Planet of the Stars

Chapter 6: Thoughts

When all the bodies were taken care of we boarded Kira and Lincoln's ship. We were all chilling in one of the lounge rooms. Kira, and Lincoln were in the cockpit piloting the ship towards our next stop. Efren, Theo, and I sat next to each other. Loki had curled up on my lap.

Felicity had already checked me to make sure I was okay.

"You did well out there Flick." I say.

"Thank you Skye." Felicity says.

"Maybe I'll bring you into the field more." I say.

Felicity lets out a small smile and inclines her head towards me.

"If you desire it. I will." Felicity says.

I nod. I turn towards Theo and Efren. Theo was polishing his blaster, and Efren was deep in thought.

"Efren?" I ask gently.

Efren turns to face me.

"Yeah?" Efren asks.

"Are you okay?" I ask.

"Of course I'm okay. Why wouldn't I be?" Efren asks.

"Okay Efren I'm the one who hides what I'm feeling, not you. What's going on?" I ask.

Efren lets out a smirk. I return it.

"I know Lincoln always did stuff like that, I just guess I'm not ready for it yet." Efren says.

I nod.

"It took me awhile to get used to it, but I eventually did. Lincoln has ways we might not like, but they're effective for him. It's what he's always done. That doesn't meant we have to do exactly what he's doing." I say.

"I know." Efren says, then pulls me into him.

I rest my head on his shoulder.

"When did you become the wise one?" Efren asks.

I smile.

"I have my moments." I say.

Efren laughs.

"Yeah you do, don't you." Efren says.

"Efren?" I ask.

"Yeah?" Efren says.

"Why are you so angry?" I ask pulling away, so I was sitting up and looking at him.

"Who says I'm angry? I'm not angry." Efren asks.

"Yes you are. I can feel it." Theo says.

"Theo." Efren warns.

"I'm sorry I don't control it, and it's literally radiating off of you." Theo says.

Efren sighs.

"I'm not exactly happy with the crystals putting you through this." Efren says.

"Efren, I don't have a choice." I say.

"I know, but that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it." Efren says.

I nod. I understood where Efren was coming from. Sometimes I found myself in that state of mind, and I had to get out of it. We were silent for a bit, then Efren piped up.

"How's Eva?" Efren asks.

"She's great." I say smiling.

"Are we allowed to meet her?" Theo asks.

Efren, Theo, Helaina, Wren, Lars, Dagur, and Loki had not met Evangeline yet. They knew about her, but they hadn't met her. I didn't know how to tell them about Evangeline's crystal. I bite my lip.

"Skye?" Efren asks.

"You guys can meet her, but I have something to tell you before you meet her." I say.

"Okay?" Efren says.

"Eva, got her crystal the second day she had been out of the womb." I say.

"Well she's the offspring of Lincoln, and Kira. We knew she'd be powerful." Efren says.

"Yes, but there's also something you should know about her crystal." I say.

Efren and They wait patiently.

"It's not blue-green, or red-yellow. It's purple." I say.

Efren and Theo look at me like I was speaking gibberish. I sigh.

"Come on." I say, then grab Theo's hand and pull him after me.

Efren follows. I think Felicity does too. I had a bunch of things for her to play with. She turns towards me.

"Hey Eva." I say.

She squeals and crawls over to me. I giggle and scoop her into my arms. I prop her on my hip, then turn to face Theo, and Efren. Theo was stunned. Efren seemed to be focused on something else entirely.

"Efren?" I ask.

Efren snaps out of it.

"Oh sorry zoned out for a second." Efren says.

I nod. I bounce Eva.

"Eva, this is Theo and Efren." I say.

Eva giggles. I gesture for them to come forward they do. When they are close enough I show them her crystal.

"You weren't kidding." Efren says in disbelief.

"No I wasn't." I say.

They marvel at it. I see Felicity coming forward.

"Hey Flick this is Evangeline, but most people call her Eva." I say.

Felicity nods.

"I know who she is, but thank you for introducing me." Felicity says.

Efren seemed lost.

"Efren?" I ask.

"Sorry it's just that's a purple crystal. I've never even heard of a purple crystals before, and she has one, and she's a baby, and I know her." Efren says.

I smile.

"Pretty crazy right? Would you like to hold her?" I ask.

"What me?" Efren asks.

"Yeah you." I say, then pass Eva into Efren's arms.

He looked incredibly nervous, and he seemed to hold Eva like she was more precious than gold, and terrified that he would drop her. I giggle.

"You're doing great." I say giggling.