Captain Marvel: My Mother (BOOK I)

Chapter 35

  " As soon as there is life there is danger. "

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

(SIX MONTHS LATER: KOLYMA LOWLAND, SIBERIA RUSSIA)

The heavy cold wind and snow had touched the Russian Arctic tundra. It's been several days to months which the Kree-Lizard hybrid had left Nome, Alaska to Provideniya. He spent crossing the mountains and walking in the grasslands, searching for food and temporary shelter. On his solitary trip, he found abandoned villages and railroads from centuries ago. From there, he returned to his life as wandering nomad just like before. The boy made his own scavenger hunt and looked for something to eat and felt hopeless in finding.

Going elsewhere, he ended up eating grass from the ground and drinking fresh water from the rivers and ponds in order for him to survive, but still it wasn't enough for him to survive. He began to feel exhausted and weakened as he kept travelling and walking elsewhere. The boy ignored his weakening and kept moving on to endure his long journey into a foreign land. Reaching in nearby towns and cities, he saw some street signs written in Cyrillic alphabet. Aware of being illiterate, he couldn't understand what those words were. He started to look for anyone to help him, but no one was there. Hopelessness and despair had frequently visited him for he had been lost in translation.

On his way to Kolyma, the strong cold winds and more snow had visited him. He embraced his arms and felt freezing. As part 682, he realized extreme cold was his weakness. But as part-Kree, he wasn't aware he could endure unending travels in days to months. However the hybrid had never eaten solid food in a long period of time, he became starving and malnourished. He felt constant grumbling from his stomach and his bones were cracking as he heard. At the same time, he began hallucinating and seeing things coming out from his mind. There were times, he saw images of his friends which he had been for years. Just this morning, he saw some familiar people from a distance and instantly ran, coming over.

" JARED! I'M HERE! " he loudly yelled. " I'M COMING WITH YOU! "

There was long silence and no sign of his half-Lizard friend. He kept moving his head to and fro and looking for his best friend. The hybrid kept running as he accidentally got tripped by rock buried in the snow and fell down.

" JARED, HELP! " the boy cried. " WHERE ARE YOU?! HEY! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! "

Still, there was no response. It was his imagination which he made him see his best friend. Then, he saw another images of his other friends from the Rebel forces. He smiled and wept for joy as he slowly stood up and walked over to nothingness.

" GLADIUS, CHRISTOPHER, PETER, ZED! I'M HERE! " he exclaimed. " PLEASE TAKE ME WITH YOU! JARED'S GONE! I NEED YOUR HELP! I'M ALL ALONE HERE! "

Silence was still present as his friends were absent at this point. The Kree-Lizard hybrid boy widened his eyes and rubbed them. No one was there to help him. His body was shaking and trembling which he became more weakened than ever. Still his imagination tricked him as he thought his friends were still with him.

" HELP!! "

His voice echoed the entire place, but still there was no answer from anybody. The boy kept walking even his condition became worse than before. Hearing his stomach loudly grumbling, he was seeing cooked food on the ground and eating it, but he never realized he was ingesting snow and ice fragments. He never minded what he ate as he wanted to live during the extreme wintertime.

That evening, he was still walking and finding a temporary place to stay. He couldn't find anything from this tundra, but endless snow and strong winds. He was experiencing hypothermia as he was freezing and weakening. His arms wrapped around with his body when the strong cold breeze blew over him.