01/06/2006
This is is a story that I wrote when I was about... 14 (and you can tell, I know), but I just found this the other day when my dad was going through the hundreds of archive disks he has hidden down in his shed while he was looking for ANOTHER story of mine. This is only part of the story, I hope to find the rest of it some day. If I do, then I will post it.
This story is (as far as I remember) based on a game my best friend and I used to play we called "Bandanna". Be warned, it is a very strange story, and it is also unedited from when I found it. I hope you enjoy. :)
by Zuzanny
There was a loud explosion.
Kit woke with a start. He looked around at the small dark bed room. On the dressing table next to his bed the clock radio flashed 1:25am in green numbers. He sat up and felt around the bed for his black and white bandanna that his real mother had given him. When he found it he held on to it tight.He lay down again and staired at the roof. It was white and high. There were dints and cracks alover it. Every now and then when he watched, a dint seemed to move slightly. This made him dizzy so he closed his eyes to remember what the night mare he had been dreaming was all about. He would dream the same thing every night, he knew that. But when he would try to remember it, his mind would go blank. Soon he was asleep.
When he opened his eyes, it was just after dawn. He climbed out of bed and looked out the window. The sky was red with out any clouds. From his bed room on the top story of the two story house of his latest foster parents, he could see his high school, (Mooroopna High) the water towers, and all the parks and houses and the goulbern river that was running through the Kailtheban park near the Ardmona cannary. He sighed and walked to the end of his bed. Last night he was so tired he coulnt be bothered taking off his jeans and socks when he went to bed. He had been at Terry's house untill 11:30 the night before playing his computer games. He picked up his dennam jacket and white t-shirt and slipped them on. He looked at him self in the mirror. His long fringe hand to his nose over his left eye. He tied the bandanna around his head and then put on his boot sneakers. He opened the door anough for his head to poke out. He looked around. His foster parents were still asleep. This didnt suprise him after all, it was only 6:30 in the morning. He opened the door fully and walked into the hall way by the stairs.
He kreeped down the stairs and into the kitchen. He opened the fridge and brought out an apple. He sat at the kitchen table eating it.
He herd the steps creek behind him. His foster mother was standing in her night gown smileing kindly at him.
"Feeling alright Kit?" she asked. Kit looked at her and shrugged. He had always been fasinated by her brown hair and blue eyes. The way she would just +peek and all the bad things would melt and disapear.
"Night mares again." she said. Kit nodded. She walked up to him and placed her hand on his sholder. "You can tell me if you want." she said kindly.
"I'll be alright." he said "But thank's for asking." She smiled and patted him on the back. Then she walked away to start breakfast.
"You never know Kit, it could just be from that monster movie you, Laraine, and Terry watched last thursday night."She said.
"Yeah, Mabey."Kit said with a slight laugh. His foster mum started humming as she opened the fridge and examened it's contents. She took out some eggs and baken, aswell as milk. She lit the oven and sat a frypan on thetop with the eggs and baken in it to cook. A few minutes later, Kits foster dad came down in his grey sute and his hair sliked back. He saw Kit with his bandanner on and his face went red with anger.
"I thought I told you that you are not to wear that THING that you have around your head in this house!" He shouted "Am I right?" Kit shook his head. His foster dad lunged at him and slapped him in the face. A brite red hand mark was left there. Then he turned at Kit s foster mum.
"You! You should of told him to take that, thing off before I came down!"He yelled "I dont want any one thinking I take care of a streat kid"
"Andrew! Whats wrong with you? That bandanna's the only thing he has thats from his real mother! How would you like it if I made you give up your car, or job or something that was realy important to you!" She said livid. Andrew glared at her.
"I'd say it was non of your business!" He shouted. Kit stood up and started for the stairs. "Where do you think you're going?" Andrew ballowed
"Away from YOU!" Kit shouted back. Kit ran up the stairs to his room and looked the door. A photo of his real mother was on the dressing table. He picked it up and opened the window. He reached for the closest branch of the gum tree by the window and climbed down. He herd his foster dad banging and swearing at his bed room door. Kit jumped the fence and ran down the road to an old train station. It was brick and falling appart since it had been abandaned. It was oviouse that people had been there before because of all the grafity on the walls pluss verious things on the flore. He sat in a corner and looked at the picture of his mother. He was also in the picture. In the back round there were strainge willow trees that had red leaves instead of green and a lake. Kitt could not remember where it was taken even though he was sure it would have only been taken when he was seven. He couldnt remember any thing before histenth birthday and often wondered why. Just then he herd footsteps.
With his head one one side, he listened intesely. It was in one of the rooms around the other side of the wall. He stood up and looked for a place to hide.
No where. He looked up. There was a rope hanging down. He jumped for it and only just touched it. There wasnt any thing to stand on either. He sighed and walked passed the door way to the other rooms. An old hunched over lady with a walking stick saw him and beckoned. Kitt looked around then causiousely walked up to her. Her skin was all rinkeled and her hair was long and grey. She wore an old dress that was ripped and dirty and an over coat that was worse. Her shoes were full of holes and her gloves were fingerless. She was carying a large metal bucket full of water.
"Could you please help me with this?" She asked him. Kitt nodded and picked up the bucket. It was realy heavy. The lady walked out of the room and kitt followed her. She walked down a grass track, down into a dryed up channel, walked allong it untill there was another grass track on the other side. She continued along this track untill she came toan old house. When Kitt saw it he couldnt belive any one had lived there for about 50 years it was in souch a bad condition. He strugled in the house with the water then the lady followed him in and closed the door. Inside the house was dark and musty. He followed the lady into the kitchen and put the bucket onthe table. This room was lighter but the air was the same. The lady waddled up to him and placed her hand on his sholder. she was the same size as Kitt and her breath stinked. For the first time Kitt actually saw her face. Her nose was long and pointy. like a vulture, and her teeth were stained and cracked. Most of them were missing.
Her eyes were wide and blood shot. They stared straight at him as if surching his mind. Her other hand picked his pocket. The lady looked at the photo. "She your mother was she?" The lady gaped. Kitt suddenly snapped out of it.
"Hay! Give that back!" He said in an irritated toan. The lady Smerked.
"No" She teased. Kitt glared at her. She shook her finger at him. "I'll only give it back if you do some thing that I want."She said slyly
"What do you want?"Kitt asked. She grabbed his hand and lead him down a small corridor. In this room there was a fire place that was lit and a pot with some kind of stew in it. The lady stered it with a wooden spoon. Then she pointed the spoon at him.
"try It and tell me what you think of it." She smiled.
"Is that all?" Kitt asked. She nodded. "O.K,"Kitt said and tasted it. It had a strange, but strong taste. "Well" Kitt said. "Its... nice."
"Well have some more."The lady said.
"No, I'll be right."Kitt said backing away from her. His head started +to spin and his vision blered. The lady forsed him to sit in a chair. Kitt didnt noitess but she was tieing hin up. She was chanting things from another languadge. Kitt felt a drousiness kreep up on him. He tryed to shake it off, but it didnt work. The lady looked at the photo again.
"Abigale Millard." She whispered. Then she forse-fed him some more of the stuff.
Then there was a knock at the door. The lady left the room to see who it was. kitt herd voices and foot steps comeing back down the corridoor.
He couldnt see who they were but he knew he had to try to get away from them. They were two men. They both talked in the languadge that the lady chanted in. One of the men walked up to kitt and lifted his head. Then spoke in english.
"Are you sure this is him?"he asked the lady
"Of course he is! He's in the photo with HER!"the lady said
"There is only one way to be sure, wake him up." the second man said.
"I cant. You will have to wait. Danalurum takes at least 10 minutes to ware off She explained. "That is unless you give him some aldin."
"Well give him some! Cratix wants to see him. If its him."The second man said. The lady walked into the kitchen. She opened the cupereds and surtched through them. Finally she pulled out a bottle of brown liquid. She walked into the room again and held it under Kitts nose. He stered. Then he opened his eyes. At first his vision was still blerey then he could see properly. The men were tall, stongly built, and virtualy identical. They both wore a suit and a trench coat and hat pluss sun glasses. But Kitt could see behinde the glasses. Thier eyes were red and hypnotic. A cold shiver ran down Kitts back. He struggled to get free of the rope he was tied with. The men walked to either side of kitt. He started to feel uneasy. He sat still.
"What is your name?"the first man asked menesingly.
"K-Kitt."he stammered.
"Your full name is what we want"the second one snapped.
"Do you want my real full name?" Kitt asked
"YES!!!!" the men shouted together.
"I cant tell you that." Kitt said
"And why not may I ask?" the second one said arrogantly.
"No. You may not. But the reason is becaues..." he paused. "Youre strangers." Kitt Whispered. The men groaned. The lady giggled under her breath.
The first man reached into his coat and pulled out a gun. Kitt went white and held his breath.
"Listen kid, either you tell me your name or I'll blow a hole the size of a fist in this lovely lady's head!"He yelled pointing the gun at her.
"What!"she skreatched. The second one whispered in her ear.
"Dont worry. Its just to make him talk."
"Well?" the first man yelled. Kitt tryed to talk but nothing came out. The first man fired the gun and the womans head exploded. blood spattered on the wall and flore. "Souch a waste! And all because you wouldnt tell us your full real name."the first man said sycastically. Kitt watched the blood run down the wall into a puddle by the headless body. He began to retch. The second man blocked Kitts vew of the body.
"k-k-kitter Sam Millard. "kitt stuttered.
"She was right!" the second one said starting to untie him. "Now, you just come quietly and no one else will die."He said pulling Kitt up by his arms. They walked Kitt out of the house and closed the door.for a few moments, no one had any grip on Kitt So he ran. The men chased him, but he was too fast for them. The first one pulled out the gun again and was about to fire.
"Stop you fool!" the second one yelled pullingthe gun off him. "Cratix wants him alive!" They continued running after Kitt. Kitt ran down the tracks, past the old train station and back to his foster parents house. He jumped the fence, than ran to the front door. It was locked. He could see the men down the road and comeing his way. He ran to the gum tree and looked up. His window was still wide open. He climbed the tree as fast as he could and was in the window just as the men stopped in front of the house. Kitt closed and locked the window. He opened his bed room door and looked in to the hall way. There were voices in the lounge. Kitt ran down the stairs. His foster mother and foster fater were talking to a police man. His foster mother jumped up and hugged him. The police man and Kitts foster dad saw him.
"Oh Kitt! Wher were you?"She said happely
"I was, Then I saw, She was there and then the men came. And I was all tied up then her head got got by the men who say that I have to go with them to see some one, because of my real name, then when I ran, they cased me and are probably waiting for me to come out."Kitt managed to say. Every one in the room looked at him.
"It sounds like you watch to many movies Kitt." His foster mother said
He looked at her as though he had been betrayed. "You do belive me dont you?"Kitt asked.
"I'm soory for bringing you out officer. You Know when kids run away how they are." Andrew said opening the front door.
"yes I do."he said under his breath. Kitt looked out the window. And he saw the two men at the gate looking straight at him. Kitt froze. They walked past the yard. Kitt gasped then ran to his room shouting, "Dont let them in!" Darlean walked over to Andrew.
"What do you think? Hes oviousely seen something that scared him. I know! I'll ring up laraine, She knows how to cheer him up. Ill invite her over."And she walked over to the phone. Five miutes later, Laraine arived at the house.
"I dont know what happened, but some thin realy skared him. He's in his room."darlean explained to her. Laraine climbed the stairs and knocked on his door.
"Who is it?"came a small voice behind the door.
"Kitt, its Laraine." she said. The was the sound of a lock opening then the door opened a crack. Kitt stuck his head out and looked around. then he fully opened the door. When laraine was in, Kitt closed the door quickly and Locked it. He then turned to Laraine and smiled weakely.
"Kitt did you hear that bang about, um... 15 minutes ago?"Laraine asked Kitt nodded. "do you know what it was?" She asked. Kitt nodded again. Laraine looked straingely at him. "whats wrong Kitt? You look like you lost something." Kitt sat on the flore and Laraine sat on his bed.
"I have." He said quietly
"And what have you lost?"She asked
"My Sanity."He said quietly. At first she thought she had her normal Kitt back. The play full joker. But then she could see in his eyes, this time he wasnt joking. "I was only imagining her, and the two men. she musnt have the photo of me and my mum after all. And she didnt blackmail me into tasteing the soup. Even though it tasted nice. And she didnt tie me up and the men didnt want to know my name and they didnt blow her away then chase me all the way back here. I was just dreaming."Kitt said dreamely. Laraine lookedout the window.
"Hay! what are those two men waiting out the front of your house for?" she asked.
"Just for me to give up so they can take me to some one called Cratix or something. WHAT! Are they still down there?"Kitt said realising about them. He jumped up and ran to the window. The two men saw him and pulled out some kind of reflector. The light went in Kitt's eyes. He stood still with his eyes wide open. Laraine watched him. He turned around and walked to the door. He un locked the door and walked out. Laraine stood up and followed him down the stairs and to the front door. Laraine pulled him away from the door so he was facing her.
"Kitt, what are you doing?" She asked him in a baffled toan. Kitt stared and said,
" I must go to Cratix, the emporore of Zagodon. He wished to see my mother, but she died so I must go in her place." His voise was malicious and not quite his. It was as if the flashing lights had hypnotized him. And now the men were drawing him out like a magnet.
"Why? What does this, Crabits want?" She asked trying to annoy him.
"He wants the blue prints to the U.R.B.L.G. And I have them."He said in his same toan.
"What the hell's a U.R.B.L.G?" Laraine asked puzzled.
"If you realy must know, it's an Ultrastella Realy Big Lazer Gun. And the blue prints belong to Cratix and they will be delivered to him!"Kitt growled
"Kitt, what's wrong with you?" Laraine said shaking her head.
"The real question is what's wrong with you!" He said agiley. Laraine slaped his face. He put his hand to his face and shook his head. He looked at her wirerly. "What. What? WHAT! Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked her confused but in his normal voice. She looked at the roof and shook her head.
"You are the straingest person I know Kitt." She told him.
"Thanks." Kitt said sycasticaly. Some one knocked on the door.
"I'll answer it Kitt. If its those two guys, I'll start to call you, -um... Alix. O.k? Kay." Laraine said turning the door handle. It was a different man. He looked about 19 years to 20 years old. His hair was dark brown and was all spikey. He wore blue-jeans, sneakers, and a white t-shirt under a blue flanalette shirt. His belt buckle had a dragon with flames in the backround. He was very well built. Laraine smiled at him.
"Hi! Does Kitt live here still? He might not remember me, but I'm his cousen Jack." He said as though he was nervous that some one was watching him.
"I'll see," Laraine said. She turned around and closed the door. Kitt was sitting on the couch wastching the t.v.
"kitt! Your cousen Jack's here to see you!"She called. Out side Jack was glancing around nervousely.
"Jack? Jack. Jack. Oh! jakkine! I havent seen him in years!" Kitt jumped up and ran to the door. He opened it and let Jack in.
"Kitt, I need to ask you some personal questions." Jakkine said gravely.
"Shoot." Kitt said.
"Well how much do you remember about when, Cratix saenmbala de shouilet barnel farix?" Jakkine asked. Kitt looked at him wide eyed.
"What the hell does that mean?" Kitt asked confused.
"You cant remember." Jakkine said shacking his heas. "I said when Cratix destroued the Cantas. But when they got you, they must of got you bad. Just out of curriosity, how far back CAN you remember?" Jakkine asked Kitt thought for a few minutes.
"I can remember when I was found by this man and woman in the `Keai' park under the logs. I was holding a photo of me and my Mum. And I had my bandanner tied around my left knee as a brase. I dont think I can remember much before that. I know this is changing the subject here, but where's Ace? Does she still hack into computer systems?" Kit asked.
"Yes she still does. Hay Kitt how old were you when they found you?" Jakkine asked. laraine was listening to this convisation in the kitchen.
"About ten, I think."Kitt answered.
"Ha! You havent seen or herd about Ace ever since you were six! And you can still remember her! Thats something!"Jakkine exclamed. Kitt nodded.
"Hay Kitt, Who's crabbits?" Laraine called from the kitchen. Kitt moved into the kitchen and Jakkine folowed him.
"i dont know. Why?" Kitt asked. Laraine looked at his in her strange way.
"Because, Just before Jack arrived, You were talking about takeing the blue prints of the, Um... U.R.B.L.G. to him. Thats all."
"What the hells a U.R.B.L.G.?"Kitt asked scratching his head.
"I dont know! You were the one talking about it not me." Laraine said harshely.
"It's the Ultra-staller, realy Big Lazer gun."Jakkine said. He went on to tell them about the war between the Cantasons and the Zogons. Then he told Kitt that his mother was human but his father was cantason. Kitt seemed to take it pretty well but laraine just laughed.
"You dont seriousely belive that do you Kitt?" She said with a laugh.
kitt looked at her. Then back at Jakkine. Then at his shoes. Jakkine then said, "Since you are only part cantason you probably have'nt as many abilities as a full cantason would. Like telepathy. You may have that. You may have all of them and dont know it. But you might not have any at all. It all depends on youre geens."
"What about my parents. What happened to them?" Kitt asked. Laraine noitesed a change in kitt's voice. It sounded uergent, and as though he was going to cry. She had allways known that kitt had been orfened. Darleen had told her that. She thought he knew it too so she never talked about it around him. She soon realised that she knew more about Kitt than he him self did.
After all, he cant remember much before he turned ten.
While she was thinking this, Jakkine told kitt how when the war came, his mother stole blue prints to the U.R.B.L.G. then, With him headed back to earth.
Cratix hunted her down and killed her but left him alone thinking he wasnt a threat and would soon die on the streets of Mooroopna on a small panet out of veiw. Next he headed back to cantas and killed kittsfarther, sister and any other parts of his family he could find on the planet. Then Jakkine told kitt his theory that seeing Cratix murder his mother shocked him so bad he lost his memory.
"Gee! I feel like the only person in this room who doesnt know every thing about me is me!" Kitt said.
"why is that Kitt?" Jakkine asked
"Because, You know every thing about my past and whats going on. Laraine knew that I was an orfen because Darleen told her. Even though Darleen never told me."Kitt said sulkingly. Laraine looked at him.
"How`d you know that?" She said in amazement.
"I D'know." Kitt shrugged. They both looked at Jakkine.
"Telepathy." He said. Then Darleen and Andrew walked into the room all dressed up. Darleen walked over to Kitt and kissed him on the cheek. Kitt made a funny face and Laraine giggled.
"Your dad and I are going away for a few nights so, look after the place and your self."Darleen said. "Theres pizza in the freezer and the cokes in the fridge. have fun!" She waved good bye then Walked out the door with Andrew.
"Bye!" kitt called as the door closed. they watched out the window as the two adults drove out of the drive way. As soon as they were gone Jakkine said that he had to go too. Kitt and Laraine walked him to the door. Jakkine held out his hand to Kitt and gave him a peice of paper.
"if you need me just go there."He said Then he dissapered. That made both laraine and Kitt jump. After a few minutes laraine squeeled. Kitt looked at her straingely. She hugged him excitedly. She was pretty strong for a twelve year old.
"Isnt it cool Kitt! Youre an alian! I cant wait to tell all my friends! They'll go crazy! You are going to school tomorow arnt you?"
Kitt sighed. "yeah, I guess so.but dont tell any one about, well you know what. I've got to get used to the idea first." He said calmly. Then he looked at the peice of paper that Jakkine gave him. It had 85 knight St. written on it.
A Few hours latter after playing several guess the number games andpeices of pizza, Larraine went home. Kitt wondered about his mother and farther. Then he remembered that the dead lady was prbably still holding his photo of his mother and him. He swore under his breath. He turned on the t.v. to take his mind off it. There was nothing worth watching so he looked through the shelfs of vidioes his foster parents owned.
The next day, Kitt walked to school. On the way, Terry and Laraine joined him. Laraine had allready told Terry about Kitt and his past. Terry hesitated when approching him.
"Come off it Terry! I'm still the same as I was before. I just know more about my self now." Kitt called to him. Finaly Terry walked over.
As they walked, to school, Terry asked Kitt about what it feels like to find out that you are an alian after thinking that you a human for as long as you can remember. Kitt told him that he thought it would be worse.
"Now I just want to know what those two men are still following me for." Kitt said without turning around. Terry and Larraine looked behinde them and there were two men in a red car slowly folowing behinde.
After walking for ten minutes they arrived at the school. This school had no uniforms and you carried your bag to class if you wanted. There were 30 kids in each class. Kitt, Larraine and Terry were in the same class.
At Recess, Kitt was called to the head office on the over head. Terry and Larraine followed him. When they arrived, there were two police oficers waiting for him. They called him into one of the small rooms alone.
Terry and Larraine waited out side on some chairs.
"We want to ask you what you know happened to the old lady." The tallest one said. He had Sgt. Thomson writen on a tag. The other one had Sgt. Ensible writen on a tag. Kitt sat still wishing that he hadnt been reminded. kitt looked at the floor.
"Nothing." he said in a small shakey voice. The two oficers looked at each other.
"Thats a load of crap!" sgt. Ensible said harshely. He reached into his pocket. Kitt tensed up. Sgt. Thomson watched him. Kitt went white as images of the ladys head exploding flashed through his mind. Sgt. Ensible pulled out a blood stained photo. Kitt relaxed and returned to his normal colour. Sgt. Ensible asked him about the photo.
"I dont know when or where it was taken. But that's me and my real mum. Her name was Abigale." Kitt said
"Yes, we found this in the hand of that old lady. Was she any relation of yours? A gramdma, or auntie perhaps?" Sgt Thomson asked. Kitt shook his head.
"She was only the lady that I helped carry a bucket of water to her house." Kitt said.
"realy!" Sgt. Ensible said writeing something down on a pad of paper.
"But how did she get this?" Sgt.Thomson asked holding up the photo. Kitt saw the ladys bloody finger prints on his mothers face. He saw his mother lying on the ground with a man standing over her. She had blood allover her face and chest. The man was holding a small dagger in his right hand. It and his hands were coated in blood. Kitt saw that mans face. It was long and had a scar across his face. The thing that made Kitt remember him was his eyes. They were red and peirsing. Kitt could remember the man coming towards him. When the man was less than a meter away, the man grabbed hold of Kitt and hit him on the back of his head with the butt off his dagger then a strainge falling sensation . Kitt couldnt remenber any more.
The police men had been talking to him while he was remembering this. "You havent been listening have you!" Sgt. Ensiblesaid telling him off.
"Wha...?"Kit said back.
"We were asking you weather or not you could identifie the murderer or S." Sgt Thomson said loosing his patience. then there were voices from out side the room. People were shouting and there were some loud thuds on the ground. Then The two men wareing the suits and the trench coats bursted into the room.
"Thought you could get away from us cantason. But you were wrong!" They chanted. Kitt ran behind the police men and shouted
"It's them! They did it!" The two police men stood up. The two men through punches at them. The police men blocked and punched. they started to hit each other with any thing in the room they could get theyre hands on.
While they were fighting, Kitt ran out. The office had furnature scattered all over the floor. Terry and Larraine were helping some of the teachers to clean the place up.
"Kitt! whats going on?"Larraine asked him. The two police men stumbled out of the room. Terry looked into the room and there was no one in it.
"They just dissapeared! Poof! Into thin air."Sgt. Thomson said rubbing his wrist.
"Who were they Kitt? What did they want you for?"Sgt Ensible said rubbing the back of his neck. Kitt walked up to Sgt. Thomson.
"Can I look at your wrist?" He asked. "Sure."Sgt Thomson replied and streatced out his hand. Kitt pressed on the middle of Sgt. Thomsons wrist. Some sort of electrical curent ran through Kitt's hand into Sgt.Thomson' wrist. Kitt jumped back in alarm. Sgt, Thomson flexed his hand and wrist.
"What did you do? The pain has gone!" Sgt. Thomson exclained. But Kitt was over at Sgt. Ensible. The same thing happened. Larraine watched Kitt Sit down on the floor. He was leaning againsed the wall and his head was in his knees. Larraine sat next to him. Slowly he looked at her. It was oviouse that what ever he did, used up a lot of his energey.
" Next time remind me to bring a jump lead." He whispered.
The bell rang. Larraine helped Kitt up. Terry was going to meet them in class. The police had already left the school grounds. Kitt and Larraine were nearly to the door when the two men appeared again. One right behinde kitt.
That one grabbed Kitt in a head lock. "Now. Youre comming with us whether you like it or not!" To their suprise Kitt didnt even struggle.
"Not again!" He groaned. Larraine came up behinde the man with a chair. The other man grabbed it out of her hands and came after her. She kicked him in the balls, they when hecame down she uppercut him. While this was happening, The first man pulled a suringe from his pocket. Kitt saw it. It was filed with a yellow liquid.
"Whats that for?" Kitt asked.
"It will make you able to travel with us."
"Like on star treck with the transporter beams?"Kitt asked
"Kind of. But we dont need the beams. Unlike a cantason or human, we Zogons can `Transport' when ever we want, where ever we want" he said
"Thrilling." Kitt sighed. Then the zogon injected the luquid into Kitts right arm.
"You may feel some discomfort and drousinss at first but that only lasts about five earth minutes." The zogon said. Pain shot through Kitts bodie. It was so bad he nearly fainted. "Unfortunately, we have to wait untill all that is over before you can be transported." The zogon said. Larraine ran up and kicked the zogon in the balls. He let go of Kitt. Kitt fell to the floor and curled up.
Out side, the police men decided that they should take Kittdown to the station for a statement. They came in just as Kitt fell. The police men twisted the zogons arms and hand cuffed them behind their backs. The zogons dissapered. They all bent over Kitt. He was shaking all over. Larraine placed her hand on his fore head.
"Aaaagh!"Kitt skreamed in pain. They looked at each other. He was burning hot. They could not touch him. And to the police that ment no statement. Then Larraine remembered Jakkine.
"Um, I have to go some where to... get someone. Yeah. See ya!"she said as she ran out. The sick bay lady came up to them.
"He has to be mooved out of the way. Could you carry him to the sick bay maby?" She said sternly. Sgt. ensible turned to Kitt.
"Do you think you could move your self?" He asked.
"I'll try, but I wont promis any thing."Kitt said weakely. Useing the wall as a support, Kitt slowly stood up. Every one in the room could tell that doing this was very painfull for him. He walked into the sick bay. Then he colapsed on the floor. The police men picked him up and lay him on the bed. Larraine and Jakkine came running into the office.
"Where is he?"Jakkine asked the sick bay lady.
"He's in the sick bay. (if you realy must know.)"She said. Larraine pulled on his arm and he followed her to the sick bay. kitt was lying on the bed fast asleep and the two policemen were sitting in chairs by the bed. As Jakkine walked in, they stood up.
"Who are you!"Sgt Ensible demanded.
"I'm Kitts uncle." Jakkine said.
"Oh realy! I thought Kitts relations were dead!"Sgt. Ensible scoffed.
"No. There are three of us left." Jakkine said looking at Kitt. Kitt stired.
Kitt started saying things in cantas. Every one in the room except for Jakkine thought that he was speeking jiberish. Jakkine listened intently then he started talking back to him.
"What did he say?" Larraine asked Jakkine.
"I`m not totaly sure. He isnt making very much sence."Jakkine replied.
"Well, What made sence?"She asked.
"Not much." Jakkine said. The two police men were watching and listening to them talking. Kitt started to toss and turn. he started to sweat and cry out in the other language. Jakkine looked worried.
"He's in the worst place he posibably could be at this time." Jakkine said gravely.
"Wheres that?" Larraine asked.
"Trapped in his past." Jakkine said.
"Hu? Exsqueeze me? Baking powder? I dont understand. How can one be trapped in ones past?" Larraine said sycasticaly.
"In ones dreams... or nightmares." Jakkine said in a spookie toan. He then placed his right hand on Kitts forehead with his little finger and thumb on his temples. His other fingers were stretched over kitts forhead. He closed his eyes and concentrated.
//He saw giant ships landing. Zogons pored out of them. A war had started. He saw Kitts mother take the blue prints from the computer then grab kitt's hand and run to the shuttle bay. Zogons chased them.
They climbed abored a small craft. Abegale closed the door and entered the launch coad. She strapped Kitt into one of the seats then strapped herself down. The zogons belted on the door. Launch. Half of them were burnt up by te engine fire the others were knocked over by the shuttle as it left the ground. Abegaile fed the plans into the shuttles computer. She wrote a program to prohibit any one with out the code to enter for it.
"Remember Kitt, what humans can't, Cantasons can. Now dont tell any one o.k?" Abegaile said.
"Why?" Kitt asked. "What does it mean?"
"Dont worry. Just remember it."She turned the computer scanners on and the auto guns. When out of the atnosphere, objects appeared on the scanners.
The objects were heading for the shuttle. The computer identerfide them as Zogonian pov ships. Abigale shuddered. Kitt watched the screans. The pov ships were nearly within the range of the shuttles fireing system. Abigale raised the sheilds. Kitt undid his belts so he could look out for the pov ships. Just as he stood up out of the chair, the shuttle was hit by a pov lazer. The shuttle shook. They were both knocked about. Kitt hit his head against the sharp edge of the controle panel. He lay there holding his head where he knocked it with his hands. Blood flowed between his fingers onto his face. Abigale cralled orer to him. She pulled his hands away from his face and looked at the cut. It was abouve his left eye. It was 4cm long and was prety deep. Abigale ripped part of her black and white skirt off. With part of it she cleaned most of the blood away and to try and stop the bleeding. The rest of it she tied around his head as a bandage. Another hit. Clumsely Abigale stood up and made her way to the controles. She had to make a jump into hyper space before they came close enough to transport aborde. She typed in the coordinates for earth. The closesed planet with breathable air. hyper space at last. The canto hyps could realy move. A few hours latter the shuttle aproched earths atnosphere. They started being pulled in by earths gravity.
"Mum!" Kitt said in alarm. "Wont we burn up on re-entry?"
"No. You forget that the canto- hyps are coated by pamo lasian. That protects the space crafts from burning up when entering other planets atnospheres." She told him.
"Oh." Kitt said pretending to be interested. He then looked out of the screen at earth. "Is that where you came from? Um, earth?" He asked her pointing down at the planet.
"Yes Kitter. That is my home. We're going to stay down there untill the zogons pass us by. I think you will like it there. But you will find it very different to cantas. Cantas is alot cleaner and theres not as much fighting going on as on earth."
Kitt staired down at it. He had never seen anything like it before. When people said that earth was a blue- green planet, he pictured that it would be like uranus. All an aqua colour. But this planet had blue bits and green bits alover it. After a while, his mother told him to sit back in his seat and strap him self down. She strapped her self down at the controles and guided the shuttle to the ground. Theylanded in a forest next to a river. They were big trees that had fallen over and the branches dangled in the water. Kitt climbed onto on of the fallen trees. Abegale pulled a chain from around her neck. It was the first time he had ever seen it. On the end of the chain there was a purple gem. Abegale spoke to it and a beam of light flashed onto the grass around the shuttle. The grass grew around and allover the shuttle. Covering it allover. She caled kitt down from the tree and started to walk towards in land. Kitt jumped down from a lower part of the trees trunk and landed painfully. His left knee came out of joint. He lay in the grass holing his leg trying not to move it. He was taking deep breaths and was blinking back tears. Abegale ran to him quickely. She picked up a short but thick stick and forsed it in his mouth. She feld on to his leg.
"Kitt, This may hurt alot so, be brave." She then gave his leg a quick tug. With a loud cloncking noise, his knee fell back in place. Kitt spat the stick out and wiped his eyes. His mum un tied the fabrick from his head and retied it around his knee. The cut on his head had stopped bleeding. She helped him up. His leg still hurt to move but he did. Soon he picked up a stick as a crutch.
"Mum. What does that stone do?" Kitt asked. Abegale Thought for a few seconds.
"It's so I can be more like a cantason. You saw before how I made the grass grow over the shuttle. Well it does those sort of things. Here you can have a look at it if you want." She said taking the necolace off and handing it to him. Kitt looked through the jem. The inside moved around like it was alive. While he was looking at it, Abegale thought she saw a pair of zogon eyes flash out of the corners of her eyes. They were up hill abit behind some trees. On one side of the slope was where all the trees were. The river flowed around it like a snake. A part of the slope where the shuttle was there was a small cliff. Abegale climbed up the cliff to see who was there. She looked around. No one. There was no sound. No wind. No movement. No nothing. She turned to go back down the cliff then a zogon bumped out of a tree and landed infront of her. She screemed. The zogon had a short dagger in his hand. Kitt herd her. He started to panic. He hid in the long grass listening to his mothers screams. The zogon was Cratix. The crule ruler of zagadon. He grabbed Abegale in a hugging position and thrust the dagger into her diafram. He continued sliceing straight up her body to her chin. Blood spiled onto his hands. He dropped he lifeless body and stood over it grinning. Kitt saw this. He scrambled up the cliff. He saw the body lying dead on the ground. Blood poured out of the hidiouse gash. Kitt stood up. Cratix turned around and staired at him. Cratix red eyes burned away at Kitt as he walked menisingly over to Kitt. When Cratix was lass than a meter away, he werled around, hitting Kitt in the head with the butt of his dagger. Kitt fell backwards down the cliff. He tumbled down the slope and stoped at the bottom under the fallen trees. He lay as if dead. All he could see was darkness but he could hear Cratix move into another shuttle and the loud eplosion of the thrusters as it lifted into the air.//
"Aaagh!" Kitt screamed sitting up on the bed. Jakkine quickely took his hand away. Kitt fell back on the bed. The two policemen whispered to each other. Larraine played with Kitts fringe. Jakkine just sat thinking. Terry came running in.
"Larraine, Kitt!" He puffed. "You have to... Oh."He said seeing Kitt. "What happened to him?" he asked. Larraine stood up. She headed for the exit. Terry came with her. "Mr. Seagment wants to see ya both. He thinks you're skipping classes. I Told him you were at the office but he didnt belive me at first. Well now he'll only think that Kitt's wagg'n and not you. You can tell him whats going on since Kitts not here with us but thats his own fult." Terry said nastely.
Larraine stopped him. "Thats not true. And you know it. I dont know whats going on in his head at the moment, but I sure do know that its not his fult. Ask Jakkine. He knows whats going on. And why those men were after Kitt."Larraine told him. They continued walking. When they arrived at the classroom Larraine was told off by Mr. Seagment. He was a tall man who never talked. Instead he shouted. All of the kids in the school hated him with a passion because of one thing. He hated them. When he told Larraine off she just roled her eyes and groned.
Half way through the lesson, (Geography) Terry glansed out the window and saw Kitt, Jakkine and the two police men walk out of the office. He tapped Larraine on the sholder and she looked out the window. Even from across the cortyard she could tell he was exausted. He walked with his head bowed and every now and then he would sway and Jakkine would have to sterdey him. Soon they were out of the school grounds and Larraine could no longer see then.
Next she had english. They had to act like reporters and do a report on a topic of thier own choice. Larraine liked english. She liked her teacher Miss. Dennis. Miss dennis made her think alot of Sigorney Weaver.
And Larraine knew what her topic would be. Kitt. Since next was lunch, the students had permission to get their reserch from any where. Even if it was out of the school grounds as long as they were back by the end of lunch. larraine had always wanted to be a reporter. When every one was out of the room she walked up to talk to miss Dennis.
"Miss dennis, um. Have you ever herd of the planet cantas?" She asked shyly.
Miss Dennis looked at Larraine funny. " No I cant say I have. Why?"
"Well first, What would you do if some one came up to you and told you that they know someone that came from another planet?" Larraine asked sheepishly.
"I dont know. I dont think I'de belive them though. It all depends on who the person is." Miss Dennis said slowly.
"Well I know an alian. And he's in our class. Its werd. Dont you think that you would know what planet you would come from even if you had lived on a diferent planet for as long as you can remember. It just doesnt make sence. I wonder what IS going on in his head at the moment. I mean he only just found out." Larraine said partly thinking out loud. Then she realised what she said. "Oh no! I promised not to tell anyone. Promiss you wont tell!"
Miss Dennis gave her another straing look. Larraine knew she didnt belive her. She sighed and walked out of the room. Miss Dennis shrugged and rubbed some notes off the bord.
Larraine caught up with Terry. "I'm going over to Kitts house soon d'you want to come?"Larraine asked. Terry shrugged then nodded. "Cool." Larraine said than ran to her locker. "Dont forget a not pad and a pen!"She called back to him.
Jakkine took Kitt home. Kitt staggered into the house and sat on a chair in the kitchen.
"They said it would only last about 5 earth minutes. But its lasted longer." Kitt said. Jakkine nodded and sat down with him.
"How do you feel now? In Pain? Tired? What?" Jakkine asked. Kitt could tell there was something on his mind.
"Jakkine, I know I havent mastered telepathy yet, But..." Kitt started than he began to retch. He clutched his stomach and fell on the floor. Jakkine stood up in allarm.
"Kitt!" He said nealing beside him. "It is as I feared. You are elurgic to what ever they used. I just hope they didnt use the yellow retivor. Kitt you have to tell me. Did you see the colour of the stuff they injected into you?" Kitt nodded. "What colour was it?" Jakkine demanded.
"Yellow." Kitt gasped.
"Oh Gawd." Jakkine said then sighed. He surched through the couberds.
"Kitt. Do you have any dymadon co?" Jakkine asked.
Kitt pointed to the pantry. Jakkine pulled things out untill he found it. He forsed two pills into Kitts mouth and made him swallow. A few minutes later Kitt was up and about. Although Jakkine never said it around Kitt, he wondered what that was all about. He came to the conclusion that the drug that the zogons had used was too strong for Kitt and that,was just part of the affects.
Larraine and Terry arrived. Jakkine let them in then disapeared somewhere. Kitt was asleep on the couch. Larraine smiled. She allways had liked Kitt from the first time they met. But now there was something that realy atrackted her to him. She blushed. She walked over to him. As she approched, he opened his eyes. He sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"What time is it?" he yorned. Terry checked his watch.
"Twelve-thirty. And fifteen seconds." he said.
"Is that all! I thought I was asleep for hours but it was only for a few minutes." Kitt said. That was when he noitesed that Larraine was looking at him. She was just stairing at him. kitt put his head on one side and looked back at her. Terry looked at both of them. Larraine was smiling but Kitt looked confused. As though he had remembered something from his past but coulnt quite place it.
"You know what Larraine, You look an orfull lot like my sister. I haddent been able to remember her much until now." Kitt said sadly. Then he looked away from her. Larraine looked at Terry and he shrugged. He didnt know what Kitt was going on about. As far as he knew Kit never had a sister.
"Where's she?" terry asked. Kitt looked at him then at the ground.
"I can't say." Kitt said. Larraine could tell by looking at kitt that something bad had come back to him. She wondered what it was. That was when Jakkine came back.
"I'm sorry, but you two have to leave. Now." He said. Kitt walked them to the door.
"I'de come back to school with you but, Jakkine said that its better if they cant find me. You know how he is." Kitt sighed. Larraine and Terry ran down the path out of the yard. Kitt closed the door. Jakkine was watching him. He felt Kitts feelings. He was mourning the death of his parents realy for the first time.
"What happened to my sister?" Kitt said out loud.
"What?" Jakkine asked. Kitt faced him.
"My big sister, Kitiara. What happened to her? Is she dead? Alive? What!" Kitt said. Jakkine looked uncomfortable.
"Well, the truth is... um, I dont know."Jakkine said. Jakkine had been talking on the phone to someone when Terry and Larraine were there. Now he looked out the window. A red car drove up and parked out the front of the house. "Kitt, Um... You have do what I say now. Wether you like it or not." Jakkine said sternly. Kitt was shocked. Jakkine was usually very calm but he was paceing back and forth and looked nurvouse. Someone knocked on the door then walked straight in. There were four of them. They surrounded Kitt.
Out side Terry and Larraine watched the house from afar. They saw the red car drive up and the four men get out and go into Kitts yard. Next they saw them come out with Kitt. He sat in the car then the four men and Jakkine got in. They ran up to the car and jumped on to the back bumpper bar and held on to the sides trying not to be notiest.
Kitt sat in the car listening to his heart beat. He felt nurvers as if he was going to stand in front of the class and give an hour long speach. He looked around the car. The four men and Jakkine were talking to each other in some other language. He knew they were Cantisons but what he didnt know was, why was Jakkine so edgie? He gathered ther must of been something about his sister that made Jakkine feel uncomfortable.
She probably tried to get on with him or something like that. Kitt thought.
Suddenly he felt a prezents that scared him. He looked at Jakkine and the others and saw that they felt it too. He examined the fast moving past country side. It was all bear apart from a few tussoks of grass hear and there and some dead euceliptus trees. There were tall empty hills that when the wind blew, the sandy dirt flew into the air. He saw a flash and before he could stop himself he cried out-
"STOP!!!!!"
The car screached to a hult and Terry and Larraine were throne into the dirt.
Kitt ran from the car although he didnt know why. Jakkine chased Kitt while the four men went over to Terry and Larraine. (Who were not hurt apart from some scratches and brouses, and were thrown over ten meters from the car.)
Kitt seemed to slow down and Jakkine caught him by his arm.
"What was that about? Hmm? We are riscing our necks for you and you run off some where out woop-woop! What were you thinking!" Jakkine said angrely. Kitt glared at Jakkine and wriggle around untill Jakkine let go of his arm. He turned and contiued to walk to where he saw the flash. Jakkine grabbed hold of Kitts sholders.
"Oh no you dont mister! I want to know what exactly is going through your mind."
Kitt turned back towards Jakkine. "You want to know whats going through my mind? I'll tell you. I cant stand being around you! Or any other Cantison. O.K?" Kitt shouted. But he didnt want to say it. And it wasnt like his normal voice. It was loud and had a snarl in it. Jakkine looked supprised. Kitt knew something was wrong. Because he didnt feel any thing at all. Just like he was a charicter on a computer game or some kind of puppet.
"I feel like a puppet." he managed to say with his own voice. Jakkine looked even more supprised when Kitt started to shout at himself telling himself to shut up and keep out of it. Jakkine grabbed fold of kitts other sholder and looked deep into his eyes. They were all misty. "Help Jakkine. Cratix wont leave me alone!"Kitt said faintly. Then the other voice said-
"We've been found out! Brake signal! HURRY!" Then Kitt swooned in Jakkines arms.
Just at that moment the car exploded into a ball of raging fire. Jakkine carried Kitt to the fire and lay him down beside it. "You know I think that the enemy has made some kind of mind controle. And were using it on Kitt. I wonder why they wanted Kitt to escape being killed by the car fire? If they did any way." He said to the others. Then he only just noitesed Terry and Larraine sitting in the dirt.
"What are you two doing here?"He said. Terry started to stutter. So Larraine spoke insted.
"We followed you. And before you ask, it was because we thought you were kidnapping Kitt."
"Kiddnapping Kitt? Why would we do that?" Jakkine laughed.
"Well you seemed so straing and when they drove up well, Thats what I thought." Larraine confesed.
"Oh."
They were chatting for a long time and soon it became dark. The light of the fire died down, and no one saw Kitt sit up or walk away. But he had not walked far when the others noitest he was gone. They looked into the darkness and saw nothing of him.
A few minutes later, they herd some loud thumpping noises and some cries of pain. They all jumpped up at this because it was not Kitts voice. Neather of them were his. There was a sound as if someone was being dragged towards them and two people cursing and swearing at the tops of their lungs. Finally Kitt came into veiw dragging two Zogons towards the fire. They were tied up with thin rope. Kitt dropped them next to the fire and sat and lay where he had been as if nothing happened. Jakkine stood over the two Zogons. One was female
"Sakrhgrk lfaeskrion towe dkad sadmer` tronto gaush!" She swore at him.
"What did she say?"Larraine asked.
"You dont want to know. Belive me." The other Zogon replied. "I am Webstersam. She is Essensaurut."
"Shut up you Sonin fertsaw! Taliken ter dion Cratix jer woin ter fimicon!" Essensaurut skreached at webstersam. Webstersam tilted his head towards her.
"Shut up your self! If It wasnt for you we would of escaped with out being caught at all! So Just keep quiet!" Webstersam shouted.
"Why are you here?" Jakkine said in a suspicious toan.
"We were trying to escape from... You wont take us back there will you? We refused to do what he said for another minute. Espesialy when I found out his plan. It was ment to be top secret but being a hakker and all," Webstersam said.
"You hakked into the main computer amd stoll his plan." Terry said.
"No! He told me that I had to hook up his computer to a big satelite, and then to the reflector down here. He said that it was something to use against the enemy to unlock secrets and gain controle. I'm not one for violence. Realy I'm not."
Larraine and Terry looked at each other in a way to say, "I dont trust this guy" Then Kitt groaned. Webstersam and Essensaurut started to get nervous. Who ever hurd of 2 fully grown Zogon getting the crap beat out of they by a small Cantison? A fully grown Cantison maby, but not a child!
Kitt looked around and saw the two zogons sitting tied up next to the fire. "Where'd they come from?" He asked. The two Zogons staired at him with wide eyes and didnt take their eyes off him for a long Time. Eventualy they were untied and sat close to Jakkine hoping that he might save them from the small boy.
Finaly it was morning. Kitt was the first one awake and the car fire was out. The air was cold and chilly and the dew was still on the ground.
The two zogons were gone and there were signs of a stuggle. But he thought that could be from when he beat them up. (So he was told) Still he wondered where they were. Larraine woke to see that Kitt was surching the hurison. Then she her self noitesed that the zogons were gone. She woke Terry and he arroused Jakkine. The other Four cantosons were already awake. They were meditating. Or thats what it looked like.
They disided that they had better walk to where ever it was they were trying to get to. ( They keeped it only to them selves, since The episode with kitt being controled by Cratix.) They headed towards the place where Kitt saw the flash. Jakkine was told about some tunnels under the ground that lead to their destination. (Terry was costrephobic so he said that he would walk back to town.)
As they passed into the long tunnel Kitt felt a strange feeling in his ears. He halted. Larraine turned to him.
"Whats wrong?"She asked. Kitt jumped as if hearing her voice startled him.
"Um... Nothing." He said. They continued with the rest of the group into the darkness. At every new sound like two of the cantisons whispering to each other or someone kicking a rock, Kitt would jump. After walking for three hours, they rested in a large chamber that the tunnel continued on the other side. Jakkine appeared next to Kitt and tapped him on the sholder. Kitt jumped and whirled around.
"A little edgie are'nt we, Kitt." He teased.
"I cant help it. Some things wrong. I dont know what it is but..." Kitt cut off. He placed his hands over his ears as if he was in pain. He fell to his knees.
"Whats wrong Kitt?" Larraine asked him. Kitt ignored her and started to shake his head. His breathing excelerated.
"I cant! I wont!" Kitt started saying over and over again. The four cantisons sat talking in a corner oblivious of what was happening.
Up in a far away Zogon mother ship, Cratix was sending endless comands to Kitt through the telepathic uplink he had had conected using his mind machine. Cratix called someone in.
"Lady Sproule. He has a very unyielding will." He said in his own language. "I would like you to go down to that imprudnt little planet, with my best men. Capture the boy and bring him back here. I dont care what you do to the rest... Except Jakkine. He's to big a threat to our cause. So kill him. If Idont get that stone, and the boy, you remember what happened to Webstersam and Essensaurus. Public desintergration is very popular."
"But my lord, Why just the stone? And the boy of cause, but I thought that we were after the plans for the U.R.B.L.G." Lady Sproule said.
"I know. But who cares about a space lazer when you can have the strongest power in all of the void? The power of creation! That stone could create our own space lazer in a mater of seconds. As well as numerouse other things at the same time. Now GO!"
"Yes m'lord." Lady Sproule said bowing low and walking out. Cratix returned to the mind link.
In the chamber Kitt was sitting with his back to the wall. His breathing and pulce were still fast and he was staring into nothing. Larraine was asleep next to him. Jakkine sat on the other side of Kitt and was talking to him in the hope of reciving some kind of responce from him. He pulled a metal flask from his pocket. He unskrewed the cup like lid and pored some of a liquid in it. He held it up to Kitts mouth and made him drink it. A few seconds latter Jakkine achieved his responce.
"Puher!" Kitt cried waking Larraine. He stood spitting the liquid from his mouth. "Eur! What was that stuff Jakkine? It's foul! Puher! Puher! Puher!"
"You dont want to know what it was. The main thing is that I have now had a reaction from you." Jakkine said.
"And youre o.k." Larraine put in.
"Yeah I s'pose. But how come its only happening to me?" Kitt asked. "I mean, I'm getting prety sick of it all and-"Kitt said but Jakkine stopped him.
"There are zogons near by. I can feel them. Be quiet and sit still. I'll just be over there with those four consentrating on a plan to get by them." Jakkine walked away and sat with the others. And soon all that could be hurd was the low voices of five cantosons talking in their home language.
Kitt started to hear a heart beat that was not his own. He sudenly felt that some invisible hands were gripping his sholders. He felt somethings icy breath on the back of his neck.
I dont need this! He thought. He wanted to yell of make some kind of noise or at least get away. He leaned forward but the hands pulled him back against the wall. The impact winded him and he sat gasping as other hands secured his for-arms and his chest. He felt icy claws running up and down his spine. He shivered. He was terrified. He looked around for Larraine with his eyes. She was standing over with Jakkine and the others. They had a glowing light in the middle of the circle. He felt cold fangs touching his neck at the top of his sholders.
I need to get Jakkine's atention. Kitt thought. He could move his arms abit. He grasped a stone and threw it as best as he could towards the light. As it hit the ground a few meters away from the circle, he felt the fangs bight into his neck. He let out a cry as the others turned around. He struggled as he felt a cold poisen being pumped through the fangs into his bodie. The chill grew and felt like nothing he knew. It was bitterly cold. He was shivering all over. Jakkine ran towards him. Kitts vision blurred and it became dificult for him to breath. He felt exausted. He only just herd Jakkine aproch and kneel beside him. Jakkine said something in his home toung using a loud and comanding voice. Kitt felt the cold thing pull its fangs out of his neck and hiss in his ear with its cold breath. The back of his neck and his sholders ached with the coldness. Kitts head nodded as if he was asleep. but he felt the hands surching his neck. He felt them find a chain that he had managed to keep concealed untill now. It was pulling the chain up. Maby to have a look at it. There was a flat jem attatched to it. The hands started to remmove the chain from around Kitt's neck. He felt himself cry out "NO!" Though he didnt hear it. Jakkine lifted Kitts head and fringe. Kitt was still warm. Larraine thought Kitt might by having another nightmare.
Jakkine saw the chain being remmoved and quick as a flash he grabbed the gem and pulled the chain from the hand of the cold thing. He then closed his hand around the gem and commanded the cold thing to release Kitt. But it tightened its grip and hissed in responce. Jakkine continued to comand Kitts release untill he himself was very tired. The other four each tried but the cold thing refused. All of the five catosons were talking in their toung about what to do when Larraine interupted them.
"Listen! Kitt's saying something." She said. Kitt was repeating somethin from the past. It was a line of a song that his mother wrote many years ago.
"What humans cant, Cantosons can. What Cantosons cant, Humans can." The Cantosons looked blankly at each other.
"Look its obvious!" Larraine cried grabbing the gem from the fourth cantosn. "I have to do it!" She took a deep breath and concentrated on the cold things mind. She silently comanded it to releace Kitt. At first it resisted. It scratched Kitt with its cold claws as the will of the small human overpowered its own. With a blood curteling shreek it let go and pushed kitt away then fled into the wall. Kitt lay face down as if he was dead. Silent and not moving. He was still alive but the poisen had over come him. Jakkine and one of the four carried Kitt over to the light where Jakkine exsamened the back of his neck. There was a small blue mark on each side of the seventh vertebrate. And around them was a thick white circle. Jakking touched them. As he did Kitt opened his eyes. He rolled over, sat up and staired at them all with wide eyes. Then he bowed his head and began to cry.
"I failed, Mum." he sobbed. "It over powered me. It was too strong." Then he suddenly became aware of the otheres. He sat up straight. A staring feeling came to him.
"Zogons." He whispered. "They're comming! They're every where!" Kitt jumpped up. "They're all around me!" He span around. "They've brought plagjets! And other things." He shivered and his teeth started chatering. He crossed his arms to try to keep warm. Then he looked around through the shaddows. He saw a darker shaddow move along the floor. He backed away untill he felt the wall. He touched it then jumpped away from it.
"You ain't getting me again!" He said glaring at the wall. The shaddow moved closer. Jakkine caught wind of it. He jumpped up, so did the others. They started to run towards the way they came. All axcept Kitt. Jakkine skidded to a stop telling the others to get out and stay out and that he would be along shortly. He doubled back to the chamber where he left Kitt standing. Kitt was starting to walk slowly towards the bewitching plagjets (Ghost-shaddows that hypnotised weeker people.) He caught up to Kitt.
"Kitt, what are you doing?"jakkine asked.
"Must go. They're calling me. Escape while you can! Or they'll kill you!" Kitt said with a voice that sounded like he was half asleep.
"And what makes you think that they wont kill you?" Jakkine said facing Kitt and placing his hands on his sholders. Kitt shuddered then went back to his sleepyness.
"They wont. They need me too much." Kitt said.
"I dont care! I'm not leaving without you this time. I promesed your father I would protect you. Lord knows you were hard to find but now that I found you I'm going to protect you!" Jakkine said in a strong voice. Kitt started to be drawn towards them again. "I'm sorry Kitt," Jakkine said. "But I have to do this." With that, Jakkine put his hand over Kitts face. A current ran through Jakkines bodie as he drained Kitts energy. Kitt collapsed. Jakkine herled him over his sholder and carried him away from the chamber.
Lady Sproul walked out of the shaddows. "This is harder than I thought." She said to one of the zogons. "What are you waighting for? After them!" She yelled. The Zogons pushed past her. Heading down the tunnel they entered from came the four cantosons and Larraine Afew minutes latter came Jakkine carrying Kitt. They ran back to the road. It now had traffic Zooming past. Jakkine lay Kitt on the ground, as Larraine thumbed a ride. A person in a cream coloured van stopped for them. It was Terry and his dad. Quickly they piled in and drove back to town. Just as they were nearly out of sight, the zogonspiled out of the tunnel with Lady Sproule behind them.
Hmmmm. Lady Sproule thought slyly. She concentrated her telepathic powers on Kitt. For she was no zogon. She was a cantoson.
Terry's dad had almost driven them into town When Kitt started to steir.
"Jakkine, What did you do to get him back out here?" Larraine asked.
"I had to do it." Jakkine said. "I didnt want to but, he wouldnt have come otherwise." Jakkine said.
"What did you do. Thats all I want to know."
"I... " Jakkine said.
"You drained my energy! I dont belive you!"Kitt said comeing back to full conshesness. Jakkine shook his head and placed his hand ower Kitts face again and drained his energy again.
"Thats what I did Larraine." Jakkine said. Larraine smiled.
"When will he wake up?" Larraine asked.
"In about, say, ten minutes. I only drained a small anount of his energy this time so it could be shorter." Jakkine said. Terry's dad dropped them out the frount of Kitt's house. Jakkine carried Kitt up to his bed room and tied him to the bed with the thin rope that had been left on the ground near the car bomb. He then drained some more of Kitts energy to be on the safe side. Jakkine did not want Kitt slipping into the hands of the zogons. What ever they wanted him for. At least the mind controle may not work when you're unconsiouse. I hope. Jakkine thought. He checked that the windows were locked and he walked out of the room leaving the door slightly ajar. He walked down the stairs and sent Larraine up to guard Kitt. She seemed to like the idea and ran up the stairs.
Half an hour latter larraine was leaning back on a chair reading Kitts diary when Kitt woke. He was staring at the roof for some time before he relised where he was. And that he was tied up. AND that Larraine was reading his privet diary. He was kind of annoyed that she would snoop through his draws when he was in no position to stop her.
"Larraine, Why are you reading my diary?" He sighed. Larraine closed the diary and dropped it on the floor.
"'Bout time you woke up!" she said sitting on the bed. "You know, since you are all tied up, I could do things to you that you may not like."
"Like what?"Kitt asked
"Like lying down next to you like this. An playing with your fringe like this."she said as she lay down and started to curl his fringe around her fingers.
"That doesnt realy bother me. Much." Kitt said as Larraine started to unbutten his shirt. "Wowe there Larraine! What are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing?"She said running her hand up and down his chest. Kitt started to pull the ropes holding his arms but, the more he pulled the tighter they became. " There's no use trying to escape,"She said leaning over the top of him. "Ive got you right where I want you." She put her hands behind his head holding his head up, and kissed him. It was long and passonate. Kitt sighed when it was over. Larraine rested her head on his sholder.
"You should become a poet when you are older. Some of the poems in your diary are very good!" Larraine said.
"Why did you read my diary?" Larraine raised her head.
"To find out some of your secrets. I needed to find out some thing about you." She said.
"You could of just asked Jakkine about that." Kitt said sycasticaly.
"No! Not you on the out side, the you on the inside. Youre feelings. What you want in life. Who you are without the powers."
"I used to know. I'm not sure any more." Kitt said closing his eyes.
"Where have you gone?
Wind wind wind.
You once were here.
wind wind wind
Up in the mountans there
blew my friend the wind.
I listen to the stories
of the wind
though winds voice is hard to find.
Now winds gone and left me behind.' I think it's very good." Larraine said
Kitt sighed. "Dont s'pose you could untie me. Could you?" He asked.
"Hem. I'll have to ask Jakkine first. And he'd have to come all the way up here and check on you... No, I like you in a position that I can gain controle over you with." And she kissed him again. Then she snuggled down next to him and went to sleep.
Kitt woke in the middle of the night with the memory of the cold things touch. He started to shiver from the cold. Even with the warm body of Larraine lying next to him he was freezing. The cold ache came back to the bite and his sholders. The pain grew. Overwelming him in the cold. He begain to sweat from the cold. He found it dificult to breath. Taking or trying to slow down so he could take deep breaths. His heart beat speed. He felt dizy.
"Larraine!" He cried as he fainted from the cold. Larraine woke with a start. She felt his pulse. He could no longer controle his breathing. She felt his for head, neack, and chest. They were cold. Larraine jumped up and ran out of the room. Jakkine was asleep on the couch. The others had left along time ago.
"Jakkine wake up!" Larraine whispered shaking him.
"What is it?"He groaned.
"It's Kitt. He's cold."
"What!" Jakkine said jumping up and racing up the stairs. Larraine remained downstairs and she turned on the heater. Jakkine returned a few minutes latter carrying Kitt and lots of blankets. Jakkine lay Kitt in frount of the heater and placed the blankets over him. Jakkine heated some water in the kitchen and poured it on a dish towel. He rolled kitt onto his stomach and placed the towel over the bite. Larraine went to sleep on the couch while Jakkine was up all night keeping Kitt warm.
At 7:15 am Jakkine was still tending to Kitts bite. Larraine was awake at 8:24 am. She sat looking at the bite when Jakkine was squeezing the water out of the cloth.
"How come there wasnt any blood when Kitt was biten?" Larraine asked.
"I dont know. I will have to do a bit of reasurch on Cold things today. I dont know much about them. Apart from that they only attack Cantoson healers that have not yet mastered their powers. Usually."
"But why are they so cold?" Larraine asked.
"I guess becuse thats what they're made of." Jakkine said picking any thing out of the air. Larraine seemed content with that and stopped bugging him for a while.
"By the way," Jakkine said without looking up. "Did you enjoy your self last night?"
"I'm sure I dont have the slightest idea what your talking about," Larraine said with a smile on her face.
"Sure! Taking advantage of Kitt like that! Immagine what he must of thought of you. You suddenly coming on to him probably skared the hell out of him. He's been through a lot in the last few days and has ended up being a slight bit worse for ware."
"sorry." Larraine said bowing her head.
"Just kidding!" Jakkine laughed. Larraine blushed then grabbed one of the piddows off the couch and hit him with it. "Hay, hay, hay! Be carful of the patiant!" Jakkine said grabbing the pillow. Larraine let go and Jakkine put it on the ground next to him.
While this was happening, Kitt was dreaming muddled up dreams about that day when he came to earth and about the last few days. Faces pased through his mind. His mother, father, Jakkine, Ace, Larraine, Terry, Darlean, Andrew, the two zogons that had chased him, the old lady, the cantosons, sgt's Thomson and Ensible, Miss Denis and his other teachers. But most of all one face keept running through his mind. It was his sisters. They were standing opposite in a white room in another demension. She was saying something to him.
"Run! Run away while you have the chance! Remeber you can escape from any thing just by thinking about it! You can gain controle this time. Just listen to me." His sister was saying. There was some kind of a red glimmer in her eyes.
"Why?"Kitt asked her. She just began to explaine her plan to escape the people that held him `captive,' when he felt him self being shaken. Her voice went distorted and so did her image. Kitt called for her to come back. Even when he was being shaken he was calling her name.
"Wake up!" Kitt herd someone say.
"Hu?"Kitt asked slowly apening his eyes. It was Jakkine who was shaking him. Kitt was now lying on his back.
"Where'd she go?"
"Who? Oh I doesnt matter. The zogons were at work on you mind again my friend. It appears that you have become quite important to them." He said with an abrasive toan. Kitt noited a curious look in his face. Jakkine was standing like a tower over Kitt. he started to pace back and forth. Kitt sat up and watched him.
"They shouldnt beable to keep a phycic link with you. We keeped moving and keeped you as far away from any zogons as possible, so how are they doing it?"Jakkine said waving his arms in the air.
"I dont understand." Kitt said weakly. Jakkine bent down and pulled Kitt to a standing position.
"I mean HOW CAN THEY FIND YOU! They need to know exactly where you are for the phyc link. Unless.." Jakkine broke off letting Kitt stand on his own. "Unless one of us is telling them where you are. It has to be one of us. cantosons I mean, zogons dont have natural telepathic powers so they need machines. But who would be against us enough keep handing you over to them?" He started to think realy hard. I dont think any of those four friends of mine would mutiny against the cause..
"It leaves only one option." He said out loud. "It has to be you your self!"
"What?!" Kitt said. "Why me? I dont even know how to use it let alone keep useing it." With that Jakkine thought for a while.
"Can you remember any thing before I woke you?" Jakkaine finaly asked.
"Yes-" Kitt said at lenght. "I was dreaming. I s'pose."
"What were you dreaming about?"
"Jakkine you make me think of a phyciatrist!"
"Just tell me." Jakkine said calmly.
"Well first it was all on the past, and things I wanted to forget about. And then all these faces showed up. Then Kittiara my sister was talking to me. I-I cant realy remembe what she was saying."
"What was she talking about?" Jakkine said sternly getting closer to Kitt. Kitt backed away to the wall. Jakkine looked as though he was going to get violent. Kitt sheilded his head with his hands.
"I dont remember!" He said in a timid voice. Jakkine lent against the wall with his and started saying things in a rough voice. Larraine walked in from the back yard and stood listening behind the wall.
"Look! When you stop treating me like a convict and start treating me like a real person, maby I would be able to tell you! I just cant at the moment o.k!" Kitt shouted.
"No its not o.k!" Jakkine yelled back. Larraine was shocked at all the arguing and she decided to stop it. She walked into the room. As she did so Jakkine turned his head towards her and Kitt slipped below his arm and away. Though he was only two or three steps away from Jakkine when he couldnt move more than one meter in any direction. He put his hands up. He was encased in a fose feild. Jakkine turned around.
"That should keep you still untill you tell me what she said." Jakkine mocked. Kitt gave him a dirty look and mumbled some thing.
"What was that?"Jakkine said putting his and to his ear.
"I said." Kitt was now useing a louder, clearer voice. "That you realy are trying to keep me captive!"
"She told you that didnt she." Jakkine said in a quieter toan.
"I dont know, she could have." Kitt grumbled.
"I think I knoe the answer! It's your sister!"
"You're kidding! Kittiara's dead. Is'nt she?"
"I told you that I didnt know what happened to her. Maby the zogons have made her work for them. And since she is your sister, she would of always had a phycic link with you. There for they always know where you are." Jakkine explained.
"Oh-"