"What do you mean, with me? This is the closest you'll ever get to hanging out with the popular kids," Sarah replied. "I mean, you are such a loser you don't even know how much of a loser you are..."
Kyla rolled her eyes at that. Sarah was the most shallow self-centered person she'd ever met. "Honestly, Sarah....I don't..." she suddenly froze as the mist began to coalesce into tendrils, like some kind of transparent monster...
The tendrils shot out into the girl's mouths. It felt like a blast of water flowed into their mouths. When it finally stopped, it left both girls grasping for breath.
"It's some kind of...lifeform," Sarah said, softly.
"It's what?" Kyla said.
"Not life as we understand it, but something...alien," Sarah told her.
"It's bad enough I'm stuck in here with you..." Kyla said. "There's no such thing as aliens..."
"Something different is called alien. Not extraterrestrial," Sarah said. "Like you...you are an alien to me."
"Whatever," Kyla said, dismissively.
Sarah paused. Something was wrong here as she looked at the dismissive look on Kyla's face. A million thoughts were going through her mind until she hit on something. "Fascinating," she murmured.
