Chapter 11: Pretty Colors…

Eventually I caught up with Annie. It was sad really, I'm too short to keep up with her, but that didn't matter, because Annie had stopped running.

"What's going on?" I asked, pushing in front of Annie.

"Look at the pretty colors…" she sighed.

Colors?

I looked at where Annie was staring. A tent was set up, and a soft pulsating light emitted from it. It was faint, but if you concentrated on it, you could definitely tell something was up. I had to check it out, so I began towards it.

"Wait for me, Fi!!!" cried Annie, running behind me.

"SSSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" I hissed, adding in a whisper, "Do you want us to get caught!!!?"

"No," whispered Annie, quietly following behind me.

I walked over to where the tent flap was, pausing slightly. Did I want to risk getting caught?

"Annie!!!" I hissed.

"Hmmm?" she said.

"Look in there."

Annie came up behind me and hesitantly opened the flap. Her eyes grew large and her mouth dropped open.

"Wicked…" she said softly.

Pushing her out of the way I peered in. A large object rested inside the tent, softly glowing red, then blue, then yellow. I nearly fell over in shock.

"Wow…Annie, do you know what this is?"

"No…"

"It looks like a spaceship!"

"Really? Cool…"
I stared at the ship, memorizing the curve of the metal and the flash of the lights.

"At least now we know what ran out of fuel…" I muttered.