Extra Terrestrial

Chapter 2

Beep. Beep. Beep.

The steady beeping noise woke me. Was I back with the green blobs? I still haven't found out what they are.

I opened my eyes slowly. Around me, everything was white. Tubes were in my arm, and beside me, a machine that had a moving red line on it. It moved in rhythm with the beeping noise.

I struggled to sit up. I was sore all over. My leg was trapped in a hard cloud. No, it was... a cast. I tried to flex my toes and winced as pain ran up my leg. Was it broken?

"Good, you're awake.", a foreign voice said.

I jumped and looked around. There was a person, with short, curly red hair. She was wearing a long white coat.

I tried to speak but all that came out was a weird moan.

"Hi. I'm Marcel. I'm your doctor.I heard you got hit by a car?", she questioned.

Doctor...car.... These were new words to me. I searched my brain for the definitions. A doctor was someone who worked at a hospital. A hospital was were hurt people went.

A car... might this be the name for the herd of creatures I encountered earlier? It seemed to fit.

I looked at the doctor. She seemed to be waiting for me to speak. I couldn't speak. I barely understood what she was saying.

"H...Hi...", I managed to say. So I could speak their language.

"Hello. What's your name, dear?", she replied.

My .. name? "I- I don't.... remember."

Her forehead creased with lines.

"Oh dear..,", she muttered, " I hope you don't have a concussion."

A concussion?

She muttered something else and walked out of the room.

I sat up and unplugged the tubes. I moved my foot, and it felt better. I ripped the cast off. I needed to get out of here. Why? I didn't quite know, I just knew I needed to leave. I got off the bed quietly and pressed my ear against the door.

"....may have a concussion. Do you have any information on her?", I heard. I couldn't go out that way, then. I glanced around and saw a window. I walked over to it and looked around to find a way to open it. There was a latch on the top and I moved it. It clicked. I pulled the window upwards and it opened. The wind rushed up to me and I leaned over the edge to see how far I was up. I looked to be on the 8th floor. It didn't seem too far. I heard the door start to open behind me and I jumped. Whoever was walking in screamed and tried to grab me, but they were too late. I was sailing through the air. The white gown I had on rippled in the wind and I watch as the ground rushed up to meet me. I positioned my body so my feet would land on the ground and waited.

I hit the ground with a soft thump. People stopped walking and stared at me. I looked around and started running.

Where I was running, I didn't know. I headed towards what I thought was the park. There were some trees and people walking their dogs.

Climb a tree.

I heard a strange voice in my head. I didn't know what else to do so I did as it said. I found a tall oak tree and climbed it. I got to the top and sat on a limb.

Then I finally realized what I did. I got hit by a car, and healed incredibly fast.  I jumped out of an eight story window, and landed without any scratches. And just now, I climbed a tree. What's wrong with me? And why do I keep hearing these voices in my head?

With so many unanswered questions, I drifted to sleep on the limb.

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I woke up to a light shining on my face. So many lights....

Blinding lights. I screamed as the sharp object pierced my head. The slimy hand covered my mouth. I bit it, and the blob slapped me. I felt the sharp object hit my skull and I got a horrible headache. The sawing of the bone hurt like crazy. It was like a whole herd of bees in your head, flying in and around your ears. The object got through, and touched the softness of my brain. I started see hallucinations. A giant tree started to talk to me.  Bee's flew around and lay eggs. I saw the green figures grab some small metal thingy. They placed it in my brain and I fell into darkness.

"Why are you up there? Are you ok?", I snapped back to reality. Below me was an ant, calling up to me.No, just a small person. There was a big light shining on me.

I climbed higher, as high as I could. I had to get away from that light.

"No, come back!", the person screamed. I hissed at him.

Don't hiss. Go down there, act normal. You will not ruin our plan so early.

Plan? I was starting to think that the blobs were the voices in my head.

I decided to go ahead with their command and slowly crawled down. As I jumped to the ground a whole group of people rushed towards me. I got into a defensive position.

"No, it's ok. We are here to help you. Why are you up there?", a guy asked me. He had hair the color of dirt, and his eyes were green.

"I was hi-", i started to say.

No. You were not hiding. You were trying to get your kite you lost.

"I was trying to get my kite.", I answered instead. What was a kite?

"There's no kite.", the guy answered.

"It....flew away.", I told him.

"And you fell asleep up there?", he asked suspiciously.

I nodded.

"Well where are your parents?"

"I don't have any."

"Are you an orphan?"

"I don't know."

"Where do you live?"

"I don't know."

He looked frustrated.

"Come with me. We are going to the police station."

He grabbed my hand and I pulled it back, holding it protectively. He looked at me.

Go with him. It's ok.

Reluctantly, I followed him to a white car. There was a light on top, it flashed blue and red.

He opened the door and I slowly got in the back. He closed it and got into the front and drove off.