R.O.N.A.

Chapter 5

I woke early in the morning energetic and filled with adrenaline. Realizing I was actually looking forward to the day ahead surprised me. At home school seemed to drag on for so long that I got in the habit of having to drag myself out of bed in the morning.

I lay in bed for a while, trying to sleep more, but found that I was unable to. I got out of bed and stretched. I was happy that Rexan had given Aris and me some pajamas to sleep in, rather than our clothes. I picked up my things and walked down to where he showed us the shower and bathroom area.

I slipped out of my pajamas and stepped into the shower’s flow. I instantly noticed that it was actually the glowing liquid that fed the shower head, rather than water. I guess it’s not toxic. I wonder why this stuff keeps showing up everywhere… I thought as I held my hand out to watch the liquid drip and then pool in my palm.

After washing my hair and body, I reluctantly turned off the flow of energy and dried off with a micro fiber towel that was neatly folded on a shelf inside the shower stall. I got dressed, shook out my wet hair, and then headed back to our room. Enjoying the brief moment of solitude, I sat on the couch and thought about everything that had happened since we arrived. I wonder why it feels like I’ve met Tyzon somewhere before… no… it’s not possible. This is a completely different planet. How could I have met him when he’s not even from earth? He must just remind me of someone I know.

Finally the alarm went off and Aris woke up.

“Yes! Today is gonna be awesome!” Aris said hopping out of bed, already energetic despite just waking. “I wonder if we will get to wear one of those cool bodysuits everyone wears!”

“Ug, hopefully not,” I replied with a grimace. I liked to wear comfortably loose clothes that hid my body; I wasn’t very confident in my appearance.

Aris winked with a devilish grin. “Guess we’ll see won’t we?”

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We walked into the cafeteria close to 10 minutes early, but everyone was already waiting in line at the food window. Aris and I waited in line, got our food, and then sat down at a half empty table. Just as we sat down, a beautiful black girl walked up to us.

The girl had gorgeously full and curly hair and stunning brown eyes. Her skin glowed and her lips were the perfect thickness. She wasn’t particularly tall, but her shape seemed to have just the right amount of curves for her stature.

“Hi, I’m Lexy,” she introduced herself with a perfectly white smile, “We’ve all heard so much about you two already! Aris and Sephora right?”

Aris and I looked at each other a bit surprised. I thought it was amazing for such a beautiful girl to also be so friendly with newcomers; the only exceptionally pretty girl I had ever met was Ashlynn and she was devious and self-serving.

“Yeah, nice to meet you Lexy,” I said with a smile.

“So you guys are joining today right?”

“Yeah,” Aris answered.

“Well I hope you will be assigned to our combat training group. We could really use some more kick-butt girls in our group,” she said with a laugh, “Well, looks like morning updates are about to start. Talk to you guys later!” She waved and smiled as she walked away.

“Wow, she’s really nice!” Aris said. I could tell she was excited at the thought of making a new friend.

“Combat training groups?” I said looking down at the table, still stuck on the idea, “Oh man… I hope not!”

“Why? You like athletic stuff,” Aris reminded me.

“Yeah,” I agreed looking back up at her, “but you know I can’t hurt others; it just isn’t a part of me! My body refuses to.”