The streets were even gloomier than usual tonight.

Probably due to the rain that has gone on without end for nearly two weeks now. Almost all of the residents living there were trying to stay out of this seemingly never-ending rain.

...ALMOST all of them...

In a dark alley, there was a blonde, human child, rummaging through the dumpsters in hopes of finding something to eat that night...

This was nothing new to the boy. This was pretty much the only way he could get anything to eat in this hellhole. He's been to this specific alley many times before, they always throw out leftovers. It's just a matter of how much they do...

However, tonight was beginning to look like another failed night. He couldn't find anything really worthwhile. The child sighed, sniffling a bit before checking one last time. He wouldn't have long before-

"HEY!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I GOTTA TELL YA, YOU LITTLE BRAT!?" The boy yelps in fear, before falling off of the dumpster and onto the concrete. He looks up at the alien. "STOP DIGGING THROUGH MY TRASH YOU LITTLE SHIT!!" The human scrambles to his feet before running out of the alley terrified. "AND NEXT TIME I CATCH YOU YOUR DEAD KID!! YOU HEAR ME?!?"

After another hour, the child was giving in for the night. Looked like it was gonna be another long, and hungry night...

He was making his way down a small, abandoned alley. Otherwise known as his 'home', and... well... he supposed it COULD be worse.

At least he's a little safer here, in his rotting cardboard box for a bedroom. The boy crawled into it, his hands and knees getting soaked by the rain water that was absorbed by his 'shelter'.

He curls himself up in hopes of staying a little warmer, to no avail. And there was no way in hell he could get to sleep with his stomach reminding him very loudly that he hadn't eaten in days. Nevertheless, he closes his eyes. Hoping his pure exhaustion would force him to sleep...

"Well well well..."

The child awoke when he was grabbed by the collar of his torn shirt. The one grabbing him was a taller, alien teen. They smirked as they held him over the ground. "Look who it is fellas..!" his two partners stare at the human. "Hahah. Hey 'BugBoy'!" One of them teased.

"ᴺⁿᵒᵗ ᵗᵒᵈᵃʸ ᵍᵘʸˢ... ᵖᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ..." the child said with his hoarse voice, trembling from cold and fear. "Pff. Come on, kid..! We haven't seen your sorry ass for a while..! We want to have our fun..!" The leader laughed in his face. The boy whimpered as tears began to form. "Aww. Is the widdle baby gonna cry???" One of them laughed.

The leader scoffed before throwing the child to the hard ground, who groaned as he hit the concrete. He tried to crawl away, but the leader stomped onto his back to pin him down. He yelped in pain again.

"Oh no! Don't think your gettin away THAT easy, 'BugBoy'!" He hissed, the child began whimpering again. This was also nothing new to him...

"It's probably times like 'this' that you wish your Daddy was still around. Huh..?" That did it. The blonde couldn't hold back the tears anymore. He began to cry softly. "Yeah..! A crybaby like you REALLY needs their Daddy in a place like this..!" He leaned down towards the boy's ear.

"But... Daddy's not here anymore... he's DEAD..!" the boy whimpered as he said that. "So now... You're all alone kid... Daddy's not here to protect you... so we can do things. like. THIS..!" with that, he stomped onto the boy's right arm.

The blonde screamed in pain as a sickening 'CRACK' echoed off the brick walls. The alien smirked at his act as he continued to crush the human's arm. The boy continued screaming and crying in agony as he did this. The other teens watched laughing.

When the leader finally lifted off the boy's arm, he rolled onto his left side as he continued sobbing. "Heh... I think he wants some more, Dylan..!" One laughed, their leader smirked at them before he neared the child again. "Let's get this over with you little shit..."

"HEY!!!"

The three froze as the angry yell echoed off the walls, they looked up, seeing the silhouette of a slightly younger Ventrexian.

"Leave him alone, Dylan..!" they growled,"And what are YOU gonna do about it, Avocato?" Dylan scoffed, "Yeah! We told you to stay out of our way!" Said another. The Ventrexian growled at them, "I said. Leave. Him. Alone..!"

"Diva's right, Avocato. When we kicked your ass out of our gang we said 'Don't show your face to us, or else...' but it figures... you stupid Ventrexians never liste- AUGH!"

He was cut off by getting a hard punch to the face. As he stumbled back, the human whimpered a bit in pain. The Ventrexian stood between him and the aliens. Dylan wiped the blood off of his nose from the punch, only to have it bleed out diagnose "AVOCATO WHAT THE HELL?!"

The Ventrexian gave a death stare, Dylan groaned in aggravation. "Alright! Alright! Let's get outta here fellas... We had enough fun today anyway..." they began to stomp out of the alley. The Ventrexian's gaze was glued to them the whole time.

"This isn't over Avocato! Far from it!"

"I count on it, Dylan..."

The Ventrexian's ear peeks up at a pain-filled cry, he turns to the human. He winces at the sight before him. "Hey... Hey bud..?" The child opens his eyes slightly, looking up at the other. His vision was blurry from hitting his head on the concrete. "Listen... I'm gonna help you... okay..?" The child looked at him before yelping as another stabbing pain hit him.

"Hey-hey! It's okay..! It's gonna be okay bud..! I can help you..!" The child didn't look up again, he only laid there with his face scrunched in pain as he cried. "Okay... I'll get you out of here." They began to pick him up, only to have the boy try to get away. Resulting in him moving his arm and yelping again.

"Hey..! It's okay-it's okay..! Don't move that arm, you'll just hurt it more." The child whimpered as he looked at him, the Ventrexian slowly neared him again. "Come on Buddy... I'm just trying to help you..! I'm just gonna take you to my place and I'll get you fixed up... you can trust me..." he slowly lifted his paw towards the child's face. The boy looked at him, trembling from cold, pain, and fear. "I promise I'm not gonna hurt you..."

Finally, the kid gave in and pressed his head into the other's paw. The Ventrexian smiled, "Alright Buddy... Let's get outta here..." he gently lifted him into his arms, who winced a bit from his arm again.

The Ventrexian slowly stood up and began to walk out of the alley. The boy sniffled and nestled into the other's chest. The other smiled at this, but it faded away when he realized how warm he was.

"Have you not been feeling well lately, Bud..?" The child shook his head slightly, still nestled into his chest. He sighed, his ears drooping a bit.

'Poor guy...'

He kept walking, desperate to get the human out of this godforsaken rain.