*HELION*{SEQUEL TO SWITCHBACK!}

*Four*

Rachel finally fell asleep in Criss's arms...with Johnny in her arms...Klayton and I was holding onto each other and watched the sun come up...it was such a beautiful sight to see...all the colors in the sky...then we both looked down and saw the tail ends of the night creatures heading back down into their holes deep under the desert's surface...to wait until nightfall again. A few hours later Sully and Jinnx woke up and asked if they were there yet...because they needed to see a man about a horse...very badly...Klayton laughed at them and said who was stopping them...the air vehicles had two open sides...all they had to do was unzip it and flip it...take their piss then flip it n zip in back.

Klayton slowed down though when he noticed the air mobile had a red light flashing very quickly...then he told Criss we needed to land these fuckers...because they were out of power...right when Klayton said it...they both turned off and began to free fall the rest of the way down...Klayton instinctively grabbed me and held me close to him...Criss did the same thing with Rachel and his son. Our landing wasn't the greatest...but at least no one got hurt...Klayton and Criss got us all gathered together and checked the Cy-watch out to see if we were close to the opposing side of Helion...Deltar. The watch pulled up the location...and worked as a navigational device...but when it said it was several hours away...Klayton looked at us and said we needed to move fast...and take no breaks...or we wouldn't make it before nightfall.

Klayton grabbed Johnny and told Criss he'd take his nephew for a while...so they could rest their arms...then he led us all toward Deltar...hoping like hell they would be more accepting than the Helionites. We kept the march at a fast pace...but one good thing about my Cy-watch...it could create anything we needed...as in money, food, and drinks...Klayton tried to ask it for a car...and it turned itself off...he looked at me comically and told me that our Cy-watch just said fuck you to him...after the cold rejection of the watch...we kept marching on as quickly as we possibly could...we couldn't afford to waste one minute of daylight...Karalea, Siera, and Andy were the first ones to start complaining about walking so long without taking a break...Klayton told them without looking at them if they wanted to risk their life for a break then go for it...but he and the others were going on...because he didn't like the sound of becoming night time monster shit.

It was my turn to hold Johnny now...but he wasn't doing so well...I told Klayton I had to stop...because Johnny was sick...Rachel and Criss ran over to me...and checked him out...right when they touched him he threw up all over me...and started crying...I held him close and told him it was ok...Criss took him from me and told me to clean up and he'd take him for a while...I pulled my shirt off...and tossed it...and walked around in my undershirt...I jogged over to Criss and asked him how he was doing...Criss said he was a little bit better after getting it out of his system...but the heat wasn't good on him...by the position of the sun...it was now coming close to 6:00 in the evening...and the sky was just beginning to lightly darken.

Klayton grabbed the watch again...and asked it how far it was to Deltar...from current position...the watch read back that it was still over three hours away...Criss pulled everyone back to their feet and said we all needed to haul ass...because we weren't going to make it...so we all quickened our pace and some of us started to jog...but it was a little bit difficult jogging or running in the desert sand...Sully fell into a soft sand pit and as he looked towards the west...he saw some kind of land rover like vehicle coming toward us...he called Criss and Klayton to take a look...just to make sure he wasn't hallucinating from the sun...but Klayton said he wasn't...because he saw it too...and there was more than one of them...there were three.

Klayton ordered us to ban all together again just in case they were hostile...Criss pulled Sully out of the sand...and watched as the three dune buggies came closer to us. After they noticed us they slowed down and pulled out their weapons...but held them at the ready...instead of opening fire on us...all three of the buggies surrounded us then turned off their ignitions...and pointed their weapons at us...one of them hopped out of the buggie...and asked which one of us was the leader...Klayton and Criss both stepped forward...sharing leadership. The man then asked us where we came from.

Klayton spoke out and said that we escaped from the city of Helion...and was looking to find allies with the Ravagers of Deltar...but before our escape from the Helionites...we were distant traveler's...that's never been here before...and we were seeking refuge with anyone that would accept us without trying to kill us...or separating us...for we were all family. The leader of the Ravagers gave us a smile and told his men to drop their guns...that we weren't from Helion...Karalea out of curiosity asked him how he knew that...the man walked over to where Rachel was...and tickled Johnny's chin...and said because Helionites were all sterile...and couldn't reproduce like normal humans...like him and his people from Deltar.

The man in charge said his name was Tron...and he was the second command of the Ravagers...and that all enemies of Helion...were friends and allies to them...then he had his men help load all of us into the buggies as he told us all that it was too dangerous for us to walk any further...that darkness would take us all if we didn't hurry...Klayton shook hands with him...and asked him if they had any problems with us having kids...and pets as we showed him Stutter and Wonderpup. Tron held the cat and nuzzled him and said he hasn't seen a real pet in so long...then handed him back to the little girl and said all would be welcome in Deltar...for they had kids of their own...as well...and as for the two pets...they would be a blessing for the children to have something to take care of and play with.