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Cara was a little startled with the sudden break in the silence. She turned to Nex, smiling. She would have hugged him, but she didn't want to jostle him or mess up his IV. "Nex! Are you okay? Are you in pain?" Worry was obvious on her face and in her tone. Seeing his tears, she gently wiped them off of his face with one of her hands, then planting a gentle kiss on his cheek. "I'm glad you're up.."
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Nex felt a great deal of gratitude, for being there at the moment and saving his life. He smiled with all he could, but could not talk, so he had to use his only good arm at this point, his other arm was currently in a cast, he had broken that as well. With his metal hand he reached to a small piece of paper, a small stub escaping the tip of his finger, he used it to write upon the paper. He smiled warmly as she kissed him on the cheek
It wrote like this: My pain is fine, the morphine really helps, but unfortunately i am only partially with it at the moment. I'm glad you are here... The last thing I thought of before I passed out was you... You were really there for me.... Thank you. I don't know what I would do without you. He handed her the paper soon after. |
Cara was a bit saddened that he did not respond right away... worried that he didn't talk. When he handed her the piece of paper, she read it over, smiling a little. "I have no where better to be.. I love you, Nex." She gently grabbed his good arm's hand, not wanting to jostle his broken arm or his IV. "Rest.. get better." She gave him a warm smile, gently rubbing the back of the hand she was holding.
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Nex smiled a bit at her, he was going to be okay he knew that, but it would take some time to heal. He wanted to respond with an I love you himself, but he could not talk, he was in too much pain to move any piece of his body. He only kept his eyes on hers, allowing her to take his good hand and caress it how he wanted.
"Alright.... Thanks...." A familiar voice caught the ear of Nex, he tilted his eyes toward the door. And a man that was clad in a tight uniform eyed him, "Well well well.... How the mighty have fallen?" was all he said as he walked into the room, looking at the woman shortly afterword, "And you are...?" Nex could not talk, or he would explain. |
Cara smiled a bit, holding Nex's hand. She kept her eyes on his until the man walked into the room. She turned to look at him, noticing that he wasn't from around here right away. "Uhh.. Cara." She was a bit confused, and looked to Nex for a moment. Seeing as he wasn't alarmed or anything, she turned back to him. "But I believe its common courtesy to give your name before asking someone else's."
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The man smiled playfully, "I believe I am not courteous then! You will find my name with Ol' Nexion finds the energy to talk!" Nex groaned a bit afterword, it was getting to feel like old times. The other man sat upon the ground and eyed Nex, "So.... He's looked better before, can't say he's not looked worse though... The man's experienced a lot, and the way you are holding his hand tells me that you already know this... But anyway.... About the space pirates, I have even worse news.... the IAP is here.... and so is Pyrus...."
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Cara smiled a little, a slight blush rising to her face as he mentioned her holding Nex's hand. Her face fell when the man told them the news... her face fell even more when she saw Nex's face... the fear being read all over it. She gently tightened her grip on his hand, her gaze going downwards. Nex couldn't fight in this condition... she doubted he could even move. She knew she couldn't fight either.. her open hand closed around the gun the had lying on the floor next to her chair. She had brought it with her after killing the beast with it.. it was her only means of protecting Nex at the moment, even if it wouldn't do much. Her thoughts returned to the fear on Nex's face... she knew he had bad memories with the IAP.. and whoever Pyrus was, he didn't sound too good either.
Cara bit her lip, hating the bad memories he had.. the ones she also had as well.. She wished it would just go away.. They could start somewhere else far away from space pirates and the IAP.. and whoever Pyrus was. She let out a small sigh, knowing that that was impossible. |
"Hey Hey Hey, don't let this turn into the last time! He has no idea where you are! He doesn't even know if you are here! All you have to do is stay hidden and kill every member of the IAP you see and you can avoid him altogether...." he looked at the woman shortly after, seeing the sadness in her face and the loss of hope, "God.... You people are depressing, you don't even know who Pyrus is and you look sad... Look, We have to get the last two parts, and in your condition Nex, you don't look like you are ready to go anywhere, at least for a few weeks. I suggest that you let me get the rest of your parts while you stay here and recover.... How does that sound?"
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The man in front of Cara made it sound easy, but she knew it wouldn't be. She couldn't fight.. Nex couldn't move... So how the hell were they supposed to kill an IAP member if they found them? Of course she didn't know who Pyrus is, but he couldn't be anyone good... no one she'd want to meet. She was a bit surprised when he offered to get the parts.. and didn't know exactly what to say when he was done talking. She pulled out the piece of paper, crossing off the parts her and Nex had already found. Cara looked at Nex, looking for any sign of objection, slowly handing the paper to the man. "The other two parts and their addresses.." she explained simply, motioning towards the paper. She wasn't sure how he knew how many parts were left.. or that they were even after ship parts. However, she wasn't in the mood to argue.
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the man spent a few moments looking through the remaining two, he frowned at both of them, "Wanted men by the IAP, you are lucky if your parts aren't already in their hands.... and with Pyrus here, you are lucky if your parts aren't already melted down to become the cannon shells of his ship.... Tell you what... this underdeveloped hospital will not help you too much.... I can promise you that if we can get him out of here that we will be able to do what would normally take months here in 20 minutes.... We just need to get him off of the planet."
Nex had a dull look in his eyes, he didn't want to leave his ship behind, but he seemed to have no choice in this matter. He just looked downward and allowed the two to talk, not even writing anything down. |
Cara froze for a moment... the man made a good point. She knew the ship meant a lot to Nex.. but they would be extremely lucky if e could get all the parts and live to tell the tale. Not only that.. but he was right about the hospital... Nex was in pain still... she could tell that much. His planet's technology would be better for him.. "And how are we going to do that?" Cara looked at Nex, sympathy in her expression. He was in pain.. the IAP was here... Pyrus, whoever he was, was here..his ship might as well be scrap metal.. the only reasonable solution seemed to be getting him off of the planet. Not that she intended to let him leave alone.. even if the men meant for her to stay, she would fight like hell to go with him.
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"Well...." the man pressed a button on his wrist, he wasn't a cyborg, but he had instant access to his ship. It came to the window, the curtains being blown out of the way. There was a platform leading from the edge of the window to the ship, and on the platform two droids escaped the darkness of the bowels of the ship. They had a stretcher, but it was see through and it looked straight. Nex followed the stretcher with his eyes as the droids came to the side of his bed. At this time the other man had closed the door, not wanting to gather attention.
The droids carried Nex on the stretcher into the ship, walking onto the platform shortly after and standing at the front of the door, she seemed intent on coming, and he smiled a bit shortly after, standing in her way so she could not walk forward. "You want to come as well? I don't know.... A small girl like you wouldn't last long before being astounded in a big world like this." |
Cara paid no attention to the man's words. She had heard him, but she just didn't care. She watched the droids carry Nex into his ship, and immediately stood. She walked up to the man standing in her way, the gun from earlier in her hand. "I'm going." She gently pushed him out of her way, muttering an "Excuse me.", following the droids with Nex.
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The man didn't move, even when she pushed him he still stood in the way. "And why should I do that? You are taking a big risk and I don't want to be responsible for anything that happens..." Nex stopped the droids soon afterwords, he groaned out what he could, "Let her on the ship!" The other man turned around and looked at Nex, "What!? I don't want to see her in danger! If we get caught they are just going to kill her!" He paused, looking down, "I know you mean well.... But she .... can handle herself.... Wolfe..... I don't want to leave this planet without her...." Wolfe, as he was referred to, rose an eyebrow, realizing exactly how the two were close, ".... I see.... I had no idea you were that close.... Fine then.... Stay out of the front room... Please.... respectfully, it is my personal room...." He walked into his own ship, allowing her to enter as she wanted.
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Cara frowned, looking up at the man. Like hell, she'd let herself be left here.. she'd rather cling to the outside of the ship, even if that did kill her... If Nex left, she'd rather rip up her own insides than stay living here... and that was saying something. She gave Nex and the man a small smile, nodding at his request. She had no intent on bugging the man who Nex had named "Wolfe".. she just wasn't going to let him make her stay here. She quickly entered the ship after the man, staying quiet.
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Nex smiled, relaxing on the thin stretcher while he could, but he was quickly moved into a station with a small bed, he stretched out a bit, medicine forced down his throat by the droids, it did not take long before he had the energy to talk again, but his arm was still within the cast. He only took breaths right now, his eyes closed as he rested, he was still exhausted.
Wolfe went to the front of the ship, sitting in the single seat in the cockpit he began fiddling with the controls. Within about 30 seconds of pressing buttons and knobs, the ship began to move upward, it pointed straight upward but did not effect the inside of the ship due to the artificial gravity, he smiled, beginning to break the atmosphere, they would be able to see space by now. |
Cara sat on the floor across the room from Nex, watching quietly as the droids took care of him. She smiled a little, seeing him relax. She decided to do the same, seeing the ship lift off from a window. She sighed, resting her head against a wall, and closing her eyes. She hadn't slept at all in a while... and she soon found herself drifting off to sleep.
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Nex turned to see Cara had entered the room, giving her a slight smile, but wanting to conserve his energy, so he said nothing. He simply rolled a bit, knowing the bed would be cold without her, he curled up as much as he could with his broken arm and got as much warmth as he could from the blankets.
Wolfe had a small toothpick hanging out of his mouth, he had just finish eating, picking his teeth and cleaning them like he always did after every meal. After all you had to work in order to look appealing to the ladies. Wolfe was a good looking man, he had short, black hair and a basic face that most humans had. He had no facial hair, he had an overcoat, but it didn't cover as much as Nex's clothing did, he had a dark, green shirt and black pants with matching boots. He was into darker clothing. |
Cara woke up, and looked around the room a bit. She yawned, standing up, and looking out the window. She thought the view from space was rather breath taking...not overwhelming to her, but she was amazed.. She looked at the stars... the other planets, she then frowned a bit. Cara knew they obviously wouldn't be returning to her planet any time soon... probably not at all. For a moment, she wished she'd at least said goodbye to Xander.. but Nex was her priority.. and the droids seemed to take better care of them than the doctors on her planet could.
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Nex did not sleep, again his cyborg parts did not allow him to sleep, he looked upward the entire night, getting as much warmth as he could from the surroundings. He turned, seeing that Cara had finally awakened, he outreached for her with his good arm, luckily on the side she was on, He finally spoke, something he hadn't done for a while."Cara..." he paused for a moment, "Can you come here for a moment... Can you hold me.... I missed you last night.... Or.... whatever time it is right now...." His voice was quiet, he needed comfort, he had a lot on his mind, and it was best if he could just empty it out
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Cara gave Nex a small smile, walking to his outstretched arm, holding his hand for a moment while she listened to him. "Of course." She smiled, sitting on the edge of his bed and leaning down towards him, her arms wrapping around Nex. She had missed him last night as well... not that she could tell the time, either. She'd been rather cold, and when she touched him, her body heated up a bit again. She smiled at him, gently rubbing his back, careful to avoid his broken ribs.
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Nex loved it when he was held, and he could not really do it as well as she did to him, but he tried his best as his single arm went around her. He felt her body heat against his, causing him to smile even more, he kissed her neck once, resting her head on her shoulder. "Thank you...." he whispered. He felt her hand rub his back as the two held each other, relaxing him greatly. "Cara... With all of these things happening.... I know for sure that I could not live without you.... I love you so much.... I couldn't live without you...."
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Cara smiled, feeling one of his arms wrap around her. She felt herself relax, even though it was only an arm holding her at the moment. She smiled, the heat from his body warming her up.. and his words made her smile widen. In this short time.. she'd fallen so ridiculously far for this man.. she'd rather die than live with out him. She gently rested her head on his shoulder, planting gently kisses along the side of Nex's face. "I love you to, Nex.. perhaps more than i should.. in this short a time. I would rather die than live without you." She spoke softly into his ear, but pulled back to look into his eyes after she was done.
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He had fallen all the way down with her, and he did not want to get out at all. "So would I.... I love you so much Cara... you can never love someone too much.... as I think..." He felt her lay kisses along his cheek, He smiled and held still as she kissed him, feeling her pull away, looking up into his eyes. After what seemed an eternal wait he pulled himself up closer and pressed his lips lovingly up to hers, if he was not in such bad condition it might have lead somewhere, but he was barely in the condition for it. He pulled away shortly after, not knowing how long the two had.
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Cara smiled, enjoying the closeness while it lasted. She returned the loving kiss for as long as it lasted, unwillingly pulling away. She knew Wolfe was also on the ship, and Nex probably didn't want him walking in on anything he could comment on.. He returned to just sitting on the edge of his bed, looking at him lovingly, and smiling. Nothing else in the world mattered to her at the moment.. and the way her heart fluttered while she was looking at Nex made that quite obvious to her.
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