After the meeting adjourned, I went after Sephora. I figured I would find her at her station in the engineering bay. Sure enough, I found her there, madly working on something.
Her attitude was starting to tick me off. When I was next to her, I said, “You know, you really need to stop acting like that.”
“Like what?” Sephora snapped, “Like women aren’t inferior to men? I can do anything that jerk can do!”
“Geesh, calm down Sephora!” I thought about it for a second. “Honestly I just think he doesn’t want you to get hurt.”
“Yeah, like he’d care.”
“I know he does.”
“So, are you gonna help me or not?” Sephora suddenly asked, changing the subject. Her anger turned to determination and her eyes started to sparkle.
Uh-oh… not good, I thought. “What are you talking about?” I replied.
“Help me with plan B.”
*Sephora*
I had Aris follow me down to the recruitment floor. We walked in silence until Aris finally blurted out, “What are we doing here?” I saw her eyebrows furrow.
“You’ll see,” I replied mischievously.
Coincidentally, Zena was manning the front room and was talking to a good looking new recruit who was obviously seduced by her flirtatious charm and beauty. I rolled my eyes in annoyance. She is such a flirt, I thought.
“Oh it’s you,” Zena said with a disgusted look when she spotted me over the man’s shoulders.
“I don’t have time for your jealous insults Zena,” I said determinedly and walked right past her. I was already sick of this girl and I’d barely even met her.
I saw the look of complete surprise and annoyance wash over Zena’s face before she quickly erased it and began flirting with the new recruit again. I rolled my eyes again.
Aris and I made our way into the “makeover room.” I looked for any sign of the person I was searching for. Finally I called out, “Talya?”
She suddenly appeared from behind the uniform machine. “Yes?” she said as she walked over to us.
“I need a favor,” I asked with a pleading look. I just hoped she would be able to help us.
“Sure,” Talya replied looking surprised, “anything you need.”
*Aris*
Sephora told me to keep our meeting with Talya a surprise. I still didn’t know exactly what she was planning, but Talya took my measurements, so I figured it had something to do with an outfit or something. I didn’t get how that would be “plan B”, but I guessed I would find out.
The next morning, Talon, Tyzon, Rexan, and I were all in the meeting room discussing our next move.
“Even if we find out what this is, what are we going to do to fix the problem?” Rexan asked thoughtfully.
I was still mad at Rexan. I couldn’t believe he was the opposite of what I thought he was. Without acknowledging him, I said, “Well if we figure out more about this substance, hopefully Malina and I will be able to come up with a cure. With her familiarity of the planet’s medicine and my medical knowledge, it should be doable.”
They all seemed to think about my answer, but before anyone responded, a knock was heard at the door.
“Come in,” Tyzon answered.
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R.O.N.A.
Fiksi IlmiahSephora and Aris are just about to finish college. With their degrees and new lives awaiting, they are excited to start. But in some ways, Sephora feels like maybe she isn't really ever going to accomplish anything worth mentioning throughout her li...
