SOVEREIGNTY

Chapter 5

Alan couldn't move, he almost dared not to breathe, he knew she'd gone home, he knew she'd been homesick for centuries. What the hell was she doing back here? His mouth must have been hanging open cause Hopix started to laugh, "What have you missed me that much Alan?" Hopix giggled.

"I thought you were gone for good! When I took you home I felt the longing in you to stay there." Hanging his head Alan whispered, "I thought you'd be happier there than here with me. Alright! Yes damn it! I missed you that bad ok?"

Hopix couldn't believe what she'd just heard, Alan had missed her? Why? She was just a simple Fairixie, trying to do her job for the council, to save as many as she could before Alan was either tired of the job or was killed. Just the fact that he'd freed her planet, plus saved what was left of her family, she would devote the rest of her life to him.

"Alan," she breathed out trying to control her shaky breath, "I am here to help you, many things that are wrong were my fault, such as the one that had taken my planet." Here she hung her head, she couldn't tell him not yet, if he wasn't ready she'd loose him forever, she'd waited far too long to allow that to happen. "I am hoping that we can set right so many wrongs that were done by the recruits that I tried to train." Again she hung her head.

"Hopix," Alan started. "I am more than willing to help you and accept your help, we're a team and a damn good team at that."

Hopix had been hoping he would say something like that but it was still too soon for her to say anything, if she lost him right as they were getting started, she'd never recover. She'd been researching this at home the whole time after her grandfather had said what he had, or she'd have been back a hell of a lot sooner.

"I hope so Alan, as I said there is so much to do yet, we have barely scratched the surface." Hopix almost whispered.

Alan was still slightly in shock, not only had Hopix come back but she still wanted to work with him. Hell he still felt he was the worse mage that any of them had ever seen.

"Alan you really have to stop thinking like that! You are truly a rare find of a mage, you are accomplishing things that haven't been seen in thousands of years."

Again Alan was a little shocked, he didn't think that his thoughts were that strong. Was Hopix actually a mind reader or was she more sensitive than most?

Hopix had to bite her lip damn it! Her and her big mouth! She wasn't used to being this excited. As a matter of fact she wasn't this used to being as confident in her abilities as she was now. She looked at Alan a feeling of pride growing in her chest, something else she wasn't used to. What Alan had said was true, at first she had wanted to stay home with her mother and sister, god she had missed them for so long. Now thanks to Alan she had a family again another thing that she could never truly repay him for.

"I went over a report of your last job, you did extremely well Alan," Hpoix said.

"I don't know how you think I did well, it took Queen Glimmer and your people to convince them to let me help them, not exactly a glowing review," Alan replied.

"No but, you have to think of it this way," started Hopix, "you wasted no time and found a solution within minutes of thinking of it. To me and I'm sure to them you are definitely a hero, your quick thinking saved them even more suffering."

Ok, Alan thought, when you thought of it that way he ... might have helped a bit. Hopix sighed what was she going to do with this man? It seemed he had no confidence at all, had his female partner drained it that much from him? Suddenly anger swelled in her chest, she wanted to do violent and terrible things to Alan's mate.