Chapter 4 Parisa part 1
A week has passed since the Jedi came to Florrum. Simona started thinking that it was time to move away from the pirates and start living on her own. The only problem is that she could not afford a ship and she could not ask for one of Hondo either.
To build her own who knows how long time it would have taken.
It was late and Simona was in her room and cleaned away. She happened to touch her bag, which she had brought from Earth. She picked it up, but when she grabbed it she felt a rustle in the inside pocket.
Simona opened the pocket and found a letter. She opened the letter and read. The handwriting she recognized it, it was her mother's.
"Simona my wonderfuldaughter.If you read this, please know that we love youand we have doneeverythingto protect you.
16 years agooverthrewa small shipin the middle ofthe forest, and in it wasa pilot whohad traveledwitha smallbaby. That childwasyouSimona.
The pilottold us totake care of youand we havewithlove and care.We buriedthe pilot andgot rid ofall the evidenceonboth of you.
When we sawthe pilot'sface when hetried toget to you, he looked worried.We did not knowa thing aboutyou but weknewimmediately thatyouwere a very specialchild.
Wedid not knowif anyonewould come andget youbut we forgotabout that behindus and tookcare of youas our own.
Wehave never wanted tohide anything fromyouSimona, you mean everything to us. Simonawe've loved you from the beginningand thatwe will neverstop doing.
Wherever youare, we will always be with youat your side.
Mom and Dad"
Simona widened her eyes, she could not understand it. She of all people, this meant that she was not their child, she was adopted. Her parents, Michael and Jane sacrificed themselves for her sake.
Simona burst into tears and fell to the floor. It felt like you were sitting in a pitch black room all alone.
Everything was so confused. Who she is, where does she come from and why did they chase her.
Just then Terry enters the room. He heard her crying and went to comfort her.
"What has happened?" He asked anxiously
"I have just learned incredible news and I wish I had learned of it in a different way and place."
Simona was awake all night and Terry comforted her all the time and tried to get her to think of other thoughts. But Simona could not stop thinking about it.
When, how and where could she find answers?
In the morning, decided Simona to take a chat with Hondo. She must leave here and find answers. It would certainly take a long time but she did not care. If it would take 1, 10 or 30 years so be it.
"I understand, I understand. If you want my permission to go so you have it. You have really helped us a lot. That's what more in I can say about my men." Hondo said friendly.
"The only problem is that I do not know how I can get out of here. Can you not just drop me an inhabited planet somewhere? Somewhere where I can find what I seek. Those bounty hunters kidnapped me for a reason otherwise I would not be here today. "
"I agree. But I actually think that you can go on your own." Simona frowned and asked what he meant. Hondo asked her to accompany him.
When it came to the back stood a few around a rag that was thinking of something great.
"Guys surprise her." Hondo screamed out.
The pirates ripped away the curtain and uncovered a ship. It was white and red, and big for three pilots.
"What do you think?" Hondo asked.
"The ship? It looks good." Simona answered, but she still did not understand what Hondo wanted to get to.
"As you know Simona I am rarely kind to people but you have impressed me very much and as a friend to us pirates, you get this ship from me." Simona was completely shocked she heard really right?
"Are you serious? This ship is mine? Simona asked with a big smile and Hondo nodded.
"Why do you not take a look?" Simona went up to her new and first ship. There were three rooms, a small kitchen with seating, a bedroom with four beds and a cockpit. The cockpit keyboard was huge and had a small lift to a small shooter room that sat above the cockpit.
"Hondo I'm absolutely speechless. I do not know what to say." Simona went down from the ship and Hondo chuckle.
"It is nothing. I guess you already want to go tomorrow?"
Simona nodded but Hondo was not a bit sorry. To celebrate her last day so arranged them a banquet.
As always Simona did not drink much but she tried to have fun. She felt a little sad to go and she had not thought she would be having fun at all at Florrum, but it happened. It was thanks to Hondo she had a home and family.
The next morning did Simona getting ready to go. She did not have so much stuff to pack. She was very jittery to run a ship for the first time but exciting.
Luckily, she had Terry for help in case something should happen. When it was time to go was Hondo and the others already there.
"Thank you so much for everything Hondo." Simona said kindly and pirate nodded gratefully.
"You're one of us Simona always remembering that and you are always welcome and visit. But remember this: If you ever need help, you can always rely on us lass." Hondo said, and gave her a wink.
Simona and Hondo shook hands and then she went on board. Terry made ready the engines.
Terry told Simona what was what and what she could do. Simona grabbed the handlebars and few levers, presses a few buttons and the ship took off.
The ship took dismissed and went up to space.
It has been a few days ago Simona left Florrum and found out that she was adopted. The very idea was so difficult and so confusing, after everything she believed in and about herself, was a lie.
She was not even from the planet Earth, and why she was sent to earth?
Who was she and why did the bounty hunters take her and what did they want with her.
So many questions so you could go crazy.
Now she is in a completely different world and who knows what might be out there in the black world.
Anyway after driving and been sitting in a ship in a few days felt Simona up to go and stretch her legs.
Terry had found on the computer a moon called Parisa. It was quite similar to Earth but very colorful.
Terry stood that this was a primitive world. Those who run the place were monks. Otherwise it said in the computer that this place was not known for certain other major planets.
Simona decided to land there. They landed in the middle of a forest or jungle, it was difficult to see. It was like a mixture of forest and jungle.
It was big thick trees and its roots have grown around the trees and watering holes. Its mushrooms were in different varieties and sizes.
The ground was very soft even the stones. Simona and Terry wanted to go farther and see more of the place.
But when they got into a darker part of the forest they did not know they were shadowed by someone.
Simona heard a rustle in the bushes and turned around. Terry used his lamp, but found nothing.
Simona was quite sure that she heard something. So she went ahead and carefully, she went back and looked closer.
Just then jumped a whopping blue toad towards her and Simona screamed. The toad jumped on her and looked curiously at her.
"At last one two-legged animal come here to be with me." The toad hugged her and Simona tried to get away from him.
"Can you let me go?" Simona told him he walked on two legs and he was half a meter further than Simona and slightly fat.
"Sorry, sorry." The toad excuses himself but continued talking all the time.
"But I have not been alone so long but loneliness is not good. It is not that except one has been alone for many years."
Simona looked at him like he was crazy. The toad saw her and moved away himself.
"Forgive me again. I am ... my name is ..." The toad sighed and thought about it.
"He must have been a blow to the skull." Terry whispered to Simona.
After a long while "Bolbi. That's right I'm Bolbi. You are?"
"I'm Simona."
"Ah how nice to meet you Simona." Bolbi shook Simona's hand.
"Yes the same Bolbi. But can you just take it easy?" Simona asked him.
"Yes, yes, yes, sorry. It's just that it was so long ago I had someone to talk to." Bolbi said sad.
Simona and Terry felt sorry for him, but then came Simona onto something "It was sad to hear Bolbi."
"But if you want you can hang out with us for a while at least." Simona explained to Bolbi and he himself was happy to hear it.
"We have just arrived here and it would be great if we had brought with us a guide who knows everything about the place."
Bolbi became excited and jumped around and screamed for joy. "But in return I want you to stop talking, jump and climb around."
"Okay decidedly buddy. What do you want to go first?
"Yes, right now would be nice with some food for the stomach." Simona replied with a rumbling stomach.
"Then I know the best place. Believe me, you will love the fruit, follow me follow me." Bolbi waved his arm and Simona and Terry followed.
The evening came and farther away was some monks who walked across a wooden bridge. They were small white males but long faces and dressed in red with pointed hats. They were accompanied by a kind of frog-like creature with wings and were covered with an orange tuxedo.
One of the monks rode a kangaroo animal and he had difficulty time to getting the animal to walk over the bridge.
The others helped and even the flying frog tried to putt on the animal but no success.
Nearby was a small black hairy fly with big evil eyes and small arms. He looked at all the red fireflies buzzing around in the woods and went hard unto transformed them into small hairy flies like him.
He assembled an army of flies and then they followed him.
The flying frog and the monks had finally manages to get the animal to go but then saw the frog the fly and the army and screamed with fear. The monks also saw him and ran away.
The fly ordered the army stealing the animal's fur, poor thing was totally naked.
The flies buzzed around their leader and in a few minutes he was turned into a scarecrow. He had had a rough cloth all over himself and a big pointy hat and had a large rifle.
The frog was hiding under a big mushroom. He sat and trembled so much that the fungus was trembling too.
The fly or the scarecrow noticed him and went to attack him. He struck the fungus but the frog managed to slip. The frog flew as fast as he could but the monster was right behind.
A few meters away slept Simona, Terry and Bolbi at a big tree. Bolbi had been involved and shown around all day long.
Terry suddenly heard a cry not so far away. It was the frog and crashed straight at him.
Bolbi awakened by the sound but Simona was sound asleep. Then Bolbi saw a familiar figure in the darkness. Bolbi screamed and jumped up into the tree but stopped when he saw Simona lying still on the ground.
"What is going on?" Terry asked, but Bolbi pointed to the figure that came running was.
The frog came up and tried to wake Simona. The Scarecrow came closer and closer and Bolbi tried to pull her up but had no muscle and he happened to drop her.
The frog took hold in her arms and flew away with her. Terry took out his jetpacks and flew after the frog.
The Scarecrow shot after them. On the way Simona woke up and noticed that she flew until she saw Bolbi ran panic-stricken on the ground then acclaimed Simona on the figure that bore her.
"What's going on?" Simona asked confused.
"A situation we are almost there, Miss." The frog explained and flew through the trees, rocks and other things. Then they saw one of the monsters in front of them.
"Oh no, here comes The Goliath's again." The frog said, and managed to fly away before it had a chance to shoot them.
"The whole place is crawling with them." Frog screamed and Simona saw Goliath's everywhere and heard shooting behind.
To be the monster they were very slow at noticing things even when they shoot.
After a while Simona and the frog arrived in front of a big hole and he dropped her down and Simona went rush slide down to it, Terry followed.