-"Don what is it? You look like you saw a ghost."
Don just kept looking at the alley.
-"Hey, are you okay?"
Kay started to walk towards Don when he showed her with his hand to stop but didn't looked away. She started to worry. -"Don.. Please, say something, is someone threating you?"
Don didn't know what to do, the creature was just standing there and looking at him. If he start to run and creature is fast, he and both Kay and Alex might end dead. What to do now? Don started to walk backwards in slowmotion not turning his look from the creature when he said "Kay, listen to me, my first neighbor on the right has a spare keys for my apartment. His name is Mike, just say that Don sent you and he will give them to you. Go. Now. I'll meet you there soon."
Kay looked at the Don and wanted to check what was going on but as soon as she make a step forward Don repeated himself.
-"Please Kay. Do it for Alex, he needs rest. I will be there soon. It's nothing to worry about. Go."
-"Don, take care. Don't do anything stupid. We will be waiting for you to return."
-"Yeah, sure, see ya soon."
Kay reluctantly turned around, took Alex by his hand and start walking towards apartment. Don continued to walk backwards, slowly, worrying not to scare the creature. Then, the creature done something he would never expect to happen. It made a 2 steps forward leaning on the wall, something black was dripping from multiple spots from it's body, Don guessed that's how their blood looks alike. Then the creature has spoken. -"He.. Help me..." And just stumbled to the ground. Don was shocked. What should he do now? Maybe the best option was to call someone from government to save the creature and interrogate it. On the other side, it was cleary in very poor condition, it could die any moment. Don looked around. Except one street lamp which light was flashing all the time there was no movement or any sign of life anywhere. He decided to slowly approach the creature. It wasn't moving even when he got 2 feet next to it. Then he picked something that protruded from a garbage container. It was plastic stick, God knows what it was before it ended here. When he touched the creature with his stick it was still steady on his side on the ground.
-"Hey, are you alive?" Don whispered. There was no answer.
Hell with that, he squatted, licked his wrist and put it under his nose. A little bit of breathing could be felt. He turned the creature on its back. It looked very much as human, but of course there was some differences. As he saw previously, they have red eyes. they are pale and quite muscular comparing with humans. Also they don't have any hair on them, not even eyebrows. Don took his shirt off and tore it into strips. Then he used it as bandages. With current supplies this is best he could do. He tried to lift it, but it's to heavy, so he dragged him back in the dark, behind the cointainer. The pharmacy that work 24/7 was 5 minutes running from here, he will get something. He got there even faster, bought medical supplies for money he has with him and started to run back to alley. He was just hoping that noone found the creature. The way back seemed too long. Maybe because he was afraid of creature, or that he will find police there or maybe he was just to tired. Luckily it was to late to any humans to be outside considering situation. When he came back he heard something. Damn, it was trying to move.
-"Are you awake?" Dan asked from the safe distance.
He heard something but couldn't understand. It was probably talking in their language. Then, he switched to English. -"Yes. Can you help me human?"
Don coughed to clear his throat, took a deep breath and answered.
-"I hope so but promise me that I will leave this alley after I help you alive and uninjured."
-"I promise, help me, please."
Don approached but could see it clearly, it was too dark.
-"I need some light to threat your wounds, would you mind to move here?" He pointed just a 3 feet from the spot where it was sitting. Creature then took something that was attached on his uniform or whatever it has on his legs and pressed it. It was illuminated by blue light from that device.
-"Will this do?"
-"Yes, be steady."
Don took a needle, looked at the creature and thought "Oh my God, will I really sew up alien's wounds now?"
-"Listen, this will hurt a little bit."
-"It's okay, do whatever you has to do."
Don started to clear and sew its wounds carefully. There were one at the right shoulder, right forearm, on the right side of abdomen and on right thigh. When Don finished senning its wounds they were clean, sutured and bandaged with real bandages.
-"I finished. I don't know anything about your physiology but u seem similar to us enough that I can guess you will live. Don't force your body for some time and you should be fine. I can't tell how long will take the wounds to heal because I don't know how fast is your regeneration and they were pretty deep."
-"Thank you human, I owe you."
-"It's okay, keep away from daylight and people, they will come after you, not immediately when they see you but they will."
-"I know, why do you think noone showed themselfs to you humans since the begging of your kind. You are destroyers. You are killing each other and wage wars among yourselfs, destroying your own planet. Noone likes you, there were multiple deliberations about whether you should be destroyed. Only the fact that you don't know about any other kind kept you alive all this years."
-"I couldn't agree more that humans are imperfect, but who are you to decide about our future? Our lives?"
-"When it comes to our lives, we have full right to defend ourselfs."
-"But as I can see, you are technologicaly way advanced then we are, what could we do to you?"
-"Technology doesn't matter when you have other power sources and humans would take it no matter of consequences. That's who you are."
-"What other power sources? What are you talking about?"
-"The power of the stars of course. We don't use fuels, oils or any of our planet resources. We are taking energy of stars to make it everything functional. And our soldiers usually don't use weapons although they have them, a very powerful ones actually."
-"That was fascinanting, there are unlimited energy for your cities, for your technology, I couldn't even imagine what your cities look like, and your medicine... There must be limitless possibilites..."
-"Yes, you are right I guess."
-"How do you mean your soldiers are weapons?"
The creature didn't have time to answer because of sound of police siren. There must be some riots in the town again. Don glanced on his phone. 1:20 AM. He should go home, Kay must be worried and he don't want her out again searching for him. He looked at the creature. It was still looking in the direction of siren. Siren was getting louder and louder until police car stopped at the entrance of the alley. SHIT. That fat guy Felix must have called police on him. He probably realised all those alien crap he sold him was just a trick. Don looked at the other side of alley, there is a turn on the right 15 feet in front of him. One quick look at the police car and he saw two police officers coming out of their car. Fuck, he knew the creature is too wounded to move.
-"I will help you to get on your feet, but you will have to help me to move you, we must run there." Don pointed at the turn behind the building.
-"Why? Why are you helping me? You could just run and there is no way they will see you."
-"Shut up, we don't have time to talk now. Get up, come on."
Don grabbed it under his armpits and pulled up. He was so heavy. He must have at least 130kg but he was fit as he could be, there are not even traces of fat on him. When creature stood up it was very unstable on his feet. Don put his right, stronger hand, around him and started to walk towards corner and their salvation. They could hear one police officer saying he heard something and that he will check it. Other one responded to wait for him to take his flashlight he left in the car. Don and the creature moved slowly because creature was in pain and heavy to carry. His wounds were obviously cuts, but it seemed smarter not to asked where he got them, so they started to bleed again. Just a little bit further and they will be there, then, there is only to hope there will be a place to go, hide or whatever just that those two police officers don't find them. They could hear footsteps in the alley, damn they will see them. Few feets away Don pushed the creature ahead on the ground and run behind the corner, then he grabbed creature for his hands and pulled as hard as he could and he did it. He managed to get both of them behind the corner just when lights from policemans flashlights showed on the wall in front of them. Don could not lift the creature on his feet again in time, he has to run and save himself. Maybe they won't even check behind the corner, but what are chances for that. Don looked at the injured and tired creature at the ground and felt saddness.
-"Sorry but I have to go, can't save you but I can still outrun them."
-"I would say to you to run and wish you luck, but I wonder where would you go."
Don turned around and realised they are in a dead end.