Expedition Dipuma

Chapter 18: Mike

Once, I had finished my chat with Jackie, I heard a scream and headed towards the direction it came from. I flew above the treetops and landed a thud behind Emma and Julia. They jumped at the noise, but were quickly relieved to see that it was just me. Rosie took a split second to realize that it was actually me, she gasped, and said "Mike?" She ran around the group to get a good look at me. "What are you doing?! Are you okay?" She sounds so worried. "Yes, Jiejie, I'm okay." I said, trying to get her to stop worrying about me. She nodded and took a step back, looking a bit embarrassed. "What happened here?" I asked Tim as he stood up from the bodies on the ground. He adjusted his stature, his hold on his spear, and spoke. "These men came in a ship through the top of the planet, without the barrier removed, leading to the ship burning up. Luckily, they made it strong enough to withstand the heat that the flames put off, but not strong enough. For they have been burnt to a crisp. The one with red, curly hair has no breath in him while the other is just about dead. He scared Emma terribly by grabbing her ankle." He only now looked up at me, "Sir, I believe that he will not make it." I became mildly irritated by Tim's last statement, checked the man's heart rate, and scooped him up. "Not If I have anything to say about it." Then I took off to the sky without looking back to see if anyone was following me.

They got the tree of healing just as I set the man on the table to examine him. I opened the man's mouth and listened to his breathing. All of them were silent and watched me work. The male was very near death's door with just his breathing alone. I pressed my forehead to the man's, observing his health, or lack thereof. Suddenly, I tore off the connection, looked for Chanler, and said "Chanler! I need a truffle! Fast!." He flew away and, in an instant, returned with a bite sized, blackish sphere. After I sat the man up right, I took the sphere, and popped it into the male's mouth, closing his jaw to force him to swallow it. Once, I could see that he swallowed it, I gently laid him back down with a sigh. "Is he going to be okay?" Stephanie asked, finally having the courage to speak. I held my finger to my lips to tell them to be quiet. There's silence and awkward tension in the air. Almost two minutes later the male suddenly gasped, his chest in the air with his upper back leaving the table. He held his breath for a moment and then rested again with slow breathing. I swear that time stood still throughout the whole process.

Then I put a finger to my lips again and motioned for them to leave, with me following, and gently closed the door. "He will survive. The truffle is a concoction of different species and spells to revive an almost dead person, human or not. It takes three days to take full effect on my kind, so, with him..." I counted on my fingers, "it should take about a day and a half, roughly. Who knows, it may have a stronger potential than I realize." I saw how worried they were and stood around not knowing what to do. "Okay, so, I will let you know when he's awake." I looked around at them, "How about everyone is on your ship, that way I don't have to go searching for someone." They all agreed and headed out.

After an hour passed, while I spent some time organizing the mess that Jackie left behind, I heard him groaning in pain. I swooped down the staircase and waved over Chanler to give me a hand. Chanler sprinkled blue, pain-killer dust as I whispered a healing incantation. He sighed a relieved sigh and, visually, his body relaxed. I gave Chanler a high five with my pointer finger.

Another hour flew by and he decided to speak. "Curly....?" I walked over to him as his eyes fluttered open "Where am I? Where's Curly?! Why do I hurt so much?! What is happening?!" He got faster and louder with each question. He was practically screaming by the time I found the sleep sedative vile. I put three drops on his tongue and he instantly settled down and fell asleep. I looked over at Chanler and said "Keep an eye on him will you? I have some news to deliver." "Yeah, no problem!" He gave me a thumbs up. "Thank you." And I went to go find the humans. On my way, I checked the woods just in case they're not all on their ship. That's when I spotted Tim and Rosie chatting and it looks like he has a rose. I pause for a moment and watch as he proposes to her. She jumped into his arms. I can only guess what that means. I gave a sad sigh and continued on with my mission, feeling ever so lonely.

Once I reached the ship, I observed what everyone was feeling. Everyone looked shocked and sad. A few of them looked up at me in worry. "What happened? Is everyone here?" I asked. "Well Marie ran out to who knows where, but everyone else is here." Cayleigh said, "Because of what happened, Myah and Drifton accidents sent themselves to space in the escape pod from the ship that burned up. The pod had a hole in it and they were so cramped in the pod that they ended up dying in the sun." "So does that mean that Queen Heather sacrificed herself for nothing?" Julia asked. I shrugged "I have no idea. I have never dealt with something like this." There's a few moments of silence when Emma spoke up, "What brings you here? Is the man okay?" I adjusted my stature and said "The man is okay, he just needs to rest while the magic heals him." Everyone sighed with relief and I heard a "Thank goodness." "Anyway, I should probably get going and see if I can find Marie." "See you later, Mike!" Everyone called out as I took off into the air again.

Three months later, as I was going over some spells, Tim burst through the door and shouted "Mike! Mike!" "I'm coming." I said as I slid down the stairs, "What is it my friend?" He panted and said "It's your sister." I froze in my spot and actually made eye contact. "My Queen is sick!"