Infinite Aces

Heart of change

Avvix sat in the wear house next to Mileas's unconscious body. The bio patch was stopping anymore blood from escaping and the blood transfuser was slowly reintroducing blood into Mileas's body. Avvix slipped off his helmet and placed it next to himself. He ran his fingers through his hair anxiously and thought to himself.

"Maybe I shouldn't have climbed that roof... if it wasn't for me you'd be fine." Avvix said as he buried his face in his hands.

Mileas stirred slightly as the new blood rejuvenated her muscles and core functions.

Avvix gently moved a stray strand of her hair out of her face, and checked her pulse by placing two fingers on her neck. He felt a faint beat of life.

"Why do I care about this stranger so much?" Avvix asked himself. He quickly dismissed the thought. He had an obligation to keep this woman alive.

He waited for what felt like days, watching as warmth and color slowly returned to Mileas's skin. After the adrenaline left his system, Avvix came to the realization that Mileas was clothed only in her undergarments. She was a exquisite specimen that pleased Avvix's eyes. However he felt that she would be unhappy to find herself nearly naked upon waking. So he gave her a makeshift dress made from a nearby curtain that covered her almost completely. Avvix eventually felt uncomfortable sitting next to Mileas for such a long period of time that he went to the other side of the wear house and started throwing his knife into the wall to entertain himself.

Mileas awoke from her brush with death rather calmly, but she felt sick and unnaturally weak.
She immediately noticed that her normal clothes were missing. With a hiss the blood transfuser disconnected, startling her a bit. She examined her surroundings and found she was in a small wear house, next to her lay Avvix's blood soaked jacket and her tank top. She slowly removed her curtain dress and redressed in familiar clothing, but upon doing so she noticed the bio patch attached to her side.
"What happened?" She said to herself.

"You suffered a severe laceration and nearly bled to death." Avvix said from behind her.
"Without the blood transfusion and bio patch you would have died from blood loss." He continued.

"You..." Mileas said as she turned to face Avvix.
"You, saved me?" She asked with deep sincerity.

"I- I did." Avvix responded. "Uh, you should probably put some pants on and sit down I'm getting a bit uncomfortable and nervous that you're going to pass out." He said with a hint of embarrassment.

Mileas nodded in agreement. Then proceeded to slip on her shorts and sit down on the curtain dress.

"I don't remember past getting dragged into the sewer." She said as she fixed her shirt so it covered her better.

"Someone called a hit on you, an assassin named Anar attempted to dissolve you in a waste vat, but I intervened." Avvix explained.

"When I shot him he slipped and accidentally slashed you on the side." He continued.

"That doesn't explain why my clothes are missing." Mileas said as she gave Avvix a condemning stare.

"In order to dissolve you he needed cut off your outer layers of clothing, and after you fell unconscious I had to take off the rest in order to place the bio patch." Avvix explained as he began to blush.

"I'll take your word for it then." Mileas said. "Thank you, Avvix." she added.

"Any time." Avvix replied.

"I should probably go home." Mileas said while attempting to stand up.

"That's not a luxury either of us have, they'll be looking for you now, just in case you survived." Avvix said. "But I know where we can go so you can recover." he assured her.

"You know you're really nice when you want to be." Mileas complimented. "Perhaps I misjudged you at first." she said with a honest smile.

"We can save the niceties for later, right now we need to get to a safer area." Avvix said as he helped Mileas to her feet. He grabbed his helmet off the ground and placed it on his head.

"Come on." He instructed.

They entered into the street and Mileas was met with a blast of cold air causing her to shiver a bit. Avvix walked forward unfazed by the air and flagged down a taxi. He opened the door and let Mileas in before he entered and shut the door.

"Destination?" the robotic taxi driver asked.

"117005, Underworld sect. third building on the right." Avvix said blankly.

The taxi rose into the air and began to fly. Mileas felt uncomfortable being so exposed next to Avvix, there was something about him that just made her feel odd. She didn't know if it was because he undressed her while she was knocked out, or if it was because he saved her life. Avvix looked ahead expressionlessly as they passed many buildings. Slowly the streets became darker and darker as they proceeded underground.
Eventually they arrived at 117005 underworld sect. It was a rather sketchy part of the city, one that Mileas had never visited. Most off-world citizens lived down here while the humans and subhuman citizens live up on the surface. (To clarify, humanity has spread it grasp to outside of the solar system, and because of the separation of light years humans have split into different evolutionary paths making what are called subhumans. Feel free to ask questions about this is the comments also aliens have taken refuge in humanity's colonies.) there was a huge diversity of different aliens and human citizens walking the streets of the underworld sect.

"Please exit the vehicle." The cab driver said as the doors flung open.

"Thank you." Avvix said as he exited the cab. Mileas scrambled out to follow Avvix.

"I've never been here before." Mileas said nervously.

"I've lost count of how many times I've been here." Avvix said. He hooked arms with Mileas and whispered in her ear "stay close to me, down here you're my property."

"Excuse me?!" Mileas responded almost angrily.

"Sorry." Avvix said. "But, its for your own safety."
Avvix and Mileas walked arm and arm down the street. They received many nervous glances from alien pedestrians who suspected that they were a rich and dangerous couple.

"Welcome to my underworld safe haven!" Avvix announced as he opened the door to a rather large building. Mileas entered cautiously and was shortly followed by Avvix.

Avvix spoke quietly "You may want to keep your mouth shut until I assert that you are." He paused. "Well, not ripe for the picking." He added.

Mileas shuddered at that statement as the inside door swung open.

Mileas and Avvix live, but now they have to leave their normal lives up on the surface behind. I hope I've entertained you. Leave a vote and comment all you like! Lemme know if I should continue.