章節 4: CHAPTER 4: DEPARTURE
Julie Yamamoto woke up to the sound of her alarm blaring. She turned her head towards her pink nightstand. Blearily she slammed her hand onto her phone, snoozing the alarm. She woke up and groggily got out of bed. She paused as she saw an unfamiliar device on her nightstand. She briefly wondered where it came from before the events of a few days prior came back to mind. Right, Ben had asked her to watch over this strange device. Supposedly she could use it to contact him, wherever he may be.
Julie shook her head of the thought. Like Ben had said she didn't need to think about it unless something seriously bad was about to happen. It was probably best to put the little device away in a cupboard somewhere and forget about it. Still though, she had a bad feeling about it. She had never seen Ben act that way before, he was too tense, too sad. Julie of course knew about the accident but Ben had suffered setbacks before and they had never affected him like this. She set the device back down on the nightstand pushing the negative thoughts from her head. She wasn't going to let Ben get under her skin like this. She still wasn't sure why he chose to burden her with this. But she'd be damned if she fell into some mind game of his.
She got up out of bed and was greeted by a cheerful chirp from her pet Ship. She smiled down at the little robo creature, patting it on its head before going to get ready for the day. Her schedule these days was pretty strict. Mornings were breakfast and showers. Then off to tennis practice to keep her skills sharp. At noon was lunch. Followed by her college classes. She may have gotten in on an athletic scholarship but she knew her grades were really what would keep her afloat. Although she still hadn't quite decided on a major so she just decided to pursue an English degree for now. At the end of the day she relaxed watching her favorite reality tv shows. Then she headed to bed to do it all over again the next day.
Yet no matter how hard she tried to keep it out of her head, the thought of Ben kept coming back to her. She stared at the data cube from her bedside. It had only been a few days since Ben gave it to her. She wasn't even sure if Ben had left yet. It wasn't as if he spared anymore details on that end. She briefly wondered if she should tell someone. Someone closer to Ben might know more about what he was going through. After all Julie still worried about him even if they weren't on the greatest of terms. Sitting up from her bed Julie grabbed her phone and scrolled through it to find the number she was looking for. She was so thankful she hadn't deleted any numbers in a while. In a moment she quickly found who she was looking for and pressed the dial button.
"Hi Gwen? It's Julie. I know nice to hear from you too." Julie began. "I was actually calling to talk about Ben. He came to visit me the other day and he didn't really seem himself." She spoke.
"Oh so he told you too huh?" Came Gwen's reply. "Yeah he hasn't been right ever since the Tragulon. Did he tell you what he was planning?" Gwen asked.
"No, only that he was going away for a while and he wasn't sure when he'd be back." Julie said carefully leaving out the part about the communicator for now.
"Well he told us he was going off-world for special 'training'. Says he wants to 'master the Omnitrix' whatever that means." Gwen replied.
"Master the Omnitrix?" Julie repeated. Just then she heard a second voice break over the phone call.
"Pfft, the only thing he's gonna be a master of is the master of douchebags!" The voice said angrily. She then heard the sound of a piece of machinery being banged on.
"Uhm, who was that?" Julie asked confused.
"Sorry that's Ben's girlfriend Kai…" Gwen said awkwardly.
"You mean his ex girlfriend. No way am I gonna be with that jerk after the stunt he pulled!" She continued angrily. Julie smiled awkwardly. She could sort of relate but it sounds like this girl had quite the temper on her. She hoped Ben gave her the news easy for his sake.
"Yeah so he's gone now. Left the other day with barely any notice. Can you believe he didn't even tell us where he was going? Hell, he didn't even leave us a way to get in touch with him." A twang of guilt ran through Julie at that admission. It sounds like Ben was serious when he said he didn't want anyone trying to stop him.
"Really that's… surprising." Julie commented looking back down at the data cube in her hands once more.
"Uggh I swear I'm going to strangle that freak the next time I see him. If I ever see him again!" Kai's voice rang out once more.
"Anyway…" Gwen began again. "I wouldn't worry about him too much. As much of a doofus as he can be sometimes, he does have a good head on his shoulders. I think he just needs some time to work through all of this." Gwen said.
"Yeah… I hope you're right." Julie replied. "Thanks Gwen." She said. Without waiting for a response she hung up the phone. She sighed deeply. She supposed she would just have to have faith in Ben that he knew what he was doing. And that meant not breaking his trust. She would hang on to the communicator, just in case. Only Julie desperately hoped she would never have to use it.
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