His eyes were brighter in real life.
Other than that he looked the same. Blue-black hair, upturned nose, scattered freckles. He was tall. Like, really tall. Well I'm 5' 1 so everyone seems tall to me. But he was taller than average.
Those were the few details I was able to take in before I went unconscious.
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I woke up to someone toching my face. Actually, it felt more like someone poking my face. He was poking my face.
I just watched him for a minute because I didn't know what to say.
"Um, may I help you?" I finally croaked.
"Are you awake?" He asked, still poking my face.
"I think so," I answered.
"Okay," He kept on poking.
"Will you stop!?" I swatted his hand away from my face.
"We should go," He said.
"Why?" I asked. This boy just shows up in my room and now he wants to take me away? Nuh uh.
"You know what? You should leave. This isn't even your house and I don't even know who... Wait. I don't even know your name!" I started flailing my arms like I do when I get all flustered.
"I'm Hawkes. Hawkes Lazarus Bane, Space Pirate of the 8 Galaxies" Hawkes smirked at me.
"Woah. Cool name."
"Thanks. It comes from one of the greatest heroes from my home planet,"
"Really? I'm named after a stupid orange- HOME PLANET?!"
"Yep. And I'm here to abduct you," he crossed his arms.
I did my disgusting snort laugh and doubled over.
"It's not that funny. And I'm dead serious." Hawkes grabbed my arm and pulled me up. He bent over so he was looking at me directly in my eyes.
"Clemintine, I need your help. Bad things are happening and we're the only ones who can make them right again. Just come with me. Please, Clementine," He stared at me with pleading eyes.
"Are you crazy?" I jerked my arm out of his grasp, "Home planet? Abduction? What mental facility did you escape from?"
"Listen, Clementine, I'm like you. I'm not from this world. I can see things, too!"
"So you're telling me that I'm an alien," I rolled my eyes at Hawkes.
"No, only partially," He ignored my frazzled expression and kept talking, "We need to go, now. I'll explain everything once we're on the ship."
"Explain now or I'm not getting on you're 'ship'" I said, doing quotation marks in the air.
"I can't! You have to agree first." He checked some bracelet on his wrist and looked worried.
"I don't even know you!"
"Yes you do. Now, can we just go?"
I sighed. This was probably just some crazy hallucination and I would wake up soon. So I grabbed my battered notebook off the floor, a ballpoint pen from my desk, and how could I forget the Easy Cheese.
"Let's blow this popstand."
Hawkes jumped out the window like a super frog. I could already see him at the base of the spaceship.
I slowly lifted one leg at a time over my windowsill, and tried to climb down the gutter. But, as I am not 60 pounds, it collapsed and I fell on my tushy in some dirt. I wiped my hands on my jeans and skipped over too Hawkes.
The spaceship was even cooler up close. It was a metallic, almost violet color, reminding me of Hawkes' eyes. But the shape was a little funky. It kinda looked like a giant shiny jellybean, no windsheild, no wings, not even a visible engine. I would say it was about as big as an elephant, if thats a valid comparison.
"Well, are you coming?" Hakes was standing in the doorway of the spaceship, his hand outstretched towards me.
I bit my lip and glanced back out my house. I hadn't written my mother a note. or left any evidence that I was gone. Too late now.
"I'm coming," I whispered as I took Hawkes' hand, stepping into the purple, jellybean-shaped, spaceship.
The spaceship was totally weird. It had a TARDIS effect. Like, it wasn't too big on the outside, but it was super roomy on the inside. Also, all of the walls were transparent, except for the floor. Noiselessy, we sailed into the clouds, my house shrinking below us.
"Welcome aboard Jig," Hawkes aid, spreading his arms.
"Jig?" I asked.
"Jellybean in the Galaxy," He smirked before sitting down on a black couch in the middle of the room. I could've sworn it wasn't there a minute ago... Hey at least I was right about the jellybean part.
"So Hawkes," I said as I sat down next to him, "Now that I'm aboard can you tell me what we're doing?"
"Alright. Someone has been taking these gems. Actually, the Gems of Life. They give us our power. Once they get all these gems, they're going to crush them. If the gems are crushed, we die."
"Powers? Who is we? And why do we need the gems?" I looked up at Hawkes.
"You know, powers. My powers for example. This," a cupcake appeared in his hand. "How did I do that? My powers of course."
So you can make cupcakes and couches appear out of thin air? Big whoop, I thought.
"I can do so much more than that, Clemintine. I also read minds." Hawkes smirked at me.
"Okay then," I said, "So we is the people with powers?"
"Pretty much," he shrugged, "I mean, there are different kind of powers. Percepturspex, extrasensethesia, vehementivity. So we can either refer to someone with your same power,or just the gifted population as a whole.
"The gems are spefic to each power. If they crush the gems, it will take away your power. And if they inject it into themselves, they can have your power. So the people with no powers, or with a lesser power are taking gems from the more gifted so they can be stronger."
It took me a minute for my brain to digest that. "Okay, but who would do this? Can't you just get what you get and not throw a fit?"
Hawkes stiffened. "That's why I needed your help. I think you're the only one who can convince him to stop," he took a deep breath, "Clemintine, your father is responsible for all of this."
A/N
*cowers in corner* I'm sorry for not updating in so long! I'm currently working on two other stories and I have dance and school and homework and stuff. But I have this whole week off so YAY! STORYTIME!! Agian guys, this chapter wasn't too good either because the book is still jus starting out. IT WILL GET BETTER!! I SWEAR!! And it's not the longest because I really wanted to end it right there. Yay! Yay for Hawkes Lazuraus Bane! Yay for OTP! Heh because that wasn't a spoiler. Well thanks for reading Chapter Two, um yeah. Vote, comment, fangirl! or fanboy. *wink wink @the_sonic_kid. Go read Best Friends for Never by @Glitter_Geeks14! Alright, thanks again, guys!
Bai,
Kitty
