CINDY'S POV
In the morning, we set off, following Stephanie to her home. She had insisted that we bring the crate of supplies, for reasons she said were very important. We were pretty far away, so we stoppped to rest after a few hours. Stephanie told us about how she had survived the extinction of her species.
(Stephanie) ''I didn't notice much, but what I saw I'll never, ever forget. Just...so much destruction...fire...death...all I wanted to do was run. And of course, save my...ow, my foot.''
(Cupa) ''Oh, is it from that fall?''
(Stephanie) ''No, my foot's been hurting for a while now.'' She took off her big, brown boots. They looked really uncomfortable.
(Me) ''Oh, it's cause of your shoes! I can help there!''
I went over to my big box, and pulled out a pair of black buckle shoes.
(Me) ''Here, try these on. Theyre too small for me, so it's lucky I brought them by accident.''
Stephanie put the shoes on, and instantly took a liking to them.
(Stephanie) ''Wow, these are really nice! Maybe you're not so bad after all.''
(Me) ''So we can be friends?''
(Stephanie) ''Maybe.''
When we finally reached Stephanie's base, Yaebi asked for something to protect him from the sun, as he said he burned quite easily. Steve was going on about how zombies used to catch fire in his day, and Cupa and Andr were looking around. We were in a mesa biome, with red, rocky cliffs as far as the eye could see. Stephanie looked around, then dug up a couple of rocks and called us over.
(Stephanie) ''Yo, guys! Entrance is here!''
(Steve) ''Secret entrance? Cool!''
(Cupa) ''This is pretty neat...''
Inside was a network of underground tunnels lined and decorated expertly. I guess Stephanie had a lot of time to get it right. There were large rooms with balconys, storage spaces, computers and machines. Lots of machines. Apparently Stephanie really only cared about the electronic tech, as she didn't have any mechanical types of machines.
(Stephanie) ''It took years to dig out all these tunnels, so it was a good thing I could work with power tools at a very young age. Oh, here's one of my favourite places in this base.''
We were in a wide, dark corridor with paintings on the walls. They had individual lighting, and fancy frames. They were all portraits of people.
(Stephanie) ''These paintings are of my ancestors. See that one? That's my great-great-great-great... yeah, there's enough greats here to go back eleven centuries...grandmother, Arieta Spyderr.''
(Andr) ''You mean, you're a descendant of Ari Spyderr? The first queen of spider civilisation?''
(Stephanie) ''Yep, you know her story?''
(Cupa) ''Everyone does! Spiders lived in small settlements, advancing in technology, but not in order...''
(Yaebi) ''Until a young spider named Ari Spyderr fell in love with a Skeleton prince, who rejected her love in the most unchivalrous ways...''
(Andr) ''She was so angry that she raised an army, and took over a huge amount of Skeleton land, which became the Spider Kingdom.''
(Stephanie) ''Wow, I didn't know she was that well known. Anyway, over here are some more of my family. That's Mindy Spyderr, she laid the foundation for the capital of the Spider Kingdom, that's Joleyne Spyderr, thats Websy Spyderr... I could go on about my family for ages, but where's the fun in that? You guys look tired, there's some extra rooms in the east wing, you could probably find them. I've got some work to do with all that stuff from that crate.''
LATER...
YAEBI'S POV
I met up with Stephanie later in the day, then she was tinkering with a control panel. We talked for a while, then I followed her up into the forest.
(Me) ''Anyway, a while ago you were talking about how you wanted to save something when you escaped the extinction. I just wondered...''
(Stephanie) ''That's what I'm building this to find. And it's not a something, it's a someone. My sister, to be exact.''
(Yaebi) ''Oh, my Notch. You have a sister?''
(Stephanie) ''Yeah, and I miss her so much. She's been missing, but this, this can find her.''
She pushed a button, and a giant satellite dish appeared on a screen. It was massive, and it was painted to camoflage itself against the red rock biome. Stephanie started it up, and it sent signals to another monitor. Suddenly, it ground to a halt and, without warning, shorted out. Large chunks of metal broke off the dish and wrecked it forever. Stephanie just sat there, and started to cry. I comforted her.
(Stephanie) ''Why didn't it work? It took me years to build it! I'll never find her now...''
Just then, I noticed one of the possible locations the dish had singled out. I just knew that had to be it.
(Me) ''Stephanie Spyderr, I will get your sister back if it kills me.'' With that, I left the room, and went on my own adventure...
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