Rainbows and Aliens (discontinued)

Chapter six

I stayed at home for a few weeks, hiding in case the aliens came back to double check that everyone was gone. Before long though, me and the cat, who I had named Fishstick (Don't judge me, I'm terrible at names) had run out of food. Or I had. Fishstick could apparently find food anywhere. All I'm going to say is that the neighbors rats aren't going to be a problem for them anytime soon.

So, that's how I found myself walking back through the streets of the deserted city that thousands of people used to call home. When I got to Tom's store, the first thing I noticed was that the door was open a crack. The last time I was here, I remember closing the door firmly.

Proceeding with caution, I snuck through the door and noticed a figure in the gloomy back of the store looking through the cans of food. It's an alien! They've come back! But, why is it sneaking into a store? And where are its companions?

All my instinct was telling me to run away, but I couldn't leave Toms store to be attacked by aliens. Also, I needed to get supplies from there. So, grabbing the weapon closest to me, (a broom) I tiptoed through the empty store, snuck up behind the figure, and hit it with the broom. Hard.

"Ow!" A decidedly human voice rang out among the shelves. The unknown figure turned around, pulled a gun out their belt with a swift motion and pointed it at me. Finally I could see that it was a human girl with brown eyes and streaks of blue and purple in her blonde hair. She squinted in my direction. "Go out into the light where I can see you."

We walked out the door and into the sunlight before she visibly relaxed, putting the pistol back into her belt. "Sorry. You can't ever be too careful in an apocalypse."

"It's ok. Sorry I hit you with a broom."

"That was a broom? Dude, that hurt! You've got a good arm." She said, rubbing her back.

"Heh. Not really. So, what's your name?"

"Lexie. What's yours?"

"Indigo. Do you know if there's any more people that survived the aliens?"

Lexie literally lit up. "Yeah! There's about a dozen of us, all kids. We've kinda banded together since the aliens have taken all our parents. You should probably come join us. We're living under the city hall, in the basement."

"Oh, ok. I guess I'll come join y'all." I really had nothing left for me here, and after a week of just conversing with a cat, being around people seemed like heaven. "If you'll wait here, I can go get my stuff. I guess you can take some food from the store while your waiting."

"Sure!" Lexie walked back into the store as I jogged back to my house and filled a bag with my stuff. I only took the essentials, most of the other stuff I could probably find at an abandoned store somewhere. With Fishstick beside me, I ran back to the store where Lexie had just come out of the door holding a lot of bags with food items in them. She glanced up and said. "Yes! You have a cat! That'll keep those annoying mice away. Here, why don't you carry some bags?"

I grabbed a few bags from her overloaded arms, and we started walking down towards the center of town. Fishstick ran around, exploring everything as we traipsed along in comfortable silence. Eventually, the town hall loomed up in front on us and we went around to the back, where the outside door to the basement was cleverly concealed behind a few fake trees. We walked down a few staircases and stopped at a door. Lexie knocked on it in a particular pattern and the door swung open.

We walked inside, and saw a boy that looked to be about 6 or 7 hanging onto the door. He let go of it when he saw Fishstick, and the door swung shut with a click. The boy ran over to Fishstick. "A cat!" He shouted, nearly suffocating her as he hugged the poor thing.