The landing on Oban, finally. First, I own not Oban or the Twilight Zone. Second, thank you reviewers and if I don't get anymore, I don't write anymore. Enjoy. Margaritas! (No I'm not drunk. I'm too young.)
That night, Molly dreamed. She was on her rocket seat, flying through an empty park on Earth, wind blowing through her hair and rock music blasting from her music player, a wonderful scene. Suddenly, it all vanished and she was standing in a dark void. Aikka stood in front of her, smiling. He held out his hand to her and as she was about to take it, he almost seemed to melt away. She stood grasping at where he had been; looking around, she saw Jordan, Kailua, Stan, and Koji waving to her before they too melted away. She was panicking now, turning frantically she saw her mom and her dad the way he used to be. When they were gone, she started screaming.
"All you care for will be stripped away, and I shall rule your world." A voice, deep and masculine echoed through the void and her. She looked around searching for the source, shaking and backing up. She stepped over a ledge and fell screaming. She sat up in bed with a start, panting, trying to slow her rapid heart rate. Jordan and Stan appeared in the doorway and rushed over to her.
"Eva, are you alright, we heard you scream?" Jordan asked as he and Stan knelt beside her. She looked at them, blinked and grabbed the nearest one, which happened to be Stan. He awkwardly patted her back as she started sobbing over his shoulder, making him decidedly uncomfortable. She finally cried herself to a dreamless sleep and Stan and Jordan laid her back down and left.
"Man, what did she dream?" Stan asked.
"I don't know but, I loved the look on your face when she grabbed hold of you." Jordan said smirking.
"Dude, that wasn't funny."
"I know, I'm sorry," He said sobering instantly. "You think we should tell Don? I mean, she is his daughter after all."
Stan shook his head. "Naw, let's go back to bed, we still have a few more hours till morning. Then we go to Oban. I don't even wanna think of how bad you'll crash my baby there." He added in an undertone.
Jordan chuckled, thinking of all the damage he could do with the new and improved turret when Kailua's mechanic, Stan and Koji put in the new gun. So much fun, for him at least.
Dawn arrived; Eva remembered nothing of her previous dream or Jordan and Stan coming into her room, so she woke up happy and ready for the journey to Oban. Everything had been packed the night before, so they were ready to go when the Avatar's ship arrived. It was a pod much like the one that brought them from Earth; they loaded the racer and their stuff with the help of the Scrubs. Waving goodbye, she remembered Rick leaving last night, to go back to Earth, she remembered his words.
"I've taught you all I know, now it's up to you. Good luck, Little mouse, be strong."
It was dark inside the craft, so all of them just slept the whole way, Don leaning against the wall, Jordan with a gun with in arms reach, Stan and Koji leaning on each other and against the racer, and Molly, next to the crates that held their belongings.
Aikka and the Kelamians had gotten aboard a different ship. While, technically the Kelamians weren't supposed to go, they could if they signed a contract promising not to race in the arena and to stay out of the other racers' way. Izzy and G'adar were asleep; Izzy like a chicken on her eggs, G'adar simply folded his legs and lay down. Kailua and Shama were asleep on top of Izzy, Kim by her legs. Aikka couldn't sleep. He had a bad feeling something was going to happen to his friends and Molly. He blamed it on nerves for going to a new planet but he only rationalized it to sleep.
(Fourteen hours later.)
A dull but distinct thump woke Molly up and she realized they'd landed. The others were waking up as well. The pod opened up on one side and they all gasped. It looked like something from the Twilight Zone. Tall trees of every color you could name with fruits of all kinds hanging ripe from everyone. Emerald green grass was everywhere, except for a single dirt road leading from the dock they were at to around the hills and out of sight. Flowered of every shape, size, color and distinction were there, including one's from Earth. In the distance she saw several housing pits, no doubt larger than the one on Alwase.
"Greeting Earthlings. Welcome to Oban." They looked down and saw Setis, looking up at them and waving. "Please follow me and I will take you to your new lodgings."
"Hold on please." Don Wei said. "How are we supposed to carry all our equipment, not to mention the racer itself to the new pit?"
"Hmm, oh, yes, of course. He snapped his fingers and two large lumbering things that looked pretty close to woolly mammoths in prehistoric cave paintings but way bigger came from around the humans' field of vision, with carts attached to each. They walked up the ship and turned at an angle to make it easy to wheel things on to them. It took twenty minutes to get everything on one and everyone in the other. They made their way down the road to the pits, Molly saw the Nourasian pit and a pit with no symbol on it, probably for Kailua and her crew, since they somehow managed to get permission to come here, but then so did others, she remembered.
A little past those two pits, was the Earth team pit. "Here you are Earthlings. Please feel at ease on this planet, it is the most peaceful in the galaxy. The opening ceremonies are this evening. The arena is right over there." Setis pointed with is staff to the east and they saw a large bowl like on Alwase but was no doubt able to fit at least three times more.
"Thank you." Don Wei said formally. Setis bowed, still smiling that inexorable smile, and left. "Alright, team. We need to unload, get everything settled, and make sure the Arrow is still in fighting shape. Snap to." Molly and Jordan unloaded the tools while Stan and Koji got out the spare parts, and then proceeded to carefully get the Arrow down, checking for dents, leaks or any thing wrong. Eva and Jordan took their things to the rooms they claimed then took Don's and the mechanics to their rooms, while the final tests of the ship were completed. Then the ceremonies started.
Sorry to leave ya'll hangin but I have to end here but I promise the next one will be soon and nice and long. So don't eat me.
