Forests of Despair

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

Katelyn heard the beeping and blooping of a droid behind her before turning around to see what it was. She saw that Gray was up again and a droid was beeping at him. Judging by the exchange and the droid going away, it was probably Gray's droid. Katelyn slowly made her way back, her pants now soaked thanks to the water along with half of her shirt but the cool clothing felt nice against her warm skin. Once Katelyn made it back over to Gray she smiled and laid down in front of him, her legs hanging above the water and sometimes in the water.

"Hey, I don't know if you heard me but, my name's Katelyn, Katelyn Thanewulf. Nice to meet you, Gray! So, do you have any questions?"

Katelyn crossed her arms over her chest and rested her face in her crossed arms as she laid down. A tiny sand crab came skittering across the sand before approaching Katelyn and then quickly burrowing into the sand to try and get away from the 'giant' it saw in front of it. This caused Katelyn to laugh slightly at the little crab before training her hazel eyes back onto Gray.

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Gray sat up after Key had left. He figured he shouldn't go back to sleep now that his ship was here, and his bed along with it. He watch the woman lay down in front of him and started talking. She seemed to be in a much better mood now. That was good. He stretched his shoulders and arms as best he could with all of the muscle pain. He smiled at her after he finished and said, " A pleasure Katelyn. A question I want to ask?" He thought about it for a moment before he added, " How about we strip you down and warm you up? You are all wet after all." He winked and smirked after.

Gray slowly got to his feet and dusted off what little he could manage. He said after he finished, " I have some towels in the ship. How about you dry off and do something more for that arm of yours on the ship? There might be a change of clothes too, although I don't know if anything will fit you. When you are dry and fixed up, I can give you a ride where ever you would like. How does that sound?"

 

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

"Uhh...I...No. You, know..I'm almost tempted to slap you again..but I won't! What do you mean by, 'won't fit you?!'"

Katelyn stood up, and she dusted the sand off of her shirt and pants before stretching again. Katelyn picked up her lightsaber and clipped it back to her belt before walking over to Gray. She then punched him playfully in the shoulder before taking his hand and giving him a kiss on the nose. Katelyn didn't know why she kissed Gray on the nose but it just felt like the right thing to do seeing as how he was dealing with her despite her attitude at the beginning. She held that position with him for a short while before pulling away and moving some of her black-brown hair out of her face, leaving it to cover her left eye.

"If you couldn't tell, that was a Yes and a Thank you!"

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Gray was about to say something when she sudden did... did all of that. He didn't exactly know what to say or to do. All he did was just kind of stand there and hope nothing weirder happened. He cleared his throat when she finished speaking. He said, " Well then ladies first. Key can show you to the med room and a spare room you can use." He held his arm out, as was the polite thing to do.

Gray had gotten back into the ship and went to his room. He wanted to get out of this armor and maybe see about what he could do about all of the pain. He began to strip off the armor and set each piece in its place. He got off his boots, helmet, and everything else above the waist. He looked in the mirror he had on one wall and whistled. His entire back and other areas that had made first contact with the water were a wonderland of black and blue. He was amazed he was able to lay down earlier, but figured that was because his muscles were still too stunned to tell him how bad things had gotten.

Gray said, " Well that certainly doesn't look good." He kept on examining the extensive bruising as best he could.

 

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

The droid, Key, showed Katelyn to the med bay. Katelyn took one of the many med-kits and then followed the droid to a spar room before closing the door behind her. Katelyn looked into a mirror and then stripped down to her waist to check her left arm. Her arm didn't hurt as much at the point where it connected to the body but it still did hurt an incredible amount. She took off her mechanical arm and then applied some med's to the wounded area. Once that was over and done, she took some pain-killers along with re-attaching the arm and then walked over to a separate room in the spare-room to where a shower was located. She stripped down fully before going into the shower and turning on the water.

Hmmm, the warm water feels nice. Along with comfy and relaxing of course. I mean, I could just stand here all day but the best I could do would be to take a slow shower. Yeah...I should definitely do that. Anyways, Gray seems like a nice guy but why did I kiss him on the nose? Guess it will just be one of life's great mysteries.

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Gray finally had enough of looking at all of the bruising. He stripped off the last of his armor, put it where it needed to go, and then got into his casual gray shirt and pants trimmed in dark blue. He didn't worry about putting his boots on or strapping on his blaster pistol. He headed for the med bay and tapped on the door. When he didn't get a response, he went in. He got what he needed to deal with the muscle pain and bruising out. He did his best to apply it all, but couldn't completely get it as good as he would have liked. He replaced everything and then went about finding out which room his guest would be in.

Gray knocked on every door to the few spare rooms he had. He got to the right one quickly and knocked knowing it had to be this one because there wasn't any other room she could be in. He said a moment after he knocked, " Hey Kat. What planet would you like me to take you to? I'll have Key fly us there for you. Also, I will be back in a moment. I'm going to get some spare clothes for ya." He walked off to his cargo bay and went through a small trunk he had found. It had a bunch of clothing in it for both genders, and all of it was clean or appeared to be. He picked out a few pieces he thought would fit her and then headed back to the room.

Gray knocked on the door again and said, " I got the clothes. Want me to leave them in the hallway for you or bring them in?"

 

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

Katelyn didn't hear Gray due to the shower water being on and hitting hard, making it slightly hard to hear anything outside of the shower for Katelyn. Once Katelyn finished she wrapped a white towel around herself and dried her hair to the best of her ability before opening the door to the spare room thinking she heard something. Katelyn jumped slightly to see Gray standing on the other side of the door before pulling up her towel and taking the clothes Gray was holding out.

"Thank's!"

Katelyn closed the door once she got the clothes. She took off the towel and folded it before putting on the new pair of clothes. Once they were one she examined herself. She opened the door again to her room and smiled at Gray.

"So how do I look? Oh, and for places..could you take me to Skye? That's the nearest Imperial Controlled World."

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Gray was a little surprised when she just suddenly walked out of the shower with only a towel covering her. He let her take the clothes and then waited until she came back dressed. He listened to what she had to say and then leaned out into the hallways. He yelled, " KEY! Take us to Skye. That is where our guest wants to go."

Gray turned his attention back to Kat and said, " Alright, we are on our way there now." He looked her up and down when he finished speaking. He added when he was done, " I think you might have looked better in the towel...." He winked at her and chuckled before going on, " You look fine. I'm just glad they fit you. Never know if things will fit people when it isn't their stuff."

Gray motioned to the bed and said, " Make yourself at home. If there is anything you want or need just feel free to ask. It is a host's job to see to his guest's every whim!"

 

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

Katelyn blushed at Gray's comment about her looking better in a towel before closing the door behind her. She hooked her right arm around Gray's neck, causing her to try and stand on her toes to reach it fully around his neck. She gave him a smile squeezing his shoulder again. Katelyn decided to stay with Gray instead of going off to explore as she wanted to see if she could do anything with the man she 'saved' or more likely, the man that 'saved' her. Well, they both actually saved each other. But, Katelyn still didn't want to be alone in a foreign ship, she wan't to be with somebody...to not be lonely of course.

"If it wouldn't be too much, could I stay around with you? Also, how's the whole body holding up after the fall? Along with the kick I gave you? Sorry, about that..but you did deserve it."

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Gray chuckled before he said, " I don't think I deserved it. Was just being friendly and a little playful. Or do you not like hearing how good you look?" He smiled at her and added, " I don't mind sticking around for a bit. I will need to go lay down soon though, and the reason would because of this."

Gray turned around and lifted up part of his shirt to reveal his still heavily bruised back. He held it up for a moment before he lowered it down. He turned back to her and said, " As you can imagine, the meds to deal with it are going to knock me out before long."

 

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

Katelyn blushed hotly at the remark before lightly shoving him in the shoulder. Now Katelyn knew, this Gray fellow was trying to get her attention and she was getting it all up. Man, was this guy a charmer or what? Katelyn moved her arm away from his neck as he lifted up his shirt. What she saw, did surprise her but she suspected worse but luckily, her thoughts were wrong this time around which was always a good thing, most of the time that is.

"Well, they might knock me out too so we better stick together. So, anywhere cool around your ship? Other then your awesome droid!?"

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Gray thought over her request. A cool place on his ship? His room was pretty cool because it wasn't near the engines, but so were the other rooms for that matter. The cockpit was cool if you really liked ship controls. He couldn't really think of anything. He said, " Not that I can think of. I love this ship, but there isn't anything particularly interesting in it. Just a cargo bay, the cockpit, a few spare rooms, the med bay, and my room. You are free to look around if you want though."

Gray yawned and began to feel the pain killers kicking in. He stretched a bit as best he could in the situation. He said after a moment, " I'm getting sleepy faster than I thought. Getting close to time to go to bed. How about you? You getting ready to lay down?"

 

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

"Since it's cold in your room..I could keep you warm?! Well, actually...I uhm...I get lonely easy, plus I'm still cold."

Katelyn hoped that she wasn't sounding to desperate to hang out with Gray. But, she feared she had so Katelyn turned towards her room to walk into it. She let off a yawn before stretching and leaning against her door to wait for Gray's answer. On the outside, Katelyn looked relaxes while on the inside she was worried she had ruined her chances and was beginning to decide to just sleep in the spare room until they got to Skye. Judging by how far away they were, it could take at the least a day or a day and a half for them to reach Skye but she wasn't great at calculating space travel speeds, it had never been strong suit.

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Wait was she asking what he thinks she was asking? Was she...nah, couldn't be. Gray needed a bit to think this one over. There were several pit falls loaded into her question and he needed to be careful or he could fall into them at any moment. He really needed to think it over... but his head was beginning to not work so well. He could feel the drowsiness taking over even more every passing moment. He just needed to make a decision and go with it.

Gray said with a smile, " If it will help you sleep better, you are welcome to bunk with me. I do have to warn you that there isn't much room though when there is two people. I apologize now for any accidental spooning." He started to head off to his room, but stopped quickly. He turned and said, " If you are coming now would be a good time to follow me. I'm going to my room right now." He began walking to his room once again.

 

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

Hopefully Gray wasn't thinking about the thing. Katelyn wasn't at all thinking about that, she only did so once she knew the person...or was very, very drunk. Suddenly, Katelyn saw gray walking off as he finished and she had to go to a slow sprint to catch up with him. She would've said something but didn't. Thinking she would say something else embarrassing that would be taken the wrong way.

Hopefully, he didn't take the request the wrong way. Please, please don't let him take it the wrong way. I'm not that type of person...well only when I'm very, very, very drunk but that doesn't happen often. Well, actually I don't remember but that's not the point. The point is to not embarrass myself any further then I already have done so far.

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Gray walked to his room and opened the door. His room was fairly bare aside from his armor neatly laid out on a table along with his blaster pistol and vibroblade. It was almost spartan like in how simple it was, but was more to do with the fact he didn't own much. The door even gave off the feel of how it was that he just didn't own anything as well. He went into the room while saying, " Welcome to my room. Not much to it, so sorry for that. I should think about getting some stuff eventually."

Gray went over to his bed and laid down on it. He made room for Kat and then patted the empty spot. He closed his eyes and just left whatever she wanted to do up to her. He really did need to get some sleep soon.

 

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

Katelyn approached the bed once Gray had closed his eyes. She slid herself atop the bed and curled up slightly in-front of Gray's body before quickly falling to slumber due to how little sleep she had been getting recently due to patrol duty and other problems. Katelyn was left to think as she slowly began to drift to sleep. While other thing happened upon the outside. The most notable being her black hair falling over her eyes and some of her face as she slept peacefully, not noticing the hair in front of her face. Suddenly and abruptly, Katelyn dozed off to sleep, not noticing anything around her as she started to sleep peacefully.

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Gray felt her lay down next to him. He didn't have to worry about it long before he drifted off to sleepy land. He truly was extremely tired. He had had a long day of fun and it caught up with him.

Gray found himself standing in complete darkness. He was wearing his armor, but lacked his helmet. His weapon was missing as well from his side. He looked around, but didn't see anything but black. He began to move around in it for a moment when he heard a noise behind him. He turned around, but nothing was there. Everything was silent and empty once more. Whatever it had been, if it was anything, was gone now. He turned back to face the way he originally had been. Less than an inch away from his face was a bloody man in twisted armor. He began to scream out in a harrowing voice filled with pain. As the thing screamed, it grabbed Gray by the shoulders. He could feel his armor melting away below it's grasp until it was burning into his flesh. Gray began to scream out in pain and struggle in it's grip. Suddenly the thing was ripped away into the darkness taking away chunks of his flesh with it. Gray dropped to his knees unable to move his arms. He looked up and saw something that made his earlier horror seem like a calming scene....

Gray suddenly jerked away screaming at the top of his lungs. He was covered in sweat and trying to catch his breath. He had forgotten he wasn't the only one in the bed at the moment.

 

[Katelyn Feanor]

[member="Gray Raxis"]

Katelyn pounced out of the bed at the sudden sound of screaming near her. Her hazel eyes looked across the scene until they came upon Gray who was screaming for some reason. Possibly a nightmare of some kind? Whatever the reason was, Katelyn didn't care. She needed to calm Gray down and instead of leaving the room stayed in the room and got back onto the bed, close to Gray. She wrapped her arms around his head and nuzzled his face into her right shoulder, slowly stroking the back of his head in a calming fashion. Back and forth, back and forth her hand went down the back of his head and to his neck before slowly going back up and repeating.

"Shh, Gray..it was just a dream. Shhh, your safe now...your safe..." Then Katelyn said something she didn't expect to say at that very moment that was close to her heart, it was a secret she had been keeping for a while as of now. "I have them too, I know what your feeling."

 

[Gray Raxis]

[member="Katelyn Thanewulf"]

Gray didn't even realize that Kat was holding him and stroking the back of his head at first. After a bit he did and his whole body seemed to calm down. He said as he did, " Sorry, I don't know what that nightmare was even about.... Well I do, sort of. It's... it's kind of hard to explain." He took a few deep breaths before he added, " Thank you, and sorry to hear that. What are your dreams about? If you don't mind me asking."

Gray knew he couldn't get back to sleep right now even if he wanted to. The image he had seen at the end of his nightmare was still firmly in his head. These crazy dreams were getting out of control lately, and becoming more and more focused on a certain theme he didn't want to think about.