CoCo

Chapter 12

As soon as Kriplespac started talking to CoCo again, she knew that her chances with him were still very slim, but achievable She would just have to be extra careful from now on. Staying on his good side would be crucial in winning his heart.

One night as she was patiently waiting for him to come to bed, she decided to look through the photographs in the desk. She had already seen these photographs millions of times, but she enjoyed seeing Kriplespac in that old uniform he used to wear. There is just something about a man wearing a uniform that makes him 10-times sexier. CoCo often dreamed of seeing Kriplespac in that uniform again.

Kriplespac finally finished his job done in the lab and entered through the door of the bedroom to get some rest. He found CoCo hovering over his old photographs. She hadn't even noticed his presence, she was so intrigued.

Slowly, Kriplespac crept up beside her and examined the photographs too.

"You sure do like zose pictures, don't you?" he remarked, breaking the silence. His sudden voice startled CoCo. She jumped and looked up at him, grinning.

"Yes, yes I do," she replied softly Picking one of the pictures up, she said, "You looks so handsome in this one." Kriplespac let out a soft giggle. Seeing that photograph made him feel nostalgic. It brought back lots of war memories.

"Zose vere ze days," he sighed. He put his hand on her shoulder. CoCo couldn't even imagine what those days were like.

She picked up another photograph. It was a picture of Heinrich the Xenomorph.

"What is this scary-looking thing?" CoCo asked, waving the picture in Kriplespac's face.

Kriplespac grabbed it and sighed. He had a quiet, nostalgic moment. "Zis is one of my best creations, dear CoCo," he said in almost a whisper.

"Oh," CoCo said, feeling as though she had offended him. "What happened to it?"

"It was destroyed by ze enemy," Kriplespac said. "I had used it in order to set me free." He sighed. "A long time ago, I vas forced to be ze loyal servant to ze Panther King. He always called upon me vhenever he needed a solution to some stupid problem of his. I got sick of his bullshit. I created this Xenomorph and put him into an egg. Ze egg vas very tiny and I slipped it into ze Panther King's glass of milk one day. And sure enough, my little alein baby grew inside ze Panther King until he vas big enough to leave. He popped right out of his chest, killing ze Panther King instantly. I vas finally free! But ze enemy vas zere vith me. Ve vere in a spaceship because I planned to start my conquest from the stars. But zat bastard opened ze airlock and pushed me out into space! My Tediz managed to rescue me, but sadly my Xenomorph did not make it. Ze enemy chopped his head off! All zat vork, gone to vaste!" Kriplespac stopped talking. He became very sentimental.

CoCo felt bad for him. She walked up beside him and held his hand. "I'm sorry to hear that. He must have been a wonderful creation since you created him."

"Damn right he vas!' Kriplespac agreed.

CoCo examined the photograph. "Did he have a name?"

"Ja..." Kriplespac responded. "Heinrich, zat vas his name."

"Heinrich," CoCo repeated. She liked the sound of it. "What a lovely name..."

"It sure is," Kriplespac said with pride.

Quietly, she put the photographs down and stood up. Her hands raised up to touch his cheeks. Staring in his eyes, she looked as though she wanted to say something. But she didn't. Instead, she turned away and put a record on the phonograph. It played a slow serenade-y song. She walked back over to him and held out her hand.

"Shall we?" she asked. Kriplespac was a tad surprised. Looking in her sparkling eyes, he knew what she meant.

"But I can't dance," he whined. "I don't have legs, remember?"

"No matter," she insisted, "We still just hold hands and sway around. C'mon, just give it a shot." Reluctantly, he gave her his hand. She picked him up out his hover chair and held him close to her body. CoCo swayed about the room, holding Kriplespac ever so close. It wasn't as bad as he thought. In fact, he was enjoying himself. He was rather shocked when she put him back in his hover chair. He didn't want her stop. But she turned and walked away from him. She stopped moving and then swung her hips back and forth. Throwing her hands up in the air, she sang along with the tune on the phonograph with a sweet breathy voice.

Kriplespac wasn't exactly sure what she was doing, but he was very impressed, so he didn't say anything CoCo strutted back over to Kriplsepac, still singing. She walked up behind him and massaged his shoulders. The soul in her voice increased with every stroke her hands made on his back. Kriplespac closed his eyes, he was really liking this.

CoCo stopped massaging him after a while and twirled about the room, totally lost in the music. It seemed to have complete control of her body, her dancing complemented the emotion of the song. Watching her dance made Kriplespac realize how beautiful she is. He never really noticed it until now. She danced her way closer to Kriplespac, moving her body in slightly more sexual ways. CoCo straddled the front of his hover chair, making Kriplespac a little nervous because he wasn't sure what she was going to do. Leaning her face in closer to his, she prepared herself to taste his lips for the first time. Kriplespac did not try to fight her. He had completely fallen under her seduction spell. There was no way he could resist her. For the very first time, Kriplespac and CoCo both felt a mutual feeling of love. Neither had experienced love before. Sharing this kiss formed a forbidden bond between these two. At the time, they were not aware that their love was dangerous.