Starman chapter 6

[wsprs]

Relena woke slowly, and tried to steady herself as she stood.
?Stupid girl. Drank yourself to hallucinations..?
She turned to go back into her room, and caught a glimpse of light from the corner of her eye. Slowly, she stepped backwards and turned her head towards the light. There, on her porch, stood a naked, glowing Heero ? and a bright ball that vaulted off into the sky from his outstretched hand and disappeared.

She launched herself into her room, and tore a pair of jeans and some boots off the floor. Finding the car keys to the classic 1966 Shelby GT350 Mustang she had received as a gift from her brother the year before in her jeans pocket, she ran into the garage. With the keys in her mouth, she hopped from one foot to the other, pulling her boots on. Realizing too late that her jeans won?t fit over the boots, she half fell, half leapt to the door of her car. Fumbling with the handle, she flung the door open and caught herself before falling inside.. and hesitated. Slowly, she backed herself away from her car, and looked toward the porch.
?Relena. You?re crazy. That isn?t Heero. That isn?t..?
But she found her feet walking of their own accord towards the waiting house. Her brows are bunched with worry and confusion, but her eyes hold the haunted look of anticipation. She stopped before she reached the house, closed her eyes, and forced herself to back step by step to the car.

And when she hit a barrier, she knew she had backed directly into him.

Excited, she screamed while turning to face him. In response, he screamed back at her. A bit startled, she looked up into his face, and screamed once more. He opened his mouth to return the greeting, but rather shut it slowly, and studied her instead. They stayed like this, she with her wide eyes and half open mouth prepared to scream, and he cocking his head first one way and then another, waiting for her to do something. Exasperated, she calmed herself and stepped back trying to find a way to orient. She noticed he had the gun in one hand, and violently forced her eyes to meet his gaze, her fear augmented somehow by seeing the man before her not only armed, but naked.
How? Heero.
Shocked at the intrusiveness of her stricken mind, she shook the thought from her head, confused more than anything else. Feeling more than a bit flustered and quite crazy, she turned to what was most familiar.
The silence is too empty and you?re either going to fill it with fear or with words. Chose words, girl. At least that way, you have a chance! You sweet-talked the entire planet once, why wouldn?t it work with this? thing?!
?Um, sir, can I offer ? uh, how about I give you some clothes? Would you like that? I mean, I?m sure you would. Well. Um. How about you follow - I mean, please follow me. You?re about Heero?s size??
She almost swallowed her tongue when she realized what she said.
?Um. I mean.. I have some of Heero?s old clothes. I?m sure they will fit.?

A few minutes later, they both sat in her orange and black mustang with PRINCESS written on the plates. He had insisted on wearing the exact outfit Heero had been wearing the day the film was shot. It unnerved her to no end the likeness this thing shared with Heero. Tearing her eyes off him, she nervously tried to keep her thoughts clear. She put the keys into the ignition and attempted to turn the engine several times. It flooded. In near panic, she tried again. Giving up, she turned to him and spoke with a cracked voice.
?It. It won?t start..?
He considered her for a moment, and simply leaned over and placed his fingers over the keys. There was a small spark, and the engine roared to life.
?We? go.?
Relena looked to the strange, familiar man, and merely nodded, her mind numb. She put the car in gear, slammed her foot on the gas, and drove until the trees became as thick and oppressive behind as they were in front.

She slowed, and then stopped. Not looking to her companion, she sighed.
?W- where??
When she didn?t receive an answer, and she could no longer stand the burning sensation of his eyes on her, she looked up with renewed, aggravated fear.
?Where? Left? Right? Where are we going??
He said nothing, but brought a ball from one of his jacket pockets, and enclosed it in a fist. She gasped sharply when it began to glow. When he opened his hand, a depiction of an ancient map appeared on her windshield. She stared at it in awe. He pointed.
?Here. Youu know where thatt place iz??
?If.. if this is a map of twenty-first century United States, and it, uh, it looks like it is, than um.. that place is California and that place is um, Nevada. That uh, means the uh, the place you?re looking for is.. Arizona? Maybe??
?Than wee go tto Ari-zona-may-bee.?

[kawaiiemogirl]

Hmmm, crazy alien.