Subs: Elleck

Chapter 4

Meanwhile...

A spike in her energy lasted for a few minutes before the monitor went back to normal. I took note of it and pushed a button on my wrist.

"Sir, there's new levels of energy coming from her."

"Hmm. Keep an eye out for anymore spikes and report to me immediately."

"Yes, sir." I pushed the same button and the connection ended.

ELLECK

'Ow... my head...' I woke up the next morning with a pounding headache. I barely remember what happened after the nightclub in Seattle. I remember pounding drink after drink to get rid of another feeling I had and... did I f**k that guy? My rubbed my eyes and looked to my left at the sleeping naked man next to me. I looked down at myself. 'Yaaa I remember giving him permission.' My thoughts started drifting back to the man I caught staring at me last night. Those eyes... the way they looked at me... Sapphire haunted me in my sleep. What was that feeling? I silently slipped off the mattress, grabbed my clothes and went to the bathroom. I pushed a few buttons on my wrist and started to evaporate before reappearing in my private room on the ship. Finally something familiar. I pulled on some leather leggings with a matching tank top and sighed in comfort. Much better. I looked around for any sign of Embr before throwing the clothes from last night in the incinerator down the hallway.

"Did you just burn my clothes?" My eyes widened when I heard my partner's voice.

"No..." I slowly turned to her. She sighed.

"Well it's a good thing I have more than one of those dresses." She said and we started heading towards the eating area. I sat down on one of the bolted down bar stools while Embr went behind the counter towards the "food maker", I like to call it. We've picked up eating Earth food due to some of its nutrients not a lot of other planets have but there are times we've pigged out on its greasy foods. My thighs are proof of that. No matter how long I work out those muscles, they still look thick, but all muscle though, which in turn helps me to run really fast and jump really high. Some of the Earth tv and internet shows we've studied always show women with skinny legs doing that but I don't see the logic in how that's possible. I may be wrong though.

"What's some good breakfast food for a hang over?" I asked. Embr would know. While I'm training, she's drinking and dancing. Although if you think about it, fighting is a form of dance.

"Eggs, bacon, toast and coffee." She replied as she was pushed a few buttons on the "food making" machine.

"What kind of coffee?"

"Columbian dark roast sound good?"

"Mmm I can already feel it warming up my soul." She let out a chuckle before a steaming black coffee mug appeared in the cubby.

"French vanilla cream, right?" She asked, her finger hovering over another button waiting for my reply.

"Yes, ma'am." I replied through a muffle with my head on the table."And can I get just toast for right now? My stomach hurts."

"Must be from doing all those shots last night."

"Ugh..." Embr chuckled.

"You need to come out with me more often."

"Hard pass. I'm never doing that again." I lifted my head up as she put my coffee in front of me. I let it warm up my hands as I inhaled its sweet scent before taking a sip. I shivered in delight. "Mmm... thank you."

"You're welcome." We sat and ate in silence for a bit. My mind started wandering back to those Sapphire eyes. A thought occurred to me. Please, Creation, let it be false.

"Hey, um, could you tell me again about fated beings?" I asked Embr in a low voice. She leaned in a bit confused.

"Hm? Fated beings?" The look on my face made her lean back where she was. "Did you..."

"No!" I shouted in defense and avoided eye contact. Her eyes widened.

"Was it that guy you slept with?"

"Psh! f**k no! And, again, I did not!" I grew irritated and ate the rest of my food before the table took it, started cleaning it with my utensils as I got up and started walking to the training room. I heard Embr trying to catch up.

"Was it the guy from the other club?" My body uncontrollably froze in place and his eyes appeared in my mind yet again. I violently shook the feeling off and kept going. "Wait! If the guy before is your fated, how were you able to sleep with that other guy?"

"Exactly! Where was that 'pull', that 'need' and 'desire' to only him you were talking about?"

"Maybe the feeling is different on other planets."

"OH yes yet another mystery to add to my origin planet I know nothing about. Just send our daily report to Mordant. I'm gonna go train."

"You can't run from this conversation!"

"Watch as my ass shakes while WALKING AWAY from this conversation! Shake, shake, shake, b***h!" I shouted before putting my earbuds in and entering the training room. I could hear my partner muffling as I pushed a button to play my list. Waking Lions by Pop Evil started playing.

'Perfect.' I took a deep breath, closed my eyes and waited for the training obstacles to appear.

Even with my buds in, I can sense the targets coming. I swiftly dodged some holographic discs while hitting others. This was my style of dancing. My body swayed with the music. Some holographic beings started running towards me. I kicked a threw a few lightning punches and began to run to the other side of the room but something was wrong. I felt a sudden new surge of energy and instead of dodging holograms to get to the other side like I normally do, I ran into the wall on the other side of the room immediately.

BOOM

It took my a few seconds to realize what happened and I pushed myself back from the wall. I couldn't breathe through my nose. I touched it slightly and cringed. It feels broken. My earbuds fell out on contact and I heard the sliding door open.

"What the f**k happened?" I groaned as I started walking toward the medical ward.

"I don't know..." I said in slight shock. "One second I'm over there," I pointed, "and the next I'm over there." I pointed to the circle of wrinkles in the steel wall. Embr put one of my arms around her shoulders and helped me walk to the ward.

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