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“I am not completely without mercy however......Ninten, surrender yourself. You’re PSI is weak, and no match against mine. Come home with me”
Ninten froze in place at the sound of that chilling voice, it sent shivers down his spine. Behind him, his two friends, the ones who were responsible for him getting this far, called out in protest. Ana, the sweet blonde girl who always wore a wide-brimmed hat over her two pigtails covered her mouth in horror at the mere thought of loosing the boy that she had just confessed to. Lyoid, the socially awkward albino, gripped his backpack full of bottle rockets, ready to set them off at a moment’s notice. Ninten was his first actual friend, he wouldn’t lose him without a fight.
Ninten was more confused than anything by the Alien’s, no, his great-uncle’s words. Earth was Ken Itoi’s home. And the prospect of leaving his mom and little sisters alone to go after this looney was almost sickening. His hand on his aluminum bat clenched, knuckles turning an abalastor white. He may not know offensive PSI, but he couldn’t allow his family to be killed. Yet he was confused.
”Why me?”
The words slipped out, his brown eyes glanced back at Ana and Lyoid with uncertainty. He hoped that it wasn’t because of some sadistic pleasure, it seemed that all aliens were sadistic. And PLEASE no more Starmen. Those things creeped out everyone.
“You are all I have left of Maria, it just wouldn’t be fair to let her crumble with the rest of humanity.”
Lyoid shuddered a time the implications of that, he was the only non-psychic in the party, yet he knew that even he wasn’t safe from Giegue’s wrath. The only one who truly had a shot of remaining unharmed was Ninten himself, yet the Alien was unpredictable, who knows what he could do, or how unstable he could become. Lyoid just hoped that Ninten had the sense to stand his ground and stay out of trouble. But Ninten was a Pollyanna, so it was unlikely.
Ana reached forward and clasped her hand around her crush’s. Ninten squeezed back with a reassuring grin, that didn’t quite reach his eyes. Ana could see that Ninten’s was riled up, so she nodded at him and took a step back, away from the splash zone. She knew what he was like when mad, often lashing out and becoming super salty with quite the barbed tongue. It was just one of the few thing she that she’s fell in love with.
Ninten grit his teeth as he stared up at the ship, and the pod that Giegue resided within. He grabbed ahold of his red bandana and gripped it tightly as he called out in a loud, unwavering voice, “NEVER!! I’LL NEVER JOIN YOU AS LONG AS I LIVE!!!” Ana and Lyoid both let out a breath they didn’t know they were holding.
A deep chuckle filled the air, one filled with malice. It could make even the strongest men Freeze with fear. A dark energy seemed to roll off of the pod in waves. Ninten narrowed his narrow brown as they slowly shifted to a blue colour, a trait unique to him when he activated his PSI.
“I figured you would say that, I guess you need some additional..... persuasion?”
Two shrieks. Ninten whipped around to see Ana and Lyoid, unmoving as ice crept up their legs and flames inched closer to their backs. “I-I CAN’T MOVE!!” Lyoid called out, his spiral patterned glasses were cloudy, so they concealed his eyes, yet fear was practically radiating off of him. Ana wasn’t much better, she was weeping with fear, her crystal blue eyes showed an endless pool of sadness and fear, yet she hardened her gaze at Ninten.
“Don’t go!” She cried, “We’ll be okay.” Ninten wasn’t so sure, the noirnette was torn. He studied his friends frightened and threatened appearances and gulped, tears welling up in his own eyes. He turned around and looked at the pod with a defeated expression. “I have a condition, you have to promise to never intentionally endanger Earth, or humans, again.”
Protests were called out as Ninten took a step forward with his head hanging. Giegue’s voice rang out again, this time much softer, as if consoling the child in the front. “I give you my word.”
That’s all Ninten needed to break down. Hanging his head down and whipping off his cap so his black locks fell over his face to conceal the tears rolling down. He turned back to his friends, still in harms ways, and ran towards them. He didn’t care about the flames about to envelop them, just that he felt that he failed them. “I’m sorry... I’m so sorry. I have to. You’ll be h-hurt.” He gulped.
Ana and Lyoid could only watch as their friend, their fearless, optimist, leader, broke down in front of them. Then moved their heads closer, as they couldn’t move anything else, and shushed him. “We’ll tell your mom. It’s okay Ninten. We forive you.” They murmured in unison. Ninten took a step back and wiped his eyes, before putting his cap back on, backwards, to keep his hair out of his face. He then reached into a phanny pack around his waste and pulled out an old book. He put it down and smiled weakly before walking towards the ship. “Fine....I-I’ll go with you.... but please, just don’t hurt them.”
“I knew you’d see reason. Come along, Ninten.”
Ninten was about to cry again when two Starmen approached from the ship, their noodle arms that frankly looked like smooth tentacles wrapped around Ninten’s arms and pulled him towards the ship. He kept his head down as he felt the dark energy dissipate, and Ana and Lyoid call out. Ninten couldn’t meet their eyes. He looked down as he felt the rock beneath him be replaced by a smooth surface.
This was the start of his new life.