Alonso’s P.O.V.

Flashback

Two Years Ago, July 9th

Planet 300, Silent Serenade Restaurant

I sat at the table with anxiety. A friend of mine set this date up. Normally I am focused on work, but she told me that I can not keep having a relationship with my job, nor should I stay a hermit. She is saying that because besides work; I stay home. No interactions with anyone besides myself and the tv series I watch.

“A glass of water, sir?” I nodded at the waiter.

“Yes.” He filled the glass and left. I drank the water to calm myself.

Janya would love to see this, wouldn’t she? She would probably laugh at me if she even saw my face.

“Alonso right?” I looked up to see a tall, curvy woman with purple eyes, dark curly hair, and amber skin.

Janya is right, she is beautiful. I extended my hand but accidentally spilled my water on myself.

“Shit, one second,” I said and looked around for my napkin.

This is horrible. I met this woman for one second and accidentally spilled water on myself. As I heard laughter, I stopped. The woman covered her mouth as I looked at her.

“I’m so sorry, it's just cute how awkward you look.” I chuckled in embarrassment.

“To tell you the truth, this is my first date since high school.”

“I can tell.” She sat down. “I’m Claire.”

“I’m Alonso”

Currently

Alonso’s P.O.V.

That memory again. It feels strange thinking how that was two years ago. I was not even a surgeon yet and was still in college. Claire, on the other hand, was nearly finished with her engineering degree. She has always been intelligent, especially with her choices.

“Emergency mode deactivated”

I looked at the door. Well, that is a problem out of the way. I grabbed my bag and looked through it. I pulled the stake markers out and placed the bag back on my back before I started to leave again. I may not have been able to find Claire's book but I do have something to take me back to the ship or help Claire if we miss each other. I looked back at the ship. Before I go I should leave a note.

Kari’s P.O.V.

A Meadow-like Area

I stared at Nylah. She seems to have not a scratch on her.

I am glad.

The idea of seeing her hurt makes me afraid. Nylah is a gentle soul. She is fearful of even the cutest caterpillar. She does not deserve any pain, especially after what my kingdom has possibly done to her. Though my memory is still faint of that night, I know how my kingdom is. Honestly, I am just glad she is here.

“Come on, I will help you up,” Nylah said. She put her hands underneath my arms and lifted me up. I grit my teeth as the pain came to me. Nylah stopped.

“Do you think you will be able to walk?” She asked.

“I am not sure. I think there is a problem with my ribs.”

She looked at the upper part of my body. Her hands began to feel my ribs, causing me to cringe.

“How does that feel?” She asked.

“It hurts, a lot,” I said.

"Try to stand one more time. I will help you.” She stood in front of me and helped lift me to my feet.

“All right, I do not think it is broken, but bruised. There should be supplies on the ship.”

That's right, I remember a ship, one in the shape of a star. I am here after we crashed. Especially when the ship was hit by someone else's ship. Then the pain in my ribs came after the crash. We were high up when we fell. I remember that part as well and yet Nylah seems fine. How is that even possible?

“After we get back to the ship, where should we travel to?”

Her eyes are not entirely her gold color. There is a hint of orange in them. Now that I think about it, Nylah’s makeup is natural. She normally goes for the more out-there looks. The only thing she kept the same was her heavy eyeliner.

“Are you okay Kari?”

This person is not Nylah. At least the Nylah I know. I remember at least Nylah being brought into my room that night. I can remember the screams that echoed in my chambers. The screams of pain and terror. I now know that the night I saw her, something must have happened to her. My silence made her brows furrow.

"You finally remember what really happened right? Your husband killed me out of envy."

I froze. I felt a curling feeling in my stomach. A flash of Nylah’s lifeless corpse came to me. My hands began to tremble. That’s right, Nylah is dead and the person in front of me is playing with my memories. I felt my anger begin to grow. What type of fuck shit is this?

"I cannot believe I died because of some pathetic loser like you. I deserved better.”

“Nylah would never say that.”

"But think about it. I am not alive because of your stupid choices. Your cold self hearted ways turned off Kade. That very ugly side of yours is what he saw that night. And in the end, when you tried to seduce him, it did not work. Because he nor anyone else would love someone like you. Not even me."

I know that she is not the real Nylah, but hearing those words in her voice felt like I was being torn apart inside.

"You do not believe that Nylah felt this way about you, right? I know that you wanted to run away with her at one point. Just imagine what memories I know.” My brows furrowed.

“You know nothing!”

“Kari, did you know that maids call you a stuck-up bitch behind your back? Or the rumor that you are some robot made for the king’s pleasure. You knew that and yet you were going to go through with it in the end. You were going to stay as some doll for a kingdom who feared you.”

“Stop it!”

“You knew you were disliked and yet you are trying to run to Planet 808 in hopes of being accepted somewhere not just because your mother may be there. How can a monster like you ever be accepted anywhere? Those people and Nylah know you are nothing more than an evil creature. That is why they never chose to embrace you after Nylah died- I mean after you killed her. You are not less of a murderer than those guards and the king. Nylah deserved a normal life and yet you guilt-tripped her to stay with you.”

"Kari is so bitch-faced I am surprised the king is marrying her."

"She is not even cute."

"She seems stiff enough to scare babies. Just imagine her as a mother."

Everyone's voices are hounding me. Nearly surrounding me at this point.

"She is not worthy of being a queen."

"Kari has been spending a lot of time with that journalist."

"Do you think those two are together?"

"Ha, her with anyone besides the king. Let's face it. She is a robot built for the king's pleasure. She knows that. So what makes you think she would be with anyone besides him?"

As much as I want to leave, hearing all of these horrible things has rooted me to the ground.

Claire’s P.O.V.

I walked through the forest with ambition. I have been trying to find Kari and Alonso, to no avail. The thing that strengthened me is the smell of engine fuel. The fact that I can smell the ship just from here lets me know I was not far. So those two must be like me.