Chronicles of Zkit Chapter 2 5

Chronicles of Zkit

Chapter 2.5: The dream



Nightime...

The sandstorm time from this desertic planet forgives no one, this is the third night since Zkit's arrival to the planet, and he's still recovering from it, apparently the sand had gotten into his wounds, and also on his lungs, making his recovery a not so easy task, at least from Zkit's point of view, the lizard siblings seemed to be used to treat victims of the sandstorm on a regular basis, so much that they made it look as simple as treating a cold.

Zkit: -grunting as Solanna changes his bandages- is the sand from your planet poisoned or what?

Solanna: not really, you're in this condition because you got sand everywhere inside you, that's why you're still weak, we're not done getting all that sand off you yet

Zkit: i wish i could know how my ship is...

Solanna: oh dont worry, it must be safe underneath the sand right now, we can help you find it later

Zkit: ok... OUCH! not so hard!

Solanna: oh you're such a little kid -giggle-

Zkit: oh well... i need to recover fast... i need to keep my search

Solanna: is it really that important?

Zkit: it is! i know she's still alive!

Solanna: oh well, at least try to recover, you cant search for no one in that condition, sleep now

Zkit: ok...

the atmosphere and his weakness somehow made his sleep more deep and relaxing, maybe it was the medicine in the bandages, he didn know, all he knew was that he was lucky to have crashed in a place with so much hospitality

midnight...

Solanna: i'm not sure of this...

Igniz: we have to do this... we wont know if he's telling the truth unless we use this on him

Solanna: but id ont like peeking at someone else's private stuff

Igniz: we wont tell him, it will be just a quick peek, ok?

Solanna: hmm... ok then... but dont look too much!

Igniz: i wont...

Igniz had on his hand a device similar to a window, on his other hand he had some small metallic ball in it, it was a "dream window" made to get the waves produced by the brain while sleeping and send them to the screen like a tv receptor

he put the small ball under Zkit's pillow, the screen of the window quickly turned on

Zkit: .... -narrating on the device's speaker, like talking to himself- i remember that time... in foodortia... we had such a nice time...

Igniz: a memory? he's dreaming about a memory??

Solanna: shh...

they kept watching at the screen, they saw a street, full of many different alien races, they saw Zkit walking on it, he was talking with a female irken, she had pink eyes, and a pink shirt

Igniz: -snarls- more irkens...

Solanna: -steps on his tail-

they just keep watching

Zkit: soo... we still have 2 months before all this "20 years" mess ends, what do we do now?

female irken: well, we can finish visitng all the restaurants, this IS foodortia after all, besides, we only landed hear 6 months ago, i told you we should've arrived when it started almost 20 years ago

Zkit: i know, besides, i forgot the time for it had come, i didnt know until the gravity field caught us

it skipped to another part of the memory, now they were in a restaurant that said "space cakes, a cake with the name of someone of your choosing"

Zkit: you gonna like this one, they make the best cakes from this side of he galaxy

female irken: awesome! i wonder what name you asked to be carved into the one you ordered

Zkit: you will see soon enough -he blushes a bit-

a strange little alien arrived to their table, delivered them a box

Zkit: oh thanks!

Zkit: here, open it yourself

female irken: oh lets see!

The box had a tasty looking cake with the name "AL-iz" in it

Al-iz: oh, its so pretty! i like it!

Zkit: you do? -his cheeks get a bright orange-

Al-iz: of course -she moves to his seat, kisses his cheek- i knew i choose the right partner

Zkit: -just smiles, has a deep blush on his cheeks-

Zkit: if only she knew my feelings at the time... i'm glad she knew it when we were assigned to the same invasion team, the same invasion team that now wants me dead...

the device slowly turned off, Zkit moved on his bed, it caused the little ball to move off the pillow and fall to the floor

both lizard siblings saw a small tear on Zkit's eyes

Igniz: so he is truly looking for someone he loves... alice... (that's how AL-iz is pronounced)

Solanna: see? do you need any other proof?

Igniz: ok... i was wrong... ok? happy now?

Solanna: right, now would you please mind doing your job? i cant do this alone, we're a team, aaand...

Igniz: we have to help any unfortunate traveler that succumbs to the sand storms from our chaotic planet... yes i know sister... i made a mistake, but i will ammend it, ok?

Solanna: good, that's what i want to hear

carefully and gently Solanna shed Zkit's tears, he had a real quest, something that is worth more than conquering planets or taking lives of innocent aliens, both siblings left the room, hoping that Zkit would have some rest before the difficult task that awaits them

to be continued...