The New Destiny Beyond
By: Arwen Kurama
Ch. 1- Conflicting Hearts
There was a swirling darkness. Growls, shrieks, screams echoed. His eyes jerked open to a light above.
"Celtic?" said a firmilar voice. The terror subsided a little. He turned his head to see Jaslene. She held his right hand. He was laying on a medical table. A tube ran into his left wrist. A blanket was covering him up to his chest. Every piece of armor was removed. When he finally put everything back together, he realized his chest was stinging just a bit. He had been sudated and only now was it wearing off. "How do you feel?"
"A little groggy." he replied and with his left hand he gently touched his chest. "It hurts a little."
"The gash was pretty deep." she replied. "For a little while-" She stopped. It brought tears to her eyes.
"That bad, huh?" He squeezed her hand gently. "Good thing I had sucha beautiful guardian angel, or I just might have."
She smiled with deep sadness.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing." she said unable to look at him. She tried to pull her hand away, but he wouldn't let go.
"What is it?!" he said worried. She closed her eyes, trying to keep in the tear.
"I, um-" she began softly and sadly. Then she looked at him. "I need some time, Celtic. I love you deeply, but my life, my friends, my family, am I to give them up just for you? Can I live with myself if I do?" She quickly paused. "Can I live with myself if I don't? I need answers to the questions I've been asking myself." For a minute he looked at her solemly.
"If you want to go, just go!" he snapped finally. It shook her. She thought he'd understand.
"It's not-" she started.
"Go!" he thundered. He clutch his chest. A monitor began to alarm. As a Yautja doctor rushed in Jaslene backed out.
She went to Elder's office. Scar and Lex sat there speaking with him. She burst in with a tear soaked face.
"I want to go home!" she cried. They all looked at her startled.
"Is Celtic-" began Scar expecting the worst.
"Celtic is well enough to be a jerk!" she snapped. "I want to go home! He doesn't understand therefore I don't belong!" Lex got up out of her seat to calm Jaslene down. Elder sat back in deep thought.
"I believe this wasn't too thought out." he said after a moment. "I want you two to go back to Earth." Scar stood up, ready to protest. Elder raised a hand to him. "Only for six months." he continued. "In that time the four of you will be thinking this over and we will determine then."
"But Lex wants to be here! She souldn't have to go!" Scar snapped. "Aren't you happy here?" he asked Lex. She gave him a conflicted look. Scar huffed up and stormed out of the room.
"They love you." he said after a moment. The women looked at Elder. "It will be hard." He stood up and walked slowly to them. "Not everyone will except humans, but I can assure you my boys will never abandon you. I will ready a shettle to take you both where ever you want to be. But think hard about this."
Then he left the room The two got ready to leave. As they were being lead to the suttle Lex asked Jaslene, "So where are you going to be dumped?"
"At my houseIt's out in the middle of the hill country in Texas." she replied.
"Sounds nice. Mind if I get off with you?"
"No." said Jaslene with a smile. Then she looked away saddened to leave Celtic.
In the medical room Scar talked to Celtic. The two were frustrated anf unhappy. Elder came in. The two silence from their fuming.
"Are they gone?" snapped Celtic.
"They're leave as we speak." said Elder calmly.
"Good!" snapped Scar.
"Would you two stop acting like children!" said Elder. "The two are leaving now, but they may find balance. They love you, but have lives on Earth. How dare you two think they can just give it all way without a moment's thought!" They both looked ashamed. Their father hadn't scolded them like this in a long time. "Nobody can decide which they desire most. Nobody, but them. And what you two say is out of feeling scorned by love." Elder wnt back to his regularly calmness for the last sentence. "Time is needed when there are conficting hearts." They sat in silence for a moment.
"So you think they'll come back?" Celtic asked sadly. Elder looked at them compassionately.
"There is a small chance they might not." said Elder in reply. "In the past there were cases of similar happenings. A Yautja warrior would fall in love with a beautiful human maiden. Rarely did they work out. Except for one."
Author's Note: Here's ch 1. Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed.