Chapter 3
Once Maja and I went to the Excavation Site, I demonstrated how Child Forms could dig stuff up by telling Komainu to go and search the white lights that we saw. Upon the little red guy searching with his radar, the minerals emerged from the ground in a snap, Maja snatching a green one and nibbling at it to see how it tasted. I smiled when she gasped at how she was actually able to eat it and she cooed at the taste as she then gulped it down. And once she ate it, her stomach finally stopped growling.
"This looks like a spot we could find a fossil," I said as I told Komainu to check an area that looked freshly dug out and after searching a couple white lights, Komainu barked loudly and proudly as a large cube of dirt emerged from the ground, Maja gasping at it as I picked it up and it got sent into the Cosmolink. "Well, we got what we came for, let's go back to the ship to see how Jeena's coming along with her tinkering. Who knows, maybe you'll be able to use my Prizmod and all the Spectrobes that you can carry!" I smiled.
"That'd be amazing," Maja smiled back at me as we began our trek back to the cruiser... but I could tell that something was troubling Maja internally. She finally asked me a question as we entered the area that held the ruins. "Do you know of anyone I was close to in the past, Rallen? Anyone with orange hair?" Maja asked me.
"Well, there was one guy. His name was Krux and he's actually the leader of the Krawl and the one who made you in the first place... but he's pure evil. His face reflects his twisted demeanor, as it is partly human and partly Krawl, with half his hair being orange and the other side being Krawl black," I said, Maja sighing at that as she shook her head.
"Nevermind then... I thought I remembered seeing someone in my mind that had orange hair... but your description doesn't match what my mind says this guy looked like... obviously they are two separate people," Maja sighed.
"I do wonder who that could be then... you didn't really interact with any other humans other than Jeena and myself in the past," I admitted. I didn't know of anyone that Maja would be close to that fit her description, as there were a lot of humans I knew with orange hair. But I didn't know of anyone that Maja knew in her past and her recent amnesia wasn't helping matters... well, not true, as she now wanted to denounce her evil ways and be one of the good guys.
We finally entered the ship and I smiled at how Jeena had been waiting for us and she had the Prizmod in her hands, Maja smiling as Jeena then placed it on her arm with a smile.
"Okay, I have no idea if this Prizmod will be able to work outside of Nanairo, but it has in the past, so I suggest trying it now," Jeena said, Maja looking at the different buttons on it before pushing a button and gasping at how a little child form Spectrobe came out to greet her, which she smiled at who it was. It was a Koroko, a Spectrobe that was in the shape of a cube with each side of it being a different emotion, Maja smiling at the Spectrobe and looking at it intently.
"You look strangely unique... a perfect cube and it's a Spectrobe? Let's be friends," Maja smiled as she started to pet Koroko and he actually clicked a bit as he then turned his happy face to her in response.
"That means he likes you," I smiled at her.
"And as for you Rallen, come over here so we can get our little friend in the fossil back to normal," Jeena smiled at me as I then went over to the console and started to excavate the fossil from its stone casing, me noting the different tools for each excavation were 5 bombs, a laser, a hammer, a drill, a scanner, and a blowing tool. I started by scanning the fossil to see what was inside and smiled when it was a Torga, which was a Spectrobe that looked like a one-wheeled racing machine with the temperament to match. I then started by bombing areas that the fossil wasn't close to and after getting the rubble removed, I then started to use the laser to carefully get off the excess dirt that surrounded the fossil. Once it was all gone, I then used the drill to get rid of the excess dirt until I saw the fossil glow, which meant it was time to use the blower. I activated it and blew off the rest of the remaining dirt specks until the fossil was 100 percent clean.
"Now to awaken it. And just like with excavating it, awakening it is different than we're used to," Jeena said to me.
I smiled at that and proceeded to go to awakening the Torga, me seeing that it was actually a musical piece this time around that I had to make. I made the music as it told me to and the fossil shined brightly as Torga burst back to life and looked quite excited to be alive again. Once he woke up from his slumber, I then went into the database and had it so he'd join Komainu as part of mine and Jeena's search team, making sure that Jeena had to watch over the little guy in the process And once Jeena got the little Torga by her side, she smiled at it while Maja looked at it with a smile.
"This guy looks like he'd be good in a race," Maja smiled at him.
"He sure looks the part, doesn't he? Now let's get back to Radeese to see if he has any kind of information he could give us, primarily on how Jeena and I can evolve Spectrobes with this Cosmolink," I said.
"And I want to ask him if he knows anything about the person I keep on trying to remember... he definitely isn't evil, as his face screamed serenity and his robes were long and light brown... he looked almost like some kind of monk," Maja said.
"Well, I don't know if he'd know anything like that, but it's worth a shot," Jeena said as we proceeded back to the village and back to Radeese, where Maja proceeded to ask her question first.
"Excuse me, Radeese? Do you happen to know of anyone that has long orange hair, a kind and serene smile, and long robes of light brown?" Maja asked him.
"Hmm... I can only think of one person that fits that description... he was the former Spectrobe Master of Wyterra... but he's been missing for 30 years now... I have no idea where he could be, but he left the Cosmolink here and I know of a place you should visit to see if you may learn how to evolve your Spectrobes, Rallen and Jeena," Radeese said.
"Really? Where at?" Jeena asked.
"Across the Dawn Bridge at the west of town leads to a place called Sunny Grassland. And further beyond that lies the Valley of Mist, where the Spectrobe Master's cave lies, its doors only able to be opened by the owners of the Cosmolink. He kept most of his secrets hidden within, so I suggest going there as soon as possible, as two Adult Forms aren't going to last you very long," Radeese explained.
"Sounds like a deal," I smiled as I was about to leave before he gave one more piece of info.
"But from what I've heard, the bridge has been destroyed by some Krawl outside of the gate leading to the area. Before you can go on, you'll need to eliminate the Krawl and then wait for repairs to be done to the bridge. You may be Spectrobe Masters, but no one can leap across that gap and make it to the other side," Radeese said... but then Maja looked perplexed as she then started to do something that she didn't even notice until Jeena pointed it out.
"Maja... you're floating!" Jeena gawked.
"What? Whoa! I can fly? Sweet! Once we beat those Krawl, we don't even need to wait for repairs to be done to the bridge. I can just fly us right over it," Maja smiled.
"Sounds like a plan I can get behind," Jeena smiled.
"Just promise not to drop us," I smiled at her.
"Of course I'm going to hang on tightly. If I dropped you, I'd drop my only real friends," Maja smiled, me being a bit taken aback before smiling at her.
"Okay, then let's get going," Jeena smiled as we proceeded out of the place and towards the gate in question... but something would happen that would cause Maja to have a little bit of a side mission.
"Excuse me, miss Maja, was it?" an old man with a machine on his back asked her.
"Yes? What is it?" she asked him.
"Could you do me a favor? My apprentice, Gumark, went to the Excavation Site awhile ago and he hasn't come back for quite some time... could you go check on him to see if he's faring okay? I really hope he doesn't find one of those black minerals," the old man said.
"Of course! I'll go right away!" Maja said as she hovered off the ground and flew her way over to the Excavation Site, me and Jeena looking at each other with surprised expressions.
"This is a bit weird, isn't it, Jeena? One minute she's one of our worst enemies and the next she's our best friend... I didn't expect that me falling on her head would erase all of her memories," I admitted to Jeena with a frown.
"Well, it is a bit confusing to me as well... I mean, she is a Krawl after all, a creature created for the sole purpose of devouring entire planets. But she's been calling the Krawl hideous monsters and is willing to help us fight them... you'd think that if she's putting on a ruse that she'd have dropped the act by now, right? She really does have memory loss," Jeena sighed.
"Well, let's hope that if she does remember her past at some point, she'll still have the decency to stick with us," I smiled.
"Yeah, we can only hope... but I expect you to apologize to her at some point for causing her memory loss in the first place," Jeena said to me with sternness in her voice, me gasping and sighing in defeat.
"Alright, fine, but let's wait until after we find the cave, okay?" I asked Jeena.
"Okay. And so you know, I finished work on the antenna so we can communicate with NPP headquarters again. I haven't tested it yet, but the antenna is able to detect the portal that we arrived to this sector in. But I don't want to go home just yet. I want to stay here in case the Krawl do anything even more nasty. If they're attacking Wyterra, they could be attacking other planets too," Jeena said, me looking at her with seriousness and nodding my head.
"Deal. But once we get home, you're buying me pizza every Sunday for a month in payment, got it?" I smiled at her.
"Fine," Jeena smiled as she winked at me while sticking out her tongue.