Loving Your World || Book 2

♁ Chapter 1 ♁

"Moving Day"

Alya's POV
It's been a few days since Krel and I started dating, and no one knows other than my mom and Mr. Strickler. I walked up to the mothership, which sadly, was still stuck in the middle of the woods. My burns were just scars now, and I was fully recovered since the battle against Omen. 

"Hey, Krel." I waved to my boyfriend and his sister. 

"Hey, Alya!" He ran up and hugged me. I hugged back. 

"Hello!" Aja waved. 

Krel then sighed. "Not only are we stuck on Earth, we're stuck in the middle of a stupid forest!" 
I helped the two Akiridion's prepare a chain that we wrapped around the mothership and attached the end to Stuarts taco truck. 

"We only need to move the mothership a few blocks. Then you can fix her." Aja stood up. "Then we can go home to Akiridion-Five." Krel sent Stuart a thumbs up and he started driving his truck, hoping to move the large mothership with him. But, he got nowhere. 

"More liquid propellant!" Aja called out. 

"You can do it, Stuart!" I shouted. Only problem was that the bumper on the taco truck came flying off and crashed into Krel and I. We both fell to the ground. 

"Welp, you're gonna need a lot more horsepower than my taco truck." Stuart said to us. 

"I think we got it, thanks, Stuart." I groaned, standing up.

Krel groaned as I helped him stand. "Every bounty hunter in the galaxy knows where we are. We're too exposed like this." Stuart ran over to us. 

"You know, my offer to stay at my house for a while still stands, you guys." I mention. 

"Well, think of it like camping. It's a summer tradition here on Earth." Stuart encourages them. 

I fold my arms across my chest. "Yeah, well, camping isn't for everyone, Stuart." 

"And I have my own tradition." Krel reminds them. "It's called 'fixing the mothership', and it's starting to get old." 

I rub his shoulder. "It'll all be okay in the end, Krel." 

Luug panted as he came up to us with Stuart's bumper in his mouth. I kneel down and scratch the alien pet. 
"Good boy, Luug." I turn to my Akiridion friends. "Look, you guys have been working your asses off. Fixing the mothership, training, running from bounty hunters, fighting Omen, punishing Varvatos. It's all so much, and if you don't take breaks you could get hurt or sick." 

The royals look at me funny. 

"What I'm saying is, is that it's okay to take a couple breaks, get back on your feet. And I know that getting the mothership back to your original address is a top priority, but your health is too. Even Akiridion's can get sick you know." I say. I follow them both back into Mother so they can see Zadra.  

"System rebooting." Mother said as we entered the house. "Searching the web for 'red boots'." Mother said and as the three of us entered the room Zadra was in just in time to watch her slam her fists on the control panel. Krel rushed forward to stop her, mildly annoyed with everything. 

He gasped. "Hey, hey, hey! Be gentle! That's not gonna work." He moved the commander out of the way. 

"Nothing works in this ship since that blasted Omen tore through it." Zadra complained. Krel pressed a few buttons but the whole keyboard glitched. 

"I've been trying to contact the Resistance, but Mother is. . ." Her voice trailed off. 

"Rebooting. . . teb-reb-reb-reb-reb. . ." 

". . .that." Zadra finished. Krel pressed a few more buttons. 

"General Morando has employed. . ." A recording of Varvatos Vex came on the screen, causing Krel to become angry. 

"Ugh! Why do you keep looking at Vex's logs?" He asked his sister. 

"I. . . miss him." Aja answered sadly. 

"Well, I don't." Krel argued. 

I sigh. 

"Varvatos saved our lives more than once! He also saved Alya's life when she got stuck with Omen on Mother. If it weren't for him. . . Alya would be who knows where!" Aja countered. "You should watch--"

"No! And don't you dare bring Alya into this!" Krel fired. "I don't ever want to see that traitorous face again." 

"Nor do I." Zadra agreed. 

"I have to work on repairs." Krel stated, with a sigh I go up and hug him from behind. 

"Excellent. I'll patrol the perimeter." Zadra said. "You and your sister stay aboard the vessel."

"What? We need to see our friends!" Aja complained. 

Zadra was already walking away. "Friends? Your human friends can't help protect you. I can. You two must stay put."

"Kleb." They both complained. 

"At least I'm here." I whisper in Krel's ear, seeing him smirk with a dark blue blush on his face makes me feel better about being with him. 

"Yep, and don't worry about what Zadra said, I know you can fight." Krel said, sneaking a kiss to my cheek while no one was looking. I blush a bit. 

"Besides from what I've observed, Alya's the only human with good hygiene and manners. The other local life-forms are rude and lack basic hygiene. I caught a furry one with a mask going through our garbage." Zadra explained as she left the area. 

"Zadra, those are raccoons! They're not human!" 

"Wait! You meant raccoons?" Krel shouts back to her. With a sigh Krel turns back around and continues to work on fixing the mothership. 

"So, what happened with you two?" Aja asked. 

"What do you mean, Aja?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. 

"I dunno, you two just seem closer is all." Aja tells me. 

Krel sighs. "Don't worry about it, Aja. Nothing happened between Alya and I."

"I'll figure it out, just you wait!" Aja says, running out of the room. 

That night Krel had texted me, asking if I could stop by his house. So, I got my skateboard and boarded down to his place. 

"What's with the late night text?" I ask as he sneaks out of the house. 

"Aja snuck out with Steve." 

"Ah, I get it." I nod, "So, is this still like a date?" 

He shrugs. "No one has to know." He kisses my cheek and lays down Aja's hoverboard. 

"Wow, stealing your sister's stuff now are we, Krel?" I tease. 

"Stop, do you want me to get caught by Zadra?" he chuckles. 

"Not really." I say as we both head off to find Aja and her boyfriend. 

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{Ocean Speaks!
I am so so so so so so so so so so so so so sorry for not posting for what seems like forever. I really have no excuse now that I'm not doing hockey. The issue with hockey was that it was a boys team and it was aggressive so I couldn't join. Don't worry about me, though, I'm fine. And I'm back into it, yuh!}