Crimson Parasite (On Hiatus)

Chapter 11: Way Back?

It was a late Sunday night. Jay and Elliott were already asleep in their sleeping bags. Jay thought it'd be fun to sleep outside the bedroom so he brought some sleeping bags with him. Voxle however was still up and awake.

The place was a mess. Papers all over with Voxle's handwritings, Mostly because Jay slipped and hit the table with the papers on it. Causing it to flip and scatter the papers all over the place. Luckily Jay is fine, no permanent damage done.

Voxle: "Sheesh. This place is a mess, better clean up before they come back."

-Voxle POV-

I stood up from the couch I was sitting on so I could start cleaning up the room. I started picking up the papers and saw a paper with a drawing of a protogen next to Elliott.

I looked closer and the drawing looked like me, or atleast I think so. I then noticed the pencil next to Elliott's sleeping bag.

Voxle: "He draws too. That's nice."

I put it at the bottom of the stacked pile of paper, just in case someone finds it. I looked for somewhere to put the papers, then I found the drawer. I opened it and luckily there was enough space.

I carefully place the papers inside the drawer and close it. I walk back to the couch and sit at the exact same spot I was sitting on earlier.

Voxle: "Alright, Now that's done I can go to sleep."

I power myself off. The lights on my body gently fades. It was quiet. The only sounds that can be heard were the gentle drops of water left over from the rain and some crickets chirping. It was peaceful until...

*Ping*

I quickly jolt awake from the sound. It was just BETA with a notification.

Voxle: "Agh. BETA you scared me!"

BETA: "Sorry captain but you must know about this."

Voxle: "Well what is it?"

BETA: "Your ship... Is here."

Voxle: "What? How, I didn't even..."

Voxle: "Xero."

BETA: "I have located the ship. It's pretty far away but I'm sure we'll make it."

Voxle: "Can you scan the ship? Check if someone is there."

BETA: "Scanning ship... Please do not turn off."

I sat there, waiting for BETA to finish scanning. I look around for something to do and found a sheet of paper. It was blank but after looking at it for a while I notice that it was written on. I could see the marks of a pen but there were no ink.

Voxle: "Whoever wrote this must have a hard grip."

I brighten my vision a bit and I can finally see what was written on the paper. It was a phone number but to whom?

Voxle: "The two kids might know, I'll ask tomorrow."

BETA: "Scanning complete. There are lifeforms near the ship. 3 of them seemed to match the biology of a protogen and the rest are just bugs and bacteria."

Voxle: "You have any info on them?"

BETA: "2 of them is Zyphon and Yuni."

Voxle: "They might have come to rescue me... Wait who's the 3rd one?"

BETA: "It's... Inorganic. I can't really analyse this one very well because right now it's just a puddle of molten metal and one other familiar substance. I'll let you know when there's any changes."