"We bought some gifts!" I shouted at the ASIS scientists, showing what we have got
We handed it to them, they looked at it.
"This can do, thank you" the leader of ASIS scientists, professor Michael Thompson said to us
"You're welcome, oh, and by the way, can you see if this berry-like thing is edible?" I said and give them all of the berries I picked up
I started to walk away
"What is that?"I heard professor Michael Thompson
"Oh, my pet, I called it's species Flufftails since their tails are fluffy. And I named this guy, Fluffy. Want to see what it can do?" Axel replied
I just walked around, looking around, admiring the fresh air, beautiful environment, and recalling the beautiful scenery we just saw about an hour ago. I sat down with the others by the fire and took out the photos of my discovered animals and looked at them.
"Woah, what are those?" Mia asked
"Hmph, my discovered animals" I replied
"Can I see some?"
Mia took some of the photos and looked at them.
"Woaaaaaah"
She is in awe just by looking at them. I am also in awe looking at them.
"Hey Mia, take a look at this" Audrey said to Mia
Mia gave the photos back to me and went beside Audrey. Audrey said the whole story when her creature and Axel's creature fought. I looked at the photos I took, a creature with spikes all over its body, a creature with spikes on its tail, the other one is a big circle at the end of its tail, and this one, it's mouth is leaking with smoky hot greenish saliva which is something I don't know but it looked like acid to me. Axel joined us to sit down by the campfire, playing with Fluffy.
"Audrey, do you think there are good animals where they don't kill someone like us?" Mia asked Audrey
"That is a big yes, of course. Just like back to Earth, there are carnivores that eat meat and herbivores that eat grasses, berries or leaves like a vegetarian so they don't attack us or other animals. There are also omnivores that eat meat and plants. If there are also grasses, berries or plants in this planet, then there are herbivores that won't hurt us" Audrey replied
We went silent, looking at the pictures of the creatures we discovered. We could hear the thunderous and echoing roars of creatures around us. A loud machine sounded, we looked behind. It was the ASIS scientistd using a machine to dig on the ground. Maybe they are looking for something from the ground, maybe for research. It is so loud and continuous that I don't want to hear it like music.
"Let's go inside" Audrey said
All of us stood up and started walking to the spaceship. Mia's eyes are locked into the photos of Audrey.
*Thud*
"Ow" Audrey in front of us groaned
It looked like she bumped into something. Audrey held out her arm, she is touching something.
"Cac crakakak" a sudden sound
Something is revealing, revealing itself. It is a long skinny red creature, standing on two legs with long skinny arms. I shrieked at us and ran away. It is longer than us, making us look up.
"They can turn invisible!?" Audrey shouted
We just watched and let it run away.
"You see Mia? I bet that is a herbivore, they don't hurt you" Audrey said to Mia
We went inside the ship, the others went straight to the second floor while Axel and I went to the living room.
"Want to play a game?" Axel asked
"Okay" I replied
I helped him install a second TV on the wall for him to play. We sat down on the sofa and played a game we carried with us. It felt so relaxing after having an adventure and sat down on a comfy sofa.
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We played a game for a while now, the feeling of staying and living on another planet doesn't go away. It just felt...... Nostalgic.
"Help Caden! Help me! There is a Dakotaraptor chasing me!" Axel shouted at me while I was making our home base
I looked behind, I saw him hilariously running away from the feathery. He ran like a cartoon character. We decided to play a dinosaur survival game. We stream our gameplay online. I laughed as I watched Axel run. The viewers that are watching our stream went wild, commenting lol, lmao, hahahaha.
"Lead the Dakotaraptor here!" I said to Axel after putting a big bear trap on the ground
Axel ran towards the bear trap, he jumped over the bear trap. Axel landed on the other side, the Dakotaraptor got caught. I continued laughing after watching the hilarious scene. Alex started killing the Dakotaraptor, I joined in.
My phone suddenly rang from the table in front of us. I picked it up and continued killing the Dakotaraptor from the game.
"Yow, Maverick, what do you want?" I asked
"Go outside Caden go outside! The scientists are in trouble! Take your gun and go outside! No questions needed and I need you to help them as fast as you can!" Maverick shouted from the phone
"Okay okay"
I stood up and took the small black box from the table
"Is there something wrong?" Axel asked
"Nothing, just nothing. Continue the game, I will be gone for a while" I replied while walking out of the room
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The small box on my hand transformed into a gun. I left the depressurization room. I was met by the scream and shouts of the three ASIS scientists on the left laying down on the ground. They are looking at something in horror, I went down the bridge to take a look.
Holy shit, there is a dark-blue colored creature destroying the loud machine. The machine broke down, the creature went into its feet. It's like a wolf, but larger.
Its eyes focused on the scientists, prowling and growling. Its fur is also like a wolf, it raises its big tail, it has two splitting tails. It went near the scientist on the ground trying to retreat. It roared, revealing its sharp fangs. The scientists shouted and screamed in fear. I raised and pointed my gun
*Bang*
And pulled the trigger, shooting at the side of the creature. It pierced through its skin, blue blood came out. The creature roared in pain and looked at me, he roared at me. I need to lead it out from the scientists and the spaceship before it does any damage.
I went to the right and shot the creature again. It got irritated and started going towards me. I ran to the forest, it ran fast. I turned around and shot the creature continuously. It ignored the pain, it slashed my gun, making my gun fly to my left.
I tried to go for my weapon, the creature leaped in front of me. There is no way I am going to fight this big creature bare-handed. I walked backwards, the creature leaped at me. I rolled to the left, dodging the attack. I ran towards my gun, I tripped down to the ground.
The creature used its tail to strangle my knee. Even tho creatures are creatures, they are still smart. It lifted me up. It turned its body around to look at me. It roared at me. I swayed, upside down.
"Easy brother easy" I tried to calm it down
It tried to bite my face, I swayed my upper body to the right, making him miss. I took out a flashbang from my pocket and pulled the pin and dropped it to the ground. I closed my eyes and covered my ears with my hand.
*Bang*
It made a loud noise, the creature let me go and started walking and swaying. I crawled towards my gun as fast as I could. I took the gun and started shooting at the creature.
*Click click*
My gun ran out of ammo. I took out a magazine from my pocket but the creature is already on top of me. It opened its mouth to bite my head. I put my gun inside its mouth and made it stuck. The creature can't close its mouth because of the gun. I tried to the right but it put its paws on my chest. The creature is very heavy I can't move.
"Help! Help!" I shouted
Shit shit shit I have to do something! Oh no, I might die because of this animal! I have to do something! I am not ready to die! I still want to explore this planet! Please let me go! My gun slipped out of its mouth, landing beside me.
It roared on my face, disgusting saliva flew to my face. I put my hand on the top and bottom of its jaw and use all my strength to keep it open. My organization Black, gave us steroids of strength that lasts only 1 month. But my strength isn't enough to fight this guy. It started to close its mouth, it is going to bite my fingers off!
"I am coming brother!" I heard a shout from the left
It was Axel, carrying two swords. He jumped and stabbed the creature on the side of its stomach. The creature roared and wailed around. I stood up, Axel took out one of his swords and started stabbing the creature continuously.
The creature moved around, its splitted tail wrapped around on Axel's waist. It carried Axel up in the air, Axel struggled to get out. I ran towards the sword on the ground and swung it on the creature's face, making a slash.
The creature wailed and threw Axel at me. I threw the sword behind while both of us rolled before any accident happen. Both of us stood up, the creature is very very angry at us.
"Any plans!?" I asked Axel
"I don't know, running from creatures like this is useless" he replied
"So, we got to kill it?"
"Yep"
Axel, I, and the creature walked in circle, we moved slowly, the creature growling.
"Hey, be a bait for me will ya? You ran to the left to distract it while I jumped backwards to get my sword" Axel whispered
I nodded
"On my mark, in three... Two... One... Go!"
I ran to the left, it worked, the creature had its eyes on me, focusing on me and chased me. Axel dived backwards to the ground. He picked up his sword and turned around. Somehow, Axel is the one the creature is attacking, the creature runs towards Axel. I didn't realize we were messing with the wrong creature. We are fighting an intelligent creature.
"This was not part of the plan!" Axel panickingly shouted
Axel swayed his sword at the creature but the creature opened its mouth. Axel sliced the oral commisure of the creature, making Axel's left arm enter the creature's mouth. The creature bit Axel's arm.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
Axel wailed in pain, I have to do something before it bites his arm off. I ran towards the sword that is still stabbed on its stomach, I took it out.
"AAAAAHHH"
*Crack*
Axel shouted even more, then I heard a sound of a disgusting crack. I looked at the front, Axel was crouched down on the ground, his left hand was missing. Too late, I ran towards the creature's mouth. I turned the sword using the dull side and used it to push Axel's arm out of the creature's mouth before it swallowed it.
I then stabbed the creature's eye, the creature wailed, blue blood came out. I dropped to the ground with the sword in my hand. The creature started to retreat, it gave us one last angry roar before disappearing to the forest.
"Oh no no no no, this can't be happening!" I shouted as I approached Axel
I took his decapitated left and the sword on the hand from the ground and I princess carried Axel. I started to run back to the spaceship. There is a lot of blood coming out of his left arm, putting stains on my clothes. I put his arm and swords on his chest.
"Ahh, shit, Caden, I am...... Seeing.... The light" Axel said, his voice raspy
"Hey hey hey don't die on me!" I shouted
"Caden, tell my mother that... I ...... Love....... Her"
"You are making me worried Axel!"
Axel went unconscious, shit shit shit shit. I arrived back at the spaceship.
"Oh my, what happened?" Lila asked
"There is a creature that came here and attacked us. Please, open the door for me!" I replied
Lila followed and opened the depressurization door for me. I hastily went inside.
"What happened!?" Mia asked
"There is a monster attack, just let me go to the pod and cure him" I replied
I ran to the pod room. I took the two swords on top of his chest and placed it aside. I pulled out one of the pods and made Axel lay down.
"You are going to be okay and fine" I said to the unconscious Axel, saying it makes me calm down
I took off the ripped cloth on the arm and also scissored the ripped cloth on Axel's left shoulder. I put the decapitated arm and connected it to the big wound of Axel's left shoulder, making it feels like he got his arm again. I carefully closed it and started the healing process.
I sighed in relief, I took off my stained clothes and went out of the pod room. I went to my room, changed some new clothes and went back to the living room and lay down on the sofa to relax.
"Is Axel okay? I saw you coming back with a decapitated arm on his chest and I saw a lot of blood" Maverick asked after entering the room
"As long as he's breathing and that healing pod of ours. He is going to be okay" Hunter out of nowhere replied to the question for me
The scientist entered the room
"Thank you for saving us there, we would have been dead without you" proffesor Michael Thompson said to me
"Yeah, no worries" I replied
"Professor Michael, what are we going to do with our digging machine destroyed?" One of the ASIS scientists, Dr. David Rodriguez asked
"We can repair with the tools and resources we have. Without it, we can never get a look for some minerals from the ground. Go take a rest, and let's be careful next time" Professor Michael Thompson replied
"Okay sir"
"Don't worry, we will try on fix it for you" Maverick said to professor Michael Thompson
"Thank you"
"Oh right, Professor Michael, is the thing I asked for you to research, is it edible?" I asked
"Yes it is"
He took the berry-like thing out of his pocket and gave it to me, he took one and ate it.
"Very delicious" he said
"Squeakik"
I heard a squeaky sound from the right. It was Fluffy, standing on the table looking at me.
"Hey there little guy, sorry to say but your owner will be gone for hours. Oh right, you want berry?" I said to Fluffy
He squeaked, I gave it all of the berries. I looked at the window, the sun still looked like the same position when Axel and I were playing video games.
"How many hours have passed by? I asked Maverick
Maverick looked at his phone
"What time are you asking?" He asked
"Today and the time we set foot on this planet"
"About..... 6 hours, the time is kinda slow moving"
"Hey, I bet it will take 28 hours for planet Aetheris to get a full rotation" Hunter said
"Mine is, 30" Maverick competed
"Mine is 34" Lila joined
"Mine is 27" Mia joined
"Mine is 32" Audrey said
"Okay okay, we will find out tomorrow but we need someone to stay up all night and wait for the moon to reach halfway and we will know it's midnight. Then the timer start there since that's midnight, then we will wait for the sun to hit miday and now it was calculated" Victor broke out their competition
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I just played video games for a long time, I looked out of the window, it is still morning but the sun is starting to set. My phone rang, I picked it up, it was Jasper calling, back from Earth. I accepted the call.
"Cadeeeen, how's it going there in Planet Aetheris?" Jasper asked
"Kinda good and beautiful, we saw lots of unique creatures. There is one that attacked us and it cut off Axel's arm" I replied
"Wait what? Is he okay?"
"Yeah he is okay, I put him in the healing pod on time, breathing"
"Good to hear, I---- wait really? I have to go now Caden, they are calling. Wish you guys out there and Axel to get good again"
Jasper hung up the call. My phone rung again, it was a timer. I stood up and went to the pod room. I pulled out the pod where I put Axel in. He is still unconscious, but his left arm is intact again to his body. He started coughing and suddenly raised his upper body up.
*Thud*
"Ow"
His head bumped into the pod on top of him.
"Oh, hey there Caden, looks like I am still alive"
He tried to move his left arm
"Fuck"
"You need to wait for hours to heal in the inside, the only thing that healed is the outside" I said to him
"Yeah, I know"
He sat and stood up and closed the pod. He went straight to the sofa in the living room and laid down. The others, greeted him and asked if he was okay. I chuckled, one thing why I chuckled, Axel is left arm. There is no way he can eat, write or hold things. For the inside to heal will take 2 days. A lot of days without the help of the healing pod.
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It is finally night time, it took too long for the sun to set. We made a bonfire outside the spaceship, roasting marshmallows, hotdogs, barbecue and intestines. We asked the ASIS scientists to join us but they denied and went inside the spaceship. Victor set his phone again to live stream. We introduced ourselves, talking with the viewers, and some of the viewers noticed Axel's condition. We told the whole story of what happened.
"Guys, I think I will Baluyop, turning it into Kakayop. Kaka- came from kakaegyat meaning scary or dangerous, and the -yop is hayop meaning animal or creature" I said to them
"So, that animal you just fought with, what do you call it?" Maverick asked
I thinked
"I will call it, Duwakolyop meaning, Two Tailed Creature" I replied
We started roasting the marshmallows, hotdogs, barbecues, and intestines, roasting and eating intestines are my favourite including roasted marshmallows.
Mia participated to feed Axel, Hunter participated to stay awake all night to watch the moon reach the center of the sky and start the timer. We started laughing around, playing games that the viewers wanted us to play, and talking to them.
"Eyy, I got something that might surprise you all, I'll be right back" Victor said and went to the spaceship
We waited for him, he came back with bottles of liquors on his hand. I suddenly stood up in shock.
"Hey hey hey, I was joking about what I said back to Earth" I said to him
"Yeah, I know, but I planned it with Axel and Maverick" he replied
Hunter put down the liquors to the ground, we started drinking.
"Yeah yeah, you guys drink, I have to be awake all night. Oh right, when you guys are finished drinking, can you wake me up? I don't want to stay up all night without a nap" Hunter said
We continued drinking and laughing around, telling jokes. Maverick puked, Scarlett puked, we laughed all night, like it was the last night staying on planet Aetheris.