Part 4: Breaking News

                                    

                                          


                          
The next morning I ate breakfast at mom's restaurant.
                          
 "Are you doing okay Astra? You were quiet last night and now you haven't touched the food on your plate."
                          
 I looked up at my mom. "Yes, I'm fine."
                          
I looked down at my food again. And I could still feel my mother staring at me.
                          
 "Okay fine, I don't know how I should act here on Earth. I feel like I should be upset that our planet is gone, but I want to be happy because I like this planet, but I feel like it's too soon to be happy. Do you know what I mean?"
                          
 My mother laughed and responded
                          
"Girl, you think way too much! Live in the moments and be happy here! This is your new home. You deserve to love your new home."
                          
Mother started to walk away to clean a table that some customers were sitting at. Maybe she is right. I should live in the moments and love them. I can't go back to Saruta. I loved everything I had there, now it's time to let go of the past and start loving everything I have in the present.
                          
"No way!" A girl yelled while walking past me.
                          
I looked over to see where the she was going and saw everyone crowded by the Television. Mother went to grab the remote and turn up the volume. I started to walk towards the crowd to see what was going on.
                          
"This is breaking news. The N.C. Police have found a space craft that landed in the woods right off of the coast of North Carolina, police say that they have caught fifteen Aliens that were aboard the Space Craft. They claim to be from a planet known as Saruta. These Aliens act and look just like us but can be extremely dangerous! If you see any unusual movement, be sure to call the N.C. Police and inform them of such things."
                          
 I looked around at everyone. None of them seemed to be suspicious of me. I started to breathe heavily. How are we supposed to live in a place where all they want to do is capture us! I looked at the Television again and saw the Captain of our ship throwing an officer into the side of a building. The look on the Captains face was a look of shock. He didn't know he had the strength to throw them. His face of shock turned into a face that was fierce. He started to throw the officers one by one. He recognized his power. He looked straight into the camera laughing
                          
"This is my world now. And no one will stop me." He then took off jumping from building to building.
                          
After the breaking news ended everyone returned to their tables I got up and kissed my mother goodbye
                          
"I'm off to work! I will see you tonight mom!"
                          
I left the restaurant and headed to the Surf Shop. Cali was already there.
                          
"Well good morning Astra!" She said joyfully.
                          
"I heard you and Dillan had quite a night!" She said waiting for my response.
                          
"Yeah, we just went swimming last night, that's all. We're just friends." I told her.
                          
"Sure, sure, that's what everyone says. But you know who always ends up being right in the end?"
                          
 I stared at her waiting for her to answer her own question.
                          
"Muah!."
                          
She said as she pointed both of her thumbs at herself. We both started laughing.
                          
"So, do you know how to surf?" Cali asked.
                          
I didn't know how to surf at all. In fact I didn't even know what it was until Dillan told me, but it seemed really fun!
                          
"No, I don't know how to surf, but it looks fun!" I told her.
                          
"What! Okay, we are going out surfing this weekend and I'm teaching you how to surf. We can invite Dillan since he is the best surfer in town. It will be a fun gathering. You could meet the rest of the gang that night too during the bon fire!" She exclaimed.
                          
"Ha ha okay, I will be there." I said as I started to hang up water suits.
                          
After work I headed to the restaurant for dinner. Mother ate a burger and fries with me. She was about to get off work. People were still talking about the space craft that landed in the trees near the town and the Captain. I don't know what is going through his head, but I didn't really care anymore. I felt like I was starting to fit in. No one had to know where I came from.
                          
"Ready to go home?" Mom asked.
                          
"Yes mam!" I responded.
                          
We left the restaurant and started to walk home. Once we walked into the house I sat on the ground in my mother's arms. I kept thinking about this morning.
                          
"Mom, did you see the look on the Captains face. It was really scary, almost like he felt like the most powerful man in the world."
                          
She stroked my hair and said
                          
 "I know. We have great strength, strength that could be used for good or evil. As we use ours for good, good will triumph the evil. We will be okay, I promise."
                          
 What mother had said made me think that night. I wonder what I really can do. What my powers and my strengths are. That night I decided I would go out the next morning to test my body and see what it could do.