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Melfina made diner and they ate outside in silence. Gene's eyes hardly left the girl. Her

milky skin shone under the rising moon. Melinda kept her blue eyes down.

"So . . . are there others here?" Jim asked Melinda suddenly.

"No." She answered simply. Gene decided to continue the starting conversation:

"How did you get here?" He asked. The girl's blue eye rose for the first time.

"Ten years ago, a shuttle name the Bloody was sent to investigate this planet. I was

aboard, along with my parents, my best friend and his parents. We landed on the planet

and got out, with a communicator to the base on Sentinel 3. We had a walk around, until

we heard a furious roar nearby. We told the base about the roar and we decided to

continue and investigate. Later on, we realized that the roar came form a huge tiger. It

attacked the adults. Me and my best friend where the only survivors." She said sadly. The

group stayed silent, until Aisha spoke again:

"What about your friend?" She murmured in her raspy voice.

"Three years after that incident, my friend, Mickey, became possessed by the creature.

The animal, that we named Death, was at the verge of dying. Its spirit awoke Mickey's

wild side, and slowly, he mutated into the descendent of Death. Before I knew it, Death

was dead and Mickey took his place." Melinda said as a tear ran down her cheek. There

was a moment of silence.

"Sentinel3 . . . Sentinel . . ." Gene murmured with his eyes closed, deep in concentration.

"What is it Gene?" Melfina asked the outlaw. His eyes opened suddenly as he looked at

Melinda.

"I heard about you!" He exclaimed, " you where part of the research project to explore

unknown stars and planets."

"Overlooking the fact that you shouldn't know about this project, what you said is

correct." Melinda said, smiling. Suzuka was already asleep, something that nobody

noticed. Jim let out a heavy yawn as he fell down on the ground and looked at the stars.

"You're Melinda Keer right?" Gene continued. The girl just smiled in answer.

"What will we do? Our food supplies are at zero" Melfina asked.

"Don't worry about that. Now, all you need is sleep." Melinda whispered as she took out

her flute and started playing. Jim's eyes closed and he fell asleep. Melfina cuddled to

Gene as they both fluttered to dream land. Only Aisha stayed awake. After one tune,

Melinda looked at Aisha, who wasn't sleeping yet.

"You're a Ctarl-ctarl right?" Melinda asked Aisha, who nodded. Obviously, she wanted

to know more about this mysterious girl. But, before Aisha could say a word, Melinda

murmured to her;

"Let's make a deal: I'll take you to some really hot springs tomorrow, if you don't ask

anything." Aisha fell on the ground and shut her eyes.

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