Everlasting Beauty (Free Ebook)

Chapter Forty-Eight

"Well, this is an emotional scene," A recognizable voice said.

"Rox?"

"Hello Anabella. Joe," Rox said. Then he looked at Randolph. Randolph looked at him with some skepticism.

"I believe I do not know your name," Rox said. Randolph pointed the shotgun on him, but my dad stopped him.

"No, no, he's good," my dad said.

"Rox, he's dead. Brok's dead," I said.

"Hmm... interesting, since we have developed a new resuscitation method," Rox said, for the first time there was a glare of hope.

"A new what?"

"Resuscitation method. Has he been dead for more than three minutes?" Rox asked.

"No," I replied immediately.

"Than allow me," Rox said walking towards Brok's body. He knelt down to look examine him.

"Hmm. Well, there is a serious problem with his digestive system due to the exposure of human food. We can however place his conscioussness into an avatar," Rox said.

"Like you?" I asked.

"Not quite. Please step back. This process will take a while," Rox said. Then other Sha people entered the main deck. They immediately aimed their weapons at us, but Rox stopped them.

"No. They are our friends. That is Anabella and her father and this is... who are you?" Rox asked Randolph.

"Her friend?"

"Is that true?" Rox asked me.

"Yes," I said immediately. The weapons went down. Then the Sha members began to speak to Rox in their Sha language. There was a brief exchange between them and afterwards they left.

"They will bring the avatar now. Let us end this affair," Rox said. He walked to one of the computers of the main deck and began to punch the keys on the holographic screens. Soon two strange and dark capsules appeared next to Brok. The capsule's door opened with a swish sound. Rox approached the prince, carried him and placed him inside of the capsule. Then one of the Sha soldiers returned with a small handbag.

"What is that?" I gasped.

"I don't know," my father said. The Sha soldier placed the small handbag on the floor. Both capsules immediately closed. Then a strong light lit the entire room. It was so bright, that Randolph, my father and I had to squint until it became unbearable. Then we covered our eyes and finally we had to close them. Then just as the main bridge had lit, it darkened. The capsules popped open.

I opened my eyes to see Brok's lifeless body on the first capsule and then I glanced towards the second one and I gasped.

A young man stepped out of the capsule. His hair was short trimmed and blond. His eyes were blue, his skin pale, but there was something about him, something in the way he looked at me. His features were very familiar to me. His chest was bare and he was a couple of inches taller than me. He ran towards me and grabbed my hands.

"Anabella?" He said to me. I frowned with dismay. I was confused.

"Brok?" I asked.

"Yes, it's me," he said. His voice had changed a bit. It wasn't as deep or as husky as it was before. I looked into his eyes unsure of who he was.

"You look so... human."

"I am human," he replied. I just couldn't see him. Every trace of himself was gone. His dark long hair, his height and even his golden eyes. Then he kissed me and the way he kissed me, that nice, tender, sweet way of doing it made me realize that it really was him! His lips parted from mine.