In this chapter, there's going to be an alien abduction! You can probably tell who the abductee is. We're also going to learn more about Eris. I think I'll include her in future chapters.
Of course, I'd like to read your reviews.
Chapter 4: Abduction
Eris woke up from her nap, letting out a yawn.
"That was a good nap..." noted Eris. She could get used to sleeping in that closet. Of course, her room on the home planet was much more spacious, though she didn't think she needed so many luxuries.
She stretched out her arms.
She then decided to leave Martin's closet. Why not explore Earth a bit more? She might as well since she was on a different planet. It was bigger than hers was.
However, when she left the closet, she found that Martin was nowhere to be found. It seemed that he had left his room for the time being.
It would have been nice if Martin had told her where he was going. That would make finding him a whole lot easier.
"Huh? Where did Martin go?" inquired Eris. Wasn't he supposed to be keeping her safe? Hopefully the Center hadn't picked the wrong agent for the mission.
Still, at least it wasn't someone she was frightened of like Billy. Had he really changed his ways?
She wondered where Martin had gone.
Well, she might as well start looking.
She decided to look around the school. Chances are she could find Martin there.
"Hmm...where could he be?" inquired Eris. Was he hiding?
Surely he was around Torrington Academy somewhere. She was under the impression that he wouldn't go far. MOM would be disappointed with him if he ended up failing the mission.
Still, there was no sign of the space thieves, so that was good. It seemed that they were unaware of her location.
She began to search for Martin.
On the way there, she decided to eat at the cafeteria. Humans had rather interesting foods to eat. Fortunately, even though she was rather from another planet, none of it was poisonous to her.
"Martin, where are you?" inquired Eris.
She decided to ask Jenni.
"Have you seen him?" questioned the alien.
"He ran out of the school in a huff. Says that his English teacher was mad at him about something...did he forget to do his homework?" asked Jenni.
"Thanks." answered Eris.
Eris stepped outside to search for Martin.
She found him on the roof. What exactly he was doing up there, she wasn't quite sure.
"There you are!" exclaimed Eris.
Martin jumped in surprise.
He then looked down.
"Whoa! I thought you were my teacher!" shouted the blonde. Fortunately, she was not.
"Hello?" inquired the alien.
"Hey..." said Martin.
"What are you doing up there?" asked the alien.
"My English teacher's looking for me...says that I'm in big trouble. I guess I shouldn't have looked at Diana's test answers in class..." said Martin. If she didn't want him copying off of Diana, why did she have them sit together? Was it because they were stepsiblings?
Suddenly. Eris began to fly.
"Huh?" inquired the teenage boy. How exactly was Eris defying gravity?
Eris proceeded to sit next to him.
"I have to admit, there's a nice view from up here..." noted Eris. She could see the statue of their school founder.
"Wait...you can fly?" inquired Martin.
"Is that something that humans can't do?" inquired the Martian. She was still learning about her planetary neighbors.
"We can...if we use a plane." answered the blonde.
At that very moment, Martin's English teacher spotted him.
"Uh-oh!" exclaimed Martin.
"There you are! You have detention, mister!" shouted Martin's English teacher, Miss Capulet. Her hands were on her ribs.
"I guess that serves me right for cheating..." stated Martin. How exactly did she find out that he was cheating on a test, anyway? Were there cameras in the classroom?
Martin made his way back to the entrance of the school and went to talk things over with his teacher.
"I wonder how Diana and Java are doing..." questioned Eris.
She decided to go visit Diana and Java.
Currently, they were in the library. Java was putting some books on a shelf. He liked being helpful towards the school. Of course, it had taken some time for him to learn where all the books went. They were in alphabetical order.
"All done!" exclaimed Java.
He then picked up a mop and a bucket and went to work cleaning the floor, whistling as he did so. He really loved his job.
Diana spotted Eris.
"Hey, Eris." said Diana.
"Hey, Diana. Martin got detention..." answered Eris. Seems that Martin was a bit of a troublemaker.
"I had a feeling he was looking at my answers...can't he just read his English book like everyone else? I don't think it was even a hard test..." remarked Diana.
Eris wondered that herself.
Suddenly, the bookcase began to fall...and it was heading straight towards Diana.
"Oh no!" shouted Java.
"Aah!" exclaimed the brunette.
Eris quickly pushed against the bookcase so Diana didn't get crushed.
She then returned it to its normal position.
"Wow! You're really strong!" exclaimed Diana. For a princess that was innocent-looking as she was, Eris was quite strong.
"Thanks." answered Eris. It was a good thing that Diana wasn't hurt. She was Martin's stepsister after all, though Eris was under the impression that they usually didn't get along. Sometimes stepsiblings could be really different.
Of course, she was an only child so she didn't know from experience.
Diana then noticed that several books had fallen from the shelves.
"Darn. I guess Java's going to have to put those books back on the shelves a-" stated Diana.
Before Diana had finished that sentence, Eris had put the books back on their shelves.
"I'm done!" exclaimed Eris.
"You're really fast too! Have you considered working here?" asked the teenage human. She was sure that the librarian would appreciate the help.
"I'm more interesting on learning more about Earth, though I like to help whenever I can." answered Eris. Still, her father probably wanted her to return to Mars once he was sure that she was safe.
Java was still mopping the floor, humming to himself.
"Let me know if you need anything." said Diana.
Eris nodded. Apparently, she was much stronger and faster than a normal human being.
Hopefully that would keep her safe in case some crazy human scientist wanted to experiment on her.
A short while later...
Martin and Diana walked away from school. Martin was unhappy about his situation.
"I can't believe Miss Capulet gave me a detention..." said Martin. So much for hanging out with his friends at the mall.
"Hey, that wouldn't have happened to you if you didn't choose to cheat." stated Diana.
"I didn't study! What else was I supposed to do?" asked the blonde. He didn't want to get a bad grade. His father wouldn't be happy with him if he didn't do well at school.
"Cheaters never prosper." spoke Diana.
Martin rolled his eyes. How typical for his sister to say something like that.
Little did he know that at that very moment, the two were being monitored.
"Is this our target?" inquired Bantito. He certainly looked like the boy whose profile they had discovered. Of course, there was another boy working at the Center who happened to look like him, so hopefully they hadn't selected the wrong human.
"Yes. That's him. Activate the tractor beam." answered Snatcha.
"Got it, boss!" exclaimed Mugga, pressing a button.
Suddenly, a green light appeared, surrounding Martin.
"Martin, why are you glowing?" asked Diana.
"Huh?" inquired Martin.
Shortly afterwards, Martin began to float away.
"Aah!" screamed Martin.
Diana gasped. What was pulling Martin into the sky?
She looked up, and noticed a black spaceship.
Diana screamed.
"Diana...help! I'll never cheat on an English test again if you do!" exclaimed Martin.
Diana attempted to grab onto Martin's arm, but he continued to head towards the spaceship. Diana had to let go to make sure she didn't end up being abducted too.
"Diana!" shouted Martin.
"Martin!" exclaimed Diana.
Eventually, the spaceship pulled Martin inside, and it flew away.
Still shocked at what she had seen, Diana realized what she had to do.
"I must tell MOM immediately!" exclaimed Diana.
In the process, Martin had left his U-Watch behind.
"Well, that's rather convenient for me, isn't it?" inquired the teenage girl. Sometimes she wondered why Martin had been given the U-Watch instead of her. Martin had a habit of sabotaging MOM's projects.
She used the U-Watch to contact MOM.
"Hello?" inquired Diana.
"Yes, Diana? I'm currently investigating an unauthorized entry into our database..." answered MOM. Someone must have been trying to learn about all their secrets.
"It's Martin! He's been abducted by aliens!" exclaimed Martin's stepsister.
"He has? This isn't good. Although, I'm curious as to why Martin has been abducted instead of our alien princess." said MOM. Were the aliens planning to experiment on him?
"We have to rescue him as soon as possible! Who else am I going to squabble with?" asked Diana.
"We'll work on locating that spaceship as soon as we can. For now, make sure that Eris is safe. If those are the same aliens that are searching for the princess, chances are she could be next." informed MOM.
Diana sighed in relief. Hopefully Martin would get rescued soon. As much as they squabbled, she simply couldn't imagine life without him.
Meanwhile...
"Albert, I have a mission for you. We need you to find the black spaceship that abducted Martin Mystery, one of our agents." said MOM.
Albert nodded.
"Stella, can you help? I'll bring Sylvia..." nodded Stella.
Stella nodded.
Albert quickly summoned Sylvia.
Together, they went to where Martin was abducted.
However, all they found were green marks on the sidewalk.
"Darn...I wonder why we can't find the spaceship..." said Albert.
"Maybe it has a cloaking device so it won't be discovered by humans...we have something similar at my school." stated Stella.
"That's a good idea. But how do we decloak the spaceship?" inquired the teenage boy. He hadn't encountered a UFO before so he wasn't quite sure.
Sylvia had an idea.
"Perhaps I can use my heat vision..." said Sylvia.
"That's a good idea!" exclaimed Albert. Perhaps finding the spaceship wouldn't be as difficult as they thought.
Sylvia nodded and scanned the sky with the heat vision.
Sure enough, she found the spaceship.
"Good job, Sylvia!" exclaimed Albert.
"I guess we should tell the Center now..." said Stella. Personally she thought it would be cool to fly around in a spaceship. Of course, she would have to ask Billy for permission if she wanted to use his. She would also have to be careful not to be spotted by humans. Otherwise they would probably shoot it down or something.
On the spaceship...
Martin was strapped to an operating table, wondering what was going on.
Two of the aliens approached him.
"Um, is there a particular reason you abducted me?" inquired Martin. Were they offended by his comic books like Eris was? He could try reading a comic that was more respectful towards extraterrestrials.
"Our boss wants a word with you." answered Bantito.
At that very moment, Snatcha approached him.
"Whoa! Someone's looking fine today!" exclaimed Martin.
Snatcha blushed.
She then pulled out a picture of Eris.
"You probably know who we're looking for..." said Snatcha.
"Eris?" inquired Martin.
"Is that what you call her? I have a hard time pronouncing her name myself...Martians and their tongues..." questioned the leader of the space thieves.
Martin nodded.
"We would really like to know where she is...we know that she's somewhere on this planet...but we decided that we needed a Center agent's help in order to look for her..." stated Snatcha.
"I can't tell you that! You'll abduct her and then hold her for ransom!" exclaimed Martin.
"Aww...don't tell me that you would let a pretty girl down..." answered the white-haired lady.
"Uh-oh..." thought the blonde. It looked like Snatcha was taking advantage of his liking for pretty girls.
"I'm not letting a pretty lady down! Who do you think I'm guarding?" asked Martin.
Snatcha began to cry.
Martin was tempted to tell Snatcha where Eris was, but he stood his ground.
"I'm still not telling." answered Martin.
"You're no fun..." said the leader of the space thieves.
"Must...resist...urge...to...talk..." thought the teenage boy. Snatcha wasn't making this easy.
"Oh wait. I just remembered! I don't need to interrogate you! I have a brain extraction machine!" exclaimed Snatcha.
"A brain extraction machine?" inquired Martin.
Snatcha picked up the brain extraction machine (which resembled a helmet) and placed it on top of Martin's head.
"Let's have a look at your memories today, shall we?" questioned Snatcha.
Martin gulped.
Snatcha placed the brain extraction machine on his head.
She then began to extract his memories from today.
"Ugh...my head..." murmured Martin.
Eventually, the process was complete.
"Ah-ha! It seems that the alien is at Torrington Academy...which isn't far from here according to our Galaxy Positioning System...GPS for short." said Snatcha.
"Uh-oh..." thought Martin.
"Should we dispose of the human now?" asked Bantito.
"Not yet...I feel like we could learn information about the Center from him. It's good to get to know your enemies..." remarked Snatcha.
"I think she likes me!" thought Martin to himself.
Meanwhile...
Diana approached Eris.
Eris noted that she had a frightened expression.
"What's the matter?" asked Eris.
"Martin got abducted by aliens!" exclaimed Diana.
"What? But why him instead of me?" inquired Eris.
"I'm not sure..." answered Diana.
Suddenly, Diana received another message from MOM.
"I'm afraid we have some more bad news. The black spaceship you mentioned is heading towards Torrington Academy. Thanks to the efforts of some of our agents, we've managed to determine the location of the spacecraft." said MOM.
"What?!" exclaimed Diana.
"It seems that they've somehow managed to make Martin tell them where the alien princess was. No doubt they'll be searching for her shortly." stated the woman.
Diana now understood why the aliens wanted to abduct Martin.
"What about Martin?" inquired the brunette.
"We'll have to find a way to rescue him from that spaceship. For now, we need to keep the alien princess safe. Java can help you with that." spoke MOM.
Diana nodded. Wouldn't want Eris to get abducted.
Quickly, she went to fetch Java to make sure Eris would be safe.
Of course, given the fact that Eris had impressive physical strength and agility, she wondered if she could fend for herself.
Well, she wasn't going to take any chances. The more help they had, the better.
She just hoped that Martin was alright.
In the next chapter, the aliens are going after Eris. Can Diana and Java keep her safe? And can they possibly defeat the aliens?