Dododex

ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Ultimus Chapter 4 part two

Andrew saw his Mom and Dad around something that looked like a Sleeping Pod. There were a lot of different things inside the shed. There were several large locker like containers with his Mom’s and Dad’s names on them, but his Mom’s last name was different. There was also what seemed like a nickname in between the first and last names for both of his parents.

As he continued walking closer to his parents, he saw a tek generator. It seemed that it was powering everything inside the shed. He also saw a tek cabinet with clear doors that was holding antique weapons and ammunition. He saw so many things that were extremely useful to where they were at. He wondered why they kept all of this stuff in here and didn’t use it?

Hunter turned around and saw Andrew and his dog were investigating everything that was inside. He turned to look at Kim but started going over everything they were going to do. Was this the only way to protect Andrew? Could there be something they missed that wouldn’t separate them like this. Kim looked at Hunter.

“Hunter, this is the only way to make sure he’s safe.” She said quietly, almost reading exactly what he was thinking. He looked at her and nodded, nothing else would protect him as much as this would.

“Andrew, come here.” Hunter called,

Andrew walked up with his dog, his mom and dad were working on the sleeping pod. He wasn’t sure why though. He stood next to his dad for a moment, he was looking at a computer, some monitors and medical equipment to read vitals. Andrew looked at one of the monitors and saw some medical records and a birth date. It was his own, he quickly looked for a name and found it. Andrew Lang, he looked over to his dad in confusion about it all.

“Dad, what’s going on?” Andrew asked, Hunter looked at him and then looked at Kim.

“Is the cryo-engine hooked up? Everything here looks ready for it to start running.” Hunter said, not hearing what Andrew asked.

“Andrew, can you come and take a look at this sweetie?” Kim asked, Andrew walked over still wondering what was going on and looked at what his mom wanted.

“Can you see if I hooked everything up correctly?” Kim asked, Andrew quickly looked and saw everything seemed to be in place.

“It looks good. Mom, but what’s going on?”

“Okay, thank you sweetie.” Kim said,

“Hunter, everything looks good!! Start it up.” Kim continued, doing the same thing as Hunter did.

Hunter pressed a few buttons on the computer and lights flashed on and a humming came from the machine. The sleeping pod came to life. Andrew was amazed as the doors to the sleeping pod opened up.

Kim looked over to Andrew, her eyes began to water for what she was about to do. She knelt down and looked into his eyes at the same level. His Hazel eyes were so beautiful to her.

“Andrew, sweetie. Something bad is going to happen to us. But we don’t want you to go through this. So… you are going in here and you and your dog will.. fall asleep. When you wake back up, the danger will be over and you will see us again.” Kim said, her voice cracking as she held back her emotions.

“But it is your choice, not ours if you want to do this.” Kim added, Andrew looked away from his mom and to his dog and sat there in silence for a moment before looked back to his mom.

“You promise?” Andrew asked, Kim smiled and nodded “Yes, yes I promise” she said as tears ran down her cheeks. Andrew hugged her and he took a deep breath.

Andrew walked into the pod with his dog by his side. He motioned to the dog to lay down beside where he was standing and the dog complied. As the doors slowly closed to the pod. Andrew looked at his mom and dad’s faces as he stood in the chamber. Both were beginning to cry as the door shut with a sealing sound. Andrew put his hand on the door, and his parents did also.

“I love you three thousand!!” Andrew said, a phrase he only used to get a chuckle from his parents. They both laughed for a moment and smiled.

“We love you too son!” They both said in unison. Which in turn got him to laugh.

“See you soon.” Andrew said, he put his hand back down to his side. Andrew watched as his dad walked out of view and he heard several beeps and a sound similar to a leak, though he knew it wasn’t so. He heard his dog yawn and lay its head down. And he closed his eyes and fell asleep…