On a quest with the bad boy

I awoke to the sound of strange noises coming outside of my bedroom window. Startled, I crept up to the window and my eyes widened. Two mutated things were walking past my house!! I opened my mouth to scream but I was suddenly stopped when somebody mashed there large hand into my mouth. My heart was practically beating out of my chest. I craned my neck to get a better look at my attacker but I couldn't see his face. All I could see was his messy blonde hair and his tanned skin. I squirmed as he dragged me into the shadows, away from the window.

 He looked down at me and I could now see him face.

"Kyle!?” I squeaked.

But my voice was muffled against his hand. I think he heard me thought because he sighed.

"If I remove my hand do you promise not to scream?"

I nodded my head in one quick jerky movement. He removed his hand from my mouth, which was now covered in my saliva, and wiped it on his shirt.

"What the hell were you thinking!?" I whisper/yelled. "I could have had a heart attack. Is that what you want!? And what the hell is going on! You have some serious explaini-"

he groaned and I was cut off when he shoved his hand back into my mouth. He smirked down at me

"ahhhh that's better"

oh that's it! I mentally screamed. I bit down on his hand and he pulled it out of my mouth quicker than you could say jerk.

"I’m not kidding Kyle." I whispered. "What’s going on?"

he pulled me onto my bed. He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.

"Kyle." I said softly. "What aren't you telling me?"

he sighed and kept his eyes shut.

"Aliens are taking over the floating city...you're mom, dad and Jamie are getting supplies for you us so that we can escape. They told me to watch and protect you while they were gone and to not let you out of my sight. They should be back soon."

he slowly opened his eyes, taking in my reaction. My head was spinning. So many questions were flowing through my mind.

"What about Jamie and my parents? Are they coming with us?  And where are we going? We live on a floating planet for Christ sake! We have nowhere to go...”

Tears sprang to my eyes as he wrapped his arms around me, pulling me to his chest. This is why Kyle has been my best friend since I can remember. He makes me feel safe and warm. He wiped the tears away with his thumb and gently tilted my head up so that I was looking into his eyes.

"Jamie will be coming with us but your parents...they will have to hand themselves over to the aliens to give us enough time to escape. I’m so sorry Elena...”

He wrapped his arms back around me but I didn't feel safe like I had before.  I now felt a sort of emptiness. I continued to cry as I waited for my parents and brother return with the supplies that we needed. I suddenly realised that Kyle hadn’t told me where exactly we were going.

“Kyle?” I whispered.

He looked down at me, curled up against his chest.

“Yes?” he mumbled.

“Where exactly are we going to go? We have nowhere to go…”

he held my gaze for a few seconds before looking away.

“We’re going to climb down the thick vines from the floating city to the original land, the land below us...”

I gasped. “We’re going to the land below?”

he didn’t answer me for a long time but the answer he gave me was the most frightening and scary answer I had ever received in my life.

“Yes, we’re going back down to Earth.”