorious moment for her and she was going to take advantage of it.
"Well?" N hissed, "Wasting my time will get you no where."
Chi chuckled darkly, "I'm savoring this. It's quite interesting that you would come to me in a situation such as this."
She wrapped her arms around his neck from behind in a hug, nuzzling, "I missed you very much, S.S."
N shifted a shoulder roughly, bouncing her off, "I was never S.S. My name is N."
Chi pursed her lips, feigning a bit of disappointment, and simply hovered away, "Well, how sad for you that you forgot our special connection."
"Nothing was special about it," N growled, growing frustrated, "You created a scenario in that sick little PAK of yours and my silence allowed it to grow and fester."
The clone rolled his now glowing orange eyes and huffed as he headed for the door, "This is pointless. Your very presence in my life as of now is a waste."
Chi's antennae flattened as she watched him.
N reached for the panel to let himself out, "I'm leaving-"
She growled and snagged his other hand, "You give up on me so easily? Since when did you ever leave something so important to chance? I have information crucial to your new enemy and you're deciding to ignore me!"
N wrenched his hand away, "You're stringing me along! You're useless!"
"Eri usé rouchi re iko eri zaer."
The clone's antennae flattened and he looked back at her, "What… what the heck was that?"
Chi smirked, "What Reep came to my cell door to tell me. Eri usé rouchi re iko eri zaer. Very old Irken."
N glared, his hands in tight fists that shook at his sides, "And you're telling me this for what reason? So I'll stay a little longer?"
She ignored the question, hovering around her cell in a clouded mind of bliss, "You tell me. You could easily leave with what I've told you, but it means nothing without context."
"Bull-crap!" N pointed at her, "Just spit it out!"
Chi smiled, "He said, 'I have found the one I seek'."
The clone scowled and crossed his arms, "Yeah, that's no real help, especially when it was something he said to you."
N went back to the panel, intent on opening it and leaving this time.
Chi smirked, "But that was not all he said."
N whined loudly and banged his head against the wall loudly, "… Then what ELSE did he say?"
She hovered to his side and pulled him away from the door, "Stay a while. I just might have to tell you then."
The clone's body stiffened at the contact and he growled, "Make my use of time on your obsession with me worth it. No one can stop me from choking you to death to satisfy my need for revenge if you waste it."
Chi smiled, taking his chin to inspect the face she knew once had a scar, "Tsk, tsk, you've never said such horrible things to me before, now have you?"
N pulled his face away, "I always thought them."
Chi sighed, still smiling, "It seems such a shame you are a clone. I should have known from your perfection at everything you did."
"You looked me in the eye," N hissed, "You may not remember, but you looked me in the eye when you shot me. I was sure you would have remembered me again had you taken the time to look."
She hugged him tightly, nuzzling, "But none of that has to matter now, does it? I can overlook the fact that you're a clone and we can still be happy."
N growled, trying to pull from her hold but failing, "Stop being such a sick dreamer and let me go. Then tell me what I need to know so I can leave to throw up."
Chi hugged tighter, "You'll never come back if I tell you."
"That's the point!" the clone whined, freeing an arm, "I never wanted to come back to this place, and you being here sure doesn't help!"
She smiled, settling her chin on top of N's head, "I will tell you, but only if you promise to stay with me."
"I-" N growled, his whole body shaking with anger, "Why should I?"
Chi giggled, "You have no choice. Accept my offer or remain in the dark forever."
The clone huffed, "Fine. Have it your way. I promise…"
The tall Irken purred loudly and nuzzled her prize, "How wonderful…"
N groaned as he felt lunch churning uncomfortably in his spooch, "Yes, great, now you were saying about Reep?"
"It goes back to something much more than just a man looking for power and a smeet who just happens to have it, my sweet," she cooed, "it is a story of nightmares and deep sadness."
N frowned, "You think it will scare me?"
"Oh yes," she said softly, "it scares even me…
When the Heart became the existence of everything, the beating life in all things alive and imbued with a source of life, there came the Void. A dark thing, cold and alone and with nothing that could be near it long enough to survive its grip. No living creature, planet, star or galaxy can live in its vicinity. The Void lacks an ability to appreciate emotion and warmth from anything that reaches out to it… except the Heart. And that was a grave mistake. The Void is the opposite and when Life tried to save Death, Death became jealous and possessive, wanting to keep Life for itself. The Void has always failed when it came to possessing the Heart, but with every reincarnation the Heart undergoes, the Void gets closer to its goal. Every time the Heart changes forms, the Void does so as well which is why the Heart chose to hide itself in such a way.
Chi hugged N softer, nuzzling…
"When the Heart was new, naïve and full of such hope, it found the Void. Death had hid itself in the dark reaches of the universe to watch from afar and take at its leisure, but had never been approached by the living or Life itself. The Heart tried to heal the suffering of the Void and this was Life's closest encounter with nonexistence. It is said that the Heart was allowed close enough to make the Void calm and even happy… until it tried to leave. The Void lashed out in anger and tried to show its love for the Heart by catching it and taking it into its own being. It almost succeeded until our gods and the gods of others were able to back the Void into the darkness long enough for the Heart to hide. It has not had an encounter that close…
… until now," she finished with a purr.
N's eyes were wide, staring at nothing as he allowed Chi to hold him, "… Reep…?"
Chi pursed and tsked again, "Such a shame isn't it? The Void has the Heart now. It's only a matter of time before Reep is destroyed and the Void…" she chuckled, "has what it seeks."
The clone shook his head roughly, "No. No, that can't happen! Wouldn't Reep know if-"
She smiled, "Oh, no, that's not how it works, my sweet. Reep awakened the Void when he entered the shrine with your brother. His expression of the little smeet's gifts shows that Void overtook his being and is residing there now," she giggled, "like a parasite, he's slowly being eaten away and soon his body will be destroyed along with the rest of him. Once that happens, everything can die as the Void intends, as long at it has the Heart it desires."
N shoved out of Chi's grasp, tears in his eyes, "I'm gonna stop it… I won't let it happen, I'm stopping it."
Chi reached out and stroked his cheek, "You can't. The Void has never been this close before and it won't take kindly to losing the smeet now. Besides," she leaned in for a kiss, "you promised…"
N tried to lean back, digging his claws into Chi's protective Tallest wrist guards, when the door opened loudly and spooked Chi back. Saint stormed in with a growl and ripped N out of Chi's tight grip. The clone stumbled behind the taller Irken as he grabbed Chi and shoved her back, hissing something to her antennae.
N quickly walked out of the room as she began to shriek, screaming and cursing loudly. Saint simply pushed her back and followed after N, the door slamming behind him.
Chi continued to wail and scream, banging on her locked cell door, "NO! NO, YOU CAN'T! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!"
N glanced back at her, but was forced to look forward when Saint started forcibly leading him away, "What did you SAY to her?"
Saint only growled, "That she had no right to touch you…" they came to the end of the hallway, past Ray's cell, "And that she will never see, or have you, again."
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R&R? I'm only asking, if it's too hard, then at least read again. ^^