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Upon seeing the flowers in the vase, Tania turned to the alien with wondering eyes, only to see the space in front of her empty and the shack door closing. She pointed her flashlight to the direction of the skittering noise she'd heard and found the cloaked alien flicking on a light switch.
Tania clicked her flashlight off and stuffed it back in her jacket, hurrying over to her savior. He motioned for her to move back but she only blocked his path when he tried to move.
"E-excuse me, where did you get those flowers?" the creature moved his way around her, made his way to a wooden counter, and took off his cloak; revealing his slender, insect like form, and the brown vest he wore. The cloak was hung on a nearby coat rack, and the alien started grabbing objects on the counter, pouring water from a metal pitcher in two cups he had pulled out of the cupboard, along with some tea leaves.
Tania shook her head, "Are you listening to me?" she questioned, "I need to find my husband."
The alien froze, and an antenna twitched.
"His name is Wikus," she said.
"I know who he is," came the clicking response of the creature. Tania smiled with relief and happiness, eager to finally see how her husband is doing, but her smile disappeared and the expression on her face turned to confusion when the alien stood frozen by the counter, unmoving. She decided to ask another question, when the creature continued whatever he was doing, and turned to her, handing the cup of tea he had prepared for her. Tania shook her head politely, and he set the two cups on a small round table; taking a seat on an old wooden chair and holding his cup of tea with both claws.
Tania moved closer, and eventually took a seat on the spare chair across the sitting alien. She looked down to her lap, thinking if she should discuss her matter further. It was clear that this alien sitting in front of her knew of her husband and his whereabouts, but was avoiding most of her questions. Maybe if she tried a different approach?
She looked back up to the creature, and asked, "Do you have a family?"
His first response was a wince, but the alien clicked, "Just a wife."
Tania sent him a small smile, "She must be beautiful."
She could see that he was very uncomfortable, and he hasn't made eye contact with her ever since she's been staring at him. She decided to move onto another topic, and a sudden response came. "She's beautiful, just like an angel."
"My husband and yourself can relate," Tania said and stared at her cup of tea. It wasn't as warm anymore, but she finally decided to give it a try, and in amazement it tasted like what Wikus would make when she was feeling ill.
Then it struck her. This alien in front of her; very secretive, and shy that he is, his comments reminded her of Wikus; especially the tea he had offered her, and the creature said he knew Wikus? In what way, exactly? The flowers were the ones that caught that her attention the most, it's almost as if this creature was her husband.
No, it couldn't be.
Tania shook her head; there's probably something in the tea she's drunk. She turned back to the alien, but before she could respond he had beaten her to it.
"Do you have a picture of your husband?" he asked, finally making eye contact with her. She nodded and reached into her jean pocket. When she looked up he was handing her a small slip of paper, no, it was also a photo, and it was vaguely familiar.
They exchanged, almost cautiously, and the alien just set her part of the photo down. He didn't need to see it, and she knew exactly why when she saw her face in the photo he had exchanged.
Tania gasped with tears in the corner of her eyes, and covered her mouth when she saw her single wedding day photo.
The alien clicked, "Her name is Tania."
"WIKUS YOU SON OF A-a--A IT'S HER!"
It all happened so quickly that Wikus or his wife Tania could respond quickly enough. There was another alien at the door, the bastard known as Ross Lennox; who had tried to harass the female human was shocked to see the woman in his friend's shack. He knew very well that Wikus would help humans that trespassed or those who got 'lost' in District 10, but he predicted that his friend would've gotten rid of the female a long while ago. Guess he was wrong.
Ross, or, as he likes to be referred to, Lennox was furious. He was not the typical 'bastard rapist' but he was a bastard all the way, and despised humans very much; the only reason why he would do such a thing, like harassment to Tania.
Barging into the home of Wikus Van De Merwe, he quickly threw the female off her chair after giving the seat she was on a hard kick to the side. Tania had not expected such a powerful kick from the alien, but she crashed into the wooden floor off the shack with a hard thud, and she cried out.
"T-tania!" Wikus cried, horrified to see what has happened to his wife. He turned to the immature Ross Lennox, "Why did you do that?!"
"She is a human! If you'd like, I'll shoot her for you." Lennox quickly pulled out an arc gun, which made Wikus panic and become furious at the other alien in front of him. He snatched the gun away, and as Tania slowly recovered from her spot on the floor, he snapped furiously at the other alien.
"I'll shoot your balls off, that's what I'll do!" Wikus snapped, "She's my wife!"
Lennox's eyes widened and he backed out of the house, the light blue markings on his body glowing in the moonlight, and his hands raised, "That fleshy creature is your wife?"
"She is not a fleshy creature; she is a normal human being." glared the ex-MNU field officer. Lennox gurgled, then tried to keep himself from laughing.
"You could've at least warned me your wife was visiting." the alien said, and Wikus sighed, "I didn't know she was coming, and you're a son of a bitch, you know? Sneaking up on her like that, 'pretending' you were going to harass her just to scare her away." Wikus made his way over to Tania, helping her up and walking her over to his bed. She sat down and rubbed her shoulder, obviously from pain.
Lennox clicked to Wikus, "In apologizes for my actions, I can give her a massage."
Tania shook her head, "No, no thank you." and closed her eyes to try and rid of the pain in her back.
Wikus glanced at her worriedly, "It'll be fine Tania, he won't hurt you."
The blue marked alien was already beside Tania, gently, carefully massaging her shoulders. If anything to Tania, it actually felt relaxing, but she was still uncomfortable around this 'Lennox' creature. He nearly killed her trying to 'rape' her when he was actually pretending, and he almost broke her arm when he kicked her chair.
She heard Wikus making some more tea, and it brought her back into reality out of her thoughts. She had found her husband; however not how she expected to find him, an alien. All she knew was her father had told her that he had been very ill, and then later found out he was turning into one of the alien creatures. Tania didn't think it would be this bad, and now that her husband is a full fledged alien; is it permanent?
But instead of asking wether his transformation was permanent or not, she felt tears in her eyes and asked, "Why didn't you come back?"
She heard a teaspoon fall, and she choked up a sob, "I was waiting for you, baby."
Then she was crying, hard, and Lennox had moved away worriedly to give her space.
"I was afraid..." was Wikus' response, "I was afraid that you wouldn't accept me, and I thought that... baby it's the past, please, don't cry." he soothed, rubbing her shoulders after he had made his way over.
She looked up at him, blue eyes glistening with tears, "What do you mean I wouldn't accept you?" she sobbed, and she leaned into him, into his shoulder where she cried, "Baby I waited for you, and you promised."
"I... I'll be outside," Lennox said, and quietly slipped out of his friend's shack.
Wikus hugged her tightly; he didn't like seeing Tania cry, and he didn't like putting her through pain and sadness, "I... I know Tania, it's just that... baby just... just please, stop crying. I'm here, we're together again."
Together again, at last.
Tania cried her self to sleep that night, but Wikus was there, comforting her, never leaving her side; except for when he stood up to turn off the lights, and thank Lennox for giving them some privacy.
He came back, and wrapped his arms around her, and together, they slept, with Wikus' antenna twitching in the moonlight.
Bleh, I think it was a little too mushy!