Wicked [Super 4]

VI.Finding Brock

Franz

It's been an hour or so since I found Rock Brock's hat laying on the ground. His jeep was nearby as well, so I figured out he wouldn't be too far. I came to visit him anyways, so I decided to sit on the back of the vehicle. I put on his hat because I refused to just let it get dirty on the ground.

I've been here for quite a while now, but there's still no sign of him. I make up my mind and get off the jeep, trying to find anything that could give me a hint of where my friend is. Sadly, I don't have my research equipment with me, so I can't really do much besides search for him around. If he was here, Rock would definitely be a lot more effective than I am. Us technopolians are practically nothing without our machines!

However, he's a much more competent individual, even when he's got nothing with him. I've seen him tracking down velociraptors with his bare sense of smell, he may be wrong many times, but it's still more than what I can do. Besides, he's the only human living all by himself in the Lost World, and he's been surviving all this time, alone, in the most dangerous island of all. And he even smells decent for someone who is always out in the jungle!
Wait-

I have already seen that tree... Am I walking in circles? I see Rock's jeep, not too far away from where I'm standing. Great. I shouldn't have been thinking about something else while pacing. I end up sitting on the vehicle again, covering my face with his hat. It smells like him. I try to think about what Alex, Gene, Twinkle and Ruby would do. Wait. Of course! I reach to find Brock's communicator, each island has at least one. Executing calls in the Lost World is not the safest, it tends to attract unwanted lifeforms, so instead I just left a message for Gene to find. In the meantime... I go get my equipment.

There's a cave nearby in which I don't wanna enter empty handed. Caves in the Lost World tend to be home to predators. I won't lose the location, since I can easily track the communicator. The coast is the safest place in the whole island, so that's where everyone keeps their equipment when there's a technopolian expedition. My legs hurt a bit by the time I get there, but I should really learn to take it if I wanna live up to my idols, the Super 4. I stand before my machines, trying to decide which ones to take to my little exploration. After making my choices, I start walking back to Brock's jeep.

I really hope I don't come across any dangerous beings while I'm carrying all of this, I would have a hard time defending myself or even running away if that was the case...

The walk there feels eternal, but I finally make it and start placing all of my stuff on the back of the vehicle to start setting it up for a—hopefully safe—trip into that cave. Something comes to my attention as I'm getting ready as quickly as possible. From the cave, a whole lot of little purple and blue creatures come out and start running towards my direction. They must be the furios, and if so, I'm in trouble. They absolutely ignore me, tho, and run past me as if I wasn't even there.
Closing the line of furios, I see a purple haired lady, who has a golden staff in her hand. It has a purple glow, and it makes me feel uneasy.

???

The gods have approved of our plans for the ultimate sacrifice for the truth. We shall find the offerings they are asking from us, the pure blood from all worlds we shall spill for them to enlighten us eternally. We do as the leader tells us, we leave the shadows from our sanctuary and move towards the other worlds, in search for our pure blooded offerings.
As I pace, closing the line of furios sent to the outside, I glance at the boy on the carriage. He is wearing our offering's hat. His eyes are too easy to read, he finds our presence unsettling. Despite that, I hear him ask me:—Excuse me, have you seen...

I walk past him. No distraction shall be allowed in our pursue, and no obstacle shall remain.

You have no idea of the mental gymnastics I had to do in order to not name any of Franz's machines because I absolutely suck at technology 😭😭