A rewrite of Hazel Eyes

Sci-fiction. A space oddity.

                                 ( Rewrite)
                         

                                   HAZEL   EYES
                                   by Alex Isherwood Jones

                                   Chap.1-The Quest Ends
      Careering across the star studded vastness of space in your very own rocket ship to the musical strains of a lively Dixieland jazz band reproduced in perfect 'as live' auditory quality an the very latest state of the art sound system might at first consideration seem like a fun thing to do( if you are of an adventurous turn of mind and like Dixieland jazz music of course).Perhaps if the aforementioned craft was spinning alarmingly out of control and you also had the added misfortune to be an individual who suffered very acutely from any form of motion sickness,this may just take the edge of things somewhat.On board such a craft as the one mentioned,in fact the very same,a crew of two were enduring such a testing time.
    The far more capable of the two intrepid space heroes  went by the female name of Jennifer.Jennifer was a gorgeous young blond haired,blue eyed, women in her absolute physical prime.If Jennifer had been designed by the cleverest and most unashamedly sexist scientist in the four Universes no one might have been surprised,or perhaps they might at that,because such was in fact the case.This,almost impossible vision of loveliness was encased in a very practical and mouth watering  skin tight body sheath in blue and silver.Oblivious of any and all personal discomfort and danger,Jennifer was calmly wrestling with a mass of suspiciously primitive looking wiring that seemed to be bursting forth like an aggressive mass of multi-coloured thin worms from some metal panels that she had just previously dexterously removed.It would seem clear to any casually interested bystander that Jennifer was intent on a last ditch attempt to regain control of the craft and remedy their perilous situation.
   It is perhaps a pity that the other occupant was not so focussed and resilient for all of the male persuasion.This second spacenik,male,who preferred to be called Steven rather than Steve and who loathed his nick-name,Hazel eyes,was not by any stretch of anyone's imagination in the same league of stoic fatalism as his divine companion at the best of times and these were very far from being the best of times.Anything less like such a perfect representative of Steven's sex as Jennifer was of hers would be hard to find.However,Steven was an Earth man who had been born rather than designed and built nor even,it has to stated,particularly well bred.In fairness to Steven he had been through many more years of grief and joy than Jennifer.In addition,as Steven himself had finally been forced by his ruthlessly questioning ego to admit himself was on the very verge of the middle years of his life expectancy,that is to say in complete truth,a good deal past that point.Steven was though,still a firm fine figure of a man without a micron of fat about his robust frame and was possessed of a ruggedly featured face that quite a number of women in their time had found interesting if not actually compelling.Steven would be,if standing,of just below average height for a human raised on Earth.Steven's face,set off with a floppy vaguely poet like jet black hair was possessed of a somewhat over large and straight nose,thin lips,small mouth and intelligently piercing hazel eyes that had a gentle and yet penetrating quality that was almost ,and sometimes was,hypnotic.Steven presented  to the environs,what ever they be at any time,around him an aura of strength and competence mixed with a hint of the romantic that was sadly totally undermined by his present circumstances and behaviour. At this present point in time Steven would not have been unduly hurt by any adverse comparison between himself and the ever efficient Jennifer,as the man in question could be fairly said to otherwise engaged.
        Steven was in state as close to agony as he had been for some time or hoped to be for a good long time to come.Though Steven's appearance and circumstances may have given rise to a little gentle mirth to any comfortably  situated outsider,excusably so perhaps,except,that is ,to Steven himself.Steven was fighting desperately for any purchase to prevent,or at least,slow down his near manic unchoreographed break-dance routine,which brought him into frequent contact with every hard surface in the claustrophobic confines of Quest,such was the name of this small piece of latter day technology which was now so obviously on its last legs,to prevent any further damage to his already badly bruised body.Steven had vomited everything that he felt one person could vomit and still he retched in painful automatic spasms though now with out any stomach fluids left with which to further pollute the tiny capsule around them.Steven had foregone the tiresome triviality of wearing any of the recommended P.P.E.(personal-protective-equipment) and was in fact wearing a loose fitting pale green T-shirt,a pair of faded blue denim jeans and a not very fetching pair of scuffed white trainers.The movement of his liberated vomit flowed menacingly around him in cream and pink swirling clouds,further heightening his deep and increasing emotional distress.This emotional unease Steven made audible to his companion with wild shrieks and cries(which Jennifer appeared to have the enviable  ability to shut out of her mind completely).Under these circumstances it is not to be wondered at that Steven's contribution to saving the day was likely to be somewhat limited.In fact Steven was locked beyond all possible reach in his sufferings by an all consuming sense of self-pitying defeatism,so that if there was to be any salvation it could only come from the steady capable hands of his delicious companion.Jennifer had for the present decided to switch off her emotional experience chip,thus she felt none of the contempt for her pathetic and hapless male comrade which would undoubtedly have been no more than his due otherwise.