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"What's happening now?" Jade asked, looking around in confusion.
The crew all began to sing:
"Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Ja-ade,
Happy Birthday to you!"
As the tuneful rendition of the song echoed around the Galley, Rachel and Irillith emerged from the kitchen carrying a candle-lit cake between them. Jade stared at it in amazement, immediately recognising the green tiger shape of the cake.
"The cake was completely unscathed as well," Calara said, looking greatly relieved. "The icing was still setting, so it was covered and safe in the kitchen."
"It's kinda fortunate you're starting over today," Dana said with a grin. "One candle we can manage, ten thousand would have set off the fire extinguishers."
"Blow out the candle and make a wish," John said to the Nymph, smiling at her encouragingly.
Jade nodded as she stared into his eyes, then leaned forward and blew out the candle with a delicate breath. Everyone clapped and cheered, and she smiled at them all, her expression one of wonder.
"You've all been so thoughtful," she said, her voice throbbing with gratitude. "I can't believe you'd go to so much trouble."
"It wasn't any trouble," Irillith said to her, stroking her arm affectionately. "We all love you."
There were murmurs of agreement, and a big tear welled up in Jade's eyes. She turned to John, looking to bury herself in his shoulder, and he opened his arms to her.
"I love you, Jade," he whispered in her ear, as he held her in a tender embrace. He smiled as he continued, "I'm looking forward to celebrating your next ten thousand Birthdays with you."
She shuddered in his arms, crying happy tears and clinging to him for support. The girls were delighted at her reaction to their surprise party, and more than one of them felt their throat thicken with emotion to see Jade so moved by such a simple gesture. Eventually she pulled herself together, and they tried the cake, which was made with Mint chocolate, even going so far as to include her viridian tiger stripes. The cake was delicious, and between the seven of them, they made short work of it.
John glanced towards Alyssa, who nodded, and replied to his telepathic request for information, *An hour until we reach the picket forces.*
Standing up from his place beside Jade, he said, "I'm really sorry we can't keep the party going. Getting totally smashed would be fun, but we'll have to take a raincheck on that. We've only got an hour to go before we reach the Dragon March, and there's something I'd like to do before we arrive."
He didn't need to say it, but they all knew exactly what he was talking about. It was time to interrogate the deadly assassin who had snuck aboard, and reaped such terrible destruction amongst them.
- COMMENTS
Anonymous5 days ago@lassidor1 the story is not finished and still being written. It’s just that the author is going through serious health issues. Currently up to chapter 167 is done. You can keep looking forward to new chapters. =))
lassidor116 days agoa know this story has long been done with writing but if I was them I'd have tons of bio beds in the ship with various bad guys that would have been killed anyway. they'd be in medically induced comas a force fed the juice to maintain the power links
Vadar3 months agoThe now, two progenitors with Athena we'll have to figure out how to create and provide Faye With a full size body with powers of change similar to Jade and successfully transfer her personality, knowledge, memory, and abilities to it.
The new body should have the ability to shrink back to the size and form of her AI hologram and should include the ability to have functional wings when small but now physical and to continue to use her mind to travel computers and networks so she could continue doing the valuable things she does now.
She could then continue as a permanent human-like member of the family.
Wouldn't that be wonderful?
