Chapter 2: Perspectives
Poke poke
"Hey, you alive?"
Phineas stared oddly at the unmoving body before him. He'd seen plenty of dead things in the forest before (it wasn't the nicest forest in world after all) but it was the first time he'd ever run into a dead human. This one looked it was from outside the forest which was never a good thing. He should have known better than to go into the forest. This is what happened. Just to be sure though, Phineas poked the body. This time it reacted.
"Ugh…" Sky moaned groggily as he slowly began to regain conscientiousness.
"Oh, so you're not dead," Phineas said taking a closer look at Sky's now moving form.
"Huh?" was Sky's only reply. He uneasily pushed himself up onto his forearms trying to get a grip on his surroundings and figure out who was talking to him but nearly fell back down when he finally laid his eyes on Phineas. "WOAH!" Sky shouted in surprise.
"Oh, don't worry, I get that reaction all time. Here let me help you up," Phineas said extending his hand to Sky who took it warily.
"Oh! No, um, sorry," Sky replied hastily. "I …uh… didn't mean to be rude. You just…" Sky paused looking over Phineas, "… surprised me. Oh and, thanks!"
"Well like I said," Phineas replied cheerily, "it's no problem!"
"So, what – I mean – who are you?" Sky corrected himself hastily, trying not to be rude. It was hard though, especially with the unpleasant smell wafting off the strange creature.
"The name's Phineas and I'm a Troblin."
"Sky, and you said Troblin? Hmm, you wouldn't happen to be from Trolinia would you?"
"Nope, I've lived in these forests all my life."
"Really? You don't happen to know of any other troblins living in this area, do you? I'm SPD," Sky flashed his badge at Phineas who just looked at it curiously; "I just had run in with one. He went by the name of Troblicon. He was a lot bigger than you and a lot ugli… I mean, well. He was, um… he was bigger." Sky finished hastily.
"Umm," Phineas paused, scratching his chin, "nope. None that I know of."
Sky sighed rubbing the stiffness out of his sore neck. He was lucky to have only gained a few bruises from his encounter. "Well then, thanks. I better be going." With that he nodded to Phineas set off in the opposite direction. Just as quickly as he turned though he stopped, realizing he had no idea where the edge of the forest was. He hadn't even realized he'd gone in so far.
"I better just contact the base; I've probably been gone way longer than I was supposed to." Sky opened the channel on his communicator. "Command, this is Cadet Tate, please respond." Sky waited silently for a moment but received no reply. "Command, please respond." There was still no answer. "Bridge, this is Sky please respond." Silence. "Syd?" "Z?" Nothing. "What's going on here? Why isn't this working?"
Sky took off his morpher to inspect it more carefully. It didn't look like it had been damaged but something may have gotten knocked loose when he fell. "Great. Just great. There's a dangerous alien on the loose, my communicator isn't working so I can't report it, and on top of that I'm lost. This is why I never stay cheerful in the morning."
Sky looked around helplessly for some clue of where he was but it all looked the same to him. A tree was tree in his mind which didn't help in this situation. As he looked back he saw Phineas right where left him, staring at Sky like he had lost it or something. Sky was beginning to feel uncomfortable under his gaze.
"Um, my communicator isn't working," he explained sheepishly.
"I'm sure it is," Phineas replied in a humouring tone. He obviously still thought Sky was crazy. Sky just rolled his eyes in response.
"O-kay. Uh, you wouldn't happen to be able to show me which way leads back to New Tech City?" Phineas just looked at Sky questioningly. "Or to a phone… or a gas station?" Phineas shook his head. "How about just out this damn forest? I'm sure I can find my way from there."
"Well that I can help ya with," Phineas replied cheerfully hopping off the log he had been sitting on. Sky just gave him an odd look. "Well, you coming?" he asked, waving Sky along.
Sky just sighed, shaking his head. "Yeah, I'm coming. Lead the way," Sky replied unenthusiastically. Why do I feel like I'm going to regret this?
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A few hours later at the edge of the woods…
"Well, here we are," Phineas announced. "Just keep heading straight in that direction and it'll take to the road that leads into town."
"You're not coming?" Sky asked, slightly surprised.
Phineas just chuckled. "Who me? In town? Yeah right! That's a good one! Imagine what people would think seeing a Troblin walking around down town."
Sky just raised an eyebrow. "What? Do they live under a rock or something? Aliens have been living on earth since 2010."
"Aliens?" Phineas laughed.
"Um, yeah," Sky just looked a Phineas strangely. "Whatever. I'm going to head off to town now so… thanks, I guess."
"No problem. Come back to forest any time!"
"Sure, I'll get right on that. Oh! And if you hear anything about that other Troblin just give me a call. You can contact me through SPD command. They'll know who I am. So… thanks again," Sky replied half heartedly and walked off. As soon as he was out of ear shot though, he muttered under his breath, "That wacko acts like he's never heard of aliens before, and he's one of them. Geeze, the people you run into these days. What a nutcase."
Phineas watched as Sky's tall form walked off into the forest. As soon as he was out of ear shot though, he muttered under his breath, "I can't believe that nut job actually thought aliens exist, AND I'm one of them. Geeze, the people you run into in this forest. What a nutcase."
To be continued…
So there you have it! And it only took me like a day to get this done! Yeah! I found my muse! Hopefully it'll stick around longer this time! Please Review! It's always a pleasure to read them, even if they say I suck! ;P
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