Chapter 5
Hi guys! It's me again. I have good news and bad news. Good news is, I found my copy of the movie! Yay! :D Bad news is, school is about to start for me. Boo. :'( So yeah…I have some luck. Hoped to have this out before then and here it is. Now here's a heads up.
From here on, there will be some changes. Now I can watch the movie again I can make sure of the timing and such. And thanks to the wonderful ideas some of you gave me, and a special thanks to Toa Thau-Que for her/his idea, I know have a even better idea of what to do with this story. :D And if you have any ideas, charaters, whatever, let me know. ;)
Anyway, that's my peace. I doubt many of you even read this. X) Oh well. On with the show!
"I knew it!"
"Ay!" I yank the hood back down as everyone turned to the archway. A blue Glatorian stood there with a staff or maybe spear in hand. The other was pointed at Mata Nui excitedly.
"Who-hoo!" she cheered as she jump-twirled into the room. "Proof! Proof of what I've been saying for years."
"Kiina! This is not the place!" Acker said sternly walking over to her. Kiina rushed over to him smiling. "But I was right!"
I guess Mata Nui thought she was an enemy because right then he took out his sword. "Who is this?"
Acker turned back to Mata Nui. "Wait. No, she's…" he started to say but was knocked to the side.
"Name's Kiina, one of the best. And you just won me a lot of bets." She introduced, pointing at Mata. He looked at her confused, I looked at her trying not to giggle and Acker looked at her like a dad, which for all I know he could be.
"'Kiina's delusional. There's no such thing as other worlds!'" She continued walking to the side. She turned and pointed at Mata Nui again. "Hah, but he proves it! And she does too!" she added pointing at me. "Whoo-hoo-Hoo!" then she started a victory dance.
~Don't laugh, don't laugh.~ I chanted in my head watching her. She's different and I like her. I just wonder how long she was hiding at the door. I walk over to the men as Acker spoke to Mata Nui.
"Um, it's ok." He says behind his hand and again I have to hold in my laughter. "Although I don't always agree with her methods." Here he turned to her and said loudly, "such as lurking in the shadows! As Glatorian go, she ranks."
"You sound proud, Acker." I chuckle as Kiina walks past us twirling her staff singing.
"I am. I trust her with my life." Acker says folding his arms. Out of the corner of my eye I think I see a small smile. Of course I could be wrong. Kiina walks past again but this time stops seeing the shield bug. …It really needs a name.
Kiina looked at Acker. "So what their say is true?" Acker just nods. Kiina leans closer to Mata Nui and the bug transformer. Name please!
"Let me guess, you call him Click?" the bug clicks at her.
"Hey, I was just kidding."
"I like it." I say then shrug. "It works." Mata Nui nodded and looked at the bug. "Click it is."
And that was that. Kiina walked around Mata Nui then at me. As she did I let down my hood again so she could see my face too. "Wow, real other-worlders. Finally! Someone to tell the others there's someplace better than this miserable waste land."
~Well, I wouldn't say wasteland…~ I think but don't say.
"He needs our help Kiina. And I owe him." Acker tells her. I don't say anything about how I need some help here to since like he said; he owes Mata Nui for helping him. And besides, he has a better reason to go home. What do I have to go back too?
I can wait.
"Help, huh? I might be able to do something for you. But I'm going to want something in return." Kiina says rubbing her chin a little looking from me to Mata. "I want out of this dump! One of you has to take me with you!"
Acker looked shocked. "Kiina!"
"It is alright. If it's within my power, I will take you." Mata Nui says.
I dramatically wipe my forehead. "Fhew! Good thing he volunteered. Cause I couldn't bring you with me if I wanted too." Kiina folded her arms and raised an eye brow at me. "Why not?
"To put it simply," I point to her then me. "We look nothing like each other. If what ever brought me here changed me to a, what's the word…Agori or a Glatorian, maybe I could. But since it didn't I can safely guess if you came to Earth-my home by the way-you'd end up the same way you are."
"What's wrong with how I look?" Kiina asked looking at herself and sounding a little insulted. I held up my hands in wait. "Nothing! Nothing is wrong with how you look. Personally I think you and everyone else I've seen here looks great! Like Lego's creations or something. But earth is no joke. We still have issues with people mad at each other over skin color! I mean, look at me."
I hold out my left hand and point at it with my right. "I'm African American. Also known as Black, even though I'm brown. Earth has people in almost every color; white-or at least pinkish, tan, yellowish, black, brown, and maybe more. And even though there's nothing wrong with that, some hate people just because of their color. So if a robotish female warrior suddenly shows up walking down the street, well, in short." I put my hands on my hips, looked her in the eye then say bluntly.
"Humans will attack, subdue, capture and then possibly dissect said robotish female warrior with a butter knife."
…I wasn't surprised at the looks I was given at all. "Ok then, I'll go with him then." Kiina says pointing her staff at Mata Nui a little.
Mata Nui nods. "Alright, but the time to help my people is running out."
"No problem. I work fast."
"What do you have in mind, Kiina?"
"Well," Kiina walked into the middle of the room and turned. "I discovered an enormous cavern under my village. It's filled with weird, ancient equipment and tools. It might have something you can use. A word of warning, though, don't even think of pulling a fast one, 'cause you're my ticket out of here." She adds pointing at Mata Nui.
After that everyone talked for about an hour. Planning the trip then learning about each others planets. At some point I glanced at the doorway and thought I saw a shadow right before it disappeared. I didn't say anything but I did sneak over there and get the door to slide down from the top of the doorway.
It was a while after that I started to yawn. ~Oh boy, where am I gonna sleep?~ I wonder covering my mouth as I yawned. It was one of those quiet ones so nobody noticed. It was the third yawn which made me stretch my mouth wwwiiidddeee that got some attention.
"What's wrong with you?" Acker asked me, looking at me weirdly. I held up my finger until I can close my mouth then rub my eyes. "I, I'm sorry. I'm just…*yawn* Oh my, tired."
"Really?" Kiina asked. She looked out a window and blinked surprised. "Wow, I didn't notice how late it was."
Acker looked around at us. Mata Nui was gently rubbing Click's back, who has long ago fallen asleep. Kiina and I were sitting next to each other, my arms crossed and my eyes fighting to stay open. He chuckled. "Come on then. We have a long trip in the morning. Mata Nui," said Glatorian looks up. "You can bunk with me."
Kiina puts her arm around my shoulders. "And you, Miss Human can stay with me in the girl's barracks."
I nod. "That's…that's gre-*yawns* great. That'll be great." ~Oh boy I'm gonna pass out.~ I think as I force myself to stand. I bend my back and stretch then when I straightened up I was a little more awake. "Let's go, before I fall asleep standing up."
Kiina stood up and started for the door. "Is that possible for humans?"
"For some humans."
Thankfully the girl's barracks weren't far. Once inside I saw that the place was nice and clean. There was even a shower connected to the room Kiina had. There was a walk-in closet for weapons and armor, two beds and a window with a cloth over it for some of the two moons light still came through.
Kiina went right to the closet and put her staff away. I stood there not sure which bed was mine. Kiina turned around, sees me and chuckles. "I have the bed on the left. You can have the bed on the right. Unless humans like sleeping on the floor or roof. Do you?" she asks excited walking to the bed.
I shake my head, smiling slightly. "I don't anyway. Can…I take a shower?"
"Hmm? Sure, got ahead."
"Thanks." I walk to the shower and quickly see its bigger then I thought. On the wall opposite some towels hung there clean and ready, soap on little shelves and a spot for my clothes. After slowly taking off my clothes and folding them up so they'd stay on the seat for them, I turned on the water. "Ahhhh…."
Once I finished I walked out wrapped in the towel, my hair wet from the quick wash I gave it and saw Kiina was already in bed asleep. And she was nice enough to put a t-shirt like piece of armor on mine.
I hold it up and looked it up and down. Then shrugged and slipped it on. "Mmmm, comfy."
I flop onto my new bed and in less then 3 minutes I fell into a deep sleep.
