Hybrid: The Awakening

Chapter 8-Tesha

Date on Earth: Wednesday, October 4th

I hated Axones.

"Hated" was a strong word. One that I didn't use lightly. In fact, I had never really hated anything before.

But the gray creatures deserved my hate. They had ruined everything.

Just a few days ago, the Axones were my friends. My family. Even though my skin wasn't gray and my eyes weren't purple, I felt like I was one of them.

My mother felt that way too, and she had ended up losing her life all while giving me one mission: to find the ones on Earth chosen by the Jh'ai. Which seemed impossible, considering the vast size of the green and blue planet.

The rage I felt when I had watched her ship being blown to bits was unlike anything I had ever experienced. If I could've controlled the escape pod, I knew I would have flown the ship straight into the Jh'ai Protector ships and destroyed them all single handedly.

I will avenge you. I had said it in the heat of the moment, and I still intended to keep the promise. I would wear the words as if it were tattooed onto my skin.

Even so, I had to remind myself through the anger that not all the Axones were horrible creatures. In fact, six of them had helped with my mother's mission to keep the Jh'ai out of their hands.

But my heart didn't seem to use logic in its feelings.

While I was descending to the ground, the pod malfunctioned. I had tried to eject myself and override the controls, but it was no use. By the time the parachute had ejected, it was too late.

The last thing I remembered was the ground rushing towards me.

After what felt like years, I started to wake up, loud voices echoing in my ears.

"Guys, she's waking up!" I managed to translate one of the voices. My mother had taught me the human language English-her native language-while on Nibura.

I heard footsteps coming my way. My breath quickened and fear threatened to overtake me. Out of pure instinct, I sat up straight and pulled out my gun, pointing it at the three humans that stood in front of me.

They were frozen in place, eyes wide. My breath caught when I saw the three humans, the only ones I had seen besides my mother.

The humans had their hands in the air, showing that they were unarmed.

"Great, we save her and bring her in, and the first thing she does is pull a gun on us," the shortest one with red hair muttered.

"It's okay," the human that towered over all three of them said gently. "We're not gonna hurt you."

"Yeah, I actually saved you. You're welcome by the way." The skinny boy wore a grin, despite the gun pointed at his small body.

I didn't lower my weapon, worried that it may be all a trick.

"Can she not hear us?" the redhead said. She yelled at me, "Hey! We just saved your sorry butt, so you can put the weird weapon down now!"

I kept my gun up.

The tall one shrugged. "Maybe she doesn't understand English."

"Don't worry, I got this." The skinny boy showed his empty hands. "We," he pointed to himself and the two kids behind him, speaking slowly. "Do not want to hurt you."

I debated whether or not to believe the boy. They seemed innocent enough, but I knew how deceiving looks could be.

Hesitantly, I lowered it, deciding to take a chance.