Just Another Journey: Part 01
Max looked sick as he stood near the observation window, looking out. Ronada walked to him with a small smile on her face. As she came close, Max looked at her with somber eyes.
“Go on and laugh. Everyone else does.” Max said with a weak voice.
“I can’t. I’m a doctor, remember. But you do look funny. Is it always like this?” her voice carried the warmth of a caring woman.
“It doesn’t happen when I go to orbit. I think as long as I can see a solid ground, I can do fine. But I hardly had to travel far, so it has never escalated to this point.” his voice was cracking with strain and he felt himself sweat. Ronada saw little beads of sweat forming on his forehead and decided that it’s her time to involve professionally.
“Come with me. I’ll give you something to calm your nerves.” she gestured to him to follow her. Slowly but reluctantly he moved away from the window.
“Doesn’t it help if you sit down?” Ronada asked as they walked towards the medical bay.
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“No, I tried. But it makes me more anxious.” Max said with a nervous laugh. He wondered what his friends and co-workers would think of him if they saw him now. He could picture Garrion rolling on the floor laughing his fat ass off. He winced as the image crossed his mind.
“I thought looking at space would make it worse.” Ronada said with a questioning look on her face.
“Oh, I wasn’t looking at space. I was trying to find Xnex.” Max said with a small smile on his face, which formed two small dimples on each side of face. His golden green eyes were pure like a child's eyes. Ronada felt something stir in her mind. She cleared her throat loudly and opened the door of the medical bay for Max. As he walked past her, for the first time, she noticed that he was a foot taller than her and that he had quite wide shoulders. She felt she start to blush as she walked towards the medicine cabinet.
“Don’t be a fool” she muttered to herself under her breath. As she turned around, the lights went out and she felt the ship come to a halt with a jerk. She could hear the hum of the engine die away slowly.
“Max?” she said with a trembling voice as she tried to walk in the pitch dark towards Max.
“Don’t move. Stay where you are.” Max said with a stern voice that made her stop on her track with a surprise. For two seconds, there was an eerie silence. Ronada felt her eyes slowly adjust to the darkness and the first thing she saw froze the blood in her veins. There was a tall figure creeping towards her, with a gun in its hand.