I was not sure how long we've been falling but the last thing we woke up, we landed on some sort of metallic floor. I opened up my eyes, moaning and so did the rest of my sisters. What was the last thing we escaped from? I think it must be Yoruhi who tried to kill us, hook us up to that horrible machine and drain our blood. I slowly climbed to my feet, hands still cuffed behind my back as the others regained consciousness. We were all alive but we were not sure where we landed.
"A good thing that we survived," said Tomoka, wearily.
"What else should we be worrying about?" Shira asked.
"That."
We looked over and we were shocked to see that we're in some kind of futuristic city. There are colorful buildings that I could see, strange yokai beings. They don't look like yokai, they are human and sometimes animal. I know it does look like a city, seen by landscape and other towns, but not like this.
"What is this place?" Tomoka wondered as Reika looked around.
"I have no idea," said Shira. "But we're in danger."
And yet, we were being surrounded by what appeared to be aliens, aiming their blasters at us. Were they police? I bet they really are.
"Shira, what can we do?" Tomoka asked.
"Transform!" Shira blurred out. We tried but nothing had happened. Our dresses haven't formed, our hair has not magically came to life, and our powers are not active.
"We can't transform," I whimpered. "Any more ideas?"
"Run!" Shira called out, leading the way. We began to follow her down the strange streets and leaping down from platform to platform. We were out of breath and with our cuffs still chained, we couldn't get away from the alien police.
"We can't run forever!" I cried, panting. "This wasn't the yokai world."
"Quick! Over here!" We stopped, hearing a voice coming from somewhere. We looked over. There was a silver robot with two glowing blue eyes, motioning us to come over. We followed her. Once we were safe, we took a moment to take a nice breath of relief before we took a look at the robot.
"Thanks," Shira said. "We barely got away from those strange yokai."
"It was no problem," the robot beamed, "But you guys looked cuffed. Stand still." Using her laser located on her arm, she melted the cuffs off our hands, freeing us. The cuffs fell off our hands and we can move them again.
"Thanks so much!" I sighed. "So good to move my hands again."
"But we're not on earth," Tomoka said. "Where the heck are we?!"
"Calm down, young ones. I am known as Mechchan," the robot introduced herself. "I was once a robotic assistant to a group of aliens until a very hostile group called the Okimas attacked the labs. The lab was caught on fire and everyone began to run away. I managed to escape but now I am a wanted criminal because rumors say that I destroyed the lab and went haywire."
"Oh, carp tails," Tomoka gasped. "That is so sad. But where are we? This doesn't look like the yokai world to me."
"You are in Ukia, No terran being is allowed but it was filled with strange creatures."
"Yokai?" I guessed.
"No. Aliens."
Aliens? I never heard of aliens before. Tomoka had told me they are extraterrestrial beings who live in space and have different colored skins, tentacles, another head, and different eyes. Suddenly, Shira gasped.
"Oh, no! Rin! She's still trapped on earth with Shadowside. We had to go back and rescue her!" Reika nodded her head in agreement.
"We can't transform because without Rin, we will never turn into magical girls," I replied.
"Rin never told us about that," Tomoka said. "When we got separated, we somehow transported to a strange alien planet unlike the yokai world and human world."
"Anyway," my oldest sister continued, "can you help us find a way to get out of here? We really need to rescue Rin."
"Of course I can, but first things first. To communicate with aliens, I have these four necklaces so you can hear their alien language." She pulled out what appears to be silver necklaces with blue orbs. "The scientists made them so those who can't understand alien language can hear what they are saying," We take them and began to wrap them around their necks. It had fit perfectly,
"Now that you're necklaces are on, there is one more thing to add," the robot beeped. She pulled out from her robot stomach to reveal blue robes. I was impressed and I could not tell that this alien robe was perfect.
"These robes will help keep your identity hidden well," said Mechchan. "We need to get to the portal station which is far away in the galaxy. That we can get to the portal." She turned and waved a hand to motion us to come. "Let's go then. We will find a inn so you girls can relax and you can get to your friend."
"Thanks so much, Mech," Shira thanked her. "That would be so easy for us to get back to C.L.I before that lady would do something bad to her.
"That is horrible," she gasped. "Well, no time to dilly dally. We'll have to head to the train station in the morning," said Mechchan. She began to lead the way, allowing us to give us the tour around Ukia.
We began to look around to see that this place is so amazing. I can't imagine what strange stores they have. There was an alien toy store, a peculiar mirror house where you see your own reflection but with different alien clothes, an alien candy store, aquarium, alien nursery. It was so weird, almost that we're in the future and aliens work like people.
By now, Mechchan had told us that she found an alien inn for us to sleep for the night. She picked out a room for us to sleep and she will have to get tickets for our train. Our room had a fish take filled with peculiar amoeba and sea sponge with bubbles on their heads and a circular bed. It had a view of the alien city, and a vending machine for drinks. How cool it is, so futuristic and so lively.
"We should be able to wait a while once we break into the portal station," said Shira. "And once we head there, we'll save Rin and stop Shadowside."
I began to pull out a drink that looks like a baby bottle filled with a strange purple substance, alien juice I think. And it had these strange boba things in it. Berries, maybe? "Who knows how long?"
"I wonder if the Okima will attack us?" Tomoka asked, concerned, "I know Mechchan warned them about those invaders but there is a scout ship that will lead us to the portal station."
"That is true," said Shira as Reika laid onto her belly on the bed. "We'll be prepared until we save Rin. Once we save her, we will stop Shadowside and her plan."
The next day after we left the inn, we took a short ride on the alien expressway to the Ukian train station. Mechchan told us that we need to find a station that will take us to the portal station and we all need to be careful around other aliens.
"We should be able to find the scout ship that will take us to the portal station," said Mechchan. "Don't speak to anyone or make eye contact."
"I know none of the aliens are friendly," Tomoka whispered, "but to my calculations, we might be in danger."
As we searched around, Mechchan froze. I looked to see her face. Her eyes were small as pinpricks and her rotors would not stop shaking.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
We looked and we understood why Mechchan was frozen in her place. We saw a group of strange alien creatures with lizard-like heads, tentacles for their hair, legs of an octopus, and shark teeth.
They must be Okimas, those aliens that they are after Mechchan. "You there!" they shouted. "Hand over the robot or we'll shoot."
"You'll have to get past us!" Shira shouted.
"Wait!" I cried, grabbing her robe, before my older sister could even fight. "Rin's not here! Without her, we can't transform into our hero forms!"
"Manako is right!" Mechchan agreed. "You had to run! Don't worry about me! I'll take care of them."
Nodding, we turned and began to run through the crowd, weaving past as the Okimas started to attack us. We can't run forever from those tentacled lizard aliens chasing us. We looked over to see the Okima guards still chasing us. We ran past the crowd, bumping into them and
"Where can we go?" Tomoka asked.
Shira looked and then, she found a structure not too far away, a station or a storage room. Maybe this will help hide us from the guards. "In here, girls!"
We followed Shira inside the room and then shut the door as fast as we could. We slumped down to the ground carefully so the guards can't see us from the window. I covered my mouth and remained very quiet when a light flashed through the window. Nearby, Shira and Tomoka remained close, still shivering in their tracks. We heard the sound of retreating footsteps, making us realize that the Okima guards had already lifted. We were safe and sighed in relief, slumping to the ground.
"We should be safe," Shira said. "The Okima's will past by and we'll save Mech chan."
"Don't forget, Rin," I stated.
We remained seated her for a while. At first, I did not see that we heard a rumbling sound, making us tremble around. Then, we were shocked to realize that we were suddenly starting to float in the air, like gravity is leaving us behind. We were all flying. floating in the air.
"What is going on?" I cried.
Tomoka floated over to the window and saw that the sky had black instead of a bright blue. "We're in space?" she gasped, surprised.
Finally, we all knew what was going on and why we were all flying. That structure... It was a cargo bay and it belonged to a ship.
"Space?" Shira questioned, once we all joined her side.
"We must have... entered a spaceship..." she explained, her breath being hitched, "and we are being transported... into space instead of the train..."
Suddenly, I felt my lungs feeling weak and I clutched my throat. I was having a hard time breathing and the air around here is getting thin. Very, very thin.. "You guys, is it just me... or is it getting difficult to breathe?"
Shira, Reika and Tomoka looked at me confused. "What do you mean?" Shira struggled and then gasped for air, clutching her throat. Then Tomoka felt the same way, gasping and so did Reika coughing with each breath. "Oh no.. We can't breathe..."
I covered my mouth and began to gag and choke, my lungs aching and my vision started feeling weak. "What can... How... can we...?"
"Save.. your... breath..." Tomoka and Shira said at once. I shut my eyes and began to hold my breath along with my sisters who held theirs as well. Sea turtles can hold their breath for hours but with mutant DNA, it was minutes. I just wish that we kept on running and never came to this cargo bay but we were doomed. Doomed inside the cargo ship in space, where we could not breathe. I could not feel my consciousness anymore as we slowly drifted into a deep sleep.