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When the guy was removed from the box, he turned out to be much taller than he visually seemed.

Thin, tall, in black jeans, white sneakers and a multicolored hoodie, he seemed like a teenager in general, but maybe he was older.

It is unclear whether his hands and right cheek are stained with dirt or soot.

— Adrianna, do you have any smelling salts?—Cornelius asked.— He seems to have been drugged with something.

— There is something better, I'll get it now!—

Adrianna had a small purse with an elastic band on her forearm, now it is a little stained with blood, but fortunately, what was inside was not damaged.

Taking out one of the syringes, Adrianna took the guy by the thin wrist and aimed at the vein.

She stared at the long face for a second.

Adrianna hoped that the guy would wake up on his own and not have to resort to this very painful drug.

The needle entered the pale skin.

Everyone had prepared in advance for a violent reaction.

The guy blinked, then, looking around, he curled up into a ball and screamed.

His voice turned out to be high-pitched and very harsh to the ear.

— What the hell?!! My heart is going to jump out of my chest! And... who are you?—He looked around.

This guy's eyes were blue like Ryan's. Only Ryan's eyes were the color of cornflowers, and this guy's…

Probably, if you look at the sky after the rain, it will be almost the same color.

There were strange purple reflections in his right eye.

— Breathe more slowly… We just woke you up too fast...—Adrianna sat down on the grass next to the guy.— That's it… Try to breathe more slowly, I didn't bring any serious medications with me...—

The guy adjusted the rhythm of his frantic breathing and stretched out on the grass like an abandoned puppet.

Adrianna reached out and felt the pulse in the long thin neck.

Now his heart stopped trying to break free, it apparently dropped the desire to pierce his chest and began to beat normally.

— Well? Now, will you tell us who you are? Or at least tell me your name...—Adrianna said.

— Lewis...— the guy said on an exhale.— Just Lewis… I don't understand why they put me in this box at all! I was kidnapped from the supermarket, can you imagine?—

— And you don't know who kidnapped you or why?—Cornelius looked at the guy thoughtfully.— It seems that you will have to stay with us for a while ... —

***

The trip to Darek's plane in the car that they found in the footsteps of the soldiers who brought the box with Lewis was not easy.

— It's understandable why you're covered in bruises — they didn't want to spend money on a good car!— Dariusz actively began to turn the steering wheel, trying to turn it.

The car actively wanted to make a close acquaintance with the tree.

— It's there! It's there! It's there! My God, what is this?—Lewis, who had been calmly looking out the window, suddenly screamed shrilly.

Adrianna and Cornelius, who were sitting closest to the guy, felt their ears ringing and their hearing left them for a while.

— You're so loud...—Ed rubbed her ears.— But I really like it....—

— Drive, drive, drive! Please, we need speed!—Lewis screamed in horror.——That thing with the big teeth is going to get us! The teeth of this creature are huge, just huge!—

To the horror of almost everyone from the squad, the car stalled.

— Aaaaa… What should I do now?—Dariusz let go of the useless steering wheel.

— Next time we'll rent a car...—Cornelius exhaled irritably.— Now everyone is counting on themselves…—

Lewis's small eyes became huge and round as saucers from fear.

— And for me… What should I do?—he asked.

— Don't be afraid, newbie. Just stay close to your elders.—Cornelius said.

— To the elders? Don't talk to me like I'm a baby!—

Lewis didn't even have time to get really angry — to survive, you need to run.

Darek turns and runs backwards, covering the others.

When the ammunition runs out, Dariusz throws a grenade at the monster and only then freezes to change the magazine.

Cornelius and Adrianna were shooting at that time.

— Boy, you make up your mind! If you're afraid, then don't constantly look out from behind my back!—Ryan said irritably.

— Oh, damn it… I'm empty!—Adrianna said.

Darek's grenade never went off.

Darek himself was the furthest away, so he was the first to see the monster.

The snake-like body with two pairs of crab claws had already come close enough and even the Ghost himself could not resist screaming.

Huge teeth opened, in a mouth somewhat resembling a shark, the first, second, third appeared ... more than ten pairs of jaws!

Adrianna's chest burned with wild pain, the monster waved its tail (or body? Does he even have a tail?) and knocked everyone down.

A bright explosion broke out…

Cornelius looked up at the sky, hoping that this way he would remain conscious…

***

He came to his senses on the plane.

Apparently, Darek turned out to be the strongest of the whole company, he woke up before everyone else.

The struggle for the bomb, which in the end wasn't even there, has battered everyone.

Cornelius himself had a damaged arm, and Adrianna had a large wound in her chest. Sweating and exhausted, Ryan tried to sit up straight in the chair, but even sitting he was very shaky.

— How's the boy?—Adrianna asked.— Did he get hooked? And, damn it, where did this explosion come from? —

— It seems to have been detonated belatedly by one of my grenades...—Dariusz said thoughtfully.

He was drying his hair with a towel, and as soon as they returned to the Jet, Darek washed himself in the shower there.

Now the smell of shower gel, a little strange for this place, was wafting through the cabin of the plane.

Adrianna rubbed the cut on her chest and gasped. Through several layers of thick bandage, the wound felt very strong, even too strong, as if the wound was open.

Lewis was in a very bad fever. Ryan tried to keep the heat down, but the wet towel was heating up very quickly.

— Was he hit by an explosion?—Adrianna asked.

— I don't know. Personally, I did not understand at all what caused this explosion! Will you help me? His head is bleeding again.—Ryan went to get another towel.

— What's wrong with his head?—Adrianna gently lifted the boy's head.Blood quickly poured down the girl's fingers.

While Ryan soaked and cooled the towels, Adrianna touched the wound on the back of Lewis's head for a moment.

It wasn't her imagination. The wound is healing.

Adrianna brushed the bangs off Lewis's high forehead and touched his temples.

She was sure that something would happen, but... what would happen?

Lewis opened his eyes.

— Rise and shine!—Adrianna couldn't stand it and smiled, looking into the scared eyes of the guy.— I thought you broke your head and we'll look for your brains in the grass...—

Lewis's eyes grew huge again in horror.

Ryan flinches when the smell of blood is in the air.

Lewis looked at the red streaks on his palm.

— My nose is bleeding...— He said in surprise.

— It happens...—Ryan took out a handkerchief from somewhere.— It's the first time you've been in this situation... too much stress...—

The white cloth of the handkerchief turned red.

— Maybe they wanted to put a bomb in you or on you...—Ryan said thoughtfully.— Just don't faint again...—

— I won't...—Lewis closes his eyes and leans back in his chair.— It seems to me as if I got into one of the games I played recently… Maybe it's all a dream?—

— I also thought that life was a dream, when suddenly childhood ended and they gave me a machine gun in my hands. I just chose a normal dream myself, not a nightmare. Everyone on our planet is killed from a young age, but I didn't want to live with my hands covered in blood...—Ryan sat down next to him.— And I ran away from my planet...

— What?—Lewis, who was about to close his eyes, screamed and jumped up in his chair.— Are you an alien? And those who were in the car, are my kidnappers aliens too?—

Emotionally, the guy was talking very loudly.

And the lighting in the cabin began to blink, apparently, thus hinting that it would not endure such torture for long.

Dariusz puffed loudly through his nose.