the Frozen Cube

chapter nine

As we continued on our exploration to find the cube, me and Alli watched a news story that showed a wall of ice around the north pole. Someone had actually found a tunnel opening and found a whole civilization of ice metal humans inside. This confirmed that my dream had been correct.

Alli could tell something was wrong. But she didn't push because she knows there are some things I just don't want to talk about. She also has things that she doesn't like to talk about, such as what she truly is. She is cybertronian, but I know there's more to it because she said the cube created all cybertronians except for her; and I don't push her to explain what she meant because it was clear she didn't want to talk about it

The boat started to rock violently. I could see out the window from where we were below the giant blizzard that was happening outside, giant chunks of ice managed to form around the base of the ship within moments only to break apart with earsplitting cracks. I wasn't sure why this was happening.

The alarms started blaring to mean that the ship was likely to sink. "Alli, if... If someone had talked to the Allspark and um... Didn't do what it had said, what would happen?"

"Well, likely nothing good. But unless your theory about the Allspark influencing human religion is true there is no evidence to show something like this actually happened, let alone what would happen if someone didn't listen. Why?"

"Because, this is my fault." Before Alli could respond I brought her into a deep kiss, and then I ran out onto the deck. "I have to fix this because I love you. Find the cube and protect it"

I jumped towards the icy waters below. "No!" Alli shouted as I fell into the ice. And suddenly the storm calmed. As I sank I saw the clouds disappear and the ice melted away. The ship stopped rocking back and forth, and the waters were silent still.

I sank deeper and deeper, sure that I was going to die. Figures, I don't even get to help save the world. But then something happened. I saw the mouth of some robotic whale come up and swallow me whole. And I passed out on the way in.

When I woke up a couple hours later I could see i was in the belly of the whale. And I remembered the Bible story about someone who'd gone through a similar experience. Jonah. If I was truly going through a similar experience and was going to be spit out on a shore, I knew I was going to be here a while.