Katima Sers (compassionate) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-04-07 20:16:00

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Dreams (Alerron)
Alerron hadn't been sleeping, or at the very least not sleeping well. He didn't appear tired, but Katima could tell. He was restless in bed, moving about far more than was customary for him. Katima said nothing for a few days, waiting for the issue to resolve itself or for Alerron to come to her with what was troubling her, but he hadn't. Tonight, though, was different. Lying in bed, she watched Alerron as he readied to join her, her dark eyes studying his every move.

"Beloved, what's wrong?"

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somebodysave_me
2011-04-08 01:16 am UTC (link)

"Wrong? Nothing is wrong, Indigo Woman. I am sleeping next to you." Alerron says, smiling at her.

He doesn't need much sleep, and most nights, he spends his time watching her sleep. Technically, he doesn't have to sleep at all, really, but he's grown used to it over the years.

Lately, however, the sleep he does get is filled with troubling images. Darkness. A metallic hand that covers the sun. Images of his friends and family dead or dying, and he's not able to help them.

"Really, I am fine, Katima. Are you all right?" he asks, turning her question back on her in an effort to change the subject.

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	compassionate 2011-04-08 12:45 pm UTC (link)
	"No, I am not all right. I can tell that you are not being truthful with me, Beloved." Her brow furrows. "One does not know their lover so intimately as I know you and not be able to tell." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	somebodysave_me 2011-04-08 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Alerron sometimes forgets that Katima knows him far too well. She has known him most of his life. "I do not intend to deceive you. I simply know that my troubles are in my mind and that they will eventually go away." Alerron says, finally sliding into bed with her. "Are you angry with me?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	compassionate 2011-04-09 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	As he slipped into bed Katima curled up next to him. "Of course I am not angry with you. I just worry about you. I want you to always be able to tell me everything. Even if the troubles are in your own mind, they are my troubles to carry as well." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	somebodysave_me 2011-04-09 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	"I keep dreaming that something terrible will happen soon, Katima. That there is an enemy close to us, even now, that we cannot see, and they are close to achieving their goals. By the time we see them, it will be too late to stop them." Alerron says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	compassionate 2011-04-09 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	"My Beloved, nothing terrible will happen." She kisses his brow in reassurance. "We may fight hard battles, but we will have each other. And our friends. We are strong." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	somebodysave_me 2011-04-09 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	"I know that we are, Katima...but I worry for my sister, as well as Cyrus and Aleea. There is still much we do not know about the Elusive Man, aside from the fact that he keeps his word." Alerron says. "I simply feel that there is a great deal more that we do not know." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	compassionate 2011-04-09 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	"There is much we do not know, but that is why we will continue on until we have the knowledge. Alerron, harm will not come to your sister, Cyrus or Aleea. Or even the Krogan. "Or you. I will not allow it. Dreams are just fears and you, my love, are stronger than fear." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	somebodysave_me 2011-04-11 03:26 am UTC (link)
	"You are right, as always, Indigo Woman. I am simply letting a dream get to me. We have all survived up to this point; there is no reason we will not continue to do so." Alerron says. "How are you feeling? I know I have not been very attentive to you. I want to change that." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	compassionate 2011-04-11 10:19 am UTC (link)
	"We can still be cautious---it will reassure you if we are cautious---but things will be fine." She smiles at him, pressing a kiss to his shoulder. "I'm well, Beloved. Do not think you have neglected me. You have been busy trying to care for all of us. And I have you by my side every night when I close my eyes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	somebodysave_me 2011-04-12 02:16 am UTC (link)
	"Good. I do not want you to think that your feelings do not matter to me. They do." he says, kissing her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

compassionate
2011-04-12 11:14 am UTC (link)

Katima kisses him back and smiles as it breaks, her face still close to his.

"Alerron," she says softly. "For all the time we have known each other do you not think that I understand you better perhaps than you do yourself? Even in all the time we were apart I knew that you thought of me, my feelings, my well-being. I have no doubts of you, in any sense."

She pulled him closer still.

"And there is nothing that matters more to me than you."

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	somebodysave_me 2011-04-13 07:24 am UTC (link)
	"Perhaps now I will sleep without issue, Indigo Woman. And when this is all over, I am taking you and Mar'i on a vacation somewhere nice and colorful, with lots of sand and water." Alerron says, lying down. "Yes...somewhere very peaceful." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	compassionate 2011-04-13 09:56 am UTC (link)
	"A vacation would be nice." Katima settled close to him with a soft sigh. "Sometimes it feels as though Mar'i is less your sister and more our own child, not in that she is a childish person, just in that we care for her." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

somebodysave_me
2011-04-17 01:06 am UTC (link)

"She is getting older, however. I cannot protect her forever, and I have not even truly protected her to begin with, after the horrors that Blackfire inflicted upon her." Alerron says grimly.

"I would have killed her, that day on Tameran. If she hadn't already battered me near-to-death...I would have reached out and snapped her neck, regardless of Natand'r's feelings on the matter.

And then perhaps the cycle of warfare would continue for another generation. If I ever see Mongul again, I cannot say for certain that I will not do all I can to end him as well." Alerron tells Katima.

"I am quickly becoming an awful person, I know." Alerron says.

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	compassionate 2011-04-17 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"My love, how can you say you are becoming an awful person? Mongul and Blackfire made choices that will surely lead to their demise by some hand. What the did to your family...it is normal that you wish them dead. It does not make you an awful person. You have done the best you can for your sister since. There are those who would cast her aside." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

somebodysave_me
2011-04-17 01:24 am UTC (link)

"Still, Katima...the things that we must do to keep ourselves and others alive...they will catch up to us eventually. I have abilities that make me near to a god, and the only others I know to have the same are my father, and Jon Kent, the Kryptonian that aided us. In fact, the Daxamites are an off-shoot of that race." Alerron says.

"The Daxamites are xenophobic and petty. I have heard tales that the Kryptonians were somewhat the same, but the Kryptonians of Earth have become heroes to the people, even though they live in a world made of cardboard." he tells her as his body tenses a bit.

"It would be so easy to abuse my power, to find a place and set myself up as some sort of petty warlord as Blackfire did. There would be few who could stand against me. I would have the power to protect you, Mar'i, Cyrus and Aleea from those who would threaten us.

I was taught by many of the best tactical minds in the galaxy. I could lead a war or a resistance if I chose and there is little difference between the two. What if, someday, I am asked to do just that?

What if I am not far from becoming Blackfire or Mongul myself?" he asks.

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	compassionate 2011-04-17 01:39 am UTC (link)
	Katima takes his face and shifts it just so, so that she looks into his eyes. "Because those who would be monsters never question the paths they have to choose from. You. Are. A. Good. Man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	somebodysave_me 2011-04-23 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	"You will never stop believing in me, will you?" he asks, a smile spreading across his face. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	compassionate 2011-04-23 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Never." Katima lay her palms on his face and rest her nose to his. "I know you and it is knowing you that lets me believe in you. You are what I have faith in." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	somebodysave_me 2011-04-30 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you, Indigo Woman." Alerron says, pulling her closer. "You have no idea how much that means to me." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	compassionate 2011-05-01 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	Katima very carefully kisses his nose, his eyelids, his forehead, his cheeks. Her fingers run through his hair and she snuggles her body closer to his. "And you have no idea how much you mean to me. No matter what it is, all will be well my Beloved." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	somebodysave_me 2011-05-15 12:43 am UTC (link)
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