Chapter 3 – They are dangerous part 1
It was five days since she landed in Johannesburg, so far she hadn't had any alien encounters and she was really glad about that. Well they had looked at her play and she had seen them work, but that didn't count. Her studies had taken flight and she had learned so much. Because of the heat she was down at the store to buy an ice cream everyday, her parents sends her money every month, that's what they had agreed to. So until next month was it's her own job to make the money last, or else she would be fucked. She was on her way home, it was at least 7 o'clock and it was a little dark. She had used to much time on her ice cream today, instead of taking it with her had she chosen to eat it at the stand. Big mistake, it had taken her over an hour to finish it. Now she wouldn't get back before it was really dark, she hadn't tried that yet, but the thought of walking home in darkness scared her.
The light posts were turned on and the dimmed light shined down at her, she was more or less alone on the street, and the silence almost screamed in her ears. Her eyes flickered nervously from side to side while she picked up her pace. The sound of human voices caused her to relax a bit. Three men came her way, the way the looked scared her even more than her own silly fantasies. They were all three starring hungrily at her. She backed up, but bumped into something. She looked up and saw a prawn, he was black and covered in strange red markings, she didn't knew what it meant, but she knew he was a gang member, and she was in big trouble. He looked down at her with a smug expression "where are you going, princess?" he asked in that clicking way. Delilah sprung forward only to be surrounded by the three other men. "Why in such a hurry, we just wanna play" one of them said, and caused them all to laughed. Delilah was terrified and bumped into one of them in an attempt to get out of the circle they had formed around her. The man didn't even budge. He just laughed and grabbed her wrist, they slowly pulled her into the nearest alleyway, the brunette screamed, in hope that someone would hear her, but no one was around . The prawn she had backed into, slapped her and put a hand before her mouth. The tears streamed down her cheeks as they placed her against the cold stonewall. The stench of alcohol was all around her. "No.. NO" she screamed, and somehow managed to bite the hand. The prawn screamed in surprise and stepped away from the female. She had just bitten him. She lifted her leg and kicked the one holding her away. She was free and ran. She ran as fast and far as she could and the angry shouts from the men slowly faded. She don't know to where she ran, she just had to get out of there.
She went into a dark alley and hid behind a trash container. She couldn't be seen from the outside, small sobs began escaping her and it was first then she sure that nobody was around, she allowed herself to cry. She was not sure of where she was, only of how close that had been. She cried for a long time, and held her hands for her mouth whenever she heard footsteps and voices, to stop her sobbing from getting louder. It was first then the was at it's highest she settled down, too exhausted to get up. She fell asleep where she was, but the sapphire eyes of that prawn haunted her in her dream, turning it into a nightmare.
He made his way down the street, everyone who saw him stepped out of his way. They all saw his markings and fear took over them. And it was wise for the them to do so, for he was not in the mood to deal with humans at this moment. He had been forced to stay with those humans until the found a new victim. He was still shocked, they had found the perfect prey, but she had fought back. All the others had been begging, selling their body for their life. But not her, he looked down at his hand, she had bitten him. It was still morning but he was so tired, he had been up all night, with those guys. He hated humans and the three men, he had been with was no exception, he despised them, but they offered him the money he needed to take care of himself and his closest, and all he had to do was help them and keep them safe. The gang he was part of didn't give him any money, and because of his markings nobody would hire him. He was finally in front of the hotel. He smiled in that prawn way, it was funny, no matter what he got himself into there were always one human he could turn to. One that was different.
The warm rays of the sun shined on her eyes. Irritating her enough to open them. She laid there a little before finding the strength to stand up. She slowly made her way out of the alley. It was still morning, but the normal race was already in movement. She stumbled out on the street, and assumed that she looked awful at very least, that was what the stares that she got told her. She went past a window and looked at her reflection. Her eyes were red and her hair sat out to all sides, but she didn't care she just wanted to get home, curl up in a ball on her bed and just stay there. A pair of eyes starred holes into her back and she slowly turned around. On the other side of the street was a yellowish prawn staring strait at her. Her heart sat in her throat, panic sat in and she ran. She was so tired of them being everywhere. They were dangerous and deserved to be eliminate from the very face of the earth.
He went in of the back door since it was what he had been instructed, he would just scare costumers away if he went in the front. Ha came in, in the kitchen. It smelled lovely in there, and he could feel how his mouth began to water. "John!" he whisper called. He knew better than just take the food, and especially form Mr. Johnson. "John" he called again this time a bit louder. He heard a stomp, like then someone stomps in the floor. He took a seat at one of the chairs, knowing he had been heard and simply waited. After a few minutes Mr. Johnson joined him in the kitchen. He smiled and rubbed the prawns head tenderly "hello Darius, it's good to see you" the black prawn purred like a kitten, but fought to get Johnson to stop touching him. It sent Mr. Johnson laughing, he let go of the prawn and took a plate from the cupboard, "you must be hungry, are you not?" he didn't even turn around to see the approving nod and just filled the plate with stew.
The elder placed the food before the alien and gave him a fork. The prawn just stared at it. "what's the matter?" Johnson asked, Darius always used to shove the food down, like it was his last. The black alien made a coughing sound and Mr. Johnson stared at him in an annoyed fashion "okay, what have you now done to yourself, out with it" Darius looked away and showed his right hand "well I.." he started but Johnson was already examine the hand "hmm looks like a bite. What happened to you" he asked, but Darius changed the subject. "can you fix it?" he just asked, "if you-" Johnson was cut of by the front door bell, meaning that someone had entered. "excuse me" he said and went to check on who it was. Silence filled the room but then Johnson's high and worried voice rang "Good lord, what happened Delilah!".
He was strolling along the street as always, on his way to work, then he saw her. On the other side of the street. There were something familiar about the young girl, that stared into her own reflection. At fist he couldn't recognize her, but then he saw for her hair, even though it was a mess, shinned in the sun it hit him. It was the angle girl. That was how he had described her to his little brother and they had agreed to call her that. He went back to the present then she turned around and meet his gaze. He watched as her body stiffened and she began running. In that moment he forgot about his job, he forgot about his brother. He just felt wrong, and he had to make it fell right. He didn't know why, or what he thought he could do but he ran after her, he passed the street and was behind her. But even in panic she was fast and smart, she made a turn and ran into a humans only area. The yellow prawn, stopped and ran another way, if he had guessed right he knew exactly were she was going.
She reached the hotel at last, she didn't spend another minute standing out there and went inside. The bell above the door welcomed her with it's ringing. She stood there and waited, as the footsteps got louder and at last revealed Mr. Johnson. He stopped and took in her appearance for a minute "good lord, what happened Delilah!" when he said that with so much worry she fell to her knees. she had cried all night, but now she found some tears she didn't even know she had. Mr. Johnson knelt beside her and hold the tiny girl close "shh.. it's alright" he cooed. She hid in his arms, letting him shield her from the world. "what happened my girl" he asked as calm as he could, "a-a pra-..prawn.." she stuttered into his chest. "Was it a Prawn that did this to you" he asked "a gang.." the last word got lost in the sobs. They had not seen the black prawn that came up beside them, he knelt beside her as well as the elder "are you alright" he asked the girl with great concern. She lifted her head in panic at the clicking but froze, she was lost in his sapphire eyes there were widen in shock. She screamed and broke free from the embrace. She backed up into the wall, and the prawn shot up and behind the desk, hiding under it.