It’s Already in My Stomach!

After the Judge ended the hearing, the Police Officers went near the Defendants to handcuff them and take them to the jail.

Maurice took a deep breath and pitifully watched his daughter being handcuffed.

Alexis, Natalia, and Melissa got up from their seats with a sense of satisfaction on their face. The bullies were finally being sent to jail for the crimes they had committed.

And Alexis was even more relieved that they wouldn't be waiting for her on the Street, at least for few months. She was not scared of facing them anymore. But she was worried that if they were to bully her like before, she will not be able to control her anger and might end up revealing her powers to them.

With all of them behind the bars for three months, Alexis was confident that she will be used to her powers by then. And if they decided to repeat bullying her, she wouldn't beat them into pulp, or worst, blast them with her fire balls.

While the attorneys of both the parties went forward to receive the Court Order, Melissa, Alexis, and Natalia waited for Mr. Johnson in front of the exit of the main building.

As Judy was about to walk past by her father, she stopped by his side and said with a smile, "You don't have to be so worried about me. Dad, I'll do fine. I promise I'll come out of the jail as a good person."

Maurice was feeling emotional when he heard those words from his daughter. He couldn't say anything so he just smiled back at his daughter. He just hoped that what his daughter promised would come true.

Judy, Mina, and Nora were taken away from the Court Room by the Police.

When Judy was being taken away by the Police, she came face to face with Alexis at the exit of the building. Both of them locked their eyes and out of instinct, Alexis felt a pang in her heart. She was so used to being afraid of Judy that she could not help it even now.

Judy however, had regret in her eyes. And as she passed by Alexis, she whispered, "I'm sorry Lexi!"

When Alexis heard Judy calling her 'Lexi', she was reminded of their childhood. How they were best friends, and how they used to do everything together. And without realizing, Alexis's heart softened a little for Judy.

Natalia, who was standing close by to witness the awkwardness, came up with an idea to ease Alexis. Natalia nudged Alexis and asked, "Hey, why don't we go to my house? We can watch some vintage movies, eat junk food, and enjoy."

Melissa was overhearing the girls and thought that it was a good plan for Alexis to lighten her mood. "Yeah, why don't you go with Nat? You can take your mind off of things and enjoy."

Alexis also thought that she needed a break from everything that was happening around her. So she agreed with Natalia, "Yeah, I could really use a break. Movie sounds great."

"You girls go ahead and enjoy. I'll wrap up few things here and go home." Melissa patted Alexis on her shoulder with a warm smile.

Natalia squeaked with happiness and said, "We are watching the Galactic Wars saga. It's going to be amazing."

"The Galactic Wars again? Do you never get tired of watching the same old movies again and again?" Alexis said while scrunching her brows.

"Oh! Don't act like you don't like it. I know you enjoy those movies more than I do. So shut up, and let's go." Natalia grabbed Alexis by her arm and then pulled her outside the Court and towards a cab.

Meanwhile, thousands of light-years away from Earth, there was a chaos going on in a Space Station that was set up by IGT Fed near the orbit of an unexplored planet.

The Station was of medium size which supported around 25 crew members. There were crews from several background like scientists, engineers, lab technicians, data analysts, etc. whose tasks were to observe the planet they were orbiting and check for any signs of life.

It had only been few weeks since the Station was set up. The crews were getting settled and were initiating their research and observation.

However, they were being attacked by strange kind of armed crafts. The Space Station was losing its air integrity.

A woman ran towards the comms desk and sent a distress signal, "This is Space Station X51. We are being attacked by unidentified crafts. I repeat Space Station X51 is being attacked by unidentified crafts. Requesting immediate assistance. Over."

Alexis and Natalia reached Natalia's home. It was empty because David, Natalia's father, was still on his voyage.

The girls quickly went to Natalia's room. Natalia unlocked the door to her room and let Alexis settle down. "Will you stream the movie while I grab some popcorn and chips from the kitchen?"

"Sure." Alexis turned on the computer screen and searched the movie in the local drive.

Natalia then ran to her kitchen to grab the food.

By the time Alexis played the movie, Natalia was already back in her room. They both sat down comfortably on the couch and started to watch the movie.

The iconic theme music of the movie started playing from the speakers. Natalia whispered while munching on some popcorn, "I love this music. This gives me goose bumps every time I listen to it."

"I know. Shhh… let me enjoy the music." Alexis whispered back and was already super focused on the screen.

They were enjoying the movie. And a thrilling scene was going on. But they were distracted by a phone's vibration.

"Put your phone in silence." Alexis whispered to Natalia without taking off her gaze from the screen.

Natalia mumbled with chips in her mouth, "It's not mine, it's yours."

Without shifting her gaze from movie scene to her cell phone, Alexis touched her phone to cut the call.

But what she didn't realize was that it was a projection request from Vorian and she had accepted it instead of declining it.

Vorian was now projected behind the two girls. He was quite confused when he first saw around because the room seemed to be different. Then he noticed that Alexis and Natalia were curled up on the couch in front of him and were busy watching a movie. He assumed that it was Natalia's place.

Then he searched for his own chair back at him room based on his memory because his vision was now seeing Natalia's room layout. After some trial and error and few bumps, Vorian found his chair. He dragged the chair to position it beside the couch and sat down. At Natalia's room, he seemed like he was sitting on air.

Both Alexis and Natalia had not realized that Vorian was also in the room. They were too invested in their favorite movie to notice anything.

The character in the movie was alone and was walking inside the cave of an unknown planet. Just when the character was about to approach something, and just when the music was picking up its note, Vorian leaned towards Alexis and whispered, "What movie are you guys watching?"

Both Alexis and Natalia felt like their soul drifted away from their body. They both jumped and screamed at the top of their lungs, dropping their chips and popcorn all over the floor.

Vorian was also spooked from their reaction and he shouted at the girls, "What the hell was that all about?"

Natalia immediately shouted back, "That is what we should be asking. What the hell were you thinking, scaring us like that? And how and why are you here?"

Vorian shrugged his shoulder and replied, "I projected myself. How else would I be here?" He glanced at Alexis who was picking up the chips from the floor and asked, "Didn't you accept the request? Why do I feel like I wasn't supposed to be here?"

Alexis kept on picking up the chips and putting them in the bowl. Then she replied after picking up the last piece, "I was too occupied by the movie and I didn't realize that I had accepted your request. I didn't realize that it was you. I thought that it was someone else's call and thought that I had declined it."

Alexis sat back on the couch and grinned at Vorian. Vorian had stayed up till midnight just to call Alexis and when he heard that she actually meant to decline the call, he felt sad. But after seeing that beautiful smile on his girlfriend's face, his heart immediately melted.

Vorian smiled back and said, "I'm just letting it slide this once because of that sweet smile of yours."

Natalia was listening to their sweet conversation and rolled her eyes. Then she grabbed the bowl of chips and started to stuff it in her mouth. Instead of listen to the conversation happening beside her, she tried to focus on the movie.

Vorian stared at Alexis and asked her with his hypnotizing voice, "So how did the hearing go?"

Alexis smiled before happily answering, "It went well. All three of them were sentenced to three months in jail and a fine of 50,000 points each."

"Hopefully they won't bother you anymore." Vorian leaned forward and planted a virtual kiss on Alexis.

Alexis had not expected it at all so her eyes were wide open in shock. Vorian, on the other hand, liked the look on Alexis's face and was giving a mischievous grin.

Alexis turned her head towards Natalia to see if she saw anything. But she was too busy munching chips and watching the movie.

Alexis noticed that Natalia had almost finished the chips and shouted, "Hey, I picked those chips from the floor…"

Natalia stopped chewing for a second but then shrugged off her shoulder and continued to munch away, "Well, too late. It's already in my stomach now."