Mia's Odyssey - Chapter 13
Rock Chick:
This next bit is the last part I had before I lost everything , but I have redone the characters as best I can and hopefully everyone will be similar enough for people to still follow the story anyway.....Also I am moving house on friday so this is the last part I can do for a week or so x enjoy x
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Garrett left the hut and followed his usual route back into the forest. It always seemed safe enough before, maybe it was just luck that he had not encountered anything yet. Still he was nervous..the thought of Allora and what she might do to him seemed far more worrying then that being attacked by a wild beast. A sorceress with a grudge could be just as deadly as anything lurking deep in the shadowy trees.
His plans right at that moment did not involve keeping his word to her..he only prayed that his crew had made the necessary repairs to the ship so they could leave. He didn't plan to hang around long enough to meet whoever it was that brought them down nor suffer a brutal death from a fiend's attack.
The ship had gone down near the base of a large mountain, there, the forest thinned a little but it was still very dangerous.
He was quite suprised to find two of his crew rollong a couple of storage barrels through the undergrowth towards him
"Hello? Locke? Shea?...what's all this?" Garrett exclaimed
The two pirates looked at each other then at Garrett
"We were just on the way to find you sir" Shea replied, brushing herself off a little.. she looked a little nervous which was out of character.
Garrett smirked, "Well here I am! Now let's get back to the ship...it's decidedly bad for your health out here"
Locke cleared his throat
"Um..... About the ship sir....."
Garrett frowned "What? not finished? That's a bit of bad luck...."
He moved through the trees a little to peer in the direction of where they'd crashed
Shea and Locke followed, rolling the barrells back with them
"Sir..."
For a moment, the forest was silent as he stared in front of him....
He squinted and craned his neck further
Suddenly the silence was broken
"WHERE'S MY BLOODY SHIP!!!!!" bellowed Garret
The forest around them errupted with squawks and calls of small creatures who were scattering at the noise.
"MY SHIP!!!!"
Locke gulped and looked up at the azure blue sky..."Up there Sir"
Garrett lifted his head in time to see his beloved airship rising up through the forest into the sky...propellers whirring
"YOU UTTER UTTER BASTARDS!!! GET BACK HERE WITH MY SHIP"
"Sorry sir, we had a vote" Shea mumbled
Garrett wailed..."OH my ship.....well that's it then...we're dead...Shea.....for pity's sake what happened???"
He started to wheeze and pace about ...Shea sat on a rock , calmly waiting for his panic attack to subside
"Um ...well sir..." Locke plunged in with an attempt at an explaination
"Well sir....the thing is ..what with what happens here...and what with us getting shot down sir....the rest of the crew didn't care to risk waiting for you...only Shea and me...we'd follow you to the end sir...."
Locke trembled at Garrett's look of fury and continued
"Shea and me were in quite the minority sir....so much so we had to stay onland...um..they did give us arms ..and some provisons sir...a few healing potions...." Lockes voice died away as his captain sighed heavily.
Garrett hated to admit it..but he was now forced to keep his promise to Allora after all.
"We'd follow you anywhere sir" Added Shea...trying to smile...and wishing she had not been quite so noble
"Right ...well.. thank you...both of you....it's comforting....alas this really may be our end..."
He turned , motioning them to follow...
"Let's get out of this place and get these supplies to the village...there's something I have to do there...then we'll head out to camp at the shore... stay close"
Rock Chick:
This was the point where I lost everything before, so this little part is just to introduce the new look of some of the characters before Part 9. Mostly they are close to the originals .
So here we go
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Part 9
Nate woke feeling recharged, but confused. So many things didn’t make sense..thinking back to the forest itself, he’d trained in many different environments, but that was so different to anything he’d experienced before…the mix of plant life..and that thing ..he shuddered as he recalled the beast that killed Cambell and shook the image from his mind quickly..
Some of the things that Garrett had said played on his mind…the guy was an oddball for sure..but what the hell did he mean when he spoke of the uncharted continent…an uncharted island sure perhaps…but a whole continent? Maybe he was just some eccentric con artist, or part of a weird cult. Nate was a rational man, he decided Garrett was talking nonsense…it seemed the most likely explanation.
He spotted Allora on the beach looking out at the horizon.
“How are you feeling?” She asked.
“Little battered still, but fine thanks to you” He replied gratefully. She was an unusual type too, but he was glad she’d found him..
“I’m afraid I couldn’t get all the stains out of your clothes..maybe we can find something else for you as we go further inland.”
Nate smiled and shrugged, “Nah it’s fine really, you went to enough trouble already”
Allora had changed clothes; her taste seemed to be pretty eclectic, very easy on the eye though..”Nice outfit” he remarked.
“Thank you, more practical for our journey” she nodded smiling slightly.
He glanced at the mini skirt she was wearing and grinned, “Sure..If you say so”
Allora shifted slightly from one foot to the other..she seemed a little tense..
“I have packed supplies, we should get to the village as soon as we can..before dark”
“You been here a while then? There’s some things I wanted to ask”
Allora looked a little uncomfortable..
“I see, then I shall try to answer your questions…”
“Where in the world are we? I mean I know some places around Papua New Guinea are still unexplored but ,…..I don’t recognise the flora here...do you know where we are at all?”
Allora bit her lip…”This is the mist continent”
Nate frowned…not another crack-pot surely….”Come on Allora…quit kidding around”
“I’m sorry Nate, you are a long way from home I feel, this is the mist continent…and what Garrett said is correct…few come here…it is a lawless place…even the high council…” Allora tried to explain as Nate’s face fell…
“OH man!!! Come on girl…I guess being stranded here made you crazy…I mean I can see why….”
He shook his head…hating that he was stuck in this strange place with at least two people clearly oblivious to reality…
“I can see you are confused Nate…Perhaps you will be ready to hear the truth later..I fear now is not the time….”
She sighed and nodded to the forest…”Let us find the others and make a decision on how best to proceed”
Nate took a deep breath, glancing into her eyes she seemed so sincere…the thought of going back into the dense dark trees worried him..but he needed to speak to the others at the village… just hoping one of them was still sane enough to tell him what was going on.
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