"Fine! I am done with you people anyway!" a tall, awfully skinny girl shouted.
"Just get out of our house Alyssia! I can't even believe you are our daughter!" an older woman shouted at the girl.
"My name is Allie!" the girl shouted while slamming the front door.
Allie came back to her parent's house two hours later and got beat on for several minutes. Her parents always beat her up; they never asked how she was doing in school or how she felt. They could never accept her interests as they never mattered compared to their own. She hit her pillow several times, wishing life would be different; she had only just graduated high school and her parents wanted her out of the house. Allie closed her eyes and fell asleep several minutes later.
Two years later, Allie had moved out of the house and gotten a small apartment. She had had enough of her parents and had saved up enough money to go to college in the big city. Allie loved girls for their compassion and understanding and desired what her parents never gave her, love. Her parents would have never accepted her bringing a girl home with her for a one-night stand but she did it nearly every night. None of her partners ever wanted to stay, but she was grateful for the loving she got while they were with her.
One Monday, Allie was walking home from college, spying a strange girl running around the streets as if she was asking for help. No one paid any attention to her even when she grabbed their arms. Allie adjusted her long sleeves; maybe she could try out this girl in bed tonight. The girl's blue eyes looked to Allie and she ran over to her, looking up to her. She grabbed her cold bony hands and Allie studied her face; it was strangely beautiful to the skinny girl.
"Hello human, do you know how I can get to space?" the girl asked, breaking the silence and messing with her shoulder-length blue hair, "I am lost."
Allie frowned, "What are you doing, role-playing?"
"I can assure you, tall human girl, I am not role-playing," the girl said.
"Well you can find someone else to bother," Allie said, starting to walk away.
The girl grabbed her shirt and communicated, "Please help me, you are the only human that has responded to me… I am a Chrysocolla who got separated from my fleet. It seems I was defeated and left there to wonder where the heck I was. I need to get back to Homeworld and to my fleet, and Pink-"
"That's enough," Allie said, starting to walk faster away even though she was being pulled back by the strong grasp of a needy being, "Just… Leave me alone."
"Wait!" the being called out, "You are the only human who heard me! You are the only one who can help me get home!"
Chrysocolla watched Allie walk away, no longer trying to stop her; she could find her some other time anyway as humans usually performed the same routines daily. However, she did wonder why the human was so skinny and why she wore long-sleeves and long pants on a day where other humans wore almost nothing. The being shrugged, continuing to look for other humans who could understand her.
The next morning, Chrysocolla saw Allie walking to wherever she had to go. She grabbed her whole arm but noticed the skinny girl wasn't up for talk.
"Just leave me be today, I don't want to associate with you," Allie said as she walked forward, eyeing a bus.
Allie started to walk faster, not noticing that Chrysocolla was still following her across the street. Chrysocolla thought long and hard, would her Diamond let this human get run over? The being shook her head and sprinted when she saw a big vehicle zooming close to the skinny girl. She jumped onto her and knocked her across the street away from the vehicle.
Chrysocolla lifted up Allie, her eyes were closed but she was still breathing. The being sighed and checked the skinny girl's purse for information. She touched her cheek feeling the bone as she pulled out identification. Chrysocolla winced; the body that her Diamond had loved so much was damaged from the tumble.
"Looks like I am going to have to give you sustenance when we find your living space," Chrysocolla stroked her cheek again, "Maybe then you can help me like the blue ones said."
Allie moaned, "Where am I?"
"You are at your living space," Chrysocolla said, "I do not know how to make human food so I was watching you sleep. I also noticed that you have a lot of lines across your extra pale skin and that you have ribs showing. That isn't normal for a human."
Allie looked down, "Why am I naked? Is this your kink?"
"I don't have a kink but you were very sick," Chrysocolla said, "I need you so I don't want you to die yet. But just look, you have strange lines all over your body and plenty of bones poking through. Has your homeostasis changed?"
"It's really none of your business," Allie said, "Give me my clothes this instant."
"I have to help you get food first, Alyssia," Chrysocolla said, "What a pretty human name."
"That's not my name, it's Allie," the girl in denial said, "You had no right to go through my stuff."
"Well if you died, then everyone would be doing the same anyway," Chrysocolla frowned, "You are lucky I rescued you."
Allie turned her head away and Chrysocolla brought her objects asking her which was food. One of the objects was Clorox Bleach and Allie told the being to put it in a glass.
"I am going to test this because I don't trust you," Chrysocolla said as Allie started to protest.
The being downed the cup and started to retch. She fell to her knees and began to vomit as she felt her system trying to rid herself of the substance. Chrysocolla fell backward and lay on the ground, shuddering for several minutes as her system tried to regenerate what had been torn apart. Liquid came out of her mouth as Allie tried to move herself, she could still drink the bleach while the strange being was having trouble. That much bleach would have certainly killed a human, but Chrysocolla seemed different as she was braving through it.
Allie was almost to the bleach as she held the blanket over her corpse-like body when the being pulled her to the ground. Chrysocolla groaned as a tear rushed down her cheek and the skinny girl tried to fight.
"Please calm yourself human," Chrysocolla communicated, "I don't want to have to dictate what you want to do. I also don't want to damage my body any more. Ugh! What is this?!"
Allie gave the being a weird look but continued to fight her, "Let me go you awful person!"
"That's it," Chrysocolla communicated, "Walk over to the fridge and eat something nice right now. Right now."
Allie felt her weak body moving uncomfortably towards the fridge. Within minutes, she had microwaved a hot pocket. She ate the meal and felt warmth rising in her body. Chrysocolla left Allie's mind and watched the naked skinny girl eat.
"How does that feel?" the being asked while letting the rest of the bleach go through her system.
"Horrible," Allie said, frowning, "Why don't I just throw up?"
"You aren't going to because I will make you eat another hot pocket," Chrysocolla said, smiling, "Anyways, do you have a spaceship or know any gems? Also, would you mind if I lived here to take care of you while I wait for my Diamond to come get me?"
"Yes, I would mind and no I don't know any gems or anything about space. Who is 'your diamond' anyway?" Allie said.
"Well, I am going to stay anyways," the being smiled, "My Diamond is the most compassionate and beautiful of all of the diamonds! She rules over a section of gems like me."
"What's a gem?" Allie asked, baffled.
Chrysocolla took off Allie's jacket and exposed her stomach, "This is my gem and it's a chrysocolla. I am part of a more superior race than humans called gems. Anyways, why are you so skinny?"
"I am not skinny, I'm fat," Allie said as the being put the blue blanket on her bony shoulders.
"You aren't fat at all," Chrysocolla said, going to the sink and vomiting once again, "You are about eighty eight pounds… That is way lower than the average weight for a woman."
"Great explanation," Allie said as she finished up her meal, "You won't be able to help me, no one could."
"I am going to try my hardest, for my Diamond, Alyssia. Maybe I will find a way to get back to her since you can understand me for some reason even though you don't have a gem. I am over thinking this, but I want to get home while helping you," Chrysocolla said, looking up at the ceiling, "Can't you understand that desire?"
"No, I never want to go home," Allie said, "And my name isn't Alyssia."
Chrysocolla put her hand to her head, "What's the difference?"
"You know what?" Allie sighed, "If you are going to call me Alyssia, then I am going to call you Chrissie."
"Aw what?" Chrysocolla said, "That's bad."
"I kind of like that, Chrissie," Alyssia said, giggling to herself.
Chrissie blushed at Alyssia's cute giggles, "Okay, fine, it's a deal."
Alyssia got dressed and for the first time in a while, she felt slightly happy. She wanted to get better; she no longer wanted to be weighed down by the anchor of depression. Chrissie bid her good night and as she watched the human sleep, she wanted to help her get better while trying to find a way to get back to her precious Diamond.
In the morning, Alyssia woke up to a fresh hot pocket on her nightstand. She ate it and walked to the bathroom.
"It seems like I have leverage on humans when they are naked," Chrissie said, grinning.
"Maybe," Alyssia said, allowing Chrissie the privilege of seeing a small smile, "I am going to go to the bathroom."
Before she closed the door, Alyssia saw Chrissie's face peeking out, "Why are you closing the door?"
"Because I need to poop in peace," Alyssia said, slamming the door.
"What does that mean?" Chrissie asked.
"Getting rid of waste without prying eyes," Alyssia said.
"Oh," Chrissie said, "Well, give me money and I will go stock your fridge."
"Fine," Alyssia said, handing her twenty dollars.
"Thanks," Chrissie said taking the money and walking out the door, "Bye!"
"Bye," Alyssia said, she was alone and it was hard to control her urges, especially with the knife right behind the toilet.
She could just get rid of herself right now, she didn't deserve to live, let alone be helped by Chrissie. Alyssia hopped into the bathtub after flushing the toilet, getting undressed, and grabbing the knife. It had bloodstains from two days ago but she still wanted to use it, what did it matter if it was dirty? She turned on the warm water and when it was full, leaned back.
Slicing across her shoulders and legs, Alyssia took her time. All of a sudden, she heard the door open, Chrissie was back.
"Guess who's back?" the gem asked, "It's me! Alyssia? Are you still pooping?"
"I am taking a bath, don't come in!" Alyssia yelled.
"You sound pained, I am coming in!" Chrissie said, opening the bathroom door, "Oh no."
She ran to Alyssia when she saw the water had turned reddish with blood. Chrissie took the knife and started to cut into her body, the body she tried to keep unmarred for her Diamond.
"Is this how it feels?" Chrissie asked, "It sure hurts like hell."
Alyssia sniffled, "Stop cutting!"
"Then don't cut yourself!" Chrissie said, starting to feel a bit weak, "I don't bleed like you do but I still feel pain so you might want to stop."
"Okay," Alyssia said, suddenly grabbing the knife out of Chrissie's hands.
It vertically cut her arm, but Chrissie was more concerned about the naked corpse in the bathtub. Alyssia slashed both of her wrists within a second and cute into her femoral artery.
"Fix that," the corpse chuckled as she felt her lifeline slipping.
The bathtub turned blood red from the flowing liquid. Chrissie panicked but she pulled Alyssia out and put her on the kitchen table.
"Sh*t sh*t sh*t…" Chrissie muttered to herself, "Gosh I have been cussing a lot lately, what would my Diamond think…"
Alyssia groaned, "Cersei? Is that you?"
"Sh*t!" Chrissie said, "This is going to hurt like utter hell, Alyssia."
The blue-haired gem formed a pink visor that displayed Alyssia's heartbeat and blood levels. They were fairly low, but Chrissie turned on the oven for a few minutes and pulled out the burning hot burners, placing them on the wounds to seal them instantly. Alyssia screamed out in pain, but after a while she passed out. The blue haired gem sighed heavily after all of the wounds were sealed.
She checked the skinny girl's breathing; there was none, not even a heartbeat was visible on the monitor. Chrissie cussed several times over and pulled out her weapon, an electric shock glove. She shocked Alyssia three times and performed CPR similar to that of a book she had borrowed from the library. Soon enough, Alyssia began to breathe and shudder slightly. Chrissie dissipated her glove and walked away from the skinny girl to clean out the bathtub.
After she finished, Chrissie cleaned off Alyssia and felt the bones on her body. The girl was awfully skinny which bothered Chrissie. She knew that her Diamond would never want a human to die like this. She was going to stay and take care of her until help came. Help didn't very well come, but Alyssia woke up and tried to escape. Chrissie held her down by the arms and tied them to the bed.
"Are you going to rape me?" the spiteful corpse asked, "It sure looks like it."
"What's that?" Chrissie asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Rape is when a person is touched involuntarily by another person. It also includes an involuntary sexual experience," Alyssia said, struggling against the rope, "Look, I'm naked and my body hurts all over. Can't you just kill me?"
"No," Chrissie said, "I would never kill anything."
"Too bad," Alyssia sighed, "You could put me out my misery."
Chrissie stared at Alyssia's crotch, "Do you reproduce with that?"
"I don't, personally," Alyssia said, "Wait why am I even answering your questions?"
"Because you are a very kind human," Chrissie said, grinning, "It looks a bit bony so maybe we can work on helping you gain at least… fifty pounds."
"Fifty?" Alyssia said, frowning and struggling against the rope, "I can't even lift that much."
"So?" Chrissie said, sighing heavily, "Guess we will work on that too."
The blue eyed gem stroked Alyssia's hair, "Don't touch me there either!"
"We are cutting all of this off, it's all ratty and weird," Chrissie said, frowning.
"No, we are not," Alyssia said, head butting Chrissie's hand away from her face.
Chrissie untied Alyssia and watched the naked corpse limp over to her bed. She put on clothes and muttered something about a job, leaving the house. Silence resounded as the door slammed shut. Chrissie sat down on a swiveling chair, thinking about how to fix Alyssia. Maybe she should have followed her to her job, but it was a bit late now. What had the gems she had dealt with said before? If she needed help, to come to them or would they attack her yet again? She couldn't remember for some odd reason, but decided to push the thoughts away as she summoned her pink visor.
Time passed by fairly slowly, Chrissie being completely bored out of her mind until she found out how to turn the TV on. She switched the channels back and forth, selecting a channel on human nature. The next channel she switched to focused on the basic food groups and how to secure daily needs. Chrissie had gotten several different types of foods, but wasn't able to get a couple of other food groups. Soon enough, Alyssia walked through the door. She sat down on a chair and sighed heavily.
"Oh. You're still here," she said, "Gosh, you are a horrible healer."
"My Diamond says different," Chrissie said, frowning, "I can't believe you were able to work after bleeding so much and getting all of your wounds cauterized."
"Don't you remember, you gave me a transfusion when I woke up," Alyssia said, staring Chrissie in the face.
"Oh yeah," the blue-haired gem said, nodding, "I remember."
Alyssia nodded and picked herself up, walking to the bathroom. Chrissie got up and followed her, putting her booted foot in the door when the rat haired girl tried to close it.
"Not so fast," the gem said with a frown, "From now on, you are leaving this open."
"Fine," Alyssia said, hopping on the toilet.
Chrissie turned around on instinct; she didn't have any business watching a human take a poop. The gem broke the door and as Alyssia stared at her, she placed it in the garbage area. As Alyssia shook her head, Chrissie dusted off her hands.
"Step one," the gem said, smiling at Alyssia, "Is done."