AWAY FROM HOME 1
By Vampy
--------------------- --------------------- ---------------------
AN: I want to thank Melissa for beta reading and I'll hope you people will enjoy this series.
Disclaimer: Lucas belongs to Seaquest Ur.. I mean Sci-Fi & Amblin Entertainment.
As for the rest.. R&R please.
--------------------- --------------------- ---------------------
The last thing I could remember was getting awake at that exact moment and the rest is completely black. Okay if I wasn't worrying, I was going to. Right about now. Who am I?
This world gave me the creeps.
Sure, I didn't have any memories but I was pretty sure I wasn't born right here, everything seemed so out of place. I was sitting under a tree with my back against a rock. I had a major headache but there wasn't anything I could do about it and I wasn't going to start looking for help if I didn't know who I was. And even if I was going to ask for help I certainly wasn't going to lie. Because that was where everyone makes their mistake with this kind of thing.
How the heck did I know that?
Damn. This was really frustrating.
What could be my name? Maybe I should try a few ones and one of them would feel right and then my memory would be flooding back to me. It could happen... I tried some "Hi, my name is Mark." Nothing, that certainly didn't ring any bells. I tried again. "Hey, I'm Johnny." YUCK. That one didn't bode well either. Just when I was about to give up a name came up in my head. Nathan. Nathan. God, there was something about a Nathan. Something I had to find out. Oh HELL. This stinks. I stood up and started fanatically to seek for some evidence of my existence, like a wallet or even a nametag. Nah, that wouldn't be too much to ask now was it?
I couldn't find a thing, the only 'things' that I had were the torn clothes I was wearing. I sat back against the tree. It gave me comfort to have something supporting me, even if it was a highly alien tree. It was too round for my liking.
That moment I decided I needed help. It wouldn't do any good if I just stayed there, all by myself and I certainly wouldn't return home by an instant. So I gathered all of my courage and stood up. And one second afterwards I sat down.
God, I was scarred. After that I leaned back and didn't move until I fell asleep.
At least I would be okay if I just stayed here. Nobody would harm me or bug me and I was tired. I would find a solution to my problems tomorrow. The last thing that past my mind before I fell asleep was the saying that from delay, cancel would follow.
---------------------
Surprisingly I was glad I woke up, not that it was fun not knowing who you are and all. But at least the confusing dreams would stop. The only thing I remembered from them was water, lots of water, and I wasn't even drowning.
I didn't want to think about it. I was hungry. Oh great, now I'll have to do something. Survival. God. I don't wanna. I just want to.. I ...
I stood up, stretched my stiff limbs, and started walking.
If I hadn't I'm not sure if I would ever had.
My stomach growled and the sun shone down on me. The surroundings never changed but I was sure I wasn't walking in circles. The grass, surprisingly low and neat caught my attention for a while. This was some screwy dimension or whatever. It was messing with my mind unbelievably. There was no way that some guy got to keep all the grass neat and tidy. I bend down and picked some off the sprites. They broke off immediately. I studied them for a while. Strange. They were so detail less. I rubbed them between my fingers, thinking it would... well, you know... it would be rubbed apart and ruined but it stayed the same. Nothing happened so I rubbed harder. Still nothing. I dropped the sprites and walked to a tree to touch the bark. It felt too neat and it didn't make my hands dirty. That was really weird. Where the heck was I?
Being confused as hell I started walking again. Okay, so I knew something was wrong. I still couldn't do anything about it. I really needed some help.
After a while I sat down again. This was so depressing. I was finally up to seeking some help to get my memory back and to get home, wherever that was, and now there was nobody here. Well, if you didn't count the stupid trees, the stupid grass and the rest of this screwy landscape. My stomach was protesting once again, but I couldn't help him. I couldn't even help myself. I wondered what I looked like, okay blond hair. I figured that one out because it was simply long. I wouldn't mind having a mirror right now. I would probably smack it into tiny pieces to get some of my frustrations out in the open. Nah, it wouldn't do any good.
I decided I was really thirsty too. Now that was strange, why was I more hungry then thirsty up until now. I guess I wasn't going to find that one out too soon. I stared at my hands, was I going to give up? I didn't want to think about it anymore so I shut up, mentally.
After a few minutes a peace and quiet I stood up once again and looked around. No I was not going to give up, not now or not ever. I saw a mountain. I think it was a couple of 100 feet away and I walked towards it, maybe if I could find a pond or an ocean I could kill my thirst and use the shattered mirror pieces to catch a fish. Oh, wait. I didn't have a mirror..
I shook my head, maybe the sun was getting to me, and I wondered why it hadn't been night, did I sleep over night or was it something else, like night didn't exist. Wondering the hell out of me I started climbing and I was on the top before I knew it.
I would've screamed my lungs out
but I didn't see much point in that. That freaky landscape was as
far as the eye could see. On the other hand there was some water,
I saw it glittering in the distance.
With a heavy sight I practically ran of the hill, I didn't want
to be careful at a time like this, and I started a journey,
headed towards the sun, where the water would be and ,I hoped, a
solution of at least one of my problems.
--------------------- ---------------------
Well, I did find the water and in exchange I also got blisters. Guess it took a bit longer then I suspected, at least I could get rid of the thirst. I kneeled down and drank as much as I needed, not too much though, I didn't want to get sick or get extreme stomach aches. After the refreshing I took off my shoes but not to examine the damage, I would rest here for a while.
I had to laugh at my situation for the very first time. Here I was, lying flat on my back content from a few gulps of water, wearing some shredded clothes and my bare feet enjoying the day off. I did well, for someone with no memory... But maybe I should have done more. I bet that Nathan person would've found help by now.
Well, I did my best, so be it, that it didn't work out. Maybe I would starve to death but what the heck. I tried! I rolled over so I could look into the clear water, too clear for my liking, hell, it was too blue for my liking either. Anyway, I did see some fish, they were quick and colorful. Too quick. I would never be able to catch one. I rolled back facing the sky. Would somebody be missing me? Maybe my parents, I didn't feel too old so I guessed I still had parents. I sat up in an instant. What if there were more people with me on this freaky planet, also with no memory what so ever?
I stood up knowing my feet didn't take this in appreciating. But I just had to find someone. The loneliness was getting to me. I wanted to get out of this freaking nightmare, I wanted to be right next to that Nathan guy.
My memory could wait, I just wanted to stop taking care of myself, simply because I wasn't good at it. I wanted to have reassurance that it would be okay. I looked around, how could I find some civilization? I had to think. THINK! I didn't know, but I was pretty sure I needed a good dose of luck. I could start to climb a mountain again but I was pretty much exhausted.
Guess the first thing I took care of, was getting some food into my system.
Then I would search for civilization and then I would have to get my memory back.
I didn't have much to work with but I sat down and stared at the fish. It was great that I finally knew what I had to do. Now I had to find out how I was going to do them.
If I could only make a net.
I didn't have the material.
If I could just get a hook and a peace of rope.
Didn't have that either.
Maybe I should scoop them out with my bare hands.
Didn't have those skills. I was positive about that. Besides, I didn't know if my feet would take it.
My nose itched and I scratched it, I noticed my skin was awfully burned.
What else could go wrong!?! I've had it!!!!! I jumped into the water, it wasn't deep, and I started to watch the fish while not moving a muscle. I had to take care of myself and that was exactly what I was going to do.
The fish were not coming near me, it seemed as if they were keeping an eye on me. Or maybe it was my stomach that revealed my presence. At this moment I was ready to beg the fishes to let me catch them. And right on key a small naïf fish came towards me. I took pity on the poor thing but none the less tried to catch it.
I never stood a chance. It was too slippery and my fingers couldn't get a grip on the thing. I did get to touch the fish! Which made my hunger even worse, I would starve to death and that was final. I waded back to shore, I was soaked wet and my burns were getting worse. But when I was headed toward some trees for some much needed protection from the sun something snapped in me. I could really die, maybe I wouldn't wake up. It could happen, I was starving and could already feel all of my ribs under my skin. I headed to the nearest mountain.
If this was going to be my last move, I was going to find out if there was still any hope left for me.