MAR Alpha- The Danna Sega!
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Chapter 4-Jake, the gentle giant
The sunset was just the start of the beautiful night. Mountains, plains, rivers, all nature's landforms shown faintly by the thousand stars and the amazingly large crescent moon. Life grew silent in the woods with a few fireflies flying around the trees. The sound of crickets, the improved scenery, the bright moon can attract anyone's attention inside and walk out to enjoy the extraordinary view…
"Aww…are we there yet?"
Well, may be not everyone.
"Please, be patient, Danna. I need to find the right spot for us to camp" said Red silently. "So shut up, idiot!!" thought Red angrily.
"O-kay," said Danna and sighed. He was cold, hungry and just wanted to sleep on a comfortable bed… rather in a partially dark forest with the floor as your bed. He had enough adventures for one day…
/If knights can sleep on the floor in woods at night, so can I!/ thought Danna clutching his fists excitedly. Red suddenly stopped, almost causing Danna to topple on her.
"Why did you…" started Danna but stared at why Red stopped. It was a medium-sized tent with the fire pit still burning. Danna was about to speak when he saw a rod over the fire- it was a kebab…four of them.
"Food!!" cried Danna and ran towards the fire.
"Danna, what are you doing?" said Red cautiously when Danna picked a kebab.
"Mmm…this is great!! You've got to try this!" said Danna happily eating his meal. Red was speechless at Danna's behavior but later on started eating them herself-she was hungry too. The tasty food suddenly made Danna sleepy and instantly, he was snoring on the cold ground. Red who shook her head at her companion, was about to sleep too, when she heard rustles near the bushes. She shot up, getting ready to activate her ARM. The noise grew louder, and louder. Someone was coming…
The night ended quickly as the sun rose up to the sky again. Danna slowly woke up by the sunrays and its soothing heat. He yawned loudly. /Wow that was a good rest. This tent sure helped…/ that's when he shot up in shock. He didn't remember sleep in the tent; he was supposed to be outside…
"Red?" said Danna silently removing the blanket that covered him "Red!" Danna saw a shadow of Red outside the tent but saw another shadow…it was bigger than Red's…
"RED!!" cried Danna and ran outside to catch the intruder…
"Danna, please stop shouting. I'm here," said Red seating comfortably on a log which wasn't there before. Red was near the newly built fire but Danna was staring at the man next to her. His back was at them, and he seems to be digging something. He was wearing a green vest with brown baggy trousers.
"Oh, is your friend awake? Well, I'm almost done with the food," said the stranger in a gruffly voice. After staring at him for a while, Danna spoke.
"Who are you?"
"Done!" cried the man and rose up and faced Danna. He was almost taller than Danna but he looked like a giant. He was really muscular, with black spiky hair with some hair on his face and was holding a metallic spade. It had one magic stone on its holder. He also had a scar near his left eye.
"Oh, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Jake, the owner of this tent,"
"…oh." muttered Danna.
Jake prepared the food with the fruit he planted a moment ago and made an interesting soup.
"This soup is awesome, Jake!" cried Danna "Wait, is this the plant you were digging a minute ago?"
"Yep, you can have some more if you like," said Jake grinning.
"That's amazing! Fast growing plants!" said Danna clutching his fists excitedly.
/This guy, he's not that dangerous even though his appearance gives that away. He's really friendly; he didn't even mind about us sleeping in his tent and eating his food…/ thought Danna with embarrassment.
"Hey, Jake, I'm sorry for taking over your property," muttered Danna scratching his hair.
"Hahaha-its okay! I was even lonely going on this mission alone. See, I'm looking for rare plants to add to my crops at home and my collection," laughed Jake.
"That's cool!! Can I help?" said Danna excited.
"I would appreciate that! Thanks!" said Jake happily.
"Who taught you how to cook?" said Red suddenly.
"Oh. Well, my wife! She's really handy with all the cooking so I decided to join her one time and well, I guess I became her little apprentice," said Jake proudly "I have a son too. He loves nature as much as me and is quite a curious cub. He reminds me of me you know…" Jake stopped when he saw Danna's face. He looked shocked and a bit sad.
"Danna…"
"You know, I'm new to this wonderful world, Mar-Heaven. I've been dreaming about it back home, like a 102 times…and now I'm here, I'm so exciting and amazing…but…" said Danna knocking the spoon on the bowl unconsciously.
"I've been so focused on my dreams coming true, I forgot about the people who care about me back home. The people who actually worried about me…Like my wife and son and my friends…" Danna rose from the ground and walked away with his hands in his pockets.
"Dan-" cried Jake but Red stopped him.
"I think its best if we leave him…" said Red to Jake.
"Danna…" thought Jake.
Danna was walking through the woods remembering his family.
/I should have told them where I was going…I'm sure they're really worried…I miss them already/
Flashback:
"This story you wrote is great, Maya! I love it!," cried Danna to Maya who laughed happily.
"I thought you would, Danna" said Maya.
"Dad, DAD!!" cried their son running towards them "Read another story to me!!"
"Hahaha, Ginta! I got a fresh new story for you! Mom made another one!" said Danna grinning.
"Really!?" said young Ginta excitedly.
"Well, wait are we waiting for? To the fortress!!" cried Danna carrying his son on his back.
"To the fortress!!" repeated young Ginta. Danna carried Ginta in triumph while Maya laughed at the sight of them.
"My two knights in shining armor," she muttered smiling.
Flashback end
" Maya…Ginta…" whispered Danna sadly.
"It's been a while since Danna went out. Do you think something happened?" said Jake to Red. It was almost sunset. Red dropped some firewood and arranged them.
"I think you should give him some more time…otherwise, if you're still worried, you can look for him," she said quietly. As soon as she turned her head, he was gone.
"I know how he feels, to miss his family…but I don't want him to get too emotional about this," thought Jake running though the forest "Besides, I want to talk to him-he mentioned he was new to this world…" Jake stopped when he saw tracks on the ground. It was footprints but he also saw weird tracks lines.
"I don't like this…" thought Jake and followed the tracks. He recognized the leaves and environment and slowed down.
"These leaves…why does it ring a bell…" he thought and he suddenly saw it. It was the biggest plant he has ever seen. It had many vines from the side and in its core is a huge, weird sort of trap, with something moving inside…
"Danna!!" cried Jake automatically and ran towards the plant. The vines around the dangerous plant suddenly moved on its own and started to attack Jake. Jake, whilst running, dodged one that was after his head and duck when a couple tried to tie him up. Some vines managed to tie his wrist and he stumbled to the ground. Some tied his legs and his neck and got him stuck where he was.
"I didn't want to do this…but I guess I better leave my hobby aside," thought Jake choking.
"Nature ARM: Battle Shovel!!"
The metallic shovel ARM reappeared and he used it to tear of the vines from his legs, hands and neck in an instant. He ran towards Danna again but the vines attacked him again. This time, Jake sliced the vines that got in his way. The pods of the plant suddenly rose up and faced Jake. They were as big as he was and actually had sharp, pointed teeth.
"I was wondering if you guys were coming…I got a special surprise for you…" said Jake grinning. The dozen, huge pods attacked Jake at full speed. Jake quickly jumped back a few steps and motioned his ARM towards them. He dug his ARM on the ground.
"Well, here goes! Nature ARM: Earth Spikes!!" said Jake. The magic stone on the shovel glowed and the ground suddenly burst out spike like rocks towards the pods, destroying them in site. The nature attack even reached the core pod and it was ripped open.
Jake removed his ARM and rushed to Danna, who was unconscious on the floor, surrounded with slimy green sap.
"Sigh that was the biggest monster Venus Carnivore trap I've ever seen. I could have examined it more…too bad it was a wild one," said Jake and carried Danna on his back.
"Jake, you're back," said Red when he came over with Danna. "What happened to Danna?"
"Oh, I was eaten by a really big plant and Jake got me out of it!!" said Danna.
"Hope you didn't worry about us, Red," said Jake.
Red stared at Jake and answered while walking towards the tent:
"I actually thought you were dead so that I can take your things and head off,"
The two men fell to the ground in shock. (Anime style)
Okay! That was fun to write!! Boy did I take long for this one…Hey, thanks to Artifical Life Creator, Aquatic-Idealist and Nightshroud for reading, thanks a lot!! Don't worry about the Cross Guard not appearing in the scene…one of them will shine in the spotlight the next episode…