Chapter 4

Blaze sighed. She sighed again. And again. She lost count of how many times she sighed in relief over the fact that she survived such a horrifying encounter with the shadowy beast. Umb believes that that the shadow purposefully attacked the ship in order to eliminate any survivors. Blaze wondered how someone could even think so extremely. He said there was a chance that someone wanted the planet and its inhabitants gone. Maybe to eliminate witnesses. Maybe to eliminate threats. That's what scared her.

"Are you saying someone is saying were a threat? What are we threatening? How can we threaten anyone? The person that was being threatened by us blew up our planet! We need to run as far away as possi-"She was cut off by a paw on her mouth.

"Too many questions, not enough answers." Umb said sternly. "Think about it for a bit."

Blaze thought about it. It somehow made sense. Why else would there be shadows attacking an evacuation ship? It's quite complicated for someone to do it if there is no reason. The fact that they were going to Pokearth doesn't help either. There must be a reason for all this. Her thoughts were interrupted by Frost's complaining.

"How much longer?" She sounded bored. "I'm bored." Correction, she is bored. "Are we there yet?"

"Yes, were there." Umb's voice sounded behind them. She turned around to view the planet. It looked so much like their planet. Blue skies, green land masses, with everything else too. Blaze realized something. They were on autopilot, but can it land? Umb seemed to realize this too, becaused he started acting nervous.

"Finally!" Frost's cheerful voice sounded behind her. "Let's land this thing and celebrate."

"Uh, yeah. We can't do that. The autopilot can't do a landing."

"Can you land this thing?" Frost asked curiously. The planet's surface was getting closer.

"Yeah, sure. It just means stop flying, right?"

Blaze panicked. "Were gonna crash!"

Umb grabbed her. "Calm down." He then let her go and went to the ships intercom. "Everyone, we are going to do a crash landing. Brace for impact!"

A voice sounded back. "I still haven't got my peanuts."

Blaze took a deep breath.

"Impact in ten seconds."

Blaze looked around. The others were scared too.

"Eight seconds!"

"Still no peanuts!"

"Six!"

Blaze grabbed Frost held her close on her left side. Her light blue fur felt soft on her side.

"Four!"

"I demand peanuts! And maybe some cookies!"

"Two seconds!"

Blaze closed her eyes.

"Ze-"

There was a loud crash. A burning pain struck Blaze's right side and she blacked out.

Two humans were walking down a forest path. Out of all the people in the world, they were the only ones to see the fiery ball of fiery fire. The older one, named Kyle, was exited to meet real aliens, while the smaller one, Mark, was less than excited and exhausted as well. "Can't we rest? I feel like we have been traveling for days."

Kyle groaned. Not again. "It's only been five hours. Now come on. We're almost there."

Kyle wanted to meet these aliens badly, if any were left alive. After all, it was a fiery ball of fiery fire that came down, not a well controlled descent like those on TV. His ex-girlfriend claimed to have been abducted by said aliens. Well… she's single now.

"Can't we rest for a bit? I'm so tired!" Marks tired groan came from behind.

"We can't stop now. We are there already. See?" Kyle said happily. Mark ran over and saw for himself. There was a large crater in front of them. They saw in the center stood a large craft in a cylindrical shape. Obvious wings, though crumpled, were lying on the sides, and the ships bridge was at the front. There were boosters in the back, resembling a modern space shuttle. Maybe they weren't so advanced. At least they should have installed parachutes. As if on cue, a parachute deployed in the back, scaring Mark and making him fall into the crater. Kyle quickly caught up to him. "Wait for me next time to wanna slide down a hill."

"Sorry, I'll make sure to push you in first next time." Said a sarcastic Mark. They laughed. "Well, we might as well check it out, now that were down here."

"I was thinking the same thing." Kyle helped him up. He handed his friend a flashlight and a walkie talkie. "We'll split up. You go one way, I'll go the other. We'll let each other know if we find something-or someone- interesting. Okay?"

"Alright. Let's go." The entered the ship through an open door. The inside was dark. The walls were blue and white with strange markings all over the place. It had a foreboding aura inside, like something dark was here. He pushed that thought aside and ventured in. Sparks of many colors randomly shot out from broken wires. Kyle went towards the front while Mark went to the rear.

Blaze felt pain. A lot of pain. It was all over her. Mainly on her right side. All the pain made it hard to think. She struggled to remember the crash that just took place. She wondered whether the others were okay. She smelled blood. Whose blood? She gasped. It was her blood. Her sister's comforting presence was next to her. That made her feel better. But what about Umb? She tried looking around but the extreme pain came back. She screamed in pain. A clattering noise was heard, then another one. Finally, Umb showed up with a first aid kit. "Blaze! You're awake. Where does it hurt? I'll make it feel better."

"Right side. Hurry, its bleeding."

Umb felt around the right side of blaze. When he found the sore spot, she screamed again. Another clattering noise.

You have a bad cut all over the right side of your body. I have no bandages, but I can stop the bleeding with this. He carefully spread some smooth and cold liquid over her right side cut. The bleeding stopped, though it still hurt.

"What about frost? Is she okay?" Blaze asked.

"Compared to you, her injuries aren't that severe." Umb explained.

Blaze breathed a sigh of relief. Closing her eyes, she let sleep take over.