Kim turned sharply in the chair to see that John had moved to the wall and turned on an alarm system. Cobra hissed angrily when he realized John had snuck past him. He leapt forward.
"No, wait!" Kim shouted, but she was too late. Cobra had sunk his teeth into the man's skull; dark red blood oozing onto the floor.
Cobra turned to Kim happily, thinking he had done well. But he hissed in confusion when he saw the look on Kim's face. He lowered his head and his tail drooped. Kim struggled to remain mad at the alien, but her anger dissipated quickly and she said, "It's okay, Cobra, I forgive you," Kim said. Cobra perked up and hissed happily. "We need to get out of here."
Cobra hissed and walked back to the air duct. He crouched down and offered his back to Kim. As soon as Kim stepped on his back, he stood up slowly. Kim grabbed the bottom of the duct and pulled herself inside. Cobra jumped in after her and nudged her along. Kim crawled quickly through the air-duct with relatively ease, and was able to find her way back out. She rolled out of the air-duct and onto the ground, ducking as Cobra jumped out after her. She started to run to her car, but Cobra cut her off. He was gesturing toward the woods.
"But—," Kim started but Cobra hissed angrily and gestured toward the woods again.
Kim sighed and followed Cobra into the woods. The alien lead the way through a dense patch with sheet excitement. Kim wondered what it was that could excited him so much, then she saw why. Up ahead there was a medium sized clearing with dark figures moving around inside. Cobra screeched loudly and a couple of the figures inside the clearing stopped. An answering screech echoed back and one of the figures left the clearing, limping as fast as it could. Cobra hissed and ran toward the limping figure. Kim ran along behind Cobra to keep him close and the figure came into view. It was another alien, except blue in color and walked on two legs. The two aliens met and rubbed heads together happily. Kim slowed down when she neared the two aliens and approached Cobra's side carefully; trying to hold back her fear. The limping alien froze when it saw Kim and cocked its head to the side. It stared at Kim and then started hissing to Cobra. Cobra's hisses were happy and energetic as he spoke with the limping alien. Kim took the time to examine the other alien, trying to find out what was causing it to limp. She noticed that its right leg was slightly mangled. The wound had been there for a long time and the alien had learned to walk differently to make up for the injury.
When the two were done "conversing", Cobra turned back to Kim and hissed, nodding toward the clearing. Kim nodded and followed behind Cobra as he walked alongside the other alien. When they got into the clearing, the aliens there gathered around Cobra eagerly. Kim noticed that the aliens seemed overly excited that Cobra had returned and she assumed that it was because he was the leader; they followed his orders. Once Cobra had touched heads with all the other aliens, at least fifteen, he walked back over to Kim and hissed. She followed him to the other side of the clearing to a pile of leaves. There was already a figure lying down in the pile and Kim thought it was another alien at first. Then the figure shifted and stood up. Kim gasped slightly when she saw that it was a human; a man.
A/N: sorry for the short chapter gang! Next one will be longer!
~Ali Wenstern