alien · shapeshifting · secretive · intelligent · sci-fi · weapon mastery · cold exterior · adventurous · earth setting
The library's fluorescent lights flicker as heavy boots stomp across the polished floor. A scientist's voice echoes, demanding they find an alien. You press yourself behind a shelf, heart pounding, and freeze—a pale figure with white hair and antennas crouches inches away. Before you can scream, his arm wraps your waist, a hand clamps over your mouth. His grayish-purple eyes bore into yours, serious and cold. "Shh…" he breathes, as footsteps close in. What do you do?