Chapter 11: Lifeline
He picked up one of the objects. It was oval shaped and was dark grey in colour. He rubbed the object, it was hard. He could feel warmth from inside. He almost lost a grip of the object before yelling, “No!” Rook grabbed onto the object, which had to be an egg of some sort. “I must protect you, above all else.” Rook placed the egg within the soft nest, doing the same with the other eggs. “My… babies.” Rook stroked the eggs, with a look of longing in his eyes as he did so.
Flek was getting worried. He hadn’t seen Rook all day. A few days passed and still no sign of Rook. Flek realised something had to be done. He gathered some other red cappers and went to find Queck. He tapped Queck to wake him up. “Sir”, he whispered, “What is it?” Flek looked at Queck, “It’s about Rook. I think he needs our help.”
Flek, Alon, Karbo and Queck all climbed up the metal staircase leading to the roof. Karbo looked at Queck, “We’ve been getting really weird readings up here lately… the signals have become stronger and stronger. We need to find out what’s up here.”
Flek opened the door slowly. He saw Rook, but not as he saw him before. Rook was pale and his ribs were showing. Rook looked outside of the cabin and saw the red glow from their Slig masks. “I… I…” Rook felt tears welling up in his eyes, the tears ran down his face and he started sobbing uncontrollably. Flek sighed, “Rook…”
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