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Dunes
"Caspian.Caspian.where are you? There's been a high alert all day and I have tried searching you like 'forever' in my chronology metre but as usual " NO TRACE FOUND" was all it said. Shrieked a high pitched female voice through the over hanging Floral decoration aka speaker of some sort for sure. Caspian grinned. Earlier he had dialed a purple button that resulted in a super sonic zip zap zoom of the golf ball accompanied with a high frequency ear deafening score. It was a camouflage Lea later learned.Eventually it came to a stop and the roof of the pod burst open. In a second Lea popped pot of her seat(rather kicked out by the seat), landed right on the soft floor, looked up and saw a lady more perfect than any doll she had ever seen. Caspian and Neeson were however standing right on their feet next to her.
"Why didn't the pod kuch them out" she scratched her head while standing up. This doll lady and the two of them had a few minutes of whispering, head shaking, eyes wide opening, frowning, pushing, pulling and convincing it seemed. Finally they looked back at her and smiled together. Lea gave back a sheepish grin.
"Get ready we will be travelling"
"Again"
Lea exclaimed rubbing her butt which was still sore from the kick.
" We need to do a lot of talking and we need to do that in some place safe. Eleana here is the perfect person for that"reassured Caspian. Was it the way Caspian talked or was she still having a hangover. It was pure melody. Anyway, they marched into a Hall room with multiple 'Lifted. They had transparent doors and were multiseater. Some single , some double, some six and even dozens.
"We need to change" said Eleana but this time her voice was such a song"it's your first time right? "She turned towards Lea.
" Umm. Most likely but what is it that is my first time? "Lea asked as confused as ever.
" Never mind, come along" "Boys we have only 50 beats (beats was their second equivalent Lea learnt later on)
They came to a place that looked like sand dunes but the colours were that of violet-indigo-blue-green-yellow-orange-red and beyond. It sparkled with such dazzle that they had to cover their eyes before getting used to it.
"This is the dune region. It's full of mirage. It's very difficult to tell the real from the fake here. We should be careful. But as of now this is the safest place" Caspian stopped mid speech as they heard footsteps.
"Thought you guys could use some back up", it was Romey who had followed along with two lovely ladies, Jena and Pixie.
" Sure. Thank you "everyone chuckled.
So they settled down on a spot deeper inside n started brainstorming their next step.
" Since we are living the fateful day of having Lea amongst us, we need to get some facts straight. LEA! "Caspian pulled Lea mid talk
" Yes! I'm here. Oh my... "Lea was caught off guard.
" Never. NEVER touch Dune Flicks"Caspian retorted as Lea was about to touch one of those butterfly like shimmery smokes rising from the dunes at several places.
"These cause you to get intoxicated . Which we do not have the luxury for right now. We need to be on full alert. Lea. I hope you understand the gravity of the situation. Everyone here has risked their lives for you in hope of a better world for ourselves"
"The army is after you Lea" glared Eleana "and now after us too".
" I'm sorry. But what exactly am I supposed to do? You see I'm as ordinary as a girl can be. I got no special skills whatsoever"added Lea giving her full attention now.
"From what we know till now about the prophecy" Romey added"I mean, Lea, she should be able to open the seal stone".
"Correct.We will know what to do next from its instructions. But it needs to be found first"
"I have the map. I've had it since I was a child" Caspian said taking off a pendant from his necklace. He then hit it with a ring on his thumb and a clear animated map was projected on the floor.
"the problem, however, is that we need to cross the... "
"The Abandoned Garth" everyone bounced a step back with shock as the pointer rested on a green mushy looking pach of land, beyond the mountains.
"It's suicide. That is the only reason why no one has ever seen the seal stone yet"
"There have been hundreds who have never returned from this you know well Caspian" Eleana gave him a meaningful look.
"This time it's different"
"What possibly could this little punk do against those parasites Caspian? " burst Eleana, "I'm sorry Lea. Please don't take it personally. This place Caspian is talking about crossing is death trap. It's filled with carnivorous plants and specially fungi that turn you into a walking dead by talking over full control of the brain"
"Zombies??!!! Nooo!!! "
"And whats more funny is that he thinks you might be of 'any ' help against those" continued Eleana totally ignoring Lea's words.
"Eleana.we all know what we are facing and what's at stake. We need to keep calm and find a solution"