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The Tathalens

He cleared his throat "I believe we have made the wrong impression, Hattie, Joyce, dear come in" his blue suit had no wrinkle in sight, and his brown almost black hair was sticking up but I'm a neat sort of way, Joyce stepped out from behind him and Hattie peered out from behind Joyce, she looked like a baby deer I man she was human but with deer like features huge eyes red hair and freckles

" I see you've changed again?" I rolled my eyes

"I have to do it constantly or else..." She trailed off

" What?" Micah asked

"She dies" I interrupted

" No!" Micah's eyes grew wide

" Yes" Leon nodded

"Seriously?" Micah whispered

"That's there curse never truly knowing who they are or what they really look like it who there family is" Leon looked out

"How could they not know who there family is?" Micah put his two fingers on his lips

"Once they're born they're taken from there family's to be a slave, but at least they get to pick there husbands and wives" Leon held onto Joyce's hand she bite her lip.

"What happened to the man?" I asked

"What man" Leon looked at me with intense eyes

"The man in the hospital the man in the lab coat"

"Dead." He looked away

"How?"

"Killed him" he said blandly

"Why?" Micah stepped in front of me

"Look if I was gonna hurt you I would've already done it." he put his hands up as if to justify "He hurt Ethel and Joyce, I was merely returning the favor."

"He didn't deserve it" Hattie said

" You don't know him, even the Tathalens don't deserve to die" Hattie screamed, she was clearly not good at handling death, Leon step toward her and tried to hug her but she push him away

" The Tathalens? Who are they"

"They enslaved my race...they...they" she collapsed Leon ran to her and Joyce knelt down, he picked her up and laid her on the couch, he took out a needle and and slowly pushed it through her skin then she started to glow with gold her whole appearance changed into a women with long brown almost black hair she looked a bit like Leon her eyes fluttered open she got up as if nothing was wrong, she has a long white dress of a bride and high heels that were 4 inches, she looked like

"Your mother?" Hattie looked at Leon

"Thats the last one" Leon nodded

" What?" Micah and I looked at him In puzzlement

"In the syringe there's A mixture of DNA and a chemical found in a crystal that is found in the caves here , I created it, so if she passed out from not changing her appearance we can change it, it's saved many lives" Joyce said and picked up the syringe from the table that Leon set it on " if you or a Tathalen was injected you would be paralyzed, get sick and slowly die, that's why I have this gun" she pulled a gun out of her boot " it's filled with the stuff"

"We're on the planet right now" Leon added he turned to Hattie who still looked like a bride"We have to go out there"

"Why?" Her voice was shaking he went over to her and put his hands on her shoulders

"You'll be fine,they can't track you" he said and started to walk away in a quick pace

" But what if... "Hattie started Leon ran back to her and placed his hands back on her shoulders

" I won't let them, I promise" he said as Joyce loaded guns

" Won't it be a bit suspicious, is carrying weapons?" Micah asked as Joyce handed us guns

"The Tathalens won't care they bring guns and other deadly weapons they've turned this beautiful planet into a war base" Joyce explained and loaded her own gun

" The sun turned cold and every colour drained from Grathenlore when they came, enslaving my race, then Leon came and showed me your world, reality, and that mine was fantasy, it hurt but now I have a family and it hurts a little less" she took at a picture of a gruesome Alien with fluid dripping from its long white teeth and a symbol burned into its forehead it was a circle in another circle with 4 red lines crossing through them" That's what they look like those are The Tathalens"

" Whats that symbol?" I point at it she jerks the picture back " what is it?"

"They like human flesh, they can smell it just one touch and you're a dead man" she shivers

"Well what's the symbol"

"Translated to your language? Well it means 'Cold Blood'. That's the way they kill"  then the stench of blood and metal full my lungs "Time for you to meet The Tathalens"

To Be Continued