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Notes From The Underground

Chapter 5: Reunion

0745 Hr.

First POV [Spark]

It's been four hours since Brainiac destroyed the Watchtower Space Station. Krystal and I escaped in a pod and we've crash-landed in the Arctic. I'm just worried about Raptor and my little sister. If she died, I don't know what I'd do. She's all I've got left for family.

The Arctic was obviously not my favorite place to be. It was freezing cold and apart from the recurring snow storms, the place was frozen hell. Krystal and I were walking through the frozen wasteland, looking for anyplace to use for a temporary shelter.

Suddenly, my wrist communicator started beeping repeatedly. I pulled up a map of the area and an S.O.S. icon popped up. The signal was a kilometer north of our position. I got my hopes up, thinking it might be Blaze. I instantly started running in the direction indicated.

"Drew, wait up!" Krystal yelled as she tried to catch up. "What is it?"

"There's an S.O.S. signal nearby. It's most likely another escape pod from the station. It might be my sister." I explained as I kept sprinting. I kept getting closer and closer to the signal.

It was hard to see anything in the blizzard. Then, I started to see a large object. It was an escape pod. I finally arrived and I looked around for any sign of my little sister. I pressed a green button and the pod opened. I took a look inside and I breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Blaze was asleep in the pod, resting her head on Raptor's shoulder. He looked up at me and I know that a slight smile formed underneath his helmet. He nudged Blaze and she slowly opened her eyes. She looked up at me and let me tell you, I've never seen my little sister so happy in my life.

Tears of joy slowly began to stream down the side of her face. Adrianne instantly climbed out of the pod and pulled me into a warm embrace as she rested her head on my shoulders. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled my sister closer. "Drew, I was so worried about you."

"I was worried about you, Adrianne. I'm just glad that you're alright." I answered as we pulled away. We both smiled at each other before looking at Raptor as he climbed out of the pod. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that Adrianne's right leg was wrapped. "What happened to you?" I curiously asked, gesturing towards the wound.

"Oh, I got shot by one of Brainiac's drones and Raptor fixed it by cauterizing the wound. It hurt like hell, but it stopped the bleeding. I'll be fine." She explained.

"Raptor." I said as I looked at him.

"What?" He looked at me.

"Thank you for looking out for my little sister. I'm in your debt."

"No problem." I smiled. "We should try to find shelter from the blizzard."

Later…

First POV [Krystal]

Eventually, after three hours of looking for shelter, we found a place to stay. It was a cavern, glowing with millions of tiny orange crystals. It was beautiful and quite peaceful.

Blaze made a fire for us to get warm. At least we had someone who was a pyrotechnic. Raptor was the only one out of the four of us who didn't require the heat. Obviously, it's because he controls ice. Spark used his electric powers to repower our equipment. That's one of the perks of having electric powers.

Meanwhile, I was secretly reading their minds, and I did my best to maintain a straight posture. I was laughing in my head at the stuff that I had learned in five minutes.

Here are some examples: Raptor has never had a girlfriend. Spark played an elf in a 3rd grade Christmas play because he had pointy ears. In 10th grade, Blaze spent a week in juvenile prison for almost beating a bully to death.

There were other things that weren't funny at all and instead, they were sad. Raptor lost his parents when he was 12. Spark got bullied because of his pointy ears. Blaze almost committed suicide once.

"Krystal, could you please stop reading our minds?" I turned to see all three of them glaring at me. Apparently, they knew I was reading their minds.

"Sorry, I have a strong curiosity for things."