They never left us alone. There still watching, but why? What do they want with us? And why her again? Why is it that you keep having to see the things you don't want to the most. It’s like their haunting you. Your life. Your memories. They never leave.

No one really spoke after what she had said, except for Alice who was whispering to my old cell mate.

I couldn't sleep, definitely not now. Now that we have one of the snake people watching us. I want to ask so many questions, but I'm not sure how many answers I'll get, or how honest they will even be.

She was still staring at me, with that same look.

A sort of glare. Something she hasn't given to anyone else. Not to the same degree as with me anyway.

"Hey, lady. Um are you a lady?" Alice asks the snake.

"What is your question." The snake responds.

"Why do you keep staring at Zen, like that?" she says. 'Zen?'

The snake doesn't answer. So, Alice turns to me and asks if I know "She-she let me and him out... Out of that prison" I say pointing to my cell mate, but keeping my gaze on the snake.

Alice turns to her again excitedly "Can we please know his name?" She asks with excitement, leaning closer to the fire. 'Yeah, so little she cares about us.'

"You don't even believe your own name, you're asking an evil alien the name of someone else?" I mumble.

"you said she helped you. How does that make her bad?" She responds, 'she's right, you're the one saying everyone of a group isn't the same.'

She was right, but I still can't trust that snake, even after letting us go.

"He was, Silah Vani." The snake finally responds.

"And how do we know you're telling the truth?" I accuse.

Alice looks at me with confusion "Why would she lie about a name?" The snake just gives a smirk, a look of amusement.

"Well, it's nice to finally know your name Silah." Alice says, anxiously shaking his hand. He grunts in response.

So, the snakes came here, and did what? Why did they invade us? Why take so long? Space is supposed to be empty, so life is probably not common, but if it is. And one life has more power than the other, why overpower it? Is that why space is empty? Have they done this to other planets? 'Why don't you ask her.' What!

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I open my eyes.

It’s day.

I fell asleep! I get up looking around. Where's Alice? Where was the snake? Only Silah was here, "Where did they go?" He doesn't answer, then i noticed that feeling again. I'm being watched again.

I get up and grab my bag "We know you're still here, so there's no point in hiding." Nothing happened. "You know where the snake is right?" he lets out a grunt, "Ill assume that's a yes. So, let's go find Alice." I gesture.

The sun was out. There couldn't be a way for her to still be alive, could it? "Split up and see if you can find her." 'now's our chance to leave them.' He doesn't respond.

I walk a few steps and he follows. I let out a sigh "Hey Alice." I yell, startling Silah. There's no answer, my voice just echoes, in the abandoned streets. "Guess she's gone, so I'm leaving." Silah lets out something similar to my sigh and grabs my arm dragging me, along as he goes somewhere.

Ten minutes later, we find a figure in the distance, covered in blood again. It was Alice!

She's out in the sun!

"Alice!" I yell Silah squeezing my arm in frustration. Alice notices us and runs over.

"Hey... Guys I got bored, and then... I got lost, sorry." she says scratching behind her head.

"How are you in the sun?" I say pulling on my arm to be let go.

"Was i not supposed to be in it?" I feel a small headache and rub my forehead in frustration.

"Just, what are you, Alice. You won't tell us anything, but you always talk. You keep eating... People. And now you’re just out in the sun!"

She looks down, hiding her face, i thought she wouldn't answer me, but after a minute she did "i don't know."

There wasn't any need to keep traveling at night anymore, I guess. But I was still tired, so we went back to carry on the tradition, at least for one more night. Alice didn't talk for most of the trip, she seemed sad, but started talking with Silah a bit later.

We were sitting by the burnt-out fire again she was drawing again with a half-burnt piece of paper. "Hey Zen w-" I interrupt her before she could finish.

"It’s Zack." She lost her cheery attitude again.

"Where did the lady go?" She asks in a low volume.

"She's still following us. But she's just hiding like a coward again." I say raising my voice to emphasize the 'coward'.

"Lady why don't you sit with us?" She asks looking at a random wall There's no answer "I'm sure you have lots to say, and talk about." She starts getting cheerier.

There was a delay "I would much rather probe your mind than to converse, children." She was close. Very close.

"Then how about we probe your mind, and you can probe ours." I wanted to know what's happening, but I don't know how else to ask. Even though I'm afraid, I want to know. She shows herself. She was sitting next to the fire this whole time, staring at me.

"I know what I need to from you. I'm referring to her." 'Excuse me?'

"You don't know me." I growl, does she? She smirks, 'what does she know!'

"Well, what is there to ask about me?" Alice asks.

"What has brought about your change?" The snake turns to Alice.

Alice looks back in confusion "Come again?"

The snake clarifies "You do not express normal human behavior, why is this?" It didn't clear anything up for her.

"She won't tell you. Hasn't even told me. She can't remember." I bud into the slow-moving conversation.

The snake looks at Alice's drawings, "What do your drawing depict?" Alice just shrugs. The same as when I asked her. The snake leans closer to her "Can you tell a story with the picture you have drawn?" She says in a strange tone, like she was trying to sound human, something oddly soothing and soft, but disturbing when you know what's speaking in the tone.

Alice looks at the drawing, she looked lost. Lost in thought? Confused? Upset? It was hard for me to tell ‘it’s always hard to tell.’ "A man... Died from a monster" That's all she could force out. I felt bad. I don't know why, I wanted to know what she was hiding too. But I know how it feels to remember things you don't want to.