Ruling the Ark

Search and Rescue Part 2

As Shadow and I flew back towards the SaR camp at the green obelisk, I noticed slight discoloration on Shadows left wing. I leaned in closer and saw he had a flesh wound from a bullet one if the Thors Hanmer soldiers had shot, he would be fine but I would need to clean it and bandage it as soon as we got to camp. I thought about Shadow in pain and the rage nearly made me black out, I would deal with the Thors Hammer soldiers later, and I would enjoy it. We landed and Marksman ran to me with a worried look.

"What the fuck Major? You need to notify us when you leave so your guards can go with you!" Marksman shouted.

I looked over to him with an annoyed look, "Don't you ever raise your voice at me again. And I don't need to do a fucking thing you say. But you might be right, with Thors Hammer still out there all our leaders are in even more danger. And now they're looking for revenge." I said calmly.

"I'm sorry for raising my voice Major, we were all worried when we woke and found you gone. And what the hell do you mean with Thors Hammer still out there?"

"Shadow and I went out for a flight, we landed in a clearing near Fars Peak and were ambushed by a Thors commander and some soldiers. Shadow was able to fly away and get help, they are all in prison now. And if we are done here, Shadow was wounded and I need to see to him." I told Marksman.

"Of course Major, I'll notify the troops and let them know to be on the look out for any Thors soldiers. If needed we have at least two doctors here in camp." Marksman said as he walked off.

I saddled Shadow and moved over to his wounded wing, I moved some of his feathers out of the way and was able to see his wound clearly. It was a five in long gash and about half an inch deep, luckily the bullet wasn't a direct hit. I went and got some water to clean it out, when I came back Shadow was lying down and trying to peck at his wound. I ran over to stop him.

"No no boy, we don't want to make it worse then it is!" I said worried.

I washed his wound and bound it with a bandage. As I was finishing up I heard Marksman giving the information about Thors Hammer, he also gave out every squads assignments. I looked at Shadow and shook my head, it was going to be a pain in the ass taking another bird out today, but he needed to rest and heal.

I walked into camp and asked a soldier where the doctors were and he pointed me to their tent. As I came in there was a faint smell of blood and shit.

"Fuck, why does it smell like that in here?" I asked aloud.

One of the doctors jumped as my presence startled him, "Oh Major, that is just the aroma from our equipment, they have been stained by the color and smell of many things. Some of which I don't care to name. Now how may I help you, sir?" The doctor said.

"Shadow was injured earlier this morning, I cleaned it and bandaged it the best I could, but i would like one of you to take a look at it and see if there is anymore you can do." I told him.

He nodded and replied, "I'll head over to your tent as soon as I gather my equipment, sir."

I nodded and left, next I went and spoke with a dino handler to have them look after Shadow while I was away. Once all that was done I went and said my goodbye to Shadow then found my guards and my new bird.

"Where are we headed, sir?" One of them asked.

"I told my first two guards I didn't need them, and before today I thought the same of you two. Clearly I was wrong, I can't die permanently but it can be a tad bit annoying. Anyways today we will just fly around and check up on some of the squads. What are your names?" I said to them

"I am Derrick sir and that's Junior, sounds like a good plan. Where to first?" Derrick said.

"I feel like watching the waves. How about you guys?" I asked with a smile.

Junior laughed and said, "Sounds lovely."
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Six Hours Later

"Sir! There's something going on down there! I looks like a couple dilos are attacking someone!" Derrick yelled.

I looked and saw a man wearing fiber clothes being chased by two dilos. "Let's go, it looks like a new survivor!"

We flew towards the dilos, Derrick and Junior in front of me so they could take any damage if needed, although dilos have never been seen to take down an argy. Let alone three, still their posion and bite could be nasty. Derricks argy quickly killed one while Junior jumped off his and shot the other dilo once in the skull with his revolver. I hopped off my argy and ran towards the person, realizing a second to late that I could look very hostile.

The person turned to run but I was able to shout, "We aren't here to hurt you. We want to help, just stay and talk to us."

The person turned around and I saw it was a female in her mid-twenties, she had red hair and green eyes. She was about five feet nine inches tall, with an athletic build. I looked over at Junior and nearly laughed.

"Close your mouth Junior, you're drooling." I said to him. He shut his mouth with a loud smack and instantly turned bright red, it took everything I had not to laugh.

I looked back at the lady, "Miss do you know your name?" I asked softly.

She shook her head before saying, "I woke up here a few hours ago, I was completely naked and don't remember anything about myself. I don't even know how I could make these itchy ass clothes. Where am I. And what the hell are those lizard things?"

I nodded, this was normal for new survivors, hell most people in the Guardians still considered me a new survivor.

"You're on a place called an Ark, we call this one The Island. Hopefully over time you'll get your memories back. These things are dilos, a type of dinosaur. We can explain more later if you're willing to come back to our camp where you're safe."

She nodded and Derrick helped her onto his argy, it was probably best she didn't ride with Junior. On our way back to camp she continued to ask Derrick questions, and he answered most with no problem, the ones he wasn't sure if he should answer he would look at me for a nod or shake of my head.

That night after we got the lady cleaned up and fed we sat down and told her everything. As expected she took it hard knowing her true self was long dead. She spent the remainder of the night in her tent crying. All we could do was listen and hope she would come to terms with it.

As I lay down on my bed roll outside my tent Shadow walked over and lay down next to me, putting his head right above mine. I fell asleep to his hot, slightly stinky, breath on my face.

I was back in my first life, I was at home with my mom and dad just watching the news as we always did. Suddenly it changed, we saw a plane flying into World Trade Center 1, or the North Tower. We watched for less then twenty minutes when we saw another plane hit the South Tower. My mom and dad are both in tears as they announce that it was a terrorist attack. I just stand in shock and anger. Had someone actually just attacked my home?

"I need to go mom and dad, I need to go now. These bastards are going to pay."