Chapter Five: Misunderstanding
So there I was, inbetween this powerful, but truly innocent alien girl, and this caped boy who had attempted to attack her. He jumped down from the car, still prepped for attack. I didn't want an unnecessary fight to break out. It would only make the girl seem even more like a monster.
"Why were you trying to hurt her?!" I asked the caped boy.
"She's dangerous. And it's my duty to take her down!" he answered.
""There's been a misunderstanding. Let's talk about this." I said.
At this point the alien girl's eyes lit up and she looked aggressive again.
"It seems the time to talk has passed!" she said before leaping to attack the boy.
He was quick though, and dodged the attack. He then got out a small staff that extended in his hand, and tried hitting the girl with several swings from it. When she retaliated, he blocked the attack with his staff, though the impact forced him back a few yards. Actually it did more than just that, for a few seconds later the boy's staff just fell apart. This girl certainly was stronger than she looked.
I ran up to the alien girl again to try and stop the fight. I really didn't want to use my sword unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Wait! Stop! This doesn't need to happen!" I said.
"Get away from me!" she yelled.
She then hit me with her shackled arms, knocking me back towards the caped boy.
"Why are trying to talk to her?! She doesn't even speak English!" he asked me.
Before I could answer though, a green goat appeared out of nowhere and knocked the alien girl aside. The goat then changed into a boy that was the same color. Would there be any end to the weirdness that was happening today?
The green boy stood in front of the caped boy, standing up straight and saluting.
"Ex-Doom Patrol member Beast Boy reporting for duty. How may I be of assistance?" the green boy said. Right after that, 'Beast Boy' looked surprised.
"Hey! You're Robin aren't you, sir?" Beast Boy asked.
"Well, you can start by not calling me 'sir'." 'Robin' replied.
Beast Boy apparently ignored that, for he kept babbling about how honored he was to be assisting… whoever this 'Robin' guy was, while still using the word 'sir'. What was I? Chopped liver? He hadn't noticed me at all.
It hardly mattered though because we all noticed that he alien girl was back on her feet. And in an incredible act of strength, she kicked a bus towards us! Fortunately all three of us were able to jump out of the way in time. I expected the bus to crash to the ground in a wreck, but instead a large man in an overcoat jumped in front of it and caught it in his bare hands! After setting it down he turned his attention on the rest of us.
"All right, who's been messing up my neighborhood?!" he yelled.
"She started it!" Beast Boy said while pointing to the alien girl.
"No she didn't!" I said, annoyed. I then gestured toward Robin.
"I had the situation under control until this guy came and…." I started to say.
I was cut off though, because the alien girl had slammed her shackled arms into the ground again. Instead this time, the front of the shackles came off, freeing her hands. I guess her 'method' was working, even if it was slowly.
"That will do for the moment." She said to herself, though I was able to hear it. I wasn't sure what she meant by that, but I found out a moment later. She pointed her hands at us, and they began to glow with the same green light as her eyes.
"Hit the deck!" the man in the coat yelled.
I later found out that that meant 'get out of the way', because a split second later a barrage of energy spheres came blasting from her hands. The others got out of the way, but I wasn't quick enough and took one right in the gut. The impact knocked me back at least 100 feet or so into the side of a building.
I struggled to get up, my gut still aching from that attack.
"Ow!" I said to myself. "Whoever this girl is, the spirit's made a good choice."
I didn't have a whole lot of time to think though, because another one was heading right towards me. Barely thinking, I did what seemed like the stupidest thing possible: I just stood there with my hand held out to try and intercept it, like a ball. Doing that probably would've given my left arm third-degree burns or something, but instead, the most unusual thing happened.
It didn't hurt me, I actually did catch it! As I held it in my hand I could feel its energy, and strangely, it felt familiar. Then to my surprise, a second energy sphere came out of me, from the area where my heart is, but this one was blue. Then both spheres levitated in front of me and merged together in a flash of light. When the light faded, in place of the energy spheres was a spherical gemstone with a green light and a blue light swirling around inside of it. It stopped levitating and fell into my hands. What just happened?
A second later the man in the coat grabbed me and led me to a collapsed bus where the others were crouched behind as well.
"What're you doing man, standing in the line of fire like that?!" he asked me.
"Uhhh….. I'm kind of new to all this." I said, hiding the gemstone in my pocket afterwards.
All of us then peeked over the bus to see what was going on now. The alien girl had stopped attacking and was now slumped down, hyperventilating profusely.
"That girl's gonna wreck the whole city!" the man in the coat said.
"I won't let her. I won't lose this fight!" Robin said.
"There doesn't have to be a fight. If you all would just let me…." I began to say, but I wasn't able to finish because the others just completely ignored me and proceeded to attack her again.
"STOP!" I yelled. As if that would make a difference.
However, right after I yelled, a wall of black energy appeared out of nowhere, blocking their attack.
"What?! Did I…" I began to say to myself, wondering if I had done this.
"You didn't. I did." Someone behind us said. I recognized the voice; it was the robed girl that I ran into not too long ago.
"It's you. What're you doing here?" I asked her.
"I never actually left." She answered.
She then fixed her eyes on the others.
"He's right. Maybe fighting isn't the answer." She told them.
Wait. She was following me? Regardless, I walked up towards the energy wall and looked through it towards the alien girl who was still hyperventilating. The robed girl lowered some of the wall so I'd be able to go through.
"You honestly think you can reason with her?" Robin asked me.
I nodded with a serious look on my face. Robin seemed to respect it, but the man in the coat didn't seem too, because he looked like he was about to try and attack. I was worried at first, but Robin stopped him.
"Stand down." He said.
"What?! You think you're the boss or something?!" the man rudely remarked.
"I think he knows what he's doing. Give him a chance." He said.
Robin then gave me a nod as if giving me his approval, not like I actually needed it. Still, I was grateful, so I gave a small smile.
"By the way, my name's Link." I told them.
After that, I stepped through the wall and walked towards the alien girl. When I was right in front of her she got up and pointed her hands at me, prepared to attack with those energy spheres again.
"Go away!" she told me.
"Wait! I'm not going to hurt you! I want to help, remember?" I said.
What I said did not seem to affect her at all.
"Go away! You lied to me!" she said.
"What? Lied? What… What are you talking about?" I asked her.
"You told me that no one would harm me, but then you have your friends here attack me when I have my guard down!" she said.
"No. You have it all wrong. I don't know any of these people, they're not my friends. I swear! I only want to help. Then maybe… I could be your friend…" I told her.
She still didn't change her attitude. I wasn't getting through to her at all. It was just like everyone at the village, who would take one look at me and then ignore me.
"I guess I can't blame you. No one has ever wanted to be friends with me…" I told her.
Her attitude changed after she heard that. At first she looked surprised, and then it looked like she was wondering whether or not that was a lie. But when she saw the sad look in my eyes, I knew she believed me.
She walked up and held out her shackled arms like when I was trying to help her before.
"Well? Are you going to help me get these off or not!" she said. "…please…"
After hearing that, a glint of hope appeared in my eyes as I once again took a look at her shackles. I remembered about the lock and how I would need my sword to break it. But I needed to let her know first.
"I found the lock, but I can only break it if I use my sword. But I promise I won't hurt you." I told her.
She looked unsure at first, but she nodded a moment later. With that I drew my sword and carefully placed the tip of the blade over the lock. With a small stab, the lock came apart and the shackles fell to the ground. The alien girl rubbed her arms, relieved to be relieved of the cumbersome device.
"Thank you…" she said.
"You're welcome." I said, sheathing my sword afterwards.
"I guess you'll be on your way now, huh?" I asked as I was about to leave.
"Wait…" she said to me.
I turned back around to face her, wondering what she wanted. At that moment she grabbed me by the back of my neck and did something I found extremely surprising. She… kissed me!
Afterwards she pushed me away and I fell down. While I was on the ground, I noticed she looked aggressive again.
"If you wish not to be destroyed, you will leave me alone!" she told me….in English!
"Wait. You could speak English this whole time!?" I asked her.
But she didn't respond. Instead she turned around and flew away, literally. The robed girl had lowered the wall of black energy, and we all stared in the same direction the alien girl flew off. What had just happened? Who was that girl? Why did she kiss me? And most importantly, why had she been shackled?
