Chapter 120: Ignorance Is Bliss

I took Sasha's hand and looked into her eyes; this was hard. I had just shared this experience with Maxine this morning, and now she was gone, and I was about to do it again. I think Sasha understood my hesitation after telling her what I wanted to do, so she took my face in her hands.

The Kiss took us back to the ship when we had talked in a hall, and I had no glowing purple lines. The scenery change was a bit disorienting at first, like Kryina's shwip switch, but Sasha held me. I finally blinked enough times to get things back into focus and stepped back from Sasha.

"We need to talk about some things."

"What do you mean? Why did we have to be here?"

"Because this is a safe place to talk."

"What? Who told you that?"

"Maxine did; she wouldn't lie about that, would she?"

"No, but her avatar would have led a sheltered life here, but I didn't, as you know. Dresnal taught this body thing, and I know them. Unlife can track these waves and decode them. Nothing important should be said in here; Maxine grew up in a world the Unlife have no desire for yet, so they would have no reason to threaten these people."

"Ignorance is bliss, then I guess I can't talk to you about this then, but I don't want you to talk to Jill about me and these lines. You guys leaving is more important than ever now, since the entire plan was reveal this morning, and that how she..."

I left the last part out, letting my words trail off. I had to get it together; Kryina was counting on me, and so was everyone else. I slapped my cheeks and rubbed my hands on my face, then stepping forward to kiss Sasha.

"Knowing why helps, so I am going got keep going and get Alexander. Then we head to your world and work from there! Stay safe and get back to the ship, so I don't have to worry about you guys, okay?"

Then we were back in the spaceport, and Sasha smiled at me.

"Yes, Sir!" 

Sasha gave me a mocking salute and then pressed her cool blue lips against mine and turned to start walking over to the girls. Time to get them back and us to our hotel, tomorrow would be a shit show. There will not only be the maze and then storm, but now, the King would be on to our trail as well. With the fight and death of Kyrin so close to the city, there was no way he wouldn't have found out about it.

I walked over to the girls, and it was time to say goodbye. The girls each came and hugged me; then I kissed them before waving them off with Kyrina. Once they were out of sight, I took Kyrina's hand and turned to leave.

We left the station, and I waved a Bubble Cab driver, and the man waved back, so I pull Kyrina along with me. People in the plaza area outside of the station gave us a wide berth and stepped out of our way. The smiling cab driver seemed to be an average human. Well, except for that plastered-on grin that looked painted on his face.

"Hey, my Purple man and Pretty wo-man, those are some fancy MAS you two are rocking there! Where can I fly you lovely folks to?"

The guy seemed friendly enough, but so did the other driver, but this one spoke our language. 

"We have a place down by the market."

"Oh? Which market?"

Uh-oh, my brain started to spin like a hamster's wheel, but Kyrina broke in and saved me. She gave Grandon, our location and we climbed in. He was more than willing to give his name to my wife, but I couldn't hold that against him. My day was long enough without making up more petty squabbles.

We both lay in the back with our glass faceplates up, and Kyrina lay on my arm, using it over the pillow. I kissed her forehead and relaxed as we headed back to our motel. When we got there, I paid the driver, and he gave us a weird card with a fingerprint button. Grandon said to use it, and he would come to pick us up whenever we needed it. 

The two of us got out of the vehicle and wave goodbye as Grandon closed his bubble and took off. I turned around to find a two and a quarter star motel called the "Desert Rose" in small round lights. Someone had smashed out two of the top lights in the R of Rose, and now it said, "Desert Hose."

"Sounds like a charming place."

"Not much left the day before, and the girls didn't want to mess around here with you out there."

"True enough, do we have a key?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, then let's go inside and order something. This place does have delivery, right?"

"Yes, we are just over there," Kyrina was pointing to the second door from the end.

This place was not what I had expected to see on an alien planet, but this was a game, and all crappy motels looked the same. Two stories, rows of doors on the outside, the only difference between the windows, make the place look more like a prison. Well, it would be a safe prison to sleep in, at least. Hopefully, the night passed without event.

When we got inside, Kyrina took my bracelet and started to order us food. While she did that, I stepped out of Diamond and then headed into the small bathroom to shower. Blood still covered my suit and body, so I turned the shower on, quickly stripping off the stained UW issue suit. 

I hopped inside the show and let the hot water wash the blood off my hands and neck, cause red to stain the tub's floor. There had been so much blood, and I couldn't get there fast enough, but there was no dwelling on it. Suddenly the curtain opened from behind me, and a naked Kyrina stepped into the shower.

"We have forty-five minutes until the pizza gets here, so..."