Kronz was still busy with his laptop, and Claire was curiously watching his monitor screen from behind. Kronz let out a big and long yawn, which immediately infected the one who was behind him.
Unfortunately for me, my head is still as painful as ever for me to be tired... Well, I am quite tired of this pain. And these beasts inside this metallic box I am sitting on are still rumbling inside. Sheesh. They don't give up, huh?
"Hey bro," I heard my brother's voice through the wind and rain. "I'm getting that strange frequency again, and as well as these machine here..."
I raised an eyebrow, and the machines were emitting strange beeping noises, which were frustrating to hear. Ugh... My patience is really running thin... I'm having a hard time controlling myself... Hm, well, at least this new text message could distract me for the time being...
I took my phone as my bro and Claire both turned their heads at me. "I think it's rather usual for phone messages to cause such noises." Claire turned to my bro as I opened the message from an unknown sender. "I mean, even ordinary speakers could create noises if there's an incoming text."
Kronz shook his head. "That message came from that hole over there," he gestured with his head, pointing at the hole meters above the ground, and a few feet away from the tent.
"Oh," Claire responded as she turned to me. "So, what's on it?"
I read the newly-typed message out loud for them as soon as the noises from the machines stopped... "We need you..."
They need us, again... Sigh... Does that mean I'd be going back to Equestria once ag—ack!
"Bro?"
"Jay!?"
Both Claire and Kronz exclaimed as I immediately brought my two hands on my head. There's this weird feeling of me being pulled again, and a powerful wave of a headache...
They were about to run towards me when a voice from inside the cave echoed out. "Who's there!?" And as soon as the voice was heard, two men came out with flashlights and a...gun.
Both Claire and Kronz froze in place as the two armed men pointed their weapons at them. "Don't—!" I stood up, but I stopped myself after one of them turned and pointed his gun at me.
"Don't move!" the man commanded.
"Just don't hurt them, please!" I begged, and brought my hands back on my aching head as I clenched my teeth... Gah...
"Hey," the other guy called my two companion's attention, "what's wrong with him?"
"Migraine," I replied.
The other one — the one who is aiming his gun at me — gasped as he eyed the dead bodies behind me.
"What on earth happened here?" a new voice came as a black-suited man came out from the cave. He stopped, stunned, as he saw Claire, who too, was surprised to see him. "C-Claire?"
Claire shook her head. "What are you doing here?" It took her a few seconds before she added, "...dad...?"
"Dad?" Kronz and I echoed as we turned to her.
They said something, but I failed to hear their words for I was momentarily stunned after I felt like I was pulled again. My breath has immediately left me when I was pulled, and it instantly came back as soon as I recovered my senses back, where I was now lying on the ground.
The noises of the machines around us were screeching like crazy, and Kronz and Claire were already helping me up. I saw the gunmen were now at ease. I was helped into a sitting position.
"Like I said," Claire spoke in a rather annoyed tone, "they're already dead when we got here."
I saw Kronz threw the camera and was caught by one of the men. "Watch and see for yourselves if you don't believe us." He said in an uncertain tone of confidence and fear.
I can't leave just yet... I can't go back to Equestria just yet... We're in trouble and—! "No!" I managed to hiss as I felt numb all over for a short while, and my vision became black.
The rain and wind became louder...
The sounds of the video recorder was mixed...
The scratches of wood against metal inside the box...
Darkness... Darker...and darker...
My headache...it's booming like drums within me... Louder...
I'm losing my shallow breath... I'm losing my grasp of my body...
I see myself, seated on the metallic box in the darkness...
My vision was going further and further away...
Wait... Please... Not yet... My brother...!
"Don't worry..." That voice...! It's been quite a long time since I last heard that voice... It wasn't as clear as it was now... But no, that couldn't be...