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Post by Amy81 on Oct 14, 2009 15:25:33 GMT -6
Setting foot on the Callisto after such a long time brought feelings both unexpected and very strong to the woman with a backpack slung over her shoulder. Dressed in civilian clothes she was able to walk the length of the flight deck without so much as a passing glance from any of the crew going about their duties, a fact that both pleased the woman yet brought concern. At nearly 28 yahrens was she not even worthy of a second glance?
That had been just before the great jump through the rift, an event that had brought her back aboard the ship she'd served on for so long. After blending into the fleet for months, nothing less could have caused her to return.
She'd made the bridge her first destination. And finally reaching it brought about more emotions as she saw the man she hoped would be there. She showed her credentials to security and was surprised to see they were still good. Somebody had decided not to inactivate her, she thought. Perhaps it was the man she now approached.
"If this all goes as planned" she said as she stood behind him, "I hear I might wink out of existance, being born after the holocaust and all. I couldn't do that without saying goodbye."
Charybdis turned around, his eyes widening as he recognized who it was. Quickly she put her fingers gently to his lips so she could finish what she had to say.
"If it does mean the end for me, I wanted you to know... I'm sorry for how I treated you and hurt you over the yahrens. I wished it'd been different. I wished I'd been different. But I'd like to share my last moments with you and to see the colonies first hand if you'll let me..."
She took her hand away, shifting the weight of her backpack slightly as she waited for him to speak....
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Post by Col. Charybdis on Oct 19, 2009 11:30:43 GMT -6
I couldn't believe it!! There she stood before me on the bridge. She was wearing civilian clothes, but she looked as beautiful as ever...just as she always did.
"Amy," I all but whispered. There was nothing to say. I just wanted to hold her. It had been so long. I took her in my arms, not caring what everyone else on the bridge said or noticed. This was the only woman I had ever really loved, even though we could never commit to each other, well, even though Amy never could commit.
I had proposed to her twice to take the seal and twice she had said yes, but somehow, deep down, we knew we never would.
But in the end, it didn't really matter. She was here with me and that's all that counted in life.
I looked into her eyes. "Amy, I don't know what's going to happen once this is all over with, but as I've always promised, I'll be here for you, no matter what." I embraced her all the more just feeling her against me was so intoxicating. At the brink of all we knew possibly coming to a complete end, she made me feel more alive than anything else this universe could throw at us...
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Post by Amy81 on Oct 21, 2009 17:48:33 GMT -6
They turned to face the main view screen, and Amy leaned her head on Charybdis's shoulder. It always felt good there, against his strong, broad shoulder, and Amy wondered how she could have been so dumb to behave the way she did all those yarhens ago....
It had been hard, very hard on her from the moment she'd joined the academy. And at such an early time in her development as a warrior she'd fallen in love with her commanding officer didn't make things any easier. They'd been discreet as much as was possible, but whispers and rumors had tainted her hard earned promotions and she'd just not been mature enough to handle it all.
Sure she thought, blame it on youth. She knew what the problem really had been, and she'd let it ruin what should have been the best days of her life. And now those days might be at an end...
She leaned in tighter, wishing they weren't standing on the bridge.... "Don't let go" she said, wondering at what moment a key change in time would cause her to fade to oblivion...
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Post by Col. Charybdis on Oct 22, 2009 11:42:52 GMT -6
She squeezed me tight. "Nothing's going to happen, Amy. I'll be here...always." I hugged her all the more...
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Post by Amy81 on Oct 28, 2009 16:10:49 GMT -6
Amy stared ahead at the viewscreen as if she could make out the details of the past if she just looked hard enough. As she gazed out at the starfield, the weight of what was being attempted began to settle on her. To change the past....
And in the yarhen they were now in, she wasn't born yet. Somewhere out there was her mother, totally unaware of the events that would soon sweep her and so many others halfway across the stars. Totally unaware that those same events would lead to a deserted hallway and a drunken has-been warrior that would result in...
"Me" Amy thought. How she would love to prevent what had happened, even though it was how she was conceived. To spare her mom of the pain. But to change the past would mean erasing her own existance....
She suddenly saw it more clearly now. That it had to be. That the wrongs, so many wrongs that needed to be corrected were worth the sacrifice of people that shouldn't have existed in the first place. The fear she had felt began to fade away. It was okay. To die this way was the same as dying in battle. To protect the colonies, the very reason warriors enlisted in the first place.
She turned to Charybdis and smiled, a confident smile with just a hint of sadness. She'd had her chance, let it pass by, and now that she understood and wanted nothing more than to be with Charybdis, time was rapidly running out. But she could hold on, enjoy at least being by his side until the end came.
There was time enough for that....
After a moment she spoke. Though her life may end at any moment, she was determined to live each micron like the rest of her life still stretched out before her. "If the offer is still open" she whispered into his ear, "...the answer is yes."
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Post by Col. Charybdis on Nov 2, 2009 12:28:30 GMT -6
I turned to face Amy. I was shocked, dumbfounded...to say the least. She was giving an answer to a question I had asked her yahrens ago, and I knew exactly what that question was...
I looked deeply into her eyes, "Amy, I love you more than life itself. And normally, giving the conditions we're under I would say we might be rushing into things, but this isn't normal, is it?"
She shook her head in reply, "no" came her almost whispered reply.
I didn't know what was going to happen, but the time for regrets was over...I leaned in toward her, "yes, the offer is still open..."
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Post by Amy81 on Nov 13, 2009 12:01:22 GMT -6
"Good" Amy replied. She reached up and kissed him lightly on the lips. Looking into his eyes she whispered "I now pronounce us sealed.... with a kiss."
Her eyes began to water and she lowered her head and rested it on Charybdis's chest. She'd run from this moment for so long, not once realizing how lucky she was to have someone who cared so much for her. She was thankful to finally embrace it all before everything she was faded away....
Amy thought of her mom again, and how it all was going to be different for her this time. She felt happy for her mom, though disappointed that she wouldn't be around to see what those changes would bring. She hoped it would be nothing but happiness, like the love Amy was feeling right now....
To a mom that wasn't there and to the man she loved who was, she whispered "I love you"....
And she was ready for the universe to take her away.
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Post by Col. Charybdis on Nov 16, 2009 12:47:48 GMT -6
I didn't say a word. I didn't need to. I just held on to her as hard as I could and as long as anyone would let us. Soon, we would be needed. Soon we would be plunging headlong into a battle that had never existed...or better yet, had existed some 30 yahrens ago.
But for now, it didn't matter. I had Amy in my arms and in the end, she was what mattered in this universe. Our loves and those who love us in return. That is the spirit of the universe...I had seen it firsthand when those strange beings of light contacted me yahrens ago. We are not physical creatures only. Yes, we do have bodies, but we have so much more!
I hoped that the beings of light somewhere out there looked upon our union between Amy and I in loving gentleness...and that is exactly how I held Amy at this moment...no matter what happened to us, we would never be apart again.
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