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Colas Part 1

Jace, Calista, Holly and Taxon sit in the flight Room-Taxon sits in a red chair by the window, with a panel in front of him, Jace sits to the right of him, his face looking all around at the sights before him, Calista sits to the right of him, and Holly sits behind them, sleeping loudly in a chair.

Calista smiles at the sight of Holly and turns her chair around to Jace, whom steadily stares out the window, staring at various planets and stars.

"Calm down." Taxon mumbles, pushing a button on the dash board.

Jace throws his head back and yells, "I CAN'T! I MIGHT FIND MY FAMILY! OR SOMEONE ELSE I USED TO KNOW WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT!"

Calista stifles a laugh and Holly jumps up from her sleep and yawns, she glances around and her eyes lower towards Jace.

"I knew you'd be the one to wake me up. Great. Just great, anything else you wanna ruin for me?" Holly looks around angrily, her raven hair sticking up in all directions.

With a deep mumble, Taxon leans forward, glancing out his window.

"I can't stand being in this stupid floating ball of tin any more-If there was a way we could go faster!" He begins pressing buttons and turning dials, "A couple days my ass."

Jace sits up and gawks at the view in front of them.

"Stop talking and look!" Jace commands and Holly rolls her eyes.

"There's something I never thought you'd-."

She stops talking, but her mouth continues to stay open, Calista's eyes widen in excitement.

Ahead, a large, dull blue sun flickers, and it grows more constant as they approach.

"It's dying." Calista whispers.

They remain in silence, as the ship begins to vibrate.

"Taxon! Pull the ship out of here!" Holly screeches at him.

He doesn't move, instead he stares at the giant ball of gas, as it explodes.

The ship is thrust back, flipping them upside down and then upright again, Jace is now standing.

He punches Taxon square in the jaw as the girls scream loudly behind him.

"If you don't move the ship we're going to die!" He screams but Taxon remains still.

Heaving him out of the seat, Jace sits and begins pushing buttons, the ship turns left and shoots out of the blast radius. He then turns back and begins back the same track, just a few miles to the left.

"Stupid Taxon." Jace begins to mumble, "Can't even fly his own ship." He pouts and pushes a blue button, "Cruise control, considering I don't know how to fly this thing." He looks to Taxon who lies on the floor, Calista kneels beside him.

From her pocket, she pulls out a small capsule and pushes down the top, springing from it is an antidote bottle.

"It looks like-." She trails off and begins fumbling with his armor, she slides his top armor off, and then his long sleeved black shirt, and presses her palms to his chest. "He's breathing." She places her hands on his stomach and green light radiates from the bottle. "It isn't poison." She presses the top of the antidote bottle and springing from it is a light purple bottle. She places her hands on his neck, and the light purple bottle glows red. "Jackpot." She mumbles, and begins pouring the purple liquid into his mouth. "You have to swallow it." She leans over his face and kisses his lips, blowing air while she does, she pulls back and smiles, "He'll wake up in about a day."