Hello everyone again Shadow here, with another chapter and hopefully less mistakes... Enjoy.
Last time on Stranded…
Jennifer Erwin cast a cautious glance over at the trees, she wanted to go see what had crashed but the call of the bed and sleep was stronger.
She turned and walked back in to the house a few minutes later the porch light went out and silence returned.
About 120 miles away another meteor crashed in to a small pond evaporating most of the water, clicks pops chirps and whistles emanated from the metal ball as it started to unfold.
Bright red optics came to life as Swindle got to his feet and walked out of the now dry pond.
Swindle hid behind a small building watching as cars flew by on the highway after scanning one that best suited him.
A few minutes later a bran new yellow Jeep Wrangler sat in his place, the engine came to life with a loud roar that rattled the buildings windows and pulled on to the freeway following the residual signal left by the Star Jewel…
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Jennifer awoke late the next morning to a large black and brown muzzle spewing bad dog breath, a long pink tongue flicked out and licked her cheek leaving dog slobber in it's wake.
Jen made a face and shoved Jake off her chest dumping him unceremoniously on to the messy bedroom floor.
"God Jake that is the worst thing to wake up to." She said, her voice muffled by a towel as she scrubbed the slobber off.
Jake barked and wagged his tail in response.
After throwing the towel in to the hamper she let him out and began her regular morning routine.
The memory of last night's incident returned to her mind as she pulled on a pair of hiking boots and brushed her hair.
Jen decided to go and check it out before any one else came and picked up what ever had landed.
Fifteen minutes later she was walking threw the grove of trees behind her house.
Ten minutes later, Jake was off some where chasing field mice and rabbits, or what ever happened to be smaller and run faster then him.
A faint fog was rolling in as Jen shivered and pulled her coat closer, sending a wary glare towards the heavens.
She prayed it wouldn't rain, snow, sleet, or any other kind of perspiration until after she got back inside the idea of being cold and when was not appealing what so ever.
The new Transformers movie and hot coco was calling her name from inside the house.
The sound of Jakes exited bark pulled her from her thoughts causing her to pick up the pace, when the trees cleared she saw Jake sniffing around the small crater.
"Jake get your black butt over here. For all you know it could be some alien that eats dog brains…" Jen called with an evil smirk.
Jake just looked over at her with an. "Yeah Right." Look before sitting down next to it.
Jen paused for a moment as she felt a slight twinge in the back of her mind "Someone's close." she thought.
She turned and looked at her surroundings, tall golden grass bowing in the wind under the dark grey sky. Not a soul was in sight for the exeption of a few birds that rested in the grass.
A frown marred her pale features as dark green eyes scanned the trees, after a few moments of searching she shrugged and turned back around.
Jake watched with curious eyes as she walk over to the crater
The young woman knelt down next to her dog, her eyes widened when she saw what lay in front of her.
A light blue Crystal the size of a softball lay within a crater one foot deep, and about two feet wide.
Sharp looking spines stuck out in all directions like an inverted pin cushion.
The Crystal seemed to give off a light of its own that churned with in it's heart, the thought of it being radioactive slipped in to her mind for about five seconds before it vanished.
Kneeling down the young woman pulled off her coat and draped it over the jewel before picking it up and getting to her feet.
Jake gazed up at his mistress and licked his nosed before getting up and following her as she walked silently back into the trees towards the house.
The strange rock cast a Sapphire blue reflection on her face as she walked towards the house her eyes never once leaving the Jewel.
Jake's worried bark brought her out of her strange revelry causing her to look up.
She blinked in confusion as she stared at the front door of her house how did she get here?
"I must have really been lost in la la land." She muttered before tucking the crystal under her arm and opening the door.
Jake trotted in ahead of her as she walked into the kitchen and set her bundle on the table.
Jen hung her coat in the closet before starting the hot water for her hot chocolate, sitting down she stared at the strange rock that was now pulsing with an inner light.
She reached out to touch one of the spines and jerked her hand back when the spike slid down, three other spikes following in its path.
Dark eye brows rose with curiosity as she reached over and pulled it closer.
She pressed the same spine once more and watched as it moved down once more.
After pressing a few more of the spines, she realized they moved kind of like a Rubix cube did, only this glowed and wasn't made of plastic.
A few minutes later the phone rang causing her to jump and slice her hand on one of the spikes she hissed with pain and stuck the injured palm in her mouth glaring at the crystal as she got up to answer.
As Jen turned her back the drop of blood that remained on the spine rolled down and seeped into one of the cracks.
The Jewel gave off a strong pulse of light as some of the spines moved on their own.
Jen gazed at her finger as she went to pick up the phone, the cut wasn't to bad it was more like a paper cut then anything and it had stopped bleeding already.
Clearly it was not thing to dwell on.
Shrugging it off she answered the phone.
" Erwin's residence." She asked.
"Erwin where are you ?" The voice asked.
Jen blinked. "I'm on leave SGT."
The other side was quiet for a few seconds "Oh.. Er...When do you get back?"
Jen smirked at the cover up. "My plane lands at 1930 on the 30th which is a Friday so I wont be back at work till the that following Monday."
"Ok… Sorry for disturbing you. Give me a call when you get back, your award just came in from battalion."
Jen rolled her eyes "It's about time. We sent that up what… Six months ago?" She asked.
"This is our training room we're talking about. They have to lose it three times, throw it away once, Lose it once more ,then get turned back three or four times before it finally makes it threw, and that's just for the Commander to see it." Miller replied.
Jens right eye brow twitched "One of these days their going to lose the wrong thing then some ones getting fired."
Sgt Miller chuckled on the other end. "Well I gotta go talk to ya when you get back."
"Ok talk to you later." Jen hung up the phone just as some one pounded on the front door.
She looked at the hot water longingly before wandering onto the porch grumbling something along the lines of pounding on someones head like they did the front door.
Jen growled slightly when she saw just who was out side her door.
A middle aged woman with long bleached bottle blond hair, putty knife applied make up, dressed in painfuly bright shirt and pants stood on her deck with a scowl that would send the devil himself in to hiding.
She looked as though the slightest breeze would blow her away and Jen crossed her fingers and toes for the wind to do just that before she got to the door.
She sighed in defeat when it didn't happen…
"Jennifer Erwin, You need to keep that dog of your's on a leash. This is the third time this week I've seen him in my garden. Not to mention he has dug another hole under the fence!" Tiffany Coal snapped.
Jen raised an eye brow and opened the door wider so Tiffany could see Jake chewing on one of his leather toys under the table
"You mean that dog?… Sorry he's been inside all night. He only went out when I went for a walk." Jen replied.
Tiffany glanced in at the dog and blinked, confusion was written all over her face, till her baby blue eyes snapped back on her. The confusion was replaced with a sneer.
"I know it was him, there are only three other dogs in the neighborhood and only one of them even half way matches you mutts size. One of these days that "Pet" of yours is going to vanish…" she hissed.
Jennifer narrowed her eyes as the sound of Jake's growling filled the air. "I highly suggest you leave now. You have threatened a member of my family and I will not stand for it. Leave now before I decide to press charges."
Jen smirked. "Or my "mutt" as you so politely called him decides to get out… He doesn't sound to happy right about now and he's alittle behind on his shots."
The woman before her paled slightly, she hurried down the stairs and into her car.
The smirk on Jens face transformed in to a full blown smile as Tiffany gunned her engine and took off back into town, her back tires kicking up gravel in her rush to leave.
Jen turned around and walked back in to the kitchen, Jake lifted his head and gazed at her from under the table.
"Your such a mean and vicious critter aren't ya?" She chuckled at him as she threw a tape recorder on to the table next to the crystal.
"What do you say we watch the movie Mom and Dad sent us eh boy?"
Jake jumped to his feet and barked, his tail was going a mile a minute with excitement.
Jen smiled and picked up the crystal and walked in to the living room.
An hour or so later Jen watched with rapt attention as Optimus Prime sent out his message to those among the Stars.
As the credits scrolled down the screen she tackled the sleeping Jake next to her, giggling madly as the dog shot up and tried to get away from his insane mistress.
"That was the Best movie Ever!!!"
Jake replied by growling and chewing on the arm that was currently wrapped around his neck.
"Hey let go, I'm not food!"
After that the two wrestled on the floor for the next half an hour, Growls, Ouches, Hey's, and let go's filled the air.
When they calmed down, Jens hair stuck out in strange and unusual angles, her arms where red from where Jake had chewed on her.
The dog now laid across her chest chewing happily on her right arm. "You know that's attached right?"
Jake just growled playfully and continued chewing.
Jen sat up and pulled her arm out of the dogs reach when he stopped to bite at an itch.
Shoving the dog off she got to her feet. "Well after chewing on me for so long you must not need any lunch so I'll just go and get me some thing then get to cleaning."
Jen turned and head toward the kitchen, just before making it to the door way Jen let out a yelp as she felt Jake snag her pant leg in his teeth.
Causing her to trip and hit the floor face first.
Propping herself up on her elbows she rubbed her sore nose and glared a the black back side of Jake as he vanished around of the corner into the kitchen.
"Get back here, You dirty mutt!!" She shouted as she chased the dog around the kitchen table.
To be continued...
Thanks for reading everyone. Another chapter will be put up tomarrow
Till next time...
Shadow signing out...
