The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 36: Soon to be Scouting

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“Hey, I see them over there!” Ruby said, pointing at a trio of girls making their way back to the obelisk. Sunny’s orange hair seemed to act like a light within the dark of the night. Stream, controlled by the reigns of Sunny, trotted over meekly as Aurora and Paige approached from behind.

Skyler walked up to Sunny with a bright smile, the green beam’s light that poured from the obelisk reflecting onto Skyler’s face.

“I’m glad you made it back safely, Sunny-”

Sunny pushed past Skyler and to Samuel, who looked at her with soft eyes.

“So, what’s your genius plan on finding Tiffany?” Sunny asked, stopping and crossing her arms. Samuel felt a wave of warmth flow down his cold body, Sunny’s hair flickering like flames.

“Heat manipulation?” Samuel thought to himself, “I don’t see how that’s helpful.”

“We’re going to scout and look as far out as we can,” Samuel explained, looking out onto the horizon. He could barely see giant sequoia trees poking out.

“It shouldn’t be too hard. If her little book gives her enough knowledge, then she’ll be far better off than the others, right?”

“Not a bad idea, right?” Paige added on, glaring at Skyler, “I don’t think it’ll get anyone here hurt.”

“I’m sure it won’t,” Sunny replied, her head tilting back and her eyes darting back.

“Okay, but like, how we gonna do that?” Rick asked, tapping his book on his leg.

“Simple enough,” Samuel responded, looking up at the night sky, “I saw some weird bird thing flying in the sky. It looked really fast from down here. And it seemed large enough to fit at least one person.”

“Pteranodons?” Neddy said, “Hey, those are my favorite dinosaurs!”

“They’re not dinosaurs though,” Ruby spoke up.

“Huh?”

“They’re flying reptiles, not dinosaurs. Completely different,” Ruby argued.

“They ARE dinosaurs!” Neddy sneered, “They lived way back in the past, looked really scary, and were reptiles, just like you said! Dinosaurs!”

“Are not!”

“Are too!”

“Okay, shut up,” Aurora snapped, an annoyed look on her face. Rick looked back and forth between the two of them and looked like he had something to say about the matter.

Aurora sighed, “Do continue Samuel.”

“So… I was thinking we should tame at least one. We could get one on the way back,” Samuel replied.

“I like this plan a lot,” Sunny said, “Sensible and reasonable. Let’s do it.”

With Samuel’s plan set in stone, the expedition team began to make the small trek back home. But as they walked away from the metal platform, Samuel looked back and couldn’t help but feel as if the metal beam had something more to it.

And he also couldn’t help but feel like he was being watched.