Stars Collide

Chapter 2

After I was sure the man had left, I crept into Haley's room. She looked shocked to see me. "Oh S12! What a wonderful surprise! Did you find B56?" Haley asked. "He's in his room, I heard him chanting something." I replied, Haley looked like she was thinking about something, but she just came over and patted me on the head. "Listen, you're one of my favorite patients so that's why I need to tell you this," Haley said. I was extremely confused. She let out a long sigh and began to speak, "my boss, Shawn, is going to kill every supernatural creature on this ship next week. He threatened to throw me off the ship if I continued to bond with you, but I'm not scared of him. I just want you to be safe." she said. I was flabbergasted, "How do I survive?" I asked,  "Darcy might know something about this, she's in the testing room right down the hallway from here." Said Haley. I nodded and waved goodbye, she waved back and smiled. I was looking for Darcy's room, apparently it was just down the hall, but I couldn't find it. After minutes of searching, I looked inside a pretty much empty room and saw Darcy. She was tinkering with devices when she noticed me. "Did Haley send you here? I'm busy. Get out." she scowled. I backed away and slammed the door. As rude as she was, I needed her help if I wanted to live. So, I swung the door open again and tapped her on the shoulder, "what do you want?" she snapped, "someone is trying to kill all of the supernatural creatures on this ship and we need your help." I cried. Darcy rolled her eyes and continued to work. I decided to go back to Haley and swung open her door. She pushed back her thin spectacles and looked at me, "what did Darcy say?" she asked. I let out a long sigh, "I don't think she believes me." I cry. Haley looked deeply concerned, "I'll go talk to her for you, stay put and go back to your room pod. I'll knock on your door once I'm finished talking to her." Haley said. I turned around and headed for my room pod, I pushed open the doors and looked at my bed. The twinkling galaxy was right above it. I love the stars, they make me feel something I've never felt before, joy. My body isn't programmed to feel this way, I'm very confused. Sometimes I wondered what it would be like to jump out my window into the starry galaxy. I don't need oxygen since I don't breathe, so I'd be fine. I would tell Haley about the joy I've been feeling, but I don't think there would be anything to do. Just then I got a knock at my door, I thought it was Haley, but it was a different scientist, I didn't know this one. "Are you B56?" asked the scientist. I shook my head, "his room pod is just across from mine." I said, shutting the doors. I really wished that Haley would come to my door. I rested my head on my pillow, I wanted to know what earth was like. I went into my bookshelf and grabbed an English dictionary. When I'm bored, I like to study human language. That's how I communicate with the scientists. I've been living in this spacecraft for 10 human years, I'm very used to it. I got another knock on my door, and this time, it was Haley and Darcy. "I got Darcy to make some high tech robots to help fend off Shawn!" Haley exclaimed. Darcy groaned, "I'm only doing this since I owe her a favor." said Darcy. Haley smirked. We all went into Darcy's room to see what materials we had, a piece of scrap metal, wires, and a soda can. "You guys go back to your rooms, I can probably make at least 7 robots." Darcy says, putting on her goggles. Darcy had black hair and a messy coat with paint splatters everywhere. Her eyes were a gorgeous amber and her room was mostly empty, but the cabinets were overflowing with flasks, chemicals, and metal scraps. Me and Haley exited her room and went back to our rooms.