Chapter 6: The Moon and the Sun... and we dont know why....

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Jax is laying on the cot, and he pulls the key out from his pocket, looking at it. "We desperately need an exit, right now..." Jax says to himself. Jax sits up and looks at the bandages over his injury. "This just sucks." Jax says and he holds his hand gently on his bandaged injury, which isn't bleeding much anymore.

Jax looks at the dried blood on his glove and groans in annoyance. "My clothes are definitely ruined..." Jax says and he thinks about a solution. Jax widens his eyes and looks at Ragatha's desk, with her sewing stuff. "Could I... make something...?" Jax thinks to himself.

Ragatha and Pomni walk back from the circus tent with food. "Finally, we can eat something..." Ragatha says as she looks down at Pomni, and they get back to the camp out. "Hey! Jax! We got the food!" Ragatha calls out. Jax slowly walks out, he is wearing his ruined overalls. "Hey, Jax... I could make you a new one if you want..." Ragatha says.

           "Thanks, Rags... I'd appreciate that..." Jax says as he sits at the tree stump table. "Jax... how is your... injury...?" Pomni asks. "Oh... it's... fine." Jax replies. Ragatha starts to cook some pork. Kinger peeks his head out from his pillow fort. "Do I smell something delicious?" Kinger asks. "Hey, Kinger. Come and sit down... food will be done shortly." Ragatha says with a smile.

          Pomni looks at the pipe she used to hit Zooble. "Can we kill them?" Pomni asks. "What?" Ragatha asks, and Jax raises an eyebrow. "Can we kill them....? The abstracted?" Pomni asks. "I don't think we can, Pomni..." Ragatha replies. Pomni thinks for a moment. "Although..." Jax says suddenly, Pomni and Ragatha look at him. "We could... try..." Jax continued.

                 Ragatha nod and smiles. "Well, food is ready!" Ragatha exclaims as she sets a tray of the food on the stump. Jax stares at the food and looks at the pork, slowly taking a piece and eating it. Jax continues to eat, and he looks up and sees everyone looks at him. "What?" Jax asks. "Jax... um... we just thought of something. When you ran from Gangle... did she... hurt you... at all? Did she touch you?" Pomni asked. "No of course not." Jax replies.

             Pomni smiles. "Alright then... just wondering." Jax looks and shrugs, then eats. After a while, Pomni and Ragatha stare at the moon, how it is broken to huge chunks, a bluish gray, and glitching.

                "Was the moon alive or something?" Pomni asked. "Yes... the moon and sun were alive... i don't know if they are now... they've been stuck like this since... y'know..." Ragatha explained.

                 In the tent, Jax is sitting on the cot, looking at the key. Jax clenched his right hand, but he yelled quickly I'm pain and opened his hand up, and he looks at his bloody glove. "What... the-" Jax hesitatingly takes it off, and his pupils shrink, because his palm was black and glitchy.

To Be Continued...

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