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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Journey Through All Creatures

Chapter 26: First Night on the Desert

This is the 1st chapter of Section II. Chapters go through The Island for Section I, and Scorched Earth Exclusives and Aberration exclusives for Section II. Story starts in Achatina and has a Prologue. Last chapter starts in Titanosaur and has some sections, each in different creatures. More information about Chapter 25 in the first part of the previous chapter. Next chapter in Jerboa.

Scorched Earth exclusives goes from Chapters 26-37.5.

When the sun went down,

And the group was gone…

Ascension had come…

And so the time has come…

Scorched Earth was the next one…

And so… it begins…

It was 6 PM on The Island. But because of where Scorched Earth was, it was 11 PM over there. It took them two minutes to get there. Sodden and his group had gone through the path, then crashed through the dome around the northern part of the Ark, near the green obelisk. It was kind of cold in the Ark, as it was late at night. Near the vast dunes of the northeast, there was a large blue ball that had been launched into the Ark. It whizzed towards the ground quickly, then it crashed into some rocks, and dissolved, revealing a group of survivors that had just arrived. Sodden was the first to get up. He opened his eyes, then sat up and looked around. “Well, we’re here.” Sodden said. He got up and walked to Rod, who lay next to him and Dorack and Serenity. Nal didn’t seem to be nearby. Dorack opened his eyes next and got up. Sodden held out his hand and Dorack took it, then got up. Rod and Serenity got up just then. “So what now?” Rod asked. “Well, the obvious first thing we’re gonna do is get resources.” Sodden said. “Well, most of us are Level 1 so… maybe go get some explorer notes?” Dorack said. “I don’t know. What if some dangerous creatures find us while we do that?” Rod said. “Guys. We won’t get anywhere just standing here. We gotta think of something.” Sodden said. “Wait. Where’s Nal?” Dorack said. “Uh… I don’t know.” Sodden said as he looked around. Sodden ran to a nearby rock then climbed up it. He looked around, but the darkness was making it hard for him to see. “I can’t find anything.” Sodden said. “Uh… well, I heard that during ascension, sometimes one of the survivors can detach from the group coming into the Ark and land somewhere else. Maybe that happened.” Dorack said. Sodden jumped down just then. “What? So she’s just somewhere else on this Ark? Alone? Probably in the middle of a whole bunch of dangerous creatures?!” Sodden yelled. “Guys. Can we get going? We don’t have forever.” Rod said. “He’s right. I still have all my levels, remember? They can’t be taken away even in ascension. So I can help a lot with this. But we gotta be careful still. We have no items.” Serenity said. “True.” Dorack said. Sodden walked to a nearby tree and punched it a few times, then he got some thatch and a piece of wood. “Come on, guys. We gotta get started.” Sodden said. Everyone else nodded and ran to some trees and cactuses, and kicked and punched them down and collected resources.

A few kilometers south, Nal lay on the ground, near some rocks, cacti, and a small river. She started moving her head, then opened her eyes. She let out a exhale then stood up and rubbed her eyes. She then looked around. “Uh… guys?” Nal said. She walked around the area, but she couldn’t see anything. “What? Where’s everyone?” Nal gasped. She then walked to the river, where a tree sat on a rock, then she climbed the rock and punched the tree a few times, Some sticks fell to the ground, along with a log. Nal picked them up and put them in the bag that was on her back. Nal walked off the rock and up north. “Well, better hope I find something.” Nal said. She kept walking around rocks and towards the green obelisk. Then just after around a minute of walking, she heard some snuffing. She gasped and ran towards a rock. She hid behind it as the noise got louder. Then she heard loud screeching and saw a raptor eating up a dead Jerboa, who had a hole in its body and blood on the ground. The raptor was eatng out some of the meat, then another raptor ran from the bushes and started eating it too. Then suddenly, Nal heard some deep growling from behind. Nal slowly turned her head around, gasping, and saw another pair of raptors. But they weren’t wild this time. They screeched in anger, and someone shouted. “No, wait! That’s a new survivor, stop!” A voice shouted from the diistance. The raptors turned around. Nal stood up, and the person walked to the raptors. “Okay, guys. Let’s not scare people like that, okay? I’m pretty sure she just arrived. We all saw that blue thing come in.” The person said to the raptors. The raptors nodded and ran behind the person as he walked to Nal. “Hey. My name’s Gitez. Named after a warrior from another universe. Uh, what’s your name?” The person asked. “Oh, okay. My name’s Nal. I’ve been separated from my friends when we got here.” Nal said. “Wait, so you didn’t spawn here? Then that means… Congratulations on your ascension.” Gitez said. “Thanks. I didn’t come here alone. I just got separated from them. I have Sodden, Serenity, Rod…” Nal said, then Gitez interrupted. “Wait, you’re the team of Journey Through All Creatures!? Oh, my god. And you brought someone from the C Tribe. Wow. That’s pretty insane.” Gitez said. “Yeah. I was just looking for the others.” Nal said. “Well, we’d be glad to help you. I was just sleeping in my base and saw the blue ball came down. The light woke me up and I came here with my raptors to see what it was, then I found you hiding from these two wild raptors.” Gitez said. “Okay. Well, maybe you can come?” Nal said. “Yeah. I’m just a little tired. But I think I can go. Where did you see your friends?” Gitez said. “I’m pretty sure they landed somewhere close to the green obelisk. I saw them fly towards there, then I just got thrown off course and crashed into the nearby river.” Nal said. “Okay. I wake up to a group of survivors in the middle of the night, and discover that the team who will save the Arks from the C Tribe is here. That’s… okay. Let’s go.” Gitez said. Nal nodded then got on one of Gitez’s raptors. Gitez got on the other and the two walked towards the green obelisk.

While the two were walking, Gitez looked at Nal and thought, “So they’re here. I hope they get to Extinction safely.” “Uh, Nal… can I ask you something?” Gitez said. Nal looked at him and nodded. “Do you guys have a plan when you get back? I know Terad has some kind of scheme.” Gitez said. “Uh, not yet. I’m not really concerned about Terad as long as he doesn’t find out what we’re really up to.” Nal said. “Yeah… Rod. I don’t like the looks of that guy. Especially not after what he did to Serenity in Aberration.” Gitez said. Then as Nal opened her mouth to say something, she got cut off by a deep noise. It kind of sounded like snoring. Gitez looked forward and gasped. “Oh, no. You see that yellow rock over there?” Gitez asked as he pointed forward to a large yellow rock. “Yeah.” Nal said. Gitez whistled for both his raptors to stop walking. “That’s a Rock Elemental. He does not like to be disturbed. We’re gonna have to go around him.” Gitez said. “There’s a path behind him.” Nal said as he pointed to a path behind the yellow rock, which went up a cliff that went towards a flat rocky area that would be a straight shot to the green obelisk. “But how would we get to that path?” Gitez asked. “I don’t know. We’ll have to find a way.” Nal said. Then as the two were talking, there was rustling. The bushes near the rocks rustled, then got louder. Then a Lystro crawled out and started sniffing. Nal whispered loudly to the Lystro, trying to get its attention. The Lystro was distracted by the berry bush right next to the yellow rock. “No. No.” Nal whispered. “That’s our cue to leave.” Gitez said. Nal nodded in agreement, then the raptors walked right. They were going to go around the cliff. The Lystro bit a berry on the bush, then ate it. But the crunching of its teeth caused the Rock Elemental to growl. It then burst out of its yellow rock and roared at the Lystro. It then pulled a rock out of the ground and slammed it into the Lystro before it could leave.

Nal and Gitez heard the slam from the cliff. “Oh, god. This is not good. First night and we’re separated, we almost get slammed by a Rock Elemental, and also almost die to raptors.” Nal said. “Yeah. Some people don’t have a good first day.” Gitez said. Nal nodded. The raptors walked along the cliff wall, next to some rocks.

Then as they walked, they approached a small river. Across from it was a bundle of trees and bushes, around the large green obelisk. Walking for 2 hours had paid off. “Well, we’re here.” Gitez said. “Yeah.” Nal said. Then as the two were about to cross the river, there was quiet footsteps. The footsteps were falling very quickly, as if the creature was running fast. But they didn’t see anything. “What the heck?” Nal said. “Kind of sounds like…” Gitez said. He was about to tell Nal to run when suddenly… SCREECH!! Three Trodons leaped out of the bushes and clung onto the two. One clung their claws onto Gitez’s shoulder. Gitez shouted as he tried to throw it off. Nal had two Trodons on her. She tried to throw them off, then one of them bit her neck and she fell off the raptor. She screamed as she tried to throw off the Trodons. Then another Trodon leaped out of the bush and pushed Gitez off. The raptors screeched as they tried to pull the Trodons off. Nal was losing health very quickly, and blood was pouring out of her body. She kept screaming as she tried to push them off, then she started to lose energy. “No!” Gitez yelled as he tried to hit the Trodons away. Then as Gitez took out a sword and tried to kill the Trodons biting his flak armor off, something else screeched. It screeched very loudly and there was a bright light. The light caused the Trodons to look up and screech in fear as it ran away. Gitez looked up and saw the light moving fast. Then it got closer. Gitez covered his eyes, then the light turned off. He saw Sodden, Rod, Dorack, and Serenity running at them. “Oh, my god. What the heck happened here!?” Dorack yelled. “Hi, guys. My name’s Gitez. I was helping your friend get back to you, then we got here, then a pack of Trodons attacked us.” Gitez said. Then Dorack stood in shock. “Wait… as in GitezGood? No way. The warrior that helped the wyverns win their war? Are we in the same universe?” Dorack said. Gitez laughed loudly and said, “A lot of people confuse me with that. No. I’m just named after him.” Gitez said. “Oh.” Dorack said. He sounded disappointed. “Oh, don’t worry. Maybe you’re in the same universe as Queen Syl. You’re just gonna have to get to Aberration to find out.” Gitez said as he put his hand on Dorack’s shoulder. “We heard the screeching and screaming while we were looking for Nal, and we came as fast as we could. We managed to tame a low level raptor and it… oh, no.” Sodden said as he noticed Nal. “Is she…” Rod said, then the group got a notification. “Oh, yep. Nal, Level 2, was killed by Trodon. Well, guess we’re back on the hunt again.” Sodden said. “Yeah. Don’t worry. I’ll help you guys find her.” Gitez said. “Well, while we’re here…” Sodden said as he turned his head to the obelisk terminal. “Oh, yeah. Reaper the Raptor.” Serenity said. Sodden chuckled as he walked to the terminal. He opened the inventory and went into Transfer Creatures, then took out the cryopod inside. “What’s that?” Gitez asked. “This is my best raptor, Reaper. She was 100% imprinted, she’s brave, and she saved me and my friends in the Strong Cave. I wouldn’t have gotten here if it wasn’t for her.” Sodden said as he turned to Gitez. “That’s great. Now show me the Utahraptor.” Gitez said. Sodden nodded and threw the cryopod at the ground in front of Gitez. Then a raptor showed up from it. It looked up and then turned around. “Oh, my god. That is no joke the craziest raptor I’ve ever seen! Wait… guys. Did you see…” Gitez said as he pointed to the raptor’s large claw on its right leg. Sodden walked to the raptor and looked closely. Dorack, Rod, and Serenity walked to it and looked at it. There was a very small glow on it. There was also a speck on it. It seemed like a gem, some kind of energy emitted from it. “What is that?” Sodden asked. “That, my friend, is the rarest mutation in the universe. What raptors was she hatched from?” Gitez said. “Uh… a Level 130 male raptor and Level 85 female. The Level 130 had a weird red claw.” Sodden said. “What? Then that means your raptor… she has the Cera mutation. Like Cerametal. The metal your implants are made of. That little speck is from the red claw, or what some would call the super claw. Some say it can have an implant in it. Creature implants are insanely rare. If Reaper has an implant, then she’s not a normal raptor.” Gitez said. “Wow. So what?” Sodden asked. “Creature implants make the creature stronger than normal, faster than normal, and even… sometimes act like humans. A pet. But it’s so rare almost no one has it.” Gitez said. “Wow. So you mean… Reaper is more than a normal raptor?” Sodden said. “Yeah. Even when you find these creatures with a red part of his body that looks metal, which is a insanely rare spawn, and happens when the creature’s essence is mixed with a human implant on accident. Even when the implant’s material touches the creature, it can still spawn a implant. But it’s so rare. That red part can disappear after 7 days after you tame it, but if you get it on a baby and it grows to adulthood, the implant stays forever until the creature dies.” Gitez said. “So you’re saying… I had managed to breed these raptors over and over, then get a huge mutation on a raptor that turns out to be a ultra-rare Creature Implant? What?!” Sodden yelled as he looked at Reaper. “That’s insane. We managed to get a wooden base set up. It’s not much but it should be good. We found a lake near here that we can settle down in. We have the essentials set up. Why don’t we get back to base, then in the morning, we can figure out something?” Serenity said. “Yeah. So… yeah. Let’s go.” Sodden said. “Wanna come?” Dorack asked to Gitez. “Oh, I would like to, but it’s past 1 in the morning, and I have a tribe. So I’ll see you later, okay? Hope you find your friend. I’ll find you later this morning and help you find Nal.” Gitez said. Dorack nodded, then Sodden got on his raptor, and Gitez got on his, waved at the others to say bye, then looked the other way and started walking. Sodden and his raptor, along with the others, started walking back east towards their new base.

Day 1 on Scorched Earth.

Day 107 of the Journey

The sun had come up on the Ark. It was 8 in the morning, and the sunlight flowed across the entire Ark. The first full day on Scorched Earth had dawned. The light flowed through the windows of a wooden base that sat next to a body of water, a lake. Inside the base was a couple large rooms, one with 5 beds and another with a cooking pot, preserving bin, mortar and pestle, and three storage boxes placed next to each other. Sodden and his friends lay on separate beds, and as the light came in, Sodden began to move his head. He opened his eyes slowly, then got up and groaned. “Well, why don’t we get up?” Sodden weakly said. He yawned then got up and walked to the other rooms. Dorack, Serenity, and Rod got up just then. The fifth bed was for Nal, who was currently somewhere else now. She had respawned way further than last time, so now it would take longer to find her. Sodden walked into the other room, as did everyone else. Some meat had been cooked and was sitting in the preserving bin, waiting for the others. Sodden opened the bin and took out four pieces of meat, then as the others walked to the bin, Sodden gave one to each person. Dorack took his piece and walked to the window. “Well, what now?” Dorack said. “We can save Fasolauchus and Deathworm for later. We need to find Nal and meet up with Gitez and his tribe.” Sodden said. “Okay, then. How would we even destroy the Deathworm at such a low level?” Rod asked. “We can’t, even with our raptor. At least not alone. We should find Gitez and talk to him.” Sodden said. “True. The fact he’s named after someone so famous… dude. I read somewhere the crystal wyverns in the war were able to take over the castle thanks to Gitez. This multiverse is strange.” Dorack said, looking up out the window. Sodden walked to him, eating his meat. “Yeah. It’s cool.” Sodden said. He finished eating the cooked meat then walked to the door. “So what?” Serenity said as she ate the last of her meat. “Well… we just find Gitez and find Nal, then we can start progressing.” Sodden said. Dorack and Rod walked to Sodden, as did Serenity. Sodden opened the door and the group walked out. “We don’t have a lot of tames, so it’d take a while for us to get there.” Dorack said. “Yeah. A raptor can hold two people. Me and Serenity will get on Reaper while you and Rod get on the other raptor.” Sodden said to Dorack. Dorack nodded, then walked to the small fence just next to the lake, where the raptor sat. Dorack whistled for the raptor to come, and it growled as it walked out of the fence. Rod walked to it, then he and Dorack got on it, Dorack sitting on the front and Rod just behind him. Sodden threw a cryopod at the ground and Reaper came out. Sodden and Serenity got on the raptor just then. “Okay. I’m pretty sure Gitez’s base is a few miles east of the green obelisk. That’s around halfway across the map from here. Let’s get started.” Sodden said. The others nodded, then they set off for Gitez’s base. They had to find Nal before they could do anything.

There will be a lot of longer chapters in this segment…

-RelatingHen8906