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The last world
chapter 2.5 Help from an unexpected source

chapter 2.5 Help from an unexpected source

Everybody in the harbor was laughing at Hawk and Veronica, leaving them in the dark without paying any attention. Their request must have been so stupid as it spread fast and more and more people started laughing.

‘What do they mean with a Lost world?’ Veronica asked Hawk who was still startled and staring in front of him.

‘I’m not sure. I’ve only heard stories,’ he mumbled while he swallowed nervously.

‘What kind of stories?’ Veronica asked who was in the impression that it was not something to take lightly.

Hawk looked at her and she hadn’t seen his face seriously that often.

‘Lost worlds are to be said planets who vanish from the map. No one knows what happened, only that the planets disappear from the radar and no one finds them again,’ he said and Veronica was shocked by his words.

‘They disappear? No one can find them?’ she asked.

Hawk wanted to respond but someone interrupted.

‘I can,’ a voice said from behind them.

Veronica turned around and Hawk looked in the direction the voice came from.

In the corner of the harbor, hidden in the shade sat a man at a table.

He had his legs on the table and he sat slumped in a chair.

‘Excuse me,’ Hawk said, who walked to the table with little steps.

Veronica walked besides him and when they reached the table, it became clear who the person was sitting there.

At the table sat an alien with his legs spread on top of it, smoking something that looked like a silver device.

His skin was blue, covered with what looked like tribal tattoos.

He had a beast-like face, sharp fangs showed when he laughed.

On the top of his bald blue head was a huge horn sticking to the front.

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A similar smaller horn was on his chin.

His long black coat and heavy boots matched colors and dirt.

‘Pirate,’ Hawk mumbled so only Veronica could hear it.

‘You kids wanna go to Green point? A lost world?’ he asked and he smoked from his device. a little grin was showing on the alien’s face.

‘And you can get us there?’ Hawk tried to ask with confidence.

The alien at the table stopped smoking and showed him a cocky smile.

‘Oh boy. I can,’ he said and he started to laugh.

Eto and TYO walked into the temple and they could hear their footsteps echo through the giant hall.

The floor was made of marble and the same pillars outside were built on the inside. The hall was big but empty, except for some fire to the sides to brighten the place.

Eto could only see a giant statue at the back of the temple. That, and a man sitting in front of the statue on the floor.

Slowly but followed with the sounds of his footsteps, Eto walked to the back of the temple with TYO slowly driving behind him.

‘Excuse me,’ Eto said and he could hear his own voice echoing through the hall.

The man who was sitting turned around. It was an alien with brown skin. He had no hair and his ears were pointy. His skin was covered in different spots of brown and three small tentacles hung over his mouth like some sort of beard.

‘Yes my child,’ he said with a relaxing voice.

‘I’m sorry. Is this the temple of the holy knights?’ Eto asked and the man nodded with a little smile. Eto was enthusiastic about that.

‘Can you tell me if I can meet them?’ Eto asked and at the same time he was looking around, hoping he would see one.

The man laughed calmy and shook his head.

‘I’m sorry dear boy but the holy knights are not here.’

‘They aren’t?’ Eto said with disappointment. His face showed his disappointment.

‘No, no,’ the man said and he turned around to look at the big statue in the temple. It was the same as the statue of the man outside.

‘All the holy knights are out into space, fighting in the war.’

‘The war?’ Eto asked and he also looked at the statue as the man turned around. He looked at Eto with a surprised face.

‘Yes, don’t you know what is going on?’ he asked and Eto shook his head.

‘I’m sorry. My memory is a little vague lately.’

The man smiled and walked towards Eto. He put his arm on his shoulder.

‘I am glad you’re still the same as we thought’ the man said and this confused Eto.

‘What do you mean?’ he asked and he could feel the grip of the man getting tighter. TYO came from behind Eto. ‘I don’t like this,’ he said.

The man gave a grin, but with a face Eto didn’t like.

‘I’m just glad to meet you here,’ the man said and with his other arm, he also grabbed Eto. ‘That will make things a lot easier.’

Eto didn’t understand and he wanted to step back but the man kept his hold on him.

‘Vulture knight. Your moment to shine’ the man yelled and Eto could hear something moving on the ceiling of the temple.