"Hana didn't tell me the whole story," Trees and houses blurred by the black jeep. My finger clammed up on the car door. "And now I want you to tell me what happen last night," he give me that blank look and waited for my response. I hate to lie and there's no chance I could get out of this one.
"Dragonfly and I felt what seemed like a distress signal, so I
checked it out after school. We didn't found much but I knew something was wrong. It was just this weird feeling," I crossed my arm and remembered that feeling. "Then that night we went back and brought Fire with us." I paused making sure he was still listening. His eyes were still on the road and his lips were pressed together making a almost silent "hmmed" noise.
"And, well everything happened so fast. There was a Autobot Robert." I whispered, "They shoot down an Autobot. A transformers that protected our planet against Decepticons." The car went silent. He rolled into the school and parked. "What I don't understand," I continued, "is why would they murder an Autobot."
"They started looking for aliens remember Erica? I guess they don't get a reward, just a mess." Dragon transformed out of my pocket.
"Will that happen to me?" I stared fear into my hands. The thought of losing my family once again is unbearable.
"No," Robert said quietly, "because if they do they will also go after Erica. We can't have that happen." My mind stopped,
"Me?" I haven't really thought about me before just others.
"Yes, you, because you gave life to Dragonfly. To Firefly, Mira, Hana, Suna, and the others." His chest expanded and caved in. "And who knows how much you'll make if the government find you. Multiple alien like weapons used in war, probably more wars, and you locked up in a cell so no one can find you."
"No! I don't want that!" said Dragonfly. She landed in my shoulder and nuzzled my hair. I gently touched her wings and petted her. Robert grinned at us and he tapped the steering wheel.
"We can talk more later tonight, I need to get going." I lean over and hugged him. Dragon transformed as I slid her into my back pocket. I opened the jeep door and file in with other silhouettes.
"Hey Lunt!" I looked over my stretched arm reaching for my lunch bag. It was Cassey calling out my name. She look pretty wild. Literally, she looked like the female version of Tarzan.
"Hi Cassey?" Her hair was all over the place and black make up covered most of her eye.
"Oh, first period was rehearsals for the play Tara." She patted her leopard pattern skirt which covered half her thighs. "It's basically Tarzan, but Tarzan is now Tara." I nodded in interest as the late bell rung. "What do you have next?" She asked.
"Geometry with Mr. Damien then lunch, what about you?"
"We saw you last night," I stopped in my tracks. Her voice was low and cold, I started to shake a little.
"We?" I questioned, my back was to her but she moved towards my face. She Looked deep into my eyes. I looked away,
"Johnny and I saw you last night at the docks." I blinked remembering the two couple at the docks. But the girl name was Annie not Casey, or am I just crazy? I must've looked surprised when she said that, "You look so surprised! Was our acting that good? I'm in another performance where I play a woman named Annie. And Johnny was this kid named Nate." She waited for my response,
"I didn't even recognize you. I say you both did an amazing job." She pumped her hands into the air and her blue eyes gleamed with happiness. My brain sighed with relief and we both continue walking.
"Oh, and I also have Geomentary with Damien. Let us walk to the horrid class of learning and such." I laughed at her british accent as we both flowed through the air. We sat next to each other during class. I begin to wonder if the person I met yesterday was real or her practicing her acting skills.
"So, were you the people who called that government number?"I started to pack up my bag. There was five minutes until the bell. Cassey looked up from her desk,
"Yeah, Nate and I saw something when we went into one of the boat. Nate called them and they said we should leave quickly, and we did." Her backpack jumped on her back, "But the weird thing is that, well you know how if you call that number you'll get a money reward?" I nodded my head, "they didn't do that, they just came in and shot the hell out of that Decepticon." My head whipped up,
"Decepticon?"
"Um, yeah didn't you watched the news this morning? Didn't you see me?"
"Uh, yeah I did but I missed most of it after I left." I try to sound as real as possible.
"Wait," the bell ringed and Cassy continued, "you leave your house at 7:00 when school starts at 8:40?"
"Huh?" I didn't understood her question. Cassy darted in front of a kid who was too slow.
"That news segment started at seven and ended at seven eighteen." She raised an eyebrow. Damn this girl know her news, or she was just looking for herself on television. I looked around trying to find something to digress from this conversation. Then the poster for homecoming appeared onto the cafeteria wall.
"When is the homecoming dance again?" I asked over the talking crowd of high schoolers.
"Well, I'll tell ya if you answer me," she stopped in her tracks and faced me. "How did you know all about that event at that dock last night?" I didn't say anything. "And how did you know that Nate and I had possibly call that number?" She inched closer,
"I ah-"
"Hey! Cassy, Erica why don't you sit with us?" I was cut off by the voice of the bass player.
"Heya Aiden, but I just need to grab some lunch and go rehearse for Tara." She went up and hugged him. My heart thumped when he hugged her back. "Okay, I'll leave you two at it. I don't want to be late." She walked away dodging oncoming traffic.
"See you tonight then!" Aiden shouted at her, cupping two hands together. She gave two thumbs up without looking back. Aiden look down at me. Jeez he's so tall. His blonde hair flopped over his black framed glasses. "Come sit?" His finger pointed at a table filled with girls and probably five guys.
It must've been the band members and their groupies.
"Um, no thanks I feel like going outside since it's sunshine and all." I started to walk away when Aiden ran to the table. It look like he was grabbing his backpack, but somebody pulled him close. Lacey. Her blonde hair draped over one shoulder and she held his hand saying something. Probably something flirty, I can't be flirty.
I started walking away again. My phone buzzed finally I needed someone to talk to.
Dragonfly
Hey, I think I found a place to re-build Ratchet
I realized that I didn't had a place to do that. I couldn't rebuild a 24 some feet robot at my house. I'm glad that I have Dragon with me for this kinds of problems.
Me
Thanks soooo much Dragon, I completely forgot about that.
Dragonfly
No prob ma. Anyhow... Who is Aiden?
"Hey, who you textin?" Dragonfly nearly flew out of hand.
"Aiden?"
He smirked and said, "That's my name. The one and only Aiden Manese." He gave a little bow and I laughed a little. I like how he's not of afraid of being himself. Not everyone get to meet people who are themselves at a first impression or five.
He shyly looked at me, "Could I sit next to you?" I simply nodded, but was dancing on the inside. We took refuge under the same tree from yesterday. He pulled out a decent sized bag. That was probably meant for a picnic.
"Debre tienes hambre," I said in Spanish.
His brows dug into his forehead. "What?"
"I just said 'You must be hungry' in Spanish." I took out my brown bag and took out last night leftovers.
"Ahh, I see, I guess you have the right to know that my mom owns a cafe. And sometimes she think that I should share with my friends." There wasn't much in the bag only a sandwich and some fruit. He must've given them out before he met up with me.
He chomped down on his sandwich, "Oh yeah, meet me at the Hibiscus Cafe tomorrow around noon. If you still want to look around this area."
"Oh, that's right sighting with you… Where is that cafe at?" He smiled and said,
"It's not to far from the school, if you keep going down the street you'll find it." I nodded and kept eating my roast beef.
Dragonfly
WHO IS AIDEN?! I picked up my phone.
Me
Aiden is my tour guide!
Dragonfly
Oh okay, well it sounds like you have a date with your tour guide. I blushed at Dragon's text.
"Who you texting?" He asked again.
"My friend Dragonfly,"
"Dragonfly?" Crap, Dragonfly can be a nickname right? I thought.
"Ah, yeah Dragonfly is her nickname, she rides a motorcycle and thats how she got that name."
He adjusted his glasses closer to his face. "You're friends with a badass? You don't look like you could."
"What's thats supposed to mean?" I pulled up my knees closer to my chest. Aiden patted my shoulders,
"Things like that," he pointed at my position, "makes you look shy and scared."
"Well, what if she talked to me first then I became more opened? Like what you are doing right now?" My question made him stop and made him think about it. He was just about to answer until the bell ring for next period.
I quickly made my leave, "That was the bell, what do you have next?"
"APHG," he said as he started packing up.
"Oh that sucks, I have English. Guess I'll see you tomorrow at noon?" He nodded with eyes looking disappointed. Why? I sprinted to the double doors and Dragonfly buzzed me.
Dragonfly
I'm a badass motorcycler?
Me
I guess you are. Can you give me the coordinates later?
Dragonfly
Yeah sure we can find the place later.
Me
Thanks Dragon.
Dragonfly
No problem Erica.
Another adventure! I hope this one doesn't end up like last night.
A/N Thanks for reading chapter 4! I know it's been awhile but please leave a review, criticism, and etc.!
-Cedar Fisher