Contributions to society extended cut edition

Chapter 4 - my hero

Dates: January 31 2012-March 7 2019

Shouting filled the city air as six figures engaged in combat. It was five on one, and all six of them were shouting, but there were two very different messages being yelled. The five were all vehemently anti-alien citizens and they were screaming all sorts of xenophobic, hateful and violent threats at the one they were fighting, who was an alien. She was begging them to stop, pleading for mercy and demanding that they leave her alone before she called the cops, or cried out for help.
“Like the police would help alien scum like you!” the leader of the five anti-alien citizens sneered. “You don’t belong here! You aren’t a true citizen, so the cops will not protect you. Go back to your own planet and leave us in peace! Get OUT!!!”
“NO! I AM A REAL CITIZEN!!” the alien shrieked as the five continued to harass her. “I’ve lived here for years now and I am a legal citizen! Leave me alone!” but the five would not yield. They continued to bully her, insisting that she was an evil leech, a vile and violent monster who deserved to be put down, or dissected alive by the mysterious anti-alien terrorist group called Cadmus.
Right before any of them could come to blows, however, the five bullies were suddenly silenced. They collapsed to the ground as if they had been shot dead, and yet there were no injuries on any of them. The alien widened her eyes in surprise, confusion and fear, eyes quickly sweeping the area as she tried to find the one responsible for this, praying that no one mistook her as the guilty one.
“Who’s there? Who did this?!” she demanded, and that was when a handsome young men stepped out from across the street.
“I’ve always wanted to try this new fancy taser!” he remarked as he showed her a small, black rectangle with strangely-shaped silver prongs at the end. He scoffed at the five unconscious bullies before placing the taser in his pocket. “The name’s Winn Schott, by the way. And are you ok?”
“Yeah. I’m fine,” the alien replied, blinking, still a little surprised by all that had happened to her in the past three seconds. “My name is Lyra Strayd!” she added a second later, realizing that she had not returned her savior’s greeting.
“Lyra, what a lovely name,” Winn smiled.
“Thank you. And thank you for saving me,” Lyra smiled politely back at him before casting a small glare at the motionless bodies of her bullies.
“Don’t mention it,” Winn replied with a shrug, turning his eyes away from Lyra shyly. This intrigued Lyra. Usually the men she met would always harass her for something, and if they did something nice for her they ALWAYS demanded something from her in exchange. But not this one. This man had only brushed off her thanks, insisting that it was no debt to be repaid, and that he was just trying to be a good person and look after the people in his community.
His words and motives were so unique and innocent that Lyra found herself growing more and more interested with everything that he said. It was a rare day for her to meet a pro-alien human male who was kind, shy, polite and just. And he just looked so innocent and young, not at all old, creepy, smug or cruel. He looked like a boy, and Lyra liked that. He did not look mean, he looked kind and innocent. Lyra wanted to keep someone like that in her life.
“How about we meet up again sometime for lunch?” she asked Winn finally. “My treat for my hero.”
“Only if you’re sure,” he replied, lighting up like the sun.
“I am. My hero,” Lyra teased, and then the deal was struck.
The date happened the 2 Week Later on Valentine Day 2012 and they both ate like kings. They ordered 'Chicken Alfredo Pizza Fritta', 'Lasagna Dip', and 'Lasagna Fritta'. Their dessert was the restaurant’s special 'Chocolate Brownie Lasagna'. It was delicious and the two filled their bellies with the wonderful food before filling their hearts with each other’s wonderful company. They began to fall in love after that, meeting up the next day and the next day and the next day. At long last, then, they finally became an official couple. For safety’s sake, though, they kept it a secret, but they continued to date anyway. They were madly in love and spent every second that they could together. No matter the risk, their love endured.
The two had been a couple for several months and had just woke up together when Winn received a call that would forever change his and Lyra’s lives. It was a normal morning but, after that one little fateful phone call, it turned into a nightmare of a day.
“Winn? It’s Alex. Kara’s gone missing!” and the rest was a very cruel and very painful history…