Fenris Perrywinkle: The Great Galactic Duel

Chapter X: Catfight

My teeth start to chatter as my ex and I climb higher and higher into the sky. I don't think she cares. The way she's got me under the arms reminds me how my relatives used to manhandle me as a small child at family reunions. I still wish she'd just drop me.

Oh my gosh! She dropped me!

...five feet onto the top of a mountain top. I land with a thud and get the wind knocked out of me. It doesn't take much. Just stand in your kitchen and fall backward onto the floor. Your mother will think you've had a stroke or something. You might give yourself a concussion. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Jenn floats above me with her hands on her glorious hips. I'd comment on the view except... judging from the look on her face, she'd incinerate me if I tried making any wisecracks.

We stare at each other for what seems like an eternity. Kind of like when you corner a spider and are afraid to look away because you're sure it will attack if you do.

My teeth start to chatter again. I guess mountain tops are covered in snow for a reason.

"I should just leave you up here," she mutters.

"Jenn!" my voice is shrill. I'm hoping it's because of the cold. "I swear to you... I couldn't remember anything!"

She floats down to the ground in front of me and looks me square in the eye. I get a feeling like I've been in this situation with her before. Her eyes narrow a little. I think she can see my soul right now.

"Well, you remember me now, don't you?"

My body begins to shiver. I wrap my arms around myself and give Jenn my best sad puppy face.

She wrinkles her nose. "Oh not the puppy face again. If there was anything that I really hoped you did forget, it's that face."

I guess I've used it on her before?

She moves closer to me. I can feel the power radiating from her. I struggle a little in the snow to try and back up, but my limbs are going numb.

Her eyes lock onto mine. I see tiny bolts of energy spidering in the dark of her pupils. I lean back into the snow as she crawls in between my frozen legs.

"Fenris..." Her lips begin to tremble. She must be close to losing it now. In a few moments, she'll unleash her power and I'll be exploded into a thousand frozen pieces.

She collapses on top of me, buries her face in my chest and wraps her powerful arms around my neck. I freeze. I'm not sure it it's from shock, or if I really am frozen.

"What did I do wrong?" she whispers.

I'm confused. Is it my imagination, or is my ex hugging me and sobbing a little? Maybe I'm experiencing hypothermia.

She lifts her head up, tears streaming down her face. "Fenris, please answer me. We used to mean everything to each other. Am I wrong? Was it all in my head?"

I try to answer her, but now I think I really am hypothermic.

Jenn stares at me for a moment before my reality sets in. "Oh, I'm sorry," she mutters and places her hand on my chest. My body starts to vibrate as I'm filled with star energy again. I don't know why, but it feels very different from the energy Amanda infused me with. It's not comfortable at all – in fact, it kind of burns!

"You're not attuned to Deepdarc energy – we draw from a different star than the Everbrights. Your body will still process it, but it probably isn't pleasant."

Yeah, not at all. I feel like my innards are being been microwaved. At least I'm warm again though.

I cough and sputter a couple of times. I think smoke actually comes out of my mouth, but that might be an exaggeration.