Endangered Species

Chapter 4

"Excuse you?" I said to him. He looked me directly in the eyes and tried to take power to show he was bigger than me. If anyone is bigger, it's me. Well, I can become bigger, but...let's not get attacked. "No, excuse you for coming on this ship and endangering everyone. You're a monster, monster kill people."

"I don't kill people." I explained to him. He didn't seem to care.

"You're nothing, but a purple freak who needs to die. You will be the reason that everyone is dead. Your kind isn't nice, your kind doesn't have mercy..." I could tell in his eyes that he was going to start crying. He put a finger roughly on my chest and started yelling, "Your kind killed my husband!"

Everyone in the living area looked at us. They stared at us confused. "That doesn't mean you have to blame me or yell at me."

"I have every right to! It was probably you who killed him! You just don't know who he was." Nick pulled out a small folded piece of paper and unfolded it. He put the picture in my face to show me who Alexander is. I saw him, but I didn't know who he was. I had no clue. "I don't know who that is. When did he pass away?"

"You mean killed? 6 years ago." Nick said. That is such a long time to mourn someone without moving on. It is his husband though.

"Nick, I was 15! I couldn't have done that, I was on Earth with my foster family." I explained. I wouldn't kill someone unless they were harming my friends...and Nick is not my friend, nowhere near it.

"Fuck your family, fuck your..." My mind blocked out what he was saying as I felt myself start to get angry. I felt my claws start to come out from my fingertips. I looked towards my hand to see it was changing. I needed to calm down, but the more he spoke the angrier I would get. I clenched my fists and took deep breaths. I closed my eyes and tried to walk away, but someone stopped me. I opened my eyes slightly as sweat ran down my forehead.

I saw Ryder, his hand was on my shoulder. I could tell he was trying to calm me down. He was glaring at Nick, "I want you to apologize for your rude behavior." Nick stayed quiet and kept his eyes glued on me. "If you don't apologize, you will have the first ship back to Earth. We do not discriminate on this ship, we accept every and any extraterrestrial that is friendly and agrees to cooperate with our rules. If you don't agree with the no discrimination rule, then you will have to leave."

"I'm sorry." Nick said in a stern voice. I knew deep down that he didn't mean it. I quickly hurried to my room to calm down. Once I get angry, it's hard to control it. I threw my body on my bed and grasped my pillow. I started clawing at it and biting it. I was ripping apart my own pillow. I heard a knock at my door and it made me calm down immediately. I stood up and threw my pillow away.

I opened the door and saw Alejandro. I felt my face heat up a bit, "H-Hey Alejandro."

"I heard what happened in the kitchen. It's pretty messed up that he said those things." Alejandro leaned against the door. I nodded, "Yeah, but...I'm really not a killer or a monster. I wouldn't hurt anyone unless I really had to."

"Yeah. I understand." Alejandro looked away from my eyes for a second before standing straight up and heading off. I watched for a second as he walked away, his long hair swaying behind him.

My heart was a flutter and it was only the first day.

Day skips

It's been a couple weeks and nothing bad has happened. I am still in love with Alejandro, but I still don't think he likes me. I'm not ready to ask him out, he would probably say no.

I was working on one of the ships in the shipyard. I work as an engineer and a navigator. I'm the only engineer and being the only engineer can give you some gifts. New parts for my cruiser and I get to travel to United Check, a space station like city.