Acxa felt her way out of the pod, slipping slightly on the surface.
Acxa took a deep breath before taking in her surroundings.
Her pod was in a desert, with a town almost out of sight further on.
Acxa closed her eyes and took another deep breath, taking a few steps forward.
Her journey took her to the outer layers of the town, where she was able to see what in the world humans looked like up close. Shapeshifting her body to look like them, she wandered the town aimlessly, passing a few signs advertising…something.
Acxa couldn't read their strange language, you see.
Finally Acxa, in boredom, entered a random building. Inside people were sitting at tall tables, eating long yellow sticks with something that resembled blood at the end.
Acxa wrinkled her nose and sat down at a table, unsure of what to expect. She just needed to think.
Acxa listened to the human's conversations, and took careful note of what they said, although she could only pick out bits and pieces.
"…cars are so expensive! I only get-"
"Sue me. I mean, you can't prove…"
"Get a life, Darrell."
"Mommy, I'm hungry! I WANT MORE FRENCH FRIES!"
"So, if Adam and Eve hadn't sinned, we would be-"
"Hi."
The friendly voice was calm, instantly catching Acxa's attention. It took her a split second to realize that the voice was talking to HER. It took her a millisecond to react. Acxa's head shot up in surprise, meeting a young man's face. His hair was raven black, like her current hair color, and his skin was pale.
"You're not from around these parts, are you?" He asked, peering down at her suspiciously.
"No, no." Acxa protested, shooting straight up. "Just arrived recently, in fact. I'm just…looking for something." Dang it! Five minutes and she already blew her cover.
Despite this, the man nodded calmly. "I understand. Hey, want some fries? On me."
"No. I should…well. Stranger Danger!" Acxa laughed nervously. "Seriously, I have been warned all my life about that, so I'm not going to abandon that teaching now."
"Oh." The disappointment was obvious on his face, but he shrugged. "See you around then." He hummed, and walked toward a female human wearing a red covering on her clothes.
Acxa stood up briskly and glanced around nervously. She had had enough. Acxa tore from the building and rushed down the street, stopping in an ally. Acxa panted and whipped at her forehead. Com'n! She had been taught better than this! Think, what would Antok do?
Start looking immediately for the Lion.
Acxa grabbed her knife grudgingly and wondered momentarily if this Marmora suit the best outfit to wear. After all, it was completely out of fashion here.
Acxa pondered this for a moment before shrugging. She'd be near her pod most of the time, eating the emergency packs, and studying the carvings that Kolivan had insisted came with each Lion's hangout. No humans would see her.
Acxa brushed off her suit and walked out of the ally with dignity, passing a few Earthlings as she walked.
How small this town was! Hardly any buildings. Well, yes, there were buildings, but hardly any. Like, from what she had seen, there were only about fifty buildings in all.
Acxa walked patiently towards the desert landscape, nodding to each person she passed. Most smiled back, but a few rolled their eyes angrily.
Acxa ignored their glares and soon arrived at her ruined pod, momentarily surprised that nobody had noticed it's arrival. Obviously people were idiots.
Acxa laughed at this thought, shaking her head in amusement.
"But, of course, they must have some uses. Why else would God create them?" She asked out loud, and immediately responded to herself. "Very true, but what is their use? Food. I'm sure human meat tastes delicious." Acxa rolled her eyes at herself and continued with grabbing tools from the pod. She hooked a few to her suit and walked towards the tall desert mountains, frowning to herself.
From there, it was quick progress to find a cave with Blue Lion markings decorating the interior.
She chiseled away at bits and pieces of the dust covering them, and must have lost track of time, because when she looked up it was night.
Acxa shrugged off the thoughts of potential monsters that may haunt the desert wilderness on Earth and continued working. With any luck, by the time she lifted her head it would be day.
Unfortunately, this was not the case.
"What are you doing here?" The voice surprised her, (again) and she flung out her knife suddenly in the speaker's general direction.
She turned around and found that the man that she had met at the restaurant. He was pulling the knife from the cave wall behind him, eying her warily.
"What are YOU doing here?" Acxa countered, crossing her arms.
"Oh, just looking around. This is AWSOME! You have blue skin! Are you an alien?!"
Acxa momentarily cursed herself for letting down her guard. "No, you're an alien." She decided to stall.
"Yeah, but…an ALIEN! I mean, wow."
Acxa suddenly realized that she could be endangered. "Please, don't tell your people. If my father-"
"Re-lax." The stranger rolled his eyes. "I ain't gonna tell anyone you're here. Welcome to Arizona! I'm Kenneth Kody Kogane."
"I'm…I'm Acxa." Acxa introduced herself, gripping his elbow. "And, yeah, I'm an alien.