The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 64: Refuse.

Part 4/4

Two more men rushed into the room. One wore a straw hat and had hiker’s clothes on, the other wore an apron over a black dress shirt and tan khakis. John and Carlos.

Carlos gasped, and John squealed in excitement.

“BEN!” they both said in unison. They rushed in for a group hug, and Ben let out groans as he felt his ribs under the pressure of the bear hugs.

“Ahh you crazy slacker, I can’t believe it took this long to finally find you!” John said. He took his fist and gave Ben a huge noogie, and Ben let out a laugh as Carlos gave Ben a look of disapproval.

“Why didn’t you tell us you were going to be gone for so long?” Carlos asked. His face washed with disappointment, “I- WE would have been okay if you just told us…”

“I know, I know, I’m sorry,” Ben responded sincerely. He pulled away from his friends and sniffled a little. He looked at all three of his friends for a moment, each one with a bright smile on their face. They looked so happy, yet so… tired.

“Wait, where’s Ian?”

John and Carlos looked at each other uncomfortably, and Paul looked at the ground shamefully, rubbing his neck.

“Ian was captured,” John regretfully told Ben.

“What? BY WHO?” Ben asked with clenched fists. He could feel his face twitch.

“The Crimson Crusader’s scouts.”

Ben remembered the three women who had tried to capture him to bring him to the ‘boss’, the ones with the red clothes. Were THEY also under the Crimson Crusader? Were they also responsible for Chris’ disappearance?

“I think I know who you’re talking about. I had a run-in with them too, and one of my other friends has also disappeared because of them,” Ben explained. He punched his palm so hard he felt it in his bones. Vines shot out from his sleeves, “So, let’s rescue them!”

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Author's Note;

Wow. I'm very impressed AND glad youve stuck around for so long. Thats an entire stack of chapters read by you and written by me.. Well thank you very very much. So uh, im mostly writing because we reached the end of Aquatic... Yeah, that was fast. Go to Terrestrial from here, and head over to Yutyrannus. For the last stretch of TAOH, it will be in the Reverse Terrestrial filter...

See you around 😁

- Ben