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OASIS - PART 4
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“Um, hello? Guys? I can’t…I can’t see anything! Where are you guys?......OW! What was that?”
“Sorry,” Ronon’s voice could be heard. Rodney thought he could almost hear him smiling.
John turned on the small flashlight attached to his weapon and then Teyla’s and Ronon’s clicked on as well. A deafening silence greeted their ears as they stood just outside the building. There was nothing to see but sand and themselves.
“Look,” Ronon said. “No moon.”
They all looked up at the endless blackness above them and Rodney began to groan dramatically when he was cut off by a strange sound in the distance.
An eerie wail drifted to them carried on the dead air surrounding them.
The others all instantly aimed their weapons in the direction of the noise but the small lights shed no information on what could have caused it.
“I think we should return inside and stay hidden until first light,” Teyla said quickly.
“I couldn’t agree more,” John replied.
And they hastily turned and re-entered the building with Ronon dead bolting the door behind them.
“Well, we at least have food and water and shelter, we could be worse off ya know,” John said trying to sound optimistic.
“Food? You call this canned stuff food? I feed Carson’s turtle’s better food than this….” Rodney grumbled loudly to himself.
Teyla placed her weapon on the metallic desk facing it so that the light would face them without her having to hold it. “Good idea,” John said and he and Ronon did the same. The room was dimly lit but at least they could partially see.
“So what now?” Rodney said warily. “Shadow puppets?”
“Actually Rodney, I was hoping you could read some more of that diary for us. I’d like to know what happened here and besides, you have such a lovely speaking voice.” John said smiling.
“Ha ha, very funny,” Rodney jutted out his chin defensively. “Fine, but only because there’s absolutely nothing else to do till morning.”
They all sat on the floor in a circle facing each other as Rodney pulled the book out and flipped through.
“Entry 15. Balthazar is sleeping. Actually, I don’t know how he can possibly sleep through his own obnoxious snoring. I sit here at my desk and hope to finish some of this paperwork I’ve been letting pile up. The team is out, scouring the planet for the energy source. It’s so unbelievably hot here and the sun has been up for over three days straight.”
“Three days straight?” Rodney said. “The odds of a solar system supporting a sun that could radiate that much heat for three days is—“
John interrupted. “Just keep going, Rodney.”
Rodney glared and cleared his throat flipping through more pages. “Entry 28. It’s dark now. Darker than anything I could have ever imagined. I keep hearing these strange noises, like someone scratching outside the compound. Balthazar says I’m going stir crazy already but I know what I heard. Scratching like I've never heard before. It made my skin crawl. I sure hope the team’s ok although they’re probably lost wandering around in the night.”
Rodney stopped reading and the four of them looked at each other with the same look of concern. Suddenly, Teyla rose from the floor and walked slowly over to one of the walls of the building, pressing her ear softly to the cool metal. The men looked at each other confused and then towards her, watching her, waiting in silence.
She gasped loudly, frightening them. “They are here!” she whispered loudly.
“Sorry,” Ronon’s voice could be heard. Rodney thought he could almost hear him smiling.
John turned on the small flashlight attached to his weapon and then Teyla’s and Ronon’s clicked on as well. A deafening silence greeted their ears as they stood just outside the building. There was nothing to see but sand and themselves.
“Look,” Ronon said. “No moon.”
They all looked up at the endless blackness above them and Rodney began to groan dramatically when he was cut off by a strange sound in the distance.
An eerie wail drifted to them carried on the dead air surrounding them.
The others all instantly aimed their weapons in the direction of the noise but the small lights shed no information on what could have caused it.
“I think we should return inside and stay hidden until first light,” Teyla said quickly.
“I couldn’t agree more,” John replied.
And they hastily turned and re-entered the building with Ronon dead bolting the door behind them.
“Well, we at least have food and water and shelter, we could be worse off ya know,” John said trying to sound optimistic.
“Food? You call this canned stuff food? I feed Carson’s turtle’s better food than this….” Rodney grumbled loudly to himself.
Teyla placed her weapon on the metallic desk facing it so that the light would face them without her having to hold it. “Good idea,” John said and he and Ronon did the same. The room was dimly lit but at least they could partially see.
“So what now?” Rodney said warily. “Shadow puppets?”
“Actually Rodney, I was hoping you could read some more of that diary for us. I’d like to know what happened here and besides, you have such a lovely speaking voice.” John said smiling.
“Ha ha, very funny,” Rodney jutted out his chin defensively. “Fine, but only because there’s absolutely nothing else to do till morning.”
They all sat on the floor in a circle facing each other as Rodney pulled the book out and flipped through.
“Entry 15. Balthazar is sleeping. Actually, I don’t know how he can possibly sleep through his own obnoxious snoring. I sit here at my desk and hope to finish some of this paperwork I’ve been letting pile up. The team is out, scouring the planet for the energy source. It’s so unbelievably hot here and the sun has been up for over three days straight.”
“Three days straight?” Rodney said. “The odds of a solar system supporting a sun that could radiate that much heat for three days is—“
John interrupted. “Just keep going, Rodney.”
Rodney glared and cleared his throat flipping through more pages. “Entry 28. It’s dark now. Darker than anything I could have ever imagined. I keep hearing these strange noises, like someone scratching outside the compound. Balthazar says I’m going stir crazy already but I know what I heard. Scratching like I've never heard before. It made my skin crawl. I sure hope the team’s ok although they’re probably lost wandering around in the night.”
Rodney stopped reading and the four of them looked at each other with the same look of concern. Suddenly, Teyla rose from the floor and walked slowly over to one of the walls of the building, pressing her ear softly to the cool metal. The men looked at each other confused and then towards her, watching her, waiting in silence.
She gasped loudly, frightening them. “They are here!” she whispered loudly.
Just finished reading all the 4 chapters!!!..i'm loving this story!. It's full of suspence and mystery, definitely have me curious
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