Abby fell silent at her captor’s voice.
Ok, so we do speak the same language. Would be an interesting fact if I wasn't gonna die soon. Probably didn't want to make a mess back there.
Abby shuddered as her thoughts circled around that topic.
”W-where are you taking me?” She asked a bit louder.
"Calm down. I'm not going to hurt you. I just wanted to take you to my house." Nyt explained as she carried her around the house. She eventually set her down in what would look almost like a nest for Abby. It was Nyt's bed. "Stay here," Nyt said as she walked off to grab some bandages.
Abby was completely stunned by her statement. By the time she processed it she was alone on a very soft pile of cloth. While waiting for the other girl to come back, Abby took a moment to examine her leg. The cut was on the outside of her left leg, about the length of her hand from her wrist down and was slightly red.
Hope it’s just from ignoring it and not infected.
Nyt came back with a wet cloth, alcohol, gauze, and bandages. I hope this is enough. "Can I see your leg?" She asked. Her hair swirled up around her head. I guess hair wasn't the best word for it It looked like parts of her head swirled up and vanished. She knelt down next to Abby.
She didn’t argue or make a move to stop her. She just started for a good minute, watching her. She was actually very intrigued by the girl in front of her. But… she needed an answer.
“Why?” She spoke louder, “Why do you want to help me? Why do you care?”
Nyt was taken aback by this question. She looked back at her for a moment before answering. "I'm not completely sure." She said in a soft voice before she took her leg and wiped it down with the washrag. "I've always been fascinated by your culture before we came and I thought we wiped all humans out."
Despite the answer Abby refused to let her guard down, grimacing at the contact and the painful reminder of what happened. “Yeah, I heard about that. Luckily for me you missed some.” Abby hissed as the girl cleaned her wound. “Sorry. For trespassing I guess.”
Nyt chuckled but it sounded more like a cackle for Abby. "Don't apologize. I'm happy you hid here and not somewhere else. Who knows what other people would do?" She said. After she was done cleaning her leg she took the alcohol and poured it onto some gauze. "This is going to hurt but it'll stop infections." She said as she began to pat her leg down.
Abby nodded, acknowledging the fact that had anyone else found her… well anything could have happened from being killed on the spot to someone making a public spectacle and then killing her.
None of the rumors she heard painted them well. She held her breath as the alcohol touched her skin.
“Thanks.”
She honestly had a hundred questions she wanted to ask but… One wouldn’t hurt.
“What’s your name? Mine’s Abby.”
Nyt smiled. "It's nice to meet you Abby. My names Nyt." She said. She finished up cleaning the wound. "How did you get this anyways?" She asked as she started to wrap it up.
Abby honestly didn’t remember so she just shrugged. “Occupational hazard of a scavenger. Luckily it wasn’t an animal.”
She took a moment to look around the room before speaking again. “You’ve got a nice place, Nyt.” She sighed, “So, what happens now?”
Nyt finished wrapping her leg before just sitting there. "I…don't know. Are you hungry or thirsty?" She asked as she started to gather up the suplies.
Abby shrugged. This is becoming a habit.
“A little, I guess. But I don’t want to burden you.” She said staring at the bandage her leg. “You’ve already done a lot for me… with no reason to.” Looking back up Nyt. “Honestly, why? You all tried to wipe us out. Why the change?”
Nyt looked at the floor at that. "I really didn't want them to do that. But I had no choice in the matter. I'm not a higher-up or anyone important. I'm sorry and I know that doesn't mean anything." She said as she walked out of the room to take the bandages back and to grab her something to eat and drink.
Abby blushed looking down. “I’m sorry. I wasn’t blaming you personally. I’m not important either. No one really worries about me, just what I can bring back.” Her voice trailed off, hugging her legs.
Nyt came back with a sandwich and some water. "What's the thing on your mouth anyways? I don't remember humans having anything like that." Nyt asked as she handed Abby the food.
Abby looked up quickly, “Huh? Oh thank you.” She smiled taking the food before raising a brow. “You mean my mask? We didn’t have to use them before, but now we all need them. We can’t breath without them anymore. I don’t know the specifics of it but something changed the air when you guys came along.” She took a deep breath before lifting it up with one hand and brought the water up with the other. Once finished taking a drink she placed the mask back in place.
Nyt had a look of surprise. "Really? I didn't think we had brought anything along that would do that." She mused. "Do you need anything else?" She asked. She wanted to make sure she was comfortable. "Do you have any questions?"
Abby raised a brow in return. “Really? I mean I know you brought some animal species with you but… no terraforming equipment or something like that? How similar is Earth compared to your world, then?”
Nyt thought for a moment. "Nyxis was pretty much the same as Earth except for the more extreme wilderness here. Earth also has a higher content of Nitrogen did so that was good." Nyt explained.
Abby nodded. ”I see… Wait, ’Was’?” She knew it was really none of her business but she couldn't stop her curiosity, ”What do you mean by that? Did something happen or do you just miss it?”
(Sorry I was gone. I got busy.)
"Our planet got destroyed. That's why we came to earth. A series of super volcanos went off and caused the world to go into chaos. It became inhabitable. We had to find a new world. We sent a few ships back to see if it was getting better a few years ago but it seems to be getting worse." Nyt explained.
(It’s ok. I actually had to work.)
Abby’s eyes widened. “Oh my gosh! I am so sorry. I didn’t know. I can’t imagine… I’m sorry.”
No one had time to tell people what was going on. They were too busy running. All they knew was that the Earth was being invaded and humans were being killed.
Nyt smiled at her. "It's fine. It's been so long. But that didn't give my race a excuse to kill yours off." Nyt said. "I'm sorry, again." She apologized.
”Maybe not but it also doesn't give us an excuse for…” Abby gave a small sigh as she pushed her hood down. ”You said you were interested in our culture. Well, Earth has… had at least a hundred different cultures all over. But one thing that I think is consistent with all of them is that Humans are an easily frightened species. We either lash out or we run. And you made us run.” Abby looked straight at Nyt. ”I'm not blaming you, but we as a species don't like it when we have to run. But we know we're outmatched so we can't fight back. So the only thing we can do is… insult you behind your back… Make you guys seem like the monsters we used to joke about.” She looked down again, fidgeting in embarrassment. ”I'm sorry for that too.”