Chapter 4: Exodus Part 5

=I sigh and drop next to Aurafell, after I notice she was shot. I put pressure on the wound=

Why can't we all just let the fighting stop?? Why do all of us have to be so blood thirsty?

= rushes over picks up aura and carries her to medbay and starts to remove the bullet lodged in her stomach=

to aura- can u hear me i'm going to try and remove the bullet

=wakes just as aura is shot=

Aura!

=crawls toward her=

Aura, don`t die...

=drifts back=

=She tries to stop him from doing it=

Nohn nohn nohn. It hast tu be doneh ine ahn narturahl vey.

Aura.............i`m sorry........









~a broken heart can continue to break....

-Tar

=I grab Tar-Tun and Voutan as best i can and move them close to the base, as I follow Zeru.I talk to Zeru in the medbay=

Zeru, let me tell you something.

The body does what the body wants,
Only the soul and mind need be healed

Do you understand that?

=understand so he goes to her room grabs the needed items and on his way back also grabs a translator=

ok i've brought the translator to help tell me what to do first

to domri- i will still try my hardest

=She takes a bowl, a long thin stone, and a few plants and mashes them into a thick paste. She takes it and smears it into the wound. She also takes another plant and breaks off a stem, squeezing out the goo and applying it to the wound, numbing it out. She gives Zeru instructions on how to make the same stew she had made earlier that day=

Her mind is what needs to be fixed, more so than her body.

=to Aurafell= Do you know where you are? Who you are? What you have done?

=he follows them correctly=

doing good so far

=She looks at Zeru=

You are doing great.

=She turns to Diorrmy=

I am Delthia the Aurafell. I am on Chi Ceti IV and i have just sttempted to murder a young man by the name of Teirtun before being shot and taken here.

=as he work= the wheel of fate turns and sends more potential friends

Before that. That incident with Tar-Tun i mean.

=my eyes remain glazed, yet alert. if i saw myself i would be freaking out=

I tired to kill him after he tried to stop me from helping you. I would not have it.

He feared for his life. I was an unknown, a wild card, most if not all beings fear the unknown. Do you remember even further back? What you did to Dormii?

=my eyes somehow focus on her, unblinking. blood drips off me onto the floor=

The farthest back i can remeber is abo-

=She goes into a flashback aigain, but does not have a seizure. She lays there, staring blanky at the ceiling=

=he finishes up and then he walks to a bed in the medbay ejects his amor and falls asleep on top of the covers to highlight the fact while he may be a super soldier he's still a kid=

Aurafell, wake up. Please, Dormii will need answers, otherwise he will get worse. Only you have those answers. What you did to him is what started this, is what pushed him over that long fall. You need to help him. Only you can.

=i go to her side= Aurafell, wake up.

=He begins working on something. Two things, actually, both exactly the same in every way=

=She comes out of it and looks at Diorrmy=

I...Im not human...am i...?

You once were, i believe. You are like me, Aurafell. You are a Spartan. Granted, a different one, but a spartan nonetheless.

=i sit down on the bed next to her= If I am right, you were taken at the age of 5 or 6 and conscripted to join the military. After years of training, you were given your armor and sent into combat.

=i lean closer= I think what happened to you is the same as what happened to Dormii. Your mind fractured. Not a lot, but enough.

=my glazed eyes seem to soften= Do you know what I mean?

I mean...I think that the planet...the Toxic one, the one with the air i breathe...I think thats where i came from...I had a flashback...

=She looks into his eyes=

I dont think im human at all, Diorrmy...

=i look into hers, my eyes still glazed= It may be that you aren't. I don't know. What I do know is that you are a Spartan, a kindred soul to Dormii. That may be why he has feelings for you. No, they aren't feelings of love and attachment, they are feelings of similarity. He might not realize it, but he knows you two are very similar.

=He finishes his work and heads into the courtyard and waits for his opponent=

=She sits up=

Im going to head to my room. Will you come with me? We can talk more there.

=She walks outside=

=He sees her walk into the courtyard. He approaches her with the two things he has made=

Voutan- I must do this...

=He tosses her one of the swords, and gets into a ready stance=

=i follow and nod= I will. Dormii will still need help, will you give it to him? Normally Jay would, but ever since the whole incident in your room, neither him nor I believe she cares about him anymore.

=to Voutand= Can we please end this violence?

=She catches the sword=

Please...I dont want to kill you. I have no reason to...

Voutan- If you will not fight me, then you shall die.

=He goes at her with the sword=

=She blocks the attack and counters in a swift movement. Her stomach still in pain=

=He goes back again, countering her block and following up with a few quick attacks=

Voutan, you are a man of honor, correct? How is it honorable to fight someone who has recently been wounded, when you have not?

=my glazed eyes glare=

=She blocks the attacks again, and they go at eachother with the swords=

=As they go at it, their attacks go unblocked by the other. As they satnd with their backs to eachother, he turns around to face her. He laughs triumphantly=

=She tunrs back to him, her stomach still bleeding a bit=

Is this what you seek?

=He takes a large sum of blood from his chest in his hand, revealing the deep long cut across him. He smears the blood on his face, mocking his beard. He turns to Dormii=

Voutan- And so i will pass with it...

=He falls on his stomach into the mud, the rain pouting onto him. He smiles and laughs weakly=

=She drops the sword and walks over to him=

You require aid.

You are nuts. I think even Dormii would agree with me on that.

=i pick him up. to Aura= Help me get him to the medbay, then we talk?

=He faintly speaks=

Voutan- You must leave me. They will help me if they will, but you must not...

=He lays in a growing mixture of mud and blood=

=She helps Dormii escort him to the medbay=

=i set Voutan on a table, and apply some bandages to his wounds=

I have no idea if he will be ok, but it's the best I can do. Talk now, or later?

I would much prefer to talk with this side of you, than wait untill later when he may not show.

=i walk with her to her room= I am not really a part of Dormii. I am, as best I can put it, a split mind. I see all that he sees, hears, thinks, feels, everything. Sometimes, I influence him, but it is almost non existent the number of times i have. I can feel his mind break and shatter, allowing me access to his body. I don't know how else to say it.

Should I have his armor on when we go in?

=She opens the door and goes in=

There is no gas in there. Whichever you prefer.

=She pulls up a chair in front of the fire=

Ok. Although this is his body, I would prefer to die either.

=i pull up another chair and sit down next to her=

What would you like to talk about? I have some things in my own mind, but they can wait.

I would like to know more about you. You know things i dont. I almost died yesterday, and i know that you know why. So tell me, Mind of Diorrmy, Why?

You mean after your rape of Dormii? Or when we first met, in your room? I don't have a lot of experience with time, I'm sorry. I know events and the general length of time between events, but any specific measure is beyond me.

What is this word, "Rayp"?

Forced sex. When you took his clothes off and sat on the, well, slender object near his legs. When you mean you almost died, did you mean after that moment, or when you and him first met, when you met Moron and Tar-Tun.

This word, Rayp. There is no equivilent in my language. Why do you have a word for such a thing as forced sexual contact?