Falling

Amid the darkness, in the middle of the rain, in a strange place — is this really Earth?The sound of a girl crying echoes through the air. A girl with short white hair and blue eyes. Her crying makes people wonder — has the world ended?

A young boy with black hair hugs the crying girl, but for some reason, her cries only grow louder.The girl looks at the boy's face, which is wet — perhaps from tears, or maybe from the rain. The boy whispers softly, his words unclear."Lilith… Lilith… Lilith!!!"

"W-what? What happened?"Lilith woke up, terrified, to the sound of her brother Sunny screaming.

The place looked like an armored submarine — but much bigger. It must have been their private spaceship."Lilith! Hurry to the gun turrets now!!"Without asking any questions, Lilith rushed toward the gun turrets, though a strange feeling crept over her.

The moment she touched the handle, pain shot through her head, but she maintained her focus and operated the turrets.When she looked at the screen in front of her, she saw three red ships chasing them."Seriously? The police again?"Lilith wiped the sweat from her forehead as she spoke.

She fired the turrets and managed to take down two of the ships."Only one left, hehe."With a smile mixed with clear tension, she fired at the last ship. But at the same moment, the final ship fired back.The shot hit the rear of their ship, causing it to spiral out of control."Waaaah! Brother, please do something!""Get off me, you idiot!"Lilith hugged her brother, crying."Waaaah! Brother, I love you! Please, I don't want to die from a silly mistake! Waaah!"Sunny pushed his sister away."I told you to get off, you lunatic! You won't die as long as I'm here."

Sunny tried to stabilize the ship calmly, while Lilith continued screaming behind him."Don't panic, but I have to make an emergency landing.""Waaaaaaaaaaah!!!""I told you to calm down!"

Sunny turned his head left and right, looking for a planet to land on. He spotted a strange yellow planet. There was no time for second thoughts — they had to land there.Sunny chose to make an emergency landing on that planet.He carefully lowered the ship while trying to stabilize it.

After a lot of effort — and his sister's constant screaming — they managed to land on the planet, though with some damage.The moment they landed, Lilith stepped out to breathe the fresh air… or rather, to vomit."That was the worst emergency landing I've ever seen — ugh! But at least we made it safely."She clung to her brother as she spoke."Get off me! You're going to ruin my pants with your puke."

After a few minutes, once Lilith had recovered, Sunny was already inspecting the ship."I've got bad news. I think the ship is damaged — it's going to take about a week to repair.""What? Are you serious??"Sunny nodded quietly.

Lilith screamed."Oh, come on! Why does this always happen?!""Hmm… maybe because we're wanted criminals?"Sunny replied from inside the ship.

Lilith kicked a nearby rock."Come on, sis, don't be like that. This is the life of a wanted criminal — this is the life of outlaws!""Screw you and your outlaw life!!!"

A few minutes later, Sunny said:"Lilith, I need you to get me some supplies. Luckily, we landed near a city — go there and buy these items."He handed Lilith a list and a small bag of money.Lilith nodded, hopped on her bike, and sped off toward the indicated location.

On the way, her mind wandered back to the dream she had on the ship."What? 200 credits?! But it only costs 130 at the space stations!"Lilith was arguing with a vendor about the price of a part."I told you, this is the price. Demand for this part has skyrocketed. If you don't believe me, go check at the space stations yourself."Lilith gritted her teeth angrily."Tch. Whatever."

On her way back to the ship, Lilith suddenly remembered — Wait, I'm a professional thief!She quickly turned back and stole everything she needed in no time.As she was leaving, she felt a hand on her shoulder."Excuse me, miss. I need to ask you something."Lilith panicked — Oh no, it's the police! They've caught me! What should I do? Run? Act innocent?"I just wanted to ask about—"Before he could finish his sentence, Lilith bolted away."Haah… haah… I must have escaped…""I still haven't finished my question."He suddenly appeared behind her."Huh?! How—""As I was saying, I wanted to ask—"Once again, Lilith sped off before he could complete his sentence. But every time she thought she had lost him, she would find him standing right in front of her again."Haah… haah… Fine! What do you want?"Lilith asked, panting heavily."Well, I just wanted to ask… do my new shoes look good?"He showed her his new shoes."...Are you serious?!!!!"Lilith screamed at him, grabbing his shoulders."I've been running from you all this time because I thought you were a cop!"Lilith thought to herself — What was I expecting? Of course, he's not a cop. He doesn't even look like one. He's too tall, his clothes are torn, and his red hair… he's kind of cute, actually… wait, what am I thinking?!"U-um… sorry, but… why would you run from the police?""Uh, well… you see… I'm on a government mission. I have to avoid the police who aren't aware of the mission, to keep it from failing."Oh no, what am I even saying? There's no way he'll believe this ridiculous lie—"Whoa! So you're a secret agent!!!""Uh… yes."Did he actually believe that????"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. I promise."He seems kind of dumb… not gonna lie.

As Lilith turned to leave, Sunny stopped her."Wait!!"Lilith turned back, confused — What does he want now?Sunny's expression was strange, like he wanted to say something to her.

At that moment, the police barged in."Hey, you! Stop right there!!!"Oh no, the police!"Oh no! They must be here for the shoes!""Return the shoes!""Well, see you around, secret agent lady!"

The police started chasing the boy, completely ignoring Lilith.Lilith returned to her brother, her face a mix of shock and indifference."What happened? Why that face??""None of your business."