Chapter 2: Always A Cid

Aerin got out of bed, she had felt awful all morning and had thrown up once. She walked into the bathroom and looked at her messy hair and slightly pale complexion. Feeling better after a rest, she started the shower and got in, washing herself. Feeling much better, she got out, got dried and put some clothes on before heading towards the dining room. There she ran into Josh, Jack, Kairi, Aliesha and Tom. "Oh Aerin, your feeling better?" Kairi asked. The group were sitting on a table eating lunch. Aerin sat down with them, sitting next to Josh. "Yeah, whats going on?" she asked. "What I miss?". Jack spoke up "We were just discussing our plans..which we have all agreed is, nothing. Do we have a course set Aerin?" Jack asked. This was a Hawk ship, which meant it was technically Aerins ship. "Nope, my mum just said I could have it and gave me a pilot. No crew, and supplies lasting a month with need to return the ship. But she also said she expected me to return to her within a month, she expected me to fail and crawl back to her, BU..t ill prove her wrong!" Aerin said, she had seemed to had wanted to speak the last part out loud but was not yet fully recovered. "Anyway, ask Cid" she said. "Cid?" They all replied.

The 6 walked into the cockpit area, there a man sat, appearing to fly the ship. He was average sized, a medium build, white hair including facial hair, he looked 40. "Not what I expected" Jack said out loud, the man turned around.

"Aerin my girl, how have you been?, heard you were sick!" he said as she ran up to him and gave him a hug. "Better now, just a bad morning" she replied. "What ya doing up here, need some help?" he said. "Actually, we were wondering if you knew what our plan was, where are we heading" Jack asked. Cid looked at Jack "nowhere" he replied, Jack's face had a freaked out expression appear. "What? we are wasting fuel going nowhere" Jack replied. "Aerin said drive, I asked where, she said anywhere, so I did that. No word for a week, so just been flying around the galaxy" Cid replied, Kairi had a look of amazement on her face that read 'how the man got to be their pilot' or a pilot in general. "Are..we able to change course?" Jack replied. "Sure, just need Aerin's or Josh's word and I shall change heading" Cid replied, "Why not any of ours" Jack replied back. Aerin spoke up "So, mother refused to let me have a ship unless I had a responsible person with me, so I lied and said Josh was a responsible adult. Or was it a lie? Guess not. Anyway, the ship is on our names" she said. Jack just was befuzzled by the events happening. "Ok then, Josh, Aerin. Where to?" Jack asked. Aerin scratched her head, looked into the sky and then shrugged in defeat. Jack then looked to Josh who replied "Don't look at me, I know Earth, Mars, Pluto and Uranus, my galaxy knowings are useless after that". Jack dropped his head in defeat.

"Perhaps we should head somewhere to resupply, is there a planet or station nearby thats like that?" Kairi spoke up, trying to be the voice of reason. "Sure, Alton 3556, its a small planet, mostly mining folk, but they should have fuel and supplies" Cid replied. "Perhaps we should head there Aerin" Kairi added. "Sure, to that place!" she said. Suddenly Cid punched in some buttons and the ship...slightly turned. "Heading to Alton Ms Aerin, should take an hour". Satisfied with the progress, Jack turned around, only to realize Aliesha and Tom were standing there. "Wait, you two didn't say a thing. Why?" Jack said, realising they were so mute, he forgot they were there, Aliesha  responded "Me and Tom were too busy amazed at the cockpit screen, we saw like 7 planets" Aliesha said, smiling.


Amy stood outside Phils room, which still remained locked. "Phil?, Phil I got you some lunch. Do you want some Lunch? Phil?" she said. Nothing came from the locked door. "Please Phil, I just want to talk, its been a week!" she asked. Still nothing. Amy put down the plate and collapsed to the floor, nothing she did could get him to reply to her. She looked down at the plate she had prepared for him. she grabbed something from it, then got up and left.

Phil was waiting on the other side of the door. He was still angry at all of them, but would have opened the door for them. But never for Amy, they left him out of the plan, but she betrayed him. Listening to hear if she had left, he slowly opened the door before grabbing the food and shutting it. As he started getting into the food, he saw a napkin had something writtin on it "I miss you and I am sorry - Amy". He scrunched it up before starting to eat the food.


Eventually the ship arrived at the planet and all but Amy and Phil disembarked. Cid remained at the ships entrance. "I will get the ship ready while you guys look around. Don't worry about fuel and supplies, I got it covered. You kids have fun, see you in 4 hours" he said and went back inside as the others set upon the new planet.


Kairi and Jack headed towards the local market, dispite Jack's protests, Kairi had wanted to shop around. Being a good boyfriend, he followed her lead. The market was huge! About the size of a small town, thousands of stalls lined the area. They approached the entrance, the big gruff alien looking at Jack "No Humans" he said. Jack seemed confused. Kairi spoke up "Why? Whats wrong with him!" she seemed angry. "No problem, just no safety. Many Aliens like taste of human, he will be kidnapped. I cannot promise he will be safe, so I cannot allow. I like humans, funny things. But banned" he said. "Oh well, guess we will have to-" Jack went to say, being cut off by Kairi "I have a plan".

"WHY DO YOU HAVE THOSE!" Jack yelled, before Kairi started shushing him. "Shh, shh, not so loud. I had them for our plan and never threw them away. Its only 3 hour ones, I had them incase we needed them to escape or something" she said. Jack was nervous, Kairi wanted to shrink him to sneak him in. "But even if you get me in, I can't join you in the market, I will still be shrunk" Jack said. Kairi looked sad "I just wanted to go shopping with you". Jack took a breath, grabbed the pill and swallowed. Kairi instantly smiled and hugged him "Thanks honey! I will keep you safe, you have my word!".


Aliesha and Tom decided to head to the tourist area of the town, small, as it was not a tourist town, they thought it would be a change of pace. Aliesha walked beside Tom, the residents seemed unfazed by her size. "Nice to go somewhere my size aint a problem" she said, Tom grabbed her hand "Never bothered me", Aliesha looked down and smiled before looking up and seeing a surprise "Oh, look! A spa! I need some R&R, lets go!" she said, she grabbed Toms hand and basically dragged him to the nearby saloon. As they entered, two small blue female aliens greeted them. "Welcome to our day spa centre, we will service you till you are 100 PERCENT relaxed" they both said in unison, Aliesha was grinning while Tom had a worried look on his face.


Jack had limited view inside Kairi's hand. Wanting to let him see the market but also keep him out of sight and safe, she had him in her hand but with her fingers slightly open, so he could see through the cracks in them. However dispite this, it mattered little, it was not enough to see the market and Jack just sat there, taking in the sounds and weird smells of the giant market.

Kairi was loving this! Having spent little time outside her mothers control, she had always wanted to visit a market and this one was incredible! The sights, sounds, smells, people and more! She was so glad she came. The market was a giant hub, one of the biggest markets in the 5 planet system, which hosted a fair 450 million inhabitants between them. Using this specific planet, which was under corporation control, meant more could be sold here with little juristriction or legal guidelines to follow. Kairi looked at all the stalls, each selling unique and wonderful items. It was amazing. She did feel bad Jack was missing this, being forced inside her hand while she shopped freely. But she put it in the back of her mind, he didn't even want to come, he can spare an hour here, for her. She smiled and went shopping.

Aliesha and Tom layed on beds, Aliesha on a much bigger bed. Faces in holes and laying on their stomachs, they awaited the massage they had ordered. Tom was freaked by the little Aliens, they seemed..off. However he felt something on his back..they had started. And wow, he thought, they were amazing. So good!. He felt 2-3 on his back, pushing on muscles and tight areas, he felt incredible! "This is great, how you feeling Aliesha" Tom asked. Silence replied. "Aliesha?" he said, looking to his side, but unable to see due to the angle of his position. "darling?" he once again asked. He pushed his head up and looked where she laid...she was gone!


Aerin and Josh walked into the main town. Josh wore his normal outfit but Aerin had sunglasses and a hat on. "Why the sunnies? Its not even sunny" Josh asked, Aerin replied "My mom said to avoid public apparences and when I did go out, cover up. We are a rich family and this is a mining planet. Outside trading deals hampered by me being here, who knows who we might run into" she said. Josh realized how silly he was, she was not just his gifrlfriend, she was this huge 'celebrity' in the galaxy. He gripped her in a hug "Don't worry, I will protect you" he said, giggling at the act of fake hero act. Aerin laughed back "My hero!".

They walked, taking in the sights, until someone ran into them, causing Aerin and Josh to fall to the ground, they got up. The person was a young man, dressed in somewhat regal clothes. He looked a Aerin. "Ms Aerin! Oh my word what glorious luck" he claimed. Aerin panicked, her glasses had fallen off and she was exposed. Josh grabbed them and stuffed them back on her face. The young man grabbed her hand "Please I beg you, My name is Prince Ian, I need your help!"