Ch. 2
"Stay away from me!" she said.
The human stood there for a second, his eyes widening with realization.
"You.. you're a creeper, aren't you?"
She stared at him in surprise. He actually guessed what she was. In one question, to.
"How… how did you know?"
The man sighed.
"Well, first of all, you're wearing a hoodie with a creeper design. Last time I checked, you had to custom make those yourself, which is very difficult. Second, The whole mine knows for a fact that, farther down that tunnel, the mine ends and creeper territory begins."
She looked at him in amazement.
"So, you know all about us?"
"Not the whole mine. Just the boss man and a select few. And probably not much now given that you're here."
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean, is, from what the Grand Council told us, you don't throw out your own. Or change them into humans for that matter."
"Is there another reason I can't be a creeper?"
"It's impossible for civilians to get inside the mines, and, unless you're a new worker, I don't know you. So, answer my question. Are you a creeper/"
'Sob'"Yes, I'm a monster."
"WOAH woah woah, I never said monster. Why would I say that?"
"You mean you don't think I'm a monster?"
"No, like I said, I was one of the people who meet with the Great Council."
"You did?"
"They never told you?"
"No, they didn't."
'Guard in the distance'"Hey, what's going on?"
"Crap. Can you walk?"
"I… I think so."
Cupa tried to stand up... and fell down.
"Aw fraq. Hurry up, wrap your arms around my neck."
"Why?"
"What do you think? I'm getting us out of here. Hang on."
As he stood up, she felt his broad shoulders rippling, and barely felt a thing as he ran from the guards.
"Where are we going?"
"My dorm, possibly the only safe place for you at the moment."
"Your dorm?"
"Personal room."
"Oh. I'm just… so… sleepy…"
The night had taken it's toll on her. As he carried her away, everything went black.
She woke up on something soft. She was under another soft thing. It was red and comfy. She looked around and was wondering were she was. Then she remembered the events of last night. Christian, his stupid staff, the Grand Council, and the human. Speaking of him, were was he?
She looked around a saw him sitting in front of a weird light box, His fingers moving on a weird board thing making clicking sounds.
She sat up. As she sat up the blanket slid off of her.
He looked over.
"Ah, you're up. I've got a friend coming over with some clothes for you."
"Clothes?"
"Yeah, like what you had on last night. Except for your whole body."
"All of it?"
"Well, yes… except possibly the face. The rest of the head, though, depends on what she brings."
"Who?"
"Taylor, a friend from a while back."
'Knock knock knock'
"Ah, that must be her now"
As he opened the door, she snuck a peek at the visitor. She had a slender body, mid-length brown hair, and green colored eyes.
"I hope this is important, Ian. You know I have a business to run."
"I know, but his is really important."
"Alright, then. What is it?"
He stepped aside and gestured inside. She stepped in, looked around, and gasped when she saw Cupa.
"Who… who is she?"
"Well… I don't know because in the short time span we've known each other."
"How long is that?"
"Umm, about six-to-seven hours."
"Where did you find her, in some bar somewhere?"
"No. Wait, why would you think that? You know I'm not that kind of man."
"Then where did you find her?"
"Actually, I found her in the tunnels."
"The tunnels?"
"Yes, I did. And to top it all off, she's a creeper."
"A… what?"
"Yes, I said creeper."
"But how?"
"I have no idea. Why don't we introduce ourselves."
Chloe shuffled back as they approached. The man,she assumed his name was Ian from what they had said. Taylor put her hand out.
"Hello, I'm Taylor. And who might you just be?"
"C-Chloe, my name is Chloe."
"Well hello Chloe, nice to meet you."
Next Ian spoke.
"And my name's Ian. Now, I assume that Taylor brought the clothes?"
He turned around and looked at Taylor. She stood there for a second, as if in a daze, and dug into her bag, pulling out a bunch of clothes.
"Here, lets go see which of these fit."
As Taylor helped her up, Ian walked towards the door.
"I'm just going to wait outside."
"Why?" asked Chloe.
"Because when a woman goes to change her clothes, the gentlemanly thing to do is to wait patiently outside and make sure no one else tries to get in."
"Oh"
As he closed the door, Taylor clapped her hands together.
"Alright, lets get started."