Just Look to the Stars - Starchild

Ch. 4: Wake Up to Attack

When I woke up Shandi wasn't in the room but Starchild was. He was playing with a pencil. I smiled and sat up, he didn't notice I woke up.

"Starchild." I called out his name. He looked at me and smirked.

"Hello Sleeping Beauty." He moved the chair from Shandi's  desk to sit next to me.

"Ha ha, How long was I asleep?" I pulled the blanket off and turned to put my feet on the floor.

"A few hours." He sat down. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah. A lot. It was just like exhaustion just hit me all at once." I ran my hand through my hair to get out some knots. I just sat there thinking over the situation.

"Is something wrong?" I shook myself out of my mind.

"Yeah, why?" I turned to look at him.

"It's just like something has been on your mind ever since Spaceman asked you if you knew something that could make the witch come after you." I looked down. "I saw a look come onto your face." I looked back at him.

"Well there is something..." Before I could continue there was a crash outside the door. We both shot up. Another came. Starchild moved in front of me. I stepped close to him and put my hand on his arm.

"Stay behind me." His purple aura appeared. I could feel the energy coming off of him. The noise only got louder while getting closer. It was quiet for a minute when the door knob turned. He got into a stance.

"Starchild..." I moved to where I was completely against him. His arm that I was holding onto came back and wrapped slightly around my waist. The door opened to reveal Spaceman. Starchild relaxed and straightened but kept his arm on my waist.

"Spaceman!" Starchild breathed out in annoyance.

"What?" He asked confused.

"Really? You come in all willie nillie after making all that noise?"

"That wasn't me. I thought it was you." Starchild and I looked at each other.

"It wasn't us." I told him. We all went into the hallway to see no evidence of anybody being there.

"Was there something you needed?' Starchild asked. I was still holding onto his arm.

"I just came to check on you two. See if Micah had waken up yet." He crossed his arms as we stood there. They continued to talk when something caught my attention. Without thinking I went to check it out. It was shining down the hall.

"Micah?" Starchild said. I ignored him and kept going. Once I got to it I saw a it was a metal bracelet. "What is it Micah?"

"A silver metal bracelet." I said. They were still at the door to Shandi's office. The atmosphere around me changed and a horrible smell came from the room in front of me. I coughed and slowly pushed the door open. There stood the Crimson Witch. "Ahhh!" I screamed and jumped back so hard I hit the wall. I heard both of the guys yell but don't know what they said.

"Ha Ha Ha!"" The Witch laughed sinisterly as she came toward me. Before she got to close, she was hit with a lightening bolt. She recoiled from me and I took the chance to run. Except, I ran in the opposite direction of the guys. I made it outside. As I was running, I literally ran into someone. They caught me before I hit the ground. I looked up to see Catman.

"What's wrong?" He asked me. Before I could answer, the Crimson Witch burst out of the building I just exited. Catman quickly pushed me behind him. His aura appeared as Spaceman and Starchild flew out as well.

"You fools! There is no way to stop me or the destruction of your precious Earth!" She screamed. She then threw energy at Spaceman and Starchild. They dodged easily. She then turned to me and Catman to be a target. As she threw the energy ball, Catman turned around, grabbed me by the waist, and flew.

"Oh my god!" I shouted and put my arms around his neck and buried my head in his shoulder. He stopped in midair but my face stayed buried. I heard the guys talking with the witch screaming in the background. Catman started to fly again and my grip tightened slightly. After a minute, I felt my feet hit the ground.

"We're on the ground now." I let go slowly and looked around. As I got my bearings, the rest of the guys landed around us.

"She disappeared again." Demon said. I walked away but not to far. I just stood there breathing and trying to calm down.

"Are you alright?" Starchild asked me. I turned back to him.

"Yeah it's just..." I trailed off for a second. "This with the witch is getting old fast!" I said. "She's giving witches a bad name." I added under my breath.

"That's the truth." Demon growled.

"At least we know that her objective is the same as it was before." Spaceman said.

"But why does she keep coming after me?!" I exclaimed. Starchild set his hand on my shoulder in a calming way. I just lent into him. He moved his hand to the other shoulder and held me to his side.

"I wish I knew." He said.

"If anything else wants to happen it just needs to happen!" I said annoyed. We stood there in silence for a few minutes until...

"Micah..."