The next day, Skool was... odd. Then again, it was always odd. To sum it up, Ms. Bitters lectured everyone about how love was a useless emotion that was merely a sensation caused by the brain or something like that (I wasn't paying attention), and Rae quickly countered by shouting, "But Ms. Bitters, Zim and Marina love each other! They're meant for each other!" Zim and I automatically objected (because we hate each other), but Ms. Bitters gave us both F's on our test for "being in love and ignoring her lecture." Honestly, I did not like Zim in any way at all whatsoever. Dib was freaking out, objecting with us because "ZIM'S AN ALIEN AND CAN'T FEEL HUMAN EMOTIONS BECAUSE... umm... HE'S AN ALIEN!" Ms. Bitters had given him an F as well, just for being annoying.
At lunch, we had green beans and mustard. Kids all around us were eating it like it was perfectly normal. How they managed to eat that slob without getting sick... I guess I will never know. Mae had approached mine and Rae's table and sat down across from us. Rae and I exchanged confused glances, but Rae quickly began conversing with Mae about video games. I sat quietly, poking my green beeans and mustard with a fork. Mae seemed really nice, but there was just something suspicous about her... I couldn't place what it was, though. Throughout the conversation, Rae would occasionally burst out saying something like, "YOU FILTHY HUMANS! MWAHAHAHA!" Then her eyes would twitch a few times, and she returned back to her normal, cheerful state. I didn't think much of it until late that night...
I had been asleep in bed, until I heard a thumping. I groggily looked at my window with half-opened eyes. The window was open. Weird...
"I could've sworn I shut that," I muttered as I stood and slowly walked over to the window to shut it. As I did, I started turning around. I saw two shadowy figures in the darkness. One tied something around my mouth so I couldn't scream, and the other figure held up what looked like a gun. The figure pulled a trigger, and I prepared to die. Luckily, all it fired was this sticky stuff that hardened on contact with my skin. Like some sort of space rope... Then a thought occured to me: the figures obviously weren't human. One looked like she had horns and pink eyes, while the other had dark blue eyes and antenna... I recognized the second figure: it was Rae. The first figure (that for some reason reminded me of a goat) shoved a sack over my head. I felt myself being dragged, while Rae and the other figure whispered something I couldn't make out. Then I heard Rae laugh maniacally. It was creepy...
A few minutes passed, and then the goat person untied the sack, ripped the bandanna off of my mouth, and threw me in some sort of glass box. The alien had grey skin, and horns that curled backwards that were a lighter shade of grey. She wore elbow-length black gloves, black pants, and a dark grey shirt. Across the room, Rae grinned wickedly. "Great work. You're pretty cool for a Vortian, I guess."
Vortians, Irkens... What next? "Rae... Why? And who's that?" I demanded, tilting my head in the Vortian's direction.
"Oh, her? That's Haze," Rae said. "BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT, HUMAN."
Haze waved. "Hi! And I am important! I just dragged a human-"
"SILENCE!"
"...Why am I here?" I asked.
"Oh, I brought you here to get my revenge," Rae said. She seemed so... unlike Rae. The Rae I knew was a cheerful idiot. This Rae... this was not the Rae I knew. "Revenge? What'd I do?" I asked, confused.
"She claims she was your 'sidekick,'" Haze said.
"You never appeciated me," Rae hissed.
"Rae, what are you talking about? Of course I appreciated you!" I objected. "YOU'RE LYING! Now... now I'll turn you Irken!"
I shook my head. "No. No, no, no. Look, there must be a malfunction in your PAK... that is what controls your personality, right?"
"Yes, yes it is. BUT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THAT."
"But you just told me..."
"...LIES." The Vortian- Haze- interrupted our conversation. "I WAS FROZEN TODAY. Now shut up."
"...Why are you here, again?" Rae asked.
"Ship crashed," Haze said, shrugging. "Can't leave until it's fixed."
"...Right..."
"Wait, why am I working for you?" Haze muttered, but Rae had already returned her attention to me. "Fool! Now, I will- wait, wha?" Rae said as the door to my cage opened.
Haze had pressed a button, and I could tell she was questioning why she had made the stupid decision of helping Rae. I was confused, but took my chance and ran. After a few minutes of running, I ran inside, locked everything in sight, and collapsed on my bed. I drifted off into sleep...
~~ It was dark. The only light was coming from a flickering lamp in the corner of the room. I could hear whispering... As I got closer, I could make out the shadows of Rae and Haze.
"Man, what's wrong with me...?" Rae whispered. "Did I seriously kidnap Marina?"
"Yeah," Haze said. "Crap, I bet she hate's me now..."
"Probably."
"I'M GONNA GO APOLOGIZE." With that, Rae skipped out the door.
~~ I awoke when I felt someone poking my arm. I sleepily opened one eye, and yelped. "Rae?" My dream had been true?
"Rina! I'M SO SORRY! I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!" "Erm... okay?" Bipolar much?
Rae tackled me with a hug. "Can't... breathe..."
"THEN OPEN YOUR EYES."
"Eyes... aren't... lungs!" I gasped.
"...Oh. I THOUGHT YOU BREATHED WITH YOUR EYES!" Rae let go, and sat on my bed. I sighed. "I'm going to find a way to fix you..."
"...But there's nothing wrong with me..."