Chapter 2

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'Damn it', I sat down on the ground. I couldn't reach the nearest peach. My body had weakened for three years because I was fixing a high technology spaceship. I was almost done and the last thing I had to do was fix Abigail, but I had failed. My ship was now no more than a large piece of metal. For three months now, I have traveled around the planet, searching for others and surviving on fruit and vegetables. I've grown stronger than I've ever been by climbing trees and sleeping under the stars. Physically, I was the best, but mentally, I had nothing. I was a failure. Without Abigail, I had no idea of anything, no new clothes, no more information of my past life, nothing. I couldn't remember the faces of my family I saw on the tablet or even their names. A rustle came from the bush behind me and automatically, I got my bow and arrow pointed to the bush. Any animal would've come out already so, even though I knew it probably didn't understand what I said I ordered: 'Come out this instant!' I expected a rabbit, or a small sheep, but something else came out and took me by surprise. Someone else. It was a human. A boy.

His eyes looked terrified at my arrow and I let it down. 'Who are you?' I asked. 'I-I don't know. I just landed here in some sort of spaceship.' I put away my bow and arrow and ordered him to take me to it. It was only a silent two minute walk to the ship and it looked exactly like mine.

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