Thread: A Chance Encounter (Hahvy and I)

Don't you have to go home, Huo? No. Why, do you want me to leave, Fraygen? Do you hate me now? No! Thats not itits just getting kind of late and you know how-- Fraygen, unless you wanna lose your tongue, I suggest you refrain from mentioning that man . Huo heard a soft sigh to her right as she leaned back against a column in the Old District of Giga Colony. Old District had been the first district to be made on Giga when it first came into creation. It wasnt a new colony, but it wasnt an old colony either. However, because of its proximity to the Earth, it became populated very fast and cities bloomed like flowers sprayed with nitrogen rich fertilizer. However, Old District had been left behind and was a shell of what it had been. Some of the upper class families lived on this colony, those just barely beyond reach of being called wealthy beyond a doubt. Those families lived close to the fake azure sky towers that the dome of the colony created. An illusionary paradise. More like a gilded prison. Old District housed some of the shadier people of the colony as well as some of the most fascinating. Fraygen lived just on the edge of the district with his family. Huo did not. But you are right, Fray. I do love pissing him off, but its starting to get closer to that time again. Best not be caught out here unawares. Huo said to the air after a long silence, rising to her feet. Stretching out her back, arms to the fake sky, she turned her dark blue eyes to her friend. They both looked like street urchins, well, a little better than street urchins but it didnt matter to them. Huo preferred looking more like the common folk as that man said all the time. Being privileged was part of that cage she wanted to escape from and Fraygen helped her escape with their adventures. Hearing the red head climb to his feet, she took his hand once it held hers and watched the fake stars wink against the ceiling of the dome. Some ominous feeling stirred in her heart. You should find yourself a good woman, Fray, she said suddenly, voice loud in the silence. Fraygen said nothing but sighed before replying that he would. He knew that Huo was going to leave this colony one day and probably never come back. He had just been waiting for her to say it. He held her hand tight before releasing it. Huo heard his foot steps as he walked away before the artificial wind carried his words of, be careful, my love, to her pierced ears. Smiling despite the knowledge that she wouldnt know if she would ever see him again, Huo grabbed her hoverboard much like Earth skateboards and took off towards her homein the Gilded District. Once within range of her beautifully disgusting home, Huo could already hear the screaming. It didnt help that she had six older brothers who were about five years older than her starting from the youngest. That man was home and she already dreaded walking into the house. Turning off her board, she held it under her arm while she fished a cigarette out of her pocket of her torn-up jeans. Lighting it up, she took a heavy drag before leaning against a tree. As much as everything in the colony was artificial, she was pleased to know that the trees and flowers were real. It made it bearable to live on this colony. Well, almost. Taking another drag, allowing her mind to relax, Huo could almost imagine what it would be like to live on her own. Barely nineteen years young and she already felt like an old woman. Stretching her mind begin to count the seconds. 5...4...3...2...1- HUO! Well, at least I dont have to announce myself she muttered, cigarette hanging out of her mouth. Cracking her wrists, she turned from the tree and headed towards the front door which had been thrown open, her eldest brother Natsu looking like hed rather be out with her than have to bring her inside. They were the closest of the siblings, believe it or not, and knew that this was not going to turn out well. He had a look of dread, which meant that man was throwing a fit. Typical. She wondered what it was that she was in trouble for now. It didnt take her long to figure it out once she got inside, giving her eldest brother a wink. You have a lot of explaining to do! Her father said, pointing an accusing finger at her once she was inside. Handing her board to Natsu, she was polite enough to put out her cigarette before bothering to answer him, especially when he began to rant about her smoking in the house and smoking in general. Blah, blah, blah. Her other brothers were hanging out around the foyer in varied positions, most looking smug. Well, whatever it was that she had done, she would handle on her own. She always did after all. Explaining about what? What could I have possibly done to earn such ire? I havent even been home today, she said, tone one of innocence and sarcasm. Her fathers face turned red, his brown eyes wide with anger. She swore he was going to have a stroke with the way his blood pressure went up. Yet she couldnt help but be amused when he finally pulled himself together enough to start screaming at her. You! You changed all of the alarm systems in the house and on my office door at work! What the fuck were you thinking?! I was delayed from doing my job for five fucking hours while the engineers fixed what you did! Why do you do these things?! Why cant you just be a lady like your mother? Or your aunts! Why cant you be normal!? She listened to him go on and on for a few more minutes, feeling the words barely sink in. Youd think a father would be proud to know that their daughter was able to completely fuck with government programs and reprogram them to change if the correct coding wasnt placed into the system. But nope. She was too much of a freak for her father to see that she was actually smart. Had called her stupid since she could remember because she wouldnt be what he wanted a presentable young woman. Not even that, she just couldnt fit into this mold that he had wanted. He had wanted a daughter and had lost his wife in the process. She was a stain on his life as far as she could tell. An ugly stain. I wish you had never been born, you murderer She heard her father whisper after his anger seemed to have run its course. He probably hadnt meant for her to hear it, but the words had been spoken and the deed had been done. It hurt. She had heard him say it once before to her mothers twin, Aunt Marcie, who had slapped him so hard he saw stars, but she knew. They all knew. No one wanted her. She was blamed for the death of her mother, after all. Not the doctors, or that she had been older than she should have been when she got pregnant with Huo, but Huo herself. She swallowed down the anguish, feeling her shoulders shake as Natsus hand landed on her shoulder, whispering that it wasnt true. That she wasnt a murderer. Maybe he was the only one who saw that. Dad, you dont mean that, Terrin said, looking at his brothers and Huo. They didnt hate her, but she had always felt the distance between them that they didnt know what to do with her nor did they really want to know her. She was family but.well, she was family. You think I wanted to be born into this ridiculous family where all you care about is your status and your image? Go to hell and take this family with you. Im done with you and your worthless, condescending, spiteful, degrading corpse of a father! Im leaving this fucking colony and never coming back. Kiss my ass good bye! Looking up at her father with a grin of anger and hatred, she gave him the finger before running out of the house and around it, taking the secret route to get into her room and grab her things. She heard screaming, yelling, things falling over as her family scrambled to restrain their father and catch her. She snuck into the window of her room and grabbed her bag, throwing any clothes that she could find into it. It wasnt a big bag, but it would hold enough for what she needed. She grabbed her money cards that linked to her own secret account, some jewelry her father had bought to hawk at some pawnbroker, and her mothers ring. She tucked it into her pocket before grabbing the photograph of her mother and Natsu and took back off out the window. She needed a plan and she needed one fast. Where was she going to go besides the spaceport to get off this stupid colony? A plan, a plan, a plan Daddy dearests work She said with a grin. It didnt matter how much trouble she got into, she was going to do it. She was going to sneak into a government facility and do what no one on the colony had done before. Steal a mobile suit prototype.