Chapter 2 – A New Identity
Eva hid her face with her coat. She was in a large city. It wasn't a good idea, but it was the only place where she would be able to get off Earth quickly.
It was raining. Everyone was rushing about, desperate to dodge the water. Eva was walking slowly though. She didn't mind the rain. In the few days it had taken her to get there, it had rained a lot.
At least it meant less people were about. It also meant less people could see who she really was. It also meant she could hide in her coat.
She walked up to a fast food restaurant.
She went inside and queued up. She was starving. After ages of waiting, she eventually got to the front.
'What would you like?' the cheery woman asked.
Eva felt like yelling at her. Why should she be so happy? How could she be so happy?
But then she regained control and took a deep breath.
'One cheeseburger with fries and a coke,' she muttered in her fake deep voice.
'Anything else?' the woman asked.
Eva shook her head and the woman gave Eva her meal. Eva quickly paid for it and sat down somewhere.
After a few minutes of eating, a whole horde of aliens came in. Everyone was quite shocked, even Eva. But she soon realised none of them were Crogs and she slightly relaxed.
The head of the group went up to the counter. It was Rush from Byruss!
'We are here to complain about the search made on Molly or Eva Wei. We want her to be released from the prison now!' Rush yelled at one of the people.
'God, you've got the wrong place,' someone said.
Everyone started laughing. Eva felt so sorry for poor Rush
'Besides, Eva hasn't been captured yet. If she had, we would all be looking happier of course!' another person said.
Everyone nodded.
'This is a fast food restaurant. We get food from here. The place you are probably looking for, the deciding office is somewhere else here,' someone else said.
Rush turned around to the group of aliens.
'Right, Canaan! You were the one who said it was here!' Rush murmured.
Eva quickly finished her meal. She sneakily put her rubbish in the bin and started making her way to the door.
'I was tracing her signal. I think it got mixed up,' Canaan shrugged.
Eva recognised him! He was Aikka's sword master! She almost gasped but then realised she was a wanted girl.
'And it is still quite near…' Canaan looked around.
The person who had served Eva saw her trying to leave. She then quickly realised who she really was.
'Grab her!' the woman yelled, pointing to Eva.
Everyone stared at her. Eva made a break for it. She ran out of the door. After she got halfway down the road, she heard voices come from back there.
'It is Eva! Grab her!'
Eva kept running and running from them. The rain pounded her coat as she ran. She soon saw a small alley and she hid behind one of the bins.
She kept as still and quiet as possible.
'She went this way!' someone yelled and she heard people running past the alley.
She took off her coat. She was boiling. Sweat dripped down her face as the rain drops landed on her face. There was no point on putting the coat on again. Everyone knew the disguise now.
She took out a cap, wig, contact lenses and make up kit. She quickly put in blue contact lenses, put on foundation and put on the cap and wig.
When she was done, you could no longer see the stripe and star on her face. Her hair now looked long and blonde. She was wearing a cap to keep it in place. Her eyes now looked like they were the colour blue.
No one had seen her clothes, so she didn't worry about them. Sure, they could see her trousers but she looked so different. Not everyone wore different trousers from her. There would be someone else.
It stopped raining. She stepped out of the alley, feeling like a new person. There were still people on high alert, so people didn't notice her at first.
Then a small boy ran up to her. He wasn't human, anyone could tell that. He looked at her strangely.
'Wow, you're pretty,' he said.
Eva blushed. She hadn't expected that. It must have looked weird where she had tons of foundation on. The boy didn't notice. He looked like he was from Byruss; he had almost white skin and lots of red hair.
A little Nurasian ran up to him.
'How many times has Rush told you not to mix with humans?' the Nurasian hissed at him.
'Aw, you two are so cute!' Eva grinned.
'Yeah, see what I mean?' the Nurasian rolled his eyes.
Eva got mad.
'Hey, what's wrong with humans?' she asked.
'Oh, the only humans we like are this Molly, or Eva and her friends. You all hate her,' the Nurasian sneered at her.
'That is a load of crap! There are humans, who would love her to be found innocent, including me,' Eva looked at him evilly.
The boys didn't know what crap meant, seeing as they were from different planets but they saw how serious the blonde girl was.
'Uh sorry,' the Nurasian said.
'I told you all humans aren't evil! Rush and Canaan told you that as well but would you listen?' the Byruss boy muttered to the Nurasian boy.
'I said I was sorry! Anyways, what's your name and I'll introduce you to Rush and stuff. You could really help us,' the Nurasian boy smiled.
Eva was stuck then. If she chose Molly, she would be discovered. Likewise with the name Eva. She thought for a few minutes.
'Uh…'
'Please don't tell me you've forgotten it!'
'She doesn't look that dumb.'
'My name's Ruby…Ruby erm, Crab. Yeah, that's it,' Eva sighed.
The two boys blinked.
'I'm Danny,' the Nurasian grinned.
'And I'm Rue,' the Byruss smiled.
They all looked at each other.
Ah well, here does everything, Eva sadly thought. It's this or the Crogs. And she knew what she preferred any day!