My Rebirth as an alien Queen

Episode 31- unwanted attention

I turned in bed wanting to go back to sleep from all the tiredness but the growling of my stomach had me lazily standing up from bed; I groaned and forced myself to sit up against the headboard while staring at the beautiful sunlight creeping through the window, I slowly lifted my feet and move it down to the floor and then my eyes fell on it and I almost scream to realise I was back to being ghost white. I immediately painted the image of the older me in my eyes and before I opened my eyes I was back to being human. I heaved a soft sigh of relief and stood to open up the curtains, Barb's eyes were closed and I guess she was in sleep mode, great for conserving her battery.

I moved over to the bathroom and immediately run myself a clean bath but going through my stuff I realise most of the clothes in the bag were plain dresses, I needed some human casual ware, I decided and from the remaining money to get me and Barb some new clothes, I didn’t want to wake her yet so I decided to go alone, I smiled and take in the new smell of air, but too much inhalation stung my nose, it was definitely due to the oxygen constituents of the air, yeah right? The oxygen constituents were terrible for Ghafils. I sighed and started to walk my way down through busy humans who were going by their day day-to-day activity.

I kept walking until I reached one of the common local boutiques which I as a student patronize very often. I walked in and moved over to the racks trying to pick any suitable outfit for me and Barb, I was a little fatter than Barb, and I being the human Claire will weigh 60pounds but Barb, if a human would weigh 57 or less. I was still picking some clothes when the storekeeper, a woman in her early 50’s, I knew her quite well in my very first life.

“Claire, I thought you said you were leaving to spend the vacation with your parent, did you change your mind?” Aunt Sara asked and my jaw dropped for a minute, if she could address me so casually it only meant one thing, my younger self was acquainted with Aunt Sara, that’s amazing, I guess she exists in my story either way.

“Yeah, I was…and I still am. I was…just thinking a few clothes-

“Claire, you bought some clothes four days ago in preparation to leaving for your hometown, I know you mean well about patronizing with your friends since sales is a bit rocky but you don’t have to buy so many clothes,” I said trying not to stutter too much. Aunt Sara smiled and I had the urge to cry because I so much missed being human, being around…I missed everything. Aunt Sara had curly ginger hair, her skin had some ginger tone to it and even her brows were ginger in colour, sometimes before, I concluded she was albino due to her hair colour…even her eyebrows were ginger so it was difficult not to think like that. She had very pale skin that made her hate the sun like hell; she was of average height and looked somehow skinny.

“No, actually…I wanted to buy for a friend but I saw few clothes that caught my attention so I decided to add” I gave her a shy smile and she gave a motherly doting look.

“That’s very nice of you Claire but have a feeling you snuck into the shop so I wouldn’t complain...thank you so much Claire, so because of your generosity…I’m giving you a 20% discount-

“You really don’t have to do that” I told her but she insisted and she helped back up the clothes I had brought, I was very glad…I should give my younger self some credit for this though.

“I see you’ve got contacts,” Sara noticed my eye colour and I forced a smile.

“I don’t use it very often” I lied and Sara nodded giving me the shopping bag, after our goodbyes, I hit the street and I was leaving when I saw a beautiful purse on display at the show window, I immediately moved to the shop and bought the purse…it was a little expensive though, I mean it was 3000 bucks, then I decided to return to the hotel, but due to the busy road, I resorted to taking the alleyway which I later figured was a terrible idea.

I was walking merrily down the alleyway when few guys appeared at the end of the passage, I frowned and turned only to see few other guys, fear started to envelop me as these guys moved closer to me, not like I can’t take them…I’m an alien, and a queen to top it but I don’t ever want to use my powers anywhere on planet earth, I was suddenly self-conscious, but I knew I could result to using my powers violently if any of these young guys do anything stupid.

“What’s up lady?” The black dude among them with several tattoos on his neck and hand spoke first, he was eating and biting down his lower lip like a p*****t while rubbing his hands maniacally.

“Can I help you?” I questioned trying to sound sure and confident but the fear in my voice could be sensed.

“Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you, we just…what have you got here?” A white dude who has as much tattoo as the black guy who spoke first, they were all wearing winter caps and had jackets on, and from the way the pattern matches, I would think it’s a uniform, for a minute…I think of how to escape from been bullied by these guys and I suddenly got an idea.

“Barb” I smiled waving at no one in particular and they all got distracted looking towards the direction I had waved at. I swiftly turned and use my telekinetic force to push the one behind me away before immediately running down the other part of the alley, I took to the main road this time and started to race down but they were hot on my trail, I continue to run until I feel I was running out of breath which was really bad for me, if I run out of Nitrogen I might need a pure one which was not combined with the poisonous oxygen in the earth atmosphere, so ii immediately moved to a corner while trying to catch my breath.

“Hey yo, lady? We know you’re around here somewhere? Come out now…we just want to know where that powerful assistant of yours is…we heard she was very strong and fought like a machine…that’s not possible is it? Jerry is so eager to have her fight for him” My heart was racing in my chest as they talk, talking about not drawing attention to ourselves…we already draw attention…Jerry sounded like a desperate man and I feel fear rose up my chest at the thought of being caught by these hoodlums.

“Come out now lady, don’t make me mad” The husky, eager voice belonged to the white dude I’m certain, the black guy had a little ascent in his, I need to find a way to get out of here…I was still thinking when I saw an improperly displaced newspaper in the waste bin not far from me, my eyes caught on the face of the lady in the newspapers, she looked like a model…then I feel my body started to change as I took the form of this woman, I took a bunch of my hair in my hands and realise it was now light ash blonde, the colour of the woman’s hair. Good! I thought to myself before I quickly changed to one of the short dresses I had purchased from Sara’s shop, thank god I got a winter jacket, I was setting it on before I had footsteps approaching my corner, I knew sooner or later they were going to find me, I exhaled before suddenly approaching the guys who were no close to where I was.

They stared at me for a couple of minutes in confusion while I glared back at them before walking out of them, immediately I was out of that corner I hastened my steps and immediately headed for the hotel, my heart was still racing in my chest as I moved into one of the hotel restrooms and changed back into the normal Claire before back to my room, thankfully Barb was still there, sleeping like she said she’ll be.

“Barb” I called softly and I watched her eyes started to open up. I heaved a heavy sigh of relief while she looked at me with her blank face.

“We are leaving now, there are people after us…that Jerry tried to…I don’t even know what he sent those boys to do but we have to leave now…I’ve got us some clothes so I think we should go…right now” I insisted and Barb immediately stood and moved to the shopping bag to select herself some clothes. I was tapping my legs impatiently as she changed and I almost snapped for her to hurry because if those boys could find me out there, it’s a matter of time before they came to the hotel looking for me. After Barb was done, I shoved the rest of our stuff into the duffel bag and headed down to the hotel reception to check out but we were in the process when my eyes met with one of the boys who were chasing after me. Oh f**k!

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