Chapter 5-The Plan(Opera)
"I said I was sorry! Won't you talk to me?" pleaded Ernest, right behind me.
"Hmph!" I had been angry at him for sometime. Especially since he almost crashed the ship into an asteroid, almost killing us."Go get me something to eat, please."
"Does this mean your not angry at me?" he said full of joy.
"No it doesn't. Now off you go!" I told him and went back to concentrating on driving the ship. I shouldn't stay angry at him I guess. He has been begging for me to forgive him for sometime, and I did let him drive knowing that he isn't the best driver in the world. I gave a deep sigh and continued to drive. He then came in with some food and set it on the table to the side.
"Here's your food," he said and went to sit down in a seat behind me.
"I forgive you," I said with a mouthful of bread.
"He jumped up so fast and high I thought he would fly out of the ship. "Thank you! Thank you!" he yelled. He then came to sit next to me and said,"How do you think the others are doing?"
"Hopefully they're doing fine." I said.
"Do you think Eluria Tower will be fixed by now?" he asked.
"I would think so. They had a year after all," I said and then took a gulp of water. Then I said," Take a look at the navigation chart and see how far we are from Expel, please."
He got up and went to unroll the chart. He studied it a bit and then responded," We'll get there in about an hour and a half if everything goes well."
"That's good. You can go rest for now. I'll call you when we're near," I told him.
"Ok," and he got up and walked to ladder leading to resting quarters.
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Ernest had finally reached the cockpit. We were almost at Expel. We could see the whole planet from the ship.
"Better find something to hold on to," I said. "It's gonna be a bit rough getting through the atmosphere." Ernest sat down and put on his seat belt. I also put on my seat belt and said,"Here we go!"
I started driving towards the planet at a high speed. I wanted to get through as fast as I could. As we got near everything started to shake a bit. Then as we got closer everything shook much more violently. Everything was also starting to get hotter. My hands were soaked and I almost lost control but then we finally made it through. Everything cooled down and the shaking stopped.
"Wow, that was close. I thought the ship was going to fall apart," Ernest said breathing deeply.
"No sweat!" I said and then chuckled a bit. We dived down through the clouds to get a better look at things. It seemed as we were over Lacour.
"How long will it take to reach El?" asked Ernest.
"Not very long. Just sit down and relax," I said.
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We were finally at Eluria Tower. It was so relaxing to be back here again. But there wasn't going to be much relaxing. The top of the the tower lifted up revealing a large gun.
"Oh great! We're going to have fireworks for our welcome celebration!" Ernest practically yelled.
"Calm down. They probably just think we're intruders.
The gun then shot us and barely missed. I flew on, hoping to land and then it shot again missed again.
"I'm going to try to land now," I said calmly.
"You won't have to do much," said Ernest sinking into his chair.
"Why?" I asked looking at hims strangely.
"That last blast didn't miss. It hit the back. Got our engine. We're going down," he said.
And sure enough, the ship started to dive down into a forest at a high speed. "Oh no!" I yelled. "Hold on tight!"
The ship hit the ground and kept moving. It then stopped.
"What a landing," said Ernest sarcastically while clapping his hands.
"Grr...let's just get our things and leave," I said, almost ready to punch him.
We grabbed our weapons and some clothes and went to the door. When I opened it there were many branches in the way. I blasted the way through. Then we walked along the path that our ship made for us. As we were nearing the edge of the forest I saw Claude, Ashton, and Dias heading for us with their weapons held ready. When they saw us they put away their weapons.
"Opera! Ernest! I thought you guys wouldn't be coming!" yelled a joyous Claude.
"Sorry about the blasting and stuff. We didn't know it was you guys," said Ashton scratching his head.
"Oh where are the others?" asked Ernest.
"In the kitchen preparing tonight's dinner," said the calm cool voice of Dias.
"We better tell them to make more. We have more people now," said Claude smiling.
"You just want more food, pig," said Ashton.
"Hey!" yelled Claude.
Everyone just laughed. They then led us to our rooms to drop off our stuff and get ready.
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We were all sitting at the table in the large dinning table eating. It was very delicious! We all finished our main courses and then got some desert. Cheesecake...it was also delicious!
After all the plates were taken off the table, Claude asked," So...uhh are we gonna do anything about that lady?"
"What lady?" I asked.
"Oh that's right. You guys don't know." Claude responded. "Yesterday we all saw this disk thing. It had a projection of a lady and she seemed in trouble. We know where she's at, but that problem is she spoke a different language. We don't know if she has good or bad intentions. We also have no way of getting there."
"Wow." That was the only thing I could say. A lady in a disk? Not even I had ever heard of that.
"I think we should go," Rena said, straight out.
"But why darling?" questioned Celine.
"Well it's hard to explain...but I have this feeling that we should go," she said and then nodded in agreement with herself.
"Well if you say we should go then I'm with you," said Ashton.
"Ya, I'll go too," said Claude.
There was a lot of murmuring after that. After a while everyone agreed, even Ernest and me.
"Now the only problem is how to get there. We also need to know the exact location of the planet. Then we need enough provisions for us all for the trip, and fuel too," said Leon, writing all the things he just said on to a piece of paper.
"Well you can use as many parts from our ship as you need," I said, looking at Ernest for reassurance, and got it.
Precis then jumped up and said smiling, "Bobot and I can help! We're getting really good at buildin' stuff!"
"I also know a thing or too after traveling for a while with my dad," said Claude, starting to smile. I think he was enjoying the fact that we were going on another adventure.
"And with Celine, Noel, and my heraldic powers, we can make a really strong ship," said Leon.
"Then it's settled! We're gonna build the best ship ever!" Precis practically screamed.
Bobot jumped on the table and said, "Yup yup!" Everyone fell out of their seats.
"Aww, aren't you used to Bobot talking yet?" asked Precis, as she grabbed Bobot and cradled it like a baby.
Rena got up first and said, "Maybe...who knows? It's kinda creepy..."
"Hey!," yelled Bobot. Then steam came out of it from who knows where. It then jumped out of Precis' arms and left the room.
"Bobot! Come back! She didn't mean it!" said Precis, running after Bobot.
"Actually I did...," murmured Rena.
We all laughed.
"I said I was sorry! Won't you talk to me?" pleaded Ernest, right behind me.
"Hmph!" I had been angry at him for sometime. Especially since he almost crashed the ship into an asteroid, almost killing us."Go get me something to eat, please."
"Does this mean your not angry at me?" he said full of joy.
"No it doesn't. Now off you go!" I told him and went back to concentrating on driving the ship. I shouldn't stay angry at him I guess. He has been begging for me to forgive him for sometime, and I did let him drive knowing that he isn't the best driver in the world. I gave a deep sigh and continued to drive. He then came in with some food and set it on the table to the side.
"Here's your food," he said and went to sit down in a seat behind me.
"I forgive you," I said with a mouthful of bread.
"He jumped up so fast and high I thought he would fly out of the ship. "Thank you! Thank you!" he yelled. He then came to sit next to me and said,"How do you think the others are doing?"
"Hopefully they're doing fine." I said.
"Do you think Eluria Tower will be fixed by now?" he asked.
"I would think so. They had a year after all," I said and then took a gulp of water. Then I said," Take a look at the navigation chart and see how far we are from Expel, please."
He got up and went to unroll the chart. He studied it a bit and then responded," We'll get there in about an hour and a half if everything goes well."
"That's good. You can go rest for now. I'll call you when we're near," I told him.
"Ok," and he got up and walked to ladder leading to resting quarters.
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Ernest had finally reached the cockpit. We were almost at Expel. We could see the whole planet from the ship.
"Better find something to hold on to," I said. "It's gonna be a bit rough getting through the atmosphere." Ernest sat down and put on his seat belt. I also put on my seat belt and said,"Here we go!"
I started driving towards the planet at a high speed. I wanted to get through as fast as I could. As we got near everything started to shake a bit. Then as we got closer everything shook much more violently. Everything was also starting to get hotter. My hands were soaked and I almost lost control but then we finally made it through. Everything cooled down and the shaking stopped.
"Wow, that was close. I thought the ship was going to fall apart," Ernest said breathing deeply.
"No sweat!" I said and then chuckled a bit. We dived down through the clouds to get a better look at things. It seemed as we were over Lacour.
"How long will it take to reach El?" asked Ernest.
"Not very long. Just sit down and relax," I said.
***********
We were finally at Eluria Tower. It was so relaxing to be back here again. But there wasn't going to be much relaxing. The top of the the tower lifted up revealing a large gun.
"Oh great! We're going to have fireworks for our welcome celebration!" Ernest practically yelled.
"Calm down. They probably just think we're intruders.
The gun then shot us and barely missed. I flew on, hoping to land and then it shot again missed again.
"I'm going to try to land now," I said calmly.
"You won't have to do much," said Ernest sinking into his chair.
"Why?" I asked looking at hims strangely.
"That last blast didn't miss. It hit the back. Got our engine. We're going down," he said.
And sure enough, the ship started to dive down into a forest at a high speed. "Oh no!" I yelled. "Hold on tight!"
The ship hit the ground and kept moving. It then stopped.
"What a landing," said Ernest sarcastically while clapping his hands.
"Grr...let's just get our things and leave," I said, almost ready to punch him.
We grabbed our weapons and some clothes and went to the door. When I opened it there were many branches in the way. I blasted the way through. Then we walked along the path that our ship made for us. As we were nearing the edge of the forest I saw Claude, Ashton, and Dias heading for us with their weapons held ready. When they saw us they put away their weapons.
"Opera! Ernest! I thought you guys wouldn't be coming!" yelled a joyous Claude.
"Sorry about the blasting and stuff. We didn't know it was you guys," said Ashton scratching his head.
"Oh where are the others?" asked Ernest.
"In the kitchen preparing tonight's dinner," said the calm cool voice of Dias.
"We better tell them to make more. We have more people now," said Claude smiling.
"You just want more food, pig," said Ashton.
"Hey!" yelled Claude.
Everyone just laughed. They then led us to our rooms to drop off our stuff and get ready.
**********
We were all sitting at the table in the large dinning table eating. It was very delicious! We all finished our main courses and then got some desert. Cheesecake...it was also delicious!
After all the plates were taken off the table, Claude asked," So...uhh are we gonna do anything about that lady?"
"What lady?" I asked.
"Oh that's right. You guys don't know." Claude responded. "Yesterday we all saw this disk thing. It had a projection of a lady and she seemed in trouble. We know where she's at, but that problem is she spoke a different language. We don't know if she has good or bad intentions. We also have no way of getting there."
"Wow." That was the only thing I could say. A lady in a disk? Not even I had ever heard of that.
"I think we should go," Rena said, straight out.
"But why darling?" questioned Celine.
"Well it's hard to explain...but I have this feeling that we should go," she said and then nodded in agreement with herself.
"Well if you say we should go then I'm with you," said Ashton.
"Ya, I'll go too," said Claude.
There was a lot of murmuring after that. After a while everyone agreed, even Ernest and me.
"Now the only problem is how to get there. We also need to know the exact location of the planet. Then we need enough provisions for us all for the trip, and fuel too," said Leon, writing all the things he just said on to a piece of paper.
"Well you can use as many parts from our ship as you need," I said, looking at Ernest for reassurance, and got it.
Precis then jumped up and said smiling, "Bobot and I can help! We're getting really good at buildin' stuff!"
"I also know a thing or too after traveling for a while with my dad," said Claude, starting to smile. I think he was enjoying the fact that we were going on another adventure.
"And with Celine, Noel, and my heraldic powers, we can make a really strong ship," said Leon.
"Then it's settled! We're gonna build the best ship ever!" Precis practically screamed.
Bobot jumped on the table and said, "Yup yup!" Everyone fell out of their seats.
"Aww, aren't you used to Bobot talking yet?" asked Precis, as she grabbed Bobot and cradled it like a baby.
Rena got up first and said, "Maybe...who knows? It's kinda creepy..."
"Hey!," yelled Bobot. Then steam came out of it from who knows where. It then jumped out of Precis' arms and left the room.
"Bobot! Come back! She didn't mean it!" said Precis, running after Bobot.
"Actually I did...," murmured Rena.
We all laughed.