Chapter 5

  Florest POV

  I slowly walked to what looks like a market place. " Whoa!!., holy shiiit ", I gasped. This is an alien world alright.

 Lots of people -- aliens going back and forth, talking at the same time. It looks busy and full, even at night time, lots of canopy stands with different colors and shades displayed in front of shops to show their goods.

i looked longingly at some bags displayed at one shop, I don't have any money with me. The situation I'm in all came rushing back to me. I sombered, I need to find a place to keep my head down for a while.

I wonder if I can find a job in exchange for room and board. I approached a bar , it looks chic and has a fun vibe to it. People are schattered around on chairs, the bar is full of people sipping their drinks and chatting.

A busy bar, perfect for a part time job. they always need somebody to fill a space for another person.

           I decided to go to the corner of the bar to avoid attraction, people were looking at me curiously, some in a stylish manner, others were blantantly, staring at me. I ducked my head to avoid eye contact with any of them.

I need to make some plans and eat. I'm starving. I make good decisions with a clear head and full tummy. Sitting at the corner of the bar, I can see who enters the bar from here and duck immediately if I sense any danger. and it's pretty private, it like a booth, with high chair to give privacy to customers. I noted.

The tables are gigantic too, makes sense, the aliens I've seen so far are tall ranging from nine feet to seven feet even the shortest one is close to six feet. 

       Opening my bag, I look nervously around, I hope no one saw my hair changing it's colour,  I am so tired I can't even guard my powers again, the curve of chair is protecting me from prying eyes, thankfully.

I brought out the dried fruit bag and opened it, sniffing it, it doesn't have any smell, picking one up,I threw it in my mouth, it tastes sweet like berries or something. I shrug, I finished one pack and opened another, this one is the nutty one, I poured an handful in my hand and ate it all at once. Tasted like nut too, jackpot!!, I'm so happy I found this and not a green gooey substance or worm, I shuddered. Once I'm done eating. I decided to look for a job but first I need a disguise.

Braiding my hair into two braids proofed to be difficult but I don't have time now to start combing it so I did it the best I could. I thought of contacts, black jeans, and a t shirt. My bag -- God I should stop calling it my bag, I think I'm going to name it , Fur, it has fur all over the body so the name is suitable

 

         Fur shimmered, and shooked, few seconds later it opened , putting my hands inside to pick the items, I thanked my lucky stars I thought of putting emergency clothes inside Fur and every other products from hair products, to skin care products, I think I even have a taser in there but I'm not sure.

The contact is for situation like this sometimes when I'm at work I get weird looks from people because of my eye colour, so I started wearing contacts to avoid those looks. 

           

    Since I don't know if there is a changing room here, I will just have to change in the booth here. It has enough privacy to change. Starting with my trouser, I wiggled under the table to off the jeans. Then I took the black spandex leggings on the table and proceed to work my way with it, after twisting and turning I finally put it on .

I bent down low to off my shirt and put on the new one. Now for the contact, I did fast work with that, putting on my leather jacket, I'm set. I'm putting on sneakers so there is no need for change of shoes, folding the used clothes,  I return them back inside Fur.

              " Oh yes, one more thing", I touched Fur, "I need a scarf please, a black one". It shimmered and shooked. Then it opened, picking up the scarf I wrapped it around my head like a turban, covering my nose with the end piece , I look like an Arabian in the desert. Should be enough disguise in case one of those spies Mr healer man says reports to that asshole 'kulmar', Standing up to approach the batender, he looks like catman a little bit human-like, two hands, two legs and so on.

But that's where the similarity ends. He has brown furs all over his body and face. And cat-like eyes, my bet is he has a tail too. He kept looking at me suspiciously, I felt the hair at the back of my head stand up. Someone is watching me, or lots of someone, I looked around and saw about three dangerous looking men watching my every move.

          Taking a shaky breath. I turn around and walked slowly outside, I can feel them following me, the market is busy so they can't grab me. if I can just plan myself well I would lose them in the crowd. I kept weaving through the crowd trying to lose them but it's not working.

 Suddenly I felt a force so hard, I almost fell down on the ground, my mind got blank, like literally blank. I saw an image, a ship, it looks like the ship I was kidnapped in but not quite it. This ship looks much more fancier, like those fancy cruise ship that hosts one year vacations on earth.

  I saw pools inside, waiters carrying trays with drinks on it. People chattering and having fun. I felt something warm in the pocket of my jacket. Opening it, I saw the bead Mr healer man gave to me, the color has changed to blue.picking it up, I couldn't describe the feeling but a rush of energy passed through me, I felt light. Time stopped, no movement at all, I gasped a breath, I could feel my eyes roll back. I felt like the knowledge I didn't have before was in my head, but I didn't understand how it got there.

Immediately, time resumed back, and everything went back to normal. I remembered the people chasing me. Turning back , I can see they are catching up with me. 

  Walking with purpose, I started weaving through the crowd. It's like I was farmiliar with the place, I knew where I was going. It could be the beads work , .... I don't know but I'm happy I can read the symbols and writing everywhere. Knowing where I'm going ,I saw the ship up ahead looking glorious in it's slick design.

 I'm not really sure what I am to do here because it looks like a place that collects outrageous money and since I'm poor, you can connect the dots.

   I felt someone grab me at my waist, I tried to struggle out of the hold, I underestimated these aliens thinking they can't kidnap me in a crowdy area.--- Boy, was I wrong. "You bitch, where did you think you are going to" a rough voice said.

I didn't even bother to listen to what he was saying, I head butted him so hard I saw stars, hearing a groan, the hands around my waist released me.

I took off heading to the direction of the ship. I got to the entrance and saw two guards standing there, they were looking at me strangely, I was breathing heavily, "help!! they're after me",I pointed to the angry looking aliens coming my way. Then for effect I fainted.