"Why are they here? What do that want?" I shut my mouth before I voice the million other questions in my head at this very moment. Like, Do they look like the aliens in the movies? What planet are they from? Are they deadly? But in my mind, only asking why and what are the only real requirements here.
"That's what I'm going to find out." He fixes his coat and stands up straighter with what I would call fake confidence to make me feel better. "You stay here, I'll go see what that lot is up to."
"I'm not just going to sit here when I could meet my first real alien!" He raises one eyebrow at me and a blush gently covers my cheeks. "Second alien... But still! There is a real space ship over there, with real alien looking aliens and you're telling me to sit and wait?"
"I am telling you to stay out of sight. We don't know what they want yet, and it's likely you wouldn't be able to understand a word they say. It's better to just stay here." He says. I cross my arms childishly and groan.
"Fine. I'll sit here and wait for the man to save the day, but if you don't come back in five minutes I'm going over there with my nonexistent kung fu skills, and I'll take them all out."
The amusement spread across his face easily increases my blushing to the point I can't wait for him to get away so I can feel like a normal person again, but at the same time my thoughts wish wildly I was following right beside him. He takes a few steps towards the danger before turning around suddenly, his face is full of concern but he looks like he feels awkward as he mutters the words "If anything happens, stay out of sight, signal me, do anything you can to make sure that they don't see you."
"Aye Aye Sir." I mutter sarcastically, just loud enough for him to hear. Now, I'm used to following orders without question. I grew up with a semi strict foster father who made sure we did what we were told. But all my mind was telling me as The Doctor told me to stay put, was someone shielding me from adventure. So obviously as soon as he is out of sight I crouch down and walk forward behind some bushes to catch up with him.
Out of sight of The Doctor and Earths new invaders, I manage to loop around any line of view they could have of me, sitting on my knees behind the bushes so I can hear their conversation and take in the features of the monsters before me. They're standing in the middle of the town's main crossroads, with The Doctor facing three nine foot giants with arms as round and large as barrels. Even so, their long legs seem to threaten they can catch up with him if he even dared to run from them.
They suddenly use a light beam to bring down technology way beyond Earths years, the beam lands a small distance away from my hiding spot, scattering important looking objects before me, all I would have to do is dash forward a few paces and I could mess around with the tempting items. Though, the common sense I grew up with helps me to strongly resist this childish act.
The Doctor's voice travels along the crossroads clearly as his unimpressed tone shows the invaders exactly what he thinks of the situation. "What are simple bounty hunters like you doing on a level five planet using illegal Suspension devices? I'm warning you. I'll give you one chance to explain yourself before I contact the Shadow Proclamation and have them deal with you. So make it good."
A loud hissing noise erupts from the middle invaders mouth that is extremely unpleasant to listen to, even so, words seem to make sense from the nonsense hissing the monster makes. Instead of questioning this, maybe I should just eavesdrop.
"We have no interest in you, Time Lord." Although it's hard to tell tones of voice from the incessant hissing I would guess the emphasis on 'Time Lord' means they aren't the best of buddies. There's certainly a lot of hope for mankind right now... "Our device causes no harm to the inhabitants of this planet, we seek an intruder on this land from a world light-years away. She shall be the only female on earth still able to move."
"And what plans do you have for this intruder? I'm guessing by your weapons they are violent plans. If you have any ideas about harming anyone in this town, I will stop you."
"Your threats are pointless Time Lord. We cannot leave without the package we seek. Your sonic device alerted us to her immediate position just moments ago. We will find The child of Rebellion." If I'm not mistaken, he said her. These aliens are looking for someone not from earth, who is definitely female, who was scanned by a sonic screwdriver not long ago.
I'm guessing its probably me.
Doesn't really take a genius to figure that out, but what is so important about me? I'm just a high school graduate who knows nothing about her real past. Now they're hunting me like an animal, calling me a package that must be found.
Now as a child I was always convinced that out of every available human on earth, I was the one that would be abducted by aliens. I used to sleep with a blanket wrapped around me so tightly that, in my opinion, the blanket would protect me from anything. Because sure, an Alien has travelled across the galaxy, ignored all other children and found the exact person they want only to be deterred by fabric. Sounds realistic.
Now that childhood nightmare is true, like another story I made up coming to life.
But why call me the child of rebellion? I'm anything but rebellious. I'm pretty sure the most rebellious thing I have done in my entire life was sneak out of my room at night to watch reruns of Kim Possible.
Suddenly The Doctor's concerns switch from the main topic of the aliens evil plan, to the realization I am hiding (badly) in the bushes directly behind them. Who knew that peeking my head out just for a second while deep in thought could end up so badly. Luckily I duck down as the invaders turn around to see what The Doctor is looking at. For bounty hunters, those things are pretty slow.
"Nice collection you have back there. But it doesn't look entirely peaceful. Miniaturization rays and air tight cylinders. I wonder what you could do with those? Maybe... suffocate people in your way while they're too small to react?" The Doctor mutters
"We shall take no chances. The child of rebellion is said to have a charming tongue. She can manipulate powerful beings to fight for her, as you are now. Those devices are precautions." The toneless hissing sends chills down my spine. Whoever this child is, it can't be me, can it? I'm about as charming as a sponge.
"I'd like to know where you're getting your information from. Sounds like they have been misinforming you." The Doctor wanders towards them, starting to study the armour covering their bodies. "What's that then, a voice activated teleportation device? I'm going to take a guess here and say that is the real reason you can't leave without the girl."
"As soon as the package says her name to us, our ship is set to teleport anyone within a ten foot radius there, which will automatically take us all home without fail." I wonder how smart these aliens really are. Their arms look too large to pilot any kind of vehicle, and they seem very dumbfounded about how to deal with The Doctor as their equipment stands meters away.
"Of course! Your brain capacity can only handle the art of kidnapping and murder, not the ability of space travel. I bet you wouldn't even be able to push all the red buttons on that miniaturization ray, causing a power surge through all of your equipment." Along with his words The Doctor looks at me with a glint in his eyes like he's trying to send a message in my direction. After a few moments his brilliant idea clicks in my head, or at least what I think his idea is.
"You are speaking nonsense Time Lord." The main alien snarls, finally having a tone added to his voice sounding completely angered. I take the advantage given to me by The Doctor and sneak out of the bushes to the closest machine, preparing for the element of surprise.
"No. Actually, I wasn't even talking to you." A grin spreads across The Doctor's face as he pointedly turns his attention to me. "I was speaking to her."
The Aliens turn to face me, their expression is one of pure horror as they realise I must be the 'package' they want, for one moment I feel all powerful as I start pressing buttons randomly. With one red button left I send the creepy aliens a smirk.
"I wonder what this button does."
At this point I really really really want to get off earth. This first adventure is almost done, but don't worry, once they leave earth the real fun begins. (I mean in this whole story, in no way do I mean this story is almost over)