The Outlaw Star Sue of the Day

Sues... for sale?

Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:58:19 GMT

Oooh boy, since when do guys auction off Sues for money? Those wouldn't sell well, not even on the black market >_>;

Title: Captured Spirit
Perpetrator: Diaz

Rating: Bondage and Suedom. My eyes need a good sporking right about now.

Sue Name: Siri
Species: Human
Hair: Dark Brown with silver streaks.
Eyes: Grey
Markings: None
Posessions: Metal chains. Mmmyep.

Orgin: Dunno. The story opens up to the girl being sold in an aution. Since when were girls sold in auctions anyway? On this Sue's imaginary planet, I guess it's possible.
Connections to Canon: Gene is so entranced by her eyes he buys the Sue for 15,000 wong.
Special Abilities: Is called the "Ice Princess". Since this story dies abruptly after one chapter, we never get to know what this means. (is that a good or a bad thing, exactly?)

Notes: Nothing much special here, just the typical beauty Sue being sold off to a crowd of men on a planet that speciallizes in trade of ~~sluts~~, er, Sues. She's rescued by Gene, who spends a lot of money on her. Greeeat going, Gene.

Lookie! The author even has a pet duck to help with the notes at the end of the chapter. Oh joy!

Sample:

Diaz: Hey there, everyone! Sorry if anyone is out of character! I haven't seen the show in a while, but I wanted to write a fic about OLS so bad! So here it is!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Outlaw Star characters... some of the places and characters are my own original ones! Thanks!

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Captured Spirit

Chapter 1: Freedom from the Chains

By Diaz

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Her cool, defiled skin crawled as the echoing of droplets splashed against the equally cool and dirty ground. She couldn't tell if the droplets were water or blood. Knowing the place she was in, it could have easily been either or both. Hollow footsteps outside her barred home drowned out the sound of the dripping.

A massive, grubby guard stood outside her cell. She shivered even more just knowing he was looking her over.

"Come on, gorgeous, it's time to meet your knight in shining armor."

She quickly backed away as the cell door opened. Wide gray eyes narrowed at his bulky form blocking her only escape route. Damn it, she muttered silently to herself.

"Now don't make this any harder than it has to be." He roughly grabbed out brushing past her well-endowed chest much more than unwillingly and shoved her into the dim, damp hall.

She stumbled as he just shoved her along silently praying for a savior from this hell.

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"Gene, do you even know where you're going?" Jim Hawking complained bitterly as he followed his partner through the crowded streets.

"Of course, I do! What kind of fool do you think I am?" Gene said laughing.

A big one, was the only thought that ran through the young boy's mind.

"Hey, Jim. What do you think is going on over there?" the older guy asked looking over at a semi-large stage surrounded by a group of people, all men if you took the time to notice.

"The planet Katona is known for it's illegal slave/concubine trade."

"Concubines..." his eyes followed the leggy beautiful women that were being brought out on the stage. He was never one to pass up a pretty lady.

"Gene! Watch it! You're drooling!" Jim whispered loudly as he elbowed the pilot of the Outlaw Star.

Gene ignored the kid as he mindlessly walked closer.

A young girl around the age of seventeen with waist-length dark brown hair streaked with silver. Her slender body was clad in a harem outfit of a pale blue. Silver bangle bracelets clinked against each other as she pushed forward by one of the men.

"Welcome, friends, to our weekly auction. We have some lovely ladies for you today!"

Catcalls, hoots, and whistles filled the air as the men moved closer looking over the merchandise.

"We'll start off with this pretty little thing," the auctioneer shouted out motioning towards a young woman about twenty with flaming red hair dressed in emerald green. Fear glistened in her tear filled eyes. "The bidding will begin at 500 wong!"

"600!"

"725!"

"790!"

"830!"

The shouts from unruly men came from the crowd as the bidding slowed around 990 wong.

"SOLD!" the auctioneer pronounced as he handed over the woman's chain to her new owner.

"This is terrible, Gene. Please, let's go." Jim stood tugging on Gene's arm.

He brushed him away spellbound by the beauty before him.

The other seven girls were brought out and sold at decent prices not reaching past 2000 wong. They were of lovely looks, but not much out of the ordinary. They were lead away mostly by men, who probably getting enough in bed from their wives... well those that had some...

"Next up and our final piece tonight is our fiery, ice princess."

The angelic girl Gene had his eyes on was brought forth. Her wrists were bound tight by chains, and two muscular men, who were helping run the auction, held her in place.

"The bid will start at 2500 wong for this rare beauty."

The crowd gasped and muttered its disapproval at such a high and almost outrageous price for that auction. They liked their women cheap and easy. Not much of a hassle. Yet there were some loaded ones in the group out for a little fun.

"3000!"

"3925!"

"4000!"

Her eyes searched the crowd looking for a kind soul. They found Gene Starwind. The bids swirled around her, but she looked at the outlaw lost in him.

"4750!"

"5000!"

Slowly the price climbed. Yes, it was high, but such a beauty was so rare on the auction stage.

The crowd gasped as the price reached 14,000 wong.

"Anyone else for the princess?" the auctioneer questioned the men. Anyone could see the dollar signs in his greedy eyes.

"15,000 wong!"

The crowd fell silent as they turned to see who bid.

Jim's jaw dropped. Without looking he knew there was only one idiot who would bid that much, and somehow that just made it worse.

Gene stood still eyes on the one the auctioneer had called "princess."

"SOLD!" the call rang out through the chilling night.

Hands slapped Gene's back as he was welcomed into the low society with approval from the members. Murmurs of disgust followed as others walked away.
"Gene! BAKA! What about the ship?!?! THE OUTLAW STAR!!! Have you forgotten about her?" Jim screeched into his ear.

"You made my day, kid. Thanks," the auctioneer grinned accepting the wong and handing over the girl.

She looked as startled as Gene did when he snapped out of his trance.

"Damn... what have I done?!?!"

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The trio walked down the dark streets.

She coughed drawing their attention to her. "Umm... guys? I hate to be a pain, but you really get these chains off?"

"Sure thing. By the way, my name is Jim Hawking. And my baka friend over there who sent the money we needed on repairs is Gene Starwind." He unlocked the chains with the key they got with their purchase.

"Thanks," she said with a smile as she rubbed her achy wrists slightly red and swollen from being bound. "My name is Siri."

"Hi, Siri. How did you get to be sold in an auction like that?"

Her gray eyes clouded over. "It's not a pretty story."

"If you don't want to tell us, it's all right."

"I'll tell you..."

"Why don't we get some rest first... Gene, what do you think?"

"Let's get back to the ship."

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Back on the Outlaw Star...

"It's so empty with everyone gone," Jim said. Aisha had split to join the ClanClans again finding the guys too dull for her tastes. Suzuka had taken on a couple of jobs and left. Who knew when they would be back, and basically the guys couldn't really care. "With no else around we don't keep up much with the work other than maintenance." He kicked at a couple of pizza boxes full of crusts and old moldy cheese. ((Nummy!))

"It's okay...," Siri said looking over at Gene, who was still in shock.

~ Why couldn't I have used all that wong on something more useful? Like a couple bottles of sake! Not on another mouth to feed... well she has a hot mouth... if only I could...~ ((Guess whose thoughts those are!))

Melfina looked up at their new guest. "Oh hello, I didn't know we were having company."

"Mel, this is Siri. Siri, this is Melfina."

"Pleased to meet you."

"Likewise."

"Jim? Is Gene okay?"

"Yea... he's just in a state of shock. Is dinner ready?"

"Yes, I've been working on a new stew."

"Great."

Siri smiled at the relationship Melfina and Jim seemed to share. She wondered if she would ever have friends like that.

"Gene. Food. Now." That middle word snapped Gene out of his trance as he headed to the kitchen in sleepwalking mode.

Siri followed the group to the kitchen and sat down.

Mel looked at the girl in her strange outfit. "How did you meet?"

"We met in the market you could say," Jim said in between bites of stew.

Gene remained wordless as he altered between stew and sake.

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Diaz: Sorry guys that was such a short chapter! But it is getting late!

Bob: Quack! *Translation: No kidding! *

Diaz: Shush, Bob! Well I promise to write more soon about Siri's past! Say bye, Bob!

Bob: Quack!

Diaz: *sighs* JA NE!

The late, late Sue show

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 06:35:10 GMT

Sorry about the late Sue-ness. Real life got in the way, as well as my job x_x;

Title: Assassin: Moon Shadow
Perpetrator: ShadowMoonSedia I sense a "moon shadow" echo here.

Rating: Arg. My first "I'm such a SEXY and BEAUTIFUL Sue". I wanna stab her already.

Sue Name: Hoshi Musuame
Species: Human
Hair: Silver
Eyes: Blue/Black. Maybe one eye is blue and the other is black? Who cares.
Markings: None.
Posessions: None.

Orgin: The firey pits of hell. Or at least, that's where she should be from. This sue is actually from some strange planet of "egotistic, exculsive group of people".
Connections to Canon: Is most likely going to jump in the sack with Gene.
Special Abilities: Enough beauty to strike Jim dumb on the spot.

Notes: I hate, and I say this with all the power my black heart can muster, girls that think beauty is the key to winning a man over. Blech. It's so shallow.

This story also have a few extra Sues and Stus, including a girl named Kitten that would have been the rescue object of the Sue, had the story not been updated.

The last author's note is gold- No flames! I'm a pyro. I'll make my own fire, thanx. Maybe we should report this girl to xmensues for Pyro abuse.

Sample:

Character: Hoshi Musuame

Age: 17

Height: 5' 7''

Physical description: Blue/ black eyes, silver hair, black short skirt(usually. Or jeans), knee high black boots decorated with silver threads, torn black tank top. Wrist computer and melted bracelet on her wrist.

Weapons: Dagger on right arm, sword in left boot, gun

Character Description: Orphaned by pirates, then raped and left for dead far from any civilization, Hoshi now wants the Outlaw Star to get revenge. She brings new meaning to ?appearances can be deceiving?.

Mini Glossary!: Darrin: An exclusive group of persons, believing themselves to be of higher origin then the rest of the galaxy. They are six bases in space belonging to them and their kind. Darrin 6 was a base outside of Andromedae that was attacked by pirates and mercenaries. There were six survivors out of fourteen million.

Chapter One- To Honor or Not to Honor

Gene Starwind and his friend and crewmate Jim were busy working on their space grappler ship, the Outlaw Star, when someone cleared their throat. Jim stood first and turned to face was appeared to be a silver haired shadow. He blinked and the girl stepped forward.

"Excuse me," she said politely with a voice like a Siren. "Are you Gene Starwind?" "M-me?" Jim could only gape. She was possibly the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Silver hair cascaded from a high ponytail to her slender shoulders and glittered like her dark eyes. Finally, after several nervous looks from the woman, the boy managed to kick his companion in the leg. Hard. "G- Gene?"

"Whadda ya? want?" snapped Gene, standing and wiping grease from his hands. He glared at the blonde haired boy, then turned and saw the girl. A smile crossed his face. "I?m Gene Starwind. What can I do for you?" She bowed deeply.

"My name is Hoshi Musuame," she told him. "I need work and was told by a young woman you were in need of crew." Gene nodded, then paused and scratched his head.

"I am, but who in the world could?ve known that?"

"Hi guys!" Melfina came up behind Hoshi, carrying a bag of groceries in one hand and a smaller shopping bag in the other. She stopped to look at Jim. "Is he okay?" Gene shrugged.

"He?s just entranced by this young lady here," he explained, motioning to Hoshi. Melfina smiled warmly at the other girl.

"I?m sorry, Hoshi. If I had known you were going to beat me here, I would have warned them. I hope it hasn?t caused you any trouble?" Hoshi flashed a smile that was all natural man killer, but obviously wasn?t meant to be. Still, Jim gave a contented sigh, which gained looks from all three people. "Are you sure he?s well, Gene?" Gene passed his hand in front of the boy?s face and sighed.

"Lovesick." Hoshi raised an eyebrow.

"Over me?" she asked. Gene grinned.

"You bet," he answered

"But why?" She blinked in confusion. ?I don?t get it.?

"Mel, why don?t you take him inside and see if he can?t do anything productive," said Gene. "Hoshi, do you fight?" She shrugged as Melfina gently guided the boy into the ship.

"If you mean honorably, depends on your definition of honor and who I?m fighting," she replied. He thought a second, then nodded, as if answering his own question.

"Who do you fight honorably?" he tried.

"Everyone except pirates." Her eyes darkened slightly, if that was possible, and almost sparked with the fire behind them. "If my opponent doesn?t fight fair, neither do I. No sense in getting killed over my honor."

"You have a interesting outlook," commented a voice. Hoshi?s hand tightened and her whole body went rigid. Twilight Suzuka came from the door of the hanger calmly, a slight smile on her face. "Your name is Hoshi," she said, though whether it was a comment or a question, Gene couldn?t tell. Suzuka looked the girl over openly, something she never did, which really confused the red-haired outlaw. "You come from Darrin 6." Hoshi started out of her state and nodded her head slowly.

"I do," she muttered.

"But how do you know that?" asked Gene, turning to the assassin.

"Her wrist band," stated Suzuka. The silver haired girl lifted her wrist, displaying a small computer as well as a cuff of twisted, partially melted metal.

"Wait a minute," said Gene. ?She?s one of the survivors of Darrin 6 attack? No wonder you hate pirates.?

"I have more reasons then that," she murmured softly, lowering her arm. She swallowed and looked at Gene, but he just grinned.

"You have a job," he informed her. Her eyes grew wide.

"You mean it?" she questioned. He nodded with a shrug.

"Just because you come from a troubled past doesn?t mean you can?t be useful. Welcome to the crew of the Outlaw Star." Another guy-melting smile burst out onto her face and she clapped her hands together excitedly.

"Thank you!" she exclaimed. "When are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow morning, so you had better get whatever stuff you need. We have food and supplies, but you?ll need your own weapons-"

"I have weapons," she broke in with a small laugh. "I?m fine with that. What does the job pay?"

"Right now." He hesitated, then decided to just break it to her honestly. "Nothing. We?re a little strapped for cash. But we?re working on it, don?t worry." She just shook her head.

"No problem. I wasn?t looking for the money anyway." He raised an eyebrow.

"So what were you looking for?"

"A way to get off this god damned space station," she said, turning to leave. "See ya? tomorrow!"

Chapter 2

"I?m not waiting all day for her," said Gene. "She should?ve been here on time." Mel gave him a look which he so rarely ever received, something between ?don?t-be-an-idiot? and ?can?t-you-ever-be-patient?.

"You?re being stubborn," she chided him. "Just give her a little time. We?re not even scheduled to take off until noon and it?s only ten!"

"Yeah, give the girl some slack, Gene," said Jim. "She probably got lost of somethin?."

"Don?t you start," warned Gene. "You?re hormones are on overdrive buddy. Trust me, Hoshi doesn?t seem like the person to want to date a fifteen year old." Jim growled and opened his mouth to say something when Hoshi burst into the docking area. She still wore the same tank top, only now she wore jeans and a white unbuttoned shirt. A duffel bag was slung carelessly over her shoulder, a sword and a long staff crisscrossing her back. "There you are. Where ya? been?"

"Took me a while to remember the dock number," she said, grinning playfully. "But here I am, ready for duty."

"You are." Gene gave her a look and she shot him the smile. He sighed. "Mel can show you where your quarters are. You?ll be bunking with her."

"No prob." Hoshi followed Mel inside the ship and sighed in relief the instant the doors closed. "Thank god," she said. "I almost thought he was going to kill me or something." Mel grinned.

"He wouldn?t... Gene?s a really nice guy."

"I noticed. That?s a good thing." They shared a look, and laughed.

"You may leave your things here and I?ll show you around the ship," said Mel when they entered a small room. Hoshi nodded and dropped her bag, then the staff. She grinned at Melfina and brushed her braid over her shoulder..

"All set and ready to go."

The same old story.

Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:24:42 GMT

Remember Alana from a few days ago? Guess who's back? *gags* Same girl, same sleeze. And she dies again. What's WITH that?

Anyway, here's today's Sue.

Title: Shinkuu
Perpetrator: Aika Himemiya

Rating: Geeze, it's like the Sue reset the Outlaw Star world and the Sue is they key to the Galactic Leyline. *yawn*

Sue Name: Kyuusaishatowa, aka Eternity aka Magenta. Sheesh!
Species: Bio Android
Hair: Jet Black
Eyes: Eyes that looked like chips of ice. So... they're white? Or blue? Depends on what kind of ice you're looking at o_O;
Markings: None.
Posessions: None.

Orgin: No where. She's just magicly there infront of the XGP when Gene and Jim go back to the ship.
Connections to Canon: She knows Hilda from somewhere and has a lot of knowledge of the XGP.
Special Abilities: She can speak some unknown language.

Notes: For goodness sake, it's Ctarl-Ctarl, not just Ctarl! That's just a really big pet-peeve I've got.

What the hell is a Blaster?! The Author's Note says to excuse her "Dubbie lang", but I can't for the life of me remember the Dub ever calling Gene's Caster a "Blaster". Maybe I'm just not paying attention?

Oh, and it's another "bitch gone sweet when Gene takes her in Sue". Is that some kind of trend now and days?

Sample:

Title: Shinkuu (Empty)

Author: Jessica Lee and Mike

Part: 1/?

Fandom: Outlaw Star

Pairings: Um.. Gene x Eternity, maybe some others though probably not.

Warnings: Profanity, themes that may be unsuitable for young Children

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Outlaw Star but I do own Eternity and everything that has to do with Moonatania.

Prolog:

My name is Kyuusaishatowa, but you may call me Eternity. I was never truly born therefore I will never truly die. For I am not human. I am a Bio Android. An entity of electronics, A mass of wires and cells and programs. People and scientists say that I am very human like but I am not. I'm more like a Corpse, a shell without a soul. I know why I exist, but then again, I'm not even sure that I do exist. Can something live and have a personality and other such things but not have a soul? I try to keep these questions hidden deep in the recesses of my mind but every so often, when I look up at the sky at twilight, and see the first stars emerge from the pink and purple swirls these questions arise. And I just feel so.. Shinkuu.

Part 1: Encounter with Destiny

"Gene, we're entering Heiphon space," Melfina said over the comm. system from the Navigation System Tube.

"Great, contact ground control and get landing clearance," Gene replied. "Man, is it great to be back at Heiphon."

"Yea, we can set up Starwind & Hawking Enterprises when we get there," Jim piped in.

"Aww, do we have to?" Gene complained

"Of course we do! How are we going to pay for the matiece of the ship, your huge dinner bills and your night splurges! Not to mention our huge debt!" Jim yelled at Gene.

"That's our Jim always thinking ahead." Melfina said with a smile. "Gene, we've got landing clearance."

"Okay Mel, take us on in." Gene replied

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Gene and the gang, including Aisha and Suzuka, walk down the street toward the old apartment where they had stayed. They opened the door and were bombarded with a giant draft of dust.

"Damn, I didn't think we were gone that long!" Gene exclaimed in surprise.

"No matter, we'll just have to clean it up." Suzuka replied smoothly.

"Okay," Gene said enthusiastically, "Lets get to work!"

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Within a few weeks the apartment was looking just as it used to and Starwind and Hawking Enterprises was running smoothly. Life was predictable and filled with hours of boredom.

Aisha gave a very cat like yawn and said, "Man, everything is so boring! What's a Ctarl supposed to do for fun!?"

"I hear ya Aisha. I miss when life was exciting and unpredictable." Gene replied.

Jim walks into the room. "Gene, I need to run to the ship, wanna come?" Jim asked.

"What the hell, nuthin better to do around here." Gene answered.

"Okay, then lets get going." Jim said.

And with that Jim and Gene left for the Spaceport.

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When they approached the ship they saw a small girl standing in front of it, surveying it and making little comments in another language.

"Can I help you?" Jim asked and the girl turned around to face him. Jim's breath caught in his throat. She had to be between the ages of 8 and 11; she was a little shouter than Jim and had thigh length jet-black hair with eyes that looked like chips of ice. She was wearing a schoolgirl uniform that was for her age.

"Actually, you can," She replied with a sweet childlike voice, "Can you direct me to the Captain of this ship?" She jerked her thumb behind her tword the Outlaw Star.

"That would be me," Gene replied as he stepped forward.

She looked at him quizzically. "You?" She turned around and looked at the ship again. "There must be some kind of mistake, you can't be the Captain of that ship."

"I am the Captain of that ship, you must've made the mistake." Gene replied annoyed.

"Listen here tall, dark and stupid, I know I didn't make a mistake because there's only one XGP in the universe and that is it, just with a new paint job." She replied with annoyance.

"Wha'd you just call me you-hold up, wha'd you say about the XGP?" Gene replied, angry now.

The girl sighed, "I know you're not the captain cause the real captain is Hot Ice Hilda." The girl replied with annoyance.

Gene pulled out his blaster (1) and pointed it at the girl. "What do you know about Hilda?" Gene demanded harshly

"Gene! Hold on!" Jim shouted at Gene, " If she knows something about Hilda then it wouldn't be wise to kill her, and besides," he stole a glance at her, " we don't want someone's blood on our hands!"

"I'll tell you what I know when you tell me how you got a hold of that ship." The Girl said.

"You're pushing your luck girl." Gene growled as he cocked his blaster.

"Gene don't be irrational!" Jim yelled. "She obviously knows about the XGP and could help us. She knows about Hilda too. It wouldn't pay to kill her!"

"Do you know Hilda too?" The Girl asked curious. She then put her hands together as though about to pray and bowed in front of Gene. "Please accept my humble apologizes, I did not know that you were aquantiance of Hilda also."

Gene had an expression of egoism for a moment then he put his blaster away.

"My name's Magenta." The girl said. "What's yours?"

"Gene Starwind and this is-"

"James Hawking." Jim interrupted with a shy grin.

Magenta smiled and said, "Hello James, and you too Gene."

"Just call me Jim." Jim said with another shy grin.

"All right Gene and Jim. Are you staying anywhere around here?" She asked politely.

"Just a few blocks from here actually." Gene responded. "You got a place to stay?"

"Actually no. I just arrived here and I'm kinda broke." Magenta replied slightly embarrassed.

"You can stay with us!" Jim exclaimed.

"Really? Can I?" She looked at Gene pleadingly; figuring it probably depended on him.

"Sure, why not." Gene replied. "And on the way why don't we exchange our stories."

"Fine with me." Magenta said with a smile. "Shall we go then?"

"Okay lets go." Gene said with a smirk.

We've got a Jim/Sue paring!

Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:43:00 GMT

I've been looking for one of these o_o And this one seems to be most amusing, considering that Jim would probably marry the pink Gilliam before he gets a "lover".

Also, just to say that I've asked- does anyone know if there are ANY Fred Lou/Sue fics around? XD That'd just make my day if there was one like that in exhistance.

Title: Elara
Perpetrator: Fire Eyes This amuses me so.

Rating: At least the characters are IC, so besides the Sue, there isn't that much to pick at.

Sue Name: Elara
Species: Human
Hair: Not described.
Eyes: Not described.
Markings: None
Posessions: She's the heir to some big company or something.

Orgin: Yet another girl without a scrap of a past. Gene and co find her tied to a chair, about to get poisoned.
Connections to Canon: Is Jim's twu wuv. *gags*
Special Abilites: She's a "Gaurdian", who's soul purpose is to protect the people she loves. Being a "Gaurdian" makes her run fast and able to jump over three full-grown men. How nice.

Notes: This fic wasn't so bad, at first. But then I got into reading it, this person really needs to describe what her Sue looks like.

The characters seem to be okay, with the disclusion of Jim. He gets those nice, lovely, butterfly feelings in his stomach at the end of the first chapter, forshadowing the evil to come. Yeesh. From what I saw in Outlaw Star, Jim is NOT a woman's person. He's too freaking shy!

And this is yet another Sue that's had their whole family, with the addition of their close brother, killed off. Well, at least this Sue doesn't have "brotherly-love-incest" as yesterday's x_x;

Sample:

?Gene, you should have known better than to rack up a lunch tab like that! We?re in debt enough as it is!? fifteen-year-old Jim Hawking berated his older partner as they walked home from the restaurant.

Twenty-four-year-old Gene Starwind snorted and crossed his arms over his chest. ?So what?? He stopped walking and bent over conspiratorially, continuing, ?Eventually I?ll make it big and pay everything off. You?ll see, Mister Doubtful.? He threw his head back, laughed, and resumed walking.

?Mister Realistic is more like it. How many times have you said that you?ll make it big in the last few months? You still haven?t, you know.?

?Hey, I said I?ll make it big and someday I will.?

Jim sighed. ?Sometimes there is just no getting through that thick skull of yours.?

Melfina chuckled.

?Oh, so you think I?m funny too? Humph. I?ll make it big and I?ll keep the goods from both of you, so there.?

?You know you won?t,? the twenty-three-year-old dark-haired woman smiled, shaking her head.

Gene?s face softened. ?Of course. I?d never keep anything from you, Mel,? he said, looking at her with love in his eyes.

She blushed. He took her hand, and they began walking once again. Suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks.

?What is it, Mel?? Gene asked.

?I heard something?I think someone needs help.?

?Where?? Jim put in.

?Not too far ahead?I think it?s in one of those alleys on this side of the street.?

The three sprinted down the boulevard a few hundred feet, but were stopped short when they heard an agonized cry for help echo out of the alleyway not too far in front of them. It was stifled, then silenced a second later.

?Come on!? Gene motioned them forward, drawing his caster pistol. They rushed into the alley to see two men in trench coats standing over a young girl tied to a chair and gagged. One of the men held a full syringe in his hand. The other grasped a pistol, but was holding it backwards, having used the butt of the gun to knock the girl out after her cry for help.

?Hold it right there, you two,? Gene said, his expression grim as he pulled out his standard pistol from its holster on his right hip and pointed it at the second?s head. A shot sounded. Glass shattered as a well-placed bullet broke the syringe into a million pieces, spraying the contents everywhere. Jim relaxed his shooting arm and recocked his own pistol.

The man who now held a broken syringe dropped the remains and held his hands up, weaponless. His partner dropped his own gun and did the same.

?We surrender,? the first said.

?Good idea,? Gene answered.

?Not!? the second leered as they both pounced on Gene and Jim as they bolted out of the alley.

Both of them were knocked to the ground by the force of the two men as they made their escape. Before they could react the two were on the street and out of sight. Jim got up first, rubbing the back of his head.

Melfina dashed to the girl?s side and began untying the ropes that bound her to the chair. The girl?s eyes fluttered as Melfina untied the last knot.

?I?ve?been?poisoned,? she said weakly. Her head fell forward as she lapsed back into unconsciousness. Jim rushed forward and caught her as she fell from the chair.

?What did she say?? Gene asked after standing up.

?She said that she?s been poisoned.?

?We better get her to a hospital, then!?

?We can?t, Gene?we don?t have enough money for it, and who knows if she does,? Jim said, indicating the girl in his arms with a motion of his head.

?Let?s take her back to the ship, then. I can take care of her?I healed you, remember?? Melfina reminded Gene.

?Good point, Mel. Let?s hurry, then.?

?Wait.? Melfina knelt down and picked up a few pieces of paper.

?What?s that?? Gene asked.

?The two men dropped these as they escaped.?

Gene took the papers and examined them for a moment. His eyes widened. ?Whoa?these are their identification papers.?

?No way,? Jim said incredulously.

?Yes, way. Now we can try to locate those goons after the girl gets better.?

?Speaking of, we better get to the Outlaw Star fast. Who knows what kind of poison they put in her!?

They dashed out of the alley after Gene scooped the girl up in his arms, since he was taller and stronger than his younger partner. The three ran as quickly as they could to their ship at its spacepad at the local spaceport. Once they were inside, Melfina took the girl and went to a different part of the ship. Gene and Jim waited in the cockpit, trying to work in the meantime.

Half an hour later Melfina entered the cockpit. Both guys stood up from where they were working. ?Well?? Jim asked.

?She?s now sleeping in Aisha?s old cabin. I think I got most of the poison out of her, and now am letting her immune system purify her the rest of the way.?

?Did you find out anything about her?? Gene asked. For Mel to heal her, she would have to open her mind, otherwise the process would not work right. I think.

She shook her head. ?She has some kind of wall in place around her mind, so I didn?t get anything concrete. But I did catch some feelings from her. She seems to have once had many dreams for herself and someone else, but something happened to make those dreams impossible. Also, a feeling of loneliness seemed to be present everywhere in the open parts of her mind. ?What really struck me, though, was the scarring from whatever just happened to her?it seems that she?s now extremely wary, high-strung, and almost?scared.?

?I wonder what it was? Did you find out how old she was?? Jim asked.

?Yes. She?s about a year older than you are.?

?Dreams?I wonder what happened to squash them?? Gene wondered aloud.

?I do too,? Melfina agreed.

Four hours later Gilliam, the ship?s computer, notified the threesome that the girl had woken up. Melfina walked over to the sleeping quarters of the ship and tentatively knocked on the girl?s door. ?Who is it?? her voice came muffled through the metal wall.

?It?s Melfina,? she replied.

There was a short pause. ?Come in, then.?

The door slid open when Melfina touched the control panel, and she walked inside, shutting the door after her. ?How are you feeling?? she asked.

?Better, thank you.? The girl scrutinized Melfina for a moment, then asked, ?I hope you don?t mind my prying, and you don?t have to answer this question if you don?t want to, but?are you an android??

She nodded.

?I thought so. Thank you for answering. I have the feeling that you have a lot of questions to ask me, so go ahead.?

?Well, I was wondering what your name was, at least.?

?Elara.?

?Elara???

?I?d rather not say my last name. I?I hope you?re not offended, but I don?t really know you all that well, you know, and I don?t know if you would exploit me or not.?

?I understand?I think.?

?Thank you. If you don?t mind my asking, who are the others with you??

?Gene Starwind is the older one, the redhead, and Jim Hawking is only a year younger than you are.?

?You were able to gather my age??

?That was one thing that you let leak through, I must admit.?

?I better work on that, then, although I don?t think it is anything crucial.?

?Maybe that was why it got through.?

?Good point.?

?Might I ask what happened??

Elara took a deep breath and looked away from Melfina. ?May I leave out a few details in order to not reveal my identity??

?You don?t even have to tell me, if you don?t want to, Elara.? Melfina looked at the girl, her expression open and guileless.

Elara ? somewhat impulsively ? decided that Melfina was one she could trust implicitly. ?I?ll tell you. I feel?I feel that you?re safe. Besides, I?I don?t really have anyone to talk to, and this is one thing I don?t want to carry on my own.? She took a deep breath, then blurted out in little more than a whisper, ?I?I was raped.?

Melfina gasped.

?Yeah, I know. Awful, isn?t it??

?That would explain?your feelings??

?You were able to read those, weren?t you.? It was a statement, not a question.

She nodded.

?So, yeah. They both did.?

?Both of them??

Elara nodded, her face set impassively in stone.

Melfina sat down on the corner of the bed and took the girl?s hand. ?I am so sorry, Elara.?

The gesture of kindness broke down the last of Elara?s defenses, and she fell against the young woman?s shoulder and sobbed. Melfina stroked her head, silently allowing her to cry. A few minutes later the tears subsided. ?I?m sorry,? Elara said as she wiped away the last tear and sniffled.

?Don?t apologize. You needed that.?

?Yeah, I guess I did. Thanks.?

?Don?t mention it.?

?You know, Melfina?I?ve never felt this secure around anyone except for my brother.?

?You have a brother??

?Had.?

?Oh?? she said as a hand went to her mouth.

?Yeah. He was killed when our ship was attacked by space pirates eight months ago.?

?You were on it too??

Elara nodded. ?He forced me to get into an escape pod and leave him there. It was the hardest thing I?ve ever done.?

Right then the door slid open. ?Now, who exactly are you?? Gene demanded, his hands on his hips and a frown on his face.

Elara?s eyes widened. She looked down, and without glancing up said, ?Do whatever you want to me?I don?t care. Nothing matters anymore, anyway.?

Gene looked confused. ?Huh??

Melfina?s eyes narrowed. She stood up, ushered Gene out of the room and shut the door behind her. ?What did you think you were doing?? she demanded of him. The steely expression appeared so alien on her usually soft face.

Gene looked at her, surprised and bewildered. ?What do you mean??

?Don?t you understand that she just went through a very traumatic time in her life? Your bursting into the room probably startled her out of her wits, and the fact that you?re a man?? she trailed off, not wanting to reveal what had happened to Elara. If they?re to know, Elara should tell them herself.

?What does that have to do with anything?? he exclaimed.

Melfina looked down at the floor. Gene tilted her chin up with his right hand and looked into her eyes. ?What happened??

?Well?I think she should be the one to tell you, but, since you asked?well, those two men that tried to poison her?well, they raped her.?

Gene?s eyes opened wide as he gasped. ?Why those sick assholes?they did that, to her? Both of them??

She nodded. ?I?m afraid so.?

His eyes retained their shocked expression. ?I really shouldn?t have burst in there like that, right??

?Yeah.?

?I?ll go in and apologize, then.?

?Wait, Gene,? she said, restraining him with a hand on his shoulder. ?Let her recuperate first. We can go in later, ok??

?All right.? The two of them walked off, changing the subject to the Outlaw Star?s repairs.

Two hours later Jim asked Gilliam if Elara was awake.

?No, she?s not,? the computer replied. ?Why do you ask??

?Well, Gilliam, we just had dinner, and I thought that she would like one of us to bring some up for her. But, since she?s asleep, I?ll just drop off a tray in her room. Do you think it will wake her up??

?She?s sleeping soundly, so, if you?re quiet, I doubt it.?

?Thanks.? Jim walked into the ship?s galley, where Melfina was cleaning up. ?Where?s Gene??

?He?s touching up some repairs on the left arm. I think he?ll be done shortly.?

?Good.? He walked over to where the leftovers sat in dishes and scooped some rice and meat up onto a plate.

?What are you doing, Jim??

?I thought that I would put some food in Elara?s room, so that when she wakes up it?ll be there ready for her.?

?Good idea.?

?Mel, are we going to go back to the shop tonight, or are we going to stay on the ship??

She gasped. ?I don?t know?I didn?t think about that.?

?I mean?we can?t exactly move her, can we??

?No. I?ll stay here tonight, then. You and Gene can go back to the shop to sleep.?

?What? Leave you here all alone??

?What?s this about leaving someone here all alone?? Gene asked as he walked into the galley.

?Jim and I were talking about where we?re going to stay tonight: here or back at the shop. We can?t move Elara, you know.?

?I never thought of that. We?ll stay here, of course. We?ll all just take our usual rooms. No big deal.?

?That?s nice of you, Gene. How are the repairs coming?? Jim asked.

?The left arm looks good. I?m going to go to the cockpit to test it. Mel, do you want to help me??

?Sure.? The two walked off deep in discussion. Jim picked up the loaded tray and walked toward Elara?s room. He tried to slide the door open as quietly as he possibly could, then tiptoed over to the side of her bed as the door slowly slid shut. She was lying on her side, facing away from him. Jim set the tray down on the nightstand and began to tiptoe back out when he heard a sniffle. He glanced back at the girl?s sleeping form to see her sides shaking slightly. Concerned, he moved over toward her, and ever so slowly reached out to pat her on the shoulder in a comforting way. As soon as he made contact, she flinched violently away from his touch.

He backed away a few paces.

?I?m sorry,? she said. ?I didn?t mean to.? Elara rolled over and sat up to face the young man. He saw her shed tears shining on her cheeks in the faint light from the hallway. He also noted that she kept the sheets held tightly around her, as if to protect herself.

Jim took a deep breath. ?What?s wrong??

She glanced away from him. Can I trust him? Now that my entire family is dead and gone, there is no one I can turn to. It would be nice to have an actual friend after all of this time? Gah, what am I thinking? But he looks so? so? gentle?

?You don?t have to answer me if you don?t want to,? he said, moving toward the door.

?No?wait,? she said. He stopped moving and glanced back at her. ?I?ll tell you. Just don?t be so defensive, okay??

?Okay,? he replied with a slightly sheepish look.

?It?s a long story. Do you have to do anything anytime soon??

?No.?

?Will you promise me something? Promise me that you won?t exploit me or anything after I tell you who I am.?

?Why would I do that??

?You?ll know when I tell you my full name. It?s?Elara Alcyone.?

Jim?s eyes opened wide in shock as he gasped. ?You?re Elara Alcyone? The president of Alcyone Enterprises??

?One and the same.?

?Wow?so, how did you end up getting poisoned by those two damn goons if you?re so powerful??

?Like I said, it?s a long story. About a week ago I was en route to this planet for a board meeting with my company?s local branch when pirates attacked my ship. I?m glad I took my personal ship, because it?s a grappler ship.?

?So is the Outlaw Star,? Jim interrupted.

Elara glanced around the cabin. ?Are we on the ship right now??

?Yeah. Go on.? He sat down on the corner of the bed and waited for her to begin.

?Oh, sorry. Anyway, I was able to get away and land safely, but my ship was damaged enough that repairs would take about three and a half to four weeks. I went to my board meeting, which took up most of the day after I landed?which was about five days ago, I think. I decided that, since I haven?t had any sort of vacation in about a year, I would stay here and sightsee for part of the time, and work from here the rest. I was having a quiet dinner the day before yesterday in a beautiful park not too far from here, watching a glorious sunset, when those two dorks showed up and kidnapped me.

?When they grabbed me, they knocked me out, so I couldn?t resist them. They took me to a scrubby, rundown hotel somewhere downtown and?when I woke up?they?? she trailed off, unable to continue.

?What did they do??

Tears welled up in her eyes. ?Raped me.?

?What?!??

?Yes?they both did.?

?Why??

?Well, since they thought they were going to be able to kill me, they told me their whole plan afterwards?since they gave me the first dose of poison immediately,? she told him as she blinked her tears away.

?What? Why would they want to kill you??

Elara took a deep breath. ?The vice president of my company, Ivan Stinson, was going to become the president of the company after my brother died, and I would simply be left with the ownership of it.?

?You had a brother? He died? How? And why would he become president??

She glanced at him with one eyebrow raised. ?Quite the listener, aren?t you??

Jim looked away sheepishly. ?Sorry about all the questions. If you don?t feel like answering them, I?ll understand.?

?You?re the rather inquisitive type, aren?t you??

He nodded.

?Well, I honestly don?t mind. It?s funny,? she said after a pause, glancing up at the ceiling. ?I?ve never talked like this to anyone besides my brother, and ever since he died I?ve been a closed-up ball of emotion??

?I have one more question for you?why are you willing to tell me all this, then??

Elara looked directly at him. ?I?m not sure. You just have an?open, trusting look about you. I feel?safe?and I haven?t felt that way in months.?

His cheeks turned slightly pink, and he had to turn away from her gaze. ?So?where were we??

?Oh, yeah. Well, eight months ago my brother, Nathan, and I were returning to Inura, the planet where my company?s headquarters is located, when space pirates attacked our ship. They were able to damage our engines to the point where we had no escape. As they boarded my brother forced me into an escape pod so that I could get away. As the pod left the ship I saw my brother, through the window, gunned down by two pirates who had followed us.

?I landed safely and headed immediately to headquarters. There I let the staff know what happened, and my brother?s secretary handed me a slip of paper. It was a note that he had left?instructions for me. He said that in his will he left the company and the presidency of it to me.?

?If you don?t mind my asking, why to someone as young as you? You were fifteen then, right??

She nodded. ?For some reason I am rather adept at business management, and aided my brother a lot in the office before he?died. Stinson didn?t like the note, but kept his anger hidden, since I had usurped his supposedly guaranteed position. It wouldn?t surprise me if he had been the one to send the pirates after us, but that?s just a theory of mine. Anyway, I took over the company, and ran it almost as well as my brother had. My staff, to say the least, was quite impressed with me. All except for Stinson. If I had thought things through, I would have fired him as soon as I took over. I guess I was too unsure of my position to do anything that drastic back then or something.

?Anyway, those two thugs who kidnapped me told me that they had been hired by Stinson to kill me. I knew they were drunk because I had smelled the liquor on their breath when?yeah. They were told to poison me if they decided to?play?with me, to make it look like I died from shock. Then they would leave me in the street for someone to find me, and everyone would assume that some bum had randomly raped me. The only catch was that the poison took two doses to work. One dose immediately afterward, and the other twelve hours later. You found me right before they were going to give me the second dose.?

Jim sat there in stunned silence for a moment. ?Elara, I am so sorry,? he said when he could find his voice. ?Melfina said that when she healed you, you had some sort of wall around your mind. Is Stinson the cause of that??

The young woman sighed. ?Yeah. The death of my parents, and then my brother, really hit me hard. I am only sixteen, and a lot has happened in those few years. I feel like I should be forty or something.?

?You certainly look sixteen.?

Elara chuckled. ?Thanks. You know, I haven?t talked to anyone my age ever since before Nathan died.?

?Really? You mean you don?t really have any friends??

?Not anymore. I just don?t have time, what with the company and all.?

?You know, I haven?t talked to anyone my own age in a while, either. I mean, I have Gene and Mel, but??

?It?s not the same. I know?trust me, I know.?

?Besides, Gene isn?t always the most responsible guy in the world. I tend to end up with all the nitty-gritty work around here, like bills and paperwork and stuff.?

?You too? I hate being stuck with that kind of thing!?

?Ditto. Hey, why don?t you eat something??

Elara glanced over at the tray of food. ?Now that you mention it, I am rather hungry.?

Jim glanced up at the ceiling. ?Gilliam, you better get your sensors checked. Elara wasn?t sleeping.?

?Well, then, isn?t one entitled to one mistake?? the computer replied, offended.

?Who are you talking to?? she asked around a mouthful of bread.

?Oh, the ship?s computer. Its name is Gilliam.?

?Hey, Gilliam,? she said.

?Greetings, Elara,? it replied.

?You know, it?s kind of strange, talking to a computer who is so formal.?

?Well, pardon me for being the way I am.?

She chuckled. ?Your ship?s computer has quite an attitude, Jim.?

?Yeah, but it?s pretty helpful, especially when I?m stuck with paperwork or if we?re in flight.? Jim yawned.

?You should go to bed. Don?t stay up on account of me,? Elara said.

?But I still have so much work to do.?

?Oh, for crying out loud, go to sleep and do it in the morning.?

Jim laughed. ?Yes, ma?am.?

?That?s a good boy,? she returned, smiling.

Jim left the cabin and shut the door behind him with a cheerful expression. As he walked to his own cabin he passed Gene in the hall. ?Hey, what?s the smile for?? he asked.

?Oh, no reason,? he replied as he kept walking. A moment later he arrived at his cabin and walked inside.

Gene remained in the hall, standing and looking at Jim?s door as he scratched his head in puzzlement. ?Now what was that all about?? He shrugged and resumed walking. ?Gilliam??

?Yes, Gene??

?Do you know why Jim was so perky all of a sudden??

?Well, I don?t know if I would say perky, but he did seem happier than normal.?

?Cut the cheek, Gilliam. Seriously, do you know why??

?Well, he was in Elara?s room talking for a while??

?He was in her room? What for??

?I believe he brought her a tray of food, and they ended up talking for a while?and insulting me a bit, I might add.?

?That?s odd,? Gene said, stroking his chin and furrowing his forehead.

?I know. I don?t know why they would insult a computer.?

?Gilliam, I wasn?t saying that was odd.?

?Well, how rude.?

Lost in his thoughts, Gene did not reply and headed over to his own cabin to sleep on what he had just discovered.

* * *

Jim woke up early the next morning, as was usual, and walked over to the galley to find Melfina making coffee. ?Good morning, Jim. Did you sleep well??

?Yes, thanks,? Jim replied as he grabbed a mug. Melfina poured him a freshly brewed cup and he sipped at it gratefully. ?Have you checked on Elara yet??

?Gilliam said that she was asleep, and he triple checked it to make sure. Why did he do that??

Jim chuckled. ?Because I gave him a hard time last night about being wrong.?

?What??

?Oh, when I brought the food up to her last night, he told me that she was asleep. When I walked in to put the tray on the nightstand, she was crying softly, so I knew that she wasn?t asleep.?

?She was crying??

?Yeah.? He proceeded to relate the entire story to Melfina.

?Oh, wow. I had no idea it was that bad.?

?Yeah.?

?Elara just woke up,? Gilliam broke in.

?Thanks,? Jim replied. ?Mel, will you take up a cup for her? I?ll bet she?s a coffee drinker if she?s the president of a company.?

She laughed. ?You?re probably right, Jim.?

?I?m going to go get a head start on some work.?

?I?ll bring you breakfast, then. Or at least another cup of coffee.?

?Thanks, Mel.?

Jim left the galley as Melfina poured another mug and placed it on a tray along with a breakfast roll, just in case Elara was hungry. She picked up the tray and walked over to her room, where she knocked on the door. ?Come in,? Elara called out.

Melfina opened the door and was surprised to see Elara up and rummaging through the drawers in the small dresser. ?What are you looking for??

?Oh, I felt like a snoop, but I kind of need some whole clothes.?

She looked her over and noticed that a badly ripped shirt and torn shorts barely covered up the girl. ?I can get you some of mine, if you want me to.?

Elara glanced over at her. ?If you could, that would be great.? Reaching into a drawer, she pulled out an article of clothing. ?Before you leave, though, I would greatly appreciate it if you told me who wore this. I?ve never come across this style before.?

Melfina laughed. ?That?s because it belongs to a Ctarl-Ctarl.?

?What??

?I?ll explain later, or you can ask Jim to explain. I?ll go get you some clothes.?

She returned a few minutes later with a new blouse and shorts. Elara changed quickly. ?Ah, now I feel much better?like I?m whole again.?

?I?m going to go down to the galley to make breakfast. Do you feel up to coming down later??

?Mel, I don?t know what you did for me, but I feel wonderful. Thanks for everything,? she said gratefully. ?Can I at least help you with the meal? I want to feel like I?ve done something for you, you know, as a tiny bit of repayment.?

?Elara, don?t worry about it. I was happy to help,? Melfina said, blushing slightly. ?But yes, of course you can help. Did Jim mention that Gene isn?t always the most responsible guy around?? she asked, changing the subject.

?Yes??

?Goes for meals as well.?

?I see,? she said, smiling. The two young women walked down to the galley to prepare the meal. Twenty minutes later they had made a spread of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and another pot of coffee.

?You?re a wonderful cook, Mel,? Elara said after they had set the food on the table.

?You?re not so bad yourself,? she replied. ?Watch?now that food is out, Gene will come stumbling in here in whatever he wore to bed.?

?The smell of food wake him up??

?Of course.?

Elara laughed. ?Where?s Jim??

?He?s in the room at the end of the hallway with all of the cabins working on the bills and paperwork and such. Do you want to bring him some breakfast and another cup of coffee??

?Sure.? Elara loaded the items onto a tray and took it to where Jim was working away on his laptop. He looked up at her in surprise when she entered. ?Elara? What are you doing up??

?Helping Mel with breakfast,? she told him nonchalantly. ?What are you working on?? she asked as she set the tray down on the table and walked over to stand behind him.

?Calculating repair expenses, food expenses, and rent expenses, and seeing how much we are in debt, and how much more we need to borrow in order to pay these expenses. They just keep piling up and up.?

?Why is it taking you so long??

?I have to figure in interest and cost, and inventory everything. That?s actually what takes me the longest.?

?What program are you using??

?Uh?Business Deluxe software, I think.?

?Here, let me try something.? Jim stood up and let Elara sit down. She brought up a window that he had never seen before and typed something in. Another window came up, with a detailed list of a previous inventory. She highlighted the items and copied them over to Jim?s current window?the one he had been working on when she arrived. Then she looked up current costs and did the same thing, then typed in a command.

Jim?s eyes opened wide in surprise when a perfectly detailed list popped up on his window, with everything matched correctly: item, cost, amount, and location. ?How?how did you do that??

Elara laughed. ?I used my shortcut.?

?What??

She pointed to the lower right-hand corner of the screen. There he saw text that read ?Copyright Alcyone Enterprises.? ?I made this program myself two years ago,? she said. ?I made up the shortcut, and I?m the only one who knows that it exists. Here, let me show you how to do it.?

Melfina walked into the room thirty minutes later to find Jim seated at the computer with Elara leaning over his shoulder, showing him different shortcut techniques that she had placed within the program to make things even easier to inventory and organize. She smiled to herself. They both need a friend so badly?Jim one his own age, and Elara one who will see her for who she is and not as a company leader. I hope this works for both of them.

Elara looked up from the screen. ?Did Gene come like you said he would??

?He sure did.? She walked over to stand behind them. ?What are you two working on??

?What I usually work on,? Jim said without looking up from the screen, his fingers flying over the keys.

?I?m going to go clean up breakfast, then Gene and I are heading back to the warehouse. Will you meet us there for lunch??

?Sure.?

Melfina left the room.

Jim glanced over at Elara. ?So?what are your plans now??

?Plans??

?Yeah?well, now that you?re feeling better and all, won?t you want to get back to your ship and wait for it to get repaired and such??

She looked startled. ?I?I guess I haven?t really thought about it much??

?If you?d like, I?m sure it would be okay if you stayed with us until your ship was repaired. How long will that be, anyway??

?I think about another two weeks or so.?

?That long? Sheesh! How much damage did that other ship cause??

?A lot.?

?Gosh, it must have. Hey, as soon as we finish up here, why don?t I take you to our warehouse and show you where we really live.?

?Sounds good, Jim.?

He turned back to the screen and began typing again, with Elara still leaning over his shoulder.

That night the nightmares began. Elara tossed and turned as she relived the horrible night in that rundown hotel. At the point in the memory-dream where the men began stripping her, she shrieked aloud in terror.

Her cry woke Jim, whose cabin was next door. He dashed over to her room and rushed inside to see what was the matter. ?Elara? Are you all right?? he whispered loudly.

She continued to toss and turn without responding to his words. She must be asleep?I guess she?s having a nightmare. What should I do? Should I wake her up? Deciding to end her bad dream, Jim reached out and gently shook her shoulders. ?Elara! Wake up! You?re having a nightmare!?

Rather than waking up, Elara struggled against his grasp. ?No?stop?please? don?t?? she moaned as she tried to get away from him. Resolutely Jim held on to her shoulders in the hopes that eventually she would awaken. Suddenly the teenager stiffened, and her eyes blinked open.

Glancing up, Elara stared at Jim wide-eyed in fear. A single tear cascaded down her cheek as she held the bed sheet over herself. Like a cornered mouse she slid back from him until she hit the wall. As soon as she felt the cold metal on her back, she gasped in fright. ?Stay away?? she demanded weakly.

Surprised at her actions, he reached out a hand to her. He thought it would be a good thing to do, but he could not have been more wrong. Before he had even made contact she jerked herself as far away as she could from his touch, though the wall behind her made the distance increase a mere few inches.

She?s afraid of me, isn?t she? Her nightmare must have been caused by what those cursed men did to her! Or was the nightmare not a dream, but a memory? He winced at the thought of her reliving that wretched night over and over again. ?Elara?it?s me, Jim. I won?t hurt you,? he told her, withdrawing his hand and moving back away from the bed.

The girl stared at him as if seeing him for the first time. ?J-Jim?? she stuttered.

?Yes. I?ll never hurt you, Elara,? he stated honestly, taking a cautious move back toward the bed.

His simple reply brought fresh moisture to her eyes. ?Really?? she asked in a timid voice.

He nodded in reply as he sat down on the edge of her bed. ?Really.? For the first time he noticed the state she was in. Elara was covered in a thin sheen of sweat and breathing rapidly, her face pale and drawn.

The sixteen-year-old startled him by collapsing into his arms and sobbing. He could not utter a word for a moment. Her heart was pounding so quickly that Jim could feel it through the light material of her nightshirt. Gently he cradled her and allowed the tears to fall without saying a word. A few minutes later she had calmed down enough to fall back asleep. Carefully he laid her back down on her bed and pulled the sheets back over her.

Before closing the door behind him, Jim took one last look in at her peacefully sleeping form. Startled by the emotions the image spawned in him, he turned away with a jerk and shut the door without a backward glance.

The pit is down...

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:36:48 GMT

So I had to use my back-up plan- Mediaminer.org. The sues are really slim pickings down there x_x;

Title: Alana
Perpetrator: icenectar

Rating: God, not another canon-rape sue. >_>; Poor Gene and his over-reactive hormones.

Sue Name: Alana
Species: Human
Hair: Blue, with strands of blonde o_O; It reminds Gene of a sunny day...? What. The. Hell?
Eyes: Violet
Markings: None
Posessions: A stuffed teddy bear that gets mutilated in a fight.

Orgin: Who knows? She just runs into Gene while being chased by gang members.
Connections to Canon: Gene hits on her. A LOT.
Special Abilities: Super-seducing powers that could probably knock Gene on his ass if she tried.

Notes: Most classic forms of Mary-Sue entrance is the everly overused "Help, I'm being chased by gang members!" trap. Urg, when will our beloved canon characters going to learn?

There's just something wrong when an author puts in their fiction how much bust a female character has. I don't know if it's just me, but it's... discusting. Gene gives her clothing that won't button up in the front. Coincidence? I think not.

Then there's the nekkid-bath-scene. Jesus, this is one sleazy Sue.

And of course, the fic wouldn't be compleate without angst. Sister who looses a brother angst. And insest? Wait, what?! O_O;

This is the only thing I can find remotely humerous about the fic-
"Is she okay? Great Gene, why don't you suffocate her?" Jim demanded and Gene gave him the finger.

Sample:
It was dark when Gene Starwind started walking back to the shop. The night was cold and bitter and Gene clutched his coat closer to his body. He gazed up at the sky for a moment then continued on his way. He was lost in his thoughts when a young woman in her late teens ran into him. She cried out in shock as she fell to the ground, holding a stuffed bear tightly to her chest. She scrambled to stand up as a small group of men came up behind her.

"What the hell is going on here?" Gene asked as he watched the girl shudder in fear.

"Get lost kid. Give us the money honey or you'll join your boyfriend in heaven," one of the men said.

"I don't owe you anything," the girl sobbed.

"I'm not going to ask you again sister. Your man owed us a lot and you're gonna pay up."

"She says she doesn't owe you so she doesn't owe you," Gene said and the leader of the group looked up.

"Didn't I tell you to get lost? Grab her. She's trying to get away," the leader said and another man unceremoniously grabbed her and tossed her toy to the leader.

"Maybe the money is in there boss," her captor said.

"Open it up."

The girl's violet eyes welled up with tears as she watched her toy become split open with a pocketknife. Her captor screamed in pain as he let go of her.

"Can't you hold a damned bitch?" the leader demanded as the other man sucked on his wounded hand.

"She bit me," the other man protested.

"Spike grab the blue-haired bitch."

"Why don't you just leave here alone?" Gene asked as he grabbed the girl.

"This ain't none of your business," the leader said and Gene smirked.

"Well I'm making it my business. Get behind me."

The girl looked at him for a second then did as she was told. She sat on a bench behind Gene and wrapped her arms around her body in fear.

"You're gonna pay for getting involved punk."

The girl cringed at the sound of gunshots and began to cry in shock. The sound brought the fresh memory of watching her brother, not her boyfriend, die at the mercy of those thugs. She shrank back at Gene's touch and pressed her body up against the arm of the bench.

"I'm not going to hurt you. What did you do to them?" Gene asked.

"I didn't do anything. Alan didn't to anything either," she replied, in-between sobs.

"Alan. Your boyfriend?"

"He was my brother. They destroyed the only thing I had left of him."

"I'm sorry. Do you have a place to stay?"

"We had just arrived when?"

"Why don't you come with me? You can sleep in my room."

"But?"

"I'll take the couch."

Damn she's hot but I'm not going to make a move while she's hysterical, Gene thought as she slowly stood up. She moved her bangs away from her face and tearfully smiled. Her hair was about three-quarters in length and was a bright blue in color except for a few strands of blonde hair that streaked through the blue in such a way that it reminded Gene of a sunny day. Her face was full and round with large violet eyes positioned about halfway down from her forehead. Her nose was small and angular and her lips were symmetrical and full. Her body was slender and curvaceous and her chest region was perhaps a bit fuller than it should be. Gene wasn't complaining, however, as he turned his attention to her legs. Even wearing tennis shoes they looked sensual.

"Let's get going. You must be tired," Gene said and took her hand.

"Thank you for everything," she said as she squeezed her hand.

"It wouldn't have been right to leave you in that kind of trouble."

"Is it far to your place?"

"Kind of."

"I'm tired."

She leaned against him and Gene glanced at her. He pulled his hand out from her grasp and placed it around her waist. She glanced up at him and he grinned.

"For support. I don't want you to fall?I don't know your name," he said.

"I don't know your name either," she replied.

"Gene. Gene Starwind."

"Starwind?that's a nice name. Mine is Alana. Alan and I didn't have a last name. Our parents disappeared when I was very young. He was the only family I had and now he's gone. I'm all alone."

"I kind of know how you feel. I lost my father when I was younger."

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault. Here we are. The room's upstairs. Follow me."

Gene opened the door to his room and switched on the light. He walked over to the bed and pushed his clothes onto the floor.

"The bathroom's over there. Here, wear these for tonight. I'll have my business partner wash your clothes," Gene said and handed her a pair of pajamas. She took them and walked into the bathroom. She closed the door and shortly reemerged wearing Gene's clothing.

"They're too big," she said as she pushed the sleeves up.

"They're all I've got. It's either that or nothing."

"The buttons don't stay."

"I think some are missing. Don't worry; you look just fine the way you are now. Well I'd better get downstairs."

"I'm sorry?I don't mean to put you out. Maybe I should go."

"You're not going anywhere until your clothes are clean. Whatever those men wanted is probably still out there. Your problems aren't over just because they're dead."

"I'm sorry. I'm just scared. We've never been apart before and now we'll never be together again. I've never slept alone before. He always let me have the bed and he took the floor. We were all we had."

"Give me a blanket and a pillow. I'll take the floor."

***

"Good morning Sunshine," Jim Hawking said as Gene stumbled into the laundry room the next morning.

"What's good about it? Damn my back hurts. I'd better not make a habit of this," Gene groaned as he stretched.

"When did you get in last night?"

"I got back at three this morning. Wash these will you?"

He handed Jim a wad of clothing. Jim shook the clothes out and blushed when a pair of women's underwear fell on the floor.

"Gene, these are women's clothing."

"Yeah I know."

"I'm not doing laundry for every woman you bring back with you. I don't do clothes for prostitutes."

"It's not like that. I slept on the floor last night."

"Thrown out of your own bed? You are pathetic."

"Would you lay off? This girl's in real trouble."

"Uh-huh. And she came straight to you. Sure Gene."

"Would you just listen? She came here with her brother. They got jumped last night and her brother was killed. She was being pursued by a group of thugs when she ran into me. She doesn't know anyone here and the only family she has is now dead. I did the only thing I could do. I brought her back with me. There. That's the story. Now will you wash those things?"

"Alan?" Alana asked as she stepped into the room. She stopped short when she realized that the events of the night before had actually transpired. It hadn't been a dream as she had hoped. Her brother had died and she was all alone on a strange planet. She fell to her knees and began to cry.

"You were telling the truth," Jim said and Gene looked at him.

"Of course I was you idiot," he said as Jim set Alana's clothes on the top of the washing machine. He walked up to her and crouched before her.

"Don't cry. Would you like something to eat?"

She looked up at Jim's friendly face and wiped her eyes. She slowly nodded her head and Jim smiled.

"You're going to have to get out of the hallway then. Why don't you go out into the living room and wait?"

She took his outstretched hand and stood up. She fumbled for her bear for a few seconds then realized that it was gone forever and sighed heavily.

"Just have a seat there and I'll get to work," Jim said as he pointed to the couch. She sat down and gazed forlornly out the window. She wrapped her arms around her knees and tried not to cry.

"So where did you come from?" Gene asked.

"We lived on Platon. It's a small planet. I don't know where it is in relation to your planet. This is a nice room," Alana commented as she glanced up. She looked at Gene and smiled. He sat beside her and stretched his legs out over the table. She wrapped Gene's pajamas closer around her body and Gene gazed upon her more apparent figure. She glanced at him and bent her head, trying not to cry.

"Are you cold?"

"No. I'm just really lonely. I wish Alan was with me."

"I know I'm not your brother, but could I provide you some comfort?"

"I really owe you a lot. I wish I could repay you," Alana said as she leaned against Gene's shoulder. Gene glanced at her distraught face and sighed. In one night her entire world had been destroyed. He felt sorry for her and wished that there was something he could do to provide her with a new direction in an otherwise meaningless life.

"It's ready. Gene don't you ever give up?" Jim asked as he stepped into the living room.

"I'm just trying to calm her down," Gene protested.

"Is that why you're rubbing her ass?"

"All right lay off. Let's eat."

Gene stood up and Alana fell on the seat of the couch. She sat up and pushed up the sleeves, forcing the front of the shirt to come open.

"You just had to give her a shirt that doesn't close, didn't you?"

"It was the first thing that I could find."

"Don't you have anything else she can wear?"

"What, are you embarrassed that you're seeing more flesh than usual?"

Jim flushed as he turned away from Alana.

"Let's just eat," Jim said as he walked back into the kitchen.

"What happened?" Alana inquired as she stood up.

"Don't worry about it. Jim's just embarrassed," Gene said as she closed the shirt and attempted to keep it buttoned.

Jim offered her a seat at the table. She sat down and glanced at the empty plate. Gene sat across from her and smiled. She glanced at him and returned the smile.

"Alan would like you," she commented as Jim carried a serving dish in from the kitchen. She watched him set the dish on the table and glanced at him.

"How old are you?"

"Eleven," Jim replied.

"You seem much older."

"Thank you. I'm finally getting the recognition I deserve, Gene."

"She's just being nice. How old are you?" Gene asked Alana.

"Seventeen," she replied.

"Wow. You're pretty young."

"Is that bad?"

"I'm used to seeing older women. It's nice to see girls around my age."

"How old are you?"

"Nineteen."

"You're almost twenty," Jim said.

"Yeah I know but it's still a couple of months away," Gene said as he picked up a piece of toast.

"How's the taste?"

"Good," Alana replied as she set down her fork. She stood up and walked out of the dining room.

"Gene, what are we going to do with her? We've got work to do," Jim said after she was out of earshot.

"I don't know. She's got no place to go. She'll have to stay here I guess."

"Won't she get in the way? You know how you get with women."

"I'll just have to deal with it. I'm going to take a shower and we'll get to work."

"All right. Just don't make any serious moves on her okay?"

"I'm a big boy."

"That's debatable."

"Whatever. Wash this too, will you?"

Gene pulled off his shirt and dropped it at the bottom of the stairs.

"I'm not your servant."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll be back down."

Jim growled as Gene walked into his room. He sometimes wished that Gene would act more responsibly. He was the older one, after all.

***

Gene sat on the bed and removed his pants. He threw them on the floor and stood up. He walked towards the bathroom and laid a hand on the doorknob. He stopped when he heard the tap being turned on and glanced into the keyhole. He watched Alana's slender figure bend and remove the pants from her body. His eyes grew wide at the sight of her breasts and blinked his eyes as she stood up and stretched.

"Don't you have any manners?" Jim asked and Gene smacked his head on the bathroom door. The door swung open and Alana gazed at their red faces in confusion. Jim covered his eyes and turned away. Gene awkwardly picked himself off the floor and stared at her. She gazed at him and smiled. Gene glanced down at his almost nude body and flushed.

"Did you want to take a bath too?" she asked and Gene looked at her.

"What?" he asked.

"Alan and I used to take baths together when I was younger. He was afraid that I might drown if I took a bath by myself. For some reason, he started insisting that he take baths alone as I got older. He never explained why though."

"Come on Gene. You can use my shower," Jim said as he fumbled for Gene's arm. He refused to turn around because he knew that she wasn't dressed.

"If he doesn't like baths we can take a shower," Alana said as Jim grabbed Gene's arm.

"Come on Gene."

"All right, all right. I'm coming. Maybe later," Gene said as Jim dragged him out of the room.

"Can't you grow up? You're older than I am. You're supposed to be the responsible one. I shouldn't have to watch over you like a mother hen," Jim said as Gene washed his face.

"I didn't know she was in there. It was an accident," Gene said.

"Well your drooling all over her didn't help any."

"I wasn't drooling over her."

"Yes you were. You always get that stupid look on your face when you're mesmerized by a girl."

"At least I saw. You turned your back on her. You're not as grown up as you think you are little boy."

"At least I have some manners!!"

"I have manners too. It's impolite to turn down an open invitation."

"You're not going anywhere Gene!"

"All right I'll stop. Though if I were her brother, I would have continued to take baths with her. She's certainly more interesting than little bath toys."

"Maybe her brother didn't believe in incest."

"You know where that belief got him don't you? He got a one-way ticket to terminal dreamland."

"Can't you be a little more caring of the situation she's in?"

"Hey I brought her here didn't I?"

"The only reason you brought her back was because she's good looking."

"That's not true."

"Come on Gene, I know how you get with women."

"Let's just get to work."

"All right! I knew if I kept at it long enough, we'd get something accomplished."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. What do we have to do?"

"Well you've got to get dressed and it looks like we have a customer downstairs."

"All right. I'm going back to my room. That is, unless you have some clean clothes down here."

"Here. I didn't bother folding them because you just throw them around."

"Would you quit complaining and see what that guy wants?"

"Right. Good morning sir. Hawking of Starwind and Hawking Enterprises. How may I help you?" Jim asked as he walked into the office.

"I'm looking for a woman," a large surly man said and Gene's ears perked up.

"A woman? All right, could you give me the particulars?"

"She's about seventeen years old with purple eyes and light blue hair with blonde streaks."

"What do you want her for?" Gene asked as he pulled on his shirt.

"I'm paying you to look for her, not ask questions," the man growled.

"You're not paying us anything. We haven't taken on the job yet. Now, what do you want her for?"

"Someone is looking for her."

"Who?"

"He calls himself Alan."

"What do you want her for you bastard?"

"Gene please. We can do our best to locate some information regarding her residency. May we have a number that we can contact you or Alan at?" Jim asked and the man glared at Gene.

"Here's the number. I suggest that you just do your job of tracking her and not get involved," the man growled and stalked off.

"Real friendly guy. What's the number Jim?" Gene asked after the man had left.

"It's an apartment house in the rich part of town. What do you think this is all about Gene?"

"I don't know. He said Alan. She said that her brother was killed. Somebody is lying."

"Maybe the whole thing was faked."

"That's possible but why? What does she have that's so important? All she was carrying was a stuffed bear. Jim I'm going out. Stay here and watch the shop."

"Where are you going?"

"To where I ran into her last night."

***

Gene picked up what was left of Alana's stuffed bear and inspected it. He cut off the head and reached inside it. There, hidden in-between the stuffing was a necklace with a beautiful starburst pendant. Gene stuffed the necklace into his coat pocket and cocked his gun. He spun around and to prepared to fire when a frightened cat ran across the street. He sheathed his gun and started the walk back. There was definitely something wrong going on.

***

"Go fish. Hey Gene. Did you find anything out?" Jim asked as he set his cards on the table.

"Analyze this will you? I want you to tell me about your brother," Gene said as he sat across from Alana.

"What do you want to know about him?" Alana asked.

"You said that you were never apart. Why?"

"He protected me."

"Why?"

"Because I'm different."

"What do you mean by different?"

"I can do things that normal people can't."

"Such as??"

"Get down Gene!" Jim cried as a spark of light flashed over Gene's head.

"Are you okay?" Alana inquired as her hand reached through the table. Gene yelped in shock and scrambled out from under the table. She shrank back in the chair and tried to make herself as small and inconspicuous as possible. Her body shuddered in sadness as tears rolled down her face.

"Nice going Gene," Jim said. "Geez look at these readings. The pendant is responding to her energy. Look at the way it's pulsating."

"So what does that mean?" Gene asked.

"I don't know."

"Come on, you're the brains of this outfit."

"I've never seen anything like this before."

"Here," Alana said and handed Gene a piece of paper.

"What's this for?" Gene inquired.

"All that you've done. We're even now. We don't owe each other anything."

"Put this on our account, Jim."

"Gene she's leaving," Jim said as Alana walked out the front door.

"Alana wait," Gene said and ran after her. She stopped and looked at him through tear-filled eyes.

"You're not obligated to me now. I have my clothes and I'm going to take them as far away from your shop as I can," she sobbed and he grabbed her hand.

"I want to help."

"Let go of me. I don't need your help anymore."

"They'll kill you."

"At least then I wouldn't be alone anymore."

"Are you really ready to die?"

She sobbed as she pressed her face into his chest. Gene was taken aback by her actions for a few seconds then wrapped his arms around her waist. He moved a hand down to her rump and began to stroke it. Her sobs subsided as she gazed up at him. He kissed her and she blinked her eyes as she felt his tongue probe her mouth.

"Is she okay? Great Gene, why don't you suffocate her?" Jim demanded and Gene gave him the finger.

Alana pulled away from Gene and gasped for air. He watched her chest heave heavily and smiled.

"You kiss well. Now do you believe that I want to help?" he asked and she looked at him.

"Yes?" she replied as she gazed into his eyes.

"Can I have my bed back?"

"Enough Gene. We need to figure out why they want her so badly," Jim said.

"That's a great idea. Come on Alana," Gene said and led her back into the shop.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to interrogate her. Let's go to my room where I can ask you questions in private."

"Gene?"

"I'd ask you along but you may see more than a little boy should."

Jim growled as Gene shut his bedroom door. He kicked the bottom of the stairs and sat heavily on the couch. He gazed up at the ceiling in frustration.

"Damn you Gene!" he yelled and Gene opened the door.

"Keep it down will you Jim?" he inquired and closed the door behind him.

***

"I want to ask you these questions in a natural setting," Gene said as he removed his pants.

"I'll try to answer them the best I can," Alana said as Gene leaned close to her.

"Have you ever been with a man like this before?"

"Once. Alan only did it once. I don't know why he stopped. It was kind of fun."

"So how far did he go with you?"

"In relation to what?"

"Why was he so protective of you?"

"Part of the reason was that I saw things. I kept seeing my parents' death in my sleep until Alan started giving me some medicine to help me sleep at night. He would give it to me when we were in space too. When I didn't have it, I would see terrible things."

"What sort of things?" Gene asked as he rubbed her shoulders.

"I would see myself on an operating table hooked up to some wires and Alan holding a knife. I also saw him die and come back to life. There were also people who called themselves pirates that threatened to destroy Alan if he didn't complete the project. I saw needles and blood. Can I stop talking now?" Alana asked.

"What are these scars from?"

"What scars?"

"On your arm. There's a row of little dots from your shoulder to your elbow. Its as if you were stabbed by a?needle several times," Gene said as he ran a hand over her right breast. He touched her nipple and she gasped. Her eyes glazed over and she fell head first onto Gene's lap.

"Jim!!"

***

"This is very strange. Look at this mark on her leg. It's exactly the same as the pendant," Jim said as he pressed a few keys on his computer.

"What's her fluid content?" Gene asked.

"She's definitely been drugged. Quite a few times by the looks of it. She's been given quite a few tranquilizers for some reason."

"What's the story on her tits?"

"This may gross you out but there seems to be a computer chip embedded in the skin. When you touched it, you shorted something out."

"So she's a cyborg?"

"Not in the sense that we know the word. She's obviously been worked on against her will."

"Well her brother's over-protectedness kind of makes sense now. She's unknowingly a part of something bigger."

"Is anyone here?" a man's gruff voice asked and Jim looked up.

"Gene it's the guy from before. What do we do?" Jim asked and Gene grinned.

"I'm gonna talk to him. Maybe I'll get some concrete answers," Gene said and walked out to the front of the shop.

"Have you found out anything on the bitch?" the surly man asked.

"Maybe I have and maybe I haven't," Gene said and the stranger pointed a knife at Gene's throat.

"You'd better tell me the truth or this breath will be your last."

Alana awoke with a start and stared at Jim. The pendant stopped pulsating as she uttered a cry of shock.

"Quiet Alana," Jim said as she began to whimper in fear.

"What was that?" the man demanded.

"My associate. You know how wild men can get at times," Gene said.

"She's here, isn't she?"

"Jim a little help here!"

"What is it Gene? Aaah!" Jim cried when he saw the situation that Gene was in.

"Give me the girl or watch your friend die," the man hissed.

"Stop it," Alana said as a beam of light shattered the blade that was poised on Gene's throat.

"Get back Alana," Jim said as she wrapped the sheet around her body.

"Alan's waiting for you, little lady," the man said.

"Alan is dead," Alana said.

"Is he?"

Alana gasped as she realized the meaning of one of her dreams. Slowly the true meaning of her relationship with her brother became clear. It was if the pieces of a shattered mirror were being put back together. All that her brother had done to protect her wasn't for her at all. It was for him. He had used her and filled her heart with lies and false hope. It became clear to her that she would continue to be used by him until he had achieved his goal. She fought back the tears that she wanted to cry and glared at the stranger.

"You're?you're just trying to confuse me. Alan is dead," she said.

"Get dressed Alana," a new voice said and Alana looked up. A tall, slender man stood in the doorway with deep purple eyes and long navy hair. Tears welled up in her eyes as she gazed at him.

"Alan?"

"Get dressed."

"Why??"

"Do as I say Alana."

"Yes."

She turned and walked back into the room that she had awoken in. She noticed the necklace that lay on the table and picked it up. The pendant pulsed even brighter as she put the chain around her neck.

***

"Thank you for keeping her in one place, Gene Starwind. I also owe you for getting rid of the trash I ran into last night," Alan said and Gene pointed his gun at him.

"You bastard. What have you done to her?" Gene demanded.

"Nothing that concerns you. Where's the necklace that you found?"

"I don't have to tell you anything."

"I'm used to getting what I want, Gene. Now give me the necklace."

"The only thing I'm giving you is a one-way ticket to hell."

"Gene look out!" Jim cried as Alan fired his own gun.

"No!" Alana cried as she ran in front of Gene. She screamed in pain as her body hit the floor. Blood stained the concrete as Alana gazed tearfully up at Gene.

"Bedtime," Alan said and Alana collapsed on the floor. Alan kicked her leg and laughed.

"Bastard. What did you do to her?" Gene demanded.

"She's been turned off. Pick her up Sanders. Our guests will arrive shortly and they don't like to be kept waiting."

"But what about them?" Sanders asked.

"It's taken care of," Alan replied as Jim handed Gene a caster shell.

"Be careful Gene," Jim whispered.

"Don't worry about me Jim. All right Alan, game's over," Gene said as he pointed his gun at Alan.

"New rules Starwind," Alan said and dropped a capsule on the floor. The building became saturated with a gaseous vapor as Alan and Sanders ran down the street. Gene and Jim gagged and clutched their throats as they fell to the floor unconscious.

"But boss, what about the necklace?" Sanders asked as he dumped Alana in the back seat of their car.

"She's wearing it. This works out great. As long as her power is kept under control, I'll get a lot of money for her," Alan said as he started the engine.

"Don't you feel guilty for doing this? She's your sister."

"I've prepared her for the future. She's an important part of the pirate's new tracking system. Besides, when it's a choice between family and money, I always choose money. That's why I've spent six years working on her. It's all going to pay off very soon."

***

"Wake up Gene," Jim said as he shook Gene's unconscious figure. Gene groaned and slowly sat up. He rubbed his forehead and sighed.

"What the hell happened? Where is she?" Gene asked as Jim helped him up.

"They took her."

"Damn!"

"Gene, what are you doing?"

"What does it look like I'm doing? How many shells do we have left?"

"We've got a twelve, a nineteen, a five and three number sixes."

"Do we have any fifteens?"

"Um?I think we have one."

"All right. Load up the case. We've got work to do."

"You're not going after them, are you?"

"What do you think?"

"Gene, we can't."

"You'd rather she die? Besides, they haven't paid us and I think we should demand payment."

"We need to plan this out."

"We haven't got time Jim. Are we all loaded?"

"Yes."

"Let's go."

***

"Good morning," Alan said and Alana sat up in shock. She gazed around the room in fear. Dangerous looking people stood watching her and she huddled up against the edge of the couch.

"Can you make her stand? I'd like to see what I'm buying," one of the strangers said.

"Stand Alana."

"No," Alana replied.

"Stand."

"Yes."

"You know things go better when you behave."

"Who are these people?"

"They're pirates. You belong to them now."

"What?"

"Here you go. Fifty million woolong," the first pirate said and handed Alan a check.

"You sold me?" Alana asked.

"Of course. When it comes to money, nothing is more important," Alan said as the lights grew dim.

"What's going on, boss?" Sanders asked as Jim grabbed Alana's hand. She gasped and Jim smiled.

"It's okay," he whispered. "Let's get out of here."

"You never paid me Alan," Gene growled and Alan sneered.

"Your payment was your life. It wasn't worth my time to kill you. However, now it is," he said and unsheathed a deadly looking sword.

***

"Jim, what about Gene?" Alana asked as they ran towards Jim's car.

"He'll be okay by himself. I've got to get you out of here," Jim said and Alana stopped running.

"We're going back."

"But?"

"Jim, I got you both into this and I'm going to get you out."

"What can you do?"

"I'm going to take care of Alan. I'm sick and tired of being lied to."

***

"Damn it! They're not working!" Gene cried as he fired his gun.

"Casters don't work against me. Time to die Gene Starwind," Alan said and raised his sword. A beam of light hit the sword causing it to shatter into thousands of pieces.

"What the hell are you doing here? I thought you were taking care of her."

"She wanted to come back Gene," Jim said.

"Alan?" Alana said coldly and Alan grinned.

"What's he done to you sis? Has he made promises to you? Has he touched you in places only I know about?" Alan asked and Gene hit him.

"That's none of your damned business!" Gene growled as Alan hit the wall.

"Leave the room Alana," Alan said as he stood up and wiped the blood from his mouth.

"No," Alana said and her brother glared at her.

"Leave the room."

"I'm not going."

"Then it's bedtime."

"You don't control me any longer."

"It ain't working boss," Sanders said and Alan's eyes grew wide.

"Take that damned necklace off of her!" Alan commanded.

"Necklace?" Gene said and glanced at Alana's neck.

The pendant shone brightly as Alana gazed levelly at her brother. Sanders made a move in her direction and she waved a hand, sending Sanders flying into the small group of pirates. Alan gazed wide-eyed at his sister as he pressed his back against the wall.

"No Alana?" Alan protested as she raised her hand.

"You've used me for the last time," Alana said, her voice low and dangerous.

"Gene do something!" Jim cried and Gene looked at him.

"Why? The bastard deserves it," he said.

"If that pendant keeps absorbing her energy at this rate, we'll all be killed!"

"I'm the only family you have. Don't you remember? We're all we have," Alan protested.

"You used me. A true family would never do that. Your love of money was more important than our relationship. I'm not going to forgive you for what you've turned me into. I'm better off alone than to be in your company any longer," Alana said as a beam of energy started to form in front of her hand.

"Gene let's go!" Jim cried and grabbed Gene's hand.

They got out just as the apartment exploded. Gene stood in the midst of raining concrete and metal shards and clenched his hands. Jim lay a hand on his arm and Gene glanced at him.

"There wasn't anything you could do, Gene," he said.

"I know," he sighed.

"Gene look!"

Alana stepped out of the debris, still wearing the necklace. The pendant shattered from the energy overload and Alana collapsed on the ground. Gene ran to her side and shook her.

"Jim what's her reading?" he demanded.

"She's dying," Jim replied.

"Gene?" Alana whispered and Gene looked at her.

"We'll get you help. Hold on," he said and she weakly smiled.

"It's too late for me Gene. At lease I can't be used anymore. Thank you for everything Gene. I didn't know you for very long but I wasn't lonely with you," she sighed and closed her eyes. Gene ran a hand over her face and pressed her lips together. He gently laid her body on the ground and sighed. Jim laid a hand on Gene's shoulder and patted his back.

"Come on Gene. Let's go," Jim said softly.

"Can't we restart her or something?" Gene asked.

"No Gene. There's nothing we can do. At least she died happy and free."

"Yeah. For once in her life she wasn't alone."

He stood up and gazed at the lifeless figure of Alana. He wished that he had known her better. She had stood her ground and faced her fears. She didn't run away or submit when she had learned that her brother was using her. She had been noble in coming between Gene and certain death. He watched as raindrops started to fall on her face, gently washing away the blood and sighed. He turned to Jim.

"Let's go home," he said and turned away from the scene.

There's a kitsune in that there fandom...

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:55:33 GMT

Urg. No comment can possibly explain my discust.

Title: Runaway As in run away from me.
Perpetrator: NikkiDueler

Rating: A fox girl. In Outlaw Star. *twitch*

Sue Name: Shadow Wander. What a lovely name.
Species: Fox girl.
Hair: Brown
Eyes: her light blue eyes held a sad and confused expression More like an oblivious and Sue-ish expression.
Markings: Fox ears and tail.
Posessions: A red hat to cover up her pesky ears.

Orgin: No clue. Gene sees the Sue fishing by the docks of someplace. The Sue mentions something about her orgin in space and how she saw a "woman floating by the moon". What. The. Hell.
Connections to Canon: Is fated to hook up with Jim >_>
Special Abilities: She can steal goods and machine parts with relative ease, and is part FOX for crying out loud.

Notes: Someone needs to work on end-of-sentance punctuation and spacing. *hits head on desk*

What kind of name is Shadow Wander anyway?!

This is just your plain, average, one chapter nightmare.

Sample:

It was just a boring afternoon at Setinel III.Gene Starwind paced about waiting for a job to come up.To his despair the phone never rang.

"Gene come on,it's a Saturday!People have better things ta do besides call in cuz they crashed their CPU or something."Jim his now 12-year-old partner and buddy said irratated.

Melfina looked at Gene with her huge angel eyes."Alright,alright!You got me.I'm heading out."Gene said as he speedily put on his brown coat."Where to?"Melfina asked politely.

"Just around the town,got nothing better ta do anyways."Gene said and flashed Melfina his mischive matched smiles.He then gave her a quick brush on the lips and left the building.

Melfina blushed a deep shade of scarlet."Looks like things have been real different between you and Gene after the whole Leiline sitch(I don't know how you spell situation abreviated,so I'm just going with sitch),huh,Mel."Jim asked typing furiosly at his laptop.

"Yeah."She replied shyly and ruffled Jim's hair and left him to be.

A young girl about Jim's age sat by a fishing looking at the setting sun and how it affected the reflection of the water in the small pond.

She looked like a wandering punk.In fact that was her last name,Shadow Wander.She wore a backwards red cap,a forest green jacket that was so big from the sleeves that the only thing that was left to see was her fingures.Since she had usually kept her jacket unzipped she wore a red tshirt underneath,and baggy pants the same color as her jacket with holes by the knees.She had a fox tail trailed behind her which matched her loose brown hair.

She looked like somebody you would'nt want to mess with,but her light blue eyes held a sad and confused expression.

She thought about how she ended up working for a gang known as 'Rem's Sin'.

She then looked at her watch and noticed it was 6:30 pm already!

"Oh CRAP!Rem is gonna kill me!I'm late!"She swung her gray back pack around her shoulders and raced away from the dock.

Not looking where she was going,thinking about what the leader,Rem was going to do to her,bumped into something hard causing her to fall on her rump.

She looked up and saw no other then the captain of the Outlaw Star."I'm really sorry sir!I was in a big hurry I forgot to look where I was going!"

Gene placed a hand infront of her as she took it to help her stand up."Don't worry about it kid,what are you in a hurry for?"

"No reason,hehe,nice to meet ya sir,bye!"Shadow said and sped off her tail swishing behind her which caught Gene's attention."Something seems very suspicios of that kid,and since I don't got anything better to do I guess I'll go find out what that something is."Gene said and almost ninja like followed the Shadow.

Unaware that she was being followed went to the gang's hideout which was an old abandoned warehouse filled with crates.She crept inside hoping the gang was'nt there,but as soon as she walked in the warehouse's floresent lighting turned on as Gene quickly went unoticed and hid behind a few crates.

"Where were you,you're late."A younge male voice said tauntingly.The owner of the voice appeared followed by 3 other teens,a younge lady dressed in black as well as 2 other boys in black,too.They were all around 15 or 16-years-old.The leader who had called out to Shadow was Rem the leader with spiky blue hair.Kazaki,his girlfriend and gang member was 2nd toughest in the group,the two other boys were Max and Cole both of the siblings.

"Did you bring the goods?"Rem asked."Um,yeah,Rem sorry it's not enough though."Shadow said as she emptied her back pack onto the floor.Stolen vehicle parts came scrambling out as well as junk food packs and magazines."You did'nt rob enough as last time,Fox Girl."Kazaki said and looked over a magazine.

'No way this kid steals!?'Gene thought shocked in way.Shadow then heard someone breathing behind a crate with her acute hearing.

She knew it was that man she bumped into just by the scent, so she tried to divert a way to get him out of there safley.She knew Rem and the others were busy munching and reading the magazines that now was the right time to ask for the night off to get Gene out of there.

"Hey,um,Rem is it alright if I get the night off."Shadow asked boldly."Sure whatever ,but be back by 6:00 am."Rem said and went back to the magazine article.

Knowing that Rem was'nt looking she motioned Gene to follow her.'How'd she know I here?'he asked himself.He followed her until they were by the fishing dock again and far away from the hideout.She took a seat as well as Gene who sat next to her who had to sit Indian style since his feet touched the water."Why'd you follow me?"she asked emotionless as her tail moved a bit.

"Good question I really don't know,what are you doing stealing ship parts and food?"Gene asked and smiled.

"Do you really wanna know,sir?"

"Call me Gene,and yes I do."

"Ok I really can't remember much when I was a kid just that I was looking out into space late at night and I remember that the stars and and the moon were shining real brightly and the I saw a mysterios women floating by the moon.I don't remember having parents,and that guy with the blue hair back there,his name is Rem,he promised to take care of me,but it's just been a lie.He used me to steal stuff for his gang and if I don't Kazaki beats me up.I just wish there was a way to escape all this torture."

"Wow,that's really sad maybe I can help if you're willing to do this."Gene said in an unusual change of character."Gene,I'll do anything please help,you're the only one that knows what I'm going through!"Shadow cried and looked at him.

"Ok,but first tell me your name."

"It's Shadow Wander."

"Wel Shadow you can come with me to the Outlaw Star,meet my crew,become part of the crew,work at Starwind and Hawking ,travel into space with us,and leave this hell hole!"Gene said back in his original daredevil self again.

"THANK YOU GENE!I WILL!"Shadow said and tightly hugged Gene as her tail swished happily.

"Oh yeah how'd you know I was there at the warehouse?"Gene asked smiling.

"Oh I could hear and smell you."She said and removed her cap to reveal two brown fox like ears.

"Whoah!How'd you get ears like that?!"Gene gocked at her tail and ears in astonishment.

She kept her smile on and replied"I'm half fox."

"Well c'mon Fox Girl I know the crew would love meet you especially Jim,he could use a girlfriend,I mean friend."Gene said and roughed up Shadow's hair.

"Ok."

Both "kids" both sped off to Starwind and Hawking unaware the stare the were receiving from a certain someone.

Yet another early Sue ^^;

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:46:34 GMT

I'm going to the movies later on today, so I'm not sure if I'd be able to update when I get home. I'd better put up a Sue today instead of assuming that I'm going to have time later on.

Feel special >D

Title: Return of the HotIce
Perpetrator: Morgan Le Fay, Faery Queen *crys*

Rating: I like Hilda/Gene, but the Sue's enough to make this fic annoying.

Sue Name: Gena
Species: Human
Hair: Short and curly. That's pretty much it.
Eyes: Orange-red o_O;
Markings None mentioned.
Posessions: Clothes like her mother's and a gun.

Orgin: Gena hops abord the Outlaw Star as Gene and co leave Blue Heaven. She manages to hack the XGP to get aboard. Gee, I thought the GXP was unhackable? Oh wait, not in the sue-verse.
Connections to Canon: Is the freaking daughter of Hot Ice Hilda herself. *rubs temples* Her father is most likely going to be someone named Ron "Mac Dougal". Huh.
Special Abilities: None really mentioned, aside from knowing about a place called "Avalon". What is this, an Outlaw Star/King Auther cross over? Look at the author's NAME for crying out loud!

Notes: Couldn't have a Sue without buckets of angst, huh? This sue, for example, has been tramatized from her parents arguing, making her a very lonely person.

Not only does this story have angst, it also has poor English and OOC Hilda! Dammit, Hilda was such an awesome character. Stop screwing with her, sues!

The author also notes that Hilda might be resurected if the group gets to Avalon. What the hell? Now she's fucking with the plotline!

Sample:

Jim Hawking was at his usual spot. He was working on his laptop in his room. They had just left blue heaven and were on their way to Heifong V. Jim knew how expensive Heifong was so he was busy checking their account. He was just about to know how much they would have left after docking in the cheapest dock when he heard footsteps. "Must be Gene getting a snack" he thought to himself. The blond boy decided that he was done for the night when a familiar pink pod appeared at his door.

"Jim! You must come to the control room right away!"

"What's wrong Gilliam?"

"Somebody is trying to hack into he ship, it seem they want to alter our course."

Jim didn't need to know anything else.

"Why didn't you wake up Gene?" he asked as he raced through the corridor that connected his room to the control room.

"I tried, but with very little success, you know he is a very heavy sleeper."

Jim just sighted and kept running. Finally he got to the control room. Siting on the floor with a computer on its lap was a person. Jim couldn't see who it was because the stranger was giving its back to him. Jim reached to his pocket and took out his gun, which Gene had given to him on Blue Heaven.

"Is that everyone?" he asked Gilliam.

"Yes. Hurry up Jim, I won't be able to hold him out much longer."

Jim nodded and walked to toward the stranger on the floor. He pointed the gun at the person's head.

"What do you think your doing? Stand up and leave the computer on the floor, otherwise ill be obligated to use force."

He heard a small chuckle that sounded strangely familiar. The stranger stood up and raised his hands. But Jim didn't notice that before standing up, he had dropped something on the floor. The stranger gave it a small kick and a few seconds later a small explosion by the door caught Jim's attention. Just then he felt what seemed like a small jolt of electricity in his stomach. He fell to the floor and watched as the figure ran away from him.

"GENE!!!!HELP!!!!!!!!!" he silently prayed that the explosion had woken Gene up and he would hear him. Lucky for Jim it had. He heard the door to his room and other two open up. He heard what seemed like shots being fired and a body falling to the ground. Just as this happened Aisha came in to the control room.

"JIM!!! Are you all right? Are you hurt?"

"No I'm fine. Did you catch him?"

"Yeah, come on get up."

Aisha helped Jim get back on his feet. They walked toward the hallway, Jim hanging on to Aisha for help. Gene was kneeled next to the stranger, who Jim now saw, was a woman. She seemed to be no older than Jim, she had short curly hair that reached to her shoulders. Her clothes brought to Jim the memory of the one who had gotten him into the outlaw business, Hilda. She was wearing short dark blue pants with long black tights beneath them, a tight blouse and jacket like the ones Hilda used to wear, only hat the girl's were dark blue and the jacket's sleeves were short. She had a blue headband and tall black boots. On her hip a belt held a gun.

"She seems familiar." Whispered Gene.

Just then the girl opened her eyes, which were a kind of orange-red. She tried to stand up but Gene stopped her.

"What the hell were you trying to do?!"

She just smiled and stared at him.

"Answer me!"

"Taking back what's mine." She answered slowly.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Susuka who had come when she heard Gene scream at the girl.

"This ship should be mine, I'm taking it back home."

"Would you just give us a straight answer for once?!" Gene was beginning to lose his patience.

"My mother was the one who found this ship, she died some years ago, that makes this my ship."

"That's impossible! Hilda was the that found this ship."

"Who do you think my mother is?"

Jim looked at the girl's face. No wonder shed seen familiar. Her stare was the same as Hilda, only that they were orange-red, and her smile was to. She did look a lot like Hilda, yet there was something of someone else to, but he could not remember whom at the moment.

"I don't believe you"

"I knew you wouldn't Gene Starwind."

"How do you know who I am?"

"I met you six years ago, on Blue Heaven, mom told you to stay outside the apartment while she saw somebody about the ship.

~Flashback~ Hilda walked inside the room and looked around. Then she saw small girl, about 9 or 10, drawing on a table.

"What you got there kiddo (sp?)?" She asked her with a smile. The girl looked up to her and grinned.

"MOMMY!" she ran to Hilda and jumped to hug her" you are late."

"Had some problems along the way, have you been alone all this time?" Hilda asked as she noticed there was no one else in the room.

"No, Swanzo and Mikey come occasionally. Were have you been?"

"Sentinel."

"You went to the frontier?! You promised you would take me!"

"It was to dangerous, besides I didn't stay long, I just went to pick some one up."

"New crew? Can I see them?"

Hilda walked with her to the door and lifted her up so she could watch threw the peephole on the door. Outside was a young man. He had red hair and to her he seemed extremely tall and thin, thought she wasn't sure because he was wearing a long flowing cloak.

"He seems kind of a wuss."

"He tougher than he looks baby."

"How do you know?"

"He survived a trip on Houros, he's got space phobia."

"He looks like a cherry."

"Were did you hear that Gena?"

"Swanzo and Mikey."

"Well that's what his partner says."

They went on talking for a few minutes when Hilda thought that Gene had waited enough.

"When are you coming back?"

"Sooner than you think baby."

~ end of flashback ~

"But she never came back."

The crew of the Outlaw star watched the young girl. Gene remembered the place and remembered waiting out of the apartment before leaving for the bar. Hilda had had tears in her eyes even thought she hadn't want to accept it.

".and all because of this ship."

"What did you plan to do with the ship, blow it up?"

"What if I do?"

Jim motioned to Gene to follow him to the door of the control room for a second.

"What are we gonna do with her?"

"We can't just leave her in the middle of nowhere."

"I know that Jim, but what if she tries to take over the ship again?"

"I have a feeling she won't"

"Whatever, if she blows up the ship it's your fault."

With this Gene went back to the group.

"OK, here is what were gonna do, we wont throw you out because then wed get a guilt complex, but any funny business, anything at all and your out, deal?"

"OK." She said with the same smile Hilda had. Jim saw also something else in her. "Most be from her dad" he thought " who ever he is.".

Little did he know were that glint in her eyes came from.

Totally babe-a-licious.

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:18:58 GMT

Early Sue today because of work.

And as a note - I know Gene's a woman-looker, but honest to God, would he fall this fast? You'd think men would have some kind of anti-sue device built into them...

Title: Phoenix Death No comment.
Perpetrator: Kazehi

Rating: Stupid. Just plain stupid.

Sue Name: Asha-leign
Species: Human
Hair: Aburn red hair
Eyes: Blue eyes
Markings: None mentioned so far.
Posessions: Gene's balls.

Orgin: Some kid with Outlaw parents who died, then was adopted into the Space Forces. Yeah, that makes sense. Let's bring up an Outlaw couple's baby in the Police academy!
Connections to Canon: Has Gene drooling over her in the first chapter.
Special Abilities: Acording to the lame character profile stashed in Chapter one, Asha can change her appearance when in public to hide her identity. It's also noted she can't change her appearance as well as one of the two bonus sues in the fic, Misha.

Notes: This person seems to have a mild know-how of the Outlaw Star universe, seeing that her Sue calls up Starwind and Hawking Enterprises to ask Gene and Jim to come by and fix her ship.

But it gets worse as the story goes on. It turns out that the sue and her crew of sues own a ship that's an EXACT double of the XGP that is going to be used to get a special treasure that was hidden so only the XGP and the Sue's rip-off can get it.

The story is seven chapters long and unfinished, but the thing that caught me besides the sue was the name. Phoenix Death? Come on, let's get origional now. If the story was finished, it'd probably have to deal with Asha and Gene getting together or some mess like that. Yick.

Sample:

Chapter 1: Is She Cute or What?!

"I swear, if you say that to me one more time . . ." said an angry voice. "I?ll -"

"Aw, shut up," said an older person. Gene was now twenty-five.

"Ok! That?s it!" the younger voice yelled. "Gene, you don?t know anything!"

"Aw, shut up," Gene said once again. "I?m so bored. I?m gonna work on the Outlaw Star."

Gene stood up and walked to the door. The transmitter phone, on the other side of the room, began to ring. Gene stopped in his tracks, turned around, and ran toward the phone. Jim, the younger man sitting on the couch (he is now sixteen), who was talking to Gene; his partner, also ran to the phone. Jim made it to the phone first. He smiled happily.

"Hello, this is Starwind and Hawking Enterprises. May I help you? We fix anything from machines to relationships. You are talking to Hawking," Jim opened his eyes and stopped his little quote. The picture on the screen caught his eye. A woman, with long red hair and green eyes shone before him. She smiled softly.

"Do you, will you fix my ship?" asked the woman.

"Well, what do you want us to fix?" asked Jim. He turned to Gene and mouthed, "A job? Come here."

Gene walked beside Jim and looked into the phone receiver. It looked like Gene?s jaw dropped to the floor as he looked at the woman. She?s hot, thought Gene.

"I don?t know what is wrong," replied the woman. "Will you please come and take a look."

Jim frowned as Gene smiled largely. "What about pay?" asked Jim.

The woman frowned, she moved her head from the phone and whispered to another person. Three voices came through the phone, the red-haired woman and two others.

"Gene smiled and said, "Let?s go!"

"Gene! You are such a nut!" yelled Jim. "You don?t even-" Jim was cut off as the woman came back onto the screen.

"I?ll pay you 2000 Wong for coming down and looking at what is the problem."

Gene took the phone and said, "It?s a deal!" Jim angrily grabbed the phone and asked, "What is your name and where I your ship?"

"Dock three on the Sentinel Port at West Virginia. Ask for Asha." The lady disconnected the receiver to the phone and now Jim and Gene were looking at a black screen.

"Something is fishy," said Jim, thinking to him-self aloud.

"Yeah," responded Gene. "She?s such a babe."

Chapter 3: Pasts can be so Boring

(Ten hours before the ruined ship landed on Sentinel III)

"Outlaw?!" yelled a voice, "You want to be an outlaw?" The man slammed down his cup of coffee and stood up. He was in his late forties and he was wearing a Space Forces uniform. "I forbid it!"

"Father," cried a light voice. "I want to travel the universe, go on adventures, go treasure hunt-"

The 19-year-old stopped abruptly as her father raised his hand. The girl had short curly brown hair with mystic cloudy light blue eyes, the normal look for a Space Force resident.

"You can do all that in the Forces, an outlaw! What are you thinking? Who gave you such an idea?" yelled her father. "It was that girl, wasn?t it Misha?"

"She has a name, father," said the girl in a soft tone, trying to keep her feelings inside, the way an Outlaw would do.

"If you leave, you will be disowned by me!" yelled the man as his child walked to the door. "I mean it!"

She opened the door and yelled, "Good!" She slammed the door behind her as she walked down the front stairs. As she walked, she let a tear fall from her eye onto her cheek.

"Maaike, I don?t want you to go," said a small, child-like voice. "Who will run the shop? You?re the only one who can work on the car engines." The little girl, who was about eight years old, ran and hugged the lady called Maaike.

"Oh, you can do all that. I?ll teach you sometime," Maaike smiled.

"Will you be coming back?" asked the child.

"Of coarse I will come back!" Maaike nudged the girl on the chin. "I wonder if you will remember me when you are older."

"If you get lost, I will always be here in the shop," said the girl happily. "You always have the orphanage to go to."

"Yeah," sighed Maaike. She stood up and walked to the door of the machinery shop. "Take care of this place for me, Mya. Goodbye."

Maaike jogged down the street, no cars were around, and smiled largely as she finally thought she was free to roam.

Asha-leigh frowned as she walked down the hallway of the Space Forces Communications building. She opened the door to the single offices and weaved through the desks to find her ?uncle.? She saw his head rise from his own desk wall, she sucked in her breath and walked toward him.

When she reached his desk she said, "Uncle, I?m going to go out for a while, may I have some money?"

"Wong? Don?t you have your own account?" asked Uncle as he eyed her clothes. She was wearing her Space Forces cadet uniform and had a pack over her shoulder. "You don?t go anywhere in your uniform, what are you planning?"

"I just got off work." Uncle sighed, seeing through Asha?s lie. "How did you guess Uncle? I don?t like it here. You know . . . EVERYTHING! I hate the Space Forces!" said Asha in a harsh whisper so the workers around them could not hear. "I?m leaving."

Asha turned from her uncle and walked away.

"Wait, Asha!" he said across the room. "I?ll help you."

Asha gave Uncle the smile she gives only to those she trusted, and loved.

"Saijens" and Hanyou and "Pokali", oh my!

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:19:30 GMT

I wanted to report on a "normal" sue for today, but I realized - there are no such thing as normal Sues!

I hope this girl makes up for it, but trust me, once you've read it... *cringes* The horror, the horror...

Title: Aleighia Sounds like some kind of messed up Algebra for Sues.
Perpetrator: Eternal*Sailor*Darkness Doesn't that just drip with angst?

Rating: There is no rating for this kind of maddness...

Sue Name: Aleighia
Species: Not human, that's for sure. She's part "Saijen" and a Hanyou, which can't be possible because in order to be a Hanyou you have to be HALF human and HALF deamon. She's also a "Pokali", which is explored more in the Notes section.
Hair: She had pure black hair that came down to about mid-calf and blues that seemed to go on forever. I get the black hair stuff, but what the hell does she mean about the "blue that seemed to go on forever"...?
Eyes: Not described, but I'm placing a bet on black from my DBZ know-how.
Markings: A snake tatoo. An eight-year-old with a fusking snake tatoo. My fandom weeps for the Sue.
Posessions: "Saijen" armor, a jewl encrusted sword, and some weird fur belt.

Orgin: She just walks into a bar. An eight-year-old walks into a bar full of Outlaws and orders wine. God, this fiction hurts and it's just the second paragraph!
Connections to Canon: Hilda knows this Sue's lifestory. Go Hilda, you get an A+ in the Sue knowledge feild XD;
Special Abilities: Geeze, Hilda explains it all in the third paragraph! Lemmie see, she's got the "powers of the strongest Pokalian" (see notes) and the strength of a "Saijen". She has telekinetic powers and a whole lot of angst that should be considered an ability.

Notes: Spork me now. Please.

The fiction opens up to some stupid giggle-girl japanese for stupid people who don't know how to translate. Terror in the first sentance! Danger, danger Will Robbinson!

This girl is a mess, a real mess, and it makes me sick. First off, she rips InuYasha's Hanyou bit and mutates it to her own demonic writing. She has nothing, her parents, twin brother, and planet were destroyed in order to fill the whelp with angst. Hilda mentions that she would have been the "queen of two different planets one day" had the angst of destruction not have occured. The girl is also described as standing 4' 8''. What kind of eight-year-olds are THAT tall?!

I hate this Sue with the burning passion of a thousand and one suns. I do hope you can tell thanks to the report. She's an eight-year-old for crying out loud! She manages to open a can of whoop-ass on five full-grown men, killing them all in a combined time of five minutes and thirty seconds.

All of this changes and she's as sweet as a cupcake when Gene takes her in. How discusting. And she beats up Jim when he insults her background, which he knows of strangely. *eyebrow twitches*

The thing that gets me is the note on the "Pokali", her creation of Alien Pokemon who look like human beings. In this Sue's mind, all Pokemon originated from these people. *gags*

I hate this Sue. Make her die, quickly!
Thank God there's only one chapter, I don't think I could stand another.

Sample:

Saijen is pronounced "Say-in" / Pokali is pronounced "p-Oh-kah-LEE" / Aleighia is pronounced "A-lay-a"

**Hanyou = Half-Demon

**Bakemono = Monster

**Ryoukai = Accepted, Understood, Roger, but in this case it means accepted

**Gaki = Brat or Punk

**Ningens = Humans

**Baka = Idiot

**Osuwari = Sit

**Onegai Shimasu = I beg of you or please

**Arigatou Gozaimasu = The full version of Thank You. It can be shortened to just Arigatou.

**Gomen Nasai = The strong version of I'm sorry. A less strong version is just gomen.

Disclaimer: This story has some pieces from Dragonball Z and Pokemon. I don't own any characters EXCEPT Aleighia. Hope ya enjoy it!! ^_^ Oh yea, and if you steal anything *Gets creepy look in her eyes* you will pay.

Aleighia

In a local bar, Hilda and Gene are discussing plans to steal a powerful spaceship, said to be built by both the pirates and the space forces. Many other people were around them, some just sitting and talking, others gambling or drinking. All in all, it was pretty normal for a bar. That was, until she walked in.

She looked to be about eight years old and was wearing saijen armor with a long blue cape that reached to her ankles {1}. She had pure black hair that came down to about mid-calf and blues that seemed to go on forever. A snake tattoo circled her right arm. She had a jewel encrusted sword at her waist and a strange belt that looked like it was made of fur. The bar went deadly quiet as she walked over to the bartender and ordered a wine.

"Heh! Why is everyone making a big deal out of a little girl?" Gene questioned haughtily.

"Because," answered Hilda, "She is no ordinary 'little girl.' She has the powers of the strongest Pokalian {2} warriors and the strength of a Saijen. No one knows her real name, so she is called the Psy Warrior because of her powerful telekinetic abilities. Either that, or they call her the Hanyou, because she is part Saijen, part Pokalian. No one knows why or by whom, but her parents, her home planet, and all of her people were destroyed. Ever since then, she has been a loner, traveling wherever she wants, whenever she wants. People say she is looking for her lost twin brother. It's pretty sad, considering she would have been crowned queen of two different planets one day."

"Wow." Gene replied, awestruck, "And I though I had it bad."

While they were talking, five rough looking men had entered the bar. They walked over to the little girl and surrounded her. She took no notice of them.

"Hey." The biggest of them, apparently the leader, growled. She still ignored their presence as she sipped her wine. "Pay attention, you little bitch. I'm talking to you!"

She turned around, "Give me a reason to." Her voice was as smooth as it was cold, and it sent shivers down Gene's spine.

"My name's Bakemono. We heard dat you was a damn good fighta, so we decided ta challenge ya ta a little rumble. We get ta choose da circumstances, ne?" The burly man said smugly.

"Ryoukai" She replied, standing up to her full height, which was about 4' 8", "What are the rules?"

"We get ta choose any, and as many, weapons as we want and you," He grinned while saying the last part, "don't use your powers." She smirked as if to say, 'They don't know what they're getting themselves into.'

"But that wouldn't be fair!" Gene cried as he began to stand and reach for his knife, knowing that guns were outlawed here.

But Hilda quickly grabbed him and pulled him back into his seat. "But-

She cut him off. "Just watch."

Their attention turned back to the oncoming fight. By then, they had been given a wide space to fight in. "This will be a fight to the death, got that?" she nodded. "Good."

One of the goons turned to the bartender, who was attempting to get to the keys to the back door unnoticed. "Hey you!" the bartender froze, terrified, "You be the judge! Do that 'Ready, go' thing, too."

The bartender nodded shakily as each of the men chose a weapon and the girl put her sword and cape on the bar. Each of the men had a different weapon. Switchblades, katanas, hira shuriken {3}, daggers, axes, even a spiked ball on a chain! "R-r-ready.GO!" called the bartender.

Within thirty seconds, all four of the goons were dead; the last thing they had seen was a blur of saijen armor. Bakemono began to wonder if this was such a good idea, yet still he sneered at her, "You're pretty good, Princess, but you're still no match for me!"

He took out one of his chosen weapons, six hira shuriken, and threw them at her. She quickly dodged all of them.except one, which sank into her left arm with a sickening thud. She made no expression of pain as she ripped it out of her arm, and with blood running in thick streams, she continued the fight.

Five minutes later, the fight remained one sided. The girl had only sustained a few cuts, the worst from his hira shuriken, while Bakemono looked almost ready to collapse. He had used weapon after weapon from his deadly arsenal, yet she evaded them all. He had even used the weapons from his fallen comrades! 'Nobody has EVER lasted this long against me!' He thought angrily, 'And I'm gonna make sure this gaki is the last!'

*THUD*

He had been still one second too long. She took advantage of his brooding to hit his hard in the stomach, causing him to fly up and hit the ceiling, then plummet back down to the ground with a loud 'CRACK'! His spine had been shattered.

"T-t-the winner i-is Hanyou!" the bartender announced, before he raced out of the building as fast as he could.

The girl stood up straight, not seeming to notice the blood now dripping to the floor from her fingertips. She glared at everyone before smirking cockily. "Does anyone ELSE wish to challenge me?" she inquired mockingly at the crowd of people staring at her in terror, "Keh, didn't think so." She walked out of the bar, leaving a trail of dripped blood in her wake.

***************************** The Next Day *****************************

Gene had decided to take a short walk while everyone else readied the ship. He told everyone he'd be back soon. While he was walking aimlessly around, he came to a large forest, and seeing a trail, decided it couldn't hurt to take a short walk in the woods.

A few minutes later, he came upon a small clearing below a hill, which he was currently standing on. 'I need a rest anyway.' He thought as he plopped down on the ground. Then he heard two people talking. Scratch that, one person talking and the other growling. He lay down on his stomach and crawled over to the decline of the hill to see who was talking.

".And the fight last night was no fun at all. It was hardly even a challenge! Ningens are SO weak. And they had the gall to call themselves fighters? I mean, I'm only eight years old and I kicked their asses from here to the remains of Namek!"

It was the girl from the bar. She seemed a lot more laid back now. She wasn't talking as proper as she had before. She even wasn't wearing the armor she had been wearing the night before, though he couldn't get a clear view from this perspective. She had a bandage on her arm where the hira shuriken hit and she was talking to a dog bigger than he was! Then the dog vanished.or so he thought. He then heard deep growling behind him.

"Arcanine! Osuwari!" The girl called as she stalked up the hill. He sat up when she reached the top of the hill.

"Oi! You're that guy that was talkin' to that girl 'bout me behind my back, aren't ya? What 'n the hell are you doin' here spyin' on me?" she asked angrily.

Gene was getting angry. How dare this girl call him a spy after what he had seen HER do! "I wasn't spying on you, I was taking a walk and happened to overhear you talking while I was taking a rest. And how do you know we were talking about YOU? And why in the hell do you have a tail?!?" He had just noticed the swishing brown tail behind her. She hadn't been wearing a belt last night; it was her tail wrapped around her waist.

"I'm not deaf ya know! I can hear when people are talkin' 'bout me behind my back! And in answer to your second question, I have a tail because I'm part Saijen." she answered, annoyed.

"Oh." Was all that Gene could say as the girl bared her.fangs?

"I suggest you leave before I get even more pissed and decide to sick charizard on you." She narrowed her eyes.

"Who's charizard?" Gene questioned confused.

"Trust me," she responded, an evilly amused smirk playing on her lips, "you DON'T want to find out."

At that remark, Gene began to wonder if he'd live to see another day. Then he noticed he didn't see the trail anywhere. "I would leave," he said cautiously, "but.I'm lost."

"Fine." She groaned, "I'll show you the way out." She began walking toward the trees. When he didn't make a move to get up and follow, she turned, "Are you coming or not? I won't kill you.unless you piss me off enough."

He stood quickly and began jogging to catch up with her quick pace. She slowed so he could catch up. "So," she began, "How'd ya get lost?"

"I was takin' a walk while the others went to Hilda's spaceship, and my mind kinda wandered off. I was so distracted that I wasn't watchin' where I was goin' and I stumbled on the clearing and somebody talkin' and decided to see who it was." Gene explained, "When your.big, creepy, giant dog thing ("His name is arcanine" she pointed out.) found me, I realized I was lost."

From this perspective, he got a clear view of what she was wearing. She was wearing a white sleeveless tank top that showed her stomach and a white skirt that went down to her ankles. Her long, black hair was put into a braid that reached her knees.

"COOL!! You've got a spaceship?!" she asked excitedly, "Can I see it? Can I see it? ONEGAI SHIMASU? The only spaceships I've ever seen are Saijen ones!"

"Its Hilda's ship, but I think she'll let ya see it." He said.

"ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!!" she exclaimed happily.

Before they knew it, they were already at the landing bay. As they walked in, Gene grinned at the look on her face. She looked like a three year old in the biggest candy store in the universe.

"Wow." Apparently, that was the only thing she could think of to say at the moment.

"Hey Gene!" Jim said, walking over to them, "Who's the girl? She looks a bit young for ya."

"This is the girl from the bar fight I told you about last night." Gene answered, "Um, hold on. I gotta find out her name."

Jim sweatdropped. "You mean to tell me, you've been chatting this whole time with her, and you haven't even asked her what her name is?"

Gene grinned, "Hehe. Eh, yeah?"

"Baka."

"Hey girl." Gene turned to her, bringing her back to reality.

She quickly wiped the thin trail of drool on her chin from admiring the ship, "Yeah?"

"What's your name?" Gene questioned.

"It's Aleighia." She informed them both, "Aleighia Sy."

"Aleighia, this is Jim." He pointed to Jim, "Jim, Aleighia."

"Nice to meet ya! Gene told us about the bar fight. Where'd ya learn to fight like that?" Jim complemented, "And how come you've got a tail?"

Aleighia smiled at the complement, "My father taught me how to be the perfect assassin. And I have a tail because I'm part Saijen."

A frightened look crossed Jim's face at her last statement.

"What's the matter, Jim?" Gene asked, concerned.

"I heard that all Saijens were bloodthirsty killers with no morals and they would kill anyone for the right price." Jim told warily, "That is, until someone destroyed them." He regretted ever opening his mouth.

Within a matter of seconds, Aleighia had Jim by the neck, dangling a few inches off the ground. "DON'T. YOU. _EVER_ INSULT. SAIJENS. AGAIN!!!" she carefully said the words, making SURE he heard every one, and then threw him aside like he weighed nothing.

Gene quickly rushed over to Jim to see if he was okay, before turning back and yelling at Aleighia. "You BITCH! Just because you're stronger than anyone here doesn't give you any right to beat the shit out of them just because your fuckin' pride is hurt! I don't give a damn if you are the princess of two planets! Those planets are gone, remember? So you aren't any more high and mighty than anyone else! You-" Gene stopped his rant when he saw tears running down her face. Apparently his words stung more than he had intended. Before he could say another word, she had sprinted away.

Gene crouched down to check if Jim was okay.

"I'm fine Gene." Jim rasped, "You should go see if she's okay, though."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Gene said as he helped his friend to his feet. He made sure Jim was standing alright before he rushed off to catch up with her.

***************************** Later *****************************

After running for what seemed to be hours (but was probably only about ten minutes), Gene finally slowed down. "Damn," Gene gasped, "She's fast."

That's when he noticed he had unknowingly run back to the forest where they had first met. But he was in a different part. He was standing about fifteen feet from to big boulders facing each other.

On one of the boulders was Aleighia, still crying. On the other was a strange pink thing that sort of reminded him of a cat {4}. She was talking to the little creature. He decided to listen to what she was saying.

He heard a movement behind him. He turned around swiftly, expecting to see arcanine again, but it was a different creature. It was a large fox, smaller than Gene by about 2 feet {5}. It seemed to want him to listen.

"I k-know I s-s-shouldn't let 'em g-get ta me like t-t-this, *SNIFF!*" she sobbed, "he's j-just a ningen and all, *SNIFF!* but." She broke out into more tears. "I k-know I shouldn't've hurt Jim, but he m-made me lose m-my temper. I k-k-know that my f-family's all d-dead, b-but Gene didn't h-have ta rub it i-in my f-f-face like that. At least I still have you guys." Her expression quickly turned to anger at her next words, "But if Frieza ever shows his ugly-ass face around me again, I'm gonna slaughter him, even if it kills me. Though I doubt anyone would waste a wish from Shenron the Eternal Dragon on HIM."

Gene had figured by this time, she had calmed down enough for him to apologize. As he got up, the fox followed him. He had completely forgotten it was there.

She looked over at him and was seriously contemplating running away again when he stopped her.

"Wait! I came to say gomen nasai. So whadya say, am I forgiven?" Gene asked.

"For now." She smiled, "By the way, is Jim alright? I didn't mean ta hurt 'em."

"Yeah, Jim's okay." Gene answered.

"Okay. There's one other thing I wanted to ask you." She said timidly.

"What?"

"Since I have no where else to go.CANIGOWITHYOU?!? ONEGAISHIMASU?!? ISWEARI'LLBEGOOD! {6}" She begged excitedly, giving him the large, watery anime-eyes.

Gene looked at her nervously, "Um, it's okay with me, but you're gonna have ta ask Hilda first."

************************* Back at the Docking Bay *************************

CANICANICANICANI?!?! {7} Aleighia pleaded, jumping up and down in front of Hilda, who looked just as nervous a Gene had a few minutes ago. Jim was standing in between Melfina and Gene, a hand shaped bruise already forming at his neck.

"First, calm down." Hilda said, stopping Aleighia's excited jumping instantly, "If I let you come, you have to pull your own weight. And don't start any more fights to protect your pride." Hilda glanced over at Jim as she said the last part.

"YAY!!!!!" Aleighia cheered.

And that was the beginning of the many adventures of Aleighia Sy and the crew of the Outlaw Star.

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{1} it's a lot like King Vegeta's cape on DBZ when they show Vegeta's past.

{2} I made up Pokalians. They are the strongest pokemon in existence, and they live on the planet Pokalia, where all pokemon originated. Pokalians look like humans except all of them have one characteristic of a specific pokemon and a tattoo of the pokemon the got the characteristic from. In Aleighia's case, she has the fangs of an Arbok and a tattoo of one on her arm. When Hilda is talking about Aleighia's home planet being destroyed, she is talking about when Pokalia was destroyed by Frieza. Though nobody knows that Freiza did it except Aleighia.

{3} hira shuriken are basically ninja stars. If you go to this website, you can see a pic of them:

{4} it's a mew for those who didn't know.

{5} A ninetails. It's smaller than Gene by 2 feet and 2 inches to be exact. A ninetails is 3' 7" and Gene is 5' 9".

{6} "CAN I GO WITH YOU?!? ONEGAI SHIMASU?!? I SWEAR I'LL BE GOOD!"

{7} "CAN I CAN I CAN I CAN I?!?!"

Outlaw Star Sues - Ready for Business!

Fri, 09 Jan 2004 20:37:54 GMT

Wow, it's so roomy and empty in here! :D

There's still a lot to be done here. I've got to make a few icons for this lovely journal and then tinker with the layout and stuff.

Anyway, onto today's Sue, and I've picked out a very strange one at that.
Let's see what you guys think, though.

Title: Familiar face of a stranger (her capitalization)
Perpetrator: Cherry-bow

Rating: W.T.F...? *impulsespork*

Sue Name: "Harriet"/Harry McDougal
Species: Android
Hair: "Silky" aqua hair
Eyes: Emerald green
Markings: High cheekbones o_o;
Posessions: His/her brother's lurv *gags*

Orgin: One of the pits of hell >_> Okay, really? Ron got the idea to recreate his brother Harry because he loves him with all of his heart and soul. So he gets a doctor to remake Harry's android body - in the form of a woman.
Connections to Canon: The brother/love interest of Ron McDougal
Special Abilities: I'd call Harriet's memory loss in the fic a special ability, because if I were her I wouldn't want to remember about my brother and his quirky inbred relationship-fetishes.

Notes: First off - WHY? This fic is really eye-sporking to me. What kind of idea would it be to resurect your dead brother, who you love, which is the first kicker, but then you get a better idea- let's make your BROTHER a WOMAN. It's just, you know... no. Just, no. I'm sorry, it doesn't work that way.

This author needs to go back to English class as well. The punctuation is hair-curling...

The story is over 5 chapters long, I didn't want to read it all because of fear that I might break my computer moniter. Or my eyes, which ever came first.

Sample:

Ron stared down at a confused and scared looking Harry. "What do you mean who am I? I'm Ron, don't you remember?" he reached for her hand but she pulled away unsurely.

The girl shook her head. No she didn't remember, she didn't know who he was. "I don't remember.I don't remember" she paused, "anything" she bit her lip. How come she could remember she was in a hospital, but couldn't remember who this man was, or who she even was?

"Anything?" Ron repeated scared by that word. Harry couldn't remember, anything? Not who Ron was, or who Harry was, their past.anything? "Are you sure? You must remember something!" Harry just stared blankly back. "Come on, please, try. I'm Ron, you have to remember me, can't you remember home?"

"Home" Harry said distantly. "Home. we live together?" she asked hesitantly.

"Of course!"

"So.we're close?"

"Of course we are Harry"

"Harry?" they furrowed their brow in further confusion.

"Yes, Harry, that's you, you're Harry" Ron stated feeling a bit frustrated.

"Harry. isn't that a boys name?" the girl wrinkled her nose a bit.

Ron stared at her and thought quickly, "Harry its short for Harriet" he told her.

"Oh" the girl said. "Harriet" she said to herself. The name repeated over and over in her mind until it changed and became a mantra of Harry. "And you're?" she trailed off.

"Ron. I told you before but"-

"I forgot it" The girl smiled at him. "Sorry. Ron" she added. "Ron, right, you're Ron" she closed her eyes a moment as if she was burning that name into her mind's memory so she wouldn't forget it.

"Yeah" was all he could think to say as he reached slowly for her hand. She flinched and opened her eyes but let him hold her pale hand in his anyway. He did know her, and they apparently were close. How close? She wondered.

She stared at their hands for a moment "what happened? To make me be here?" she asked.

Ron looked away, "I'll explain later, I should go get the doctor to check out your memory loss" he avoided answering her question which she let pass for now.

"Will you stay with me?" Harry asked making Ron look back at her. She blushed slightly, "It's just its kind of scary, being here and not remembering anything" she looked down, "I'm sorry"

"You've no reason to be sorry" Ron told her and reached out with his other hand to stroke the long aqua hair that hung limply over her shoulders, "the doctors will check you over and you'll be home in no time. And we'll sort out your memory"

"I hope so" she sighed and smiled up at him. She already felt safe around him, and felt she could trust him. She sensed closeness and love from him, "thanks, Ron"

"So I better go get that doctor then" Ron said and leant down slightly.

Harry took in a deep breath when Ron leant closer. She assumed he was about to kiss her, maybe they were THAT close before. So closing her eyes she leant up and pressed her lips to his.

Ron gasped and stood up straight staring at Harry who looked scared and confused again.

"Sorry, I, wasn't I meant to do that?" Harry asked nervously. Ron just stared back open mouthed. "I thought.aren't we.aren't we together?"

Ron felt like he was going to faint. Harry had kissed him, Harry thought they were together. Ron stared down at this beautiful girl who was staring back expectantly. The body was a stranger, yet this was still Harry. He'd secretly always thought of Harry as attractive, and that the love he felt for Harry was perhaps more than a brother should have. Only it never came as a practical logical thing to tell Harry his feelings or act on them. But now.now things had significantly changed.

Ron was snapped out of his thoughts by Harry's voice saying "I just felt like we were for some reason, I don't know why. I'm Sorry"

Ron was suddenly aware he was still holding Harry's hand. He adjusted his grip and squeezed her hand for a moment, "Its alright Harry" he said licking his lips, "we are" he told her, "I was just.shocked considering you said you couldn't remember anything"

Harry gave a nervous smile. "Thank God for that, it would have been embarrassing if you'd been a relative or something" she laughed "why didn't you tell me earlier when I asked who you were?"

Ron felt more nervous by what Harry had just said, "Uh well I didn't want to freak you out or anything. You probably wouldn't have believe me"

Harry put her other hand over his, "I feel I can trust you. I feel.safe. I know that sounds so mushy but you know" she laughed nervously and smiled at him.

Ron smiled nervously back. "Okay, I really should go now and get that doctor. But I'll be right back. Everything's going to be okay you'll see.Harriet" he slipped his hand away from hers and turned heading to the door, as he opened it he heard her say "I believe you"