" When are we going to get there?
Aidan asked again.
" At least have some patience....
Sia told him.
" Haven't you been to Mars?..
She asked him in the spaceship, He looked at her and nodded in Negation.
" Do people go to Mars for holiday?
He asked.
" It's obvious"
" Otherwise why do holomaglev paths run from Earth to Mars?
She asked.
" You asking me....
" I should be asking you
He told her.
" Do you know any other places apart from NOWHERE "
He nodded.
She snouted in disbelief.
" You don't believe me?
He asked.
She nodded.
" I been to places you haven't even been to"
He told her.
" Like?
She asked
" The Ahia Omuma"
He said
" Earth Alternate universe"
" P-l-e-a-s-e"
Sia said.
" I'm serious"
" I can teleport to alternate universes "
" It's one of my special powers I have no control over"
He said to her.
" You've been to the Ahia Omuma?
She asked.
" The city of knowledge?"
He nodded.
She stared in disbelief.
" I don't believe you"
" Why?
" I mean according to what I know the Ahia Omuma is open to thousands of species in the milky way galaxy"
She nodded.
" Yeah"
She affirmed slowly suddenly wondering why she had reacted that way.
The Ahia Omuma was after all not some secret place
Except if there was some secret knowledge hidden there.
She thought about the possibility of such but even though she wanted to laugh at the thought ,she still found it meaningful and serious.
" Guess I over reacted"
She said to him.
" Yeah"
Aidan told her giving her a sarcastic look.
" But you've been to Earth's alternate universe...How was it like?"
"I wish I could just say to you ...
" Hold me and then I'll teleport us both to Alternate Earth"
" But?
Sia asked.
" I have no control "
" I can't "
He said looking quite disturbed.
" Well you can't but you can at least tell me what happened"
" Looks like we're almost there"
Aidan suddenly said.
Sia thought it was a distraction to avoid the conversation but she looked anyways.
He was right, they had arrived at Mars.
There were first greeted by It's creepy atmosphere but as they went in ,the atmosphere got better .
At some places on Mars, Humans had to wear a venturi mask.
It supplied oxygen where the atmospheric content was not in ordinary proportion.
" This is the place"
Sia announced.
The landing was a bit rough, a side of the ship was burnt.
" This is definitely the place "
Sia said as she struggled to come out of the ship.
" You didn't say you didn't know how to land this ship"
" You don't either...
She was saying.
" Someone did have to land it anyways"
Sia was coughing and she couldn't go further to the house.
She dropped by the roadside and tried to catch her breath.
An Explosion !
A loud one.
" Hey what the heck"
Aidan shouted as He turned back to discover their ship was a wreck.
" Shit"
Sia said out still on the ground.
Aidan noticed that the fire was fast spreading.
" Hey Sia get up"
He said making eye contacts.
Sia looked down at her bleeding elbow.
" Don't order me around"
She said to him without looking at him.
Aidan looked behind.
The fire was fierce and it was spreading fasting their direction.
" Sia get up now"
He yelled at her.
Sia felt the urgency in his voice but she didn't want to just oblige to his command.
She wanted to at least give him a tough nut.
Besides she needed an excuse to take a break.
She hadn't had any rest for the last two days neither had she slept.
Aidan looked at the fire ,it would reach them any moment and it was liquid.
" Sia!
He shouted and grabbed her.
Sia looked up frightened but she couldn't see anything .
Hie speed made her dizzy and she lapsed into sleep.
*********
" What's going on?
Aidan was over her applying something to her elbow, It seemed better.
" You!
Aidan said.
He was still obviously mad at her.
She sat up.
Her elbow had been bandaged.
Sia knew he was mad at her.
She didn't just know why.
" What's going on?
" Why do you sound mad?
She asked a bit sober.
" Why are you this way?
He asked .
That was not the kind of response she was expecting.
She felt it sounded too rude.
" What way?"
She asked .
" You seem not to care about anything"
He told her.
" The oxygen content over there was higher than that of Nitrogen"
" You landed the plane wrongly"
He slapped his forehead.
" What am I saying ,you don't even know how to land it"
" It's a ship not a plane"
She corrected.
" Of course, you should know"
" I'm the one who's been hiding in NOWHERE "
Sia did not seem to understand anything.
" Yeah, You had freedom, you know everything because no one's been after you"
" You had parents, you didn't have to be alone"
" You weren't dumped...
Aidan's words were beginning to hurt.
" If you have at least said something then we would have found a way to land the ship safely"
" Now everything over there had been melted"
He lamented.
" And why didn't you get up when I asked you to...?
" What do you think of yourself anyway ?"
" You felt I was pushing you around, while I was trying to save you...
" You're crazy, you know?
" You're Ego crazy"
" If I hadn't carried you away, then you would have died"
" I was looking out for you
He said Passsionately .
" But No...
" You're a boss, you know everything, I know nothing...
He was beginning to compare them.
Sia just started in awe.
" You've been around the world ,I lived underground"
" You are free, I am hunted "
" You parents were at least with you, I have no parents...
" You know what?...
He asked.
Sia just couldn't take it anymore.
" You know I also have a few things to say about you"
She stood from the bed.
" I think you're corky"
" And yes I should have Ego"
" What's with you bossing me around...
She gave him this screwed up look.
" I ain't no dummy Aid"
" Try to treat people with respect and dignity"
" You tarnish people's self Esteem"
" You don't seen to give a damn"
" I think we're done here"
She said to him.
" Well It was precisely what I was going to say"
" Goodbye"
He said to her.
He grabbed a bag and zoomed off.
It was then Sia realised that they seemed to be in the desert , In a house in the desert.
" I am"
She said to herself.
" All Alone"
She wished he would come back and say he forgot something so she could tell him to stop and throw the bandage at his face.
She sat at a corner and rubbed her face and scattered her hair.
" What am I going to so now?
She asked herself.
" I don't even have any idea of what date it is"
" What day, how to locate Leah....
" I don't even know where I am"
" Oh shit..
She murmured to herself.
She decided she didn't care, She wouldn't care.
" I'll just keep moving till I find some place"
She said .
" Heaven help me"
She prayed.
She felt the urge to cry but she He back her tears.
She starting thinking of the last up until this point.
She stood up from her tight shackle and started walking out ,from the house and into the space of the desert.
Flashes of when Leah was leaving came to her...
Flashes of when she had to grow herself taller...
Flashes of how they lost Kira....
Flashes of Kira in the time pool....
Flashes of herself in the plains above NOWHERE. ...
Flashes of her fight with Aidan....
And the fight with Rye....
And her first practice when she had to beat the buoyancy in air...
She remembered Aidan's paradise....
She remembered The robots and Arlen and the rest of the boys.....
She remembered the soilders...
The Androids who had the boys arrested....
Then she remembered the fight...
It hit her like a sharp spear and she fell to the floor again.
She was weak and she couldn't move any further.
What would she tell Leah if she was able to find them again.
That she had found him and lost him again?
That she was careless and he was uptight and they weren't quite compatible and he had to save her butt countless times?
That she let a small fight get in the way of their mission?
If they could ever get Kira out of the time pool what would She say to her?
That she found her son and let him go again?
That they left her in a time pool for a long time for nothing?
That She couldn't accomplish their mission and let a small fight take their biggest threat away?
That she couldn't play her part of the plan?
Or better still that she lost , got him back and lost him again for good?
She got so weak, She was frail.
She soon fell asleep.