Getting to Know a Yaujta

Chap 4

Curiosity

We usually left Krone alone in the garage, going on with our daily lives pretending we're not housing a Predator. But I couldn't help but be at least a little curious.

The first time I tried to talk to him, the minute I creaked opened the door he pounced up and growled at me. I slammed the door and ran.

The second time I tried to be as stealth as possible and slowly opened the door as carefully as I could, only to have him growl at me again. Door closed, I ran.

The third time I didn't even have time to open the door to sneak a peek, he opened it and snarled at me, I swear he almost choked me, but apparently I was to fast and preoccupied with running for my life and screaming.

I didn't try to go there for a while after that.

Now, Josh, he's a total prick, and likes to ruin my serenity, which I usually achieved when I was drawing in my art pad. Josh. Hates. Peace.

So one day, he needs a screw driver, and instead of going to the garage and getting it himself, he asks his frail and defenseless sister to go get it.

"Why don't you get it?"

He looks at me like I'm some sort of idiot, "Because I'm asking you, Dimwit..."

No shit Sherlock, "I'm not going in there..."

"Look," he says, as if he's been teaching me algebra and is finally tired of me not getting a certain equation(for the record he's never helped me in algebra, I can do great on my own)"The sink's messed up and I need a screwdriver to fix it, if I go in there, he's probably gonna think I'm invading his 'man space' and attack me, if you go in there something less extreme will happen."

"Less extreme?"

"The Yautja don't attack children or the unarmed, your both, your not gonna die"

"Are you calling me a kid?"

"Trust me, if you were a woman your only saving grace would be pregnancy, and seeing that your still a virgin..."

"I get it, Stupid..."

"You're the one who was complaining, Retard..."

I bit my lip, this was gonna erupt into another famous name calling spat, and since Mom and Dad weren't here, it might last forever.

"Well?"

"I'm not dying young..."

"I know, you're just dying ugly"

"Shut up!"

"Staling are we?"

I hmphed, he stared at me as if expecting me to comply. I did. "Fine."

"Halleluiah!"

I'm in front of the door, having a heart attack, I knock, I hear a growl and flinch, I said a silent prayer and took a deep breath before I opened the door.

He's glaring at me and growling. Holy shit, I'm gonna die! No, no! I gotta stay focused, I walk in, he hisses, I swear if it weren't for my sophisticated bladder control I'd have wet myself. Okay focus now! That's it, Sophie, one step at a time, don't mind him eyeing you like prey, ignore it...

Uh-huh, you're almost there to the shed, were there are like a hundred screwdrivers and-OMG! What sort of screw driver do it get?! Holy shit, I faltered and now he's on a pouncing position! Dead! Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead!

No! just relax! You'll just have to grab them all, and then throw them all at Joshes face simultaneously, yeah that's right, now you feel better, I'm actually smiling, he's tilting his head, now your freaked out again, just ignore!

Okay your at the shed, grab em all and get outa there! No! not to fast he might kill you, you have weapons now and your only saving grace is your childhood! But, wait, I've had my period for a long time now, doesn't that qualify me as a woman? Shit! Josh, that horrible ass tricked me! Okay, okay, just don't make eye contact and walk very slowly...slowly...slowly...

You're passing him, just keep it up...and...run! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! RUN!

Josh is upside down check the faucet sink, okay payback time, and I know exactly where to let the screwdrivers fall...

I've never heard Josh scream any louder in my life, before he gets a chance to recover I run to my room and lock myself in, laughing all the way.

I might be afraid of Krone, but Josh is easy pickens...