Chapter 6
#Sidus POV#
This is not good.
This is so not good.
I can feel something watching us. I bet every time we go through another door, it locks behind us.
We're gonna be stuck here for eternity...
"Come on, Sidus! Hurry up!"
Enough with my panicking frenzy! I've got Ky and Rivera to protect!
Check it out. Ever since Death paid me that visit, I've got all my memories back. I even know names by names.
Ooh look. I think they're gonna start fighting again.
"Argh! This is taking forever! Let's just ditch the dog!"
"Well, I happen to like the dog."
"He's vicious!"
"He's loyal!"
"He's probably rabid!"
"He has vaccination tags!"
"He's a hound from hell and he gives me the creeps!"
"He's our only security system besides the guns, so live with it!"
Bingo.
Guess I'd better dump my paranoia and get a move on.
#End of Sidus POV#
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There was one room unlike the other rooms. The factory walls were made out of plaster. This room had walls of stone. The factory had a floor of cement and concrete. This room had an earthen floor. The factory was dark with broken lights. This room was bright with torch flames.
This was Lichmonde's quarters.
Through the open door, the two turkey-men flew in with their prizes. Humbly, they deposited them at their master's feet.
Lichmonde nodded and dismissed them with a wave of his talon. His minions bowed formally and vanished through the opening.
Lichmonde snapped his fingers. "Scout!"
The sparrow flitted down onto the desk.
"Go get those blithering idiots to hurry up. It's almost time, and we only have two."
The sparrow chirped and flew out the window.
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"Uh oh."
Eduardo looked behind him. "What?"
Kylie held up her pke meter. "Get a load of these readings."
Eduardo walked over and peered at the screen. Lights were dancing wildly, their direction up.
"Guess we found the ecto-bird."
There was a sudden rush of wind. The pke meter fell to the floor.
"Damn it."
Eduardo reached down to pick up the fallen tool. "Darn wind. Freaked the hell outta me."
He offered the pke meter in the direction he had been facing. "Kylie, quit dreaming already, and-Kylie?"
No answer.
Eduardo switched on his pke meter. The light emitted was minimum, but enough for him to see the vacant spot before him.
"Hey Kylie, stop fooling around and come out where I can see you! Kylie? Hey, KYLIE!"
There was still no answer. To Eduardo's left, a glowing feather fluttered down and landed on the floor.
Sidus howled.
"Oh damn..."
~ * ~ * ~ * ~
Outside the window, where the moon had hidden behind a cloud, a dark shadow perched on a thick sturdy branch. Its forelimbs cradled something young and slender.
The shadow spoke to his prize in a singsong voice, not of the human tongue. "Sleep, my precious. Rest my pretty. Master will like you. He will be one with you..."
= * =
OMG!
THEY GOT KYLIE!
To be continued...
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#Sidus POV#
This is not good.
This is so not good.
I can feel something watching us. I bet every time we go through another door, it locks behind us.
We're gonna be stuck here for eternity...
"Come on, Sidus! Hurry up!"
Enough with my panicking frenzy! I've got Ky and Rivera to protect!
Check it out. Ever since Death paid me that visit, I've got all my memories back. I even know names by names.
Ooh look. I think they're gonna start fighting again.
"Argh! This is taking forever! Let's just ditch the dog!"
"Well, I happen to like the dog."
"He's vicious!"
"He's loyal!"
"He's probably rabid!"
"He has vaccination tags!"
"He's a hound from hell and he gives me the creeps!"
"He's our only security system besides the guns, so live with it!"
Bingo.
Guess I'd better dump my paranoia and get a move on.
#End of Sidus POV#
~ * ~ * ~ * ~
There was one room unlike the other rooms. The factory walls were made out of plaster. This room had walls of stone. The factory had a floor of cement and concrete. This room had an earthen floor. The factory was dark with broken lights. This room was bright with torch flames.
This was Lichmonde's quarters.
Through the open door, the two turkey-men flew in with their prizes. Humbly, they deposited them at their master's feet.
Lichmonde nodded and dismissed them with a wave of his talon. His minions bowed formally and vanished through the opening.
Lichmonde snapped his fingers. "Scout!"
The sparrow flitted down onto the desk.
"Go get those blithering idiots to hurry up. It's almost time, and we only have two."
The sparrow chirped and flew out the window.
~ * ~ * ~ * ~
"Uh oh."
Eduardo looked behind him. "What?"
Kylie held up her pke meter. "Get a load of these readings."
Eduardo walked over and peered at the screen. Lights were dancing wildly, their direction up.
"Guess we found the ecto-bird."
There was a sudden rush of wind. The pke meter fell to the floor.
"Damn it."
Eduardo reached down to pick up the fallen tool. "Darn wind. Freaked the hell outta me."
He offered the pke meter in the direction he had been facing. "Kylie, quit dreaming already, and-Kylie?"
No answer.
Eduardo switched on his pke meter. The light emitted was minimum, but enough for him to see the vacant spot before him.
"Hey Kylie, stop fooling around and come out where I can see you! Kylie? Hey, KYLIE!"
There was still no answer. To Eduardo's left, a glowing feather fluttered down and landed on the floor.
Sidus howled.
"Oh damn..."
~ * ~ * ~ * ~
Outside the window, where the moon had hidden behind a cloud, a dark shadow perched on a thick sturdy branch. Its forelimbs cradled something young and slender.
The shadow spoke to his prize in a singsong voice, not of the human tongue. "Sleep, my precious. Rest my pretty. Master will like you. He will be one with you..."
= * =
OMG!
THEY GOT KYLIE!
To be continued...
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