Everybody sat in front of the cockpit, staring outside into the dark space.
Nothing was said and all their attention was focussed on the outside.
‘I don’t see it,’ Veronica said while still looking, breaking the silence.
TYO stood beside her, making little noises while he was making calculations.
Hawk tried to focus more and Djon looked like he saw something, which he didn’t.
They all kept looking and staring into the darkness until Eto interrupted them.
‘There!’ he yelled and he pointed forward.
They all followed where he was pointing at but they all didn’t seem to see anything.
‘You sure?’ Hawk asked and Eto nodded.
‘I believe the kid,’ Djon said and he started to move the ship into the direction that Eto was pointing at.
While the rest didn’t seem to see what Eto was seeing, they didn’t argue because they wouldn’t know the answer. Instead they all kept quite, waiting to find something that Eto already had seen
Slowly the Tortoise started to move forward and as it went faster and faster, it seemed that what Eto was seeing became more clear to the rest.
‘You see,’ Eto said but even though he was right, he couldn’t bring up a smile for what he saw.
The rest now slowly started to see it too.
In the midst of the dark space was something. Hidden.
What seemed to be covered by dark shadows was the size of a planet. The shadows were so dark that someone would pass it as there seemed like there was no planet at all. Slowly the shadows moved along the surface but hid in plain sight.
‘That is Green point?’ Eto asked seriously as he didn’t remember it like that.
‘That is a Lost world,’ Djon said with a heavy feeling seeing Eto standing and staring. He could feel Veronica looking at him.
Ever since it was mentioned, she wanted to know what a Lost world was but there was never any time to ask. It was like Jon could read her mind as he turned to her.
‘You want to know?’ he asked while stroking the horn on his chin.
‘I do,’ she said softly and she quickly looked outside. Eto also looked at Djon for answers.
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‘A Lost world is a planet lost on the map of the galaxy. Only memories of the ones who weren’t on the planet when it became a Lost world. Covered by the darkness that is spreading through the galaxy, it becomes unknown to the galaxy whether the planet is still alive or not. Even though I can’t believe it has reached sector 7, knowing the darkness should only be around the center of the galaxy.’
‘I can’t believe I am seeing one in real life,’ Hawk said as he was still looking outside at the darkness-covered planet.
‘That’s horrible,’ Veronica said to Djon and she also kept looking outside.
She could imagine how bad Generation Zero was but a planet completely covered and lost in darkness? That was just horrible.
As she thought about it, she thought of Eto and how this was his home planet.
She turned to him and she caught him staring outside, looking surprised.
Veronica said ‘it's gonna be fine,’ even though she had trouble believing it herself. She grabbed Eto by his arm but he seemed to ignore her. Instead he raised his arm and pointed outside.
‘To the left. That is where we should landm’ he said without emotion in his voice.
‘You sure?’ Hawk asked and Eto nodded. He kept his eyes on the shadows outside.
‘Something is telling me to go there,’ he said and Hawk turned to Djon, nodding that he could try to land the ship.
For a moment it stayed quiet and Djon looked at the rest.
Everybody ok with this? We are about to land into darkness. I never heard what could happen if you find a Lost world and land on it.’
Nobody said anything. Instead they all looked outside with a little fear in their eyes.
‘Alright,’ Djon said and he started to take control of the ship.
‘Better hold on, I have no idea what we are gonna encounter.’
Even though Veronica would disagree with a plan like that, she couldn’t speak. She didn’t want to let Eto down.
The ship started to move in and when it reached the shadows, the Tortoise was soon swallowed and covered by it.
The ship started to tremble as it made its way to the planet's surface. The waves of darkness spread around the ship like smoke, as if it was trying to stop it from landing on the planet.
Everybody held onto something and TYO grabbed Eto’s leg.
What seemed to take forever, luckily ended as they had reached the end of the shadows.
They left the shadows behind them as clouds over the planet and found the surface.
Djon landed the tortoise on the ground and TYO jumped on the control board. He quickly worked through some numbers before speaking.
‘It’s 100% safe to breathe outside. Watch out for moving sand in the air.’
They all moved to the back and the main door opened to the planet.
The surface was covered in dirt and a little sandstorm combined with mist made it hard to see in front of you.
The planet was covered in darkness that stayed in the air like clouds as a thick layer. Some flashes of what looked like explosives coming from behind them, barely bringing light to the planet.
Eto jumped out at first and when he looked at the scenery, he felt a little heartbroken as it wasn’t how he remembered his home.
'We should stay together,' Veronica said as she tried to cover her face from the incoming sand in the air but Eto kept walking, moving further away from the group.
He could feel that he started to panic. His home planet was covered in darkness and nothing looked like he remembered it.
He could feel his heart getting heavy and the tension of tears started to appear in his eyes.
‘GRANDPA!’ he screamed as loud as he could.