“Sorry.” Jeez. Why was I apologizing? But it was true. I never cursed. My sister? She had the vocabulary of a sailor, so I generally let her speak for both of us when that type of language was…required. And why could I understand them? Their mouths were making odd shapes, clearly not English, but I understood them perfectly.
The pounding in my head localized to the new bump behind my ear and I frowned. The weird technology that huge needle had punched into my skull still hurt. But at least it worked. If they were spewing unintelligible nonsense, I’d be panicking right now.
At least I knew when I told them to get the hell out, they’d understand every word I said.
Turning around, I couldn’t stop the huge smile that spread across my face as I took in the scene. Three huge aliens, shoulder
