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Rated M due to future sexual content.
"Characters Speaking"
Characters Thinking
/Authors Comments\
~~~Chapter Five~~~
~~~Previous~~~
The look on Howard's face shows that he is not satisfied. He turns to look at Bell with his eyes closed. "Bell, give me a little water."
"Howard!" Luna scolds annoyed.
Chako has her paws folded across her chest and eyes closed. "You don't hafta do that. It's his just desserts."
"Shut it, you!" Howard states annoyed. "What's the problem? I'm thirsty and I didn't save any."
"Then you should have controlled yourself like I said." Menori points out.
Howard holds out his hand in front of him, eyes closed and smirk on his face. "You've got that in the wrong order. I never heard anything about waiting until tomorrow to get out back then."
"But…" Shingo starts. "..everyone was on equal terms."
"I don't mind," Bell states with a smile, his water bottle held out in front of him. "I'm not all that thirsty."
"Thank you," Howard says surprisingly before taking the water bottle of Bell. He opens the bottle and begins drinking a lot of water once again causing the rest of us to look at him in disbelief and feel annoyed due to his actions.
A few hours later everyone was asleep apart from me. I take out the notebook I used earlier and update the information on the snake. After I had done this, I also fell asleep.
I was woken up, a couple of hours later, along with Luna, and Kaoru we felt banging on the ground. What is that? Another animal? A big one if the sound is anything to go by. I think as I hear the heavy footsteps that cause the shuttle to shake slightly.
~~~Present~~~
The main point is whether this animal is a danger to the rest of us or not. I think biting my lip as Luna wakes everyone else up. That is a good idea just in case we need to protect ourselves again. I think nodding my head in approval.
Menori is the first to awaken. "What's wrong, Luna?"
Sharla moves next to Menori rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "Is it already morning?"
This is followed by Howard, Bell, and Shingo waking up. "Shut up already," Howard mutters.
Luna is quick to quiet Howard. "Listen. There's a noise from outside." The rest of us go quiet and listen closely for any sound coming from outside. There isn't any now. So, does that mean it has gone in a different direction to where we are or has it stopped moving outside this shuttle?
Shingo cups his hand around one of his ears. "But I don't hear anything."
"Maybe you're hearing things." Howard scoffs.
"Nothing like that. I definitely heard it! Right, Kaoru? Brienna?" Luna questions causing the pair of us to nods our heads in agreement as we listen closely outside for any more sounds of movement. I ignore any more conversation and just focus on listening for the sound of the animal.
Just then Sharla lets out a scream. Did she see whatever was making that loud noise? I wonder as she lowers her head with her hands on top.
"What happened, Sharla? Sharla?" Luna demands gently.
Sharla points her finger towards the window in the cockpit. "The window! There's something there!"
We all look but there isn't anything there. Where had it moved too now? "Don't surprise us like that. There's nothing there." Howard trailed off.
Just as Howard finished speaking there is a large bang from outside the shuttle. "What was that?" Howard asks going pale. Kaoru stands up and holds tightly onto the oar in both his hands. "There is something there after all!" Shingo comments.
"Don't tell me its yesterday's…" Menori begins.
"What did you say?" Howard shouts.
Banging comes from outside the shuttle once more. Sharla starts to scream once again. "No! No! No!"
"Shut it! I'm telling you to shut up!" Howard shouts.
Luna moves to the front window and looks outside. But due to fog Luna can't see anything. Sharla begins to panic once again claiming that we were going to be eaten. Menori manages to calm her down a little. "Calm down, Sharla! We don't know that it's that thing from yesterday."
Banging comes from outside the shuttle once more. What is this animal trying to do?
"What's it doing?" Howards face showing his panic and worry.
"Is it trying to break the shuttle?" Shingo observes.
Banging goes on for a little while before it stops briefly just for the shuttle to be lifted off the ground slightly before it is let go causing it to fall back down to the ground. The animal repeats the same action.
Howard screams out for his Papa causing Sharla to stop crying and look at Howard instead. It stops and goes quiet. Luna looks out the front window again. Hopefully, she will be able to see more clearly through the fog. "It seems to have left."
Howard lets out a sigh of relief but Sharla is slouched in her chair, hand on her head, head on her knees, crying softly. We don't leave the shuttle.
~~~A few Hours Later~~~
We continue to wait at least until the sun comes up and the fog begins to lift even so slightly. We cautiously come out the shuttle to see footprints in the sand. Shingo is the first to break the silence that we all found ourselves to be in. "In any event, it's big. I've never seen a footprint this big."
The animal from yesterday had left behind its footprint impression. "For this hard shuttle to be dented like this…" Luna starts but trails off before Menori continues. "The fact that there's a footprint means that it's a different creature than the snake we saw yesterday."
"Yeesh! If it's not one, it's another. What's wrong with this planet?" Howard proclaims his left hand out slightly in the air.
"Based on the size of the footprint, its height is thirty meters," Chako says.
"What, thirty meters?" Howard's face pales. What is Howard imagining up inside that head of his?
Chako has her left eye closed and her paw under her chin. "No, maybe fifty meters." This causes Howard to panic again before Chako has a grin on her face and her arms behind her back. "Ten meters tops."
"What do we do now?" Luna has a point. Menori begins to answer but Howard interferes before she could even begin. "Isn't it obvious? We hurry up and fix the shuttle! And get off this planet!"
"That's impossible!" This has all of us looking at Chako.
"Why?" Howard demands.
"The shuttle's propulsion systems totally busted." Chako begins and Shingo finishes off. "Even if we fixed it, the shuttle's power alone isn't enough to get us out of the gravity well."
"Seriously!?" Howard questions.
"If you got it flyin', I'd be worried." Chako states.
"What?" Howard starts in response to what Chako had just said but Menori interferes before anything could happen. "The problem is where we are. Does it seem like the communication system can be fixed?"
"I can't say anything about it." Shingo starts but trails off letting Chako finish off that thought. "Even if you could fix it, it'd take time."
"Just give it your best shot." Menori requests of Shingo and Chako. "Everyone, please listen. If there are any civilised creatures on this planet then we may be able to get out of here. But it seems like we'll probably be here for a while. Everyone, please bear that in mind."
"Now that that's settled, we'd better hurry up and find food and water." Stated Luna cheerfully.
"Before that, everyone gets your luggage and pool it together again. Let's check what kinds of things we have." Menori advises.
We all agree. Sharla is standing near the shuttle, still and quiet. Luna places her hand on Sharla's shoulder, and she flinches, jumps and lets out a sound of shock and surprise. "Are you okay, Sharla?" Sharla says that she was but I know for a fact that she isn't.
"What was on the shuttle was the last of the food and water, one oar, a laser gun (out of energy), and a sewing set. Luna's Backpack, Bell's fanny pack…my handkerchief, Sharla's pouch, handkerchief… hand soap and candy… Kaoru had nothing, and Shingo had a screwdriver set and an Exacto knife. Howard had a hand mirror and comb. Brienna, what about you?"
I take out my boxes and unshrink them. They all look surprised before Menori opens them one by one and looks inside.
"Brienna has seeds (Fruit, Vegetables, and Herbs), Hygiene supplies, 30 bottles of water, one month of food, 10 blankets, 10 cloaks, box filled with fruit, cooking items, medical supplies, cans of bug spray, bottles of sunblock, and flashlights. She also has notebooks and pens and some clothes."
Luna looks at me confused. "Brienna, why do you have so much in your bag?"
"Hmm, there were in there from before and I completely forgot there were even in there until we had to pack for the trip but I left everything inside just in case, it is a good thing I did oh, and before I forget your clothes are in my bag as well. I had Chako bring them to me when she hid inside your bag." I add softly.
"Come to think of it, you had a box," Howard said after a minute of silence, looking at Menori.
"We can't use that," Menori says straight away.
"So, you say. But maybe you're hiding food inside it!" Howard states annoyed.
"It's a violin." Menori states.
"A violin? You brought something like that? Let us see!" Howard demands.
"I refuse! It's important to me. It has nothing to do with you." Menori says back, slightly angry.
I look to my right to see Luna looking to the left and behind her. Looking at Shingo and Sharla though mostly Sharla. Sharla is just looking at the ground.
I shrink my boxes again and put them back in my bag. Menori shares the food and water (the ones found on the shuttle) between all of us. We must be careful; we don't know if the food on this island is something that we are able to eat. "Anyways, let's have breakfast. These are the last of our rations before we go into the food in Brienna's bag. When we're finished eating, Shingo and Chako will fix the communications equipment. Everyone else will split up and look for food and water."
Hmm, I think I will use one of my notebooks and make maps for the different area we go to. We don't want to get lost and we will be able to know where some food and water is placed on this island I think as I watch Chako head back up to the shuttle. "So, I'll go on ahead 'n take a look at the communication system."
"You're not going to eat?" Luna questions.
"You eat too?" Howard questions in disbelief.
Chako is standing on the top of the shuttle, arms behind her back. "I run on a fuel cell. I need Hydrogen. To make Hydrogen, I need to break down the food's sugar. There's too much else in those biscuits, so they're bad for my body." As she finished saying that she goes inside the shuttle.
Howard tries to claim Chako's share of food. Menori puts a stop to that and shares out Chako's portion equally between us. We sit there and eat our breakfast.
Once we were finished Howard starts complaining once again. "My stomach's not full with just this much." We ignore his complaining. "We'll now split up and look for food and water," Menori suggests.
Bell points towards the forest. "I'll look in the forest. It seems like there might be food there."
"Isn't it dangerous in the forest?" Luna questions worriedly.
Bell lowers his arm and looks at Luna. "I'll be fine. Carnivorous animals mostly sleep during the day."
"But…" Luna trails off.
"I'll go too," Kaoru speaks up.
"Kaoru!" Luna exclaims surprised,
"Luna, I'll look in the forest too! I'm used to going into forests." I add softly from next to Kaoru.
"Then we'll leave the forest to Bell, Brienna, and Kaoru. We don't know what you'll find there, so take the knife." Kaoru leans forward to take the knife. "Luna and Sharla will take the cape over there. Howard and I will go down the beach on this side." Menori orders.
Howard looks surprised when his name was mentioned. He looks at Menori. "I'm going too?" Did he seriously think that he would be allowed to just sit there and so nothing?
"Obviously!" Menori says. Howard makes a face and looks the other way. "Luna, look for a river. If you can find a river, then we'll have a water supply. And whether you find anything or not, come back before it gets dark. Obey this first and foremost."
While Menori was speaking I get out one of my blank notebooks. I might as well start a map for the different areas. We all split up to go in different directions with Shingo standing on top of the shuttle telling us to be careful.
Bell, Kaoru and I walk into the forest and Kaoru stops to use the knife on a tree branch to make a spear. He throws it to Bell once he had finished. "Bell! Just in case." He makes two more for me and him.
As we are walking further into the forest I make sure to mark the way we are going. Don't want to get lost and if we do find a food source I will be able to mark it down on the map. I wonder if any of the others have found any food or water yet. I ponder slightly.
~~~Menori'sPOV~~~
I can hear Howard complaining from behind me. He complains too often. "Yeesh! Why do I have to go along?"
"Stop grumbling and walk faster!" I order.
"I know!" He shouts back. He slips on some moss and falls in some water. He splashes around erratically, shouting out for help. He suddenly stops and has a surprised look on his face.
I couldn't help but let out a little laugh before I cover my mouth with my hand. Howard stood up sharply. "Hey! Don't tell the others about this!" I couldn't help but continue to laugh quietly, looking away with my shoulders shaking.
~~~Luna's POV~~~
I am trying to catch a fish but I'm not doing so well. I manage to catch one but due to it being slippery, it falls out my hands. I try to catch it before it goes back into the water, but I end up tripping and falling backwards into the water.
I walk out of the water back to the shore. As I get closer to Sharla she lifts her head up slightly. "Now I'm soaking wet," I said laughing slightly. Sharla doesn't reply she just moves her gaze back to the ground once again. I sit down on the rock next to her. "Isn't the sea great? It calms you down just by looking at it. And, the smell…" Sharla stands up, gaze still fixed firmly on the ground. "What wrong?"
"We're all going to die here anyway," Sharla says as she walks off in the other direction.
"Sharla…" I trail off as I gaze at her back.
~~~Brienna's POV~~~
The three of us carry on moving forward. We haven't found any food or water source yet. Bell stops in front of a plant.
"What's wrong?" Kaoru asks.
Bell looks in our direction before speaking. "I don't think we'll find any food in this direction."
"How do you know?" Kaoru questions.
"The shape of the leaves. Up until now, they were round, but those ones are pointed. What grows on these trees is hard, and not much could eat it. I think there may still be something the way we came. My dad taught me this a long time ago." Bell points out.
Both Kaoru and I look at all the trees around us. They all have pointed leaves. I open my notebook and mark down this area of the forest as having no food or water source. Hopefully, we can find some if we head back the way we came. "Let's go back." Kaoru agrees.
~~~Luna's POV~~~
I catch up with Sharla and we walk in the other direction, Sharla is now walking behind me with her head lowered. We head towards the trees and I look to see there is a lot of roots. "The footing is bad, so be careful," I warn Sharla as we get close.
I take a careful step over and move down. I hear a slip just before Sharla lets out a scream. I turn my head abruptly to see she has slipped, and she is sliding down, stopping when she reaches flat ground. "Sharla!" I call out worried.
Sharla comes to a stop and curls into a ball. "Sharla!" I call out as I jump over the roots and slid down to her. "Sharla, are you okay?" I question as she pushes herself up slightly. She stays silent, head lowered and gaze on the ground. "Steady yourself. Can you stand?" I query as I gently grab a hold of her arm and help her stand up. "Let me take a look." I look at her careful before leaning my head towards her, a smile on my face. "That's good. You don't seem to be hurt."
Again, Sharla stays silent with her head lowered and gaze on the floor. "Oh my! You're all muddy!" I point out cheerfully looking at her back. I pat her clothes to try and get some of the mud off. Sharla lifts her head and begins making small whimpering sounds. I lift my head to look at her. "What's wrong?"
Tears pool at the corner of her eyes before the fall and roll down her cheeks. "I want to go back! Back home!"
"Sharla…" I trail off sadly.
Sharla lowers her head and clenches her eyes shut as the tears continue to fall. "I want to see my Okaa-san and Otou-san. I want to go home!"
I move my arms towards her and pace my hands on her shoulders. "We can go back. We definitely can."
Sharla lifts her head. "How do you know that for sure? We don't even know where this is!" She lowers her head once more. "There's nothing to eat, and there are monsters."
"Sharla…" I mutter softly.
Sharla turns the other way causing my hands to fall off her shoulders. "We won't get home! We'll be stuck here for the rest of our lives!" Sharla shakes her head from side to side and she lifts her arms and holds there to her chest with her fists clenched. "And we'll be eaten by those things and we'll all die!"
I lower my arms and close my eyes before opening them. "Sharla!" I scold causing her to lift her head and stop crying. I place my hands back on her shoulders. "Sharla, you can't give up! We can definitely go home. If we lose hope, we're finished. As long as we believe it, we can go home." Sharla turns to look at me, tears still in the corner of her eyes. "It's okay. I'm with you." I encourage softly with a smile.
A small smile appears on Sharla's face. "Luna…"
"Although I may be a little unreliable." I point out teasingly.
Sharla lunges forward and wraps her arms around me. "Luna!"
I wrap my arms around her and rests my chin on top of her head. "We can definitely go home. We can!" I encourage softly.
Sharla nods her head before making a surprised sound as she opens her eyes. "What's wrong?" I question as she moves herself from my arms.
She lifts her nose slightly in the air. "I smell something good."
I lift my nose in the air slightly and take a sniff. "It's true," I say amazed.
"I think it's over there," Sharla says as she points to the left.
"Should we take a look?" I query before we both walk in the direction the smell is coming from. We walk through the bushes to find a large tree with a plant on it, two large pink flowers underneath, a lot of vines with large fruit attached. "It's fruit."
"I wonder if we can eat it." Sharla questions looking up at me.
"Anyways, let's bring it back," I suggest as we walk towards the fruit. We carefully walk down the rocky slope. Sharla lets out another yell and I turn to see a vine wrapped around her ankle dragging her towards the plant. "Sharla!" I move forward and grab a hold of her arm. I am dragged along with her, so I grab a hold of the tree behind me.
I let out a gasp as I follow the vine to see the plant open it's top to show sharp thorns inside. Sharla sees the same and lets out a loud scream.
~~~Brienna's POV~~~
~~~Ten Minutes Later~~~
We were walking back the way we came when suddenly we hear Sharla scream. It is coming from the direction we just came from. Did she run into another animal? Bell, Kaoru and I run in the direction of the scream. While we were running I made sure to mark the direction we were going in my notebook. Just in case we are heading towards an animal's hunting ground.
~~~Luna's POV~~~
The branch that I was holding snaps and the pair of us are dragged closer to the plant. "No! No, no, no!" Sharla yells as she goes pale. I let go of Sharla's arm and lunge forward. I embed the trunk into the vine causing green blood to gush out of it. The vine loosens its grip from around Sharla's ankle allowing me to help her up.
We run towards the bushes when a vine appears in front of me and wraps around my waist. I am moved towards a tree, so I reach out in front of me and grab a hold of the tree trunk.
"Luna!" Sharla calls up to me as she stops. She steps on a vine and trips landing on her bottom. "Luna!"
"Run away!" I order as I struggle to keep a hold of the tree.
"Luna!" Sharla yells worriedly.
~~~Brienna's POV~~~
We get there in time to see Luna holding onto a tree branch while a vine is wrapped around her waist. Said vine is connected to a plant. Kaoru throws his spear and it pierces the vine holding her in the air. Green blood comes from the vine and it lets go of Luna causing her to land on the ground. Green blood? I'll have to mark this down in my other book along with the sea snake.
"Kaoru! Brienna! Bell!" Luna shouts.
Kaoru lets out a little gasp. "Move!" Luna steps back but she steps back onto another vine. It wraps around her once again and starts to drag her closer to the main plant. Kaoru and Bell run towards Luna, but I stay with Sharla to make sure that she doesn't get caught by a vine.
Both Bell and Kaoru get caught by some stray vines. Luna is getting closer to the main plant. Man-eating plant? Hmm, I don't think so. I still have the spear that Kaoru made so I throw it and hits the plant behind Luna. Kaoru does the same.
Unfortunately, we don't hit the fat section of the plant but the top section, so it doesn't do much damage. It does drop Luna and Bell rips the vine off himself. Kaoru is still caught.
Bell picks up a small trunk and throws it at the plant. It hits the fat section. White liquid gushes from the fat section before it squirts out some more green blood. It explodes and Kaoru slowly falls to the ground. Is it dead now? I ponder and watch as it slowly wilts and changes colour to brown.
"Luna…" Sharla trails off as she leaves my side and walks towards Luna.
Luna turns around to look at Sharla. "Sharla."
Tears pool into Sharla's eyes before she leaves my side and lunges at Luna. "Luna, I'm so glad!"
It seems that Sharla has cheered up a little bit. Did Luna say something to cheer her up? Knowing Luna, she probably did. I think with a soft smile. I look at Kaoru and Bell to see that they were looking at the fruit near the vines on the floor. I wonder if they are edible. Chako should know.
Just as the sunset appeared in the sky we got back to the shore. I can see Menori and Shingo standing there looking at Howard, who is on his hand and knees.
Luna calls out to them causes them to look in our direction. "Hey! Hey!" We meet up near the shuttle and place the food we found on top of a box.
"It was terrible!" Luna says.
"What happened to you?" Menori asked.
"It pulled us by our legs," Luna adds.
Howard folds his arms and places his hand under his chin. "In the end, this is all you found."
"But a man-eating plant…" Menori trails off.
"I don't know what would have happened if Kaoru, Brienna, and Bell hadn't come," Luna admits.
Howard folds his arms. "Bell? He probably just got his foot tangled together."
Sharla moves forward slightly, hand clenched in front of her chest. "That's not true! He was very brave and strong!"
"Unlike a certain someone." Menori taunts, gazing at Howard out the corner of her eyes.
Howard starts to panic. Did something happen when Howard and Menori were looking for water and food? Must have done by the way Howard quickly changes what he was saying, with a blush on his face. "Well, it doesn't matter. How about we eat?"
Menori uses the knife to cut one of the fruits in the middle. It is purple. Not many fruits are purple.
"What is this?" Howard states.
"Can we even eat this?" Shingo asks.
"Where is Chako? She would be able to tell us if we could eat this or not." I ask after looking around for her.
Just as I had finished saying this a pink blur crosses my gaze. There she is, eating one-half of the fruit. So, we can eat it? Chako had nearly finished eating her half when she sits up straight and lets out a surprised sound. This causes Shingo, Sharla, and Luna to call out her name.
Chako face soon changed to show her cheeks slightly red and a grin across her face, "Yummy!"
Shingo, Sharla, and Luna let out a relieved sigh. "A-are you okay?" Luna asks as Chako carries on eating the fruit. "No problem at all. The sugar content is perfect, too!"
Next thing we know Howard lunges for the other half of the fruit and begin eating it. After a couple of bites, he sits up, purple juice around his lips. "It's delicious! This'll do great!" He goes back to eating.
Menori lets out a slight smile. "It seems to be fine. In that case, I suppose we'll all have dinner."
Slices are cut out some of the fruit and handed around. This is delicious. Didn't think it would be due to the colour, but it is. I am standing next to Luna and Sharla. Sharla stops eating briefly to speak. "Thank you, Luna. I'll try my best. I'll try my best without giving up."
"Sharla…" Luna trails off surprised.
"Sharla..." She looks in my direction. "Did you forget what I said before? You are stronger than you think. I think your change from how you were earlier proves that."
She nods briefly and smiles. "Yeah. Let's eat!"
We go back to eating. We are all sitting on top of the shuttle as the sun begins to set. I wonder what we will go through tomorrow.
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