Nathaniel flattened. A quick glance upward and a few
calculations told him what he needed to know. He would hit the ground long
before Angela made it in time. He re-adjusted his shield, flattened it out and formed
a rectangular energy glider.
He slowed to a crawl and moments later, Angela blew
right past him. He readjusted, formed a triangle and dived straight down. This
time she grabbed his hand, disrupting the integrity of his shield construct.
The shield then reverted to its normal body hugging sheathe.
“What took you so long?” Nathaniel said as they
dropped like a rock.
“Better late than never!”
He grabbed her leg.
“Hey!”
“With the gravity here being similar to earth, no
matter what rudimentary shape we force upon the shield, we will hit the ground
at terminal velocity. I will have to reboot our anti-grav boots.”
“Okay, but don’t just grab me without telling me!”
“Sorry, but we have seconds.”
“And don’t you dare peek!”
“Peek? Peek at what?” He looked up and saw Angela
desperately trying to keep her skirt down. What Nathaniel assumed was tights
were only stockings that traveled thigh high. After recognition, he closed his
eyes and looked down. “I—I—I am s—s—sorry. I…didn’t m—mean t—to—“
“Fool, just hurry up and do whatever magic you are
going to do! Remember, seconds?”
“R—right.” Nathaniel worked quickly. He ignored his instincts
and reached for her shielding control, hidden under her belt. He then reached
into his pocket and pulled out his U-phone. With one hand, he unlocked the
phone and searched the screens.
“Who are you calling?”
“Not calling. Energy transfer app.” He found the app
activated it after some quick calibrations. He shoved it into her belt, just
behind her belt buckle. “Sorry.”
She said nothing as he moved to her boot.
He accessed the main panel, removed the batteries and
rebooted the system. The lights lit up and immediately the two of them slowed
down. He held on to her and the both of them moved until they were upright.
“Sorry, but we are using my shield and your boots so we have to remain close.”
“I don’t mind the closeness you are my intergalactic
martial arts sensei, we spar all the time. I am more concerned about what you
saw earlier.”
He looked away. “Nothing.”
“Liar. What did you see?”
“That’s not a fair question. You know how my mind
works. Even if I saw a little, my mind will work out the rest.”
“Yes. And what did your perverted mind see?”
“I—I shouldn’t say.”
“Say or I will tell Isis and Kagome.”
“You wouldn’t!”
“Try me.”
Of course she would. Everything about her body
language said she would. ”They were essentially red with multi-colored rabbits
strategically placed to form a three, two, one pattern from top to bottom. The
pattern in the front matched the pattern in the—“
“Okay. You saw all that in a split second? Did you see
my birthmark too?”
“Oh, is that what that was? It was irregular shaped so
I—“
“Shut up!”
“Well you were the one who asked. You could have just
left well enough alone.”
“I had to know. I am so embarrassed. I don’t know what
I was thinking. I just felt like wearing cute underwear today. Didn’t think, I
would be jumping out of a ship.”
“So, we are cool? This never happened?”
“The hell it didn’t. After what you just seen and did,
you need to at least take me out to dinner and a movie.”
“Are you serious?”
“Yes, I am serious. Don’t get any ideas. There is a
movie premiering Friday, all of the kids are going to be there, and I refuse to
miss it. Jon is in another sector of the universe and this is not the kind of
face that goes to see a movie alone.”
“So why don’t you ask a boy from your school?”
“Because they know nothing about ninety percent of my
life. Have you talked about the intergalactic war? Or the latest Valusian
fashion?”
“No, but I don’t exactly have a lot of friends on
earth… I know Isis wouldn’t mind. She feels that since there is so few
Earthians in Union, the two of us should spend more time together.”
“Precisely. Jon wouldn’t mind either. He understands
that he is my first choice and you are number two.”
“Wow… that is insulting,” Nathaniel said as their feet
finally touched ground.
“Don’t be that way. If I hadn’t met Jon and you and
Isis were not an item, I would—“ She closed up abruptly.
His ability to predict patterns finished the sentence
in his own mind. And even without his ability, he knew that the two of them
would naturally gravitate toward one another. It was one of the many reasons he
hesitated to teach her IMA.
“Never mind what I just said,” Angela said. “I was
having a blond moment.”
“You are just as smart as I am,” Nathaniel said. “Don’t
ever question your intelligence. Speaking of which, you could have just asked
and spared me the whole punishment for have an intuitive aptitude, a pair of
eyes and being a guy.”
“A guy? It is kind of nice to know that you are
normal. Sometimes, I wonder if you are even human.”
“I think technically you are more of an advanced human
than I am by a hundredth of a percent.”
She gave him his phone and with a smooth move of her
fingers, activated her own shield. “See what I mean? You think way too much…” She
stepped out of Nathaniel’s shield and surveyed the area. “So, what kind of
weapon was that? And who shot us down?”
“It was a nanite viral trap. It infected our equipment
before we left the ship. The reason why it didn’t affect our shielding is—“
“Because it has anti-viral software and hardware.”
“Yes. The ship should be safe and the rest of our
equipment—what little we have should be fine.”
“So the terrorist set a trap for us.”
“Yes.” He turned toward the small shiny town a
half-mile north of them. “We are out in the open, but I doubt if they expect us
to survive their trap.”
“Still, I would prefer that we stay one step ahead. I
think I should scout ahead.”
“That would be best.” He got down on one knee.
Angela climbed on his back. “Man, if Isis saw us now,
she would probably be very jealous right now. Can you even lift Isis?”
“What are you trying to say?”
“She is dense…very heavy. Come on, she doesn’t have an
ounce of body fat.”
“She…is heavier than she looks, but I can lift her.”
She placed her arms around his neck and her body went
limp. An energy form of her appeared in front of him. “Can you see me?”
“Yes.”
“I will fly one-hundred feet above until we get to there.”
“Alright.”
Ten minutes later the two of them were in the town. A
couple of two feet tall soldiers on a hovercraft intercepted them. They greeted
Nathaniel by name. Angela appeared next to Nathaniel. Her astral form, only
visible to him, hovered. “Nate, they are legit.”
Nathaniel nodded and spoke to the escorts. “Take me to
your leader.”
The End of Chapter Two of Egg-napped
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