The next afternoon was quiet, a nice sunset stood over them, Alice looked with eyes illuminated stars, partly in a curious way, Steve was on it, and Flint next.
—For which you look to sky in this way? —asked Flint
—I don't know... Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and all the things you do... —singing in low voice
—What are singing?
—Yellow...
—Is another British band?
—Coldplay, my favorite, and followed by Keane and Maroon 5... :3
Flint just smiled, ever brought him more curious that British band, Alice always tends to sing them at a random time, and maybe time should learn even a few, Cal and Cassie appeared from nowhere, with would a... chicken?
—No... it's not what I'm thinking... —Alice said something taken from wave
—Yes, if it is... or you imitate a chicken or you do something else stupid —said Cal
—How I hate you...
Taking a deep breath and trying not to lose patience, took a position of a hen and began to imitate everything that is made, people looked funny, while it was not for nothing that way... a while later a Meteor entering the atmosphere again, Alice looked at that, he quickly calculated that that would fall in the forest, not far from the town.
When it hit land, a cloud of dust from afar with a shock wave, was as soon as he disappeared that, everyone was running to see what had landed.
Everyone was surprised to see that it was a spaceship in the shape of sphere, was black, with a glass door, Ruby polarized, and below it there was a logo of a real house or something as well. Opened the door down, and a lot of fog came out from the inside, to be empty, with a seat of black tapestry with blue lines, leaving all very confused. Flint, Cassie and lime were confused by that, except for Alice... Flint asked:
—Why is there a ship without crew? Be perhaps planning to confuse us or something? Alice...
The young man looked at the girl, she was with her head down, everyone looked with curiosity to Alice, she said discouraged:
—Flint... that ship... is mine... I got to go...
—What...? —asked the confused young man
—So... I have a test that I take to ascend grade... apart from princess am learning ninjutsu to improve my skills, and the exam should I take is for that...
—Why you said anything before...? —asked discouraged young
—Didn't want to break your heart... that's... sorry...
Flint was something sad, Alice was willing to move toward the ship and leave, young stopped it a few seconds and it ran quickly along with Cassie back to the village, in a matter of moments they returned, Cassie passed him a photo of the 3 making a silly grin, and the young man since he had nothing... well, gave her two of his t-shirts; the red and the blue. She gave them a hug with a few tears in her eyes, a smile was on the face of the young woman, before leaving once again, Flint asked:
—Alice... are going to come back?
—When you need it most and least expect it... I'll be there to help you.
Flint didn't understand that, the young girl entered to the spaceship, which began to soar without closing even the door, the young man and the two children looked at the girl, who had watery eyes like Flint, finally the door closed and the girl left, disappearing among the numerous stars.
Everyone left, Cal, Cassie, and Flint were somewhat discouraged to their homes again.
Meanwhile, Alice was thinking about things as she looked toward the vast void of darkness; she was thinking about a gift for Flint, taking into account of not missing too for his birthday, she wanted to give him something special...
—Well... missing not long for the birthday of Flint, I think what give... —said she, looked at her necklace and had a lightning idea —I know, why not give him a bracelet of gold... and with more reason something like this... lol, I have a gift for it, and I have to work fast and return to that day... I promise! —ended her disappearing behind a star
Back on Earth, the young Lockwood came to his house, expected to not be with Tim for not ask about Alice, came out on the wrong side, the man was sitting on the couch reading the newspaper of the day, when he saw Flint, asked him exactly what he didn't want to listen:
—Hello son, where is Alice?
Sighing heavily, he told his dad what happened a few minutes ago, the man was visibly sad by the abandonment of his new family, but once the young man has told him what she said, he understood that, she would return soon, in time undefined but soon, and if it is that you really wanted to it would make it nearly impossible to return until he gave... The young man was happy to hear that, and then said:
—Dad... I'll go to visit mom for a moment, see you later...
—Okay, skipper, take care.
Flint smiled and left through the front door, not realizing that problems lurked to him... in a dark place, the same man from the last time was laughing malignantly.
—Now that silly girl isn't on the island, I can do what I want with Lockwood, and more to take revenge, snatching her beloved inventor.
Flint was in the cemetery, watering a few flowers around the grave of his mother, a couple days ago, he and Alice had planted a few roses around the grave, as a sign of disrespect by the girl. Once he finished, let the shower head on one side and began to think a little, a mild wind lifted his lab coat to one side, giving the effect of one layer, and then a sound frightened him.
The young man frantically turned around, looking for where had arrived that... There was nothing. Shaking, he started breathing hard, trying to restore calm, another sound frightened it again, looking for quickly with the view, it found nothing again, and beginning to go away... it was the beginning of the real problems
N/A: The troubles begin... to Flint