154 Spending Time with Phoebe and Sarah (1/2)

Once he found that out he was ready to sprint through the portal and explore the world. However, he didn't want to just disappear on everyone right away. Not to mention he wanted to spend some time with both Sarah and Phoebe before he leaves, he might not return for a while.

Taking in a deep breathe Lachlan grabbed hold of Anne and brought her back to her laboratory slowly. He took it rather easy; he could see Sophie and Sarah playing with each other in front of the huts. Maddie was nearby, resting in the shade as she kept an eye on the two.

When he landed Maddie jumped in fright, she began hyperventilating and looking up she relaxed slightly at the sight of Lachlan. She wasn't expecting anyone else to be nearby as she thought they all went down to the city.

”What's up Lachlan? Why aren't you with the others?” Maddie asked curiously. She could see that Lachlan was staring at Sarah, a bright, warming smile was plastered across his face.

Turning his attention to Maddie Lachlan answered her questions. ”Nothing much, I was just doing a bit of experimentation with the help of Anne. As of right now, I'm thinking of spending some time with Sarah and Phoebe.”

”So does that mean you are going to take Sarah down to the city?” Maddie asked, thinking Lachlan was slightly irresponsible. ”You do remember that this run-down city is the headquarters of criminal organisations right? It certainly isn't a place you bring a child.”

”Don't worry I know, and I'm not going to stay in the city but instead go visit the national parks and lakes to relax. I'll probably try and get Pedro or Elena to whip up a quick meal for us to eat for lunch,” Lachlan explained his plan. He had looked at the maps Flynn had bought at Houston, and the national parks were surprisingly low on the ranking. It seems the dangers from the open waters deterred most land beasts away.

'Alright, have fun. I'll probably bring Sophie to the orphanage and have her socialise with the others,” Maddie said as she stood up, stretching her muscles and cracking her knuckles.

Walking over to Sophie she picked her up and threw her into the air before catching Sophie and bringing her into her arms. ”Alright Sophie, it's time to go and hang out with the other children. Lachlan's going to spend some quality time with Sarah.”

”Okay mummy.” Sophie held on tight as she snuggled her head into Maddie's arms. Maddie took off into the skies, heading towards the orphanage, slowly disappearing over the mountain range.

Sarah came running over to Lachlan and slammed in his legs. She placed her feet on Lachlan's as she wrapped her arms around Lachlan's leg. ”Walk Lachlan walk.”

Lachlan smiled brightly as he took very small legs, carrying Sarah forward with his legs. She began laughing loudly as they moved, she smiled brightly as her grip on Lachlan's legs tightened. ”Lachlan, are you taking me down to the city with Phoebe?”

”Yes I am; then we're going to go sightseeing in the national wildlife parks. You don't have to worry, there's not much danger there and any of the dangers there can be easily beaten by your big brother now can't they?” Lachlan leaned over and picked Sarah up, placing her on his shoulders.

”No, they can't!” Sarah shouted as she held up her hands. Lachlan held onto Sarah's legs firmly to make sure she doesn't fall off. Taking off they flew straight up before flying off the island, heading towards the outskirts of the city.

Lachlan could see the group, just leaving the Explorer's Guild building. The building looked rather old like it was made in the 80s with thick stone slabs. The roof looked brand new, likely been replaced by something more solid to protect the ones working in the building.

Landing on the ground by the building Lachlan walked up to the group. They were busy talking to each other and discussing how they were going to build their branches here.

”We should have it by the Explorer's Guild, that way, whenever someone brings back a kill we could directly buy it from the guild,” Flynn suggested. Everyone in the group nodded and looked around at the nearby buildings. Most of which were normal houses.

”What about there?” Zoe was pointing towards an open plot of land roughly 20 metres wide and 30 metres long, it was most likely going to used to build a house but the evolution came before anything could come into fruition. ”There's enough room for both businesses.”

”Now we have the location, what about the materials used for building?” Marie asked. ”Although we could see steel, there aren't many steel manufacturers nor are they any close. As for food and stone, if the walls aren't thick enough the beasts could easily tear through them like it's nothing.”

”What if we build it underground?” Simon suggested. ”You know, similar to what the whole city of Houston is doing. Should we build a whole system underground that connects to places with the largest gatherings of people, it could be used as both shelter and a safe path straight to the food.”

”That's a great idea!” Flynn said loudly. The whole group agreed as it solved both problems. If they make the underground system low enough into the ground then it's almost already impenetrable, not to mention safe.

As the group were discussing Phoebe walked over to Lachlan, she raised an eyebrow at the sight of Sarah on Lachlan's shoulders. Normally, whenever they visited a place the main group would go down and scout things out before Lachlan or Chloe would even consider bringing down the children.

Seeing her frown Lachlan walked up and explained himself. ”I'm planning on making my way into the other world, I've already sorted things out with Anne who now also has control over the origin gravity stone. So, with all things considered I wanted to make the most of the time I have and spend it with my two favourite people.”

”Alright, so what do you have planned?” Phoebe asked as she placed her hands on her hips. ”As you can see there aren't exactly many things to do here, it's basically a ghost town.”

”There are a few national wildlife parks, all low in danger ranking. How about we go there and have a picnic or something along those lines?” Lachlan asked. ”None of us has done anything like that in over two years, I think it'll be fun and relaxing.”

”Alright, but instead, let's do it like a camping trip. Startup a wood fire, one of us can go get some meat and we barbeque it,” Phoebe suggested her own idea. ”Although it may not seem like it; I was pretty big into camping trips back before the Earth evolved.”

”Nah, I could surprisingly see that actually,” Lachlan said as he nodded, slightly puckering his lips, lowering his eyebrows. ”As for me, I've never gone camping before the world evolved, used to spend most of my time at home or mucking around with friends around the streets.”

”I could see that.” Phoebe nodded with a smile and likely chuckled. ”Now, let's get going; since we only have roughly half the day left to do this.”

Nodding Lachlan held onto Sarah firmly as both he and Phoebe took off into the air. The group didn't mind at all, they didn't need either Lachlan's or Phoebe's assistance in anything they were currently doing.

Lachlan decided against going to a majority of the wildlife parks near New Orleans, most of them were swamps that were likely filled to the brim with crocodiles. Something Chloe would probably very much enjoy.