Chapter 3, Leaving

After the Corona invasion, the scientists had started using their ship and was experimenting on it. They also experimented on the Coronians bodies too. They wanted to find out more about the Coronas abilities and see if they had any weaknesses. While all of this was happening, Alister was at school and was popular too. But she hated all of this attention.

Alister is not the type of person that loves other people's attention. She likes being alone a lot. Alister was in class listening to the teacher talk and writing down notes. " Alright class, who can name the people we have been talking about all week? I'm asking you all this because no one looks like they've been listening. Anyone?" The teacher questioned the class. Everyone just sat there looking at her and then Alister sighed and raised her hand. " Martin Luther king Jr., Harriet Tubman, Thurgood Marshall, Fredrick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Ruby bridges, and Henry " Box" Brown." She said and then she sat down.

Everyone looked at Alister amazed and started saying how smart she was, or asking if she could be their friend. The teacher smiled. " That's correct miss Nash. Alright everyone, get out your textbooks and go to page. 152!" The teacher said and then they continued that period and soon lunch came. There things got even more worse for Alister. The whole lunch room stopped when they saw her come in and immediately ran to her and asked her questions like, " Was it scary fighting the Coronas?" or " How long have you been in the military?" Things like that.

Alister hurried up and got her lunch and sat down at a table away from everyone. She got out her phone and headphones and started listening to some music while eating. Soon, she felt people sitting down at her table. " Wow! You must be really annoyed with all of the fans Alis!" Joshua said. " Shut up Joshua, unless you have something that's not obvious to say." Alister said. Brianna rubbed Alister's back and smiled. " Just...continue listening to your music Al. We know how you feel about attention." She said. Alister just nodded and continued eating. And she turned up her music so loud to the point where she couldn't here nobody talking.

While Alister was listening to music, her friends were talking about her. But in a good way. " I had no idea Alister was so cool!" Jun said. " I know right! She must've been training with her parents for a long time now." Marcus said. Then Brianna looked down and started to worry. " Guys, do you think....that she...might try to go there?" She asked them. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Brianna. " W-What makes you think that Bri?" Joshua asked her. " Well, she has been saying things like, "getting revenge" or " They need to be annihilated." And i'm starting to think, that she may be trying to go back to Earth." Brianna explained. Everyone looked at Alister, then they looked down. " If she is going, then i'm going too." Joshua said. Everyone looked at him shocked. " Josh, you have now experience with weapons or fighting whatsoever. You would just be in the way." Jun said. " I don't care! Alister is my friend! And always have been since we were kids! I will not let her do something like that alone!" Joshua said. This made everyone else feel more confident. " Yeah, he's right! If Alister went and never came back, who would we annoy or defend the humans?" Marcus said. " I'm in!" " Me too!" Brianna and Jun said.

And so, it was decided. They four friends promised each other that if Alister leaves, all of them would follow. But what they didn't know, was that Alister could here their whole entire conversation. ' Tch, They'll just be in the way. I'll have to find another way to leave without no one noticing." Alister said in her mind. After school, Alister headed to the military base and looked for her parents. " Hey Al! Ready to practice?" Alister's father asked. " Yep! Let's do this!" She said and then they practiced hand to hand combat. Alister's friends secretly followed her there and watched her fight her dad. " She's so good! I'm jealous." Joshua said. " Shh! They're on to us!" Jun whispered.

Alister and her dad stopped and looked around. " I could've sworn I heard someone talking. I know it wasn't your mother." Alister's father said. " Yeah, I know." Alister said. Then she looked behind her and saw eight eyes and they all widened. Alister sighed and walked over to them. " What are you guys doing here?" She asked them. " Oh, we got lost! hehe. We totally didn't follow you." Jun said then Brianna slapped the back of her head. " Idiot! you told her the truth!" Brianna said. Jun looked down embarrassed and apologized. Alister glared at all of them waiting for answer. Joshua sighed. " We wanted to see what you were doing after school. Nothing bad." He said. Alister rolled her eyes and walked away. All four of her friends got up and watched her get a gun. " Oh no, please don't shoot us!!" " Yeah! I don't wanna die as a teen!!" Brianna and Marcus said.

Alister just looked at them like they were crazy and pointed her gun at the target in front of her. The others were behind her. At the right moment, she pulled the trigger and shot the bullseye. Then she kept doing the same thing to each target while running around. In about 3 minutes, she was done. " Wow! 3 minutes Al! That's a new record!!" Alister's mom said. All of the other teens sighed in relief. " Oh, we thought that you were going to actually shoot us." Jun said. " This is a fake gun. Even if I did shoot you, you wouldn't die." Alister said.

Everyone understood and watched Alister train with her parents. Hours later, it was time to go home. They didn't have school the next day because it was a weekend and that gave Alister the perfect chance to leave that planet. As soon as Alister and her parents got home, she told them goodnight and headed to her room and immediately started packing clothes, weapons, her phone, and her keys to her ship. She waited for her parents to go to sleep and then she left out of her window dressed in black.

Alister ran through the city and headed to the military base, but what she didn't know, was that one of her friends had been watching her since she got home. He contacted the others and told them to pack up and meet him at the military base. About 10 minutes later, Alister made it there and so did the others. But she didn't know that. Alister got all of the weapons she needed at the military base and put them in her ship. Then she got her bag and got in. Alister left the door open on accident but was unaware of that. This was the perfect chance for the others to get on her ship, and they did! Alister ran back and closed her door, then she turned her ship on and started going up.

Soon, she was in the atmosphere and decided to speed up. Then finally, she left that planet very fast and looked at it one last time. " Alright, I know that this is suicidal, but I got this!" She told herself. Then she put her ship on autopilot and decided to see if she had everything she needed. Her friends that were on the ship were where all of her stuff was. They decided to try to move, but she saw them. " What the?" She exclaimed. She took out a gun and pointed it at them. " Come out!! I saw you move!!" Alister said glaring at them. They decided to stay still, but Alister could see them shaking. Joshua hated lying and hiding from Alister, so he came out of hiding.

Alister's eyes widened. " J-Joshua?! What are you doing here?! H-How did you-...Wait. Did you bring the others?" She asked him annoyed. " Y-Yeah." He said. Everyone else came out of hiding and looked down embarrassed. " I cannot believe you guys followed me here! It's dangerous! You guys could get killed!!" Alister yelled at them. " You could get killed too Alister!! That's why we came here!! We want to help you!!!" Joshua yelled back. Alister was shocked. Joshua had never yelled at her before. even when she yelled at him. " I know you guys but...you guys have no skill at all. You've never even touched a weapon before! You guys would just be in the way." Alister told them. " I know. But,...I can't just let my best friend leave like that. That's not who I am. So if you're fighting those monsters, i'm coming with you." Joshua said hugging her.

Everyone couldn't help but hug Alister too. And so, they ended up going with Alister to Earth after all. During the trip, Alister trained everyone how to fight and how to use all of the weapons she knew how to use. Of course it took a while, but it was worth it! This continued on until they got near Earth. All five of them got ready because, they knew that the fight was going to start earlier than it was supposed to start.