Tuesday Tales - Child

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales! This week's word prompt is “child”. We are back with Dani and Bobo in my new Sci-Fi story. 

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Dani scowled at it then turned towards her end table. A glass of water and a bottle of ibuprofen waited for her. She spun back to the little child-like creature. She cringed. That was a bad idea. 

“What are you? Who are you?” she pried as she pressed her fingers to her temple. 

“My name is Boboneth and I am from the planet of Inqet.”

“Wait. Were you the thing I felt in my head?”

“Yes. I apologize for that. I found the first moment I could escape and took it.”

“It’s alright.” She rubbed the flesh beneath her fingertips hoping it would help get rid of the pain just a tiny bit. It did not. “What were you escaping from?”

“Grarkiel.”

“You’re going to have to give me more than that.”

“Grarkiel is a general for the Vigvuth. They kidnapped me from my home light years ago. I have been attempting to get out ever since.”

“Grarkiel? Is that the smoke thing that was coming out of Ezra?”

“One in the same.”

“You were inside him, and he was inside Ezra.”

“Correct.”

“It sounds like the nesting dolls from hell.”

“I don’t understand what you are saying.”

“Nevermind.” Dani pushed herself up until she was sitting upright. Reaching for the bottle of pills, she popped the top off and shook a couple free. Once she swallowed them with a healthy gulp of water, she cleared her throat and continued.  “Why is Grarkiel here?”

“There are more Vigvuth here than Grarkiel. I can guess that, just like him, they feed on innovent humans. But past that, I do not know his plans on this planet.”

“You were inside him. You never heard his thoughts or what he said to others?”

“I had no access to his thoughts. I am unable to interpret his dialect. I am versed only in the ancient Vigvuthian writings and speech.”

“But you understand me.”

“English is a far simpler language. It is much easier to decipher.”

“Should I be offended?”

“Probably.”