NOT HUMAN

Chapter 12 - The purple light

~Five months later~

"I guess this is our new life, eh?" Andy looked at Nixon. He was laying down in the tallgrass outback. She laid down beside him staring at the pretty blue sky. The wind carried a nice breeze tossing dirty blonde tendrils in Nixon's line of sight. Andy brushed them away slowly making him jump in surprise. "Just moving the hair out of your face." She laughed genuinely at him.

"Uhm. Thank you." He mumbled.

"You know I wanted to ask a question. It's kind of personal." She says, turning to face him.

"Is that so? Go ahead." He replied. They both looked at one another, just gazing back grinning.

"Well, do you have anyone back home?"

"Yes..." He frowned. He missed his big brother Adam. He always had his back. He hoped he was okay and the aliens didn't reach him.

"Me too." She said, softly. "I miss them."

"Yeah, I miss my family too." He looked down at her balled-up fists. She was shaking. He wanted to do something brave, something daring.

He was tired of being a coward. Being a crybaby. He leaped in faith. He placed his hands on hers gently. He intertwined his fingers with her small ones. The same hands that hit him upside the head. She hit hard for a girl yet her hands were soft like pillows.

"...Nixon...?" She trailed off.

"It's okay." He said, drawing circles with his thumb over her palm. It was comforting.

"I'm fine...I-I'm just angry is all." She sighed.

"You aren't fine. Honestly, neither am I." He tightened his hold on her hand.

"Nixon...-" She started to say until the interruption of Jax happened.

"Hey, what are you two up to?" Jax disrupted. He peered down at their hands. He was relaxing on a tree stump nearby the cabin, watching them both. It pissed Nixon off that he would ruin a moment like this.

"Nothing." Andy stood up brushing grass off her shorts. She yanked Nixon up by his arm and took his hand into hers. "Come on, let's go."

"Okay."

...

Blade, Nixon, Zane, and Angelica gathered supplies last time. It had been five months since then. The stores were emptied. No people around. The aliens had got to them already. So, that meant they were close. It was almost as though they were waiting for them.

"Hey, Cherry, you want to hang out with me?" Jax popped his head in the kitchen. Cherry was sitting down, legs crossed. She was applying make-up on her pale complexion.

"Sure." She smacked her lips and placed her lip gloss back in her purse and followed him. They went to the bedroom. She wasn't surprised this is what he meant by "hang" going to mess around again.

He pushed her against the wall roughly pulling up her top just enough to expose her pink bra. She gasped sharply as he lightly nibbled on her collarbone moving down to her breast.

"I'm not your pet," He growled. "You're mine." As he said this, Cherry forced him off abruptly shoving him on the bed.

"Shut up!" She struck him hard on the right cheek. "I told you already. I'm not yours and you're not mine, okay? This is just fun." Cherry breathed out, a breath she didn't realize she was holding. The past still lingered as clear as day. She couldn't get with another guy. The last one left her hurting for a very long time. She still feels the pain.

That day felt like yesterday. Kevin was his name. She dated him for three years and he cheated on her.

~Flashback~