Fenris Perrywinkle: The Great Galactic Duel

Chapter XIX: An Interesting Development

"So, do you like her?"

I lay back in the hot tub and continue to eye the gorgeous redhead standing in the middle of frothing water. I nod my head at Amanda, who sits across from me in the left hand corner.

"She's our gift to you for being so awesome," Jenn says with a smile. She bounces with excitement across from me in the right corner. Steaming water splashes up onto her lovely neck and cheeks.

The redhead places her hands on her hips and looks down at me with an expectant look in her eye. "Well?" she asks. "Are you going to make me feel welcome in this group?"

A broad smile crosses my lips and I vigorously nod my head. My hands find her firm legs and I immediately begin to explore.

"Fenris?" she asks.

"Yes, Alex?"

"Alex? Who's that?" she asks.

I nod. "Yeah, baby. You know it. Just you and me."

"Who's Alex, Fenris?" she asks again, a little sterner this time.

I blink several times. Unity still has her arms around my neck and is drilling into my soul with those eyes of hers.

"Were you imagining being with someone else right now?"

I stifle a small cough and look away. "Nooo. No, no. I'm here. All good. No worries."

Great. Two seconds with a new fabulous woman, and I'm already screwing it up. Yay for me.

Unity smiles and steps back from me. "The intergalactic war between Everbright and Deepdarc is resolved. Center is pleased with you."

Wow, she's already dropped the whole 'Alex' thing? This might just be the girl of my dreams.

I nod in a serious fashion. "Right, well, you did the whole speech thing and they basically worship you, so... yeah. I didn't really do much."

Unity bows a little. "Without you, Unity could not have been achieved. Center now has the ability to govern the affairs of the universe. Logic and understanding will rule."

I nod, desperately pretending to understand a word that's coming out of her mouth. "You have a connection to Center? Can you feel her?"

She bows again. "I am Unity."

I nod a little more. I have no idea what she just said.

There's kind of an awkward silence.

"So... uh... are you the ruler of... of... everything... now? Or something? You know, now that you're... you're... here?"

Another bow. This woman likes to bow.

"I will see that balance and order prevail in the linear realm."

I feel so dumb right now. I look around at the empty stadium desperately hoping to find something to say.

"What... uh... what happened to those three lady ninja aliens? I trapped them when I was channeling... I dunno... Center's power, I guess?"

Unity smiles and shakes her head.

Okay, so I guess she's not all knowing. I guess that's good to know.

"Come, Fenris Perrywinkle," she says and takes my hand. We will go to the one called Amanda's ship.

"O... Okay." She begins leading me toward the former Everbright landing pad. I mean, why not, right? I kind of did what I came here to do – I literally have no idea what I'm going to do with myself going forward.