Chapter 6: Pork 'n Beef
the next morning I woke up to the sounds of swearing and metal hitting metal. I walked out of my room and went into Brennan's, the source of the noise. "What are you doing?"
"I'm erectin' a dispenser!"
"That's not going to work, I think." Soon he finished his work and moved it to the storage area. Once it had been placed it started to whir and clunk and from the bottom slot, out popped five perfectly shaped iron ingots. "Well, that was unexpected."
"I knew it would work!"
"Well regardless we need beds and meat, so let's go hunting." I knocked on Jenna's door and woke her up. I explained quickly what the dispenser was and what we would be doing that day. I opened the door and walked out. Not a second had past when I hear a deep yell and footsteps. I drew my dagger and faced my attacker... to see a tall guy with a stick running at me. I quickly sliced his stick in two and grabbed his shirt by the collar. "Who are you, and why are you attacking me."
"I'm David and, whoa, time like, like slowed down, and then, you had my shirt."
"Answer the question."
"I like woke up here and I like didn't know and I uh was confused."
"Well welcome to my band of merry men. You good at anything."
"I was a farmer before I, like, I don't know, I was, here."
"Well here's a wooden knife let's go hunt. Come on everyone." We started out and went to the largest of the islands. There were clearing in the woods and rivers. It was generally a nice place to be. Before we went into the woods I made some shears from the iron we got from the dispenser. After a few minutes of exploring the woods we came across a clearing full of cows, I drew my dagger, while everyone else drew their wooden/stone knives/swords. We each took up a position around the cows and they all moved in. I stabbed one, killing it; everyone else started killing the others. The strange thing was, instead of being bloody and gory; the cows disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving perfectly cut chunks of leather and beef. "Wait, leave those last two." I gathered the leather and made two leashes with some of the leather. I looped the leashes around the heads of the cows and tied them together to my belt. We kept walking along until we came across a group of pigs and repeated the same thing we did with the cows. We walked talked and collected some chickens as well. We came across a clearing filled with sunlight and flowers and a river along the side. We decided to stop and rest because we were getting tired. "Here's an apple David, you earned it."
"Thanks, but, uh, what's, um I mean, uh, what's that over there?"
I looked over to where he was pointing and saw a shape sticking out of the water. I told David to come with me and we went over to where the shape was and saw that it was... A human. We dragged the lower half of her body out of the river and carried her back to the others, and propped her up against a tree. I put two fingers to her neck until I found her pulse. When I found it I sighed, thankful she was still alive. We waited around for the next few hours not sure what to do. I was just about ready to give up when we heard her groan. I rushed over to her side and waited. She groaned again. "Come on, WAKE UP!"
Her eyes shot open and she slapped me in the face. "Where am I, and who are you?"
"I'm Jake, that's David, Jenna, and Brennan. Your guess is as good as mine as to where we are. We've managed to more or less survive here for a couple days. We were hunting before we found you passed out, half in, half out of that river."
"Oh, I'm sorry for hitting you. I'll come with you guys, you seem nice."
With another addition to our band of misfits we carried on. We found and sheared some sheep, again leashing two. We found a large grassy field and spread out looking for any seeds for grains, vegetables, or anything really that wouldn't kill us if eaten. When it became apparent that the sun would be setting soon we pooled our resources together and went back to our lame excuse for a house.