"No. No one else is here, Amir.""Are you sure? Did you bring food? It's a pity if he finds it. I'm sure my dog is a pig in disguise.""Yes, it's our snack, he can have it." Gwen said. Zack slumped at the van, he felt like he was outside looking in ironically. He glanced at Conrad hiding in the car too. The set of his shoulders were tense. They were quiet. He looked like he preferred it that way.Rupert charged across the park and lunged into the car nipping and slobbering on his face. He held him close. Rupert barked and he plodded him to be quiet. "Shh, shh." "Rupert!" Seymour emerged from the house stretching and he brushed his fur around Amir's ankle and licked along his hind leg to make sure his scent was on him.Zack gazed at his cat alive and hearty. He maintained a calm expression even though he wanted to retrieve him back. Rupert whimpered prodding him to go outside."Go go." He tossed a drumstick outside and Rupert went after it.Mrs Akilah emerged."Amir, how many tim
"You promised so are we getting coffee or not?" He said pulling her out of her thoughts.She pursed her lips and she clapped his hand.He pulled her up. "Certainly." Zack lowered his sword surprised. "Really?" She took her jacket shaky. "Yes. As promised."He turned grim. "Oh. I was kidding about the coffee." He thought half disappointed.Gwen exhaled. They got to the ship, Mort huffed gazing at the can of soda. He flicked it at the can and missed."This is hopeless." Mort said."It's all we have and_"They paused at the Klozarian ship headed towards them.Conrad clenched his teeth. "How the hell did they find us?"Zack was jittery from the coffee or the vessel headed towards them."We gotta go." They rushed towards to Gwen's ship and Mort gasped at Guard Dog."Hey!" They paused as the doors opened and Conrad aimed closing an eye on the scope.The first person he saw was a large alien in a burgundy suit. He grinded his teeth at Zandax who had a golden Z on his chest. Zack frowne
"Then who are you?"Zack didn't know whether to feel sympathy or anger or fear for Zandax. As upsetting as it was, it wasn't about him. It was about Zandax. An alien going through an identity crisis. He had been lied to most of his life that he was no good. In a sense, it rang true but this one was muddled by the opinions of others that he couldn't seem to understand himself anymore. He didn't know what to tell him."I am deeply sorry that I tried to kill you. I did it for honour but nothing brings me any solace."Gwen softened. She fidgeted. "I feel empty and weak. I never seem to do anything right." Zandax knelt there feeling dejected. Aware of his own failings and his anger, now he was in front of the one person who could help him and he turned him down. Zack worked his jaw. Maybe he was lied to but it didn't excuse the fact that he tried to kill him. Zack left him quickly conflicted and frustrated.Zack looked lost. He sat on a tire swing holding on to the chains. He saw him
"Rule #1, never assume that your enemy will spare your life." Broseam said proudly."Duh, I kinda figured that out." He said and he glanced at Zandax watching them."Rule #2, trust your instincts.""Behind you!" Zack pointed and Broseam rammed him down. "Nice try. I am not so easily distracted Trevor."Zack laughed. "Does everyone just make up their own rules?""It's the code, what I was taught, it's not quite different from the handbook." Broseam said smiling."Great, more codes." Zack said."It's not that bad, a little structure won't hurt anyone." He patted his back with his metallic arm laughing heartily."Easy for you to say." He laughed, certain that he needed a chiropractor now.Broseam beamed at him. "You SHOULD have more structure. It helps.""Not for everyone, Bro." Zack said mildly annoyed by his domineering attitude."It's Broseam, no monikers...you should. And as for Zandax." He pointed to the alien isolated from everyone else."He is daft and evil. Who knows what evil lu
Mort patted his back. "Sorry for the advice."Mort walked out and curled in a corner crying in secret. Zack gazed at Gwen with longing. She had a talk with the others and stood on her tip toes talking to Broseam who placed a hand on her head. The other men tried not to laugh. He smiled with longing dreamy eyed. He felt guilty because he once had a crush and it burned him. But her feelings were mutual. Were they just there because she was alien and he had no chance with humans? Maybe he was just a simpleton longing for something or someone he couldn't have or he couldn't give. He could settle. Gwen glanced at Zack watching and she turned red maybe from him watching her being made fun of. Or just her instincts knowing someone was watching or the unsettling feeling in her midriff.She reciprocated with a casual smile and Zack looked behind him and saw no one was there.She chuckled and he rubbed his hair awkwardly.He approached her and she folded her arms. He paused.Gwen lowered her
Gwen clenched her fists. "I may be selfish. But you're a liar, Gwen. There is no code is there? You didn't have the guts to tell me no did you?""What does it matter if there isn't any?" She backed away while he approached and she gasped when he walked past her. ... Zandax was trying to figure out the strange soldier toys and blocks. He was anxious about approaching the Morphians. He quivered at the thought of beginning anew. He was faced with shame, worry and doubt. They gazed at him with heady mixtures of animosity, gratitude and suspicion.He wrung his cowl and they chuckled at the toys. Conrad quirked an eyebrow. Keeping his emotions to a minimum."I have some important information to share concerning the infiltration."Broseam sat up with a cup of water frowning. They sat up in attention.He brought a device with footages of the ship to them. The Klozarian mothership with concentric circles pulsing around it."We cannot go back, not without an army." Tibeus proceeded wit
He went to check on Zandax whose eyes dilated."Is there anyway of knowing we have reached the ship?"Zandax was overcome with fear. Having to face his master again. "Y_yes I do." Zack clenched his gloved fists at Zandax. He was not afraid to strike if he made any U-turns."Sure. Show us the way." They went towards the control board.They detected the large ship. "We'll have to make progress." Broseam said."The MST have not arrived yet." Zandax said. "We cannot leave until we have orders. It's a dangerous minefield."Mort couldn't stand watching them fight. He tried to contact Gwen. Zack stayed in the background."I say onward. We cannot lose the ship. We must attack now."Broseam said. "Backwards." Zandax persisted. Zack was suspicious if Zandax was just trying to spare his own life. They went back and forth with words. Zandax backed away only because he wanted to maintain the peace. Broseam was the boss here. "Why are the ships going in seperate directions?"Conrad arrived ai
Broseam grinned. "There's the chamber."Conrad took head, he didn't realise how much time had passed by. He was steamrolling through being in the present.They gazed at the chamber full of animals. Zack quirked an eyebrow at the python rolling into a ball on a log of wood. "This is the Lord's menagerie. He collects animals. He wouldn't leave them here." Zandax put to them plainly walking past them with his axes strapped to his back."So we must be close." Zack said gazing at some other giraffes, camels. Snakes, a lion with its mate. Mort paused at a wild dog gazing at him with tears along its eyes. "You're going to be fine." Mort said."I doubt it." Zandax said scared of interacting with him and the harsh realities.They approached a room with red lighting. Zack held his sword running in. Conrad believed that the devil was in the details. This was what they signed up for. He almost didn't realise that Guard Dog was absent.They couldn't find anyone else. The throne room was empty