((Alright, I wanna thank the readers for the complements they've given me so far. On this chapter, I'm going to go out on a limb, and do something......unusual. Some will love it, some will, like it, some will throw their computer away....but eh. oh well.
PS. No, I don’t think they will hate it.....I think?))
((Chapter Seven: Spirits, Pigs and a Little Girl..))
The alarm sounded off in the ship. Xekim woke up from his sleep first and went to the pilots seat where he found Balthier messing with the controls. He was looking at the navigation system and then looked at Xekim.
"Well, we're coming close to a world, and it looks like a we're under attack." Blathier said with no really sound of worry.
"why are you so calm about it?" Xekim said in an irritated way.
"Because we've already been shot and are going to crash-land on that planet." Balthier said with a shrug. Xekim opened his mouth to say something, but then decided it would be best if he let it go. Xekim walked over to the still sleeping Zachery and shook him gently awake. He was drooling on the table in his sleep again, typical. Zachery heard the alarm and then realized something was wrong.
"I knew Balthier would crash us, I was right!"
"instead of saying I told you so, buckle up and be prepared for a bumpy ride." Balthier said to Zachery scornfully. The ship began to waver and then they began to descend into the atmosphere of the world they were going to. The landing got worse as they got closer to the ground. The ship shook violently as the wind created turbulence. Then all at once there was a mighty thud and then ship slid across a grassy field next to a river. The ship skid across the ground for about ten more seconds until stopping with a terrible jerk. Xekim was badly shaken and Zachery was too. Zachery unbuckled his seat belt and looked at Balthier and Fran at the pilot’s seat. Balthier had banged his head rather badly on the console and Fran was unconcious on her chair with a bad gash on her head.
“Zachery, you take care of their wounds, I’ll take a look around.” Xekim said as he opened the hatch of the ship and jumped out. He landed on the beautiful grassy field he’d seen on the way down here. It was sunny as he’d ever seen it anywhere, except his home. He walked around and was tempted to lie down in the grass and fall asleep, but it wasn’t the time for that. He had to figure out where they’d ended up. He found a small creek, it was mostly filled in by large rocks and then Xekim caught the smell of something delicious. He followed the smell, walking up streets and stairs until he found a small, outdoor restaurant. He looked at the food and was about to eat some when he heard a girl about his age, complaining to her parents.
“We shouldn’t eat here, we’re gonna get in trouble.”
“Don’t worry, you’ve got daddy here, he’s got credit cards and cash.”
“Chihiro, you’ve got to try this, it’s so tender.” Xekim looked at the worried girl and her two parents, who were now gobbling down the food like pigs. The girl got upset and walked away up the street. Xekim jumped on to the roof of one of these houses and then jumped from roof to roof, until he found the girl again, standing on the railing of a bridge looking down at what appeared to be a train passing under it. A little bit up the bridge there was a large bathhouse. Xekim watched her for a minute then heard,
“You shouldn’t be here, Get out of here now!” The girl looked perplexed. “It’s almost night, leave before it gets dark.” All this was spoken by another kid who looked about Xekim’s age, but this kid, felt older. “Their lighting the lamps, got out of here, you have to get across the river, go, I’ll distract them.” He pushed the girl away from the bridge and she began to run. Then the boy held two of his fingers together and blew on them, making scales of some kind come out of them. Xekim barely registered that it was night time, He ran and saw the girl running and then he saw that her parents had become....pigs? This was getting weird. Xekim looked at the street and saw black spirits appearing and then he saw the girl frantically calling for her parents. He followed her from the tops of the buildings avoiding the spirits and creatures that might see him. Then he saw her heading towards the river, but it was apparently flooded. Xekim’s eyes widened and he looked at the river again after rubbing his eyes. He was stuck, that was just what he needed. Xekim could see a ship coming in from some far off city, seemingly made of lights. The ship docked and strange masks began to float out of them. The masks were pretty and colored in purples and blacks. The girl seemed scared and knelt down in apparent shock. The poor girl ran for it once the mask began to form bodies of their own and they came out of the ship.
“What is this place?” Xekim said before following the girl again. He’d have to find a way to get information.