Vanateo sighed. He was waiting for the question to surface, but had pushed the thought aside. "Not long ago, there was a war on my home planet between the Kiloos and another race, the Ciolars." Vanateo lowered his voice. "The Ciolars are reptilian, dark emerald scales that glimmer in the moonlight with those brutal, gleaming yellow eyes. Their vicious nature and need for bloodshed..."
"I get it," Ryan interrupted.
Vanateo shivered and nodded. "I got a bit carried away... Anyways, we battled a harsh war and lost. Then the Ciolars forced us out of our planet and so we had to come here."
Ryan tilted his head to the side a little. "Then why are you here? Where are the rest of the Kiloos?"
"I'm getting to that," Vanateo muttered. "We had stationed ourselves where it was almost secluded but several of the Kiloos, including me, were sent farther south to gain information."
"So," Ryan asked, "You're here just to get information?"
Vanateo nodded. He stopped talking for a moment to groom his pelt.
"What kind of information?" Ryan questioned. "Like news?"
Vanateo shrugged. "Current events, space missions, recent inventions… Pretty much anything that this world-"
"Earth," Ryan interrupted.
"Anything that EARTH has achieved recently," Vanateo explained, a little annoyed at Ryan's correction.
Ryan smiled. He glanced around at his alarm clock and shrugged. The illuminated numbers read 9:37pm. "Time to go to bed," Ryan sighed.
Vanateo jumped up onto the bed. "It's not late," He claimed.
"Did you ever look out of the window? It's pitch black out!" Ryan acknowledged.
"Besides, I'm sleeping on the bed. You can sleep on a blanket. They're in the closet."
Vanateo jumped off of the bed, complaining. "You get the bed and I only get a mere blanket…" He cantered over to the closet and clawed open the door. Dragging out a small, green blanket he placed it in front of the bed.
"I have to go change. I'll be back in a couple minutes to shut off the lights." Ryan stated before he walked out of the bedroom. Several minutes later Ryan walked back into the room wearing a dark indigo shirt and black baggy pants. He shut off the light and carefully tread across the room. Ryan pulled the covers off the bed and laid down, placing the covers on top of him. "Good night,"
Vanateo nodded and fell asleep, wondering if the rest of the Kiloos are okay.
Ryan stayed awake for a bit longer. He pondered whether his parents would be okay with him getting a cat. /They should be back tomorrow, and then I'll ask if Vanateo can stay. /
