Chapter 24: Flygirl
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After a small lecture from Monger, we were all racing to one of the ugly green jumbo jet planes to get ready to take off. I sat down in a seat in the cargo hold and buckled up. Adjusting my sunglasses to make sure they were still on. Everyone sat on the opposite side. The jet began to ascend and we were off.
Link peered out through one of the small windows to see if he could see if Insecto was following behind us. Sure enough, he was there. Eyes dialated and slack jawed, the three hundred plus furry insect monster was stomping at his pace. His eyes set on the blinding lights, hanging from the strong cables of a helicopter. His stomps shook the ground. I saw rock formations tumble and crack from under his feet as he followed slowly behind.
Link smiled a small smile and seemed to sigh with relief before turning away from the window and walking across the cargo hold of the jet. I smiled inside my head, finding the caring side of Link really cute. His eyes were nice too. My face grew warm when Link's gaze turned to me and I quickly turned away. Susan and Doc started up a conversation. Link and B.O.B. joined in occasionally.
I stayed where I was and half listened as I stared out the window. Watching the hot desert landscape pass by. A bush here. A cactus there. Tons of sand and rocks. Some birds flew by. I imagined flying with them. I adjusted myself so my wings could stretch and didn't feel restricted. Soon enough, I began to grow tired from the hum of the jet engines and the warmth of the sunlight coming through the window. I had not gotten a lot of sleep, so I drifted off and slept through the whole plane ride.
B.O.B. shook me awake when we arrived in California. I jolted awake from a dream. Doc told him not to shake me so hard. Link laughed. B.O.B. told me that we had arrived at our destination. Feeling sluggish and out of sorts, I got to my feet and made my way out. I had a bit of jet lag and felt very groggy. Thankfully my sunglasses were still on my face as I came out into the sunlight.
We were on the outskirts of the city. The city was dotted with tall white and grey buildings, clustered close together. They reminded me of a bunch of untouched Jenga structures. They were in all sizes, gradually getting smaller towards the outer edges and turning into suburban houses. We were near some fields, some trees, and a lake. Everyone had already evacuated. Cars were left on the sides of roads. Bikes parked under trees. Everything was just dropped and left to be scorched by the summer sun.
"Where's the alien?" Asked B.O.B. We all looked around. Where was the alien? Monger took a look around for himself. "It was here a moment ago. We kept it away from the city as long as we could. Tried containing it over the fields. I'll ask if there's any updates on the alien." He pulled out a walkie- talkie and started talking into it. He turned his back to us for a moment. We waited patiently. Finally, Monger turned back around and looked at each of us.
"I'm afraid I have some bad news, monsters. No one is responding. I think the alien has captured my men." My eyes widened behind my sunglasses.
"And the good news?" Asked B.O.B. Monger thought for a moment. "If y'all consider the other part of the news that you have to go find the alien and find my men in this general area-" he made a wide gesture with his arms where we were. "-then yeah, that's the good news."
The rest of us groaned.
"I suggest we split up. We can cover more ground," Susan offered. We all agreed. "How about we split up in pairs?" Link offered, looking up at Susan with a grin. Susan gave him a look. "Ok. You go with Bat, I'll go with Doc, and B.O.B. goes with Insecto," she said. Link's face paled, then he frowned and turned his head away and grumbled. "Nevermind."
With that, we all went our separate ways. I somewhat trailed behind Link, hoping he wouldn't mind me tagging along with him, but B.O.B. came up to me first and asked if I could be his partner.
"I don't understand Insecto like Link does. Could you be my partner instead?" asked B.O.B. I was about to tell him that we weren't doing the partners thing, but Link apparently had heard and decided it would be funny to play along.
"Sure, B.O.B.! We can trade partners!" He said as he gently pushed me towards the blue blob. B.O.B. sighed with relief. "Thanks, Link. No offense to Insecto. I just think it would be easier if I was paired up with Bat. We are like twins! She understands me and I understand her," he said, putting his giant blue arm around my shoulders. I gave Link the stink eye. Link just grinned mischievously. "None taken, B.O.B. and I can see what you mean. Can't tell you guys apart!"
The hybrid laughed as he took off towards the suburban side. B.O.B. removed his arm from me and pointed to a rock. "I want to check under this rock to see if the alien is there," he said and did so. I sighed and sat down on a discarded tractor and watched the blue blob look under every rock around us.
Thankfully it didn't take long to find the alien. Roughly ten minutes. Insecto found the alien first. Link came sprinting towards the rest of us on all fours. He came to a stop and breathed heavily. His hand was pressing against his back and he was doubled over, coughing and gasping. He looked like he ran a marathon, but I knew he didn't run far. He was very much out of shape.
"In...secto...found...the...alien," he wheezed. "City..." he added. We all took off towards the city. Insecto was already there, trying to keep it contained with his silk that was coming out of his nose. I wrinkled my own nose in disgust. It was kind of gross. The alien was wrapped up like a cocoon, we couldn't see what it looked like. Link came up next to Insecto and cheered. "Way to go, Insecto! You're the best!" He said. Insecto gave a happy roar of possible Thanks.
Suddenly, a series of snipping noises was heard coming from within the cocoon. Insecto took a step back when all of his silk he produced from his nose was sent exploding outwards in all directions.
The, what I'm guessing was the alien creature we needed to fight, was very strange looking. It floated in the middle of the air and was roughly close to being the size of a semi truck. Maybe bigger. It was more like a robot, since it was made out of some sort of shiny colored metal. Multiple arms unfolded out from under its shell, dome like body. It reminded me sort of a rolley-polley, but its shape changed when it turned to the right or the left. It had multiple glowing red round eyes. It was pretty creepy looking.
B.O.B. instantly gave away our spot and started waving at it. Doc tried stopping him, but it was too late. It turned and saw us. It gave off a strange beeping sound before advancing towards us.
"It's mine! I call first hit!" Link shouted as he came running towards it. The robot quickly rolled into a ball and spun in mid air. Link jumped onto it, but was immediately sent flying and smacking into a side of the building. Susan turned to B.O.B.
"B.O.B.! Try stopping it from spinning," she instructed. B.O.B. saluted to her. "Yessir!" He stuck himself to the metal robot ball and stretched his arms outward, grabbing hold of the parts of the building.
The robot stopped, but began to shift and move around. It sliced through the blue blob and floated higher above the buildings. Susan turned to me. "Bat! Your turn!" I took a deep breath and screamed at the robot. It got sent back and slammed into a building that was behind it. It caused a dent in the building. The building crumbled a little as debris came off, but still stood. The robot recovered. It had a good amount of dents in its shell. It floated just above the ground now. Its multiple red eyes focused on me. Then it seemed to change and had a sudden drive to come after me.
I panicked and ran the opposite direction. Susan came towards it and grabbed two of its arms. Doc came scuttling up to the giantess and began to climb her. "Keep it from getting away, Susan! I'm gonna try to play around with the wiring!" He yelled over the loud noise of the robot before squeezing in an open compartment. I stopped when I got close to a car and stood behind it. I watched as the robot over powered Susan, and suddenly started to jerk and twist in the air. Sparks flew out of the side for a moment. Seconds later, the alien robot unfolded an arm, reached inside itself, and pulled the bug headed scientist out.
The robot dropped Doctor Cockroach. Doc thankfully was caught by B.O.B. The robot turned. It saw me. Its eyes glowed very bright, and continued to follow me. I screamed at it again, causing its front to concave even more, but it continued towards me. It had to be a coincidence that it was following me. I took a couple steps to the side to see if it would continue down the street. Nope. It turned and was now looking over me like a creepy, possessed dark cloud. One of the arms reached out for me.
Before I could do anything, Link appeared with a two by four. "Batter up!" He yelled and swung at the stretched out metal arm. Part of it ripped off. The robot was taken back by the action. Sparks flew out of the ripped off end. The robot reared back and pulled its remaining arm into its body, before coming back with a brand new arm. Link got ready to swing again, but the arm grabbed his board before he could do any damage, and broke the board in half.
Insecto slammed into it and pinned it against another building. Insecto roared to Link. Link turned to me and grabbed my arm. "He says that its after you, we need to keep you away from it," he said. I gave Link a confused look. "Why? Why is it after me?" I asked in a raspy voice, but Link wouldn't answer and just pulled me along down the street, around cars and bikes. Insecto tried cocooning the alien robot, but the alien seemed to have learned the first time and sliced at Insecto's belly. Insecto roared in pain and stumbled backwards. Link heard the cry of pain and turned back around.
"Insecto!" he cried. The robot turned to us. Its multiple arms came out. I went in front of Link and got ready to scream. Susan appeared with a lamppost and drove it into the robot's side. The robot cried out and tried reaching for the post, but got slammed by Susan. It staggered in a daze, but continued to reach for me.
Doc came up next to us, as well as B.O.B. "He doesn't know when to quit," B.O.B. said. Doc pointed to me. "Its seems to be after Bat. We need to keep her away from it," Doc said. Link gave him a look. "That was what I have been doing," he threw back. The robot got up again, ripping the post out of its body. Susan turned to face the robot. "You three take Bat somewhere safe, I'll keep it distracted," she said. The three male monsters grabbed my arms and pulled me along down the street.
"I suggest we take her to the suburban area," said Doc. Link pulled my arm. "No! What if the robot finds her? then the whole suburban area will be destroyed. We can hide her in the subway," he said. The two argued, pulling me back and forth, until B.O.B. grabbed me, lifted me high over his head and took off towards a building. "Keep away!" he shouted, laughing.
"No, B.O.B.!" the two monsters cried as they chased after me. As B.O.B. made it to the building and began to go up along the wall, I started getting De Ja Vu. Doc climbed up the walls with ease. I was amazed and wondered if that was part of his cockroach abilities. Link made his way up by using the fire escape. He flipped and twisted his way up like a gymnastics pro.
Once we were up on the top of the balcony, B.O.B. set me down. "Wow, what a nice view," he said. I stayed away from the edge. We were very high up. The sun was burning bright and hot. I was sweating like crazy. Doc and Link made it up to the top as well. They stopped when they noticed something past us.
"Well...We found the missing men," Doc pointed out. over on the other side of the balcony, were four metallic pods with one half of the pod made of glass. In each pod was a soldier. They were unconscious. Doc went up to one of the pods and examined it. "Fascinating..." he muttered as he ran his hand across the pod.B.O.B., Link, and I came up and stood next to him. B.O.B. touched the pod as well and knocked on the pod gently.
"Hey! We found you! wake up!"
I came up to it as well and looked at the pod before me. Then, without really thinking, I ran my hand across it as well. Suddenly, the pod lit up and floated a couple inches before me. Everyone jumped back in surprise.
"What did you do?" Link asked.
"Nothing! I just touched it!" I said.
"Do it again! maybe it'll change colors! or make ice-cream!" B.O.B. said excitedly.
I hesitated.
B.O.B. tried touching the other pods, hoping for icecream, but nothing happened. Eventually, Link and Doc did the same, but nothing happened. Doc turned to me. "Touch this one," he instructed. I just placed my palm against the glass. The pod woke up. It glowed a yellow glow and hovered a couple inches off the ground, just like the other one did.
"Woah," Link said.
"Incredible. How are you doing that?" Doc asked. I shook my head. "I don't know. I was hoping you would know." I decided to touch the last two. Sure enough, they woke up exactly the same way. Doc thought for a moment before turning to me. "Are you thinking of anything when you touch them?" he asked. I shook my head. Doc pulled out a notepad and pencil and began writing things down in it. After a couple minutes, he turned to me again.
"Touch one of the pods again" he said.
I did, nothing happened.
"Try running your hand across it," he said.
I did. Nothing.
"Try thinking of it opening," he said.
I did. Nothing happened.
"Hm..." Doc rubbed his stubbled chin, thinking. B.O.B. tried opening the pod his own way. "Open Season!" he shouted at it. Link came up next to B.O.B. "It's Open Sesame, B.O.B., and I'm not waiting all day to get the guys out of these Body Snatchers," he said as he pulled a fist back and got ready to punch it. The pod instantly went red and zapped the hybrid, sending him flying backwards and landing on the other side of the balcony.
"Link! Are you ok?" I asked, running up to him. Link rubbed his head. "Ow..." he said, getting up. I offered a hand, but he ignored it and got up himself. "Stupid pod," he muttered. I turned back to the pods. There was something strange about those pods. I walked back up to the one that hurt Link and was still glowing red. I touched it. It went back to the color yellow. I tried thinking of saying the word open in my head. Nothing happened. "Open," I said out loud.
The pod opened. The unconscious soldier collapsed from the pod at my feet. He woke up and shifted on all fours. "What? Where am I?" he asked. He turned to look at me. He cried out and moved away from me in alarm. My eyes were wide behind my sunglasses. I turned back to the three male monsters, standing behind me. Their mouths were hanging open in total shock.
I did the same thing to the other three. Sure enough, they all opened and the soldiers all fell out and woke up. Doc and B.O.B. helped the men up. Link punched the balcony door down so they could safely make their way back down off the building and to safety. One of them already radioed Monger so he was coming to get them and hopefully us soon.
"I am so lost for words! That was amazing!" Doc said excitedly as he grabbed my hands and began examining them. I pulled my hands away. Doc wrote some notes down in his notepad. "Maybe it's your paper white skin! or maybe the hand you touched it with! which hand did you use?" he asked. "Left. I'm left handed," I said. "But I doubt it had to do with me using my left hand."
"Yeah, I used all my hands and nothing happened," B.O.B. said as he shifted his mass to produce five arms with four fat blue fingers. Link shook his head. "Guess we'll never know," he said. Suddenly, we heard a scream. We all turned and looked out across the damaged city. Susan got taken down by the alien. She was unconscious and leaning against a building. Her face was covered in cuts and bruises. Link bared his teeth. "You'll pay for that!" he shouted. The robot turned in our direction. Link's eyes widened. "Oh, crap," he said, realizing that he gave away our "hiding spot."
The alien advanced towards us. It looked like a ball of dented aluminum now than a weird rolley-polley. Once it was upon us, it looked down and noticed the empty pods. Its multiple red eyes glowed even brighter. Insecto came to our building and was about to attack, but then saw the growing eyes of the alien and stopped.
"Insecto!" Link cried out. Insecto's eyes went huge, just like they did when he followed the lights hanging from the helicopter. The alien kept three of its glowing red eyes on Insecto, while the rest were on us. I took a deep breath and screamed. The alien's shell dented and collapsed inward.
The robot thing swiped an arm at me. I wasn't able to get out of the way in time. The metal claw clamped around me, and pulled me towards it. Link and B.O.B. tried grabbing me, but two arms intersected them. The arm that held me began to slowly pull me toward its opening stomach. Without really thinking my plan all the way through, I screamed at the robot's wrist. My sonic scream worked. The metal workings of the wrist folded inward on itself, causing the robot's grip to loosen. I wriggled out of the loose metal fist. Another arm tried grabbing me, but instinct took over and I jumped. Gravity began to take hold and I felt my body beginning to fall.
"Bat!" My monster friends cried as they watched me fall.
I gasped in terror as I stared at Doc, B.O.B. and Link for a moment. I was ten feet away from the building. Soon I couldn't see them and gravity pulled me alongside the building. Falling. Falling. Wind rushed through my clothes and hair. The whole world was a blur. Like someone decided to pour water down a wet painted canvas. The ground was rushing up to meet me. I didn't see my life flashing before my eyes. If it did, it happened too fast. I was too scared to scream, also I couldn't since I had been using my sonic scream too much.
I was gonna die.
My short lived life coming to a sudden end. It was so terrifying. I didn't want to die. I feared death so much at that point. The ground came closer and closer.
Closer...
Suddenly, I felt a weird instinct kick in. It felt so familiar. I couldn't pinpoint where I felt it before at the moment since the ground was rushing up to me really fast.
My wings suddenly felt as though I've had them all my life. I felt connected to them. The fear of dying helped a lot too. I controlled my wings to flap. They flapped. One giant flap and instantly, I was going up, away from the ground, into the air.
The rush of warm air on my face. The blue sky. The wind in my hair and clothes. It felt so amazing. I looked down and found myself suspended above the buildings. I could feel my wings moving behind my back. My heart was beating fast inside my chest, feeling as though it was going to explode from the sudden thrill.
I was flying.
My monster friends saw me come back up and fly above them. Their eyes were wide with shock. Doc's jaw dropped open. B.O.B.'s mouth formed and uttered: "Woah." Susan had gained consciousness where she was and stared in shock at me. Insecto and the robot had stopped their staring contest and stood frozen where they stood between buildings in disbelief. Link was the only one who was smiling out of the group.
"Yeah! Way to go, Flygirl!" shouted Link happily to me. I felt my heart skip a beat as I glanced over to him on the building. He had a big smile on his face as he stared at me from where I was flying. His long arms were raised up over his head. He called me Flygirl. Not Bat Brains or Belfry or even Fang! He called me Flygirl. It wasn't an insulting nickname, it was a nice nickname.
I liked it...
"Bat! Look out!" Dr. Cockroach yelled.
Suddenly the alien robot thing lashed out one of his clawed arms. I quickly dodged out of the way and flew over the robotic creature. Its metal body scraped up against the buildings, making a horrible sound. Brick against metal. I flapped my wings and landed on another building. The robot turned and whipped all of its arms towards me. I jumped off the building and glided away. The sound of the building falling and crashing behind me rang in my ears and vibrated through my body. I flapped my wings to fly faster. I turned my head to look over my shoulder for a minute to see where the robot was.
I wasn't looking where I was flying and smacked into the side of a building. My ears were ringing for a moment to where I wasn't able to hear everything around me. Felt nice during that silence. I sometimes get tired of hearing the slightest heartbeat or the sound of a moths fluttering wings. After a while, you start to go crazy, wishing for the dead silence. Once my hearing came back, I flew around the structure, hoping to lose the alien robot.
I landed on a fire escape on the other side and panted heavily. So much excitement and adrenaline coursed through me. I felt so alive! A robot arm crashed through the building and appeared out of the wall a couple feet from me. I opened my wings and took off again. My flying wasn't so great, I couldn't fly straight and my wings were getting tired fast. I had to think how to stop the alien robot. My screams seemed to have done the trick, but I had already used up so many. I turned back for just a moment. The robot was so dented, it had some openings for me to easily fly through. It was risky, but I wanted to try.
I turned around and came towards the alien. My wings felt like they were on fire. I was in a lot of pain. I was not used to flying. I needed to rest, but I kept going. The robot came towards me. It's actions were a lot slower now since it was so damaged and broke through so many buildings. I landed on the robot and got ready to go into one of the damaged open holes. Once my hands touched the robot, it stopped.
I stopped and looked down at the robot. It stayed there, suspended in mid air. Its arms hovered above me in a striking position, but they didn't move. Baffled, I looked out the hole I was sticking out from. From where I was I could see the robot's eyes, they were glowing yellow. I looked down. I was possibly around one hundred feet up in the air. My heart was pounding so fast, I was afraid that it was going to explode. I felt so exhausted and worn out as I sat there on top of the damaged robot. The robot acted very much like the pods. I wondered if I could control it. I placed my hand on the busted metal and spoke out loud.
"Down," I said. Gravity took over and it fell like a ton of bricks. Panicking I quickly told it to stop. It stopped and went back to hovering. I held on to keep from falling. "Take me down slowly," I told it. The robot did as I told it and slowly descended down from the air, scraping against the sides of buildings before coming to a complete stop. The eyes flickered then went dead. The arms folded around itself and draped over shops and nearby structures.
I slid off the robot and sat down on a undamaged bench. I was so tired. So many questions swam through my brain. I had no idea what was going on, but I was so thrilled. I have never been this excited before. I took a couple deep breaths to slow my heart down. My whole body was shaking and sun burned. It was painful, but it felt good at the same time. I felt invincible.
Suddenly I heard a noise. I quickly got up and turned towards the direction of the noise. The sounds were footsteps. My heart stopped when the figure came into view.
John.
He smirked in delight. "Good afternoon," he said. I stared in disbelief. What was he doing here? He grinned and clapped his hands together before pointing at my wings. "Look at you! You can finally fly! This is wonderful...the process is going along very nicely. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to use your wings...that they were just a lifeless set of limbs," he said, staring at them. I controlled my wings to fold up and hide behind my back so he would stop staring at them.
He turned to the robot near him. "And you took down the robot...I'm very impressed," he said as he just stared at it.
I bared my one fang. "What are you doing here?" I asked in a worn out, raspy voice.
John smirked as he adjusted his sunglasses, turning back to me. He was wearing the same type of attire the first time I saw him. It was a really hot day, I had no idea why he wanted to be in a full three piece suit in the middle what I was guessing was around July or August.
"I came with Monger. Come to save the missing men," he said. His heart was beating fast. He was obviously lying.
"Stop lying. What are you really doing here? You here to kill me?" I asked. John laughed. "Oh no. No. I don't plan on killing you...if you go along with my plan like a good little experiment."
I tensed up. "Why do you keep calling me 'experiment?'" I asked. John smirked. "Because that's what you are. My 'monster experiment,'" he said. I felt as though he were teasing me. Making fun of me for not knowing.
"Don't call me that!" I snapped angrily. John chuckled, his shoulders going up and down. "Such a short tempered one. Even when you were in my care... What would you like me to call you then? Your "monster" name? What stupid pun name did they give you for their monster circus? Girl Bat? Fangora? Bloodula?"
God, his pun names were worse than the one they gave me. I didn't answer him. His smirk grew wider. I wanted to punch him in the face. "Leave me alone. I don't want to ever see you again," I snapped. John shook his head. "I'm afraid that won't be easy. Our stories are connected. I'm everywhere, watching you."
I called him a creepy bastard. He flashed a smile and cocked his head to the side. "There are worse things out there than me..." his voice trailed away, along with his smile and straightened up.
"Speaking of which...Have you encountered any strange beings lately?" He asked me. I clenched my teeth. "I don't know what you are talking about," I threw back at him. John sighed. I could imagine him rolling his eyes behind his dark shades.
"The figure who is talking to you. Don't trust him. He's feeding you lies."
"The scientist?" I asked.
John's eyebrows went up a little. "So that's what he's shape shifted himself as now," John muttered, but I was able to hear him clearly. I narrowed my eyes behind my sunglasses. "Why shouldn't I trust him? Who is he? Tell me!" I tried screaming, but my throat was near dead.
John didn't seem threatened and simply wiped some invisible dirt off the ends of his sleeves. "I can't tell you...If I told you, you'll tell Monger...and I would be in a shit load of trouble," he said.
I snorted. "Why should it matter? You are already a load of shit," I said. That pissed John off a lot. He pulled out a familiar looking gun from the inside of his black suit. "Care to repeat that, missy? or would you like me to do what I did to your family?" he threatened. I felt my fear grow stronger, but I swallowed it down and clenched my teeth. My fang grew unusually long.
"Would you like me to permanently paralyze you like I did to you last time? I'm sure my scream is more powerful," I threatened. John hesitated for a moment before putting the gun away. "I guess you having mush for a brain would be very useless to me. It was bad enough I had to use it when you jumped off that cliff," he said. I felt my heart skip a beat.
John gave me a look when he noticed my face. "...Do you remember?" he asked. I couldn't believe what I just heard. The cliff. He had to be talking about the same cliff from my nightmare. It wasn't a nightmare. It had happened. I was hoping that it didn't.
It was hard to tell John's expressions behind his sunglasses, but I could hear his heart beating fast. He grinned. "So, you remember a little...how interesting. I must have not correctly shot you with the mind erase gun,"
I finally spoke. "You were there. At the cliff. The scientist-" John interrupted me. "Yes, yes, I was there. You escaped, as well as "the scientist" you keep calling him." He seemed irritated.
Escaped. I had been running away from John; same with the scientist. He must have gotten caught since he was back at the facility. He was escaping again from John and his men, at the same time when we were escaping.
"What do you mean by escaped? And who is the scientist? Is he just like me?" I asked John. John gave me a side glance. "I'm not telling you any more...unless you want to come with me...Then I can tell you everything," he said, motioning his arm over to his side.
I made a nervous step backward. He noticed and extended his hand out to me. "Everything will be alright...just come over here..." My eyes widened behind my own sunglasses. His words caused my blood to run cold. The same words he said to me before.
Suddenly, the grin from John's face disappeared and was replaced with fear. He lowered his arm, just as a shadow came over me.
"Is this idiot causing you any trouble, Batty?" asked a familiar deep voice behind me. I turned my head and found Link standing right behind me. His eyes were narrowed, staring straight at John. His fins were flicked back and his muscles looked tense. I turned back to John and tried not to smile. I could feel my heart pounding inside my chest.
John took a step back. He straightened his black tie and cleared his throat. "I was just leaving," he said. I could feel Link's hot breath roll down the back of my shirt. "I don't see you walking," Link said in a low growl. John stumbled backwards a bit over some debris. He turned away, giving me one glance before disappearing behind a building.
With that, he was gone.
I exhaled.
"What did he say to you?" asked Link from behind me. I tensed up again and spun around. Link stared down at me. I stumbled over my words for a moment before finally forming a sentence. I told him all that happened between John and me. Link's tail swished once behind him.
"I don't trust either of them," he said, meaning John and the scientist. I nodded. John and the scientist didn't seem to trust one another, yet wanted me on their own side. They both seemed to know how I became a monster. Both of them were still not giving me all of the information. I wonder if they knew about my new power too...
Link turned his head to the alien robot near me. "Is it...?" his voice trialed off. I went up and placed my hand on it. It didnt move, light up or anything. "I think it's dead," I said. Link seemed to sigh with relief. "Good," we were quiet for a while till Link smirked and ruffled my hair. "You did good, Flygirl," he said. I laughed and shifted nervously, trying to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, but failed.
"Thanks," I was finally able to say. I was all giddy and light headed, I couldn't think straight.
Link gave the alien one last look before turning back to me. "Come on. Let's go back to the others...We need to tell Monger about your new power," he said. I nodded. Link stared at me for a moment. I blushed. "What?" I asked nervously. Link shook his head. "Nothing...I was just thinking," he said, before walking away on all fours.
I followed next to him.