27 Chapter 27 - Truth From a Stick? (2/2)
”Who're they?”
”The bird people who fly on machines.They come to hunt the new ones who fall from the sky, but if they fail, they send monsters.I fear what they will do now that you have not died yet.Your survival endangers us all.”
Dustin was getting a sick feeling in his stomach.His eyes wandered over the warm roots that made up the walls of this cave.He wondered if he had just willingly stepped into a trap.
”You live here?”
”Yes, my people have always lived here, long before the bird people came and started bringing such evil things to our home.We have learned from the ones who survive the longest, but we struggle to survive.”
”You know that killing me, won't stop them sending people right?”
”This is understood.We do not kill.We seek to have you kill for us.”
Rubbing his head, he couldn't figure this thing out.
”Why do you look like Olivia?”
”I requested the form of the last wearer.This is not the first device I have worn.Though this device is far better than any I have worn.”
”Do you know where Olivia is?”
”She has returned to the port, with the bird people.As she has many times.I was sent to warn you.They always pull away all those who they do not wish to be harmed right before they start the worst attacks.”
”Wait, what do you mean she has many times?Are you sure it is the same girl?”Dustin was shocked.How could she be a spy?Thinking about it, she had seemed different from any other girl he had dealt with before.Had the Josagn sent her?
His mind spun with all the possibilities.That's when the prince spoke up.
”The drones are always used on planets with a high entertainment value for my people.When they are not hunting, they watch the shows produced from the hunts on planets like this one.If the people liked her, they may have saved her from some cataclysmic event that is intended to wipe you out. It would not be hard to wipe her mind.I have been on this planet for many years, I am sure, yet she speaks of my crystal back home still glowing.I doubt that is true.”
”But I remember the videos of her speaking about your culture. She was on talk shows where they would ask questions.She was a favorite, because she was so willing to explain the aliens everyone wanted to know about, the blood-thirsty Josagn.”
”This is not your first time on this planet either, human-minded one.I have witnessed you also being taken back to the port, when they have wanted to kill off those you traveled with.”
Dustin was floored.This wasn't his first time?How was that possible?Licking his lips, he looked around.There had to be an answer to some of these questions, but only more questions came to mind.This whole thing was messed up.
”Prince, you better tell me what the hell is going on, or I will finish what that giant fish started!”