Mina and Chris stand up and go toward the thief who is eating her piece of chicken very quietly, her legs on the table. She looks at them but she never stops eating. Thus, the princess starts the speech, politely and seriously:
Mina: Can we sit next to you, please?
Suddenly, the woman answers without further ado:
The thief: Don't approach the table or I'll attack you, human!
The human looks at Chris and answers her:
Mina: If you're angry because I'm the cause of making you come back to the Universal Jail, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.
The woman looks at her angrily and without an answer. So, Black continues:
Mina: I need to talk to you, and I know you need also to talk to me.
The thief lets her piece on the tray and nods. The two friends sit in front of her. Chris shakes her by the hand and introduces himself happily:
Chris: Hi! My name is Chris Fifter, I'm Veranian.
Mina: (she shakes her also) My name is Mina Black, you know what my planet is, but just here I'm pretending to be a Nitanian so that they don't send me to Mokera.
The thief: My name is Panthera, I'm Nironian.
Chris: Wow! You don't look you're Nironian!
Panthera looks at him angrily so he apologizes and shuts his mouth. Then, she continues:
Panthera: Panthera is just my nickname, because I love panthers and tigers. My real name is Samantha Tyre.
Mina: Why did you call me and my siblings "aliens' eaters"?
Panthera: Because you destroy us and steal our wealth.
Chris: Not true!
Mina: Shut up man! You look as a human! ... Listen, we're living in the hell since Cyrone got in our planet.
Panthera: He's right. You deserve that.
Mina: Can you stop provoking us?! Cyrone lands every day on Earth and kidnaps us!
Panthera: (looks at Chris) Is that right?
The Veranian nods while Black continues:
Mina: I came here on purpose and voluntarily to avenge to Cyrone. And that by destroying the Universal Jail first.
Panthera: Will you destroy the Universal Jail?!
Mina: That's right.
Panthera: How?
Mina: I'll tell you later on. First, I'm the princess of the Earth.
Panthera: No way!
Chris: Actually I'm still not sure of this information.
Mina: You'll believe when we get to Earth. Don't you know what the name of the princess of Earth is?!
Panthera: Ok, whatever. Second?
Mina: I didn't come here because my mother the Queen of Earth ordered me or...
Panthera cuts her sentence:
Panthera: Wait wait wait, girl! The Queen of Earth? What about the King of Earth? Your daddy?
Mina: That's what I'm about to say; my father died on my birth day... killed by Cyrone...
Panthera: (feels pity) Really?
Mina: Yeah... That's what my mother said; he planted his sword into his heart. But I was witness in the kidnap of my twin and my uncle by his guards when I was young. So, the only survivors are me, my cousin and my mother.
Panthera: I'm sorry... I didn't know that Cyrone does all of that, all of that pain... No one knows that.
Mina: I know. So, I'm the leader of a team of mercenaries and spies, most of the team are retired soldiers. And what encouraged me to avenge is bumping into you and our questions that happened.
Panthera: And why did you come so to the Universal Jail, pretending as Nitanian?
Chris: She'll establish a new team of aliens from here so that we help her destroying the Universal Jail then with the old team we take down Cyrone.
Panthera: I understood you. So, you want me to help you?
Mina: I want you to join us, and to be a part of us. Even when we avenge to Cyrone, you'll stay with us. You'll find a house, food, and new friends. You'll fight as the missions ask and as our clients ask. You'll kill and you'll get money, and of course you'll save the world etc...
Chris: She said we'll be rich in her planet!
Mina: And you won't be obliged to rob.
Abruptly, Panthera stands and punches the table, screaming angrily:
Panthera: I'm not a thief!!!
Mina: (completely quiet) I heard from who caught you on Earth that you're a thief.
The Nironian sits calmly and says:
Panthera: Do you know why do they call me a thief?
Chris: No?
Panthera: Because one day, in the winter, it was too cold and I was too hungry, I stole a sandwich which was on a desk. And then, I discovered that this sandwich was Cyrone's. So, he jailed me. So far, I hate Cyrone!!
Chris: Oh my God! He's so cruel!
Mina: Can you fight and kill?
Panthera: I can shoot if you mean this.
Mina: Do you fear enemies?
Panthera: How can the thief fear?
Mina: So you're ready to be a Fighter?
Panthera: Yes but I need to train.
Mina: It's ok; you will.
Panthera: I hope you're saying the truth.
Mina: If we hadn't problems.
Panthera: So ok, I'm in.
Mina: Can you fight under the command of the princess of the heroes?
Panthera: I wish.
Mina: Good! So you are the second fighter alien in our team after Chris!
Panthera: What's your team's name?
Mina: The Fighters.
Chris: That's why she called you now "a fighter alien"
Mina: Now that I'm your leader; you and Chris have to help me to find other aliens to join us. Do you know some aliens here who fight? Kill? Never fear? Have different super powers and talents?
Panthera: Yeah... I think so...
Suddenly, the bell rings and every confined gets up slowly and goes to its cell. When the prisoner enters, the door gets locked automatically. And if the door is not closed, guards realize that the prisoner ran away. So they catch him with the help of security cameras.
Before three of them get back to their cells, Panthera shows her cell to Mina and Chris in the second floor in the same side. Then they get in...
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