Chapter 12

"Floran doesn't like this idea," says Floran, even though Floran trusts Yuki, but Floran still doesn't like idea.

"Sorry, but I don't have any other way to get you in without the guards noticing you. Just wait in the crate, and I'll come back for you," says Yuki.

"Do we need to go through all this problem? You said Hylotl forgave Florans."

"Remember when I said most Hylotl forgave the Florans?"

"Yes."

"These Hylotl aren't most of them." Florans doesn't know what to say about this. Floran just keep looking at Yuki, Floran doesn't want to be away from her, even though she can't fight. "It's going to be okay, just be quiet, and I'll come for you, okay?"

"Yes." Floran feels like little sprout, but still trusts Yuki.

"Okay, here's some snacks while you're in there." Yuki gives Floran fruits and vegetables. Even some square looking thing. "Remember to take off the wrapping first." Then, Yuki closes the crate, and Floran hears some weird noise, before it goes silent.

It's dark, Floran can't see anything, but can only feel what's around Floran. However, Yuki did give Floran this little stick, which she said to move something on it, and light will come out of it. It's hard to see the thing when it's completely dark in here. Floran has to rely on fingers to find, and Floran does find it. Floran push it up, and a light comes out of it. Yuki called it a flashlight, but it looks like a stick, so Floran is going to call stick of light. It makes more sense to Floran because it looks like a stick. Inside the crate, there are a lot of strange things, and most of them have some red cross on them, just like the red cross that Yuki had on her clothes. These might be her things, so Floran will try to be careful with them. Then, Floran starts to hear noises outside the crate. Floran doesn't know what they are, but it sounds like the walls that moved on their own. Except that these ones sound louder, so it might be a big wall. Floran can hear footsteps, and something big.

"Whoa, their hold is almost full. How long do you think they've been out there?" Says one voice. It sounds like a male, Floran wonders if it's a friend of Yuki.

"Probably months. They do have to find resources out in space," says another voice, and this one sounded female.

"Wish I could go into adventures like that."

"I rather stay close to home. Who knows what kinds of dangers could be out there."

"Like some wild animal, or carnivorous plants." Floran hears something big moving around the room they call hold.

"Yes, like those, but I can think of worse." Floran can hear something moving, and it makes weird noises. Whatever it is, it leaves the spaceship.

"Here we go again." Floran can hear his footsteps, moving around the room. He doesn't seem to be doing much, just walking around the room. Then, Floran hears the big thing again.

"I mean, what else could be worse than going into a new planet, only to be attacked by savage people," says the female voice again.

"Let me guess, Florans." What?

"Exactly. Think about it, when was the last time you heard of Avians, Apex, or any other race attacking innocent people, and eat them?"

"Everyone knows that only Florans do that, but we have to be fair here. There are bandits in space."

"At least they don't spread into other planets like the Florans. I still feel chills just thinking about it."

"Then it's a good thing that Florans aren't welcomed into the city."

"They should be shot on sight, that would make one less Floran in the universe to worry about." Floran hears the big machine moving again.

"I'm pretty sure they would be if they stepped foot into the city. It would seem that their Greenfingers can't control such evil creatures."

"Now, let us continue our work. The faster is done, the sooner we'll get to go home." The noise continues, the footsteps, the big wall moving, over and over. Floran sits still in the crate, feeling scared, angry, and sad. Scared that they might open the crate and find Floran. Angry that they said bad things about Florans, without knowing Floran first. Sad that Floran can't refuse most of it, even though Floran wants to. Floran left one home, to escape an angry tribe, only to arrive into a place that hates Florans. Now, more than ever, Floran wishes that Idalla or Yuki was here. Suddenly, Floran feels the whole crate move, as if something lift it off the ground. Floran knows not to make a sound, or the people outside might hear Floran. Floran is so worried of being found out, that Floran turns off the stick of light. It doesn't take long for whatever it is that's grabbing the crate, to put it down on the ground again.

Floran just waits inside the crate, in complete darkness, listening to all the sounds close to the crate. Floran can hear people talking, some about work, someone talked about going on break, and someone said what could be a joke. Someone was laughing, but Floran wasn't laughing because they spoke of things Floran didn't know about. Then, there was silence, no voices, no weird noises, no strange jokes, just silence. Floran would like to come out of the crate, but fears to be found out, so Floran stays inside. Yuki did say to wait and she would come, but Floran wants to get out, and feels safer than this. Floran pushes the thing on the stick of light, and points at Floran's legs, where the snacks are. Floran would like some food, so Floran eats the fruits and vergetables. Floran doesn't want to be ungrateful, but Floran would have preferred some meat over just fruits and vegetables.

Time passed, and Floran was getting bored. Floran starts to inspect the stuff that's in the crate, and Floran sees things that Floran have never seen. Floran tries to make it quietly, since Floran doesn't know if there's someone out there. Floran sees some bandages, some of those tubes with a needle on it, some blue cloth, and more strange liquids. With nothing else to do, Floran looks at the square thing that Yuki gave to Floran. She said that Floran should take off the wrapping first, even though Floran doesn't know what she meant. Floran inspects it, and feels the strange material. Floran can see that Floran can just pull off whatever that it's wrapped around the thing, and Floran just do that. Once Floran is done, the wrapping reveals a dark brown square-looking thing. It's solid, and Floran smells it, but Floran doesn't recognize the smell. Yuki gave Floran snacks, so this thing must be a snack too. That would leave only one course of action, which is to eat it. Floran takes a bite out of it, and Floran can only describe it as sweet. Floran likes it a lot, and Floran can't resist eating the whole thing really fast. It seems that the sweet thing melts because there are some spots on Floran's fingers, so Floran licks it off. It was something sweet, something that Floran enjoyed, but it ended too quickly. Floran hopes to find more of that dark brown square thing. Now, there was nothing else to do, but to wait for Yuki to come for Floran.

Floran hopes that she comes soon.