Page 74 of Becoming Super

“Sometimes lying is the only thing that stands between you and death,” I said flatly. “It’s easy to be the princess when your daddy is The Head Commander and your mother dotes on you.”

Rylee took a step back. “You are a real bitch. I was excited to get to know you, but now I am starting to see why Zack left you behind.”

“Rylee!” Betty’s voice was horrified, “Apologize—at once!”

Rylee looked ready to argue, but I stopped her.

“No, I was rude and provoked her.”

I would have said more but that aching in my gut had me doubled over in pain.

“Fuck! That hurts like a mother fucker!”

“Rylee go get the medic!” Betty raced across the room and caught me before I hit the ground. She was surprisingly strong.

Rylee didn’t hesitate to listen to her mother. She raced out of the room and about twenty minutes later a woman ran back in. She had a device that she pressed a button on and suddenly I felt weightless, much like if I was in a pool. She carried me in this invisible force field down the hallway of the spacecraft and into the health unit. I was then placed on a bed.

The pain was starting to fade, but I felt exhausted and could barely keep my eyes open. I saw Rylee in the doorway looking terrified.

“I am sorry,” I croaked.

Her eyes widened. “No, you don’t need...”

I smiled brokenly, “Nah, I am a bitch. You got that part right. But you didn’t deserve it.”

She opened her mouth and then closed it. I think that I truly stunned her. Closing my eyes again I decided to let everything go. Maybe when I wake up I will be in the real heaven and I’ll be able to see my parents again.

As things faded to black, I heard the medic say, “If he doesn’t imprint soon she will die.”

I had wanted so badly to have that second chance at life. But what was the point of it if I couldn’t go back to earth? Did I really want to spend the rest of my days zipping around space like the Jetsons? Somethings were just too weird to consider.

I felt cool compresses being placed against my forehead. Time passed in a strangely abstract way. I didn’t open my eyes, but I was aware that it was passing. I suppose that this was different than it had been when I awakened the first time.

I heard Betty say something about moving me to The Commander’s pod but then things were fuzzy again after that. My body was finally at peace and I wanted to just let it get the rest that it so desperately wanted.

I felt him first before ever seeing him. My heart started to race, and my eyes wanted to open for the first time in what had to be a week.

There was a low murmur which could only have been his voice. What was he doing there? I was going to die, that was my destiny. The last thing I wanted was some stupid man to tell me what I could and couldn’t do.

“She moved her fingers!” I heard Rylee exclaim.

“Take her hand!” Betty instructed from somewhere beyond my rusty exterior.

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