NOT HUMAN

Chapter - 8 News

It was 4 am when Andy roused up from a dream where she was in a mansion preparing by doing regimen training daily. It had been 5 weeks of obstacles, workouts, sparring, and target practice. She laughed at the dream. Why was she working so hard? The answer was crazy, so crazy she doubted it was real. Aliens. No, that's silly she giggled.

She laid back down staring at the ceiling, she reached out for them: Mom, Dad, and brother. Her parents were in Mexico on a honeymoon, while her older brother was stationed somewhere across the continent for the US military. He was a Marine. They'd been gone for a while now. She still stayed at the college dorms in Ordinarily Strange a town not found on a map. She always questioned herself about this city, its name, and the fact that not many people knew of it.

So, why was she here in this big-ass luxurious mansion? Oh, right in this dream a guy known as a Blade villain owns it, the richest man in the shitty town. Well, if it's a dream then nothing matters, right?

"Hey, bookworm, warm up with me." She wrapped at his door less than a second a man opened it, looking like a zombie. He had no shirt or pants on. His curly locks were more curled than usual in the clutter on his head.

He stared blankly back seeing a blurry vision of a girl in front of him. He knew only one person to have short brown hair. "A-Andy?" He squeaked out. "What are...you-" He yawned before finishing his question. "Doing here?"

"Let's go get some extra practice. We could use it. Have you seen the news lately?" She whacked him on the back. "Come on!"

"Wait!" He went back into his room. She waited for him to dress and hurry up. A minute later he was dressed in casual attire: camouflage shorts, a white t-shirt, and his glasses were on. She kept it simple too with a purple tank top and black leggings.

"Why this early, man, I'm tired." He marched on down the corridors with Andy in the lead.

"Pinch me, please?" She said, in all seriousness.

"What? He turned scarlet. "Why would I do that, weirdo?" Trying to embarrass me again, huh?

"Do it!"

"O-okay." He looked away from her expecting gaze and pinched her arm. "There...happy?"

"No, no, no." She stomped her foot, making Nixon keep her distance from her. "It's not a dream," She breathed.

"What?" He asked.

"This whole alien thing."

"Yeah." He said, peering up at the moon. They had made it out of the mansion and stood at the black gates. It was cold and dark. "Now, I know why you woke me up." He laughed.

"Yeah, still thought I was dreaming." She attempted an empty laugh.

"Let's go back in." He suggested.

"Yeah." She sounded so far away. She hoped it was all a dream, but hope did nothing for what was going on.

...

Everyone was up and ate breakfast and was waiting for the instructions of the day. Blade told them no training today. So, what the hell were they supposed to do? He turned the Tv on to a news channel and everyone sat down. Andy by next to Nixon on a loveseat, Zane on the family couch with Angelica, Lily, Blade, Cherry, and Jax on the end of it.

"Today we have seen some disturbing sightings." A man in a suit holding a microphone said. He was standing on the same street Lily first met that alien. "I have some news on the sightings and would like to believe it is all just a hoax...but-" He was cut off by a phone call. "Wait a minute." He said, clutching the phone to his ear. "Yeah, okay, do I disclose this or...okay, alright." He nodded and hung up. "Alright, it seems we have a guy who wants to talk about this. I'll be showing the images on the screen now."