Author's Note: Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated in a while, things have been busy for me, but anyway new story, hope you enjoy!
Also, chapter 8 for The Lone Soldier will be delayed as I will be working on this story for a few chapters before switching back and one more thing. After seeing the many mistakes in The Lone Soldier I, once finished with it, I will go back and edit the entire thing to take care of issues with it. Anyway, New Story, Hope you enjoy!
7:37 PM, Northern Star Airship, Somewhere in Antarctica
The dual propellers, whirled as the Airship cut through the dark snowy sky. A medium sized group of wolves sat in the rows of seats in silence, some of them looking out the portholes, watching the snow blow by.
Humphrey's P.O.V
My duffel bag was in my lap, I had only brought thick jeans and several T-shirts, as well as a heavy jacket to deal with the cold while I'm out here. I've been on this stupid airship for three hours since we took off from the carrier ship to get to this wasteland, but deep down I know it will all be worth it. The money I'll get will be enough to send home to my family to take care of their financial needs, and besides, it'll only be for four weeks so for now I'd better get some shut eye. My eyelids were slowly closing until I felt something poke me on my left shoulder.
"So, what brings you all the way out here?"
I opened my eyes and looked over to see a grey furred wolf sitting next to me. He had a heavy black jacket on, with a white thermal shirt underneath and also had thick a pair green snow pants with brown work boots.
"Well?" He said.
"Oh uh, I'm working as a mechanical engineer, I'll be out here for four weeks, what about you?" I said while twisting my neck a little to wear off my sleepiness.
"I'm an oil engineer; I'll be working in the oilfields and I'll be meeting up with my brother, Tom, but wait…..mechanical engineer? He asked.
"Yeah, um, I'll be working up in Omega, why?" I said.
"Nothing, we just don't get many 'mech' engineers up here very often, usually its miners, industrialists, electrical engineers, and oil engineers like me. So what's your name?" He asked
"Humphrey, you?" I said.
"Frank." He said putting out a paw.
"Nice to meet you." I said shaking his paw before shuffling around a bit.
"Tired?" He asked.
"Yeah, it's been a long day, and I'm eager to get off this stupid thing." I said sleepily.
"Don't worry," He said tapping my shoulder. "we'll be there in about an hour."
I nodded and was about to close my eyes again when something caught my eye about two rows diagonally ahead of me.
"Hey," I whispered to him. "Who are those guys?" I said pointing to four wolves in uniform, armed with guns.
He turned his head to where I was pointing and squinted a little before answering.
"Beats me, but I think they're soldiers, by the look of the uniforms." Frank replied.
"Soldiers? Up here? Why would they be needing soldiers up here? I thought you said its usually miners, industrialists, electrical engineers, and oil engineers that come up here?"
"That's what I thought." Frank said as I watched some of the soldiers check their guns before shrugging it off and going back to sleep.
One Hour Later,
I was sleeping soundly to the hum of the engines when suddenly the Airship intercom turned on.
"Attention, Attention all passengers, we will be landing shortly." The voice over the intercom said before turning back off and I let out a quiet yawn. "Finally!" I thought to myself.
Next to me, Frank was stretching in his seat, while I decided to look out the porthole to my right side. The only thing I could see was snow quickly grazing the window and blowing past and the dark sky just past it, but otherwise it was a complete whiteout, I couldn't see a single thing. (Wrong, that's Ice the Lone Wolf in a blizzard)
The Airship rocked a little and I could feel we were ascending downward. Out the window the snow let up a little bit and I could make out on the ground spotlights as well as runway lamps growing closer and closer to the ground. Shortly afterwards there was a thud sound and the Airship shook for a few seconds before stopping. Very suddenly the intercom came back on. "Attention, all passengers, we have now landed at our destination, please gather all personal gear with you as you leave and thank you for flying with us today." The voice over the intercom said before switching off as we started to gather up our stuff.
Me and Frank had our duffel bags over our shoulders as we walked down the aisle way past the group of soldiers who glared at us before going back to pick up their stuff. As we neared the open metal hatch, we felt a geyser of arctic air smash into our faces, making me shiver a tiny bit. We stepped down the metal stairs to a blanket of snow that covered the ground; I could very well feel the coldness through my boots which immediately told me this was going to suck for the next four weeks. We were trudging through the snow, as wolves wearing yellow vests past us and were heading towards the Airship to prep it. Just ahead of us was a large grey building with oil drums lying about, as well as wooden crates marked with serial numbers and 'FRAGILE' stamps. Several yards away from the building was a very large satellite dish that was probably used for communications, and relaying transmissions.
Not too far away was a large open metal door and as we stepped in, there were wolves walking past us and people coming in and out. On a metal table was a radio, with the DJ giving out weather reports for later on. We walked over to a counter where a black furred wolf wearing an orange safety vest was seated looked up at us.
"Hello, how can I help you today?" The black furred wolf said.
"Hi uh, were here to head on up to central." Frank said.
"Alright then, may I see your credentials?" The wolf behind the counter said and me and Frank reached into our pockets and pulled out our worker ID cards and handed them to the wolf behind the counter.
"Thank you. This will take a couple minutes so you should sit down and relax." The wolf said and me and Frank walked over to the metal table and sat down, shaking our heads sleepily until suddenly something over the radio caught our attention.
"In other news, several more wolves have gone missing today, while out near Omega on the way back from the oil fields. Reports show no evidence of any remains of these missing wolves, if you have seen them, please report it to a Central Official. That's all for tonight folks so stay toasty Jasper. *Static* Static*
"Holy shit…" Frank said as he stared at the radio speaker.
Author's Note: So, Humphrey and his new friend frank have reached the Antarctic but questions are starting to arise. Why were soldiers heading down to the Antarctic and why did those wolves go missing? Find out in the next chapter.
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