7
Zexion
"Hey Zex, you mind not burning the chow? I can smell the charcoal from here!" Lexaeus practically shouted at me, trying to get my attention. I didn't blame him, I was easily distracted these days. It was almost a month now since the night of the meteor shower. I still thought about it. Not so much the event, but what caused it, the odds of us being alone were immeasurable now. There was something more out there. I wanted to find it, but I couldn't on my own. Still, I tried to figure out a way.
Though all my day-dreaming was getting in the way of my daily activities, and at the moment, it was cooking.
"Eh, it would've tasted like crap anyway," I said.
"Of the choice between your bad cooking and your burnt cooking, I think I'd prefer the one that tastes like something," Lexaeus said. He was kind of getting used to this phasing in and out of the real world I was doing, but Lex was a realist, I knew if he wasn't a childhood friend he wouldn't tolerate this, but for me he made exceptions to nearly all his rules as to how the world should work. All, that is, except for food. "Come on Zex, you've been like this for weeks, are you still on that shower?"
"Yea..." I said, trailing off. It was kinda embarassing I guess, I mean, I didn't really know what my mind was thinking these days. "I don't know Lex, I'm just so...I don't know."
"Just, get outta here, I'll handle the cooking OK? Just...take a walk for a bit." Lexaeus pushed me away from the stove and in the direction of the door. I sighed and dragged myself outside. We lived in the third district, on the upper level. We shared a small house, until we got our careers up and running. I went down to the lower level, just a walk around the block to get the head cleared up. But I certainly wasn't accomplishing my aim, I was still fixated on the same things.
Then, after brooding over these questions for so long, I think I might have gotten my answer. From the ground, a small black...thing appeared. It was totally black, except for two small yellow eyes. It had two little antenna on top of its head, it was maybe two or three feet tall, but it seemed to not care whether it was on two legs or all fours. It was the size of a small dog, or a large cat maybe. It glanced around, like it was trying to figure out where it was. I circled the thing cautiously, I didn't want to scare it, or agitate it if I could avoid it. But the thing caught a glimpse of me, and without missing a beat, leaped at me. I tried to defend myself with my arm, hoping to block it away, or at least not lose any vitals in the process. I felt tears well up in my eyes as the thing dug its claws into my arms, and...spread up my arm. I don't know if it was out of fear, exertion, or what, but I screamed at the thing, "Haahhhh!" I remember seeing a flash of green, and suddenly the creature came out, though it looked unwilling, and flew against the wall I was facing, propelled by some kind of purple/pink light. Same color as the meteors... I thought. It hit the wall, and disappeared in a mass of black oozing bubbles.
What the...How did I do that? I figured to leave well enough alone, and keep this to myself until I could at least explain it to Lexaeus. I went over to where the thing had vaporized, and looked for any mark of scorching, or anything for that matter, but there was nothing on the wall. I took a glance around, no one here. No eyewitnesses either, Definitely better keep quiet for now.