*Hey everyone, I hope you enjoy the new edit version of the first chapter, I had to break it down a little more to hopefully make it more easier to read. I don't really have access to an editor, but I am still looking but unless any of you do know, please let me know. But other than that I just hope you enjoy the new version of the chapter and please have a nice day.*
In front of a large high school was a crowd of students as there was a fight going on as the defending student was getting his head smashed into the side of the high schools sign, when one of the the four that he was fighting had then pulled the cords of his hoodie and began to strangle him like a makeshift garrett or noose around his neck, dragging him backwards strangling him to close to losing unconsciousness or death but it never came as they repeatedly stomped him into the ground. When then one placed their boot across his throat and began to push down until the security came finally as they broke up the fight. They soon ran over to the student as the man bent over and spoke in a low tone "This is not over…." He had said as he got up and ran from the scene as the security guards found the student on the ground…. That student was me. Let me introduce myself, my name is Mike, Mike Reith i'm a italian american, I am almost 5`11 tall, I have tan skin with obsidian black hair and light blue eyes, I normally wear my trademark navy blue and dark green striped hoodie, but as well have a brown leather bomber jacket in my bag with a pair of my dark jeans that are a combination of black and gray and a pair of hiking boots.
I live in Littleton, Colorado for about almost twelve years and well….. Currently I live alone in an apartment not far from my high school, I am seventeen and I have lost my parents….. It happened about a few years ago….. Uh anyway we should get back to the story. The security guards ran up to me and were checking if I was okay or not as I waved a hand to reassure them "I-I'm fine…. Don't worry about me…." I said as I coughed a bit of blood up as it spilled onto the pavement as I slowly got up from the ground as the two security guards were worried but I said simply "I'm fine, really…. Just need to get home…" I said to the two as I began to make my way home from the school. Everyday cars always whiz past me when I walk home as I always walked past the woods near my home, every once and awhile just like today I take a walk in the woods and let my wounds heal a bit before I can make it home so I could relax and then make something to eat. I walked in the woods like normal seeing the wildlife like usual but today, was the day my life would change forever and for the better as well.
Elsewhere…..
In a strange room was three beings as they were viewing multiple monitors scanning the planet as a voice was heard, it was electric as it then spoke "The scans are complete and as you can tell that the planet is habitable, but as well makes a great place for research for your project." The voice said as the three nodded as one spoke "Now all we need is a guide…. But where?" The being asked as another spoke "We need someone that will not as easily freak out, but as well has no ties left to this planet." The second being said as the voice spoke again "Well you three are in luck, recently there is someone that has now no ties to anything left on the planet, and even greater news is that he is around your age." The voice said as the three were thinking about it until one spoke "Screw it! Let's do it!" The third said as the person slammed down on a button to pinpoint the person directly and began to travel close to the person, that person was me.
Back With Mike…..
I was sitting under one of the trees in the forest as I listened to the sounds of both of nature and my music as I was listening to 'The Offspring, dividing by zero' god did I love that song. Anyway I was just doing nothing but letting my body heal from another fight, everyday I get into one and I just wonder to myself 'Why have I not ended it all and make them happy?' I always thought to myself but one thing my parents told me was, never let them get the upper hand on you. Meaning by if I ended my life, I would be just giving them what they wanted so I kept on living but…. Did not stop me from trying to end it but never had the guts to do it. Anyway I am sorry for rambling let us continue where we left off, I was sitting there just trying to keep my mind off of things until I heard something, it sounded like a jet or something, but what puzzled me most was that planes and jets don't fly over this area since it was considered a national park, national park my ass there is no park here but nature paths that practically no one takes.
When I heard it fly over a bit I slowly got up to see what the commotion was all about as I then saw it, it was a large what looked like an airship as it soon landed not far from me. My insteacts following suit I began to look around for something to use to fight until I found a fairly large branch that must have gotten broken off in the recent storms, brandishing my weapon I slowly made my way towards the ship as I could hear muffled voices coming from the ship as it soon opened to reveal three figures in full suits of armor not showing any features or nothing. However I did not care as I then began to sneak up on the three as one spoke.
"Alright, so A.V.I.A.N was correct on that it was habitable and is close to our homes." The middle one said as the two others agreed as I only had one thought on my mind 'Who the hell are these people? Doesn't matter, I need to figure out why the are here.' I said in my head with determination as I slowly began to make my way towards the three and try as my damndest to strike them down, emphasis on damndest for that when I hit the one on the left my branch broke in two.
Whatever the hell their armor was made off, it was strong as hell to break solid oak like that…. Anyway after I tried to knock one out, the rest and the person I tried to hit turned towards me as I just gave a sheepish smile towards the three and chuckled nervously until one summoned a hammer through what look like light and knocked my ass out with the damn thing, they then dragged me on to the ship then left.
The Three…..
The three set Mike on a cot like bed in one of the cells they had as one of them spoke "Can you believe he just came up and tried to knock us out like that?" The first one asked in frustration as the third spoke "Calm yourself Izzy, he did not mean to, but did you have to hit him that hard?" The third said to the 'Izzy' Person as she spoke back "Well excuse me if i'm not prime and proper like you Wavedancer." Izzy said to the person now known as 'Wavedancer' as the second spoke up above the two bickering girls as she spoke "Girls will you knock it off?! I'm trying to fix him up here and I can not take your bickering right now." The second said as the too slumped a bit and apologized "Sorry Moonbeam." The two said in unison to the person now known as 'Moonbeam' as she let out a sigh and spoke "It's fine, just don't try it again, it's bad enough he was already in bad shape…. Now I think we made it even worse." Moonbeam said as she was bandaging Mike`s head where Izzy hit him with her hammer as she let out a small sigh and placed his head back on the pillow then took a small red syringe out of the medical bag next to her then grabbed his wrist and stuck the syringe in under his wrist, then pushed down on the plunger, injecting the red liquid into his bloodstream.
"Sleep well, you will need your rest." Moonbeam said as she got up then removed the syringe and walked out of the cell and closed the door behind her, soon Wavedancer spoke "Come on, he needs to sleep…. Guess now we can change out of our armor and back into our normal clothes." Wavedancer suggested as the two nodded in agreement as the three walked away from the cell and towards a barracks based area as the three walked to three separate lockers and began to remove their armor. The room was bathed with silence as Izzy spoke "So…. is he going to be okay?" Izzy asked as Moonbeam removed one of her gauntlets revealing a light blue plumage on her hand as she spoke "Yeah, he should be okay, I gave him one of the red stims we have for emergencies and it should heal all of his wounds." Moonbeam said as Wavedancer became a bit worried about it as she spoke "Do you really think that was smart to use one of the red stims on him like that?"
Wavedancer asked as Moonbeam nodded and spoke "Yes, he should feel a lot better after he wakes up." Moonbeam said as she began to remove her helmet when Izzy spoke as she was removing her boots revealing a light green plant like skin with a small amount of a very dark purple form of leaves on her ankles "Well what ever happened to him he looked like he went through the grinder." Izzy said as she got up and began to rummaged through her locker for her clothing as Wavedancer then spoke while taking her helmet off to reveal a light blue and dark purple skin with a small amounts of green in it with long purple hair "Yeah…. I think that is why A.V.I.A.N said he had no ties left in this world…" Wavedancer said with a hint of sorrow in her voice.
The room filled with silence again as the three stripped out of the rest of their armor and set the them in their lockers and soon changed into their clothing as Wavedancer was tying her hair up in a bun and placed her hair sticks through. Izzy just questioned her a bit as she ruffled her dark purple hair which was a form of leaves with a small dark blue flower on the side but strangely felt like actual hair and shook her head quickly getting a ruffled hair style, Moonbeam looked at the two as she just giggled a little bit and picked up her brush then began to brush back her plumage a bit to make it look nice when she then set it back down inside her locker and put on her clothes and shut her locker door then walked towards the door as she spoke "I'm going to go check up on him…. I hope he is okay." Moonbeam said as she walked out the door as Izzy spoke "Don't know about you but I am going to go get something to eat, i'm starving."
Izzy said as she walked out of the room in most of her clothes as she kept her shoes off and walked to the kitchen to get something to eat leaving Wavedance by herself as she rested her hands on her lap as she was thinking about today of everything that happened so far as she leaned forward and grabbed a small book from her locker next to her shoes as she opened it and flipped to an empty page and began to write in it 'August 26, we had finally reached the planet known as earth, A.V.I.A.N or Crystal as I nicknamed her since that was the default S.A.I.L on this ship, had told us that the planet was habitable and perfect for our project but…. I am still worried, we had just made first contact with one of the beings that lives here as it soon turned into a bust as Izzy had knocked him unconscious. We brought him on the ship and placed him in the cell for now, the sad part was he was already badly injured…. Its sad to see that this race is cruel to their own kind.' Wavedancer wrote in her journal as she then closed it and set it back in the locker when she then got up and said "I better get changed, don't want to be running around in my panties all day." Wavedancer said laughing a bit as she grabbed her clothes and began to get dressed.
Over with Moonbeam she was keeping an eye on Mike as he was breathing steadily at a normal pace, Moonbeam was relieved as she saw that his wounds were healing at a normal rate. Moonbeam got closer to Mike as she was examining his wounds closely and saw large bruises and marks around his throat that anyone could tell he was being strangled by something at an earlier time, Moonbeam looked over to his right arm and rolled up his sleeve to find cuts and other marks on the top part of his arm, however underneath his arm were small to large scars made from a small blade. She was becoming more worried as she soon put his sleeve back the way it was and soon left his cell and locked the door behind her as she spoke in a quiet tone "He is in worse condition then I suspected…." Moonbeam said as she bumped into his bag that they set down and picked it up and said "I think that we should look over his stuff." Moonbeam said as she walked into the kitchen where Izzy had a round shaped orb in her hand that looked like a large eye with a few leaves sprouting from the top as she then took a bite out of it, letting the juices splatter a bit onto the table and drip from the sides of her mouth and fangs as Moonbeam said.
"Izzy can you please be more careful on how you eat those, as well is that the last one?" Moonbeam asked as Izzy nodded as she just sighed and shook her head and sat down across from her setting Mike`s bag on the table and began to rummage through it as Izzy spoke with a semi full mouth "So, what is with the bag?" Izzy asked as she took another bite of the fruit when Wavedancer walked out of the barracks and spoke "Ah Moonbeam there you are, how is he doing?" Wavedancer asked as Moonbeam spoke "Well…. He's breathing and healing…. So that is something…." Moonbeam said with something nagging on her mind as she spoke again "However….. I think he was close to ending his own life." Moonbeam said shocking Wavedancer and made Izzy spit her food out and began to choke and tried to speak "W-What!?" Izzy asked as Wavedancer spoke "A-Are you sure?" Wavedancer asked worried as Moonbeam just nodded and said "I was checking his wounds to see if they were healing and they were but…. I checked his arms…. They had scars on them…" Moonbeam said with a few tears in her eyes as Izzy placed her hand on her shoulder and spoke "Hey, hey, he will be fine…" Izzy said but had some self doubt about what she said.
Wavedancer was becoming worried about the situation until she spotted his bag on the table and spoke "Why do you have his bag with you?" Wavedancer asked as Moonbeam forgot about it and spoke "I forgot I had this, anyway I think it would be good if we can get familiarized with his technology." Moonbeam said as Izzy tried to eat her fruit after the events that happened and Wavedancer just sat down at one of the chairs and set her hands on the table as Moonbeam began to look through the bag and started pulling things out "Let's see, books, what looked to be headphones, a small rectangular device, a larger rectangular device and what looks like a bit of food in a plastic bag." Moonbeam said as she pulled out a stack of textbooks, his headphones, his cellphone and laptop with what was left of his lunch. The three stared at the objects as Moonbeam began to look through the books and spoke "These look to be text books about history and math….. Interesting….." Moonbeam said as she looked through the books more, Wavedancer picked up the cellphone and began to examine it seeing different buttons on the device and pressed the top button on the phone as the screen light up as she spoke.
"Fascinating, oh what's this? Slide to unlock….. Okay." Wavedancer said as she slid her finger across the screen unlocking the phone as she began to look through it and spoke "This must be a communication device to others on his planet, pretty clever if you ask me having the ability to have all this on one device." Wavedancer said looking through everything on the cellphone as Izzy was not paying much attention and was looking through the plastic bag and pulled out the other half of Mike's sandwich and sniffed it. "Doesn't seem poisonous…." Izzy said as she then took a bite and her eyes had gone as wide as dinner plates, looking down at the sandwich she then greedily ate the rest as the two looked at her as she spoke in a quiet tone "That was….. The best thing ever…" Izzy said as she looked through the plastic bag and pulled out a bag of chips and quickly ripped it open launching chips everywhere as Izzy scrambled to grab the food up.
Moonbeam and Wavedancer were confused by this as Wavedancer asked "Is there anything else in his bag?" She asked as Moonbeam looked a bit more and spoke "Yeah there is, a jacket and a spiral book with a case of writing sticks." Moonbeam said as she pulled out his bomber jacket and sketchbook with sketching pencils. Izzy set the chips on the table and began to eat them with a bit of a hum as she happily ate the potato chips "These are soooooo good!" Izzy said as she popped another chip into her mouth munching happily as Moonbeam and Wavedancer snickered a bit as they began to look through the sketchbook looking through the drawings as Moonbeam spoke "These are very interesting….. It's almost like looking through his mind itself." Moonbeam said as Wavedancer nodded as she got curious about the laptop as she poked it a few times as she saw it lift a bit and opened the device.
"Huh, so it opens….. Fascinating." Wavedancer said as she looked at the black screen as she looked all over the device trying to be careful not to break it as she saw a power button and pressed it as the device came to life. Moonbeam was looking through the sketches of multiple things such as animals, people, portraits and…... His own pain, Moonbeam gasped at the pictures and became worried looking through the sketches of him either getting hurt or ending his life as it brought a few tears to her eyes. Izzy looked up from the food as she saw the jacket on the table and became curious as she picked it up but soon stopped as she ran her fingers across the lining of the jacket "This is…. So soft…." Izzy had said as she soon put the jacket on over her cloths and looked herself over in the small mirror in the kitchen as Wavedancer looked at her and spoke "Izzy? Why are you wearing his jacket?" She asked as Izzy spoke "It was so soft, and I wanted to try it on. Never felt anything this soft before."
Izzy said as she zipped the jacket up and sat back down as she continued to look through the plastic bag grabbing an apple and taking a bite as she spoke with a semi-full mouth "Its so sweet!" Izzy said eating the apple greedily. Wavedancer just shook her head a bit as she looked back at the computer as she saw there was a lock screen with a password and spoke "Damn, we can't access this device without a password." She said as a voice spoke "Maybe that can wait for later, it looks like our guest is finally waking up." The voice said as Moonbeam spoke "He is awakening already?" Moonbeam asked as the voice spoke again "Yes, he is slowly waking up but will be awake shortly." The voice had said as Wavedancer spoke "Alright, thank you Crystal we shall handle this." Wavedancer said as the voice now dubbed as 'Crystal' nodded and spoke "Alright, just do please be careful." Crystal said with worry in her voice as the three got up from the table and walked towards the cell as they found Mike finally awakening.
Mike's Pov (3rd person)….
Mike was slowly waking up as a light was blinding him as he slowly lifted his hand above his eyes and spoke "Damn….. That is fucking bright….." Mike said as a voice spoke "It's good to see you finally awake." The voice said as Mike slowly turned to see figures in front of him as his eyes slowly began to adjust as he saw three girls standing in front of him that looked to be around his age but were different, the first girl had a light blue plumage, talon like feet, a small cute beak, light green eyes, a white fluff on her face that was brushed to the back of her head that met with her plumage on the back which was brushed neatly back but looked to split a little bit, she had what seem to be a tribal like traditional clothing that consisted of a type of skirt that was more like a fancy loincloth and a form of shirt with a large gap in the chest area that was dyed to a medium purple with gold linings.
Mike blushed at seeing her clothing as he then looked over to the second person, she was more plant like with a light green skin, deep black eyes that were as black as obsidian, she had a two small fangs in the top area of her mouth that were visible as she brought up the apple that she was still snacking on, she had very dark purple leaves on her wrists and ankles that matched her hair color that was shaped into a bit of a messy style but had a small dark blue flower on the side of her head, she was wearing a dark pair of overalls but looked to be missing shoes, but as well was wearing his bomber jacket.
Mike was confused on where she got the apple as he then looked over to the final girl who was patiently waiting, she had light blue and dark purple skin but as well had a small amount of a light green around her neck area, she had dark purple hair to match her skin that was tied into a bun with hair sticks through each side on the top as her hair was hiding her third eye, though all three were a beautiful shade of light crimson, she was wearing what looked to be a medium to dark blue kimono dress minus the wooden sandals but had pearl white socks on. Mike slowly got up from the ground as he faced the three still with a blush as he spoke "Uh…. excuse me, uh miss?" Mike asked as he looked at Moonbeam as she pointed at herself as he nodded and she spoke "Ah! Yes, what do you need?" Moonbeam asked as Mike took his hoodie off and tried to hand it to her through the bars and said "Can you please put this on?" Mike asked as Moon beam nodded and grabbed then put on the hoodie and reached behind her to make sure her tail feathers were not caught.
Mike sat back down on the bed as he spoke again "So…. why did you take me on your ship? To experiment on me? To kill me? Or is it for food?" Mike asked as the girls recoiled at the question except Izzy on the final one and spoke "Well….. For food, that would be a maybe." Izzy said as Wavedancer spoke "Izzy!" Wavedancer yelled as Izzy just chuckled a bit and said "I'm kidding, i'm kidding, jeez….. Can't take a joke?" Izzy asked as Moonbeam slapped her upside the head. Mike backed up a bit on his bed as Wavedancer spoke "We are sorry about our friend here, she like making jokes that sometimes go a bit too far." Wavedancer said as Mike nodded a bit as she spoke again "Question, how are you feeling?" Wavedancer asked as Mike looked himself over and found his cuts were healed and his pain was gone as he spoke "I….. I feel better….. H-How is that possible?" Mike asked as Moonbeam spoke this time "That would have been me, I used some of the medicine we had on hand to help heal your wounds." Moonbeam said as Mike slumped a bit in his seat as he scratched his head a bit and found bandages as Izzy spoke "That was my bad…. Sorry…."
Izzy said as some of the memories began to flood back "Y-You did that?" Mike asked as Izzy nodded as Moonbeam spoke "We are very sorry about that, we hope you can forgive Izzy for that one, she is always very protective of her friends." Moonbeam said as Mike nodded and spoke "That is understandable, I would be the same way… If I had any friends….." Mike said in a low tone. The three felt sad for him as Wavedancer spoke "Well…. We could be your friends." Wavedancer suggested as Mike looked up at the three "Yeah right…. So you can use me like the rest? Yeah right….. I spent most of my life getting screwed over by so called friends, so I would say no." Mike said which cut into the three like a knife but soon the pain stopped as Mike spoke again "But….. It would not hurt to try….. I guess….." Mike said as the three perked up a bit and nodded as Moonbeam began to unlock the cell and open the door and spoke "Come on, you must be hungry from being in here for a certain amount of time." Moonbeam said as Mike nodded a bit and got off the cot and walked towards the cell door.
The girls stood out of his way as Mike walked out of the cell as Izzy directed him to the way to the kitchen as Izzy spoke "So…. what is your name?" Izzy asked as Mike spoke in a low tone "My name is Mike, Mike Reith." Mike said as Izzy spoke "Well my name is Izzy, Isabelle Starflower but I go by Izzy." Izzy said as she got in front of Mike and held her hand out in front of her as Mike hesitantly grabbed and shook her hand "Nice to meet you Izzy." Mike said as Wavedancer spoke "I am Wavedancer Kumiko, but you can call me either Wavedancer or Wave." Wavedancer said as Mike nodded then shook her hand "It's nice to meet you Wave." Mike said as Moonbeam spoke "And last but not least I am Moonbeam Zeltzin, but like Wave here, you can call me Moonbeam or Moon." Moonbeam had said as Mike nodded and shook her hand "It is nice to to meet you Moon." Mike said as he spoke in his head 'Wow, her plumage is soft.'
Mike said in his head as he let go of her hand and they continued their way towards the kitchen as he spotted his stuff on the table as he spoke "Why is my backpack and stuff on the table?" Mike asked a bit confused as Moonbeam spoke "We wanted to know what devices your race uses and wanted to get familiar with them." Moonbeam said as Mike just nodded a bit and walked up to the table and saw that his stuff was scattered across the table as he picked up his phone and clicked the power button and checked the time, 'Jeez, did not know I was out that long.' Mike said in his head as he saw that it was almost around six in the afternoon. The three walked over to the table as Mike was putting some of the stuff back into his backpack but left some of the stuff on the table as Wavedancer spoke "Excuse me, but what is this device?" She asked as she held up his laptop as Mike soon set it down and said "That is what they call a laptop, a personal computer that stores information."
Mike explained as she handed him the computer and opened it to see it was turned on, soon he put in his password and showed her how the device worked. "And this is how you use the mouse, then after that you double click any icon on the screen to open a window on the screen to access the information of the application." Mike explained to Wavedancer as she dragged her finger across the touchpad and stopped on one of the applications and double clicked it and opened the media tab on the computer. "Fascinating, I never knew your race could do so much on one little device." Wavedancer said as Mike watched her look around on the computer as he looked over to the other two as Moonbeam was looking through one of the history textbooks that he had, and Izzy was looking through his drawings.
Though something did catch Mike`s eye as he spotted each of the girls wore a bracelet on their wrists as he asked "So… Just wondering, what are the bracelets for?" Mike asked as the girls stopped for a minute as Izzy spoke "That is how we talk to each other, and activate our tools, it's real easy to use and makes it a lot easier to carry our equipment." Izzy said as it confused Mike as Moonbeam spoke "Here let me show you." She said as she held her hand out and with a flash of light a dagger formed in her hand. Mike was surprised by this as Moonbeam spoke again "It's pretty interesting, we all got these from our school to help on our expedition." Moonbeam said as Mike nodded a bit as he then asked "Wait, school? You mean you're all students?" Mike asked as the three nodded in agreement as Wavedancer spoke "Yes, we were sent to study your planet and get information on it." She said as Mike was fascinated by this and was about to speak but his stomach cut him off by growling which made him blush a bit and the girls to giggle.
Soon Izzy got up from the table and walked over to the fridge "Here let me get you something to eat, you must be starving from being out so long." Izzy said as she rummaged through the fridge as Mike just nodded a bit "Let's see…. Boiled pearlpeas? Nah…. A piece of feather food? No way, Moon would kill me for that one….. Ah! Here we go, pearlpea risotto." Izzy said as she pulled out a container with white and pink spheres inside as she removed the lid and placed it in the microwave then punched in a few numbers and turned to Mike "It should be done in a few minutes." She said as Mike nodded a little bit as he spoke "Thank you….. I guess…" Mike said in a low tone the three saw this as he was averting his gaze from the three as Moonbeam thought of something and spoke.
"Izzy, since you are up can you get us some reef juice, please?" She asked as Izzy nodded and walked back to the fridge to pull out a pitcher filled with a purple like juice and set it down on the counter and looked in the cupboards for the glasses as the microwave made a ding. Izzy set the glasses down and opened the microwave to let the steam out, she then began to fill the four glasses with juice and give them to everyone. Mike was sceptical about the drink as the three looked at him and were waiting for him to take a sip, with nothing really left to lose Mike picked the glass up and took a sip of the contents of what was inside the glass and was met with a surprisingly sweet with a nice fruit taste as well, he went a bit wide eyed as the girls looked at him as he spoke "What?" Mike asked as Moonbeam asked "So what do you think?" She asked as Mike raised an eyebrow and asked "About the juice? It's not bad at all, very sweet with a good fruit taste to it."
Mike said as the girls snickered a bit as Wavedancer spoke "Well glad you like it, we freshly squeezed it this morning." She said as the two nodded as Izzy brought over the two other glasses and went back for the food then set it down in front of Mike with a fork. Mike looked down to the what looked like a rice based dish that had seasonings but as well small, round, pink spheres in the rice with it as he took the fork and poked it a few times with curiosity as Wavedancer spoke "I hope you like it, as well please do be careful with the pearlpeas, they could and might break your teeth if you are not careful." She said as Mike looked at her and spoke "Uh…. okay? But as well what is it?" Mike asked as Wavedancer spoke "Oh i'm sorry I forgot to tell you, it is a traditional hylotl dish that is normally eaten on occasions." Wave said as Mike was curious to learn more but his hunger was getting the best of him as he began to eat the dish.
Mike took some of the rice in the fork and brought it up to his mouth and took a bite as his eyes widened again from the taste as he began to scarf down the whole dish in a matter of minutes while as well almost busting his teeth on the food items known as pearlpeas but were not bad none the less. Mike looked up and saw that the girls were looking at him as he looked away with a blush as Moonbeam spoke "Wow, I guess he really likes your cooking Wavedancer." Moon said as Wave nodded and said "It seems so, as well I hope he did he not break any of his teeth on the pearlpeas." Wavedancer said with concern as Mike shook his head and said "I'm fine, it was a great dish and the pearlpeas did not break my teeth, but were still good, thank you again for the meal." Mike said as he got up and grabbed the container and fork and walked over to the sink and began to wash the dishes as Izzy spoke "You don't have to do that, you are our guest so you don't need to do that." Izzy said as Mike shook his head "No…. you three brought me in here, gave me food and healed my wounds, it's the least I could do."
Mike said as he walked back to the table and took the three empty glasses and walked back to the sink and washed them out then set them on the drying rack as he then turned off the sink. Mike stood over the sink for a minute and was thinking as Moonbeam spoke "Mike? Uh…. Mike? You okay?" Moon asked as Mike looked at her and spoke "I'm sorry Moon, what did you say?" Mike asked as Wavedancer spoke "She was trying to get your attention, you just spaced out like that, are you okay?" Wavedancer asked as Mike nodded "Yeah, i'm fine just….. Thinking is all…." Mike said as he stood up from the sink and said "I'm going to go walk around a bit, is that fine?" Mike asked as the three nodded as he left from the kitchen to explore the place a bit, but the three were worried about him as Wavedancer spoke "Crystal, can you please keep an eye on him please?" She asked as Crystal nodded and spoke "Got you, I will make sure he is okay." Crystal said as she flicked off the screen. With Mike he was walking down the halls of the ship as he walked past one of the windows that he briefly looked out the window to see the night sky and the moon passing across the sky.
Mike set his hand on the window and watched out the window seeing the full moon glide across the night sky as a shooting star shot across the sky as Mike spoke in his head 'It is such a beautiful night out tonight….. Just wish it could last….' He said in his head as he set his forehead on the window as a lone tear ran down from his eye as a voice spoke "A-Are you alright?" The voice asked as Mike slowly turned around to find no one as the person spoke again "Over here! At the panel." The voice said as Mike looked to the panel and found a medium blue bird girl like Moonbeam as he spoke "Uh…. hi there, who are you?" Mike asked as she spoke "I am A.V.I.A.N or by my other name Crystal." Crystal said as Mike nodded and said "Alright, as well you have a very beautiful name." Mike said as Crystal blushed a bit on the screen and spoke "T-Thank you….. I was asked to keep an eye on you, are you okay?" Crystal asked as Mike nodded "Yeah, just enjoying the night sky….. Always found it calming to look at…."
Mike said as Crystal nodded in agreement as Mike then asked "Why is your other name A.V.I.A.N?" He asked as Crystal explained "Well the reason why is because my programing is based off of the Avian race, a good example would be Moonbeam." Crystal said as Mike nodded a bit as he then asked "So what race is Wavedancer and Izzy?" He asked as Crystal began to explain "Izzy is from the race of warriors also known as the Floran, they are hated by most races for their ways of hunting except for the Glitch because for some reason they can understand each other in binary. Anyway Wavedancer is part of the Hylotl, a race of perfectionists and as well pacifists but can hold their own when it comes to a fight…. It's funny really, a floran and a hylotl are best friends….. Man wouldn't that make the universe spin on its head." Crystal said chuckling a bit as Mike got curious and asked "What do you mean by that?"
Mike asked as Crystal was silent for a minute as she soon spoke in a low tone "The floran drove out and killed many of the hylotl out of their homeland many years ago….. And have been at each other's throats for many years…. Only a few are friends….. It shows that history can not affect friendship." Crystal smiled a bit at the thought of the two races becoming friends as Mike got up and spoke "I've seen it a lot as well…. All over this world in many countries they all hate each other for many reasons….. From religion to race, it what has made this world the way it is….." Mike said as Crystal became upset at the words but soon "However…." Mike said as Crystal looked us as she saw him smiling a bit "That does not stop the good in people, all over this planet people are getting ridiculed for being different…. But that does not stop them from being who they are and helping others along the way. It's what makes me smile at times, knowing that there are people that help others, that there are others who accept them for who they are….. That, is what brings a smile to my face in the darkest moments of life." Mike said as Crystal perked up at his words as she nodded happily as Mike asked "Question though…. Does this ship have a clocking device?" Mike asked as Crystal nodded "Yup, no one can see the ship at all, one of the greatest advances in the ship's technology." Crystal said as Mike nodded happily and began to walk down one of the halls but stopped and asked "Quick question again, where is the bathroom on the ship?" Mike asked a bit embarrassed as Crystal spoke "Down the hall, on the left."
Crystal said as Mike nodded and left towards the restroom as she then flickerd off screen and back to the three that were sitting at the table worried as she spoke "I'm back." Crystal said as the girls were still a bit worried as Wavedancer spoke "So? What happened?" Wavedancer asked worriedly as Crystal reassured them "Well, I saw him staring out the window towards the night sky and saw he was upset and asked him what was wrong but he said was 'Just enjoying the night sky, I always found it calming', and we talked a bit as well he said my name was… beautiful….. Uh anyway we were talking and told him some of the history then he told me some of the history of his world and said that there was kindness in everything, you just need to find it." Crystal said as the girls breathed out a sigh of relief as they heard footsteps coming from the hallway as Mike was walking down the hall towards the kitchen and waved a bit to the girls as he walked in and spoke "I'm back, sorry I took so long."
Mike said as the girls waved it off as it was fine as Moonbeam looked at the wall clock as she then spoke "Jeez, it's late, we need to turn in for the night." Moonbeam said as she pointed towards the clock as Mike looked at it and read it was almost eleven at night as he said "Damn, I need to get home." Mike said as he turned when Izzy grabbed his jacket and said "You are not going out there at this time, you're staying on the ship." Izzy said as the two nodded in agreement as Mike let out a sigh and nodded as she then let go of his shirt as the girls got up from the table and walked down the hall with Mike as he was walking back to the cell but was grabbed again by his shirt when this time it was Wavedancer as she spoke "Where are you going?" She asked as Mike replied "I was going back to the cell, why?" Mike asked as she shook her head and spoke "No you are not, you are staying in the barracks with us, come one."
Wavedancer said as she dragged him into the barracks area of the ship. Inside the room it was different then Mike expected as it had posters, lamps, drawings and sketches, blueprints and a wardrobe closet with two bunk based beds on one side of the room with lockers on the other side with a bench as the three walked over to the lockers and opened them and began to disrobe as Mike then turned away and tried to walk out of the room but was caught by Moonbeam as she spoke "Mike? Where are you going?" Moonbeam asked as Mike slowly turned back to see the girls had removed some of their cloths to the point either their bra or panties were showing as he began to blush as he said "I-It's rude….. F-For a male t-to stay in the same r-room when….. A-A women is d-disrobing….." Mike said with a large blush on his face as the girls looked at each other then back at him as he said "J-Just call me in w-when you are done….." Mike said as he walked out the door quickly and went around the corner.
The three looked at him as if he went crazy as Izzy spoke "What the heck was his problem?" Izzy asked as she unbuttoned the rest of the buttons on her overalls as Wavedancer spoke "It must be one of his race traditions… very interesting if you ask me." She said as she removed her hair sticks letting her hair fall down back past her shoulders and removed her sash, when Moonbeam spoke "It is odd and interesting at the same time, must be something to do with the differences in the sex of the race." Moonbeam said as she unzipped the hoodie and placed it on one of the hooks then removed her shirt leaving a cloth wrap around her chest when Izzy spoke "Well whatever it is, his face began to change color, it was very odd but funny as well." Izzy said chuckling a bit as she slid her overalls down to the ground and stepped behind them and pushed them forward with her foot and was left walking around in a black sports bra and panties as Moonbeam and Wavedancer nodded in agreement as Moonbeam spoke "Maybe he is just very tired, it could lead to the way he is now."
Moonbeam said as she let her skirt loincloth fall as she then lifted and pulled each leg out of it, trying to not get her talons caught as she then picked it. When she picked it up she had on underneath it was a small cloth loincloth that was smaller then her skirt, Wavedancer was still worried about him as she removed her kimono and placed it on the hanger from the hook inside the locker and placed it back inside leaving her in a pair of lacy light green bra and panties with her pearl white socks as the two looked at her as she spoke "What? My feet get cold at night." Wavedancer pouted bit as the girls giggled a bit as Izzy called out "Okay, you can come in now!" Izzy called out as Mike called back "Alright!"
He said as he walked in and spoke "Alright, now I can enter and….. Uh….." Mike said as his face began to heat up again as the girls looked at him with a questioning look as he just averted his gaze as he said "I-I thought you g-girls changed into your pajamas…." Mike said with a large blush on his face as they just looked at him as Izzy spoke "We normally just sleep in our underwear." Izzy said matter a factly as he just shook his head and spoke "I….. I n-need sleep I swear….." Mike said as he walked over to one of the beds then asked "S-So which bed i-is mine?" Mike asked as Moonbeam spoke "It would be the bottom buck in front of you." Moonbeam said as Mike nodded and pulled back the covers to the bed as he sat down and kicked his shoes off as the girls got into their beds as Izzy was above him, Moonbeam was next to her and Wavedancer was next to Mike as she then clapped turning the lights off as Mike climbed into bed and pulled the covers over him and laid his head on the pillow.
Mike was still wide awake in the bed as the entire day's events replayed in his head over and over again as he let out a sigh and spoke in his head 'Hopefully tomorrow will be better then today….. Though… I actually made, real friends today…' Mike said in his head as he gave a small smile as he then shut his eyes and let sleep overtake him.
