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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)
Chapter 53: Deja Vu
Part 1/3
Giant, tall sequoia trees loomed above Samuel, Aurora, Neddy, Ruby, and Star along with their mounts as they traveled into the Redwood Forests. After careful consideration by the team, they had decided to explore this mystical lands in search of Tiffany and her book.
The ground had no grass whatsoever, and the dirt was a crimson red. There was a waft of sodden wood in the air, and Samuel could spot many creatures in the area. There were weird cat-like things staying idle on the trees, and Raptors roamed the area, chasing down the many dinosaurs that inhabited the Redwood Forests. There was a small mountain up ahead that looked like it would have been fun to hike.
“So this is the Redwoods, huh?” Aurora said, looking up at the sky. Something seemed to be sparkling in her eyes.
“It’s pretty nice, but there’s lots of dangerous things here,” Ruby noticed, spotting the Raptors. She took her crossbow out, just in case. Neddy scratched the back of his head.
“Don’t sweat it Ruby. We have three very strong beasts on our side,” Neddy said, pointing at their tames. Blueblaze, Goofy, and their newly tamed Baryonyx, Fish Eater.
Star clucked her beak in frustration, and Neddy gulped.
“Uhh, FOUR, strong beasts.”
Star grinned, and Samuel took a quick glance at her. He put a hand in his graduation robe pocket and rubbed the note that Star had given him gingerly.
“Who are you, Star? What are you trying to ask me?”
Samuel spoke up to take his mind off the matter.
“Ruby is right though. We should all be on guard, we may run into a throat we can’t stand off against unprepared. So I suggest we all take our weapons out.”
Aurora nodded.
“Totally agree. So, weapons out!” Aurora ordered, grabbing her spear and twirling it in her hands. Neddy gulped and took out his own spear. Samuel clenched his fists tight. He brought his spear out and rested it on his shoulder.
“Let’s move forward and clear out the area as fast as possible. This place is dangerous.”
The two continued to travel through the Redwood Forests. Luckily with Aurora’s implant attribute, getting lost wouldn’t be possible. Samuel was glad to have made her an ally. But at the same time, Samuel kept on getting reminded of that night where Aurora had tried making a move on him.
“Those two must be in love or something,” Aurora had whispered as she took note of Neddy and Ruby’s romance, “They’ve been chatting away ever since… we ran away. I was just thinking… We could be the same?”
She scurried her sleeping bag closer to Samuel, but he jolted away.
“How dare you,” Samuel had snarled.
Aurora frowned, sighed, and then turned away. Samuel fell asleep then.
Was that how it went?
Samuel couldn’t remember, but he couldn’t fathom the idea of ever getting romantical with someone as flawed as Aurora.
“That’s unbelievable. I sure do hope she puts her feelings away or else this will just make things more difficult than they have to be,” Samuel thought.
A weird buzzing noise began to fill the air, and Neddy looked up to see a giant beehive nestled in one of the sequoia trees. Even though the bees were not outside of their nest, they could still hear them from down below. Neddy paused for a moment, forcing everyone to stop.
“Hey, look, a beehive,” Neddy said, pointing at the hive. Everyone looked at it earnestly, “Mmm, y’know I’ve always loved honey. Hey Ruby, wouldn’t it be cool to snatch some honey for a recipe?
Ruby licked her lips in agreement.
“Yeah, totally! I LOVE honey!”
“Hmm, I wonder how we’d get that honey though.”
“Yeah. It’s a bit high up. Maybe we can ask Bobby to build a staircase there.”
“PSHH HAHAHAHA! No way you’re serious about that!”
“I’m being for real! I bet he’d be willing to.”
“I know he’d be willing to but would he even be able to?”
“Of course, he’s a builder, why wouldn’t he be?”
But unbeknownst to the two scholars, the sounds of footsteps pounding on the soft dirt was starting to also fill the air. And Samuel and Aurora seemed to be the only ones to notice. Samuel turned around and he turned white as he saw a flock of five Terror Birds making their way toward them. They were running at full speed, and seemed eager to kill.
Neddy sensed the unease and turned around, and he began to scream frantically.
“UH OH WE’VE GOT COMPANY.”
“Please shut up,” Aurora kindly requested in a not-so kind tone.