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Chapter 8: And the Bad Guys Are… Who?

Illi'thus and Ven'tise waited on top of the roof of the human building where they had been posted the last night. The single ivory moon was hidden by the large dense clouds of the world.

"Do you think that it's going to come back here again?" Ven'tise asked Illi'thus.

"It's a female and it is possible." As much as Illi'thus wanted to believe that statement, he really didn't think that they would find the creature again. Illi'thus glanced back towards the street, but this time, he saw something.

It was the human. There was no doubt. Illi'thus signaled Ven'tise to go around behind the creature so if it tried to run, he could cut off its' escape.

Illi'thus couldn't believe their luck! They were going to capture it!

Sara walked down the street she had first met the creatures on. She knew that it would be the best place to start looking for them. They had to still be looking for the crystal so it shouldn't be as hard finding them.

Sara's eyes kept darting back and forth, looking for anything out of place. She remembered that the creatures could go invisible and that was a very bad thing for her. They obviously could see her well enough at night; she could only hope one was nearby…

Sara knew there was one behind her as soon as the crystal began to cool. She still didn't understand why it did that, but she knew that it must be important. Maybe the cooling signified danger of some sort or was just a warning that she was being watched. Whatever the cooling meant, the crystal only did that when one of those creatures were nearby.

Sara kept walking at a steady pace, keeping her breathing as even as she could, and trying not to look suspicious. As her eyes began to flicker rapidly for some sign of the creatures, she stole a glance up at the sky. It was very over cast and the air almost felt damp; it was going to rain soon…

Ven'tise climbed along the walls of the human structures to the right of the human. He saw Illi'thus jump a few buildings ahead of the human watching it with every step. Ven'tise closed in until he was nearly parallel with the human. The creature just kept walking!

"How ignorant these humans are!" Ven'tise thought. It stood no chance against him and Illi'thus.

Sara saw movement out of the corner of her eye and knew that it was time to put her plan into action. She knew that these creatures were definitely less than friendly; she had seen all of the armor and weapons they had. Sara never really liked violence, but she knew that in order to get these things to listen, she was going to have to put on one heck of a show of power. If you can't beat them, intimidate them. Sara planned to disable one of the creatures then face the remaining one. Just getting one of these guys to listen was bad enough, but two? Definitely not the best odds in the world. Of course, she had no intension of killing either creature; she just wanted to scare them enough to listen.

Looking in one of the alleys, Sara saw where she had planted the occasional brick or rock. With all of the armor they were wearing the night before, Sara knew that pillows would not slow these guys in the least.

"It isn't like I'm going to shoot them…" Sara thought, trying to quiet her conscience that was telling her attacking something wasn't the best way to handel the situation, "I'm just going to chuck a couple of rocks at them; how much more civilized!" she thought sarcastically.

Bringing up a picture of Zoë in her mind, tied in chains, Sara steeled herself. Once she saw another bit of movement to her right, Sara made her move.

She spun holding the crystal in her right hand and gestured to the rock with her left, causing the rock to shoot out of the alley and fly towards the creature.

The creature roared in pain as the rock made contact, knocking it from its perch and onto the ground where it appeared suddenly. Sara spun, ready to defend, when she heard a the other creature land behind her, but once she saw two shining metal blades flying at her, she knew that talking was probably the last thing this creature had in mind.

Sara used the crystal to dodge the blades and run, amazed at her speed though she knew what the crystal was capable of. She heard the two creatures in pursuit and she knew that she needed to find somewhere to hide. She thought of all the places she could go, but one stood out. The construction site; there were tons of holes and piles of dirt and rubble to hide in and around. Making an escape should be easy… she hoped.

Illi'thus felt his anger flare when the human threw a large rock at Ven'tise. Illi'thus winced when he saw the rock make contact with Ven'tise's head. Luckily the helmet protected him.

Illi'thus tried to wound the human, a cut on the arm or leg, but he missed when the human dodged faster than any Yautja could. He also saw the Crystal Shard, glowing brightly, aiding its current owner. The human used it to race around him and away, the Crystal Shard lending her speed. Ven'tise had finally stood and took up the chase, Illi'thus behind him.

"Sir, we are picking up to unidentified beings after the girl," one man in a tightly pressed suit said to another. They had been hiding out in a van for the past few days, told to look for any signs of the aliens they had been sent to the town to find and capture. So far they had only got one lead from a missing girl and their leading officer had told them to watch the girl to see if anything happened. Finally something did.

"Good," the Officer said with a hungry smile. This was what he had been waiting for.

"Send in the choppers."

Sara finally made it to the construction site, jumping over the fence easily and dashing around the rubble trying not to trip. She heard the creatures behind her do the same.

"Damn, they're fast!" Sara though as she raced around the construction sight looking for a place to hide. Sara was able to take some quick turns and hid in a ditch behind a pile of rubble, the dust tickling the back of her throat and making her trying desperately not to cough and give away her hiding spot.

Sara sat as still and silent as she could. She couldn't hear where the creatures were and was getting nervous when it started to rain.

"Great, just perfect," Sara thought angrily. Suddenly she saw what looked like shocks of electricity coming from one of the buildings. She looked up and saw one of the creatures come into view. She gasped and hoped it wouldn't be able to see her.

Suddenly, Sara felt extremely cold. Sara touched the crystal, which was in her pocket and warm, but she was freezing. She glanced up and saw the alien look directly at her, only to look away and scan the area. Sara could still see herself and didn't feel invisible, just cold.

Suddenly, she heard the whirl of helicopter blades. Sara looked up and saw two helicopters flying in the direction of the construction site, bright lights shining as they approached.

"The guys in the suits," Sara thought. They must have followed her around and gone after the creatures. They must know about them then; but what were they going to do with the creatures? When gunfire went off from the helicopters, Sara knew exactly what the intentions of the men were.

Sara glanced up and saw the other creature, only twenty yards from her on top of a building, shoot a ball of blue fire at one of the helicopters. Sara could tell that he wasn't trying to hit the helicopters, being how far off the shot was. Maybe they didn't want to kill everyone… just her.

But the guys in the helicopters didn't think along the same lines as Sara. Next thing Sara knew, there was some kind of small missile fired from the helicopter at the creature. Although it hit below the creature, the building crumbled sending the creature falling to earth, along with stone and metal from the building.

Sara saw the creature fall in slow motion. Although no rubble would land on it, it would land on all of the rocks and sharp metal already piled at the base of the building, undoubtedly to its death. Sara concentrated on the creature, imagining it stopping in midair. She felt herself get warm again and her head ached slightly as if she was getting a migraine.

However, the creature stopped falling, upside down, about five feet from the ground. Sara approached the creature cautiously. It was facing the wall, so she spun it to face her. Although it wore a mask, it glanced at its body and surroundings, probably trying to figure out what happened.

It looked at Sara, its' head jerking back in shock then tilting in curiosity. Sara opened her mouth to say something to the creature, when another explosion rocked the ground, startling her. Sara saw the second creature fall off a different building landing about thirty yards from her.

With her concentration broken, the creature fell the remaining five feet to the ground.

"Oops," Sara said, looking the, now unconscious, creature. It was breathing so it was still alive. Sara concentrated on making the creature levitate about a foot in the air as well as its companion.

Sara looked up at the approaching helicopters. She imagined her and the creatures being invisible. She smiled as she saw her form fade away, as well as the creatures. Sara quickly ran away from the construction sight, the creatures in tow.

Once Sara was relatively far away from the helicopters, she was now confronted with a different problem.

"What the hell am I going to do with these guys?" Sara wondered. She knew that they probably weren't friendly, but she didn't want those government wackos getting a hold of them. She'd seen too many movies about what might happen if they did.

Sara knew the only place safe would be her apartment. Reluctantly, Sara brought them to her apartment, keeping herself and the creatures invisible in case someone was going on a midnight stroll. Once inside she set them on the floor and found yet another note taped to the refrigerator:

Sara,

There was a surprise business trip I had to go to. I'll be back tomorrow around midnight.

Love,

Dad

Sara reread the note and was surprised. He actually put the word love in there.

"Maybe he's finally getting over it," Sara thought, but didn't get her hopes up.

"Now what am I going to do with you guys?" Sara said turning on the two creatures. She couldn't just leave them there on the floor, as appealing as the idea was.

Sara was struck with an idea. She quickly went to the janitors' closet in the apartment building and took the large amount of rope out of it. Using the crystal, she put one of the creatures in her dad's room on the bed and the other in the spare bedroom on the couch.

Again using the crystal, she had the rope bind the creature's hands and feet. She didn't know how tight to make the ropes, but she made sure they wouldn't be easy to get out of. With that completed, Sara went to her room and fell on her be exhausted. It seemed that the crystal drained your energy the more you used it.

Sara went into her room, locking her door, then fell onto her bed and into the oblivion of sleep.

Well, there ya go! Hope you liked it. I'll try to update but finals are coming and I'm going to be so busy I might not have time to breathe… Please Review!