Chapter 42: The Plants
"Glad you all are here now," said Ronjad to Ash, Melody, and Lovrina when they came to him at the shack, "But you could have at least hurried here." Ronjad had called his team to the island to start on the search for answers out here. They were outside the shack on the edge of tropical forest and near the cove.
"We did," said Lovrina, "We didn't know where the hell you were on this huge island."
"Ok," said Ronjad to the all, "I decided we needed to do some more searching now that there are possibly more hybrids. I want Ash and Lovrina to start looking over this area. Melody and I are going to track down where Jessie and Blue are being sent to."
"This is different teams then usual," said Ash to him.
"I thought we switch it up a notch this time around," said Ronjad, "I mange to put on tracking deceive onto Jessie before she left. So Melody and me will see you two later." Then Ronjad and Melody headed back towards the town.
"Now what?" said Ash to Lovrina who watched Ronjad and Melody disappear out of sight.
"We will start searching the area around here for any signs of alien activity," she said to Ash.
"But right now we are not after aliens," said Ash.
"Before we arrived," said Lovrina to him, "My PDA picked up other signs of aliens from the signal and infecteds around this area. So it's our job to find them and stop them."
"We didn't bring our stun guns!" said Ash.
"That's why I brought them," she replied pulling out two handheld guns, "Now let's start tracking them!"
"How far now?" mumbled Ash to Lovrina as she led the way through the brush of the forest.
"Only a little bit farther," said Lovrina following the tracking the PDA, "Just up ahead."
"You said that an hour ago," grumbled Ash.
"Wait a minute!" stopped Lovrina causing Ash to walk into her, "We are here!" Ash took a look around the area; they had walked into a gigantic clearing.
In the clearing in front of them was big farmhouse with a barn and stable. To right of the place was a farm field as large as two football fields. The barn was brown, but it used to be red judging by the remaining red paint peeling off it. The stable's top was silver and the rest of it was brown like the barn. But the farmhouse looked pretty brand new. It had two stories on it and was recently painted white and green.
"I see nothing but a farm out here!" said Ash, "What am I suppose to see out here?"
"My reading is coming from the fields, barn, warehouse, and house," said Lovrina, "So maybe there is alien stuff in there and out here." She then walked towards the house door and knocked on it.
"What are you doing?" cried out Ash, "Are you nuts? What if there are aliens around here? We don't want to give our location?"
"Only one way to find out," said Lovrina to him and the door opened up. An older man in his 40s opens it. He was wearing brown suspenders, white mud stain shirt, and black boots. He had pale green eyes and he was bald.
"What the hell are you two doing on my farm you trespassers?" he said in a southern voice.
"Hi!" said Lovrina cheerfully, "My name is…"
"I didn't ask who the hell you two are," sneer the man, "What the hell are you doing on my farm?"
"We are Lovrina and the boy is Ash," ignored Lovrina, "And we are lost. Could you give us some directions?"
"Get off my land," said the man pulling out a deer rifle. Ash took off fast, with Lovrina jumping off the porch and following fast behind him.
After 5 minutes of running, both of them stopped to rest. "Wasn't he nice?" said Lovrina.
"He's a bastard," grumbled Ash, "We not deer or Stantler. He's hiding something there."
"I think we sneak over to his fields and check out what he is growing, "said Lovrina," Because it's probably isn't any tomato."
"Then we come later this night!" said Ash, "We'll hang out here until 10 and check that place out!"
"Right," said Lovrina smiling at him and thought, "For once he actually came up with a good idea that I like."
Later that night, Lovrina and Ash made a fire and were talking before they left to find out what was going back to that farm. "So the reason you asked why I joined Cipher?" said Lovrina to Ash, "My family whole line of people were belonging to Team Rocket. I joined Cipher to be different from the rest of my family. They wanted nothing to do with me even though my mom plead that we all stay connected."
"What about me?" said Ash, "You are my sister after all. When did I come into the picture?"
"You were born a little bit after me," said Lovrina, "My mom didn't want the evil of Team Rocket to affect you. So she gave you away to one of her friends and told the rest of Team Rocket that you died so that they couldn't look for you."
"Why didn't you tell me?" grumbled Ash, "Because when the first time I saw you, I thought you were hot."
"That's creepy coming from my brother," said Lovrina, "And I didn't think you wanted the truth."
"Yeah," said Ash mumbling and checking his watch, "It's 10 now. Let's go check that farm out now."
"Right behind you bro," Lovrina said.
Ash led the way back to the farm with his flashlight and soon they were out in the fields. "The reading is getting intense out here," whispered Lovrina to him, "The alien signal is getting strong."
"You smell that?" said Ash, "It' smells like rotting flesh or something out here."
"Yeah," she replied plugging her nose with her fingers, "What's that?" Ash turned his light down on the ground and on the plants.
"Dear God," he mumbled, "Look at that!" She looked closer at the plant. It had skin growing on it, and the plant next to it had teeth growing on it.
"It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers out here!" screamed Lovrina and hugging Ash, "This isn't right!"
"Who's out here?" yelled the man, "Whoever the hell you are, my dogs and me are coming out. We'll find you and slaughter you trespassers!"
"Spilt up?" whispered Lovrina to Ash.
"Hell yeah," he mumbled back. Then they took off in different directions. Ash was running into the forest and Lovrina into the barn.
"Can't get caught by freakshow," mumbled Ash as he ran through the forest. He could here the man and his dogs coming after him fast.
"Get back here!" he heard the man shouted, "And join the rest of stuffed trophies! Ha, ha, ha!" Then he heard 3 shots being shot off, two whizzed by his head and the 3 getting him in his shoulder.
"Damn it!" shouted Ash dropping to the ground and pulling out his stun gun with good arm, "Here comes the devil's reject."
"Found you!" shouted the man running up to him with the dogs' leashes in his left hand and his pistol in his other hand, "Prepare to die."
"Age before beauty," shouted Ash at him shooting him in the stomach causing the guy to fall and drop the leashes for his two dogs who were now instead of attacking Ash, were feasting on the guy. They tore away at the man's flesh and chewed on his neck releasing blood.
"Thank God," said Ash getting up and shooting the dogs before they attack him, "Glad that over."
"Hell it is," said the man getting up. He looked completely like a zombie with the tear wounds the blood pouring out of him.
"But you can't be still alive!" shouted Ash pointing the stun gun at him. Then shoulder shot out in pain and he dropped to the ground.
"You would think so," said the man, "But I'm still alive and kicking. Those plants you found. They had alien blood in them, making them completely infected and anyone who would eat them. They also make us stronger and more durable to anything."
"Shit," mumbled Ash as the man reach for him. The man reached for him and then another shot rang out. This time it hit the man's back splattering blood across the ground and making him drop to the ground. But for sure dead.
"Need help from big sis?" said Lovrina running into the clearing holding the man's deer rifle, "Found this in the barn."
"Thank you!" shouted Ash trying to reach for her, but his shoulder stopped him.
"Maybe we should get you to a hospital?" said Lovrina.
"I think so," mumbled Ash, "Just make it quick before I'm dead."
Lovrina smiled and managed to pick him up and walk back to the city. As she waited in the hospital while Ash was getting look over, she thought about what Ronjad and Melody were doing. "I hope you are doing way better than I'm doing or Ash."
Author Notice: Sorry about the wait and how short this chapter was. But it was kind of hard to write and I didn't have as much to write about.
One of our reviewers to this story, Mullenium Master as quit fanficiton apparently. She was one of the best reviewers I had. Too bad.
More bad news, Invasion and Surface seemed to confirmed they we not make another season of their shows. Too bad but that's ok. Since I was only going to use there ideas from only season 1.
But now for some good news out of all this bad news. I'm about the reach the 200 review mark too! This rocks!
One more thing to say, time to announce the top 5 stories of the June. Here they are:
1. Rouge Genetics By: Ryu the Dragon Demon
2. Forgotten By: KH-Akyra
3. Emerald: The Legend of Hoenn By: Katie Legends
4. Twilight By: Rave Drifter
5. Safari Love By: michelicious
The next chapter is about Melody and Ronjad tracking down to find Blue and Jessie. Also, Joe Soul makes another appearance.
Date: 6/8/06
Next Chapter: Chapter 43: The Island
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