(eng) Pamela Sargent - Watchstar 01 by Watchstar (v5.0)

Author:Watchstar (v5.0) [Watchstar (v5.0)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

A shadow fell across her face, making the grayness over her eyes turn black. Daiya opened her eyes and saw the silhouette of a head and upper torso. She blinked. She still lived. Her heart still pumped blood, her lungs continued to draw in air and exhale it; her body went on, still clinging to any kind of existence.

She sat up. Reiho knelt near her. “You came here after all,” he said. “I did not think you would.” A breeze blew, ruffling his black hair; she noticed that silvery threads, as fine as a spider's web, covered his scalp. She drew back. He pushed something in front of her face. She waved it away. “It is food. You must eat.”

She gazed suspiciously at the silvery object. “It doesn't look like food to me.”

“Try it.”

She grabbed it and bit into the silver and spat. He took it from her. “Not like that.” He pulled the silver covering from it and handed it back. She held the orange-brown bar in her hand, then took a small bite. She chewed it slowly, tasting a sour fruity flavor. She swallowed, waiting to see if her stomach would reject it.

At last she bit into the rest, finishing it. The food went down easily. Reiho sat near her. “Why did you come here, Daiya?”

She glared at him bitterly. “I have no place to go now.”

“But why? What about your friends?”

“My friends are dead. Only one lived, besides myself.”

Reiho was very quiet. Then he caught his breath; it sounded like a groan.

“The thing you could not see killed them. They killed themselves. I cannot explain it to you. We had to face a test. They died. One lives, but he has turned from me because...” She waved an arm. She stared at the ground, recalling the bodies, seeing Oren's hand in the dirt. “I did not pass through my ordeal, so I cannot go back. You saw the bones there. Many here died in that place.”

Reiho got up. He walked to his craft and stood with his back to her for a few moments. Then he came back to her and sat down.

“You told me to go away,” he said softly. “You told me I could not help them. I left, and I did not even monitor my shuttle's sensors, because you said you could help the others by yourself. And now you tell me this. I cannot believe it. What are you?”

“I didn't lie to you. You could have done nothing.”

He hit the ground with his fist. “What kind of people are you? You must be mad. Why do you have these useless deaths? Now you have made me part of them, and I feel soiled. You sent me back here, when I could have helped.”

“You could not have helped.” She had screamed the words. She lowered her voice. “How do you think I feel? I watched them die, you didn't.” She was shaking. “I told you to go. You should not have been here at all, you have changed everything for me.

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