TYO made haste through the ventilation shafts. He was panicking about how he should handle the situation. At first he had flashes of images of him staying in the shafts forever. He also thought about leaving into the jungle but some unknown monster would definitely stamp on him or eat him.
No. He had to help everyone and let them know that the Kazerku guy and Generation Zero were also on the planet.
He stopped above a room where through a roster, he saw some data machines.
Slowly he opened the roster and looked if someone was inside the room.
When he calculated that it was safe to go on, he jumped in, dropping to the floor.
He searched the main computer and plugged in a part of him. In the meantime, he kept his eye on the door if someone would come in.
‘Interesting data. Planet Daisugi as Djon had told us. Something about a Kojo tribe and a Ricu clan.’
He kept searching the data and stopped for a second.
‘What is this?’ he said to himself.
He found some camera images of cameras stationed in the jungle.
They all showed giant trees and the sky above it but something was odd in some pictures.
On one he saw a giant tree atop the jungle trees, as it was overlooking the jungle. It all happened fast but he saw a little dot from the sky land next to the tree, releasing smoke in the air.
On some other cameras he saw how further away in the jungle, some other things came from the sky and landed.
TYO looked at the images and he saw two details from the images.
He recognized the escape pods he and the rest used to escape the Tortoise.
‘That must be where Eto and the rest came down.’
He looked again at the images of the giant tree overlooking the jungle.
‘That could be Djon with the ship,’ he mumbled to himself as he looked at the thing coming down with smoke near the giant tree.
‘I’ve got to get to the tree. The rest would surely go there too. Downloading coordinates now.’
When he was done, TYO wanted to ride away but he changed his mind.
He plugged in again and searched all the files linked to the camera screens of his friend crashing on the planet.
‘No one needs to see this,’ he said as he deleted everything.
Veronica and Hawk all looked at Morning python, who now was released from her cuffs.
Lowe looked at them, surprised at their reaction and then he looked at the assassin.
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She looked at the palms of her hands, rubbing them after being released. After that she looked at Veronica and Hawk with an evil smile.
Both of them started to panic when she looked at them, preparing for a fight.
‘Oh, relax. You weren’t my target in the first place,’ Morning python said with a relaxed voice. Even though they kept their eyes on her, both Veronica and Hawk relaxed a little more.
‘You will not get Eto,’ Veronica said with a serious voice and Morning python looked around to the jungle.
‘Bet you won't either. But that’s fine. My contract should have ended already. No point for me to get him.’
She walked away a little bit, stretching her arms.
‘Can we trust this?’ Veronica asked Hawk while covering her mouth to whisper.
‘Who knows. But we need to find a way out of this jungle,’ he replied.
The other lion creatures from the Ricu clan all turned and started walking.
Lowe walked to Hawk and Veronica and lowered himself to get eye contact.
‘The jungle is not safe, especially for outsiders. Why don’t you come with us to our village? Nice place to eat something and get some sleep.’
Hawk and Veronica looked at each other. It was a nice offer but they felt like they should look for Eto, TYO and Djon.
‘Thanks. But we are searching for our friends, ' Veronica said and Lowe stood up.
‘You won’t find them here. Alone in the jungle. Come with us. We can help you with our scouts. Bet we will find them in no time,’ he said and Lowe also started walking.
Hawk and Veronica looked at the group who was walking away through the trees. Even Morning Python followed the group.
‘What now?’ Veronica asked without looking at Hawk.
‘We will search for Eto,' he said seriously and Veronica looked at him.
Then he looked at her and his face made a nervous laugh.
‘In the direction of their village?’
They both kept quiet until they both started running after the group.
‘Excellent plan’ Veronica said.
Eto walked with princess Morinojo and Gongarza through the jungle.
The whole way Morinojo kept asking Eto about the places he had been and Eto kept talking about it.
He told her about his grandpa and how he came to Borner and how he met Veronica.
‘Who is Veronica?’ the princess said with slightest concern.
‘My friend,’ Eto said with a smile. He thought about her and his friends and wondered where they could be. He was sure they would be fine. They would be more worried about him and he was fine so everything would work out the way he thought it would be.
‘And then?’ princess Morinojo asked, filling the silence.
After that, Eto told about Capgelu and his battle with Ased and how they all went to the capital of Etoile. He mentioned Generation Zero and his battles. He kept a little quiet when Green point came into the picture and the princess noticed his absence of mind.
‘If you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to,’ she said as she grabbed his arm. Gongarza made a sound like he was hit by a weapon, seeing the princess react to Eto like that.
‘No it’s fine. It’s just that I have not known these people for a long time but they already feel so close to me. With all the adventures we had.’
Eto wandered with his mind as he stared into the jungle as they walked.
He then realized that he had known Hawk for a longer time but due to the memory loss and then returning, it felt like he just met him but he already is a great friend.’
Eto could feel a little tear going down his cheek.
‘Eto, are you alright?’ Morinojo asked in panic.
‘I’m fine,’ Eto said and he waved it off.
‘Just thinking about them gives me a good feeling,’ he said.
The princess looked at him but couldn't understand. How could he have a good feeling but still have a tear?
‘We are almost there,’ Gongarza interrupted them and he pointed up.
Eto looked and he was amazed with what he saw.
Above the trees in the distance, he saw a huge tree on top of the other trees, as if it was overlooking the jungle.