Kihonne: What's this? A chapter on the day I promised it? It's a miracle! Lol. I hope you guys enjoy the chapter, it's a bit interesting. But first, let's do shoutouts!
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LabGirl2001: I'm so glad you enjoyed the chapters, especially the Ben and Emily scenes and the bonding scenes with everyone else. I thought it was important for the kids to actually consider how everything is going to change after this mission, even if they do succeed. Yes, that was a Chase line! I've been rewatching the original series lately (thank you Disney Plus, now if you could only get Mighty Med on there too) and I couldn't help but add it in. I really hope you enjoy the chapter!
AuraGuard207: Oh my god, thank you so much for your kind words! I'm sure your story is going to go very well! If you decide to post it, let me know! I'd love to read it!
SzymonS: I'm so glad you liked the chapter, especially the Emily and Ben scenes there. Losing Darius was so hard for Emily, on top of everything else that's happened, it's good to see that some people like Ben still have her back. Optimo did originally die, I think, but he was saved when Kaz went back in time. I believe I mentioned him by name (if not, I still have a list of all the heroes that were saved thanks to Kaz and I took it off of there). Yes, the dragons. I almost put real dragons in there, but it occurred to me how weird everything is on Caldera, and the squirrel-kind just made more sense. I'm glad you liked the sports match. They were pretty fun to write, and I did like those side characters myself. I'm really glad you liked the Sera and Kira scenes too. They're such interesting characters to write, especially Sera, who is one of the more complex ones I've done. Kameron definitely needs to ask Charlotte out. As for your 'something bad is gonna happen' feeling, well…I'm not saying I'd kill a member of the Elite Force, but I'm also not saying I wouldn't (I nearly killed one of them off in the Power of Seven finale, so never say never). The second half of the season is a lot more intense than the first though, I will say that (or rather, last 2 thirds? We're not quite at the middle yet). I have very specific plans that need to unfold. I'm not saying if they're gonna be good or bad. I am, however, glad you like the atmosphere for the season. It's a lot less villain focused and more adventure focused, which I think works better for this team. The Elite Force were fighters, but these kids are more helpers. They're different kinds of heroes, that's for sure, and I thought the season should reflect that. I have to say, this season is also the lightest Season 2 I've ever done for a story. The Lab Assistant, Days of Our Lives, and the Power of Seven all had pretty dark/dramatic Season 2s, so I thought I'd shake it up a bit. I'm glad you like the humor and lightness of the chapters – keeping the balance wasn't an easy skill to learn, and I definitely struggled with it in early years. It's definitely one that takes practice. Noah and Sera would be cute together, wouldn't they? Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter (sorry no late chapter surprise though).
Guest: I'm so glad you liked it!
EmilyDarius4eve: He wasn't a total jerk, in my opinion. Cranky and whiny? Definitely, but he does have a fair reason. Being on the ship with them, he now feels responsible for getting these kids home safe – whether they realize that or not – and with this kind of mission, even an experience hero could get killed. If something would happen to one of them, he'd have to be the one who told their parents that their son or daughter died trying to save them. It's a lot on his shoulders and it's not a responsibility he wanted or asked for. What the kids did put their own lives in danger and put him in a bad position, so I think he's got a right to be cranky about it. Also, I know the delays/HIATUS have made the season seem longer, but for them, it's only been a few days, maybe a week since they left Earth. He hasn't had time to get it all out of his system yet. Yes, poor Emily. That sweater means everything to her now. The ID that Ben technically works, but he'll inform Alivia about the situation when they return and she'll have it deactivated remotely. They have a procedure for something like this – after all, they are easy to lose – it's just a matter of making sure the right people know. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter too!
Hey5959: I'm so glad you're enjoying it so far! Noah and Sera do seem to be becoming a fan favorite with the couples – there's at least a few others who mentioned them to me – so maybe you'll see something? Or maybe you won't. Like you said, I do have my twists. Kameron does need to get a move on though. Hopefully he'll do that soon. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
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Kihonne: And without further ado!
Kameron: Kihonne doesn't own Lab Rats, Mighty Med, or the Elite Force. She only owns any and all OCs (me included), this story, and anything else you don't recognize!
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Noah's POV
I looked out the window, watching as Charlotte carefully landed the Davenship in a small clearing amongst the massive trees. The landscape looked nothing like I'd imagined. The trees were about almost 12 feet wide, their leaves dozens of feet above the dirt-covered ground. Every bit of foliage I could see - the leaves on the trees, the grass on the ground, the weird moss thing on the bark - were colored cool and dark shades of purple. And while there didn't appear to be a single living creature out there, I could almost sense that we were being watched.
"This is so cool." Kira whistled, looking at the planet with wide, amazed eyes. She ducked down low, and gasped. "Wait, are there two suns?"
I got closer to the ground, and sure enough, there was a second sun in the sky, hidden by the top of the ship at eye-level. "So, what? Did we land on Tatooine instead?"
"Not exactly, and those aren't suns - they're stars." Emily pointed out. I glanced at Ben and Naomi, then back at Emily.
"Isn't the sun a star though?" I asked, confused. I hadn't been the best science student in high school, but that was pretty common knowledge. Emily laughed at my question, but not unkindly.
"Well, yes. These are just smaller and less powerful than our sun." She explained. She looked at our aunt. "I did some research on Venusia before we left. We should actually probably talk about the planet before we go out there. Caldera was known territory. Venusia, not so much."
"It's just a planet." Kameron pointed out. Emily nodded.
"A planet that's very, very different than ours." She pointed out, leaning on the back of one of the chairs. She sighed. "Alright, first thing – even though the planet's got two sources of warmth, they don't give off as much heat as the sun and the planet is still pretty cold. It's about 5 degrees Celsius during the day. It'll probably drop at night too, so bring warm clothes and equipment."
"Hold on." Kameron stopped her, rushing out of the room. He came back a moment later with a notebook he'd found in the study. He quickly wrote down what she'd said, then nodded for her to continue. "So we don't forget."
"Speaking of nights, the planet has a 28-hour day cycle compared to Earth's 24-hour one. Nights are about 10 hours, days about 18."
"Weird, but manageable." Naomi nodded.
"Animals, insects, and plants: I don't have that much on the living things on the planet, but from what I can tell, at least some of it is deadly to humans. There's a couple of species of bugs that are poisonous, and there are warnings about eating the plants in the old Mighty Med records, so we should be careful. I don't think any of it is poisonous to touch, but definitely don't eat anything out there." She looked round at us.
"Charlotte, that means you." I commented. She scowled at me.
"Let it go." She groaned. Kira raised an eyebrow at that.
"Story time?" She asked. Emily cracked a smile.
"She ate a cookie off the sidewalk once." She explained.
"When I was six." Charlotte added. "Six! It's been nearly 11 years; let it go." She insisted. Ben cleared his throat.
"Guys." He cautioned. "Please."
"Sorry." Charlotte and I grumbled at the same time.
"What about the water?" Sera asked, looking at Emily. "Is it safe to drink?"
"Maybe? I can't be sure until I test some. But we have water purifying tablets that we can use." Emily responded.
"We should bring extra water, just in case." Naomi advised. Ben nodded.
"Anything else that you came across in your research that you haven't already shared?" He asked Emily. She shook her head. "Alright, so what we can take from that is that we should be careful. We don't know much about the planet or its people and we all need to act accordingly, understood?"
"Understood." We all answered him in unison.
"Alright, good. Naomi?" Ben glanced at her and she stepped forward.
"Look, the objective here is to find the Elite Force, and get them out of here safely. We don't know if any of them are hurt, so the goal is to not have to fight our way out." She began, walking past Emily. She reached over Charlotte and hit a button near the control console. A hologram shone out of the back of the captain's chair, revealing a map of Venusia. The planet looked to be mostly made of jungle, with the occasional clearing, city, or massive river. A yellow spot glowed in the northern hemisphere of the planet. "That's where we are. This," Naomi pointed at another spot and it began to glow red, "is where we're headed."
"That's Caelus City, Venusia's capital city." Seraphina realized. She looked at Naomi. "That's where the peace treaty meeting was supposed to take place."
"Which is why we're going to start our search there." Naomi declared. "With any luck, they're somewhere in that city."
"When are we ever lucky?" Emily sighed.
"This time, maybe." Ben offered. He looked at us. "Alright, suit up everyone."
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"How on Earth did I not notice when you stole my uniform?" I heard Ben demand as I passed by the ladder to the cargo bay on my way to the bedroom. I chuckled - the day we'd left, I'd stored our uniforms and mission equipment in a few of the larger crates in the cargo bay, including Ben and Naomi's.
"Ask for your key back next time someone moves out of our place!" I called before knocking on Sera's door and a moment later, it slid open, the Calderan girl clasping the last of the blue straps on her boots. "Hey."
"Hey." She smiled at me, standing up while testing out the boots. "I have to say, I missed this uniform."
"Me too. Mine, I mean." I replied. If this was our last mission, I was glad to be wearing it (I kinda figured that the parents would try and make us disband our team when we got back, but I also figured we'd all try and do it behind their backs anyway, so odds were fifty-fifty as to whether or not I'd be wearing it again). "Oh, I brought you something."
I held up the light blue ball cap and offered it to her. "Thanks?" She took it, though she looked a little confused. "I don't think they have baseball diamonds here though."
"We're trespassing on another planet. If we get caught, the best case scenario is that they think we're lost tourists or something. Or, if the Venusians look even something like us, they think we're just from another village. But you..."
"Look Calderan." She sighed. She shook her head. "I hadn't thought about that."
"Yeah, I figured this might hide your face enough that if they do catch us." I explained. "Though, still kinda hoping that they don't catch us at all."
"Still, it's smart to be prepared." She brushed her hair away from her face and put the cap on her head before smiling at me. "How do I look?"
I smiled back. "Good. Actually, I think..." I reached up to gently tug the light blue streak in her hair out a little from where it was hidden behind the rest of her hair. "Yeah, it's the same color as your streak."
"Cool." She grinned.
"We're leaving!" Emily called, passing me with a bag over her shoulder. "Hurry up, or you'll be on kitchen cleaning duty when we get back."
"You don't get to make those decisions!" Sera called after her. She stepped out of her room and closed the door behind her. "Let's go save our parents."
Emily's POV
I grimaced as I carefully stepped over a fallen log, using my flashlight to make sure there were no bugs or insects I could be stepping on. I wasn't the biggest fan of the outdoors, especially given how my last camping trip had gone, but being on a different planet made it so much weirder. Sure, walking through a purple forest was an image I'd never forget, but we didn't know what was on this planet, and stepping on something living could prove to be more deadly than gross.
Still, that wasn't about to stop us. The journey to Caelus City was almost a six hour trek - landing that far away from civilization was the only way we could be certain that we wouldn't be seen - so, as cautious as we were, we pushed on. If we kept up the current pace, we'd make it to the city just after midnight here, and then, assuming that the Venusias weren't a nocturnal race, we'd be able to explore and gather information in a mostly quiet city. There were a lot of assumptions to that plan, but it was the best we had, and we needed it to work if we were going to find Dad and the others.
We walked in silence for the longest time, all of us taking the mission too seriously to bother with small talk or idle chit chat. For the first hour of our journey, the only sounds we could hear were the soft buzz of animals in the jungle, rustling leaves, and our own footsteps. Then, Kira finally broke, unable to handle the quiet for much longer.
"So, do you think Mom, Dad, and the others are going to be mad at us for stealing the Davenship?" She was only speaking to Kameron, but the rest of us couldn't help but join in.
"I don't think your parents are going to be mad. They might even be proud." Sera laughed a little. "My dad said that they would take Calla's technology so often that she started writing warning labels specifically for them."
"She used to do that for Uncle Adam too." Charlotte chimed in with a chuckle. "Never stopped him."
"I doubt it stopped Kaz or Dani either." Ben agreed, shaking his head with a smile.
"Wait, is that why Calla locked up all the fun stuff with a secret code that only she knows?" Kameron asked.
"I think you mean the 'dangerous stuff'." I corrected, unable to help myself from grinning. He shrugged.
"It's the same difference." He insisted. "I bet she told Naomi the code."
"It's 0815." I mentioned before Naomi could answer. She gave me a look. "If she didn't want me to figure it out, she should have used a lock and key instead of technology."
"She should be putting warnings specifically for Emily, Kameron, and Charlotte." Noah joked. Naomi nodded.
"Definitely. Big ones, brightly colored, so they couldn't pretend to miss it." She agreed. Charlotte laughed at that.
"As if that would stop us." She declared, bounding forward a few steps to hop up onto a boulder.
"I mean, clearly is hasn't." I agreed with a grin.
It was like the tension had disappeared completely, like it was any of those other minor missions that Mom had sent us on for training. There was still a lot at stake here, but it was like things were normal again. I smiled, following after Charlotte as she joked and teased about what she'd do if she really wanted to use my mom's 'off-limits' technology.
After a couple of hours, Naomi called the team to a halt. "Let's take a break." She suggested, much to our relief. "Fifteen minutes, then head out again?"
"Good with me." Charlotte sat down on a fallen tree log with a heavy sigh. She crossed one leg over the other, massaging her foot. "My feet are killing me."
"I don't suppose we can start a fire? I don't know about you guys, but I'm freezing." Noah added. I shivered in agreement at his statement. Night might have been the best decision to get into the city unnoticed, but without either star warming the ground, it was freezing out here. Thankfully, our suits were well-insulted, built to withstand worse temperatures, but that didn't do much to protect our faces and heads, where we were losing the most heat. Once again, I was incredibly grateful that my suit came with a hood.
"Please?" Sera agreed, shoving her hands in her armpits. Most of us had gloves that protected our hands from the cold, but Sera's were fingerless, doing nothing to protect her digits from the biting temperatures. Kira's suit didn't have gloves at all, or even sleeves for that matter, but her pyrokinesis must have been keeping her toasty, because she didn't seem at all dragged down by the cold.
"We are still a few hours out. I doubt there'd be anyone this far away from the city that would see us." Ben considered. He nodded after a moment. "A small one though."
Kira nodded and raised a hand towards a small tree stump in front of us. It caught fire instantly, lighting up the tiny clearing we'd stopped in. "I can keep it going myself, but I'd rather not waste the energy if we can find leaves or branches."
"I'll do it." Ben offered. He removed his backpack and pulled out an empty, orange water bottle. "Anyone else volunteering to go get water? I think I hear a stream in that direction."
"I'll do it. I have the water-purifying tablets." I sighed. Kameron dropped his bag by Charlotte's feet.
"I'll help." He volunteer. Charlotte smiled and handed him her crimson-colored water bottle. We quickly collected the bottles and made our way towards the stream Ben had heard. It wasn't that far from the clearing, close enough for us to make out the light of the fire. We'd have no problem finding our way back.
"How do we do this?" Kameron asked as I pulled the tablet package out of my bag.
"Like this." I grabbed a light blue water bottle out of his arms - Sera's bottle - and knelt down, dipping it into the water. To my surprise, it was hot to the touch, not enough to boil or scald, but far hotter than I would have expected from the cold planet. I filled the bottle to the brim, then dropped one of the tablets into it before sealing it. "It should take about ten minutes to purify. I'll test it before we go."
"Cool." Kameron started filling up bottles, handing them to me one by one. "Hey, can I get your advice on something?"
"Do it." I replied instantly. He looked at me. "Oh, sorry. Whenever Charlotte asks for my advice, she's really just looking for someone to support her on some reckless idea. What do you need advice on?"
"It's about-what was that?" He sat up suddenly. I frowned, standing up. I scanned the area around us, but I couldn't see anything in the dark jungle.
"What was-whoa!" Kameron suddenly pulled me to the ground as a dark figure lunged out of the trees. It soared over our head, landing a few feet away from us. Kameron and I scrambled backwards, to the edge of the water, staring at it.
It was a black, four-legged creature, almost cat-like in appearance, but with a muzzle more similar to a dog's. Its hair was black with some sort of spotted pattern in it, and its tailed, forked at the end, swished around in front of us. It turned its head towards us and snarled with large, yellow teeth, its ears flattening against its head.
"Run!" I shouted, pushing myself to my feet and taking off.
"I'm with you on that one!" Kameron agreed, chasing after me with the creature hot on our trail.
Noah's POV
Sera was in the middle of telling us a story about how her mom accidentally created a new Calderan desert when a high-pitched scream came from the jungle. We all jumped to our feet in response, surprised.
"Was that Emily?" Ben demanded, dropping the pile of branches that he'd been carrying over to the fire. Charlotte nodded.
"It sounded like it." She agreed, stepping uncertainly towards the edge of the clearing. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning shot out of the sky and crashed into the jungle near where the scream had seemed to come from.
"That was definitely Kameron!" Kira exclaimed, rushing out into the woods before anyone could stop her.
"Kira!" I called after her, but she was gone. "She's going to get lost!"
"I'll get her." Ben muttered. He glanced back at us. "Stay here; if we separate, we're never going to find our way back."
"What about Emily and Kameron?" Charlotte demanded. Ben hesitated.
"Noah, you're coming with me. We'll find them. The rest of you, stay here." He ordered. Naomi nodded.
"If you're not back in thirty minutes, we're going after you guys." She decided. He opened his mouth up to object. "Not for discussion."
"No. If we all get lost, it's not going to help anyone." He told her. He looked around. "If we aren't back in thirty minutes, keep going to Caelus City. If we can't find each other, we'll at least know where everyone's headed."
"Fine." Naomi nodded reluctantly. "Now go, before you lose Kira."
Ben nodded, then turned to me. "C'mon. Let's find the kids."
Emily's POV
"Guys!" I shouted, limping back into the clearing we'd all stopped in before.
"Emily!" Charlotte exclaimed in relief, immediately pulling me in for a hug. She pulled away a second later, looking worried and confused. "Where's Kameron? What happened?"
I looked past her at Naomi and Sera. Aside from them, the camp was empty. "We got attacked by something. An animal, I don't know what kind. I've never seen anything like it before." I rambled, shaking my head. "Kameron- it-zap..."
"Easy, easy." Naomi placed her hand on my shoulder and made me look at her. "Slow down. An animal attacked you."
"Yeah. It was large, black, kinda like a panther or cheetah but with a dog face. It was big and fast and had huge teeth." I explained. She nodded.
"Then what?" She asked.
"We ran. Made it all the way over there," I turned and pointed in the direction I'd come, "but then we got stuck because there's a small cliff."
"So what did you do?" Naomi questioned.
"Kameron used his powers. He created a lightning bolt and had it zap the ground in front of us, to scare off the animal." I explained. She nodded again, motioning for me to continue. "But he aimed a little too close to us, and part of the cliff wall broke and I fell. He didn't."
"Are you hurt?" Naomi demanded instantly, looking me over. I shook my head.
"I twisted my ankle, but that's it. It wasn't that long a fall." I assured her. "But by time I got back to the top, Kameron and the animal were gone. I don't know where they went. I saw the light and came here. But I don't know where Kameron is."
"It's okay, it's okay. Ben, Noah, and Kira are out looking for Kameron now." Naomi told us. Sera sighed.
"I wish we had comms so that we could tell them that you're alright." Sera sighed. She looked at Naomi. "They're going to be looking for her, with no way to tell that she's safe."
"Ben will come back here within thirty minutes; the last thing he wants is us wandering out there." Naomi assured her.
"And besides, the comms won't work." I shook my head, still worried about Kameron. "There's some sort of weird interference from the force field. All we'd hear is static."
"We'll just stay here and wait." Naomi decided. "Kira and the boys will be back soon."
"I hope you're right." Sera sighed, taking a seat again. She straightened up immediately. "Oh no. What about the water?"
I looked at Sera in despair. "We dropped the bottles by the stream when the animal attacked." I explained.
"That was all the water we had." Charlotte looked at Naomi. She sighed and looked back at me.
"Are you sure the animal is gone? If it is, we can go get them once Ben and the others are back." She asked. I shook my head.
"I'm not sure of anything." I admitted. Sera suddenly stood up.
"Uh, I'm pretty sure it's not near the water bottles anymore." She announced. We all looked at her in confusion and saw her point past us. Turning, we found that the creature was prowling around the edge of the clearing.
"Should we run?" Charlotte asked, uncertain. Naomi shook her head.
"Not with that ankle." She nodded at me before stepping towards the fire pit, keeping her eyes on the creature. It was watching us with wide, white eyes, growling a little. "No running. Maybe it's like a bears and wolves." She suggested.
"We don't like bears either!" I hissed, my voice raising in pitch.
"If you run, they'll attack. You know, wolves are more scared of people than people are of them." Naomi pointed out. "So, if we stay calm, maybe it will go away."
The creature growled again, nearing us. It was lowering itself into a crouch, growling. "I don't think it's going away." Charlotte murmured, gripping my arm as we backed away.
"In that case," Naomi suddenly swung a large branch forward, flames coming off the end of it. She swung it at the creature and it backed away, snarling. "Go away! Get out of here!" Naomi shouted.
The creature backed up again, before lunging at Naomi. She hit it dead on with the branch, which managed to knock it down to the ground for a moment, before it quickly recovered. It went to lunge again, but this time was knocked down by a cryoblast.
"Nice job." Naomi nodded at her.
"Oh no." Charlotte gasped. At first, I thought she was talking about the creature, as it had started to slowly get back to its feet. But then, she pointed past it, and I saw another one slowly walking out from the treeline.
"Okay, now we run." Naomi grabbed my arm, propelling me forward. I tried my best to ignore the throbbing in my ankle as I ran, my friends right behind me.
We raced out of the clearing and into the woods, but without having a chance to grab our flashlights, we were running through the dark, just like Kameron and I had been before. And just like Kameron, I lost Naomi, Charlotte, and Sera in the trees.
Kameron's POV
"Emily!" I called, my throat hoarse from shouting for so long. I'd lost her when she went over the side of the cliff after I'd tried to get that...that animal away from us. My lightning had scared it off, but try as I might, I could not find the technopath anywhere. The cliff didn't seem too deep, but it was too dark to see to be sure. I couldn't know for sure that she wasn't lying at the bottom of it, injured or worse. I couldn't even find a safe way down the cliff, no matter how far along the edge I searched. "Emily!"
The sound of movement, rustling of leaves, and heavy, fast-moving footsteps caused me to turn just in time to see a dark figure coming straight for me. Whoever it was didn't stop, didn't even have a chance to once they'd seen me, and full-on tackled me. We both fell back, over the edge of the cliff. For a brief few seconds, the wind rushed past my ears, then we hit the ground, hard.
I coughed harshly as the breath fled my lungs, the fall basically taking everything out of me. "Oh my god." The girl above me murmured, her voice strained a little in pain. "What just happened?"
"We..." I stopped as she climbed off of me, but I made no movement to get up. "We fell...of a cliff...Char."
"Kameron? Oh my god, I'm so sorry." Charlotte apologized immediately. She dropped to her knees next to me. "Are you hurt? Is it bad?"
"No, I..." I grimaced as I slowly pushed myself into a sitting position. "I mean, you killed me right there, but nothing's broken.
"I'm sorry." She apologized again. She paused, looking up. "I think we got away from them though."
"Got away from who?" I demanded.
"More of those creatures that attacked you and Emily." She explained.
"You found her? Is she okay?" I demanded, relieved to find out that she hadn't been killed by the fall. It hadn't felt like that bad a drop there, but landing at the wrong angle could have seriously injured or killed her.
"She twisted her ankle. Aside from that, she's fine." Charlotte assured me. She hesitated. "But I lost her, Sera, and Naomi in the woods."
"What about Kira and the others?" I asked, getting up. She shook her head.
"They went looking for you. We haven't seen them since." She explained. I nodded.
"We need to find them." I told her.
"We can't even see." She pointed out. I smirked to myself and raised a hand. My palm began to glow until a bright light shone out of it. "Flashlight hands, cool."
"And Kira used to make fun of them." I grinned. I looked at her. "Let's find the others."
Noah's POV
"Running off on your own was a stupid decision." Ben scolded as we re-entered the clearing. We hadn't been able to find Kameron or Emily, so we'd headed back to the clearing. We'd hoped that maybe they'd found their way back on their own. "Naomi?"
The clearing was completely empty, the fire having died out. There was a half smoldered branch lying abandoned near the stump Kira had ignited. "Charlotte? Sera?" I called. Their bags and equipment were all still here, but there was no sign of the girls.
"They're gone." Kira looked around in confusion. Her eyes widened and she turned to Ben, looking scared. "What if whatever made Emily screamed came here and attacked them?"
"Don't jump to conclusions." Ben chided, though he looked concerned. He glanced at his watch. "They shouldn't have come after us yet. Something's got to be wrong."
"What do you want to do?" I questioned. He thought about it, then nodded to himself.
"Let's go looking for them, but we stick together. We don't need anyone else getting lost." He turned to Kira. "Can you create a fireball and hold it for a long period of time?"
"Yeah, that's easy." She nodded.
"Good. Do it. It's dark out, and they left their flashlights. Your fire should be the only light out there, so they'll be able to see it easier."
"Got it." Kira raised her hands, creating a ball of fire about the size of a basketball. She led the way into the jungle once more. Ben and I grabbed the other bags from the clearing before following her. We hung back a bit, close enough to see Kira, but far enough that we could whisper to each other without her overhearing.
"Do you really think we're going to find them? It's dark and we have no idea where we're going or what happened." I murmured, careful not to overhear. Ben nodded.
"I know. But the only other option we have is to head onto Caelus City. I just don't want to do that without knowing they're okay."
"It was your idea." I pointed out. He nodded.
"Doesn't mean I like it." He sighed. "Let's at least try. Twenty minutes, then we re-evaluate our options."
"Alright. Twenty minutes." I agreed. I didn't like the idea of just giving up on the search either, but there wouldn't be much point in searching if Sera, Naomi, and the others were already headed towards Caelus City. We'd be searching in circles for hours.
We shouldn't have stopped at all, looking back on how this all turned out.
Emily's POV
I sighed tiredly as Naomi, Sera and I stumbled through the dark trees. We'd managed to lose those creatures that had attacked us, but we'd also lost Charlotte and our way back to the clearing. We had no equipment, no food, no water, and my ankle was throbbing from the abuse it had been put through tonight. "Naomi, we've been walking for hours." I complained tiredly as the first bits of sunlight (or would it be called starlight on this planet?) started to break through the tree leaves. Naomi sighed.
"I know. I know." She sighed, stopping. I gingerly sat down on a large tree root that was sticking up from the ground. I raised my leg, rubbing my swollen ankle. "We're lost."
"Any idea how to get back to the ship?" I asked, glancing around. Sera shook her head.
"No, we need to head to Caelus City." She insisted. At my frown, she explained. "It's where Ben told us to go if he wasn't back with Noah, Kira, Kameron, and you in thirty minutes. That was hours ago."
"I know. We can meet them there." Naomi agreed.
"But what about Kameron? He doesn't know that was the plan." I pointed out. "He won't know where to go. We'll never find him if we leave."
"Yes we will." Naomi nodded. I looked at her and she sighed. "Calla put tracking chips in the suits."
"She what?" Sera and I demanded at the same time, outraged.
"Emily, given the fact that the reason you are here on this planet is because you stole a multi-million-dollar space ship, you really have no right to object." Naomi pointed out. I scowled, but stayed quiet. "Once we get to Chase and the others, he can use his bionics to track down Kameron."
"But he'll be out here for hours. Exposed, no food or water." Sera pointed out. Naomi sighed.
"It's not ideal." She admitted. "But if we stay out here and look, we may never find him, and we'll just put us in the same position as him. And by time we change our minds and do it this way, he'll have gone even longer without food or water. At least this way, we find him sooner rather than later."
"I suppose." "Fine." Sera and I both clearly felt the same way about the situation, but unfortunately, Naomi's plan was the best any of us could come up with. The ship could probably track him down too, but we were as close to it as we were to Caelus City.
"And besides, this is all assuming that none of the others have found him yet. Everyone knew about the plan but the two of you; he could be on his way to the city now with the others." She pointed out. I nodded.
"Alright. Which way?" Sera asked. She glanced at the sky, then at the trees.
"Caelus City was a straight shot north of where the clearing was. Do we know which way the stars rose and set in?" She asked. I considered it.
"If we want to go north, then we should go..." I looked at the stars, then turned to my left. "That way."
"You're sure?" She questioned. I nodded.
"It's basic science." I replied. She nodded.
"Let's go, and hope the others do the same." She declared.
Kihonne: I wasn't sure when would be a good time to cut that off. The kids are all separated and lost in the jungle! That's not good, but it does lead into this season's 3 part arc! Here's the schedule for that:
March 7th – Separated Part 1: Evil Bugs
March 12th – Separated Part 1: Meet the Villagers
March 19th – Separated Part 1: Capital City
Anyway guys, tune in next time to see what happens with our lost heroes! And don't forget to review! I am fueled by your reviews! Have a great week!