Chapter Eight

Days later, I found myself sitting on this hill looking over the field. I am thinking about what my brother said three days ago. That he saw a huge island while he was flying around the coast of our island. Not this small one we call home back the main big one where the other humans call home. I didn't know what to do with this information till Ira who was taking a break with me said. "Do you think that those other humans will be nice like you and the others?" She asked me and I shrugged, "Depends, if they have others like your moms people over there like we do. I don't think they will but you never know."

I said not making much sence to her. She poked my side getting my full attention, "Did you hear me Dad, or were you in your head again.?" She asked me and I saw her frown at me. I laughed to myself then I patted her head a bit. "I was listening to you dear, but I don't know if the humans on that island will be like mine." I said to her explaining that not all humans are understanding. That they might see a race of people like the Orkish and want to get rid of them instead of being smart. We were lucky with having peaceful leaders and not shoot first and asked questions later kind of people.

I knew that but a kid younger than twelve won't understand how mean people can be. To my suprise Ira understood what I said to her. "Yeah, the Orkish can be like that too, but Grandfather and Mother helped us see that you could be friends. She was right and now you're my Dad now Jacob. I hope it never changes no matter what." She said to me smiling then gave me a hug as she went back to work. I got up and joined her. That whole day we spent it in the fields working on getting the crops in for storing. As I got the last of the long grass in the barrels I saw the sun was going down.

"Star I'm going to work on that Radio thing at home tonight. Is that alright my dear?" I asked and Star nodded, "Sure just clean that mess up when you're done my love." Star said back to me and I ran back to my lab area and got all I needed for the radio. Then we headed for home with the pack on my back. Star saw I had something I wanted to try but she didn't know how to help since it was human stuff. We got home after a ten minute walk and I set the radio in my wood crafting shop just outside the house. It would be dry from the elements and I could work without bothering the family.

I started to make dinner as the sun set all the way. Ira and Saf were ready to eat as so was Star. I then set down the meal I made and I feel to my knees for a second. Star got right up to check on me but I laid on the ground. Star without a second thought grabbed my radio from my pack outside and called my brothernad Cyric. She told them only that I had fallen to the ground and I wouldn't wake up. "Is he dead?" I could hear my brother say before I passed out. I didn't know what happened but for me it felt like I was in the a fish bowl.

No sides to either side but I couldn't move. Then I saw me life in a movie like screen, Then I saw what looked like my Father looking at the scenes of my life. He looked at me then he smiled, "Son I'm proud of the man you've become in the last year. A Father soon to be with your own child and you're about to unite this new world in more ways." He said to me right as I blacked out and I woke up to my girls on me. I saw the three of them were crying for me to wake up and I was not longer on the floor. I looked over to see Cyric and my brother looking right at me. I smiled a bit then I patted Ira and Saf's heads with my hands.

"Jacob, you're awake now, are you okay?" Cyric said as a Medicine woman I know came into the room we were in. It was Valley one of Star's oldest friends and a Orkish woman. She saw I was sweating but I looked okay for the most part. She came right to me and moved the girls off of me. Then she put her left hand on my forehead, "You're being overworked Jacob, I bet the news of the new child to be is not helping either. I recommend resting for a few days and drink your tea, Star you must not let him work till this fever breaks." Valley ordered making everyone understand of how much I worked throughout the day.

"I heard he works all day then works on those human devices all night till he needs to sleep. Then he does it all again the next day with no breaks. With the weather too he might not be in the best of shape health wise." She was saying going through possible reasons for me not feeling well. Then I felt how hot my forehead was, I did work all day in the sun but it's not like I didn't take me breaks when I needed to. Then I remembered what yesterday was like, It was extremely hot and I only took one break. With the lose of sweat and no water breaks I might of had heat stroke.

"You recommend him rest and take fluids till he feels better?" Brad asked and Valley nodded at my brother, "Yes Mr. Brad, do you have other people to take over his work?" Valley asked him and Brad said back, "Yes, I can do that for him, Star you and the girls stay here with him till he feels better." Brad looked at me and held out his hand so I could sit up. "Thank you brother, please be patient with Frost, he's not like Blizzard." I told him and he smiled, "Yeah I know, he seems to like Star a bit more but he's ok with me when he needs food." He said back to me and I noticed I was on the couch we had in the living room.

Everyone waited to see if I was going to get up more and walk but I yawned. Everyone got the cue from that and left for their own homes. Cyric didn't same much but he did tell me to take my time with the radio. I waited till everyone left soo it was me and my girls. Star sat right next to me on my left and held on to me for a bit. "How long was I out for, my head feels a bit sore?" I asked he and she said, "About a day, we moved you to the couch till Valley or your brother got here. He was here the whole not leaving till you woke up and he knew you were okay."

Star rubbed my head to help it feel better, I almost got lost into how good it felt. Then I felt another hand grab on to my right hand. I looked over and saw both Ira and Saf were still in tears. I opened myself up to them and hugged my family tight. "I'm sorry for that girls, I don't want to do that again, I'll watch my health better from today on." I said to the three of them almost crying under my breath. If I lost my life what would happen to them loosing another dad? That would be tragic for them, I must work better on how I do things." I said kissing Star's head as I slowley felt tired again.

I found myself asleep on the couch with my girls on both sides of me. I saw it wasn't even morning yet so I carried everyone to bed. I set Star on her side of the bed and saw she was awake a little bit. I sat on my side of the bed then I laid down. I smiled at her then I stroked the left side of her face. "I'm glad I have found you, if I didn't I don't think I'd be here to say I love you." I said as she kissed my hand then I fell back sleep. We slept till the sun came up and I went to go to work but was stopped by Star. She grabbed my hand and pushed me on to a chair.

"We are not going to work today, you had heat stroke yesterday. We are going to spend the day here or with my mother." Star said yelling at me, I laughed a little bit then I said back to her. "Yes dear, I forgot about that. Please lets do something other than set here though." Star looked over to her daughters then she smiled, "Maybe we can we can go for a small swim for a bit and relax?" She suggested, grabbing a cup of tea for herself. "Ar e you sure, I didn't know that Orkish Swam for fun?" I asked her and Star laughed, "We don't normally but when we moved over here we started to."

She replied, I laughed again then I got up off the chair and went to the beach near the village. I saw that Stone was watching us so I waved for him to come over. He stumbled over to us then he stood near me as I told him. "Keep watch bud and I'll get you your favorite treat after we are done here." When I said "Treat" he seem to understand what I asked him and acted like a guard dog. We were able to swim in peace for a hour or till I and the girls got hungry. Star wasn't hungry but she made us lunch instead of me making the meals. We all ate slowly then I got really tired again like yesterday.

I got up and I sat over on the couch for a bit. I closed my eyes for a bit to take a nap, then I heard a familar female voice. "He's been like that all day then my dear, What did Valley say he had?" The voice said and Star replied with. "Valley said he had heat stroke, I don't know what that is but he's been in and out all day." I woke up a bit and saw it was my mother in law Sky. "Humans when they get to hot or to much sun can get sick. We call it sun or heat stroke, it's like you can never get enough water and when you do your head hurts." I said breathing in and out slowly, Sky came over and felt my head.

"You need to cool that head of yours dear, here take this drink." She said forcing a super cold liquid down my throat. It felt nice and my headache started then it faded as I let the liquid sit in my stomach. "What was that ma, it's so cold but it's so nice?" I asked Sky and she smiled, "It's water from a spike plant we grow for pain and that white berry that heals wounds nice. I found out it does good for hydration too." Sky said to me checking my forehead, I looked at her again and I saw my mother for a moment. I teared up for a second then I whipped my eyes before Star saw.

Sky saw it though and she smiled a bit. "Did I remind you of someone just now son?" Sky asked me and I nodded, "Yeah my mother, when I would get sick she'd make sure I taking my meds.." Sky touched my face for a moment then she said, "Well now I'm your mother so I'll just pick up where she left off." I laughed, "Yes ma'am, and thank you for the juice Mother Sky." I said to her and she patted my head as Star sat right next to my head. I sat up and took another swig of the juice once more then I rested my head on Star's shoulder. "We need to give Stone that treat I offered him, I Forgot when he followed us home."

I said falling asleep a bit to hear, "Ira and Saf feed him a treat before you woke up alittle bit ago. Of course I watched them, Stone seemed to enjoy their company." Star told me as I fell asleep fully again, Star being a strong Orkish woman, carried me to bed like a child. She set me in bed and in my sleep I grabbed her and pulled her into bed. She went to fight to escape but couldn't get my hands free. "He must be really out if he's not waking up from this." She said pinching my face a bit, let go a bit later but I didn't roll over. I just slept all day and night till the next morning sun came up.

When I opened my eyes nothing was happening, no headache no kids making noise and no Orkish running around outside. I looked out the window and saw that it was just getting light outside. I snuck out of bed and I went to the bathroom. I stretched a bit then I felt I was all better. Not feeling sick or tired, this was a new day. I looked over to my wood crafting area out in the shed and I saw the radio was still there. "I can work on that today, don't want to push it in the heat just yet." I said to myself going to outside to work on the radio. I pulled my shop chair up to the table and I took apart the radio carfully.

I saw that only thing that was broke was the wiring to the reciever. I also saw I could boost the range if I had the old dish from the crashed ship half on the otherside of the island. I looked at my radio then saw it was about time for Brad to get up. I picked up my personal radio and I called for my brother. "Brad are you up I need you help with something?" I asked in to it and it went silent for a moment, then I heard. "You should be resting more brother, but what do you need?" Brad asked and I told him what I needed. "Really, you need that dish, we can get the wires you need but that dish will take a couple hours."

Brad told me and I told him I was ok with the timetable. "I can wait brother, it will take a couple hours to make this thing to work. Also do you have any power cells back at the lab left?" I asked and Brad said only, 'Yeah," Then he turned off his Radio. I Started going over the whole radio and saw I could make it bigger with a few parts I had at my lab. But Brad might of left to get the dish, So I walked over to my lab and saw no one was around it. "Ah good now I can build that radio bigger." I said to myself as I grabbed extra parts from my bins near my desk.

I then quickly made my way home and I went back into the shed. The sun was just hitting my top window of the shed. I then heard moving outside and I could scents that I was being watched. It was Ira and Saf, they were glaring at me. "Come on in girls do you both want to watch me work on this for a minute?" I asked them smiling at them, they saw I looked better so they both nodded. They came in and stood on either side of me as I built a new bigger radio. I then finished with the wiring and I turned it on with the last juice of power it had. It picked up a signal for a moment and all I heard was.

"Intao can you hear me it's Six, We are...." Then the battery failed and some of the wires failed since they were bad already. I sighed then I laughed, "I don't reconised those names but we got it to work for a moment. Now if my brother can get me those wires and dish from my brother, we'll be able to reach that island." I said out loud just as Star came into the door of the shed. She was mad at first but saw in my face that I was feeling alot better. "You want to take those of to the lab today, just no regular work yet." She asked me and I shook my head "Yes" and she helped me carry the now heavier radio there.

I saw Brad was just getting back when we four hit the door to my lab. "Ah so you met me here then?" Brad asked and I smiled a bit, "Kind of, I thought that I could get a better signal from here. I also got it working for a second. Then the bad wires fried and the battery lost all it's power." I said showing him the new radio once we sat it down on the big table near the wall. He was impressed that I could finish the radio and even more so that I built it bigger. Brad then handed me all the wires he plucked from where ever he got it from then he left to grab something.

He came back with Just carring the dish that I needed. "Ah cool you did get it, maybe we can reach out to that island." I said as Just and everyone but Brad gave me a confused look. "Oh right sorry Brad, Brad discovered an island west of here on his little fling session. We think that there might be people on that island." I told everyone and Star understood now why I wanted to work on the radio now. "From what you heard on that radio do you think that was them?" She asked me and I nodded, "I didn't reconise those names so maybe, we will have to hook up that dish outside pointing to the west. Then we'll be able to atleast to be able to reach the island."

I said putting in the new wires that I needed into the radio than Brad handed me the new power cells I needed. We strapped the dish to the roof of the building pointing west then we hooked it up to the antenna and I turned on the radio. At first nothing happened then I turned on the power cells to a quater of the power and everything kicked on. I then turn the volume up a bit and I got a really strong signal from the west. "Hello is anyone there, this is Jacob of the Arkcoven and Orkish Alliance?" I asked then I got someone back, "Who is this?" the voice said back, I answered. "This Is Jacob of The ArkCoven/Orkish Alliance."

The voice went off for a moment then a new voice came on. "Hello this is Captain Jared Crowl of the ArkSung ship who am I talking to?" The voice said and my hairs of my neck stood up. "Wait Jared, cousin is that you my brother, it's Jacob Mungkey?" I said back and the voice took a second, "Jacob you're on this island, where are you?" He asked me and I laughed, "No we are west on another island, we found a big radio and haven been trying to fix it. Brad is here with me as well, along with a race of people not human. They are allied with us to survive this weird and dangreous world."

I was telling him and Jared stopped me, "well, thats alot to take in, we were planning on traveling off of this island to find others but this makes us build our grand ship faster." Jared told me and We all got worried, "please don't rush they're very dangerous creatures in the dipper parts of the water." I told him and he knew that already but he told me he had plans for dealing with them. Then we ended the call to give the radios a break. Star looked at me and she had a smile on her face but look also conserned at the same time. "What does this mean for us?" She asked and I replied, "Nothing my dear, I'll will still stay here with you.'