Chapter 13: New world
Astra laid near the edge of a cliff, staring up to the bright morning sky as the morning breeze passed her by, her body riddled in scratches and bruises as the clouds soared over her.
"I’ve been here forever..." She groaned softly, reaching to trace the edge of her face, her soft fingers long since hardened to her struggles of surviving. Slowly she sat up, her gaze narrowing to the horizon before her. Trees move on for miles the only break from the bland scenery being a volcano that peaked over head.
"That’s fine though–" She huffed, her chest out and her hands on her hips. "I got off a planet before so I can do it again! Screw technology, I’ll reinvent the wheel!"
"We’re gonna do this, as many times as it takes, right Yuz– right, well, Celi you’ll have to do for now!" She announced with a grin.
[Great...] Celi said in an almost sarcastic tone,
"The first thing we need is a weapon," Astra comments, folding her arms as she thought. "Last night, that thing attacked me with what seemed like a blade of sharpened stone, like a katana but primitive! It’s blade like that of a saw— striking and pulling, over and over again, they have the strength to pull it off clearly!"
"They think differently from humans, yet so similar, but if they’re still in the stone age then taking over won’t be an issue," She chuckled, waving her hands dismissively at the possibility of failing, spitting in the face of the concept entirely.
"You messed with the wrong race, now i’ll do what humans do best, take over and fuck shit up!" her hand reaches to her forehead, as if masking her gaze from the glare of the rising sun that peaked from the far off trees. "Yeah, this is the dawn of a new age alright..."
"Celi! Is the scan ready yet?" She pondered, not taking her gaze from in front of her for a moment, rather, she refused to, almost as if she was scared she’d miss something, something beyond her reach.