Into the night

They flew into the deepening darkness. The Freya lifting them above the cloud cover into the star filled sky. Vanessa gazed up into night in wonder feeling a joy she had never felt before. There were so many stars.

            After a time she looked down to find Quest considering her from where he still stood to her right. She smiled up at him feeling the weight of the day pushing a yawn from somewhere deep down inside of her. She blinked back specks of sleep that threatened to engulf her, struggling to stay awake for one more hour. But the exhaustion would not wait and she felt herself fading away.

            Quest chuckled and nodded at Flynt who in turn tapped Michelle gently on the shoulder and took over the flight controls as Michelle got up.  Michelle came back to where Vanessa still struggled to stay alert- she was losing ground fast. Michelle looked a question (in her Hazel brown eyes) nodded as Vanessa smiled back at her wearily.

            Michelle came back over to the Ship-stone, crouched down and placed one hand on Vanessa’s arm.

            “Shall I show you to your cabin, milady?” She asked softly.

            “It’s Van.” Vanessa said. “Call me Van.”