Galaxy Eyes 💫 𝘖𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦

Chapter 2: Venus

"You're so hypnotizing
Could you be the devil?
Could you be an angel?
Your touch, magnetizing
Feels like I am floating
Leaves my body glowing."
(ET - Katy Perry)

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Like Optimus, this was not how Venus Jones had expected her day to go.

Coming out of the city to the countryside for some time out had seemed like a perfectly lovely day trip idea. And it had been great! She'd taken a walk, ate a picnic, taken some pictures, fed some ducks, enjoyed the beginning of the sunset. Then been approached by a crimson red semi truck that definitely wasn't supposed to drive into a field like that. Have someone she couldn't see within ask her for directions...

Of course she'd been wary. She was a young woman alone in the countryside and suddenly a stranger in a truck approaches. Almost like the start of a horror film. Anybody sensible would be hesitant.

But then before she knew it, that truck was gone and a massive robot that looked straight from Hollywood was staring down at her asking for directions!

Within dragging moments she was on the floor. Her chest felt really, really tight. And the robot looked even bigger from down there.

What was she supposed to do?! What could she even do? This thing could squish her so easily, it looked at least as tall as a two story house. Why did it want directions?!

Venus' body seemed to think that staying still enough to look dead was a good survival instinct, and the girl was left wheezing breathlessly with wide, fearful eyes as she stared up at that creature hovering above her.

She watched it stare down back at her, and she swore it's 'eyes', assuming they were eyes - or cameras maybe - seemed almost concerned.

Her body refused to react and kept it's almost paralytic state even when the giant robot bent down and got onto one knee. Before its hands scooped her up like a little kid would scoop up an interesting little bug, holding her delicately.

Venus' breathing got even more wheezy as she felt herself get higher and higher from the ground, as the robot brought its hands to its chest like area. She assumed it was so it could see her better.

It appeared to be looking her over, she could see the white pupils of those massive eyes moving and examining her tiny form. It paused at seeing her chest. Because she was breathing erratically, her chest was rising and falling in a way anyone would be concerned about even if they didn't understand human anatomy.

It seemed to understand somewhat. Because, while still holding her carefully in one massive hand, the robot rose it's free one, and brought a large finger towards her. Her instinct told her to scream, but her wheezy chest refused that action. Venus' eyes followed the giant finger, as it rested carefully upon her chest. To her it felt like a weight still because of the size, pressure and its metal composition, but if it wanted to it would simply crush her by pushing harder...

Then she reliazed, meeting those massive eyes with her own. It must have noticed how unnaturally her chest was moving, and the wheezing perhaps. It was trying to make it stop.

Maybe this thing didn't want to hurt her?... Surely it would have by now. It could have easily ran her over before, or crushed her so easily underfoot or in its hand now. But instead it was trying to help her.

Venus met the robot's eyes, and any thoughts about it's possible dark intentions faded as she stared into those endless masses of cyan. They were incandescent, the bluest blue she'd ever seen. Her own eyes were the ocean blue of tropical seas, but the robot's were far more beautiful. A blue beyond planet Earth. It was like staring into vast galaxies, a million million stars shining with swirling light and life and beauty and somehow all that beauty and light was captured and made up into those two eyes staring right back at her.