Chapter 115: Trouble Arises
The group on the island stared down at Patagonia, it looked like a ball of dirt from the height of the island. Its shadow cast over Patagonia, enshrouding the town in darkness. The residents silently hid within their houses, parents covering the mouths of their children in fear that they would make too much noise.
They hopped off the island and using the stones descended onto the town like divine beings. Landing next to Choripán Reyes, Joseph stared at the group in awe and bewilderment. He had never thought he made a smarter choice in life at that moment.
"Hey, Joe! How are things going here?" Simon asked.
"Pretty good, but it would have been nice if Lachlan told us that he hadn't informed Choripán Reyes' owners of his plans. Fortunately, they were quite open about it and rather excited as well; so there weren't many problems concerning their recruitment," Joe explained.
The group turned to Lachlan, he just shrugged his shoulders, Sarah was being carried in his arms; she stared around the place with a curious gaze, staring at Joseph and the food truck behind him. "I knew they would join," Lachlan remarked.
"But anyway, Zhang's doing pretty good, he's awake and kicking; granted it's a bit painful whenever he does that," Joe joked, he then turned to the island. "I see that instead of bringing the water from the island you decided to bring the entire island instead."
The group chuckled light.
"Well we had to bring it somehow, decided it would be better to just bring the entire island with us anyway; this place will be the beginning of our journey across the world," Lachlan said.
As Joe and Lachlan were talking the others were having a small discussion to the side.
"So what do you think about going to America next? We'll stop by some places on the way but our next stop will be America, that's also where we'll start to spread Choripán Reyes," Simon explained.
"I don't know, always wanted to visit America though, just didn't have any reason to and my parents were strongly against the visit during troubled times," Zoe shrugged her shoulders. "But I suppose it'll be a good starting point, maybe we'll come across some unique things along the way, something that'll help Lachlan out."
"That's what we're hoping for; it'll certainly reduce the amount of stress and burden that's been placed on him," Chloe sighed. "Although he doesn't show it, what he was told is a lot to take in, certainly a lot for someone so young as well."
"I just hope it doesn't affect him too badly," Zoe said.
They all nodded. "But at least we have a chance to support him properly, now when we find something that'll be of use to him it should alleviate that stress. Maybe he would be able to focus in on his relationship with Phoebe and make up for all the time lost between himself and his sister."
"That would be good for him; unfortunately, I don't think he'll do any of that until he feels completely confident that he's able to hold back that other half," Simon sighed. "So, where's Brianna, she busy tending to her lover."
"Yup," Zoe nodded.
Simon's eyes widened. "Huh, they're actually lovers now? I was just saying that as a joke, granted it was pretty obvious that Brianna had feelings for Zhang, she was practically by his side 24/7."
"Yeah, as it turns out, they had gotten rather close during their school days as well. But their paths took them away from each other and they stopped talking as much; now they have all the time in the world to reconnect those lost bonds," Zoe explained.
"Alright then, I might go bring the water to Zhang now anyway, check how he's doing and probably help out here and there," Simon said.
"You do you, just make sure not to do anything you don't know how to do, we don't want Zhang staying in the hospital for another year," Zoe joked with a cheerful smile.
Simon chucked as he began walking away. Chloe turned to Zoe, "I might go along with him, haven't seen Zhang or Brianna for a few days, wonder how their relationship is going."
Seeing everyone leaves Lachlan wrapped up his conversation with Joe. "Anyway Joe, been a great talk but we could continue this at another time. Going to go check out Zhang and possibly even the Researchers United group."
Joe nodded and Lachlan and Phoebe left to chase after Simon and Chloe. The four walked to the hospital, Sarah still in Lachlan's arms was now peacefully taking a nap. The journey was long and boring, very tiring for a small child.
They walked through the hospital doors and the receptionist immediately noticed Simon, who had previously come in and furiously demanded information before taking the keycard away from her. She was staring daggers into his eyes; if gazes could kill a person Simon would have been sliced and diced dozens of times already.
"That receptionist is eyeing you down, you think she has a thing for you," Lachlan jokingly asked. He knew Simon was loyal to Maddie, that was just due to his stubbornness.
"She certainly has something for me alright," Simon's eyes rolled around before he smiled towards the receptionist and slightly waved. The receptionist slightly jumped back from fright. She watched the group go into the elevator and leave for the top floor.
When the group reached the Zhang's floor the door opened to Georgia and Brianna calmly sitting on the bench talking to one another. When the two heard the elevator door open their heads snapped towards it to take a look, seeing who it was they both got up and walk over.
"Welcome back, took you long enough. So, did you bring the water?" Brianna asked. The hallway for the 7th floor didn't have any windows facing the island. As such, the two wouldn't have been able to notice the group's return.
"Of course we did," Simon said as he whipped out a water bottle. "Make sure he drinks it slowly and doesn't choke; if he does it'll be your fault."
The group walked into Zhang's hospital room, he was currently awake and staring out the window. Hearing the commotion he turned and saw everyone standing there. "Well, I suppose you certainly made a nice entrance."
They chuckled lightly while Georgia and Brianna looked at each other in confusion. The two walked to the window swiftly before noticing the giant island floating in the sky. They turned back and looked at the four in shock. They just shrugged their shoulders.
"So, how's your recovery going?" Lachlan asked as he sat down on a set by the bed.
"Pretty good, I do however, think it'll be just that tiny bit better if I drink some of the coconut water," Zhang hinted.
"Haha alright, I'll go get you some of that sweet coconut juice, just sit tight and wait patiently I'm probably going to check out what the Researchers United are doing," Lachlan explained before standing up, he handed Sarah to Phoebe. "Can you look after Sarah for just a bit, I still need to take her around the town once I get Zhang a coconut."
"Alright, be quick, I don't know what to do if she wakes up when you're away," Phoebe explained worriedly.
Lachlan left the room in a flash with Zoe's keycard, he went in the elevator and did everything before shooting down to the researcher's floor. When the elevator door opened the scene was, as usual, researchers scurrying around the room with containers filled with beast limbs.
The woman researcher from before noticed Lachlan's presence and ran over. "Welcome back, sorry I didn't say earlier, I forgot to mention that my name's Johanson Gabriel and thank you again for what you and Bloodied Wings have done for those children."
"Don't mention it," Lachlan waved his hand. "So, what's going on right now, seems everyone is scurrying around with a lot of limbs in their arms. Granted it's no different from what I saw the other day."
"Well we just got a new shipment of beasts' carcasses, we were told to determine whether or not anything in them is either valuable or edible," Johanson explained.
Lachlan looked around, there were a lot of researchers dissecting the limbs apart to find other parts in them. They were then placing them into a machine that would scan the part for any harmful substance such as poison.
He then noticed someone was missing. "Where's the burly guy from before, I don't seem to see him."
Johanson was slightly confused for away before realising what Lachlan was talking about. "Oh you're talking about Lopez; he was brought to the vice-leader to give him his meal."
"Speaking about your vice-leader, how exactly is he given his meals?" Lachlan asked. He knew about the dangers of being anywhere near Alfredo, at any moment he could switch and kill someone with his hair.
"Well, there's a specific bench we place it on. The other half will then control the hair to grab hold of the tray and bring it over to the glass box to eat. We are also required to wear a bit of protective gear whenever we go in the room," Johanson explained.
"Fair enough," Lachlan nodded, it was a safe procedure. Granted it would be best if no human interaction was involved, just having a robot arm hand it over would be great. But it could also be destroyed multiple times as the other half might not like it.
*Boom!*
The group suddenly shook, many of the researchers lost their balance and fell over. Some of the limbs that had been placed on benches fell off, either landing on researchers or close to.
"What was that?" Lachlan had grabbed hold of the wall, through his strength he tore a slight hole into the concrete.
"I don't know but I think it came from below," Johanson explained. The two suddenly had a very bad feeling, one that came from very deep inside their guts.
The elevator on the other side of the room suddenly opened and a man walked through, his silky black hair dragged across the ground as it left a trail of blood in its wake.
"Kekeke, we meet again Lachlan Wilson"
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