Another dome
By MoonSwirl
Part two of my Silent Ally series
Part 1
"What are we supposed to look for, exactly?" asked Alex as he and the other three guys approached the new dome in the desert.
"Some way in," said Max.
"Well I figure THAT. I mean, something on the ground, on the structure..." said Alex, running his hand over the door with no handle once they'd reached it.
"I have no idea," said Max.
"Well... this should be fun," said Michael sarcastically.
"It's not so bad. We COULD be stuck at home doing homework," said Kyle. There was a short silence, followed by the four of them quickly finding themselves a spot to start looking for an entrance.
They had no idea whether or not they would find anything inside this place. But somehow they felt that it HAD to be something, the facts were slightly there. First of all, this dome stood alone in the middle of the desert with nothing around it. Second, it was in excellent condition, not one scratch in over forty years. It could have been repaired, but they doubted it.
It didn't appear like anyone lived there. Which brought them to fact three, the dome's existence... It just stood there with no apparent purpose, knowing fact one and two. It was like it was waiting for them, in a way. They couldn't explain it, but it had run through their minds.
They discussed these facts as they kept on looking. Alex and Kyle crawled on their knees, searching the ground that surrounded the dome. Max and Michael searched the walls, following behind the other two. They knew they must have looked silly, but that didn't matter.
"Can't you two use your powers and just... MAKE a door?" asked Kyle.
"Not exactly," said Michael, as they continued moving around, "For one thing, we have no idea what's on the other side, and two..." he said, then stopping in thought.
"And then?" asked Alex.
Michael took a few seconds, then said, "We are not making a door, so just keep looking."
"Alright! It was just a suggestion!" said Kyle. Max hesitated, then spoke.
"There's something I've been meaning to talk about and I think it's good that the girls aren't here..." The others were confused.
"What are you talking about?" asked Michael.
"I think... I think our parents are starting to realize some things." They stopped.
"What are you saying?" asked Michael, "You think that... they know about us?" Max sighed.
"I'm not sure... It was just the way they seem to be reacting to our 'field trips' lately."
"I... I've noticed it too," said Michael slowly.
"I don't think they know what's... really going on, but... they're getting suspicious."
"So what are you going to do?" asked Alex.
"I'm not sure yet... we have to figure out a way to tell the others without getting them nervous. And we have no kind of knowledge... at all... of what they DO know."
"Do you think they would go through your things?" asked Kyle.
"I don't think they would, they're not like that," said Max. They were silent again.
"Well," said Kyle, looking around, "This gets boring very quickly."
"We've almost finished, just a few more feet to go," said Max. There was silence again.
"And what if we can't find a way inside? What do we do?" asked Alex. Max thought for a while.
"I have no idea..." he said slowly.
*
"So everything's okay at your house?" Maria asked Isabel, "I mean... how's your mom doing?" Isabel smiled at her friend's concern.
"She's... okay. She had trouble sleeping last night, but... she's okay.
"Well that's good," said Maria as she tossed the remains of her lunch into one of the big bags they had been in. Tess looked at the dome.
"Do you really think we'll find something in here?" she said, not really asking one person in particular. Isabel looked at it as well.
"I don't know," she said, then as she saw the guys, "But we've got quite a show here, so at least there's that..." The four girls burst into a fit of giggles.
"Maybe we should go help them," said Liz.
"No way!" said the other three all at once, which gave way to more laughs.
"Alright then," said Liz, sitting back on the blanket, next to Maria. "So do you really think we'll find something in there?" asked Liz, looking back to the dome.
"I hope so," said Tess, "Or else we followed a non-existent clue... again. And we've had enough of those, don't you think?"
"Got that right," said Isabel, taking her small bottle of water up to her mouth to finish it off.
"Remember, like three months ago," Tess started, looking at Isabel as she spoke, "That article Michael had found?"
"Yeah... he dragged us all to Arizona," Isabel responded, an annoyed look on her face at the memory.
Out of the four of them, Michael was the most anxious to find something, anything, about where they'd come from, and she knew that, but she still hated running off here and there all the time.
"And then we got there and it was nothing. It wasn't real," finished Tess, her eyes rolling up in reflex.
"Was that the time you came into the Crashdown for work in a bad mood, back in July?" asked Maria.
"Yeah, that was it," said Isabel with a nod.
"I know that we've only known your secret for about two weeks and a half, but I think I'm starting to understand... your need to know... I mean, I don't know how I'd be able to live with no knowledge of where I'd come from, I'd be digging around like you are..." said Liz.
"It's good to know we can count of you to help us," said Isabel with a smile.
"You can, and always will," said Maria with her own smile as Liz agreed with her friend's statement.
"Thank you," said Tess gently. The two nodded with more smiles.
"So if we're not going to help the guys, then what are we gonna do?" asked Liz. The other three looked to each other and sighed.
"Alright... fine," said Maria, "Let's go help them.
"Great," said Liz as she got up. Tess and Maria rose slowly as Isabel picked up their trash bags and blanket.
"You guys go ahead, I'll put this away in the Jeep and join you in a minute," she said.
"You better not back out on us," said Tess with a grin.
"Now why would I want to do THAT?" said Isabel playfully. Liz, Maria and Tess walked towards the dome as Isabel headed to the Jeep.
She reached it within seconds and hopped in, soon stuffing the bags and blanket in the back. She picked up the second bag to put it with the rest, as an empty glass bottle of juice fell out, shattering on the ground.
"Damn," she muttered, throwing the bag to the back. But in her sudden motion, she lost her balance, falling out of the Jeep, down on her back.
She winced and turned to her side. At that moment, she felt something tear into her ankle's flesh. She looked down and saw the glass shards. Her ankle, all bloody, was dripping on them. She turned her head to the dome and began to yell for help.
By MoonSwirl
Part two of my Silent Ally series
Part 1
"What are we supposed to look for, exactly?" asked Alex as he and the other three guys approached the new dome in the desert.
"Some way in," said Max.
"Well I figure THAT. I mean, something on the ground, on the structure..." said Alex, running his hand over the door with no handle once they'd reached it.
"I have no idea," said Max.
"Well... this should be fun," said Michael sarcastically.
"It's not so bad. We COULD be stuck at home doing homework," said Kyle. There was a short silence, followed by the four of them quickly finding themselves a spot to start looking for an entrance.
They had no idea whether or not they would find anything inside this place. But somehow they felt that it HAD to be something, the facts were slightly there. First of all, this dome stood alone in the middle of the desert with nothing around it. Second, it was in excellent condition, not one scratch in over forty years. It could have been repaired, but they doubted it.
It didn't appear like anyone lived there. Which brought them to fact three, the dome's existence... It just stood there with no apparent purpose, knowing fact one and two. It was like it was waiting for them, in a way. They couldn't explain it, but it had run through their minds.
They discussed these facts as they kept on looking. Alex and Kyle crawled on their knees, searching the ground that surrounded the dome. Max and Michael searched the walls, following behind the other two. They knew they must have looked silly, but that didn't matter.
"Can't you two use your powers and just... MAKE a door?" asked Kyle.
"Not exactly," said Michael, as they continued moving around, "For one thing, we have no idea what's on the other side, and two..." he said, then stopping in thought.
"And then?" asked Alex.
Michael took a few seconds, then said, "We are not making a door, so just keep looking."
"Alright! It was just a suggestion!" said Kyle. Max hesitated, then spoke.
"There's something I've been meaning to talk about and I think it's good that the girls aren't here..." The others were confused.
"What are you talking about?" asked Michael.
"I think... I think our parents are starting to realize some things." They stopped.
"What are you saying?" asked Michael, "You think that... they know about us?" Max sighed.
"I'm not sure... It was just the way they seem to be reacting to our 'field trips' lately."
"I... I've noticed it too," said Michael slowly.
"I don't think they know what's... really going on, but... they're getting suspicious."
"So what are you going to do?" asked Alex.
"I'm not sure yet... we have to figure out a way to tell the others without getting them nervous. And we have no kind of knowledge... at all... of what they DO know."
"Do you think they would go through your things?" asked Kyle.
"I don't think they would, they're not like that," said Max. They were silent again.
"Well," said Kyle, looking around, "This gets boring very quickly."
"We've almost finished, just a few more feet to go," said Max. There was silence again.
"And what if we can't find a way inside? What do we do?" asked Alex. Max thought for a while.
"I have no idea..." he said slowly.
*
"So everything's okay at your house?" Maria asked Isabel, "I mean... how's your mom doing?" Isabel smiled at her friend's concern.
"She's... okay. She had trouble sleeping last night, but... she's okay.
"Well that's good," said Maria as she tossed the remains of her lunch into one of the big bags they had been in. Tess looked at the dome.
"Do you really think we'll find something in here?" she said, not really asking one person in particular. Isabel looked at it as well.
"I don't know," she said, then as she saw the guys, "But we've got quite a show here, so at least there's that..." The four girls burst into a fit of giggles.
"Maybe we should go help them," said Liz.
"No way!" said the other three all at once, which gave way to more laughs.
"Alright then," said Liz, sitting back on the blanket, next to Maria. "So do you really think we'll find something in there?" asked Liz, looking back to the dome.
"I hope so," said Tess, "Or else we followed a non-existent clue... again. And we've had enough of those, don't you think?"
"Got that right," said Isabel, taking her small bottle of water up to her mouth to finish it off.
"Remember, like three months ago," Tess started, looking at Isabel as she spoke, "That article Michael had found?"
"Yeah... he dragged us all to Arizona," Isabel responded, an annoyed look on her face at the memory.
Out of the four of them, Michael was the most anxious to find something, anything, about where they'd come from, and she knew that, but she still hated running off here and there all the time.
"And then we got there and it was nothing. It wasn't real," finished Tess, her eyes rolling up in reflex.
"Was that the time you came into the Crashdown for work in a bad mood, back in July?" asked Maria.
"Yeah, that was it," said Isabel with a nod.
"I know that we've only known your secret for about two weeks and a half, but I think I'm starting to understand... your need to know... I mean, I don't know how I'd be able to live with no knowledge of where I'd come from, I'd be digging around like you are..." said Liz.
"It's good to know we can count of you to help us," said Isabel with a smile.
"You can, and always will," said Maria with her own smile as Liz agreed with her friend's statement.
"Thank you," said Tess gently. The two nodded with more smiles.
"So if we're not going to help the guys, then what are we gonna do?" asked Liz. The other three looked to each other and sighed.
"Alright... fine," said Maria, "Let's go help them.
"Great," said Liz as she got up. Tess and Maria rose slowly as Isabel picked up their trash bags and blanket.
"You guys go ahead, I'll put this away in the Jeep and join you in a minute," she said.
"You better not back out on us," said Tess with a grin.
"Now why would I want to do THAT?" said Isabel playfully. Liz, Maria and Tess walked towards the dome as Isabel headed to the Jeep.
She reached it within seconds and hopped in, soon stuffing the bags and blanket in the back. She picked up the second bag to put it with the rest, as an empty glass bottle of juice fell out, shattering on the ground.
"Damn," she muttered, throwing the bag to the back. But in her sudden motion, she lost her balance, falling out of the Jeep, down on her back.
She winced and turned to her side. At that moment, she felt something tear into her ankle's flesh. She looked down and saw the glass shards. Her ankle, all bloody, was dripping on them. She turned her head to the dome and began to yell for help.