A
light shown from the kitchen sometime later that night, there were clanking
noises, along with a container being opened.
Kenchi groggily rolled over, he had no idea what time it was, but he
looked into the kitchen and could see the form of Jessica in her robe. She seemed to not be in control of
herself. She was drinking milk from the
bottle and spilling most of it on herself.
To Kenchi, she didn’t seem to be the
type that ate at midnight. When she
turned toward the light, her eyes were sunken and it seemed as if fog
surrounded her head. Kenchi continued to
watch and his foot slipped and hit the lamp next to the couch. It created a disturbance and Jessica turned
toward Kenchi, her face covered in milk and the front of her neck and chest
were soaked with the liquid.
She frowned and made an unearthly
noise. Tendrils of blackness came out
from her skin and she instantly cried out in pain. She began screaming and fell onto the
floor. The tendrils turned into ooze and
poured out of her delicate features.
Kenchi quickly got up and ran into
the kitchen. He found a lower cabinet
with ordinary flour in it; he grabbed it and began pouring it over the black
ooze. The alien mass congealed and
convulsed until it became a mixture of black and white crustiness that formed a
glob a few feet from Jessica. Kenchi ran
to Jessica’s side, he calmly shook her and tried to rouse her. After a few moments, she breathed deeply and
then suddenly coughed. She tried to get
up, but Kenchi placed a hand on her arm.
“Don’t get up. You’ve had quite a
scare.”
“What happened to me?” Jessica
whispered.
“You were infected by an alien
force. You’re alright now though. I think it left your body. Do you remember anything?”
“I remember getting ready for bed
and I took my evening pills, then I sat down in my sitting chair next to the
window. I was going to read for a little
while before bed, a few minutes later I felt cold and I drifted in and out of
consciousness. I felt as if my mind were
being drained of memories. After that I
blacked out.” Jessica slowly sat up from the floor and clutched the robe closer
around her body. She looked down at the
crusty glob of alien goo and flour lying close to her. She instantly pushed back from it.
“I’m going to wake your girls, I
need their help.” Kenchi said. “Stay where you are at.”
Kenchi went upstairs to May’s room,
the room being completely dark, he had a hard time finding where her bed
was. He shook her gently and she rolled
over looking at Kenchi.
“May, I didn’t want to startle you,
I need your help. Meet me at Tena’s room;
I’ll see you in a moment.” Kenchi left quickly, leaving May to get up from
sleep. He continued on to Tena’s room
finding that her room was the exact opposite to May. It was cluttered and in disarray, her bed was
a clump of blankets and body mixed up.
He went over to her bed, noticing she was only in a tank top and shorts. Kenchi gulped and slowly shook her shoulder.
Tena moved and then opened her eyes. “Kenchi! What are you doing in here!?”
“I need your help; we have to go to
your mother’s room. We have to examine
something, join me when you’re presentable.” Kenchi answered quietly.
Tena smirked. “I am
presentable…Alright I’ll see you in a minute.
Wait outside the door.”
Kenchi left the room and found May
standing in a tee shirt and jeans. She
had her arms crossed and a smile on her face.
“Wasn’t what you expected was it?”
“No, I was expecting organization,
like your room.” Kenchi commented. They
waited and then Tena came out in the same tank top, but she wore jeans as
well. May looked at her sister, studying
her, she rolled her eyes.
“What?!” Tena knew that look.
“Nothing, come on.” May rolled her
eyes again. The three went to Jessica’s
room, which was elegant and tidy. Kenchi
knew what he was looking for. He went to
the sitting chair and turned on the lamp next to it. The seat of the chair was wet with the black
ooze of alien D.N.A. It dripped over the
side and puddled onto the floor.
“Is that what I think it is?” May
asked.
“Yes it is, the aliens infected your
mother and I found her downstairs gulping a bottle of milk. She was spilling it all over herself and then
she glared at me. It must have triggered
a different response inside because she screamed out in pain as the alien ooze
came pouring out her skin. The only way
I stopped it was by pouring flour on it.”
“So this stuff is actually aliens?”
Tena asked.
“Yes, don’t touch it, if it comes in
contact with your skin, you’ll end up like your mom.” Kenchi replied.
“Is my mother alright?” May asked.
“Yeah, she’s just a little
shocked. She’s downstairs recovering.”
Kenchi continued. “Do you have another vile?”
“Yes, it’s in my bedroom.” May
answered. She wanted to go and see her
mother.
“Could you grab one? Tena and I will
meet you downstairs.” Kenchi finished.
May nodded and left the room.
“Are the aliens more aggressive, the
greater the liquid?” Tena asked. Kenchi
looked at her a moment then thought that could be the case. He didn’t answer but motioned for Tena to
follow him downstairs. When Tena saw her
mother sitting on the floor she ran to her.
Kenchi joined her and could see Jessica starting to regain her own
strength.
“Mother, why is your hair wet? Were you in the shower? I mean all you have
on is your robe.” Tena blurted.
Kenchi felt embarrassed, he didn’t
even think to bring a blanket down for Jessica.
He went to the couch and grabbed the blankets. “Here, wrap her in
these.” Kenchi handed Tena the blanket to put around her mother.
“I don’t remember getting in the shower;
let alone taking off my clothes.” Jessica stared blankly. “All I remember is
sitting in my chair and then felt as if my mind were a vacuum to whatever was
attacking me.”
“If it’s any consolation, we believe
you completely. We’ll try to get to the
bottom of it.” Kenchi smiled, a clock on the wall sounded and rang its chime
for five a.m. Two hours and they needed
to be at the school. Kenchi hoped they
could get rid of the aliens. Who else could help destroy that meteor? Maybe Hero Higashi had some of those answers.
May walked down the stairs with a
piece of paper and an empty vile. She
came to her mother and hugged her tightly. “Mom, this is what was inside of
you.” She held up the picture of the microscopic alien in all its villainy.
“Oh that’s horrid! How?” Jessica shook convulsively.
“We believe the alien came through
the window, went to the chair and waited until you sat down to enter your
body. The aliens travel much faster
through water so they could be anywhere by now.
Do you work today?” Kenchi answered.
“I do work today, May, Tena, you
know I work on Tuesday’s.” Jessica replied as she started getting up.
“When you go to work don’t forget to
look at your seat. Bring some flour just in case. It seems to kill the aliens. I wanted to get a sample just to be sure.”
May replied seriously.
“You are so smart, just like your
father, you too Tena. I have such smart
girls. I’m going to get dressed. Tena, could you help me?” Jessica smiled and
then stumbled past the glob of alien mess on the floor.
May picked up a sample of the alien
D.N.A. and flour mixture to examine if in fact the aliens died in the
flour. May motioned for Kenchi to follow
her and they quickly headed to her room.
She went ahead and poured on the lights, and then she adjusted the
microscope to examine the sample vile.
To her relief the aliens were in fact dead. Their legs crusted with white flour
crystalized and caused the creature to stop is aggressive action.
“That brings me relief, now we know
how to beat it.” May sighed.
“We just have to find something that
will haul tons of flour. You know we’re
going to need something really large.” Kenchi commented.
“You’re right,” May looked at the
clock. “Go get dressed; we don’t want to miss the bus. I’ll get Tena.” The two separated and went to
their task. Kenchi had a numbing feeling
that things were not that easy. It was
too easy of a solution. Of all the
aliens in the universe, ones would succumb to the simple ingredient of flour
made from grain? Then again it was the
only planet where grain such as wheat was produced successfully. Kenchi was torn in his thoughts as he finished
getting ready for school.
The three teenagers were ready to
leave the house; Jessica stood at the door waving at them as they left. She fell asleep shortly after Tena brought
her to bed, and finally felt better after the sleep. Jessica still felt embarrassed by Kenchi
seeing her in the kitchen gorging on milk.
As Kenchi, May and Tena walked away Jessica smiled to herself. “Looks
like I need to get ready for work.” She thought aloud. She went in and prepared for the day.
“Alright, so what if ones have
already been affected by the aliens?” Tena asked.
“We’ll have to deal with it
differently. Each person is different
and each will not know what is going on.
Your mother was in a state of mental block. We may not be able to tell anything until we
try and talk with them.” Kenchi answered.
“Let’s keep our distance
anyway. Right now I want to see if
Higashi will actually show up at the school.” May shook slightly.
They continued to the bus station
and saw it was already there. They ran
quickly to board, and as usual there were chattering kids on the bus and then
there were those who seemed off in space.
Kenchi, May and Tena went to the back of the bus and sat quietly as the
vehicle pulled away taking them to school. Kenchi thought it surprising that so
many kids were on the bus at this time of day considering the school didn’t
start until another two hours.
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