The next morning, the first one to wake up was Sunset, who carefully got out of bed without waking her girlfriend. She took some clothes, but before leaving, she saw the empty box of ferret food and remembered her friend. She averted her eyes, ignoring the feeling. She left the room, and went to the shower. After a bath, she went to take a can of peaches, sat on the bench, wrote in her diary and looked at the map.
"Let's see... where we will go this time," said Sunset, eating.
While checking her map, Aria left the house and, on seeing Sunset, approached.
"What are you doing?" Aria asked, looking for something for breakfast.
"Good morning Aria, I'm looking for what area we'll explore next," said Sunset, looking at the map.
"Great," said Aria, sitting next to her.
"Sonata and Adagio have not woken up?" Sunset asked.
"No," said Aria, now with a can of fruit, and starting to eat.
"Well, taking advantage of this moment, could you help me?" Sunset asked.
"With what?" Aria asked, confused.
"I need your help to go to the yacht, I want to know if this card will work," said Sunset, with the card in hand.
"And how will we get there? There are more sharks than before," said Aria.
"No problem, I built something that would help us navigate there," said Sunset, standing up.
"If you say so, let's go then," said Aria, following her.
They left the shelter, went to the beach, reached the main rock, and Aria saw the strange construction.
"What is it?" asked Aria, curious.
"It's a small raft; it will allow us to travel through water to different places safely and out of the reach of cannibals," Sunset explained.
"How did you do it?" Aria asked, looking at the details.
"I only need 4 sticks, 4 ropes, and 7 logs," said Sunset. "Are we going?"
"Okay, lead the way," said Aria.
They boarded the raft and entered the sea. Although it was easier than diving, they were still not completely safe. They reached the yacht and entered, Sunset took the card and tried it, but it didn't work.
"I don't understand, it seemed so obvious," said Sunset, very confused.
"Maybe it has another utility, like that place on the tapes, don't be discouraged," said Aria.
"Yes, maybe," said Sunset, calming down. "Wow Aria, you never talked to me like that before," said Sunset.
"Well, since we met we treated you like crap, but I try to improve as a person," said Aria.
"Glad to hear that," Sunset said happily.
"And because I promised Sonata. And because Adagio will kill me too if she sees you sad because of me," Aria said.
"I accept that, let's go back to the girls," Sunset said, smiling.
They left the yacht, and sailed to the beach again, arrived at the shelter and there were Adagio and Sonata having breakfast.
"Where did you go?" Sonata asked.
"We went to see if the card worked on the yacht, but it didn't," said Sunset.
"So then what will we do today?" Adagio asked.
"Well, I found a new area on the map to explore," Sunset replied.
“Are you sure we should be going out again? We just got back, ”said Adagio.
"We'll be fine, we know how to fight them," said Sunset.
"Only against the cannibals, what happens when those monsters stalk us during the day?" Adagio said.
"I doubt it a lot, we haven't seen any during the day," said Aria.
"Just because we have not seen them, does not mean they are not around," said Adagio, annoyed.
"I know that! Do you think I'm stupid? ”Aria asked annoyed.
"Do I have to answer?" Adagio said, waving her hair.
"What?!" Aria shouted angrily.
"Okay, calm down, we better get ready," said Sunset nervously. “Aria, could you help
Sonata with the provisions? ”
"Sure," she said, walking alongside Sonata.
"And Adagio, you could calm down a bit," said Sunset. “If there will be problems, we will solve them, as always”
"Fine, but I warned you," Adagio said.
"Come on, help me prepare stuff," Sunset said, walking to the shelter.
Later, after breakfast and a shower, they prepared everything they needed to explore: food, weapons, medicine, water, and the necessary equipment, then left the shelter and began to walk.
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Their walk took them back to the containers of last time, but that area was already checked, they walked a little more, and arrived at a cannibal camp. Luckily, there were not so many cannibals, they found a tent, canvas, the entrance of a cave with a rope to go down, and, in the distance, they could see the snowy mountains.
"We should go there," said Aria.
"We will do it but not today, we don't have the necessary equipment," said Sunset. "Let's see what we will find in this cave."
One by one, they went down the rope, there was another one, once inside, they found a third rope to go down, and at the bottom of which was a very deep lake, they went down again. Aria and Sunset equipped the scuba equipment, and entered, sharing the oxygen with Adagio and Sonata.
They found a strange machine - a kind of ROV, a device used by the divers - with a flashlight pointing to an area, followed it and rose to the surface. They reached another rope, but at the bottom there were some mutant babies, they threw some dynamites, it wasn't a big problem.
"And now what?" Adagio said.
"Well, there is no way forward, let's go back and look for more places," said Sunset.
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Later, after leaving that cave, they walked more, until they reached the cabin of the plane. They crossed the great river, and found another canvas tent, and another entrance to another cave.
“Interesting, it's very similar to the previous entry,” said Sunset, updating the map.
"What does it matter, let's get in," said Aria, lowering the rope.
"Aria is not very interested in history," Adagio told Sunset.
"Yes, I know, let's go," said Sunset, saving the map.
They lowered the long rope, once on the ground, found a cannibal and a couple of babies, and beat them all together, and then walked a little, but a long fall prevented them from moving forward.
"What do we do? There is no rope here,” said Sonata.
"There must be a way," said Sunset.
Adagio noticed that the wall on her side was different. "Maybe we could if we had something to climb," she said.
“Yes, but the bad thing is that we don't have any of that. I guess we could go down little by little,” said Sunset.
"You are crazy?! You will kill yourself!” Adagio said.
"I'll be fine, I won't throw myself straight in, I'll tie a rope around my waist, while you three lower me," said Sunset.
"Sounds good to me," said Aria, pulling a rope from her backpack.
Once prepared, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata, held the rope, while Sunset managed to tie the rope to her waist.
"Be careful," Adagio said.
"I will, thank you," she said, starting down.
Slowly, and with caution, Sunset reached the ground safely.
"Sonata, you're next," said Aria.
And so it was, this time it was more difficult for Adagio and Aria.
“You have to stop eating so many tacos, Sonata!” said Aria.
“You are the same with Chinese food!” said Sonata, annoyed.
Once on the ground, Adagio was next, since Aria was stronger of the two. Only Aria was left, and she had to go down little by little, without anyone's help, it was somewhat complicated by the rocks, but her friends took care of her.
"Perfect, let's go on," said Sunset.
After jumping some puddles of water, they continued straight until they reached about four cannibals, took their weapons and defeated them, with a little difficulty this time.
"Normally it doesn't take long," said Aria, tired.
"We are in their territory, it is easy for them to move around here," said Sunset.
They continued, and ran into another new area, on the roof there were some pretty lights, and another fall, but this one was a little longer. Down there were about three cannibals, and they heard sounds of mutant babies. They threw some molotovs, to burn and kill the cannibals, and the mutant babies.
"Now we can go down," said Aria.
"It's very dangerous around here," Adagio said.
"Girls, I think I found a way down," said Sonata.
They climbed some rocks and found a waterfall with a safe path to go down, they didn't find many things, until Sonata found another one of those ROV lights, pointing to the wall with a climbing ax and also found another one on the ground.
"Look what I found!" Sonata said.
“A climbing ax? How convenient,” said Sunset.
"Yes, who wants the other one?" Sonata asked.
"Me," said Aria.
"Forget this! You and Sunset have the scuba equipment,” said Adagio, annoyed.
"Aria, she's right, this time it is fair for Adagio and Sonata to have them," said Sunset.
"Well, whatever," said Aria, a little annoyed.
“Forget your super weapon? The chainsaw? ”Adagio said, taking the other climbing ax.
"I didn't bring it, it would make a lot of noise, I don't care, are we leaving?" Said Aria.
"Wait, I want to check a little more," said Sunset, walking a little.
In that same place, there was a deep fall on the way. On the edge of the walls, Sunset found a path, cut it carefully and found a small descent, where there was another ROV, pointing with the light, and what illuminated was what appeared to be another VHS tape.
“Sunset, come back! This is very dangerous,” said Adagio.
"Okay, but first, lend me your ax for a moment," said Sunset.
With Adagio's climbing ax, Sunset went down to the ROV, and took the tape.
"Opening of the Artifact," said Sunset, reading the edge of the tape. She returned to her friends and showed them the tape.
"Watch it now?" Aria asked.
"Better get out of this cave," said Sunset.
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When they left, they ended up in the same place as before.
"I told you they were connected," Sunset said, coming out of the hole.
"Well, I don't recognize it," said Aria. "Now will you show us your tape?"
They sat on a stone, while Sunset took the video camera out of her backpack, placed the tape and turned it on. Like the others, the quality was poor, in the video there were some men taking notes and controlling some devices, and another of them, held a small child by the hand. All were surrounded by a huge device, connected to other machines, some doors opened of the object, and inside there seemed to be different points or nails of iron, with a place with the sufficient size of a person. And that was all.
"I didn't understand anything," said Aria.
"Me either," said Sonata.
"I feel like I've seen this before, but I don't remember where," said Sunset.
"Isn't it that thing in that magazine that Aria found?" Adagio said.
“Are you talking about that ethical scientist?” asked Sunset.
"Yes, something about reviving the dead or something," Adagio replied.
"Well, the only thing that is clear is that all this must be for that girl named Megan," said Sunset.
"What do we do now?" Aria asked.
"Well, we can explore a little more," said Sunset.
"Are you sure? I know it's not night yet, but they are more and more cannibals, and also those monsters,” said Sonata
"I know, but don't worry, we'll be fine," Sunset said, smiling.
They walked until they reached the cannibal camp they saw before, around there were some tents, they could also see a part of the beach, and behind the camp, they found another rope, with another entrance to a cave.
"We're going in here, right?" Adagio said seriously.
"Yes," Aria and Sunset replied.
"I saw that coming," Adagio said, without emotion.
They went down the rope, prepared some torches and began to explore, down another rope, until they reached an abandoned tent camp, checked if there were any supplies, but there were only some medicines and candy bars.
Sunset had found a sketch, it seemed to be an elegant and modern drawing of that strange device they saw on the VHS tape, with some numbers and a formula on the bar that measures the top tip of the object.
"This object again," said Sunset, looking at the paper. "Obelisk of the resurrection," she read.
"Sunset?" Sonata called.
"What's up?" she asked.
“I'm hungry, can we rest?” said Sonata, tired.
"It's a good idea," Adagio said. "Let's eat something"
They lit a fire, and prepared their food: lizard meat for Aria, fish for Sonata, rabbit meat for Adagio, and a can of mushroom soup for Sunset.
"The only bad thing about this peninsula is not knowing the weather," said Adagio.
"Yes, our phones stopped working after the crash," said Aria.
"And the worst part is that we lost Onix," Sonata said sadly.
"He's fine, I know it, and we'll find him," said Sunset.
"Speaking of which, how long have we been on this island?" Adagio asked.
"Peninsula. I think we've been here for two weeks, or maybe three,” said Sunset.
"How can you be so sure?" Aria asked.
"I'm not, I'm really not sure," said Sunset. "I have other things on my mind."
"Like the history of this place?" Sonata asked.
"Yes, I have many questions," said Sunset. “What is the Sahara? How does that strange device work? And who is Megan? ”
"You shouldn't get too obsessed with the history of this place, Sunsy," Adagio said. "Do you remember what happened in the asylum?"
"Yes, you better forget it," said Aria, finishing her meal.
"I know, but it's inevitable, there are many of these things in the caves," Sunset said.
"I want to get out of here, and go home," said Sonata.
"We will do it Sonata, but first we will find Onix, then we will leave," said Sunset.
"Before that, let's explore this cave," said Aria.
After eating and waiting for a while, Sunset and Aria prepared the scuba equipment, and entered a deep lake. Inside the water, they found a corpse tied to a rock, it looked like suicide, they continued on their way, until they found their way to the surface, they reached another camp with few supplies.
They found a rope that went down, but could not get a good look as there was very little light, very safe, they went down the rope, they were a little scared when they saw the body of a hung climber, but when they arrived, they found a small puddle of water, with a broken wooden boat, with an oil lantern on it. Parts of bodies on the floor, and lifeguards adorning the walls, and some ropes on the floor, there were also boxes around, and a sleeping cannibal, Sunset slowly approached from behind, knocking down the native, opened some boxes, some had dynamites and other flares.
"How strange, there was only one cannibal here," said Sunset
"What are you talking about?" Aria asked.
"I mean, there are usually many in areas like that, or some mutant," Adagio said.
Suddenly, they heard the sound of footsteps, some very loud.
"What was that?" Sonata said.
"Could it be a Virginia?" Adagio asked, preparing her bow.
"Or maybe an Armsy," said Aria, with her ax in hand.
"Armsy?" Sunset said confused.
"You know, that monster with many arms," said Aria.
"Good name," said Sonata.
The steps became stronger, as if something very big were running, they used the flashlights to see, but it was too late. A huge monster ran towards them, only Adagio and Sonata luckily they managed to dodge it, but Sunset and Aria were not so lucky.
They quickly got up, and tried to attack the mutant, but it knocked them down very easily. Adagio tried to attack with all kinds of arrows, but it didn't work, it was very fast for its large size. Sonata wanted to throw her spear, but by accident, she dropped some flares, the monster was now heading towards her.
"AAAHH!" Sonata shouted, throwing the burning sparkler.
At that moment, the mutant caught fire, that gave them an opportunity to attack, they continued like this until he died burning.
"Are you girls all right?" Adagio asked.
"Yes, a little sore," said Sunset, rising.
"What the hell was that?" said Aria.
"A mutant we've never seen before," said Sunset. “Good plan Sonata”
"Thank you, but I got scared, again," Sonata said.
"Sonata it's fine, me too," Adagio said, stroking her head.
They finished investigating, and found two unusual things, a bucket of red paint, and a note, the words were in a Latin language. But just above, there were large, red letters, saying: "Don't be afraid / Just believe."
"And now what is this?" said Aria, looking at Sunset.
"Actually, I just want to go to rest," said Sunset. "Let's go back."
Without saying more, they left the cave.
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Unfortunately, it was already night and they had to face many cannibals, and some mutants, they had run out of arrows and homemade bombs, but they kept coming more and more. Fortunately, they managed to reach their refuge, once inside, they locked themselves up and activated the traps, thus evading the mutants.
"Damn monsters!" said Aria, tired.
"I thought we wouldn't get out of it," said Sunset, exhausted.
"I told you!" Adagio said, tired and angry. “This is the last time we explored!” And with that, she went outside to take a shower.
"I think she's angry," said Sunset.
"She's not the only one," said Sonata, leaving the place.
"I think it will be difficult to explore now without them," said Aria.
"This is not right Aria, we need them to explore, and you know it," said Sunset. “It will be better if we don't go exploring”
"And hunting?" Aria asked.
"That would be the only thing we will do," said Sunset.
"Oh, come on! You don't want to know more about this island? ”Said Aria, crossed her arms.
“I care more about having my head on my body. and that Adagio is safe, ”said Sunset.
"You don't want to find Onix?" Aria asked.
"Yes, I want to, but it's dangerous to go out now," said Sunset.
"Then you have to convince them again," said Aria.
"That will take a while, I don't think they want to go out after this," said Sunset.
“They will come out, they will have to do it,” said Aria. "For now, I think it will be just you and me," she said placing her arm on the girl's shoulder.
"That seems... I mean, what could it go wrong?" Sunset said nervously.