Bella's POV

35 minutes later, I get handed two slices of pepperoni pizza by a small Cokara. It looked like a kid compared to the others.

Thank you, I say.

It nods its head and retreats out the door. I turn and hand drew his slice. We both sit on the cold metal floor, silently eating our pizza.

"When was the last time you had pizza?" I ask, wiping my hands on my pant legs.

"Probably before I got taken. It's been so long that I can't remember." He says, shoving his last bite of sliced heaven into his mouth. "What about you?"

"Probably two weeks before I met you," I say.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"One of the Cokara called you my mate. Was that why I was taken? To be your companion...to be your... fuck Buddy?" I ask, concern leaking it's way into my voice. He chuckles lightly.

"Seriously? Fuck buddy? There are many things wrong with that. First, is that seriously what you call yourselves nowadays?

Second, no, we are not 'fuck buddies.' We aren't even in a relationship. So don't worry about it. Third, I don't know why they called me your 'mate' but that's probably why there are more than one monster in each cage. They probably just picked you randomly."

"They didn't pick you randomly." I counter, moving a strand of hair out of my face.

"And how would you know that?" He says, folding his arms across his broad chest.

"Because why else would you have a letter explaining that there was a reason behind this? Why else would you have tools, photos, and clothes with you? I know one thing and that thing is that I wasn't able to bring my stuff with me. But you did. When I showed up, you had stuff with you. You had your own personal belongings. I had nothing. Nothing!" I shout.

To be truthful, I don't know why I was telling. I don't understand why I was suddenly angry. I just found it weird that he was able to bring stuff with him and I was basically kidnapped. Binging nothing with me.

I had people that cared about me. People that loved me and protected me. Did he have people that cared about him? He had Jerome but he was dead. What about his mom? His dad?

"What are you even angry about? Why are you yelling?" He shouts back. I fold my arms across my chest and huff out a breath of air.

"It just seems a bit weird that you were able to bring things with you even though I wasn't." I say, forcibly calm. I know it's not fair to yell at him for this. Again, I don't know why I am mad.

"Oh so you're mad that I was prepared?!" He says, shouting more at me.

"Why the hell were you even prepared? Who would even prepare to get abducted?!" Seriously, who?

"Don't you remember? The letter said 'what you will have to face in the years to come.' And then there was the weird stalking thing." He said

"Weird stalking thing?"

"Yeah. People were following me and they looked pretty weird."

"Weird how?"

"Like they had those weird glowing glasses and they dressed weird with wires and pipes and stuff."

"Yeah, ok. That's weird." I say, looking into his eyes.

"I just want to know... why me? There were many other people to choose from. What's so special about me?"

"I don't know, but I think we have bigger fish to fry." He says, staring past my shoulder.

"Why?" I start to look behind me but drew grabs my face. Then, like clockwork, a roar and the sound of metal on metal busts through my eardrums.

"Drew, what is that?" I say, my heart beating faster and faster by the second. Another roar sounds and Drew gets up and pulls me towards him.

"It's nothing. You'll be fine. We will be fine."

"What do you mean? Drew I'm scared." I hear a crashing sound behind me and a bunch of helps and groans of pain fills the air. I try to turn but Drew pushes me into his chest, covering my face.

"Bella, I'm sorry...I'm sorry," Drew says. He's shaking as he keeps me from the chaos that is going around us. Another roar resonates and vibrates the air and something crashes into our cage, sending us crashing into another cage like bumper cars. Shouts of protest are heard and I can only imagine that someone is trying to stop the creature who is doing this.

"Drew? What's going on?" I say, lightly gripping his shirt.

"A creature got out."

"What!"

"A creature got out." He says, as though he can't believe someone actually got out.

"A creature got out." He whispers to himself. He takes me by the shoulders and sits down, bringing me with him. I sit on his lap as I hide my face from the outside world. I hear gunshots gunshots ring out. Thank god! Someone is trying to help us.

An agonizing cry Burt's out not so far away from where drew and I sit and a huge thud follows. I wander what's going on? Did they get them? Is it safe now?

I lift my head up slightly and what I saw was gruesome. Thick red blood covers the floor that surrounds the cages. Some of the cages around us are banged up and have creatures howling in pain and licking their wounds.

Our cage has a slight dent, like someone was trying to get in but luckily they didn't. Finally, in front of our cage, lays a giant bloody beast lightly snoring with a 100 tranquilizer darts in its back.

I look at Drew and see that his eyes are closed tight, as if he was waiting for impact.

"Drew."

He says nothing

"Drew." I say, shaking him lightly.

"No,no." He begs, bringing me closer and holding me tight. He is hyperventilating. What do I do? What do I do?

"Drew!" I yell, gripping his shoulders.

"NO!" He screams, with tears in his eyes. What in the world is going on?

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Drew's POV

"I don't know but I think we have bigger fish to fry." I say, staring past Bella and at a horrible beast that is slowly bending the metal of its cage. This beast was the worst of the worst. It's razor sharp claws and black spotted fur lightly, surrounded by blood red fur. It has disgusting yellow teeth and demon-like eyes.

"Why?" Bella starts to turn but I quickly grab her face. She doesn't need to see this. Lord knows how she would react if she did. A resonating roar comes from the ugly, yet terrifying, beast. With a final push, it bends the metal and crawls out. Holy shit!

"Drew, what is that?" Bella says as the beast roars, searing for its prey. Luckily, it is far enough away and we weren't first on the list. It goes to the nearest cage and rips it open. It takes the poor unfortunate creature that stands inside and eats it whole. I stand up and pull Bella towards me.

"It's nothing. You'll be fine. We'll be fine." I say, trying to stay calm. I can't imagine what it is going to do when it gets to us. I hope it won't come near us. I pray it won't.

"What do you mean? Drew, I'm scared," she says. Me too, Bella.

Me too.

The beast throws the cage of its victim across the wear-house we were squatting in. The cage hits ours and sends us flying into one of our neighbor's cells. Bella tried to turn again but I bring her in a bone crushing hug,covering her face.

"Bella, I'm sorry... I'm sorry." I say, hysterically. At this point I'm saying this to myself too. I thought I would have lived longer than this but I guess I'll get eaten by a hideous alien monster.

Just then, a bunch of Guillos guards burst in to the wear house and begin shouting at the beast. A sense of hope fills me. We will live, we can make it. Or maybe not.

"Drew what's going on?" Bella asks, gripping my shirt. She's terrified. I'm terrified. We might die.

"A creature got out."

"What!?" She screams, causing the beast to turn its ugly head towards us. Oh shit.

"A creature got out." We're going to die.

"A creature got out." I say to myself. What are we going to do? We are trapped. I grab Bella and put we on my lap, still hiding her face.

I lean against the farthest corner, away from the monster. The beast sets its eyes on us and starts running. This is the end. This is the end. I tightly shut my eyes and I grip Bella with all of my might. I hear more gunshots ring out but I know that they won't do anything. This is the end. We are going to die. An agonizing roar rings out and then there is another crashing sound.

It's coming for us. We are going to die.

"Drew." We're going to die.

"Drew." This is the end. It's going to tear up this cage, I can feel it.

"No,no," I mutter. This is the end. I hold Bella, she must be terrified.

"Drew!" Bella yells. Good god! She must be terrified. I can feel the beast's claws tightly dig into me. It must be stuck in the bars of the cage.

"No!" I scream. A feeling wetness falls on my face. I can only imagine it was the spray of Bella's blood splattering on my face. Please don't be dead, Bella! Please don't be dead!

"Drew! Get your shit together!" Bella screams. She's not dead! She's alive! Happiness surges through me at the thought of her being alive. Then, she slaps me.

My eyes snap open and fall on Bella. I ignore the stinging of my cheek where she slapped me. She's alive! We're alive! Her hair has fallen in front of her face and it looks absolutely wild and beautiful. I look past her and at the horrid beast lightly snoring in front of our cage. Across from us, the bars were slightly bent where the beast was trying to get in. We could have died!

"Hey! It's ok. We made it." Bella says, grabbing my face. "We made it."

"We made it." I repeat, a smile spreads its way across my face.

"We made it, Bella. We made it." I say, again. I grab her face and bring her lips to mine. Only one thought is stuck in my mind.

We made it.

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