Planet Eilaela Retold (story): Difference between revisions

"Alright guys. We should be arriving at Ethos within the hour!" Despite Vultro's giddiness, the voice sounds more annoying than cheerful to Wreck's ears. He groans to himself. "Frankie," he mumbles as he turns to his partner, "For the millionth time, why are you're taking me to this random planet." Frankie chuckles. "I told you, it's a surprise! Don't you worry." Wreck rolls his eyes and leans back in his chair.

Cyncatia is standing next to Vultro at the helm, looking out the front window of the ship. Her ears twitch as she stares out into the vast emptiness. Only now do Vultro's words register with her. "Vultro, didn't you just say we're almost there? Where's Ethos?" Vultro looks down at the dashboard, only to look up again in confusion at the empty space. He thumps on one of the radar displays. "What the..."

"What's going on?" Cyncatia asks. Vultro points to the radar scanner. "The ship is saying Ethos is right in front of us... but it's not. I looked away for two seconds, now it's gone." Cyncatia stares at the radar for a moment. "How strange," she says. She notices a bright flash out of the corner of her eye, and looks back out the window. As if out of nowhere, the horizon is now completely filled by a strange-looking, unfamiliar planet. "Vultro!" she yells as a fireball begins to form around the ship.

Raven, who had been patiently waiting in her seat, perks up and jumps out of her chair. "Vultro, how did you miss that giant planet? It's a ''planet''!" Vultro is looking around frantically at his instruments. "It's not on the radar Raven, it wasn't even there a minute ago!"

Raven fiddles around in her bag and looks up with concern. "I have the Sol emeralds," she admits. "Tell me right now. Are we going to crash?" Vultro continues to fiddle with the landing controls, trying to prepare the ship for a proper landing. "Vultro!" she barks. "Are we going to crash!?" "Yes! Yes!" he finally snaps back. "I can't get the landing sequence to activate!" he yells. "Everyone, brace for impact!"

 

 

 

 

 

She slowly opens her eyes to see Raven diving into her seat, strapping herself in and securing her bag. Wreck straightens up in his seat and checks his seatbelt, looking over to make sure Frankie is safe. It takes only a few moments to figure out what's happening. As if her mother was there, her arms begin to move on their own, forming a magic symbol in the air. A bubble expands to cover the entire ship, as the ship plummets towards a murky body of water.

Raven and Cyncatia are the first to surface, the latter surfacing in the form of a dolphin. "Where's Vultro! He can't swim!" Vultro's hands barely break the surface, thrashing towards Cyncatia. He scurries onto her back, coughing up water. "Thank you, Cync." Raven looks around for the rest of the crew. "Where is everyone else?"

A short distance away, Wreck and Frankie both submerge from the swamp. "Yuck, so much for a surprise date..." Frankie said under her breath. Wreck scoffs. "''This'' was your idea of a date?" Frankie frowns. "Ugh, just forget it. Let's get over to Raven."

"Where are we?" Cyncatia asks as she scans her surroundings. There are low trees, slippery rocks, and lots of murky swamp water. She notices Vultro staring at what's left of the ship. "Wherever we are, our ticket out of here is busted," he said. Nearby, Tracker suddenly pops out from under the water, flailing around until he reaches a fallen tree to stand on. Evidently, he had been in such a deep sleep that he hadn't even awoken during the panic. "So much for a warm Ethos welcome," he said. "This isn't Ethos," Vultro said. "I actually have no idea what this place is."

Jenny is the last to surface, joining the rest of the group. She takes a moment to catch her breath. "I... I would just freeze over all this water, but cryomancy isn't exactly my specialty." She tries to catch her breath as she treads nearby. Raven looks down at her now soaked bag and opens her eyes wide. "Where is it?" she yells. "Where's what?" Wreck asks. "The silver emerald!" She dives under the water, but the murky swamp water stings her eyes. She resurfaces, spinning in circles trying to find it. She yells in frustration. "The silver Sol Emerald is gone."

After a few deep breaths, she swims over to Vultro. "I knew I shouldn't have brought these." She rummages in the bag and pulls out the green emerald. "Vultro, I have a bad feeling about this place. I want you to hold on to this until we get the silver emerald back." "Wouldn't it be more safe with you?" he asked. "Like I said, I just have a bad feeling. If something happens to me or this bag, they'll all be gone." Vultro nods, placing the emerald in his pouch. "First, we have to try and fix the ship. Then, we'll find the emerald. I promise." Raven nods.

The group heads in the direction of the scream. They approach a cliff face, with a large cave opening in front of them. "I hate to say it, but the reverb of the scream would suggest it came from in there," Frankie says. Vultro shakes his head in disbelief. "Alright. Tracker, you stay out here and stand guard." He nods silently. "We'll be right back." The rest of the group enters the cave.

The entrance is faintly illuminated by the light outside, but it's hard to see very far. "Man, this is creepy," Wreck says. Frankie steps further into the darkness, before stopping dead in her tracks. "Guys, something's not right here," she whispers into the darkness. "What do you mean?" Wreck asks. "Frankie, come back, I can't see you." No response. "Frankie?" he asks. "Hello? Frankie?" He steps forward towards where she was standing, but there is nothing there.

Wreck is gritting his teeth now. "First Raven, now Frankie. What the hell is going on here." Vultro gulps. "There's a branch in the cave over there. Maybe we should split up." He collects his thoughts for a moment. "Jenny, come with me. Cync, you go with Wreck."

=== Chapter 3 ===

"Where are the other two?" the voice says sternly. She can see it bend over and sweep the floor nearby, as she slowly starts to realize who has captured her. Raven smirks to herself. "That's none of your business."

The figure scoffs. "Hah! With the crystal in our possession, these are just a bonus anyway." It reaches out its hand and the five emeralds begin to float around it, glowing in different colors.

This all but confirmed Raven's suspicions. "Metal Raven," she says. The light of the emeralds reveals a shiny metallic face staring back at her, a face that looked eerily similar to her own. The twisted grin on its face was something she thought a robot wasn't capable of.

"What are you doing here? What is this place?" Raven asks. Metal Raven ignores her questions, placing the emeralds back in the bag. "The Sol Emeralds could be of some use yet, even just these five. We can use their energy to amplify the Shoten crystal."

"Aw, poor little Frances wants to stop me!" Mist says mockingly. "What are you going to do about it?" Raven looks around and notices the familiar ears of Vultro in the corner of the room. She stares through the darkness at him.

"Whoa! A metal clone of Raven?" he bursts out. "I thought she was making that up." Raven sighed. ''Here we go again,'' she thought. Metal Raven's head snapped towards Vultro. He looks over at the bag in her hands and notices an unfamiliar object poking out of it. It appears to be a lime-green crystal, with a webbing of blue cracks running through it. "Say, what's that thing?" he asks. "I've never seen a gem like that before."

Mist chuckles to himself, stepping forward into the dim light. He reveals himself to be a strange, featureless creature with pale grey skin. Even without visible eyes on his face, Vultro could feel his glare. "Do you really think we'd tell you anything about that crystal?" He pauses and attempts what Vultro assumes is a smirk. "You should have heard your friend outside."

The creature morphs into an exact copy of Tracker, down to his droopy yellow ears. "Gimme our bloody friends back before I get rate maaaaad!" he says as he poorly mimics Tracker's accent. Mist laughs to himself. Vultro's eye begins to twitch in anger.

Vultro jumps and catches the gem out of the air in his left hand. As he looks down at it in his hands, still angry, it begins to glow green. He begins to feel a surge of energy enter his body. "What's happening?" he asks as he feels more and more energy flow through him. Suddenly, a brilliant flash fills the cave, sending a shockwave through the room. As the light fades, Vultro is now floating in the air, his fur a shining purple color.

He looks down in awe at his transformation and then looks back at the crystal with a big smile on his face. "Whoa!" he yells. "Guys! Guys! I'm just like Super Sonic! Ha ha, look at me! I look awesome!" He turns around, only to be met by a sucker punch straight to the gut. "Not quite," a menacing voice says as he falls to the floor.

Wreck then turns to the wolf. "You want some too?" He throws a punch at the wolf, only for his hand to go right through him as he tumbles to the floor. "Hmph," the wolf scoffed as he grabs Vultro by the neck. He taps the device on his belt and the two instantly vanish in a flash of yellow light. Metal Raven turns and grabs Raven, and they too disappear in a flash of light.

"Raven!" Jenny yelled. "They have Raven, Vultro, and now the emeralds," Wreck says. He clenches his fists and turns to Mist, but by now he had already escaped. He turns his attention to Frankie, who is still collapsed on the floor. "Wreck? Wreck!" Cyncatia's voice echoes. She stumbles into the room, out of breath. "What happened?"

"Raven and Vultro were taken, maybe Tracker too," Jenny said. "I don't know." "We have to get out of this cave," Wreck says as he begins to untie Frankie. "It's okay Frankie, you're safe now."