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Chapter 10: A Friendship
At Sara's request, Illi'thus and Ven'tise decided to stay for the day and leave at nightfall. Sara told them exactly how she had found the stone and the box that it came in.
"That's understandable," Illi'thus said, "the last time the Yautja had the Crystal Shard in their possession, the warrior stored it in that box. We thought it was destroyed in the explosion."
"Explosion?" Sara asked.
"Yes, he must have been taken down by humans and activated his self destruct.
"Oh," Sara didn't like the sound of self destruct. "But he wouldn't have to worry about that would he? The thing is indestructible anyway." Illi'thus and Ven'tise looked confused.
"How do you know that?" Illi'thus asked.
"I didn't know that," Ven'tise muttered.
Illi'thus shook his head, "If you had paid attention to Draka you would have heard him say it." Illi'thus glanced back at Sara and knew the answer to his question; she had tried to destroy it. A courageous act, but why?
"So, I give you guys this thing, you give me Zoë back, and everything's back to normal, right?" Illi'thus and Ven'tise looked at each other and Sara knew everything was not right.
"Okay, what do you guys know that I don't?" Sara asked, dreading the answer.
"Well… there is this… law," Illi'thus started, unsure of how to continue; how do you explain to a being that saved your life that they would be killed?
Ven'tise, fortunately, spoke bluntly, "It states intelligent creatures cannot know of our existence because it could alter their evolution and cause them to become extinct. Therefore, any creature that knows has to be eliminated."
Sara blinked and looked to Illi'thus to confirm the statement. "Jeez, you could have sugar coated it a little," Sara thought.
"So… your buddies are going to try to kill me, and most likely Zoë." Illi'thus didn't say anything and Ven'tise nodded solemnly. "Crap." Sara tried to figure a way out of this but came up empty. She could skip town and hide, but that wouldn't work; she had no where to go. The idea of going to stay with Alex briefly popped into her mind but she shook it away; Zoë was already captured due to this thing, there was no way she was putting Alex into that position.
Sara was about to ask them whether their commanders would accept her word not to speak of them when a loud knock came at the door.
"Hide!" Sara whispered urgently. The two Yautja cloaked and raced out of the room to hide in Sara's bedroom.
Sara walked over to the door and opened it. Sara bit back a curse when she saw who it was; one of the agent dudes from Zoë's place. This was definitely not what she needed at the moment.
"Hello, Miss Adolla. I am Officer Hart," he held up a badge, "May I come in?" Sara gave the badge a close look and nodded, letting the guy in. Hopefully she could get this little meeting over with quickly. Personally, she was wondering exactly how he found out where she lived.
Sara gestured to a chair and Hart sat down. "Miss Adolla, might I enquire where you were last night around midnight?" Hart gave her a stern, piercing feeling that she shuddered involuntarily.
"I was here," Sara answered with a shrug, "Where else would I be?"
Hart nodded, "Did you hear anything strange last night? Any noises or sounds?"
Sara was about to answer no, when she thought about the question. With the entire racket those guys were making at the construction sight, everyone in the building had been bound to hear it, or else some sort of rumbling.
"Yeah… there were some booming noises coming from outside like someone was shooting off fireworks."
Hart nodded, "Can anyone confirm that you were indeed here?" Sara stopped. Her dad wasn't here, but she couldn't think of anything else.
"Well, my dad's on business. Maybe the security cameras," Sara regretted saying that the moment she said it. That was just what she needed; for this guy to see her levitating two aliens into her apartment.
"How could that confirm it?" Hart asked.
Sara did some quick thinking and remembered that she didn't drop the invisible spell the crystal had until she was inside. The tape would probably just show the door opening and closing "I opened the door because of the noise to see if anyone noticed anything or had any idea of what was going on." Sara knew that she had hit the jackpot. Hart must have checked the tapes already and it seemed her story held out; at least so far.
"Would you mind if I had a look around," Hart asked.
Sara swallowed; if she refused he would get suspicious and know she was hiding something. "Well, I suppose. My dad isn't home though."
"That's quite alright, I'll be quick." Hart jumped from his chair and nearly ran down the hallway.
He meant to go into Sara's room, but Sara beat him to it and shut her door. With an innocent smile Sara said, "Sorry; my room's a bit of a trash zone." Hart gave her another of his piercing look and she felt her cheeks warm. She hoped that it looked like she was flushing from embarrassment at her room rather than looking guilty.
Hart slowly walked away from her room and walked down the hallway, looking at the different rooms, stopping at her father's. "What are the ropes for?" he asked.
"Uhhh…" Sara trailed off trying to think of something fast. Luckily, at that moment, Fuzz shot out from under her dad's bed jumping at Hart. Hart yelped at grabbed for his gun.
Seeing him groping for a gun, Sara quickly grabbed Fuzz and held him up, "Sorry, just my cat." Hart glared angrily at the kitten that shot the same look at him, hissing quietly.
Hart nodded stiffly and didn't pursue his previous question, probably wondering if any other psycho kittens were running around.
"Ok Miss Adolla. Thank you for your time." Sara saw Hart to the door and was about to shut it when he turned around and said, "If there is anything you need to tell me or want to tell me now, you will not be held responsible."
Sara gave him a confused look and said, "Nothing that I can think of except that I hope you find Zoë; I miss her." Sara gave Hart a very downcast look and he turned away not looking back. Sara shut and locked the door, pumping her fist in success.
"It's safe to come out guys," Sara called. The two appeared out of thin air.
"Who was that?" Illi'thus asked looking at the closed door.
"One of the guys behind the attack last night," Sara said with a shrug.
Ven'tise curled his hands into fists, "How I would love to gain vengeance on him."
Sara's eyes lit up, she smiled and ran into the kitchen coming out with a small paper bag filled with water. "Do you really want to get revenge?" she asked. Ven'tise and Illi'thus nodded, curious to see what she was going to do.
"Follow me, and go invisible." Sara led them out to her balcony. She was on the fifth floor of a seven level apartment building. Holding the bag carefully, she stared down looking for her target. Seeing Hart walk out of the door he called someone on his cell phone and started talking.
"What's he saying?" Sara asked Illi'thus; he had told her that their species senses were much strong than a human's were.
"He said that you know where we are, and he's going to catch you the first chance he gets." Illi'thus answered. Sara heard Ven'tise growl quietly.
"Not if I get him first," Sara replied waiting for the moment when Hart walked under her balcony. With perfect timing Sara released her water bomb, blasting Hart right on target. They all fell back into Sara's apartment, Sara shutting to door, bursting with laughter.
Nightfall came quickly, and Sara agreed to lead them out of the main town and on the outskirts of the forest; Illi'thus had told her that their ship was hidden in the woods.
While Ven'tise tried to get his tracking devise up on his wrist computer to get the general direction of the ship, Illi'thus and Sara began to say their goodbyes.
"We are going to lead our group away from here. It would be smart to leave this place and go as far as possible away from here. We will try to release your friend and give her your message to get to somewhere hidden and safe, but we cannot promise that she will be freed." Sara nodded.
"Who would think something as simple as a piece or rock could cause so much trouble." Illi'thus nodded and rested his hand on her shoulder. She tried to return the gesture but came up a bit short. "What should I do with it?" Sara asked
Illi'thus stared at the crystal for awhile, eventually sighing, "I'll take it. I'll tell my leader that while we hunted you we found it but you escaped. You still need to leave though. My group will probably still look for you but we will eventually leave. "
"I'd better go; Alex will be waiting for me." Sara said. She had called Alex and told him everything. Like she expected, he completely believed every ounce of her story and was coming to pick her up after she saw the two aliens off. He even agreed to help her get out of town. He had luckily not decided to go to college immediately so he was able to help her a lot.
Suddenly, Ven'tise called over to the frantically shouting something Sara struggled to decipher.
"They're coming! They're coming!" he yelped.
"What?" Illi'thus asked trying to calm Ven'tise down.
"The rest of the clan! They're coming! They must have tracked us here! They'll be here in a few seconds!"
"Take this!" Illi'thus shoved the crystal in Sara's hand, "You'll need it to escape. Run!" Illi'thus shouted at Sara as he and Ven'tise ran to head off their fellows.
Sara turned and sprinted away, unsure if she should use the crystal to run faster. From what Illi'thus said, the crystal glowed brightly when used and his kind could see it easily. And if she used the cloaking from them the crystal would still shine through; the rain and her jacket had hidden the crystal when she found Illi'thus.
When she heard the inhuman roars, she knew the game was up. Now activating the crystal Sara doubled her speed. Unfortunately though, the aliens, desperate for the crystal, began using guns.
Sara managed to dodge the strikes but one took her feet out from under her as she entered the town, causing her to fall and skid to a stop.
Sara groaned and pushed herself to her feet, starting to run again, her palms and elbows stinging.
As she raced down the dirt street that lead to the town she heard the wonderful rumble of a bike engine. Alexander pulled the bike up next to her and Sara hopped on immediately.
"Wow, that's the first time you've gotten on this bike without complaining," Alex commented with a smile which promptly vanished when he saw the raw fear in Sara's eyes.
"Well, when you've got hostile aliens shooting at you, you tend not to complain about other things too much; now go!" Alex revved the bike up and sped off down the road.
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