The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 36: Soon to be Scouting

Part 3/3

Ruby and Sunny managed to catch up to Paige, slightly out of breath.

“Whew, that was tiring,” Ruby muttered, slowly heaving in and out. Paige let out a groan, crawling out from the bloody mess and wiping the splinters off her palms.

“Well we got it. That’s all that matters,” Paige said, putting her club away.

Suddenly, a stench hit their nostrils. A very powerful one at that. Paige gagged, fanning the air and plugging her nose.

“What is that gross air?” Paige choked. Sunny looked to the side to see a giant pile of dung sitting on the ground, flies surrounding it and bugs crawling out. She nearly vomited at the sight, turning away.

Ruby took her glasses off, folded them, and put them away in her pouch, letting out a murmur of surprise.

“That is one big pile of shi-”

“Hey, look at this!” Sunny burst into joy. She picked something small, around the size of someone’s hand, off the ground and showed it to Paige and Ruby. It was a baby version of the pig.

“Ew, get that thing away from me! It’s probably responsible for that mess it made over there!” Paige gasped, swatting Sunny’s hand away.

“Exactly why we should keep it. It’d be perfect for fertilizer! Maybe then I wouldn’t have to pick up so much…” Sunny said, scratching her chin, “I think we should keep it!”

“I suppose if you REALLY want to keep it, then go for it,” Ruby said with hooded eyes, “But we are NOT going to be parenting that thing, got it?”

“Alright alright, you won’t. But think of it as a long term investment. Sure enough we’ll have so many crops! Maybe someone back at camp knows how to cook, and will make something good.”

Ruby’s ears perked up at the mention of cooking.

“Cooking huh?” Ruby said, “Y’know what, maybe it’s not such a bad idea after all.”

Paige scoffed, hauling the small pig onto her shoulder and letting out a groan.

“Alright enough diddle-daddling. Let’s go now. I’m getting sleepy, and I wanna go back to camp already.”

With that the three girls made their way back to the others to tame the Pteranodon.