No One Wants to be Alone (SednaXAce)

[Ace McShane]

But you know the old Earth saying. One man’s trash is another’s treasure.” Ace smirked a little and as she continued to rummage around in the box a little.

Placing the top back on the box she moved onto another one “What do you say we delve deeper into this trash heap? See what we are up against and all that? Do you have a weapon? I can give you a staser if you’d like one.” without looking up from the box Ace reached up under her jacket and pulled out her blaster out of its holster and held it up slightly “No, I’m good. Thanks though.” Ace had come accustom to carrying the blaster with her always you never knew when you might need one.

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“No, I’m good. Thanks though.”

Sedna nodded her head to the woman and began to make her way through the room. She had her gun out and held at the ready as she looked around the rest of the warehouse like building. Then she heard music in the distance. As she listened she felt a calming sensation flow through her body and began to relax. She shook her head and tried to focus, but it was no use, she began to wander towards the sound in a trance. Her mind now focused on one thing, to find the source of that music.

[Ace McShane]

Ace noticed around her seemed to get quiet, not the ‘there just not being any sound’ quiet but the absence of another person’s presence sort of silence “Sedna?” she looked up from the box she’d been searching through and saw she was alone. “Oi, Sedna?” now were could her new friend have gotten to.

There was music, Ace felt the hypnotic effect of it and swayed a little, quickly she covered her ears with her hands “Focus.” leaving the contents of the box she started to move to where she had seen Sedna heading.

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“Sedna?” she looked up from the box she’d been searching through and saw she was alone. “Oi, Sedna?”

Sedna faintly heard her friend calling for her but for some reason it didn’t matter to her. All that seemed to matter to her was finding the source of this wonderful music. She kept moving forward in the trance like state as the music slowly grew more intense, some part of her though screamed for her to turn back and find a way to escape the music.

Sedna found herself approaching an oddly colored purple door, it seemed to be many colors at once but yet only purple. She felt a faint distrust of the door try to surface and her hand hesitated as it reached for the handle to open the door. Then another wave of music swept over her and she opened the door. What met her eyes was a flamboyant party and she moved through the door to join it.

[Ace McShane]

Ace felt a shudder as a second wave of music flowed over her and she was finding it hard to focus on the situation at hand and just go with the music. She wished she had her backpack with her she was sure there were some ear plugs in there or something…she could always bust her ear drums but at the moment that seemed a little extreme.

Reaching for the door Ace reached down an grabbed the handle following Sedna in.

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Once inside a sort of dullness covered her mind and all she could think of was dancing and having fun. The thoughts of the Time War and all she had been through left her mind and she had fun dancing with other humans. She forgot about the Daleks, her dead comrades, her TARDIs even and just danced. Why not? She deserved it. She saw Ace come in and walked over to her. “Come on Ace! Come Dance with me!”

She grinned dumbly and then spotted the refreshments table. Suddenly she was very hungry and thirsty. She just had to eat and drink something. “On second thought let’s go get something to eat and drink!” She skipped over to the refreshments table and reached for the nearest food. What she didn’t see was the large skeletal reptilian humanoid standing over the food watching her with pure malice when she did so.

[Ace McShane]

Something was screaming in the back of Aces mind for her to wake up “Come on Ace! Come Dance with me!” “Yeah, ok.” “On second thought let’s go get something to eat and drink!” Ace blinked a little, the warning voice in her head slowly going docile “Even better.” she watched as Sedna headed to the refreshment table and then started to follow.

It was like a booming voice in her head knocking her out of the trance like state she’d come into, something she read as a kid “If you come into the land of the Fae don’t drink or partake in their food.” reaching under her jacket she grabbed her blaster out of its holster on her back and pulled it out, something was wrong here and now she was on guard for it “Sedna we need to leave, now.”

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“Even better.”

Sedna smiled at Ace her eyes clouded over and not really seeing the reality. She simply nodded and began to make her way towards the table of refreshments. She didn’t see the corpses or the bad food. All she saw was a table of pastries and two very nice humans. She reached for a cup of punch when something in the back of her head shouted for her to stop. This was not right, something seemed off. For the briefest of moments she saw reason and backed away from the table. Soon though the music reclaimed her and she began to drift towards the dance again.

“Sedna we need to leave, now.”

She was grabbed by her friend and she turned to see what was wrong, why her friend wasn’t having fun and dancing. Then her mind registered the drawn weapon and the desperation in her friend’s voice and she began to wonder what had gotten her friend so worked up. She nodded and asked. “What’s wrong Ace.” Now she was focused the room took on a more frightening light, the corpses, the bad food, the dancers in a trance. “Ace we need to get out of here.” Now she drew her own weapon ready for opposition. The music though, why leave that music behind. Her grip on her weapon began to loosen as the music reclaimed her once more.

[Ace McShane]

Ace could see Sedna start to get swept back by the music “Sedna!” taking her hands Ace covered Sednas ears with them “Foc…” she started to say focus but the music started to work on her more, gritting her teeth she forced herself back to reality and lifted her hand up enough so Sedna could at least hear her “Sedna, I don’t know how long I can focus but I think the music is what’s keeping us docile, I can keep my hands over your ear so it doesn’t affect you but, I think I may need you to bust my ear drums so then we both have a clear head.”

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“Sedna, I don’t know how long I can focus but I think the music is what’s keeping us docile, I can keep my hands over your ear so it doesn’t affect you but, I think I may need you to bust my ear drums so then we both have a clear head.”

As soon as her ears were covered Sedna began to come out of the odd stupor. She listened to Ace’s words and felt a swell of revulsion at the thought of deafening her, even if it was only temporarily. She didn’t want to hurt the woman, especially after the fact the woman was saving her life. However she knew she had to and she’d want Ace to do the same thing if their roles were reversed.

“Alright, on three then.” She looked at Ace steadily and kept the pity from her eyes, she’d not want pity she’d want resolve if it was her in Ace’s place. “One…two…” however before she said three she clapped her hands soundly over both of Ace’s ears knowing the pressure would be enough to burst both of Ace’s eardrums in an instant and should minimize the amount of pain she felt. She just hoped the woman forgave her for this.

[Ace McShane]

“Alright, on three then.” Ace took a deep breath in and nodded, this was going to hurt and she knew it but it was the anticipation that killed her “One…two…” Ace was waiting for three but it didn’t come.

When Sedna ruptured her eardrums Ace almost screamed out but caught the scream in her throat, stepping back Ace leaned forward and placed her hands on her knees for a second trying to orientate herself. She held up a thumb up to Sedna to let her know she was ok.

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As soon as Sedna got the signal she began to make her way towards where they’d come in. The place looked a lot different now she could see it for what it was. The people she’d thought were her dance partners were corpses in varying states of decay. The food looked like it hadn’t been touched in years as well.

She gagged as she saw the food she’d been about to eat and figured she’d have been regenerating if Ace hadn’t gotten to her. She shook her head and looked at her friend. She then began to sign for them to get out of there before going to open the door. The only problem was the door was open and standing there was a very angry looking fairy.

[Ace McShane]

Holding her blaster in a ready position Ace moved behind Sedna in a defensive manner she was so glad they’d managed to come out of their trance before they ingested any of food or drink that they’d seen. Ace couldn’t help but make a little bit of a face when she saw it and the corpses laying all around them. Softly “The things you manage to get into Ace…”

Nodding to Sedna that she understood and gave a thumbs up. Narrowing her eyes when she saw the angry looking fairy blocking the door Ace held up the blaster in a “move or I’ll blow you to hell.” gesture.

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Sedna was just about to respond to her when she remembered the woman couldn’t even hear her so she saved her breath. When the fairy decided it would be a good idea to stop them she narrowed her eyes at the creature, which quite frankly was to ugly to deserve the title of fair one, that is unless by fair one they meant fairly ugly one then the title fit quite well.

She glared and copied Ace’s movement hoping the creature would be smart enough to just back off and leave them in peace. It wasn’t, as soon as the guns were leveled the beast charged and she gave a shout before firing at it. The bolts went right through the fairy, it had been an illusion, Sedna felt her stomach drop, something bad was about to happen. Something bad did happen, the lights in the room suddenly flared blinding her, by the time her eyes cleared she found herself surrounded, and what was worse she couldn’t see her friend. Several swear words slipped from her lips as she began to panic.

[Ace McShane]

Old habits kicked in when the beast charged at them and Ace fired. Spinning a little where she stood she came to the realization that the beast had been simply a mirage.

It dawned on Ace that they had fallen for something probably horrible; “Oh, shii.. she was blinded by the flare from the light and Ace raised her hand to try to cover her face from the light.

She blinked a couple trying to clear her vision after the flare finally when she could see, she saw she was alone without thinking about the fact that she couldn’t hear if her friend responded “Oh no, SEDNA!” she figured this was the last place they needed to get separated at.