Waking Up Alone

Posted on Tue Sep 14th, 2010 @ 10:20am by Lieutenant Commander Delon Tovan

570 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Peace, or Something Like It
Location: Onasi Palace - Turkana IV
Timeline: Current

[Onasi Palace - Turkana IV]

Tovan very slowly opened his eyes. The spot next to him that had previously been occupied by Lumiya was now empty. He laid there motionless for a few moments listening to everything around him but there wasn't any other noise. The only sound that could be heard came from his breathing. He took a deep breath turning on his back and sat up. The room was a bit of a mess but he noticed his uniform laying out on a chair. It looked like it had been washed and ironed.

The evening had turned out to be completely different from what he had expected it to be. It wasn't a bad thing by any means. He turned in the bed to where his feet were hanging off the side of the bed then made contact with the floor. He grabbed a sheet off the bed wrapping it around his lower body.

He looked to the clock and there were still two hours before he had to be at the conference. He wondered to where Lumiya had run off this early in the morning. If he wasn't in her palace he would have felt slightly burned by her running off. But this was definitely different circumstances.

He began to examine the room. He opened the first door that he came across. It was the bathroom. And what a bathroom it was. It wasn't anything like he had seen before. It was made for royalty. After that he found the closet and looked inside the dressers. He felt like he was spying on her as he finally walked over to the curtains and pulled them back. It was a door leading out to the balcony.

He pushed the door opened and stepped out onto the balcony. There was a slight breeze. He leaned onto the edge of the balcony looking around. He stood there for a couple of moments than decided to head inside and clean up before leaving.

When Tovan turned around he was met by a man standing in the balcony doorway. He was the same man that he had seen previously in the evening. He served them dinner. There was something definitely creepy about the man. And now he had even walked into the bedroom and startled Tovan.

"Madam has left early this morning for a closed door meeting with her advisors. Breakfast will be served in 30 minutes and the ride for the conference center will leave in an hour and 30 minutes. The uniformed has been cleaned for you, sir."

Tovan nodded at the man than watched him as he turned around and headed out of the room. There was seriously something creepy about that man. Tovan stepped into the bedroom once again. He left the door to the balcony opened and headed for the bathroom.

He was in there for a good 25 minutes washing up. After he stepped out he got dressed in his uniform and took one last look around her bedroom before stepping out. After he had breakfast alone he left the palace without once seeing Lumiya. He figured he would see her at the conference however he didn't expect her to really talk to him or even acknowledge the events of the previous night. He was fine with that.

Once his ride arrived he headed for the conference center.

=/= End of Transmission =/=

Lieutenant Delon Tovan
Chief Operations Officer
USS Calypso

 

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