INGENman here, this story is a way for me to expel both creative and Otaku energies also
I do not own Lucky Star or any cruise ship or really any thing for that matter. This is a fan story made not for profit but to merely express my enjoyment of content above. I also do not own the concept of Isla Nublar or INGEN.
I'm really sorry for not up dating sooner but I've kinda been in a rut lately so once again sorry and I'll try to up date again. If you liked this story please leave a review or comment cause it helps!
-Bold is in 'English'.
-Regular is 'Japanese'.
The episode with no name.
Kagami sat and stared out the door, noting how the beach was lighting up. Kagami stifled back a loud yawn she was able to get 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep which she was very thankful for. Despite her harsh attitude towards her friend Konata, the Otaku had attempted to help her fall asleep. In the end it took Kagami being very firm and telling her to move away, the hurt in the bluenette 's eye's had been undeniable but they all needed a leader who was strong and not tied down by emotional baggage. With the sunlight steadily gaining strength Kagami quickly roused her fellow castaways. The group quickly got ready for what would be a tough day, everybody ate a quick and unappetizing breakfast before they gathered at the jungle's edge.
"Okay. So i think we just go straight through these woods and we'll come across the path eventually, however i don't know in what state it is but we should find out soon." Konata explained. Kagami continued were Konata stopped.
"When we reach the path were going to split into our two teams, but remember that if any body gets hurt we only have first aid kits so it could be serious so watch where you step." After that happy reminder the castaways began moving into the jungle.
It took fifteen uneventful minutes but the large group stumbled upon what once was a path. So they proceeded to gather into their teams. Konata walked over to Kagami 's team and asked.
"So what direction do you think you will go?" Kagami frowned before pointing off to the north. A Ridge or mountain was visible above the forest canopy.
"Were going to go that way because if we walk to the top then we will get a good topographical view of the island and hopefully we'll see a village or buildings." Konata nodded her head in understanding.
"Okay so we'll go in the opposite direction, to increase our odds of a wild Patty sighting or to find a new town." Shouted Konata clenching her fist, stars twinkling in her eye's. Kagami merely face palmed, only Konata would make a game out of something this serious. After many shouts of 'good luck' and 'stay safe' and an incident involving Soujirou being unable to release his daughter after a hug, the two groups drifted in there two different directions.
Team Kagami.
The group marched through the knee deep grass following what once was a road because here and there the rusted remains of signs. This had Kagami worried because if this was all in such disrepair her hopes of finding people were dwindling. But the group continued in a steady northern direction the road they followed started to ascend up the plateau. They just kept walking, occasionally Yukari or Soujirou would call out Patty's Name in the hopes she would answer, unfortunately only the gentle jungle noises answered back.
Kagami glanced back at Yutaka, the girl's health was frail at the best of times so she couldn't help but be amazed that all they had been through hadn't triggered any sickness. It hadn't been hard but the small red head was the reason she wanted Minami and Soujirou in her group. Kagami didn't like to admit it but Soujirou was probably the strongest in there group, specifically if anything happened to Yutaka he could easily carry her. Turning her head from the group she continued to march them in the muggy jungle heat.
"Jeez it's hot." she complained as she reached into her pocked to grab her handkerchief to wipe her brow when she heard some body clear their throat. Turning around she saw that Minami was mutely pointing to a sign she'd walked right by. As she joined them she stopped and annualized it. Minami and Kagami and Yutaka where the only one's who could read English with any competence. It still was amazing that Minami had been paying attention enough to read it on the way by. Kagami thought hard on the meaning of the faded rusting letters.
2 miles
to
Park Lookout
"Park, had this been some kind of National park at some point?" Kagami asked Quizzically, Yutaka quickly tried to answer.
"Um, Hiiragi Sempai it says there is a look out up ahead maybe we could see a large section of the island?" Yutaka quietly squeaked, bouncing lightly on her heels.
"Right." Replied Kagami, shaking her self from her thoughts. What ever this place is could wait.
The small band of people continued up the steadily steepening slope after an hour and a half of difficult walking they followed the road out into a large open space. Here there was less grass because while the path they had followed had been a gravel path in it's Time, the lookout was paved with asphalt. In the center of the clearing was a couple of picnic tables, heavily overgrown. There was a concrete berm lining the edge of the cliff the rusty remains of Pay Binoculars hung loosely from their corroded stands as they peered unseeing out from the ledge. Tentatively the group made there way to the edge of the once scenic Lookout.
Looking out from the edge Kagami couldn't help but marvel at the sheer beauty of the terrain that spread out below them. Off in the distance in all the directions she could see, she could just make out the sparkle of of light reflecting off the ocean on the horizon. However this sight only captivated her for a few moments as some things of interest were becoming to her. Every now and then she caught the faint glint of metal through the thick forest off to the left. Checking her compass she determined that the metal structures in the forest were due east. Kagami was about to suggest that they investigate the eastern section of the island when Yukari let out a delighted call.
"Oh look buildings! I found buildings." Kagami mentally reprimanded her self for missing some thing so obvious. Three miles to the south there was what appeared to be be a large concrete building partially exposed from the jungle surrounding it. Judging from its location Konata and her group had been following the road in that direction, so it was a good bet that they were there, she voiced her concerns and opinions, and as a group they had decided to explore the ruins as well.
Team Konata.
Despite the circumstances Konata couldn't help but feel a little hurt at how her Kagamin had been treating her the last few days. But she could be patient when they finally found their way off of this damn island and she saw that her sister was safe, however until then she would sullenly march down this forsaken road. As they walked she saw sticking out of the foliage a hexagonal sign. Mostly it showed a faded white outline of a squat rectangular building that slightly domed in the center, with an orange and black arrow pointing down the road. The group unanimously decided that there was probably a building some were at the end of this path. So they kept walking and whining and occasionally calling for Patty thought it was mostly Hiyori, Miyuki and Konata who took turns yelling while Yui and Kentaro followed silently behind. The group stopped suddenly when they came across a large rectangular blue sign, on it in faded English letters pointed to one side then the other. Every body stared expectantly at Miyuki, which caused her to look at them in confusion.
"Um, may i ask why every body is staring at me?" Miyuki asked sunlight reflecting of her glasses, her embarrassment was obvious. Konata couldn't help but smirk.
"Cause, Miyuki -Chan your just so darn cute!" Konata said as her smile widened, Kentaro raised his hand and quietly murmured.
"I second that observation." Needless to say Miyuki was unable to tell if they were serious or not, and began to stammer, being the nice girl she is Konata only let the embarrassment go on as long as needed.
"Actually i think you are the only one of us who can read the sign." Miyuki sighed as she realized that her embarrassment was sole for the bluenette 's amusement, before she turned to the sign. Slowly she analyzed the block y runes that made up the foreign yet familiar form of written English. After a few minutes she started by pointing to the left.
"The sign says that there is a road that goes off to the left that leads to the 'Park electric maintenance shed' what ever that means?" Miyuki stated in her formal explanatory voice, a confused look present on her face. "And if we continue straight we should reach what the sign call's 'the visitor center/control room." Finished Miyuki, happy with her translation.
Konata, Hiyori and Yui all frowned as they tried to figure out the implications.
"SO." Yui started. "your saying there are some buildings up ahead." Miyuki was about to answer but Kentaro cut in suddenly.
"Not just a building, but a power station which means were almost guaranteed to find a radio." He stated smugly.
"You realized that quick." Hiyori commented clearly impressed with their male counterpart. Kentaro rubbed the back of his head in fake modesty.
"Oh not really it's just that while you were heckling Ms. Takara i had deciphered the sign and was already thinking of the possibilities." Konata pointed an accusing finger at Kentaro.
"How do you know English so well!" She questioned a pure and scary intensity in her eye's.
"Actually i was raised in Vancouver and learned Japanese from my grand father but living in Canada taught me English. So I'm actually bi-lingual." Everybody looked at him.
"Oh, your a foreigner and you can understand every thing we say, oh well lets go look for our American." Konata brushed off his strange look.
"Technically on this island were all foreigners." Miyuki commented. "Also were do you want to go first the power plant or the visitor place?" She added quickly. Konata was about to answer when they heard a loud crashing through the woods the group saw the foliage a hundred feet behind them as shaking as if some thing large had just run from across the road and plunged suddenly into the woods again. The group moved over to the disturbed section of forest, to find the grass on the road was trampled down almost flat.
"What could have made this path so quickly?" Hiyori commented, her eye's twitching as she scanned the foliage on either side of the road. Miyuki was however quick to step in and try to calm the Artist.
"I wouldn't worry about this Tamura -San it was most likely a herd of wild goats or deer." Miyuki explained with a smile however her unease still found its way into her voice. As Miyuki said this she thought she saw a shadow out of the corner of her eye. She glanced back to the section of road were the large sign had been, nothing. What ever the shadow was, was long gone, Miyuki not wanting to further upset the jumpy group, kept the sighting to herself. After a few more minutes of frankly wild speculation, Hiyori jokingly claimed it was a dinosaur.
"This will be just like the Movie Carnosaur!" Chuckled Hiyori nervously, she was trying not to be creep ed out. Every body else nodded smiles touching upon there lips, it was funny after all, Carnosaur 1,2 and 3 were the worlds best and most famous dinosaur movies ever.
"Okay Hiyori -San that's enough this is real life not the movies." Kentaro said wiping the sweat off his brow. the tropical heat was causing discomfort to every one. Besides Miss Takara is correct many of central and south America's islands have goat and deer sized animals. Kentaro added smiling at Miyuki. Konata however had a more pressing question to ask the group.
"Okay now that we have wasted our time discussing goats we all need to decide were we go next?" she said this as she looked at each person in turn. "We could go to the power plant or the visitor thingy, but remember were looking for Patty."
The group unanimously decided to go to the visitor center so they took the right fork and kept walking. As they walk they notice that the tree line continued to move further and further from the road finally they arrived at T -junction. The road that intersected with the one they were following was visibly different. The road they followed had once been a gravel path but the one they found was devoid of vegetation apart from grasses that shot up here and there. The reason for this vegetational void was obvious, the road was paved with asphalt. The road appeared to be going in the direction they desired so the group followed it thankful to not have to trudge through the thigh high grass.
Konata noted that the road they were following had a large metal track built into the center that rose up about four inches.
"Hey guys, whats with this." The bluenette queried as she pointed to the track that was gleaming brilliantly in the sunshine. Responding the group stooped to examine the discovery. Despite the extreme weathering there were only small flecks of corrosion on the track.
"I think it might be some kind of tram rail." Miyuki said as she looked closer. "It would have been really expensive too, because its made of stainless steel." She finished. With the mystery apparently solved and interest in the track wavering the group continued on their way.
To their right off the road the tree line was ten feet apart from newer sapling sprouting in between. On their left they noticed that a large pond or lake had appeared as the level of the under growth decreased. It became obvious that this are had once been manicured and trimmed into a vast and beautiful lawn, now the effect was lost due to the hip deep grass and occasional sapling. As they rounded the last bend they beheld a strange and slightly foreboding sight.
There stood a massive building, its peaked roof trying to burst free of the vegetation clinging to its sides. Now dry step fountains decorated the area directly in front of the building save for a large ornate cement path that ran up to the center of the building ending at the top of a flight of stairs that lead to the buildings front entrance. The entrance doors hung crookedly on their rusted hinges, massive vines had grown up the front of the building obscuring much of its grand design and ornate decorations.
But here and there six massive shattered windows could be visible from the road, three on one side of the door and three on the other. From just a cursory glance the castaways could tell the buildings exterior walls were constructed of thick concreted giving the building a bunker like appearance. Skeletons of the peaked roof rose three stories above their heads bits of rotted thatch clinging desperately to their supports.
The group was unable to talk for quite a while the massive building dominating their attention, its true scope undetermined from the out side, its purpose unknown. Finally Konata spoke.
"Miyuki -San, why would some body build this out here?" Looking to her pink haired friend for answer all she got was a speech less shrug.
"Maybe we should go in and investigate further?" Miyuki said allowed mostly to herself. Kentaro nodded in agreement the rest just looked stunned at the sight.
"But what about Patty?" Konata asked as gaped at the building.
"S-she most likely ended up here, Konata." Hiyori said in a stunned disbelieving voice.
With out another word the group moved towards the building unsure of what they would find. As they reached the top of the steps they noticed the dirt accumulation at the doors was disturbed in an arching pattern with the left of the double doors stuck open due to the amount of rust accumulation, they also noticed the found imprint of shoes, undoubtedly their first clue to the whereabouts of Patrica Martin. But as important as this clue was the group could only think about one thing:
who would build this here and what was it's purpose?
INGENman: hello the reason i have take the bottom of the page is that while i have my own ideas of how this story should go i thought it would be fun for you the readers to participate. So if any body has an unexpected plot point they think should be involved then add it to your response, then I'll go thought the responses and choose the best one and try to add it into the story just to spice things up. If i like your idea then I'll message you and try to flush it out more. Sounds fun huh! That's what i thought.
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well thank for reading this long winded techno speech.;)