I wasn't sure how to write this chap out. So, I just did...
Aurora scooped up her bag from under her cot. She ripped open the zipper and dug through it.
"I'm still really confused." ZigZag muttered. He looked around at the others, "Who here gets what their talking about?" X-Ray smacked him in the back of a head. This caused ZigZag to sit and pout.
"Got it!" Aurora exclaimed as she pulled a book from her bag. She sat on her cot and rummaged through the pages. Caveman looked at Squid who shrugged his shoulders.
"What's that?" Parker asked, sitting next to her. She looked up and smiled but said nothing. She kept flipping through the pages.
After a few minutes, she jumped up and shouted, "That's it!" All the boys, who had either fallen asleep waiting or started playing cards, jumped up, startled by her exclamation. "This is it. A chapter on the Ortlecks. It tells everything."
Parker and Squid leaned over her shoulders, trying to see what she was talking about. Parkers eyes got wide as he read, "Where'd you get this from?"
Aurora, proud she remembered she had it, smiled at Squid, "It was your fathers. I got it from his apartment before I came here." She handed the book to him. After he stared at it, not sure what to do, she took his hands in hers and placed the book in it, "I think you should be the one who reads it."
Squid smiled at her. She leaned in and kissed him on the lips, "I thought you might want it." The boys all gasped to see them kiss. Aurora didn't care. She just sat down and smiled at all them.
Squid sat beside her. He stared at the book and the words. "The Ortlecks…" He started. He glanced at Aurora to make sure he should continue. She nodded. So, he went on…
"The Ortlecks:
A breed of animal like humans, the Ortlecks live in unseen caves and tunnels under the surface of the Earths crust. The human race has not come in contact with ortlecks.
Ortlecks have a sensitivity to extreme hot temperatures. The only reason the survive near the Earths enter is the dirt cools the caves and tunnels down. They may one day be able to survive above the Earths crust."
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Everyone sat for a moment, trying to take in the words. Caveman was the first to speak and brake the silence, "That doesn't tell us anything. It just tells us what we already know."
"No." Parker said, "It tells us something we didn't know."
"He's right. It tells us what their weakness is." Aurora was staring at the dusty floor. She thought a moment. "Heat. They can't survive heat and high temperatures."
"Well, how are they gonna make it here? It's always hot." Armpit said intelligently.
Parker stood up, "Your right. But they might come at night. When it's dark." He paced.
Everyone sat thinking. No one could think of anything. "How do we stop them then unless the sun's up?" X-Ray looked at Aurora and then at Parker.
They sat in silence. Some thought up ideas, but couldn't figure out how they would work. ZigZag fell asleep trying to think. Magnet just kept sighing every time he realized his plan wouldn't work.
Suddenly jumped up. Everyone stared at her. She looked at them with a smile. "Anyone here know how to make a flame guns?"
I know, I know. I couldn't think of another weapon type thing. I might change it later. I need a day or two to think about it...