Slumber Seven

Thanking him, she turned to leave when he gripped her elbow. Her eyes widened slightly as she turned back to him. His expression was unreadable to her. And she tried to yank her arm back as his grip tightened on her. In a low voice, he said,"You need to be more careful with your things. Not everyone is going to be as kind as I am."

"Please let go of my arm.",she requested. The grip on her elbow starting to hurt a little. She was fairly sure that teachers weren't allowed to do this. Bijou squirmed as she said,"Let go of my arm, you're hurting me."

Releasing her arm, he took a step back. Onyx immediately getting between them. Rubbing her sore elbow, she stared at the teacher. Whose expression was still unreadable as before. His mouth slowly turned into a frown as he said,"My apologies. It wasn't my intention to cause you harm or frighten you."

"Whether or not you intended to you did.",she muttered. Glaring at him, she continued,"I hope we never see each other again, sir."

"Noctifer Waker.",he said. Raising an eyebrow at this, she tilted her head in confusion. He rolled his eyes, and he continued,"My name, it's Noctifer Waker."

"Like I said, Mr. Waker. I hope we never see each other again.",she told him. Turning away from him and hurrying back to her room. Knowing full well that it hadn't been long enough for her roommate to go to bed. But not particularly caring. She'd rather listen to her roommate be super loud than be glared at by a creepy teacher. Especially one that had no qualms about scaring the crap out of her. And when they were far enough away, she said,"We need to report him tomorrow. I don't think teachers are allowed to do that to their students."

"I understand that he scared you, but I don't think anything will happen.",Onyx said. He flinched when she turned to glare at him. Quietly, he added,"He didn't really do anything to you. And no one human saw him grab you like that. They wouldn't believe me when I say that I had seen him do that."

"It would be nothing more than a 'he said she said' situation.",he said. It was true. Unless she had another human being with her, there wasn't anything she could do. Most people didn't trust a droid's word over a human. And this was a teacher she was speaking against. There was no way that she could get anyone to believe her. Bijou groaned as she muttered,"I hate that you're right about this."

"If you want, I can find ways that we could take to avoid him?",Onyx suggested. Hoping to find a simple solution to their problem. As he didn't want her anywhere near the man either. He was planning on adding some security measures as well. Just in case they couldn't avoid him. Such as making some stun weapons. Something that would leave the tall man dazed rather than in agony. After all, he had to work within reason. Killing Noctifer would get him dismantled. Which would leave Bijou feeling vulnerable to others. Possibly even arrested for his crimes. Even though he doubted highly that the teacher would cause further harm. But he'd rather her not be upset. Her safety was his number one concern. If this man made her feel unsafe than he'd do what he could to keep him away from her. To his surprise, she said,"No. I don't think there's going to be any need for that."

"Why not?",he questioned. Studying her face as they headed back to her room. There was something about this look that puzzled him. Though he couldn't put his finger over just what it was. And she answered,"It's a big school and the hallways are constantly crowded with other students. I believe there is no need for such precautions."

When they reached their room, they noticed it was rather quiet. Almost as if Eleanor had gone to bed. Bijou quietly opened the door to find that room was dark. Seemingly absent of the girl entirely. That made her a bit nervous as she headed inside. Having Onyx turn on the light as she called her roommate's name. Getting nothing but quiet in return. But once the lights came on, there was nothing out of place. Nothing was in disarray or dismantled. All that was missing was Eleanor herself. Which seemed odd to her. Eleanor rarely went anywhere by herself and didn't seem to have many friends. Except for her boyfriend it seemed. It would've alarmed Bijou, but she was getting sick of the other girl. So instead of reaching anyone, she just started studying for her course. Thinking that Eleanor would show up sometime later.

After a few hours, Eleanor still didn't come back. This still didn't bother her. They weren't friends and she had no reason to help the girl. But by the time that Bijou was getting to brush her teeth, she heard a knock at the door. One that made her roll her eyes in disbelief. Spitting out the toothpaste, she mumbled,"Onysh! Ged deh door!"

"Yes, Bijou!",he called to her. He was a bit surprised that someone was knocking at the door this late. Mostly due to the fact that humans didn't like to make others miserable. And a 'visit' at almost midnight wouldn't be polite in most societies. As he opened the door, he said,"Hello, how may I assist you-""Out of the way, droid.",a voice commanded softly. It was the teacher from before. This time, he seemed to be frantic to get inside. Before the droid could tell him to leave, he barged in. Shutting the door quickly behind him and locking it. As Onyx demanded to know what he was about to do, he hissed in a low voice,"Quiet or it will hear you!"

That made the droid quiet down for a moment. Before whispering,"Before what will hear me?"

"The thing that's been following me for the past few hours now.",he explained. His eyes glued to the door as he listened. There was no sound of footsteps, yet. But he knew whatever the thing was, it was still out there. And as soon as Bijou entered the room, he winced as she screamed in fright. Her voice going up several octaves as she yelled,"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM? WHO LET YOU IN HERE? HOW DID YOU EVEN FIND ME?!"

"Shhh! Now's not the time for this discussion!",he hissed. Bijou's eyes narrowed at him as she stepped towards him. Her hands on her hips as she snapped,"Like Hell there isn't! You don't get to just barge into my room late at night after what you di-"

A low rumbling cut her rant off short. Followed by loud thundering footsteps from somewhere far away. They all backed away from the door as they heard the thing get closer. Noctifer put Onyx and Bijou behind him. Dropping into a defensive stance as the sounds came to an abrupt halt. As they all listened to the sound, he whispered,"Get into the bathroom and don't come out until I tell you to."

She started to protest but he continued,"I can't protect you and fight the thing off at the same time. I need you to trust me."

Onyx gripped her arm gently as he started dragging her towards the bathroom. Both of them had the door barely shut when the explosion happened. Sounds of wood hitting the wall had them cringing. There was a sound of growling and hissing as whatever it was advanced on the teacher. Those thundering footsteps sounding more ominous than before. The pair pressed themselves against the door to listen. To see who was winning. And they winced as they heard Noctifer's voice cry out in pain. Suddenly there was a loud cracking noise that made them yell in surprise then silence. Bijou stared at the door before staring at her droid. Who did nothing but stare at the door.

A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door. Making them both jump and shriek in surprise. They were surprised when a voice said,"You two can come out. The thing is quite dead now."

When Bijou opened the door, she saw Noctifer. And not that far behind him was a massive creature. It was as pale as the man himself but seemed to have papery skin. The thing's body was scrawny and crumpled up in a heap on the floor. Where its head was supposed to be was gone. All that was left was a rather large grey slimy mess on the floor. She stepped into the room and asked,"The Hell was that?"

Turning to her teacher, who was disheveled and bleeding in a few places. None seemed to be vital. In his hand was a large weapon that looked vaguely like a sword. He grimaced as he answered,"This was a Limarus, from one of the moons of Jupiter. Someone sent it here with the intent of murder."

"I believe you were the primary target."