|Audree|
Blake leads us up to his room, which is a blessing at this point. I'd honestly rather be anywhere else than in this house because of how messy it always is. And there is a smell that apparently only I can smell.
Ugh. Men...and alien man.
"So what do you guys want me to look for?" Blake says as he opens his door after punching in a code.
"I need to find my sister. I tried earlier by looking into your information channels but they were long gone in all the reports." Braylon states.
The rest of us follow Blake into his room. Zahaire and I see a bean bag, we both take a quick glance at each other before racing to it. I trip Zahaire to get ahead. He almost eats shit but he catches himself. I plop down on the seat triumphantly and Zahaire shoots me a cold glare before leaning against a wall. Blake takes a seat in front of his monitor.
Braylon gets close behind Blakes seat, leaning in so that his and Blake's face are in close proximity. This seems to annoy Blake a little, but I think he may be a little too intimidated to say anything.
"I think we may be able to see something if I hack into any surveillance cams around the area..." Blakes starts typing effortlessly without looking at his keyboard. "There was a report about a few days back at a gas station. This'll be easy!"
Blake smirks as he starts typing in code or whatever he is doing.
"Really? It's that easy?" Braylon says, sounding a little disappointed and annoyed.
"Yea, most security cameras are child's play. Especially the ones at local spots."
"Child's play..hacking into a camera is child's play?" Zahaire asked, shocked. "Can you hack into a military base or some shit?"
"Yea..if your an idiot who wants the feds up your ass for the rest of your life." Blake replies.
Braylon looks back at us, mouth agape and brows twisted. He is clearly conflicted.
"Sorry our HUMAN technology is so inferior." I mock Braylon.
Braylon lets out a sigh and returns his attention to the monitor.
"I got something! There are two cloaked figures approaching the couple a few hours before the reporters arrived." Blake says, pointing to the screen.
Me and Zahaire get closer. We all study the screen and see the figures creep up on the couple in the dark of midnight. It zoomed out so we can make out that the couple was attacked one moment then left dead the next.
I can see Zahaire's hands shake in my peripheral. Mine are too. I take his hand and hold it tight. I try to give him a comforting look that my mom used to give me when I was scared as a child.
"Pffft- What the hell are you doing." Zahaire states trying to hold in his laugh.
Embarrassed, I snatch my hand away.
"Excuse me for trying to be sensitive for a moment." I pout.
Zahaire chuckles and pats my shoulder.
"Thanks, but no thanks."
"Can you follow where they are going?" Braylon asks Blake.
"That'll be tricky...it depends on how many cameras are where they are." Blake start clicking and typing. Trying his best to keep up with the enigmas.
The monitor flashes between different viewpoints of the two aliens. Until it stops at them running into a forest.
"Shit. I'm sorry but that's as far as we are going to go." Blake says.
"No...this helps." Braylon says, fingers resting on his chin. "We have to get to that forest and find out what they're doing there."
"You want us to follow the strange people into the forest? What if they were just like in the wrong place at the wrong time!"
I narrow my eyes at Zahaire, shocked by his previous statement.
"You think...that two shady ass people...near a crime scene...was just a coincidence!?"
Zahaire thinks for a second before shrugging his shoulders.
"I don't know, maybe." He states nonchalantly.
"Zahaire that's so-!"
"Guys!" Braylon states rather loudly. "We should focus on the important task at hand."
"Sorry." We say in unison.
"We should go to the forest and find out what those two shadowy figures were up to. I have a strong feeling that my sister was among them. They may even lead us to their ship."
The sound of typing is heard in our ears and Blake clicks enter.
"Done. Here are the coordinates to the forest. From the video it appears that they went to the right of the forest." Blake hands us a piece of paper with surprisingly--but equally satisfying penmanship.
I nod, determination written on my face.
"Alright, let's get ready and head to that forest." Zahaire replies.
Braylon, Zahaire, and I make our way down stairs and out the house. Just as we are about to leave the door a thought crosses my mind and I stop.
"Wait...Who can read coordinates?"
Zahaire looks at me and I shake my head no. We both look to Braylon who has his arms crossed around his chest.
"You call those coordinates, where's all the hemosaplashidan's hawb fheta-?" Braylon continues on in his alien language, lost in his trance of words.
I snap my fingers in front of his face, breaking his train of thought.
"Hey, hey, hey!" I state, snapping in between each hey. "Back to earth buddy, back to earth!"
"My apologies... I cannot read your coordinates."
Zahaire clears his throat trying to get our attention.
"I put the numbers in google maps and they show us how to get there!" He states.
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Science Fiction"W-what is it?" I ask, too afraid to look at the body again. "Look!" He wretches. "I was hoping you'd tell me..." I whimper and slowly turn towards the body. The muscles all over the body are all contracting and twitching. -- The art for the cover i...
