Started: 11-06-04 Completed: 02-27-05"Another end of a long, hard day."
Somere was on her way home from her campus one night after finishing her assignments. It was the peak season and everyone was using the computers, so it wasn't surprising that Somere had to wait a long time to get her turn on one of them. She's taking a course on Mass Media and she had a large animation to finish, and she was sure that only relying on her own computer back at her off-campus home wasn't enough to complete the entire assignment. When she was done, it was already almost past midnight.
Living the life of a university student sure takes a toll on her. She was offered by Damaka Putih University in Kuala Lumpur (made that up, so those Kuala Lumpur people reading, don't flame me) as soon as she graduated from high school and she has been there for about 2 years now. It still seemed like yesterday to her that she has been living in L.A. and suddenly she was given the opportunity to live in the life where her ancestors have originated. Her great-great-great grandparents were born and bred in Kuala Lumpur and only moved to L.A. during her great grandparents' generation. It was obvious that Somere was a Eurasian, what with her black hair but jade-green eyes. She was one of the attractions in her campus and she sure got the attention of a local guy named Eric, whom she only treated as a best friend.
As she continued to walk down the road towards her home off-campus, she began to contemplate about what else she should add into her assignment. She knew that her home was a very long distance away from the campus and walking in the dead of the night is no safety business, she didn't care. She has walked lonelier streets on later nights than this back in L.A., and never once did she get into serious trouble. She was being bag-napped once or twice, but nothing serious, because she always keeps her wallet that has her IC and everything in another pocket. She was used to it. A peaceful night like this with only occasional cars passing by was the kindest night scene he had ever encountered so far.
Besides, she enjoyed the night air anyway. The air is always fresh in the dead of the night.
Suddenly, she heard a faraway rustling. It came from a huge bush just a few feet in front of her. Her heart almost stood still. Her goose pimples began to come out as she imagined the unimaginable. Could it be that another thug like back in L.A. trying to burglar her? Would someone pop out and rape her? Or worse...murder her? She braced herself for the worse.
What popped out of the bushes was more than what she had expected. She couldn't see anything but she could feel something bulky standing in front of her. She could only make out a huge silhouette towering before her. She shivered as she saw the silhouette slowly materializing into something solid. With whatever light it could muster on to make it more visible, Somere was able to make out how it looked like. It was wearing something scaly and leather with a couple of machinery strapped on its arms. It had a metallic mask on and long dreadlocks ran down his head. Its hands and feet looked human, only that they were claw-like instead of fingers and toes. Not only that, it made some sort of clicking sound inside the mask.
Before she could react, she saw the figure brandishing something sharp out of his hand. It shimmered under the little light they have and was aiming to slash her into pieces. Somere was shocked out of her wits. She was so scared she didn't know whether to move or to stand there and be mush. It moved closer and closer towards her and was ready to give her an instant 'shave' when it staggered for balance and slowly fell onto its knees and onto the ground with a loud thump. Somere waited for a second before she was sure that the figure that tried to attack her wasn't moving. It kinda twitched for a moment, as if not willing to succumb to defeat before giving in to unconsciousness. When it finally wasn't moving, she walked slowly towards the figure. She reached out to touch it but was given a gooey feeling in return. She saw glow-in-the-dark fluid on her fingers—like those paint strippers put on themselves on the dance floor—and it felt like slime to the touch. It dawned to her from where the fluid was flowing that it was its blood and that it was hurt.
"Oh boy, why do I always end up with the cruddy job?" Somere muttered worriedly as she looked from left to right to see if there was anyone nearby to help her or even saw her. It seemed as if no one was around. She did think of just leaving it there alone but the thought of him rotting there to its death wouldn't sound too nice. She then thought of taking it to a nearby clinic or something but she didn't have a car now and she had a feeling that taking it to the clinic would be a far cry from getting over the probelm. Therefore, she had only one resort left—taking it to her own home. She heaved a huge sigh and grabbed it by the wrists and started pulling and dragging. She pulled and dragged like never before. The thing weight a tonne, but she was lucky that her home was just a few miles away. In a way, she was glad that no one approached her and no cars passed her by or she would've created a riot.
As soon as she was home, she made sure that her housemates were fully asleep before she dared to bring the creature she had discovered into the house. She tiptoed quietly inside and pressed her ear on the first housemate's door. So far, so good. Same goes with the second housemate's. She quickly dragged the creature into her room and locked the door tight. Once she plopped the creature onto her bed and turned on the light, she was able to make out clearly how it looked like. The outfit it was wearing was really made out of leather-like material and it looked kinda scaly. The metallic mask over his face looked pretty menacing. The dreadlocks looked like they've seen cleaner days. She looked at the wounds on its body and wasn't sure where to start. After staring at it for a long time, she finally decided to start with cleaning its wounds and body first. She boiled some hot water and tried to remove its weird outfit. She fumbled and muddled about like a dumbass and finally was able to remove the doggone outfit one by one. Once it was off, she noticed the long weenie and blushed at the fact that it's a he. She tried to look past it as she removed the mask. A loud hiss as she disconnected the tubes locked on his face and dislodged the mask.
The horror she felt when she saw the face hidden behind the mask (A/N: Well, almost everyone know how a Predator looks like, so I don't really need to describe too much). His face was anything but human and she sure was freaked for a while. She had the urge to scream in horror but she was afraid she'll wake up her housemates and the creature on her bed. With much caution and trepidation, she cleaned his wounds and applied antiseptic on them. Occasionally, he would wince and that made her jump. She then wrapped them up with bandages before pulling the blanket over him. She cleaned up everything she just used and changed into her bedclothes before she sat beside the bed. She lay her head on the bed and stared at the weird-looking alien.
'I wonder where he comes from,' she thought. 'Mars? Jupiter? Mercury? I've heard the possibility of other life-forms in outer space, but I never expect to see a real-life alien. What's like in his planet? What does he do back there? How old is he? I bet he's older than my great-grandparents...Most of all...What is his name...?'
Her questions wavered as she slowly slipped into deep slumber.
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