A Visitor (Dar)

Everything had gone well up until this point. She had trouble pronouncing Earth to get the pod started originally, but now everything was smooth sailing, or is it smooth flying? Well she was in space, for awhile, and it was perfectly okay with her because she got to see all the beautiful planets and stars. For a whole week she just ate dehydrated meat and watched the stars, unsure of what was going to happen when she got to this Earth, or how she was going to get off of it. She had this burning desire to attach herself to something, but she doubt humans would help that.
Cue finally arrived to the outskirts of Earth, she looked in awe at the blue and green planet, smiling. It was just like the ugly lady described it to her! It was all worth it! Well, it was worth it, until everything started flashing red and beeping. Not being able to understand the language the pod was built in, Cue started flipping out as well, pressing as many buttons as possible. The pod was going down hard and fast.

To the people of Jump City, the pod would look like a regular shooting star, except this one was a lot bigger and a lot closer than usual. The red pod would crash in the Mesa, going pretty deep in the ground due to the impact. Cue's head definitely hurt, but when she woke up everything was dark and the back of the pod was caved in. That couldn't be good. She had several scratches on her arms, but nothing too bad. At least it didn't kill her.
Now... How to get out?

The ringing in Cue's ears were slowing down, now at a low thumping. She wasn't quite in her head just yet, maybe it was the different atmosphere, or the awful crash that a regular human most likely wouldn't have survived. Blinking slowly, the panel that was damaged above her head was creaking. Before she knew it, the panel was peeled back, revealing a.. human? She wasn't exactly sure what they looked like, but this was Earth, to her knowledge all Earthlings lived on this planet, it didn't take a noble to put that together.
When her eyes adjusted the evening light, she focused on the Human's face. He looked like he was of working class with how big his arms were, especially when he reached out to her. He didn't look unfriendly, and even said something to her which she didn't understand. The only thing she got out of that was Earth, which was good, meaning she landed on the right planet. Hesitantly, Cue reached out her hand and took his, pulling herself up. She quickly grabbed her back pack, making sure to grab the bag of beef jerky. For whatever ungodly reason that package made it on to a slave ship in the emergency packs.

Cue made several clicking noises as a way to communicate, only to realize that no one could understand her. She never thought about reading up on the language they speak here? So far she knew one word. "Earth?" The alien asked him, not entirely sure what to say. The alien held herself in a very graceful manner, but the way she watched the human was almost child like wonder. She was extremely excited to finally be out and seeing things for her own eyes, it didn't even hit her yet on what her next move was, she just wanted to learn.
The alien was also trying to show that she was friendly, if that wasn't obvious enough. She offered him her bag of beef jerky, watching to see how he reacted.

Behind her, the ship started making beeping noises, two long wires erupting from the sides and shoving itself into the ground. Cue had no idea what that meant or why it was doing, she didn't even care if it was dangerous, she was staring at the human the entire time to the point where it might unintentionally make him uncomfortable.
However, the red light that glowed in the machine hub was now slowly turning green.

He affirmed in his motions, or at least that's what it seemed like. She wasn't amazing at reading body language, but this human seemed friendly enough, right? He even patted his chest and said.. Lew..is? Was that his name? It definitely sounded like he was introducing himself, he even took a bite of her beef jerky, which definitely meant he was nice. "Lewis..." She repeated, taking out the tiny hammer from her back pack. In return, Cue patted her chest and tried to introduce herself. "Cuelphihly... Cue..." The alien shortened her own name because she knew humans didn't have the proper speech pattern to pronounce, especially since there was clicking involved.
It wasn't like she didn't trust the humans, but well, it didn't hurt to be sorry, right? The alien pressed a button on the tiny hammer and it instantly grew in size. It was bigger than both of the two combined and she carried it on her shoulder like it was a hand bag. She pointed towards the city lights and made more clicking noises, hoping that this Lewis would show her Earth things.

She was planning on using her hammer as a way to make a path through the giant bricks and lights over in the city, but Lewis seemed to have other plans. She plopped her hammer on the ground behind her when her opened the space ships door, gesturing for her to get inside. The alien took one look at the hammer, then back at the ship, then back at the hammer. How did she make it go small again? She did it once before, there must be a button or something.
After pushing the giant hammer deeper into the ground, she finally found the part of the handle that twisted slightly, making the hammer key chain sized. The alien clicked her tongue happily and picked up the hammer, rushing to the ship that he pointed at.

She got in the side seat and shut the door behind her, waiting for take off... except it didn't fly.. it didn't hover... it was on the ground? This seemed like a useless ship, but many other useless ships passed by them as well? Maybe earth people weren't as advanced as the aliens on the ship described? Or maybe she just landed in a weird part of Earth.
Thinking about all of this, Cue started pressing the buttons to her right, making the ship lock and unlock. She then hit a button that made the window go down! What!? They can't do that in space because your head would explode instantly! Maybe Earth technology was seriously high tech!

With all this in her head, the girl practically jumped in her seat and looked at Lewis, grinning. "Lewis!" She said happily, pointing out the window. She was amazed that she wasn't dead, even though logistically that didn't make sense at all.
Following this she started messing with the air vents, flipping them up and down, wondering what they were supposed to do. Ventilate radiation?

As she continued to mess around with all the crazy features, Lewis grabbed her hands and put it back in her lap. Apparently that was a no no, so she instead straightened up and looked out the window, not touching anything else again. Her reaction to him telling her what to do was almost like a dog.
The rest of the car ride she was completely silent, until he stopped the ship and got out, emphasizing how to use a door. She followed suit, getting out of the ship slowly and shutting the door carefully, not wanting to break the door on accident. She still had no idea where they were going, she just hoped he was going to show her some earth things... like earth food!

Cue followed behind Lewis with her hands crossed in front of her, not daring to walk next to him. It was a sign of respect to be behind someone when walking, so she was hoping he understood? Nonetheless the place he took her too looked awful. She was hoping all Earth didn't look like this because this place looked like a pile of junk!
Soon after they arrived a giant human walked out and was throwing things around, making Cue slightly on edge. Was he friendly? He started talking to Lewis, and he actually responded. She really wish she could understand them, but in the mean time she was staring up at the sky, her hands clasped together. While she was lost in the moment, she suddenly heard Lewis call her name.. and then.. he asked if she could understand him? What.. how did she.. "Wait... Yes.. I can.. How are you doing that?" Cue asked, leaning closer to Lewis with her eyes squinted. Of course she had to look up, considering he had a whole foot of height on her, but still.

"Does this mean you can understand me as well?" She probed, still unsure with the entire situation. Her home world wasn't very technologically advanced, but if he managed to find a way to understand her, well, that changes everything! Especially if she could now speak to humans!

He could understand her! For real! That's crazy! Apparently a device left by previous aliens gave humans the technology to be able to listen to other aliens? She wondered what kinds of aliens could possibly have visit, especially since this place was still in tact. Of course it could be the alien that visited Cue's people, just showed up and took supplies. It was hard to say.
She followed behind him closely and watched as he strapped the device on his belt. The alien got into the car and shut the door gently behind her, immediately placing her hands on her laps so she didn't touch anything of his.

He asked her why she was here and what she wanted to find. "Well I was apart of supplies taken from my world, and as I was with the traders I realized how massive the universe was outside my planet. This one woman told me about Earth so i ruined their ship and escaped to here!" She explained, leaving out details so she didn't bore him. "I left my purpose back on homeworld, so I'm just browsing the galaxy suppose. Taking in the wonder." Cue told him, running her hand through her hair and placing it back on her lap.
"What about you? What are you doing here, what do you wish to find?"

Lewis said he was looking for a purpose, saying he wanted to leave his mark on this world. It was interesting, she never met someone who had to look for a purpose, where she came from, everyone was given a purpose from hatching. She wondered if other species were lonely because they weren't given a purpose as soon as they entered the world, maybe that's what separated her people from others? "It's very interesting to hear that.. I'm sure you'll find a purpose, and maybe it won't be limited to this world alone. There's millions of planets out there that you might see one day." Cue told him, more as a suggestion than anything. Every time she takes she never seemed to insert her opinion, as if she was cautious with every word she spoke.
They started going through the metal places she saw before, and it made Cue feel pretty overwhelmed. It looked like her city center except larger, not as well planned, and extremely dirty. The alien guessed since everyone did what they want here that no one was assigned to cleaning the cities, that must be difficult for the people living there.

Lights kept flashing and at this point the alien's head started to ache, instead she turned and looked at Lewis. She tried to block everything out, it helped when he started talking again. "Owners? Do you mean my people?" She wondered, fiddling with one of the holes in the jump suit she was wearing. It looked exactly what you'd think a space prison suit would look like. It was all grey, tightly fitted, and a few lines going from her neck to her arms. From the ship crash she had collected a few scraped and holes in her suit.
"I'm flattered you think I'm special enough that they'd come and find me, but they just replace me with another, that's how it works. I don't believe we have the technology to travel in space at this point. It's more likely to run into space pirates." The alien explained, seeking very nonchalant about her answer. "The Princess might be upset that she has to wait another 27 years for a new supplies." Cue thought aloud, placing her hands on her lap gently.
"Lewis, can I be blunt with you?" She started the sentence off slowly, knowing that speaking like this normally would get her in trouble.

He gave her permission to say what was on her mind, he even said that she could always speak her mind and that was okay. That was a first, she was rarely given permission to speak, which isn't really a bad thing, but it was a different feeling to have someone say she could talk whenever. "You see, when I was first taken I was upset, my entire life was changing and whatever bracelet they put on me stopped me from using my abilities." Cue explained, rubbing her wrist where it once was. "However, when I got to see the other species, let alone the amazing stars, I think it was a blessing in disguise. Sure the purpose I was hatched for doesn't matter anymore, but at the same time I get to see things I've never seen before!" The alien finished happily, her eyes sparkling while looking at Lewis. It was her decision to land on this planet alone, she could have stayed with the people that captured it, but she decided to make her own path, the first thing she's ever done on her own.
"It's kind of scary, but now I'm in a weird ship with a human! An actual human! Isn't that wonderful?!" She started getting more excited while she talked, but then coughed and placed her hands on her lap again. Cue didn't want to annoy him once more.

"May I ask where we're going?"