Act III: A Close Encounter

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by ParadoxWJS

by ParadoxWJS

John is headed towards
368, 532, 128; Frederen in search of more materials to find the cure to Hydrolia.

Frederen is a barren planet close to the centre of the galaxy and was evacuated many years ago. It is dangerous but might be key to the cure.

"Nav run me through all possible dangers of Frederen that me and Derik need to be aware of." I ask Nav calmly.

"Well Dr. Smitjer-"

"Call me John... Please."

"Ok... John, Derik is probably the most useful tool in this operation because he can sniff out all types of things."

"Here that Derik? You are going to be very helpful aren't you?"

"Verr verr!" Derik replies while jumping excitedly.

"Haha he's cute" I say.

"Indeed Dr. Smi- I mean John..."

I sigh, "So how long till we land?"

"Soon very soon, a hour or two"

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As I prepare for landing I grab my bag of equipment and put on my anti-hazard suit.

"Prepare for landing." Nav informs us.

"Come on Derik get ready." I say calmly to Derik.

Theres a big thud before the door opens, as I exit the spacecraft I tell Derik to come with me. I thank Nav before I exit the vehicle and start searching for materials. I follow Derik around a pick up what ever he sniffs out, I am very cautious because of how empty and bare the planet is. There is almost no life beside the few bushes we come across and if they aren't dead they are close to it.

I start collecting the sand off of the floor and fill a test tube. I do the same with the leaves of the bushes both dead and alive in separate test tubes of course.

Derik eventually sniffs out a rock, a very shiny rock it looks beautiful. I store the shiny rock in my bag and move along.

I hear distant talking in a foreign language, paranoia fills me. I move closer to see a group of tessians from the planet Tesseract surrounding my spacecraft. They eventually spot me so I pick up Derik and run with my life. Running as fast as I can, not daring to look back I suddenly black out.

"Ugghh" I moan, mistaking the event that just happen as a dream. I try to get up but realise I'm chained to the wall and Verroat next to me. Startled I scream, realising my dream wasn't a dream it was reality.