Chapter 10

Entering the Monster Habitat

            I decided to find the information about the Breeding Experiment for myself! I had to wait for the scientists' lunch break to sneak into the main lab.

            Felicia caught me sneaking around, but she decided to help me.

            I really appreciated her help as she turned off all the cameras in the Science Facility. She even brought up the files for the Breeding Experiment.

            Adam was right! I am apart of the Breeding Experiment!

            "Felicia, can you find out where Kyan is for me?" I asked the little probe.

            "Sure thing, Sam!" Felicia replied gleefully.

            I didn't mind her calling me Sam. I really liked the idea of a friend that is a probe. I felt like we were meant to be friends and also felt that I could trust her.

            "Sam, I cannot find him His location is not written in the files!" Felicia's voice grew impatient.     "What?! He has to be somewhere!" I panicked.

            "I can only get his informational file and it says that he is not on Terra anymore!" Felicia turned to look at me.

            I closed my eyes and pursed my lips to think.

            General Marqueen… That name echoed in my mind. My eyes slowly opened and grew wide! Now I remember!

            The voice of Marqueen repeated in my thoughts, The Mother Plant hasn't been growing very well.. so we will have him look at it… We will have the probes bring him down… Make sure he is knocked out when the probes take him down.

            "Felicia, where is the Mother Plant located?" I blurted out.

            Felicia tilted her floating body, indicating she was raising an eyebrow. "Why do you want to know, Sam?" She asked.

            I retorted, "Please just the find location!" I calmed down, "Kyan was taken there."

            Felicia turned back to the main computer. The map of Terra's sectors came up on the screen. The very bottom of the map where the station bulged out was blinking.

            Felicia turned to me and asked, "Is that where Kyan is?"

            I shook my head, "I'm not sure, but I heard that he was going to be taken there."

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            I crawled through the air vents with Felicia floating ahead of me. She was leading me to the room where my power suit was located.

            Felicia stopped and turned to the screen that overlooked a lab room below.

            "This is it, Sam." Felicia spoke quietly. "There's nobody in there right now, but they will be back soon."

            I crawled toward the screen and kicked at it till it busted out of its place and banged on the ground below. I hopped down and landed next to the screen. I walked around the lab, looking for my power suit. As I walked around, I saw strange mechanical machines standing still. There were tables covered with small foreign parts that I've never seen. I raised my head up and saw my power suit contained in a ceiling high tube. I noticed that it was not its original green and yellow colors. The green was a much darker blue and the yellow areas were white. My helm remained red and my visor its normal shape.

            I looked at the glove and noticed an envelope tied to it. I took the envelope and found a letter inside.

            Lady, if you are reading this now, then I suspect that you already have broken into this lab to get to your power suit.

            I have made new attributes and additions to your suit. As you noticed the different color change, it was necessary for the water and plant environments in the Monster Habitat. You suit also has the capability to go invincible to out lure monsters. It also has an equipped jetpack for you to get across areas that you normally couldn't. Your boots will allow you to walk across certain thorn-covered surfaces and across water. They can also be magnetically charged for you to be able to walk upside down on ceilings and walls. This attribute will only work on metal walls that are not covered by vines. You can climb on walls that are covered by vines, but watch out for the ones that have thorns.

            Remember that you only have a few weeks left before your stomach begins to form as the baby grows. Rescue Kyan and get out of the Monster Habitat sector as soon as you can! And please be careful!

            Sincerely,

            Adam

           

            P.S. look for the probes in each sector. They will provide you with messages that will help you.

            I stuffed the letter into my jean pocket and threw off my clothes to climb into my power suit.

            I'm glad that I still had my leather suit to wear under my suit.

            I slid my helm over my head and stepped out of the tube container. I turned to Felicia and asked, "Are you coming with me?"

            Felicia bobbed her head up and down, "Of course! You won't get very far in the plant environment without my help! Now let's get out of here!"

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            I was fortunate that no one was in the ceiling room above the Monster Habitat. I pressed some keys on the elevator pad to active the elevator leading down into the habitat.

            I stepped onto the glowing circular shaped beam in the floor. I closed my eyes and sighed as the elevator started to go down.

            I turned my head to see Felicia fly out a sealed tube of the ceiling room to get into the Monster Habitat.

            I turned my head and looked out the giant glass tube that the elevator was incased in. I saw little strange butterflies that had dark blue bodies with large red eyes and glowing white wings. They floated toward me and bumped into the glass of the tube that shielded me from the butterflies. The butterflies flew down as the elevator went down, keeping their unblinking stare fixed on me.

            I saw Felicia come and fly quickly toward the butterflies to scare them away. Felicia turned to look at me from the other side of the glass. "Don't worry about this room for now. The creatures in here are harmless. These butterflies are aggressive only if you attack them. They can see body heat and they light up darkened rooms, which comes in handy."

            The elevator came to the ground and I stepped off the elevator pad. I looked up as I heard the tube sealer close up to keep monsters from going up into the ceiling room. I turned to look all around me.

            The room was very large and covered with vines and thorns. The ground was covered with grass and different colored flowers that were scattered everywhere. I looked up to see a flock of the same butterflies come toward me.

            I laughed as they cluttered all over my power suit and bumped into my visor.

            I continued to look around and finally spotted a green glowing door. I ran toward it and quickly glanced back to see Felicia following. I came up to the door and shot a blast from my beam cannon, but the door didn't open.

            I narrowed my eyes and turned to Felicia, "Why didn't it open?" I asked irritably.

            Felicia came near me and sighed, "There's a scanner right above each door. The scanner will scan your power suit's code and it will open if you have the right code. You must stand close to the door in order for the scanner to scan you. Try it."

            I turned back toward the door and walked toward it. It slid open! I turned to Felicia to ask, "Does it also work when I am running toward the door?"

            Felicia nodded her entire robotic body, "Yes, and as you may have noticed, this is a green door. Each habitat that you enter or are in, the doors are marked by the habitat's corresponding color. Green is the plant habitat, blue is the water, red is fire, and gray is the air habitat. There are also codes for each color. If you have the code for a blue door, it will allow you in. If you don't have the code for that color, it will remain closed. For each code you get, it will remain equipped and you can have all the codes on at once."

            "How convenient…" I muttered.

            "It's for safety precautions." Felicia said.

            I turned back toward the door and went through. I came into another room. Its walls were covered with vines too. Plant life was everywhere! There were even trees! They were almost as tall as the ceiling when I raised my head to look up.

            I noticed platforms in the treetops. "Hey, Felicia, what's up there?" I asked and pointed upward.

            Felicia's body turned upward and replied, "Oh, that's the sky-bound area. The only way to get up there is if you ride on an elevator probe, but there aren't any in this sector. You must have special suit in order to withstand the high elevation pressure. Your suit's new attributes can only handle the plant sectors and the upper most part of the water habitats. You must have the pressure suit in order for you go into the deep watery depths."

            I made a puzzled look at Felicia, "Why so many security enhancements?"

            Felicia sighed, "So you don't kill yourself. Many of these ecosystems represent much of Earth and Earth's gravitational elevations. The Galactic Federation wanted to make a station that represented Earth's ecosystems."

            "But why?" I asked.

            Felicia grumbled, "Enough questions! I told you all that you need to know. We must save Kyan, remember?"

            I saddened my face.

            Kyan… the only one I have ever shown affection for. I became worried. I really hope that he is all right. I don't know what I would do if I lost him…

            I looked again ahead of me and sighed heavily. I was prepared!