Blink of the Stars – 2

"And you're certain?"

"Yes, I am certain, ma'am. There have never been any kin' round here." The ugly, big, fat bartender looked up from the glass he was cleaning. He was about to lose his patience with the white haired lady asking questions. "And if it were I would've known. Why don't ya go to Blurbalur on Feth Club, on the third moon of Gloss? He might know."

Jink rolled her eyes in frustration. "But I asked him and he told me to go to you. Said you had better knowledge about who's coming and going around here."

"Then go to an intergalactic office, or maybe the Green lantern Corps."

"But I need so much background information for that, which I don't have and then they won't let me in at all. Those people I'm looking for…"

The bartender looked up and interrupted her. "Look lady, I know about any creature around in THIS era. But those you're talking' about have never entered this era. Pointed ears; might. Thelepathy; lot's. Shapeshifters may also appear. But four fingers and those abilities like ya mentioned; Nah! And that story ya came with does't make sence at all. Ya hear me lady?" The blurpy monster turned his back to her and continued cleaning cups and Jink found that she would get nothing more out of him.

"Fine." She gave him her back and left the pub. Outside she entered the cold street and a slight wind blowing in her hair. There were a lot of different creatures around this station she had landed to get information. She couldn't really decide with herself if she felt like a stranger around here among all these many strange creatures. Those she saw could remind of anything from beasts to bugs to animals, and someone even close to humans. She watched as a tall, thin creature with blue skin and large black eyes and small eyes and nose walk by. It was a Herwezian she knew, she had met one of them before and she was fascinated by their looks.

"Hey, Tuts. What're you up for?" a voice suddenly said from behind her. She turned around only to face one of the most disgusting creatures she had ever met; a skinny, slimy bug with a large drooling mouth filled with a long dripping tongue who was on it's way to lick her face.

"EEEWWW! GET AWAY!" she screamed and hit him in the face so hard that he had to close his frog like eyes and rub his cheek.

"Hey, no need'a to be that…" the creature looked at the spot where she had stood, where no one were standing now "But… where'd she go?"

He didn't know but she had used her teleporting ability they on the Abode had called jinking. That's why the humans had called her Jink, but no one knew if this was her real name.

She had jinked herself to another place, up to the roof on one the tall buildings that was all over the space station. From there she wiped her hand on her pants, spit in it and wiped it again to clean it from the touch from the bug monster, who had had a slimy skin that placed it's smell on whatever it touched. She frowned when she noticed.

The next moment she caught herself looking out at the view; the oval buildings made of some kind of granite, the small levitating jeeps that was driving on the roads that was build so they went up in the air, and not the least the stars again.

She sighed and looked into her reflection in the granite framed glass window beside her. The large white hair she held back with a band, green large eyes and not to mention the large elf ears. All she had seen before, all she had denied like Father of Memory used to remind her all the time.

What am I doing? What do I think I will find? I know, but still I don't know what I'm looking for. What chance do I have of finding my own kind again?

She wiped a tear away from her face when something in the reflection caught her attention. Behind her she swore she had seen a green light ball passing by. She quickly turned around to see what it was, but it was already gone. In the same moment she heard someone screaming down at the ground and when she walker to the edge and looked down she saw many people running like they had death in their heels.

Better check it out.

She took a breath before jinked down again. She saw the people running looked rather ruff and like criminals. They were terrified and run for their lives. She followed them by jinking before they arrived any place, and when she saw an opportunity she jinked herself right beside one of them just when he was about to run past her.

The poor guy, a thin bug like creature with large black eyes with red pupils and yellow skin and spines on his back, got scared when she grabbed him. "Wha-WHAT?" he claimed.

"Sorry buddy. I just wanna know what's happening here." she said determent to him, but he was too frightened to speak clear and he struggled to get free.

"NO! Let go. They'll be here anytime!" he managed to get free from her grim but she wasn't giving up that easy up on him. as he run his way he suddenly stopped when she appeared in front of him with crossed arms and a determent look on her face.

"Who are you running from?"

The bug got startled by her sudden appearance, but soon his attention went back to his followers. "The Green Lanterns of course."

"Green Lanterns?" She knew the names. "Who are they?"

Now it was the bugs turn to get confused. "What? Don't you know them?"

"Why do you think I ask?"

"Out of my way, they're coming!" the bug looked back and behind two buildings they could see a green light closing in.

Jink dragged his face ho hers. "Look, if I help you get away from them will you tell me everything I need to know?"

The bug sank down on the ground, wimping like a dog. "I'll tell you everything. EVERYTHING! Anything else than the Green Lanterns. Please?"

The light came closer, and out from the buildings there appeared three figures dressed in green and black surrounded by a bright green light. They passed by the street, who now was empty.

In a empty warehouse Jink watched as the bug creature she had captured tried to get over the shock and catch his breath. He didn't look up when he spoke. "I don't know who you are, but you saved my life!" he hesitated before he spoke again. "Thanks."

"You're welcomed." She jumped down from the case she was sitting on and walked over to him and crossed her arms. "Now you keep your part of the deal. Tell me; who are the Green Lanterns?"

The bug looked up at her with widely confused eyes. "Really? Don't you know who the Green Lanters are?"

"Nope."

He shook his head once looking at her like she was crazy. "Haven't you ever heard of them? Where are you from? They are everywhere!"

"Not at my place, but where I'm from doesn't matter. You weren't suppose to ask questions, you were suppose to answer me, remember?" she said giving him an angry look. "I got you away from them and I can get you to them again."

"NO!. no, please." He stepped back, his eyes frightened again. "I'll tell you all you want to know."

She put up a sly smile. "That's better. Now again; who are the Green Lanterns?"

"They are nasty cops, that's what they are!" the bug spat. "They capture people and arrest them without law. They have these rings that give them powers. No one gets away from them, and they capture people they think are criminals out of intuition and not by order. They are chosen by these forever -living guardians who never enter out to enyone but keeps staying on their powerful little planet called Oa. Almost no one have ever seen them, but I know someone who have seen one once. Said they're just a bunch of dwarfs."

"And?"

"They are supposed to guard the universe they say, to protect us they say, but more than once they prove to…"

"Keep to facts, okay?" she interrupted. "So these people have contact with the whole universe, is it so?"

"Um… I guess?"

"So they have information about different planets and systems they protect, right?"

"I, guess." The bug had willingly answered all her questions, but he was starting to race his what looked like eyebrows of them. "May I ask of something?"

"Be my guest." She said nonchalant.

"Why are you so interested in the Green Lanterns?"

"I'm looking for someone, and I haven't managed to find anyone that can help me. I was kind of hoping the Lanters could…"

"Are you out of your mind?" The bug's eyes opened so wide she thought they would pop out of his head. "You can't talk to those guys."

"It's worth a try."

"You're crazy! You're walking right into the prison."

"Hey, we're not all criminals." She spat at him and he glanced at her back.

"I'm not a criminal. I'm a pirate."

"Same dung." She said. "You're free to go, you crap." Then she disappeared in front of his eyes and he stood back scratching his head spines in wonder.