Title: Fragments: Sandoval
Author: Foxfeather
E-Mail: alwest@cityweb.de
Hi all! Here comes some sort of
sequel to my story "War". Have fun!
Fragments: Sandoval
April 1st, evening
Dear diary.
Today had been… strange. They
had to be playing April Fool's pranks on me. They just had to!
But let me tell this from the
beginning.
It all started this morning when
Dr Belman sent me back to work. She said that I had recovered from Fa'loth's
torture long enough. She has no idea! That damn CVI! I was
having nightmares of what he did to me. But there's nothing I can do
against that. Perhaps burying myself in my work would help. I thought.
I should better have stayed at home
today!
The first person I met at the
Washington embassy was… Marquette. Captain Lili Denner Marquette.
The woman I sent into space. The woman I had thought had disappeared
on the Jaridian homeworld. The woman everybody else thought dead. And
there she was, standing in the middle of Da'an's office as if it belonged
to her. I must have looked like a
fool, standing in front of her, not able to say a thing. She smiled
at me, congratulating me on my fast recovery. Only on second thought I
remembered her being a traitor and started
aiming my skrill at her.
I wanted to ask her for an explanation
for her presence there when Zo'or entered the office.
He greeted her with the Taelon
greeting and a smile (!) and asked her how she had been. Without giving
me a look he ordered me to take my skrill down and started to make
polite conversation to her. To say I was confused would have been an
understatement.
At first I thought this to be
one of Zo'or's tests of my loyalty, secondly I remembered the date, April
Fools Day. But how would a Taelon know about the meaning of this
day? And especially Zo'or would never make an attempt to humor. Or
would he?
I asked him for an explanation
when Da'an entered. With a happy smile on his face he went directly to
Marquette and… kissed her. On the mouth. And she returned the kiss.
Vividly.
I felt my knees turning to jelly.
That had to be either another nightmare or a very bad case of April Fools
Prank. I must have stumbled backwards and nearly sat down in
Da'an's chair. Zo'or shot me an amused (!) look. There has to be something
I have missed during the war. I still can't believe this had actually happened.
But it came worse!
Another person entered. Using
the abilities of my CVI I recognized her as one of the mothership's volunteers.
I think her name was Dru. She carried a bar of chocolate. Zo'or's
face lit up literally when her saw her. Without being allowed to talk
she offered him the chocolate and said something like getting a sugar shock
if Zo'or would request more samples of
human sweets. Then she opened the bar and took Zo'or's hand in hers.
Without being told to do so. I remember that I thought she had to be toast
within the next few seconds but
nothing happened. Zo'or hates to be touched. Especially by humans and
even more especially without warning. Crazy world. Perhaps I'm stranded
in a parallel universe? Don't know,
will find out.
Back to that scene: She took Zo'or's
hand, looked him deep in the eyes and bit off a piece of the chocolate.
Zo'or blushed to a brilliant blue. When he looked normal again he
turned to Da'an who had finally stopped kissing Marquette and was now
just holding her close to him. Da'an asked Zo'or if he had liked it and
Zo'or agreed.
That moment I heard steps approaching
behind me. When I turned I saw that Jaridian, Ter'kozz, who held the hand
of a little Jaridian child. He started to say something about
visitors from his homeworld when the child started running towards
Da'an who caught her and picked her up. She started babbling in her mother
tongue and bended over to Marquette
to gave her a bear hug.
That was too much. I fled from
the room, called Dr Belman I was not feeling well and went home. And here
I am, still not sure if all this had been set up as a prank, or if this
is some kind of nightmare of if I'm caught in a parallel universe.
But I will find out. I will!
End entry.
