Dark Universe & Forbidden Love by Hao Yang Page B

white forest right before the storm reached her.
The white color was from the balloon like leaves hanging on branches. All trees
were connecting with each other as if they were holding hands together. Gloria
had no time to appreciate the beauty. Her throat was dry and her mouth was
burning. She went further into the forest and saw something like a small pool.
Just before she jumped into the pool, her family badge was flashing.  She
stopped and answered the call.
    “Gloria
…are…doing?” It was Jason’s voice. But the line was being cut off.
    “Jason.
I am all right. I am all right.” Gloria shouted happily.
    “You…”
    “Jason.
Jason. I can’t hear you.”
    “I…you…I…”
The line went off. Gloria smiled and put back the badge. Right at this moment,
two Glycans ran into the pool and dipped their heads in it. Suddenly the pool
shut like a mouth. After about three seconds, it reopened slowly and a piece of
cloth was floating in the center. Gloria froze there for several seconds. When
she came back to consciousness, she placed a kiss on her badge and moved on.

Chapter 22
     
    Standing 280 billion light years
away from Gloria, Jason was holding the badge in his hand. He couldn’t really
tell what Gloria just said, but her voice alone make he feel relieved. He put
the badge into the pocket next to his heart as Erikon and Lucis walked into the
dorm.
    Erikon
sensed something but he slumped into his bed without saying a word.
    “I guess
that was why you left early after the dinner.” Lucis said gently.
    “It’s
nothing. Just a call.” Jason said.
    “You
called that Glycan girl?” Erikon asked excitedly.
    “Yea.”
Jason nodded.
    “You
know this is not going anywhere, right?” Lucis said seriously.
    “You
mean Gloria and me?”
    “Yes.”
    “I know.
I know.” Jason said slowly. He understood even friendship with a first class
species was something extremely impossible.
    “You two
are friends or...you know?” Erikon said as he rotated his round body.
    “We are
friends, but I…I don’t know.” Jason said hesitatingly.
    “Man,
you are in love!” Erikon said excitedly.
    “Dude
where that comes from?” Lucis asked in confusion.
    “Jason,
I need to ask you a very serious question. You can choose not to answer it.”
Erikon suddenly sounded so seriously that it gave goosebumps to Jason and
Lucis.
    “OK.”
Jason said slowly.
    “Did you
sleep with her? Erikon asked calmly.
    Both
Jason and Lucis felt like hit by an asteroid. They looked at Erikon in shock.
    “Erikon,
what else do you think every day?” Lucis asked.
    Before
Erikon could answer, Lucis and Jason both nodded their heads and said
simultaneously, “Food.”
    “Jason,
so you didn’t.” Erikon said as he took out a small box under his mattress. He
handed it to Jason and said, “This is for education purpose, about the
reproduction process. I am not sure it works for Glycan, though.”
    “Wow,
wow, where did you get that?” Lucis asked in surprise.
    “It’s a
long story.” Erikon said easily.
    “I don’t
want to know.” Jason said as he put the small box under his mattress.
    “Jason,
you are not actually going to use that thing, right?” Lucis asked.
    “Come
on, man. I will keep it here and you are very welcome to use it.” Jason said
nicely.
    “But
Jason, Vampire does have a point. Best case scenario is you die. The worst is
you two both die. I will say you just play but not love.” Erikon said calmly.
    “Don’t
forget Logan and Lilisa.” Lucis said.
    Jason
knew that story. It happened during UWII. Logan was a human soldier in the
infantry division. Lilisa was a Glycan pilot and she saved Logan’s life in the
battle of Latianium. Sometime, it only took one second to know the love of
life. Logan and Lilisa fell in love just like that. However, despite their
efforts to escape and hide, Glycans hunted them down eventually. They killed
Logan’s friends and some of Lilisa’s friends in the process. They