End Of The Beginning

Chapter 39 - Otherside

The boat went inside quickly. Wayne couldn't do anything. The boat's speed gradually decreased and it eventually became motionless. It was pitch black everywhere. Wayne screamed a few times. But there was no response. Eventually, he fell asleep in the boat.

In the morning, Wayne awoke to see nothing but the sea everywhere. He didn't know where to go. The boat was slowly moving through the water. He saw land on the left side. At the moment, he didn't want to go there. He found paddles and tried to row back. Even after rowing for half an hour, he didn't see Allen or the Falcon.

A few supplies were found onboard the boat. He had no choice but to get to the land. He started to row towards it.

He realised it wasn't land when he got closer and closer. As he got closer, he realised it was a ship 100 times bigger than Allen's. He then screamed as loud as he could " HELLO !!!! IS ANYONE IN THERE ??? "

He waited silently, but no response came. After waiting for a few more hours, he paddled parallel to the ship. Even after paddling till evening, he hadn't reached the front yet. He wondered how big the ship was.

Then he checked his boat and discovered food, water, a rope, a torch, some glow sticks, a lighter, and a knife.

Finally, he found a place to climb up, so he jumped on to the ship's side and began climbing. He packed his backpack with all supplies before getting on the ship. After climbing for about 30 minutes he reached the top.

He felt like he was back on land. Its body was black, and it wasn't made of metal. He looked around and found nothing. After walking for an hour, he barely covered a quarter of the ship.

A few minutes later, he noticed an entrance to the ship. He cautiously walked towards it and tried to open it but failed.

" What should I do ? " While lying there, he gazed at the golden sky. He knew he couldn't stay here forever. He had to find a way. Getting up slowly, he started walking. He wandered aimlessly until he discovered a crack in the ship. There were scorched marks around the crack. As he walked closer, he stepped on something slimy and slipped. He then fell into the crack. It was an 80 or 90 foot drop. He got stuck in some vines.

In the end, he managed to get to the ground, and he was covered in slime. There was a dim light,came through the crack. The room was empty, he couldn't find anyone or anything as far as he can see.

He then tried to climb back up using the vines, but failed because it was too slippery. As time passed, he saw the light fading away. It became dark inside. He tried using the torch, but it didn't work. He then used the lighter, with its dim light he started to walk.

After walking for around 10 minutes, he heard a sound. Then he noticed light on the right, and understood that someone had opened a door. He didn't know what was happening. A few minutes later, he heard the sound again, the door closed. He slowly and carefully walked towards it.

It wasn't a huge door compared to the size of the ship. He searched for a way to open it. However, he couldn't find any switches or mechanisms.

He found a good hiding spot closer to the door. After waiting for the door to open for a while, he eventually fell asleep.

It was difficult for him to sleep. He woke up frequently. However, nothing happened. Time moved on. When he saw the light entering through the crack, he realised it was dawn.

While eating, he heard the sound again. He watched the door open. A shadow entered the room. Wayne took the sword without making a sound. He expected trouble.

Wayne noticed something entering the room. However, it wasn't the monster; it was something else. The entity was little, around two or three feet tall. He saw the little thing wander towards the crack, then it returned a few minutes later. It paused and glanced at Wayne. To defend himself, he took the sword, but it did not frighten the creature. Then walked through the door as if nothing occurred.

Wayne had no choice but to follow it to the other room. He saw the door close behind him. He was in a narrow, tunnel-like walkway. He could not walk through it. But the being went through it all fine. Wayne followed it by crawling through the tunnel.

A few minutes later, he entered another room. The room was not as dark as the last one. It was bright and he could see everything. When he looked around, he noticed a swarm of tiny alien-like things, similar to the one he was following.

He eventually saw what they looked like: white, with long hands and little round eyes of yellow. They had no ears or nose, only two openings on either side of the head and gills on either side of their abdomen. Wayne could not tell them apart because they all had the same height and weight.

When Wayne entered the room, all of them stared at him at once. Then they resume their previous activities. They did not pay any attention to Wayne. He was astonished by their actions. He seemed like a giant in front of them, but they didn't mind.

When he roamed about aimlessly, he noticed another door a little further away and walked towards it. While going towards the entrance, he noticed some of the aliens entering the room.

When he entered the room, he was both amazed and terrified. He noticed thousands and thousands of pods with various types of organisms. None of them seemed recognisable to him. Inside each pod, there were several types of extraterrestrial species submerged in some sort of liquid. However, none of them were alive.

While strolling throughout the room, he discovered a few pods containing some familiar living forms, dinosaurs. Wayne didn't comprehend the purpose of these pods. He spotted different types of dinosaurs in there.

Wayne wandered around the room, looking at each pod. He was now virtually on the opposite side of the room. He then saw a bunch of doors, they were all in different sizes.

He waited closer to a door, and when the aliens approached, the doors opened, allowing him to follow them. He went through more than ten rooms that way. One door leads to another. He watched the aliens doing a variety of activities, but he didn't understand any. In actuality, he didn't care about anything; all he wanted was to find a way out.

The aliens did not pay any attention to Wayne. They didn't care; he felt invisible. The only time they responded to him was when he attempted to touch them. Every time he attempted to touch one of them, they instantly moved away.

Wayne felt quite exhausted. He realised it was night. He sat down and checked his supplies; they could last at least one more day. He eventually fell asleep.

Then he heard a loud noise and suddenly awoke; he had no idea how many hours had passed. He stood there looking around, unsure where the sound came from. He listened closely again, and he heard it again after a few minutes. He then walked in the direction of the sound. It led him into a door.

He then saw that a door was open, leading to the outside. He ran towards it, and that's when he saw it: a monster entering the ship from the outside. He turned around; the door he had come from was still open, so he ran towards it.

He then returned to the room where he had entered. The crack he entered was smaller than before. It appeared that it was fixing itself.

There was no way he could get through the crack. It was out of his reach. Most of the vines have disappeared. He was unable to reach any of them. His supplies are becoming increasingly limited. He needed a way out quickly.

But he later accepted that he couldn't leave this ship. Even if there was, it was through the same room as the monster, it was the only way.

He walked back into the room, nervously. He looked around for a spot to hide and waited there. After a few hours, he heard the loud sound again. He saw the door to the outside opening. He saw monster moving towards the door, vanishing within seconds.

He immediately went outside, climbed to the roof, and sprinted back to the boat. He then began to paddle. He paddled around aimlessly in the direction he believed he had come from.

Then he noticed something on the water, which was reflecting sunlight. He paddled towards it. It was a drone. He remembered Allen talking about a drone. He realised he was getting closer. He paddled for another five minutes.

In the meantime, NOVA sent Allen a notification " Captain he is back. "