Afterglow

Chapter 11 - Danger

No one knows how the White Steorras managed to pull it off or what strategy they employed this time, but because we have already discussed the subject, our primary concern is to continue protecting the planet rather than to research the reason for their presence on the planet.

However, because Dad has already deployed me to this planet, this mission of mine should be a success. According to Dad's statements, the number of White Steorras who have reached the planet has already begun to rise. And the reason behind this is something that has to be looked into more.

If the White Steorras have already entered the planet without being detected by us, then all of the orders we have received are pointless and ineffective. We, the Black Steorras, can protect and spy on anything the White Steorras are up to, but authorities from the Earth Safety and Security Organization have already spoken out on the subject several years ago.

It is not acceptable to the representative of the earth for us, Black Steorras, to step foot on the planet. Even if we had already informed the Earth's representatives about the White Steorras breaching and entering the planet without being detected, our actions had already rendered us untrustworthy, and the Earth Safety and Security Organization ultimately decided to deal with the White Steorras' forces that had already arrived on the planet.

And it is for this reason that I have developed a dislike for the authorities of ESSO. The people who live on the earth that we are risking our lives to protect continues to be unappreciative of what we are doing. And I don't f*****g like it, but I don't feel like I have much power over the situation. Because I am not still in the upper ranks like my father, I am unable to speak in detail about those ESSO officials.

And for now, the only thing I can do to assist Dad is to participate in this expedition. I need to be completely up to date on White Steorras' actions. And this means that I am the first Black Steorra to enter the earth as a result of an order that only my father is aware of. I'm well aware that my father will be terminated as a higher-up if it is discovered that he sent me on this trip without their knowledge, but I have no intention of betraying my father's trust in me by failing to complete this task.

My father is someone I am familiar with. My understanding is that he is putting at risk his position by allowing me to come here without informing the other high-ranking personnel or an official from the ESSO about this special mission of mine, and that is why I intend to use whatever means necessary to gather information about the White Steorra's movements.

I only hope that this one piece of paper will be of great use to us and that it will alter all that is currently taking place between us, Black Steorras, and the connection we have with the earth. 

This should be. 

With the intention of returning home, I raise my wrist before pressing another button to call Mr. Hawk. As soon as my call was linked to him, I began speaking.

"Mr. Hawk, we are done here. We should leave right away, "I spoke my piece and was about to hang up when I heard Mr. Hawk's panicked cry.

Damn it, this is terrible! Those maggots have arrived. Perhaps they were alerted by the blast, or perhaps it was the bomb they implanted that sent them an alarm after it was detonated.

That thought prompted me to move immediately to get the paper I had stashed in a small squared box that sinks when an object is placed inside it. It is a useful equipment to have when performing missions such as recovering something because it allows the user to travel more quickly when leaving.

And then after that, I immediately slid it into a small pocket in my black suit, which was meant for a secret assignment similar to the one I am currently on. Next, I turned on my location services so that Mr. Hawk would be able to locate me promptly even if we were traveling in different directions.

Whenever we find ourselves in a tight spot like this, Mr. Hawk and I always turn to escape in a variety of ways. Because this abandoned house only has one entry, which is the front door, we will have to pound our way out of this abandoned house, which will take some time.

Once I went out of the basement, I immediately got to work on getting things done. My suit has a button at my left chest, which I press just before I start walking around. What I just did was to activate the suit's invincibility future by pressing a button on my suit.

If I were on my own planet, this suit I'm wearing would be a complete and utter joke. Steorra warriors of all kinds wear this costume because, as I've stated, the people of our planet are kind and loving beings who care for one another. We don't hoard things that others can't have because we don't want to be selfish.

Although our world, Steorra, is rich enough as a result of the life that our Ancient Steorras provide for us, our planet has come to an end as a result of some of our people destroying it. We'll never know for certain whether or not our planet will ever be resurrected.

"Continue with the search. I don't believe that the bomb simply went off by itself since it had been dusted by this disgusting domicile," said a White Steorra squadron leader just as a group of White Steorra strolled past me in front of me.

The White Steorras nodded before going to different directions of the abandoned house.

I continued to remain motionless and hold my breath as the squadron leader walked a short distance before coming to a complete stop in front of me.

Everything was really silent as the White Steorra in front of me proceeded in front of me, observing as he took a few steps back and then continued walking past. As soon as he's out of sight, I take a deep breath and exhale slowly.

And the fact that the White Steorras are still on the lookout for us only indicates that Mr. Hawk has successfully escaped from this abandoned house, and all that is left for me to do now is to follow in his tracks and get out of here as well.

As I passed past some White Steorras, I kept my voice low and silent. My heart is racing. For some reason, I don't feel secure in what I'm doing. Not because I'm afraid of the hordes of White Steorra that have gathered around the abandoned house, but rather because of the suit I'm wearing.

For the years that already passed, both Black Steorras and White Steorras have changed and also improved. And like I said before, this suit I'm wearing is probably useless to the new technology that the White Steorras had. It may have helped me to get past some White Steorras but any minute now, they will probably be able to find me, once they set up a new way to find us.

And that is why I need to get out of here quickly. But doing so seems hard because as soon as I got myself near to a window, I saw two more squadrons of White Steorras right at the front of the abandoned house. 

It only means that by now, they have already surrounded the abandoned house. I'm going to need to move much faster now if I don't want to get caught or be chased by these White Steorras. 

"Tch, I need to move now," I said before moving forward. 

It's clear that I can't take the front door as my exit. Once I get out of there, I will immediately get detected, and that is what I don't want to happen so I immediately walked towards a stair and go up to the second floor. 

And as I continue to move quietly, I turned on my wrist device and click another button that immediately plays the vision that Mr. Hawk has seen in my eyes while he is on the upper level of this abandoned house earlier. I'm looking to each room that he has searched to find an exit where I can go without being detected by White Steorras. 

They are still searching the lower levels of the abandoned house so I take it that I did the right thing of moving up to the upper level of this abandoned house and as I continue to move invincibly, I heard the White Steorra squadron leader earlier ordering the others to go up. That's my cue to move faster as I click another button of the device in my wrist to make the recording in my eyes fast-forwarded before seeing a door that Mr. Hawk opened and showed a balcony that is facing a dense oak forest. 

The forest is a good place to escape. Once I run and well-hidden myself to the forest, they will have a hard time finding me. Since it's night and all that covering the forest is darkness. They won't be able to see that much and while they are continuing to find me, I will run deep into the forest until they lost me. 

It's like finding a needle into a haystack for them. They don't have any idea about the place we are in and neither do I, but I'm not going to be lost in this forest. I have a tracker that will lead me to Mr. Hawk's location and that means I'm not going to be lost. Wherever Mr. Hawk is, I will always find him. And Mr. Hawk knows that we are on a mission so I know that he will find a place where we can meet without being seen suspiciously. 

Knowing where I'm going to exit, I immediately made my way up to the third floor where the balcony will be.