Earth

2

I wander down the narrow aisle, ignoring people's shocked glances and murmurs when they see who I am. I'm heading to one of the toilets, but pause when I see an empty seat. It's an aisle one, and there's a middle aged woman sitting next to it. "Is this taken?", I ask, and she shakes her head, smiling kindly. I sit down, sighing, and she turns to me. "You're one of those perfecti's aren't you?! Or legends, to be true. I nod. "Yeah. I am.".

She hesitates then speaks. "Are you.. Lira? The powerful one?". I smile awkwardly and nod. "I guess". She doesn't speak any more, so I unclasp my Avil from around my neck, and touch it, so it transforms into whatever shape I desire. I decide to turn into a round, blue tablet thing. I see the woman staring in amazement.

Avils are pendants that were given to us when we were born. They appear as normal pendants or necklaces, but if unclasped and touched in a certain place by its owner, it will transform into a shape, colour and form that the owner desires. Not that cool. Just circle, heart, triangle, and a few other shapes, most of the colours and a tablet, music player, phone or mini tv or computer.

However, the things you can do on the, are endless. You can call, message and video chat people everywhere - on different planets, even. You can listen to any music or audiobook, read any book, buy anything. When we were children we used them for games. You can even call someone and appear as a holograph for them, and them as a holograph for you. Another thing to do on it is change our looks. So, when we were younger we had this chip put into us, and just by a click of a button, we can change, do, and remove makeup and face paint on us. It's pretty cool.

I holocall Ash, and almost straight away he appears, standing on my table. I laugh, and holo - ash frowns. "It's not funny. Your father wants to kill you, Lira.". I shrug. "Oh well. I'm going to earth, baby!". I laugh at my accent, and suddenly I hear ash give a muffled yell, and holo - ash vanishes. In his place appears a hooded smoking figure, who, even in holo form is still terrifying. "Father", I say. He sniffs. "Lira, you fool. You could have been safe up here, but no. You just had to go to earth.". I frown. "You- you're just jealous!". He laughs coldly. "Oh no. Do you have any idea how much danger you are in right now?".  I swallow. "D-danger?". He nods.

"On earth, there's many people and things that you'll have to face. Half of the evil people on earth are monsters that we banished there. There's people who will want to also examine you, as an alien specimen. You'll die on both accounts - well, be injured and disabled beyond repair, anyhow."

I swallow. "H-help?", I say, and he shakes his head. "Goodbye, Lira. Goodbye.". His holo form disappears and the call is ended. The woman next to me swallows, raising her eyebrows in mock surprise and for some reason I laugh loudly, dropping my Avil on the floor. Crap. It shoots down to the bottom of the ship, sliding into an open toilet.

I twitch my mouth in annoyance and get up, walking to the empty toilet. In fact - it's the only one. Not many like I'd thought, but one. Probably because it was the last ship. I like come myself inside and decide to listen to music for a while to calm my nerves.

After a while, I hear some quiet yells from outside, but I ignore them. They continue for a further five minutes, until suddenly everything starts shaking. I grip the walls carefully, as I am thrown around the cubicle. I scream as I slash my neck on a broken bar and lay there, paralysed. Suddenly the shouts go quiet and the ship goes still.

I've layed there for a few minutes when I suddenly feel something burning my hand. I jerk it back, looking at the bubbling skin in horror. Oh shit. Shit, shit, shit. Ichor. The green fire from our fuel explosions. Deadly to all, burning things to a crisp in minutes. I fling open the door as I see everyone on board dead or unconscious, most going up in flames. It must have been a crash landing. I wade through the ship, tears rolling down my face as the ichor burns my skin, my flesh, cooks my blood. I see the storage bags at the back and grab one, stuffing it into my Avil. Oh yes. It can be used as a storage portal as well.

I finally get to the exit and run out away from the ship, not knowing where I am. I see weird tall, spooky brown things with green tops, and I feel the wet of a soft green spikiness on my feet, which are completely bubbling and are raw reddy - greeny - black. I take a breath them fall to the ground. Then everything goes black.