Chapter 2

                     Florest POV

When I woke up I was in some kind of cell, I groaned. The place is small with just a water basin and bucket to use at the corner but with the interior looking so advance like in the movies I know this can't be good, 'do they want to use me for experiment',I'm sweating now.

I pulled my legs up and wrapped my hands around it, I can feel tears coming out already.

      "What am I going to do, grandma mielle and Megan will be worried if they don't hear from me for a while"when I remember what I saw yesterday, I moaned, oh God I'm going to die.

I felt something wiggling under my clothes, I gasped why didn't I feel it before "because you weren't thinking straight" and now you are going to be eaten by whatever is wiggling under my clothes.

I tried to tossed what was under my clothes away buy it's not budging.

   

    " Have they done something to me while I was asleep." Ahhhh"she shouted, "Is that my...... B b bag" huh, why is my bag clinging to me under my clothes.i thought I dropped it when I was captured.

I touched it warily and it opened... weird right I couldn't find any clip on it but grandma mielle said it just needs my essence. When she gave it to me, she told me to always guard my powers mentally around it because my hair changes it's color and we don't wanna attract trouble. when I thought back to how grandma recounts how she found me on her door step and how she cautioned me not to tell anyone about it, I was eight years old then, and I thought I was going to have lots of friends if they know I have super powers so I told them exactly that, they laughed at me. I remember one of the few friends I made in class Brianna, she didn't defend me, just looked at me like a freak. with determination I wanted to prove to them I'm telling the truth, it was utter chaos, one minute I was trying to bring out my powers not that I knew what I was doing and the other, sounds of glass breaking were heard, the flower pots for our project that was lined up along the corridor were ruined, I heard screaming and shouts from outside to get down. When I looked around most of my classmates were crying, some were shrieking demanding attention.

     Did I do that, I was in shock. I just stayed at one corner trying to block out the sounds, I covered my ears. I felt someone come down to sit close to me. "Meghan", that's her name, I remember her now, no one wants to talk to the kid with Granny hair. She's an albino but I think she is cool.

"Hey florest, how did you do that" she eyed me, not fearfully, just curious .... "I, i don't know" I answered.  She nodded'It's okay I won't tell anyone, your secret is safe with me'.

      When the teacher entered and took everyone one to safety, they demanded to know what happened, most of them turned to look at me with accusatory eyes but none of them said anything. Except one of course, Xander, the class bully came forward and said "florest used her super powers to destroy the class and my flower pot" he cried.

"Yeah, right Xander , I think you are in shock right now,I'm going to call your parents to come pick you guys"the teacher said.

After further investigation, no one knew what happened and they claimed it was an accident, I have never seen grandma so disappointed but she didn't say anything just gave me a hug when I cried. Ever since then I learnt to build an invisible wall to keep my "gift" contained I scoffed.

I know the bag was with me when I was an infant and the reaction it causes when I touch it, I'm surprised of this new discovery that my bag is kinda alive. There's so many questions floating in my head.

How come I didn't notice it, does grandma know, if she does why didn't she tell me, does it eat?, When grandma told me I can put anything inside it and it won't feel heavy or full, I was skeptical at the beginning, I mean it's just a bag but when I started putting my things inside,I found out it's true it didn't even feel like I put anything inside, cool right, turn out it only respond to me. like I said ,essence, when I think of a particular thing I need, if it's in the bag,it becomes accessible to find, I just wished she had given me when I was younger, could have made life much more easier.

' Right now though, it's a different matter, I feel like I'm in another world 'i don't mean figuratively' and I can't wrap my head around it. Shifting to face my bag, I whisper tentatively "I don't know if you understand me or I'm crazy for thinking that you will,but if you can hear me, I'm in a life or death situation, I've been kidnapped by an 'ugly as fuck' alien, I don't know how to escape, can you help me please 'cricket'... Pretty please".

I smiled for effect. 'cricket '

"     Ok then, I guess it's not that alive,makes sense would be creepy if it's could talk or something'.........,'pffft, totally creepy'.

i can feel my face stinging, great now I wanna cry now, I sniffed, what happened to putting up a brave front, and been a big girl? I guess they all vanish when you get kidnapped by a stupid ass face alien. I sniffed, "not going to to say 'ugly as fuck' again". I mumbled

I snapped out of it, I can't stay here all day wallowing in pity,  I need to form a plan. I thought of pepper spray and searched through the bag and saw one inside, placing it at my side for emergency.

ok, I'm going to wait here for someone to come check on me since there is no way out which is bound to happen sooner or later.

            I need to escape this ship and find my way home. I rubbed my arms, grandma would be very worried.