I'm lost...
I'm hungry...
I'm scared...
Just today when I decided to stop updating Emily this happens to me.
- "Mum! Mom!" - I screamed as loud as my vocal cords would allow me to. - "Mum! Where are you?"
A few minutes ago I was with Mum playing in a park near our house, I was on the swings playing with other kids. I saw Mum coming out of the park, so I hurried to follow her, according to me that tangle of hair was unmistakable but... in the end, I got confused and here I am crying in the middle of the pavement walking aimlessly.
Because yes, I may be very clever and I may have created many things but when fear comes to you, it comes with everything and I am very bad with directions, so when I realized that the person I was following and shouting at wasn't my mum, I started to cry out of despair.
I'm 6 years old, what did you expect to happen?
- "Hip Mummy, I'm scared. Hip I want to go home." - I walked with my eyes on the ground.
I walked aimlessly for a few more minutes until my little legs got tired, and I decided to sit on some stairs.
- "I'm so hungry, and I don't even have money for the bus." - I held my stomach, trying to shut it up.
The door behind me was opened.
- "Little girl, are you okay?" - She said calmly but worried.
- "I'm lost, I don't know where I am." - I had my head between my knees.
- "Why don't you come inside with me so you can call your mom?"
- "My mom always told me not to talk to strangers, let alone go anywhere with them." - 'Safety first, who's to tell me she's not a genius child kidnapper? And...? What if she just wants the liquid from my knees? Nooo!'
- "If I told you my name I wouldn't be a stranger anymore."
I raised my head even without seeing the person.
- "I guess not, but who's telling me it's your real name?" - I asked more calmly.
- "You'll just have to trust me, Martha."
'Wait what? I said it, kidnapper!'
I turned around so fast I thought I had a twitch.
- "Ancestral?!" - I shouted in surprise seeing the woman in front of me.
She was wearing an orange and yellow suit with a black waistband and her signature bald head along with an amused smile.
- "Since we both know each other's names, I guess we're not strangers anymore."
- "You guessed right." - I murmured without taking my eyes off her.
- "Shall we go inside and have a cup of tea?" - Asked Ancestral.
- "Do you have any soda? Tea is not my favorite." - I smiled apologetically.
- "We can fix that." - She smiled and led me into the sanctuary.
It's bigger than one sees on Pinterest pictures, but I guess when you're 105 cm tall and your dad is a walking smurf everything around you is the size of Godzilla.
The staircase where Doctor Banner falls in Infinity War, next to the relic that Tony almost broke...
God, what memories!
- "Let's go to the living room, we'll be more comfortable there." - She turned to look at me.
I just nodded, letting myself marvel at all the magic around me and being careful not to get eaten by a plant.
Ancestral and I sat across from each other, she with her tea and I with my glass of soda.
- "Nice house..." - I said trying to break the ice.
- "Thank you." - She smiled amused.
- "What brand is the soda? It's delicious."
- "Whatever your heart desires it to be."
'!!! This woman is playing with me!!!'
- "Emm... Coca-cola?"
- "It's Wong's so let's not say brands." - She smiled amused seeing me turn pale.
- "Am I drinking from Beyonce's stash?" - I asked alarmed, Wong is one of my favorite characters.
- "Beyonce?" - She asked curious.
- "Yeah you know, Strange calls him that because he didn't know Beyonce...." - I covered my mouth as soon as I could.
- "Well I don't know, that's still a few years away."
- "This... Amm... Nice weather." - I pointed to the window.
- "You're right, it's a nice day today." - She said staring at me.
I sighed. - "I'm not good at keeping up appearances, am I?"
- "With me, it's very hard to do."
- "That's a point for me, I guess." - 'Since I'm here can I ask a few questions? After all, she already knows me who knows how but she does' - "Can I ask you something?"
She nodded in response. - "Sure."
- "You already knew about me."
- "Is it a question?"
- "More like clarification, the question would be, was this a coincidence or was it destined to happen?" - I pointed to both of us.
- "We all have a destiny to fulfill, In each of the futures I've seen so far you and I always end up meeting, maybe not in the same way but in the end we do." - She said refilling her cup of tea.
- "Yeah... That means you know who I am."
- "I don't know your past, but I know your future. To answer your question I only know that you are a 6-year-old girl who is lost, has a higher intelligence than many I know, and finally your name, of course. Is there anything else I should know?" - She asked smiling.
- "I'm not sure. If you don't know what I think you should know it's because it's not relevant." - I took a sip of my drink.
- "Or maybe it's because it's not yet time for me to know."
- "Touche."
- "And tell me, Martha, don't you want to call your mom?"
With all this, I'd already forgotten that she was lost.
- "Right, if you have a phone I can call her and tell her to come and get me."
- "Sure." - She offered me her phone.
I called Mom, the poor thing was hysterical but she calmed down as soon as I told her I was fine and that a nice lady was taking care of me at her house although she was still worried about who I was with. In the end, I gave her the address that Ancestral told me. She said she would be there in 30 minutes and to stay put.
I handed the phone back to her and sat down in front of her again.
- "Would you like to continue our conversation?"
- "You know the answer." - I smiled at her.
- "So what do you want to talk about?"
- "I'd like to tell you a story." - 'The story of my life,' - I thought.
- "Go ahead."
I began to tell her the story of Emily from the time she was born until she died a rebel and with that how Martha was born, a girl who didn't want to be a hero, much less act like one.
- "It is a very nice story. Although she had hard times she kept going without forgetting who she was and who she is."
- "You are right. I like that story."
- "I can see why. That's why you knew my name."
- "I'm not a stalker." - I laughed as I watched her do the same.
- "You're right, so you're 21, you look very young."
- "Rejuvenating creams work miracles." - I said. - "Do you think you can tell me about the infinity gems," - I watched for her reaction.
The door rang before I heard her answer.
- "I think your mom has arrived." - She got up and went straight to the door.
- "Wait, you haven't answered or asked any questions."
- "Some other time." - I sighed in surrender and walked to the door being greeted by Mom's arms.
- "I was so worried when I didn't see you I was so scared!" - She cried as she hugged me.
- "Sorry, I mistook you for another woman and followed her out of the park. By the time I realized it wasn't you, I was lost." - I lay down on her, feeling her warmth, I was so scared when I separated from her, if it wasn't for talking to Ancestral I would still be scared to death.
- "Don't ever walk away from me again. You must be more careful."
- "It won't happen again. I missed you."
Ancestral looked at us with a smile on her face.
Mom fixed her gaze on her as she stood up and took my hand.
- "I'm Elise. Thank you so much for taking care of her." - She thanked me.
- "Not at all. Your company is very pleasant." - She said looking at me.
- "She's a very nice girl, although sometimes she's too much of a tease."
- "Mom! Don't say such things or she'll believe them."
- "But it's the truth." - She looked at me mockingly. While I pouted and cursed under my breath. - "Well, we are leaving."
- "It was nice meeting you both."
Mom walked towards the exit and I was pulled by her.
- "Wait, Mom! Miss." - I got her attention. - "Do you think I could come and visit you another time?"
- "Martha, we mustn't disturb the lady." - Mom stopped walking and gave an apologetic smile to the woman in front of her.
- "It's no trouble at all." - She said looking at Mom. - "I would love to see you again, your talks are very interesting."
- "Can I come another day then?" - I begged Mom.
She sighed. - "Okay, if it's all right with the lady, would you mind looking after her next week?"
- "Sure, I have no problem. We have a story to tell." - She winked at me.
- "Well then, we'll take our leave now, and thanks again."
- "Goodbye Ancestral!" - I said goodbye waving my hand and smiling at her.
.
While we were walking home we talked about what happened today.
- "There is something I don't understand." - I hesitated to say.
- "What is it?" - She turned to look at me.
- "Why did you accept so easily that we would see each other again?"
- "Let's see... To begin with, if she was a bad person you wouldn't even have approached her, Secondly for the little time I spent with her she made me feel at peace and I didn't feel she was dangerous or anything. And lastly, I trust your decisions although that doesn't mean I'm going to leave you with any stranger, When I get home I'll tell Emi to check her out."
- "I think you're catching on to my quirks." - I laughed.
- "I'm just cautious." - She shrugged.
The rest of the way I was 'playing' with mom by twirling her arm and joking around.
When I got home I needed to talk to Emily and update her defense protocols and change her codes. We are almost to the start of Iron Man 2 and with it the arrival of Thor.
Time for free fun is running out and in the meantime, I will continue to play with Elliot, Noah, Harriet, and Petepay - my best friends in this world!