Flauraan

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

Soon we were approaching my house, and Sophie and I both, instinctively, looked over to the hill and the smoke above the ship in the distance as well. I still wasn’t used to having the humans there, and a force field around my precious woods. As I opened my front door I couldn’t help but sigh at the thought of how different everything was now.

“We’re back mum.” I called out as we entered the hallway.

Sophie went straight into my room and grabbed her bag, then came back into the hallway.

“So go on, tell me.” I said, as she and I walked into the kitchen. “What exactly are we going to do?”

“Well…” Sophie sat down at our kitchen table and started digging through her backpack. “I guess we’ll have to find out why the humans came we have to go right to them, and that means going through the force field. So for tha-”

“Are you really sure that’s a good idea?” I interjected.

“No but it’s the best thing I have.” Sophie replied in annoyance. “Now be quiet and let me talk. Anyway so to get inside the force field we’ll use the teleport watch, obviously. You’ll use your special powers to find a weak point in the field, I’ll manipulate the watch and then zoop…” she ran her hand through the air. “We’ll pop right in.”

“No offense Sophie, but I don’t think it will be that easy. The Halapatovians and my people are experts in force fields, you can’t just teleport in.” I told her, crossing my arms and leaning against the table. “We’ll have to think of something else.”

“No we won’t.” Sophie mimicked me by crossing her arms stubbornly. “I know the power of my watch; it has taken me to some of the tightest spots in the universe. Trust me, it can get us inside a tiny force field.”

“But Sophie-”

“No.” she held up her hands for me to stop talking. “Just trust me.” Sophie said in a quieter tone, leaning in towards me. “I do know what I’m doing.”

“I know.” I replied in the same quiet tone.

Sophie pulled back and grinned.

“Alright then, that’s sorted. Now!” she stood up, her bag fell over and Sophie moved towards me. “We’re going to need to sort some things out. First of all, I might have to use my amazing engineering skills to build a few bits and bobs, and then you’ll have to come with me to the edge of the force field to check out the state of it. And while we’re doing that we can do more planning. Perfect, right? Nothing can go wrong.” She put her hands on my shoulders, grinning at me.

I leaned back a bit. “Sophie, your eccentricity is starting to creep me out.” I said.

She dropped her hands and moved back. “Geez, sorry.”

“No it’s alright, it’s just….. Ah never mind.” I shook my head slightly.

Sophie then started pacing around the kitchen, muttering under her breath and counting on her fingers, as if she was making a list. Suddenly her eyes landed on the holographic scanner my dad left on the bench the night before, and she snatched it up.

“What’s this?” she looked excitedly at it, showing it to me.

“It’s a holographic scanner.” I started and she nodded as I said it.

“I thought as much.” She peered closely at its design. “This is perfect, I can easily use this. You don’t mind do you?” I opened my mouth to answer but got cut off. “No of course you don’t. Anyway…” Sophie sat down at the table again and started pulling the screws out of the holographic scanner.