Mouse from Space – Chapter 03
In a place far away, where a mortal would only wish to go, deep within endless space, a strange, huge ship floated around waiting for the next orders. On the bridge of the alien vehicle was a large person, its figure disappeared in the gloom as it watched the cosmic fog outside. The silence was suddenly cut off by footsteps as another figure rushed across the bridge, tripping in front of the monstrous alien. It groaned with annoyance and placed a hand over its face.
"Did you find him?" It asked in a deep, ominous voice that made the short alien yelp and quickly jump back to its feet, saluting.
"Y-yes, my Lord..." It stammered, "We got the ship's sign at the QZGemah66935-P coordinates." it hurriedly tapped on the deck's high-tech computer, revealing a small hologram of a green and blue planet.
"Is it an empty planet?" Asked the Captain as it touched the object.
"N-no it isn't. If my information is correct, this planet is inhabited by a primitive kind called 'humans'. We haven't really cared about them before."
"Until now," an ugly, wicked grin crept across the huge alien's face, "Call the crew! Our next destination is at the QZGemah66935-P coordinates!" The small one saluted and left the bridge.
After it went away, the Lord began to chuckle "It seems you gave me a new little toy to play with, dear prince." It said and smashed the hologram with a clawed grip.
"So... where did you come from?"
"I don't remember..." Minnie heard him answer.
She sat on a bale of straw watching the alien next to her. After the first shock of their meeting, the girl tried to find out more about the strange mouse. She needed to remind herself that he wasn't as scary as she first thought. In fact... in a woman's eye, he was kinda attractive... Apart from the weird, glowing tattoos, the gills on his side, the huge paws, and the pearl on the tail.
"And your parents? Your family?" Minnie tried, again, hoping she could get a tiny piece of information from the mouse. But the alien sadly shook his head, again.
"As I said before, I remember nothing." He sighed, rubbing his head with one paw.
"Sorry," muttered the female, "I thought with questions maybe you gonna remember something..."
"Now I ask questions." The alien hummed and, to Minnie's surprise, picked up a chicken, "What are these weird, noisy beings?" Minnie blinked, then couldn't resist laughing out loud. "Why are you laughing? I'm serious!" The mouse frowned, his marks sparkled with an orange color.
"Haha, sorry. You're just so funny. Asking about nothingness." The girl chuckled, holding a hand on her sore side, "But that's a chicken. It gives us eggs we can eat, and sometimes we fry chicken for dinner."
"Chicken? So it's edible?" The alien glanced at the bird, then opened his mouth, showing out the sharp fangs. The chicken let out a scared cluck and pinched the other's nose. The mouse shouted and dropped the bird that tried to escape. "Ouch! You little-!"
Suddenly his right arm glowed bright, and with a buzz a small, twirling energy ball appeared in his palm with two bigger circle around the arm, aiming it at the poor bird. Minnie gave a startled yelp and jumped up.
"Oy-oy! Stop that! It's just a chicken!"
"But it attacked!" The alien growled, pulsating with red light.
"Because you scared it!" Minnie stated with a frown, "It just reacted like you did before. Now put that... thing down!"
The male frowned, staring at her for a long moment, then deactivated the 'weapon'.
The girl let out a sigh "Listen, if you're hungry, then just tell me and I'll bring you something. Indeed... I still do not know what aliens eat..."
"Aliens?" The other mouse tilted his head.
Minnie nodded, "Yeah, we call your kind that." Then she rubbed her ear, "Hmm what should I give to you..."
"Why do you call us aliens?" He asked, curiously following the girl with his eyes as she walked around thinking.
"Because... because we do not know too many things about other intelligent people outside of our planet." She tried to explain with her lack of knowledge. "But it's not me who can explain these kind of things to you. I'm not the kind of person who believes in rumors... or at least I hadn't believed... until now..." She sighed and glanced at the alien mouse, "Eh... forget it, I'm just blabbing about something neither of us can understand... Hmmm... ah, that's it! You might like this." Minnie changed the subject when she got an idea.
"What will I like?" The alien couldn't follow this strange female's way of thinking.
"Just stay here." She went behind a kennel, where a big brown and white creature stood, always nomming on something. The mouse raised an eyebrow, wondering what she was gonna do. He heard some noise, then Minnie returned with a big mug filled with a white liquid.
"What is this?" The alien leaned in closer, glaring at it suspiciously.
"It's milk." Minnie answered and offered him the mug. "We drink it in many ways, it's very yummy. Try it."
The alien glanced at her then put out his long tongue and licked the liquid. A moment later his eyes grew wide and rattled, his marks flashed with purple light. His whole body shook before he collapsed to his knees and retched. Minnie dropped the mug in shock and quickly knelt next to him. "H-hey, you okay? Hey!" She touched his shaking shoulder.
"W-what is this h-horrible thing? P-poison?" The alien shivered, holding a hand on his stomach.
"I-I'm so sorry... I didn't know..." Minnie's voice also trembled in worry. He sat down, leaning his back to a bale, gills moving fast as he gasped for air. The girl felt ashamed for what happened. "Feel better?" She asked weakly.
"Y-yeah... I think so..."
"I'm truly sorry. I didn't want to poison you or something like that. I thought... I'd do something right..." Minnie's lips trembled. "Next time I be more careful." Before the alien could answer anything, a new sound cut through the barn's silence.
"GOOOOOOOOOD MORNIIIIIIIIIING, SUNNY OAK!" Yelled a male voice that made both of them jump, "Here's your number one radioman, O. Z. Bitt. The day, as always, is sunny an..." The alien's arm activated again and he rolled around with the sparkling canon, looking for the intruder.
"It's okay!" Minnie quickly leaned behind a bale and pulled out a small object "It's just a radio, see?"
"Radio? It's more like a primitive communicator." The alien sighed in relief and his hand turned back to normal, "But what was that shout for? Maybe someone asked for help? Maybe there's an invasion?" These questions made the girl chuckle again.
"Who? Ozzie? Oh no, no, this is just the way he greets every..." Minnie stopped when something caught her ears, she turned back to the radio, with the actual news.
"...anyone felt the rumble last night? It seems like something has landed in the boundary. I have no clue what, but must be something important if the..."
"That's my ship!" The alien shouted out, "Hurry, I must get it!" He managed to run to the barn's entrance, but Minnie pulled him back by the tail.
"Just hold on a sec. I can not let you go out. That would be a really stupid idea." She stated.
"But I need my ship! Without it I can't leave the planet!"
"I just know it. Listen, I'll go and take a look around. You just stay here in the barn until I return." Minnie said and held the alien's shoulder, seeing as he stubbornly bit his bottom lip, "Hey, what did I tell you? I'm here to help you, somehow. But I'll bring back your ship, ok?"
The other, not looking at her, sighed and nodded a little.
She smiled softly and rubbed his arm. As Minnie left the barn and got into her truck she already had the intention that her promise would be just as hard as squeezing water out from a rock.