114 Onward My Stead! (2/2)

”Well, get comfortable, it's going to take a while before we actually reach Patagonia,” Lachlan suggested.

They both nodded to each other before shooting off, Phoebe decided to go back towards the huts while Lachlan went ahead and reached the other side of the island. He stood on the wall, staring at the shadow cast onto the ocean.

Looking down Lachlan saw that the island left a wake in the ocean, it hadn't fully emerged yet. The island was fairly deep, so it was obviously going to take a bit of time before it comes out. Lachlan decided to wait here until it did.

He placed Sarah on his laps. ”So, are you afraid of heights?” Lachlan asked. He didn't know whether or not Sarah was afraid and didn't want to put her in such a scary position on the island.

”Of course not, I'm brave,” Sarah said as she pounded her fist against her chest.

Lachlan lightly chuckled. ”Yes, indeed you are.”

...

It took a while but they finally managed to see Patagonia in the distance. It had been roughly 2 - 3 days since they left yet it took this long going at a fast speed. It was more than obvious that the Earth truly enlarged.

”Well Sarah, there are a few places there that I want to show you, some of which are quite wonderful,” Lachlan said as he held Sarah in his arm.

...

In the city of Patagonia, the people in the streets were panicking furiously as they hid in their houses. They were scared that it was the workings of an intelligent beast that made the island floating in the sky, which would mean it would have the strength to annihilate them should it see them.

”Quickly Honey, bring the kids inside!”

”Get everyone inside! Even if they're not apart of your family just bring them in!”

”Don't let anyone get in the sight of that thing!”

Joseph himself was quickly packing up the food truck to hide while Joe and Zoe were just sitting down relaxing. They were in the middle of their meal.

Seeing that Joseph panicked more and ran up to them. ”What are you doing? We need to hide in the truck before whatever is on that island sees us!”

”What are you on about? That is our island, our home base,” Joe explained in a nonchalant voice.

”Huh,” Joseph's mouth opened wide from shock. He stared at both Joe and Zoe in bewilderment as they didn't seem to even notice the large island in the sky. ”Wait, what do you mean that's your base? You have a floating island for a base!”

”Well we haven't always had a floating island for a base, but that's the reason we came here to get those stones. So that when we do reach high altitudes we wouldn't have any trouble breathing,” Joe explained.

”What do those stones have anything to do with breathing?” Joseph asked in confusion.

Joe and Zoe just stared at Joseph in shock. ”Don't tell me you didn't know those stones had special powers attached to them.”

”What! Special powers; of course I didn't know I just thought they were gorgeous crystals which is why my wife wanted them so bad, I didn't think they had anything unique about them,” Joseph explained.

Both Joe and Zoe suddenly remembered who the real boss behind Joseph was. It was extremely likely that Catalina's family knew about the stones and wanted to capitalise on it, make a fortune before any in Patagonia realises how important they actually are.

”Well yeah, they have the ability to control the air. We have a few similar stones on the island, as you can pretty easily tell, one which controls gravity,” Joe didn't see any issue in telling anyone anymore. It was obvious people were going to find out sooner or later, it wasn't like they were trying to hide it anymore; after all, they have an island floating in the sky.

”Damn,” Joseph finally realised exactly how powerful Bloodied Wings really was. Although he had heard from his subordinates that it has the strength to contend against the Guardians, that was slightly difficult to believe. But when they have things that control gravity or the air, it's a bit difficult to believe they aren't strong.