Guren

Chapter III �" Guren

 

„See anything..?“

„Nah.. Sky.. Give me a second.. It's really hard to point out, what's what.. We're still kinda far away..“

Utakata said, while trying to focus in on their binoculars.

 

„You sure..? I mean.. Im not.. So sure if we should get close, to home yet.. What if there's more of those things..?“

Utakata turned to him while he was boxed up in a curl shaking.

 

„Uhh.. Cmon.. If there was a 100 footer mechanical giant.. We would be able to see it from here.. Now, let's start moving.. We need to see if that thing was actually in there.. Which im pretty sure, it wasn't.. Since nothing looks wrong.. Well.. From here..“

Utakata said reassuring himself.

 

„Uta-san.. That thing.. Whatever it was.. Had a whale over it's shoulder.. Just like that.. And we have one! In the lake in our village! Is that a coincidence!? I want to make sure Dudley's okay.. You said it yourself.. There are no nearby water plains around here.. None.. All the wildlife, they come to drink from our lake.. Cause there's nothing closer for them.. I know because I look at them and I take notes..“

Sky said being sure in his words, adressing the situation reasonably, which was unusual because of his often childish behavior.

 

„Yeah.. You got a point.. The closest water plain to Chrislyx.. Is Uriel.. And that's about 10,000 miles to the east from ours.. According to dad's book.. And if that thing we saw.. And.. Well, almost died by.. Actually ran on fuel.. Im not so sure it could have such an amount loaded in it.. For to do all those things that is..“

He looked at Sky who was thinking hard and still not completely realizing, that the village could be harmed.

 

„I think so too.. Uta-san.. But I just.. Don't want anything to happen to anyone I love.. Anyone around me.. And I don't want to believe anything bad happened to them..“

Utakata tapped him on the back.

 

„Sky.. We should get going..“

Sky jumped on his back and held tight, Sky was a light boy, around 50 Kg. He had sharp green eyes, and a light brown hair color. Utakata on the other hand, had dark hair with soft blue eyes, and had a more athletic build compared to Sky's. They finally arrived into their home town of Guren, looking around, they saw for themselves.

 

 

Everything was perfectly fine.

 

„Excuse me.. Ms Zoe!“

„Well! If it isn't the town rascal Mr. Yumiya! And the nicest boy in town Mr. Kennedy! What are you two up to again?“

 

„Um.. Ms Zoe.. May I remind you that I had nothing to do.. With your husband falling asleep in the pig stay.. I didn't lock him in there!“

 

„I didn't say you did Utakata!“

 

„...Uh.. Sky.. Take over please.. I need to.. Uhh..“

Utakata said with a glum expression and walked around town asking for suspicious things or anything happening. They saw people walking, holding hands, children playing on the lakeside. They separated and looked around town asking people of anything happening, out of the ordinary.

 

„Wow.. Have you noticed anything, Uta-san..?“

 

„No.. Sky.. I guess you were right.. I mean.. Everyone's casual.. Like a bit euphoric than usual I'd say.. Like I don't know man.. But Mr. Wilkes actually greeted me a minute ago.. And gave me some lemonade.. And I burned down his shack last week.. Accidentally.. Remember?“

Utakata and Sky were standing confused and weirded out. Everyone's behavior seemed normal to a point where they were happier, in their home village, everyone had to work hard every day, so the atmosphere was usually glum on the work days, there was one huge lake in the middle, and houses and buildings surrounding it. There were fields aswell, a bit further away to the West.

 

„I know but.. There's one thing that's bothering me a bit.. Uta-san.. The first thing I did.. Was go down to Chrislyx.. To see Dudley.. It's off bounds for some reason.. There's a sign saying that, there's construction going along..“

Sky said while pointing towards the lake.

 

„Hmm.. Why would they.. I mean.. It wasn't here this morning.. And..“

He looked at him realizing.

 

„Sky... Your dad!“

 

„Shh.. Uta-san.. Don't shout like that..“

 

„Don't give me that, you twad.. Where's your dad!? He's in Rem! Isn't he? He wasn't here, for the past three days.. And he's coming back tomorrow! That's why you're staying with me..! How didn't you realize this?“

Utakata held Sky on the shoulders, and pierced him with his adrenaline filled gaze. Sky's father, was the head of Kennedy construction services, and in main town maintanment.

 

„Do you get this? Your dad's the only one that can issue this sort of thing.. And he's out of town till tomorrow.. With supplies for that new church.. No..no.. Something's definetly off here.. It must be.. Some kind of..“

He was interrupted by a manmade bird noise, coming from one of hilltops surrounding the buildings. There was a figure standing on one of them, making a „come here“ gesture with their hand, their face was masked with something and they went along the way, Sky and Utakata followed along.

 

They approached the Raposo family farm, where two of their childhood friends lived. The Raposo twins.

 

„Len!! Right here!!“

Utakata saw her, dropped Sky off his back, gasping for air from the exhaustion of going uphill.

 

„Hey Owen!!“

Sky said with enthusiasm.

 

„You know Taka.. If you don't stop yelling.. You're gonna scare all the cows off! And when that happens! Im gonna have to find someone else to milk..! If you know what Im saying..!“

Len said roughly through her scarf tied around her mouth and nose. Her, Owen and their father, were working on cleaning their farm up from excrement. They were shoveling it until this morning.

 

„Alright.. Sorry.. Im just a bit tired.. And confused.. Say Len.. You haven't happened to notice some strange things going around town today, have you?“

Utakata asked her while concentrating on her calm, dark, blue eyes.

 

„No.. Why would anything be wrong.. It's not like the skies are falling and the moon is crying..“

Utakata felt large anxiety in his body, he realized what she meant, it was the keyword they used while stealing fruit from Mr. Wilkes' garden, the phrase actually meant...

 

„I AM UNABLE TO FREELY SPEAK RIGHT NOW, THERE IS SOMEONE PRESENT, THAT CANNOT HEAR THIS!“