“Which one is that?”
Fidget pointed to a constellation of stars in the Pitch-dark sky.
“I dunno, Fidget, I told you, I don’t know darned about stars!”
“I know, your just fun to play with”
She turned her head and smiled at him. He tilted his head and smiled back. The two were lying down wrapped in a blanked on the left wing of Big Air.
“How’s your neck?”
Fidget gently touched the bandage on her neck.
“Ah, Its okay, it doesn’t really hurt that much”
“Well, I still want INTERCEPT to check you out tomorrow”
“Alright”
She rolled closer to him and rested her head on his chest.
“Fidget?”
“Yeah?”
“What do you think of all this?”
“All what?”
“Like, our life?”
“You mean, the Dr.X thing?”
“Yeah, does it scare you?”
She lifted her head and looked at him. A certain fear widened her eyes.
“No……..…no, It doesn’t.”
She looked down.
“‘Cuz, I know that as long as X keeps trying to mess up the world, we’re gonna keep fighting him”
She turned away and put her head back down on his chest. There was silence for a few minutes.
“Fidge?”
Nothing, she was asleep. Alex smiled to himself. And then drifted to sleep as well.
Rikki tossed and turned. No matter what he did, he couldn’t get asleep. Thinking of Fidget and Alex, wherever they were, they were most likely together. He wanted Fidget SO badly. He knew she loved him, but, just not the way she loves Alex. He turned to face the wall, and began to sob.
The rising sun beamed down on Fidget and Alex, waking him up. He looked at his watch, 6:58am. He yawned and sat up, knocking Fidgets head off his chest. He looked down at her, she was still sleeping. He scooped her up and hopped off the wing.
Rikki looked around, he was in a canyon, a scary looking one. All the rocked were jagged and seemed to looked down at him. He heard a scream and looked behind him. Fidget lye there curled in a ball. She was gagged and her hands and legs were tied up. Rikki ran to her.
“Don’t worry Fidget, I’ll get you out.”
She yelled something, but the gag muffled it. She franticly began gesturing her head towards something behind her. Rikki looked at it, it was a BOMB! The timer read 00:45. His eyes got wide and he screamed as he ran away, as fast as he could, leaving Fidget behind. She yelped from behind him, but he didn’t stop. He just kept running. The bomb blew and the blast wave hit him, he flew to the ground, fire rushing just inches above him. He waited they until the flames clamed, He stood up. He didn’t want to look behind him, but it was as if someone forced him to.
“NO”
He closed his eyes.
“I won’t look!”
But he did.
“NOOOO!”
Rikki woke up soaked in cold sweat. He sat up and began hyperventilating.
That dream, I……I didn’t save her. I had plenty of time,
b…………but I didn’t. That’s why she loves Alex. Because I’m a
wimp.
He heard footsteps, Alex’s. Rikki lied back down and pretended to be asleep. He watched as Alex quietly walked in and set Fidget on his bunk. Then he walked over and pulled the sheets up on her bed. He picked up Fidget again and set her on her bunk and pulled the blankets back down over her, kissed her forehead, then left.
Oh, I probably can’t even pick her up, much less carry her around like that.
Rikki sighed then got up and walked down the hall and into the kitchen. Alex was there, making breakfast.
“Hey Rik, how do ya want you eggs?”
“Um, sunny side up would be great.”
“Okay”
He cracked an egg into the frying pan.
“So, Alex? Where were you last night?”
Alex looked down at the egg he had just cracked.
“Oh, ah, last night? Last night I was outside”
“All night?”
“Yeah”
“With Fidget?”
Alex looked up, and met Rikki’s eyes.
“All right Rikki, what’s the deal?”
Rikki stepped back.
Rikki?! What are you doing, you can’t fight Alex, he’s your friend! And even if he was’nt, it would be like tackling a boulder!
“Nothing, never mind……………….I mean, I’m sure you know I love her, I’m sure she’s told you, But, I want her to be, ah, happy, and if that means she’s with you, well, I guess that’s how it’ll be.”
“Rikki, If you don’t want me to--------------”
“NO! Alex, she loves you and you love her, I don’t want to ruin that.”
Rikki looked at the floor.
“And I don’t want her to get hurt because of me”