“Victor!” “Victor!!" “Victor!!!" Victor heard his name being called but he could get who exactly was calling him. He tried to open his eyes but he couldn't. He felt darkness around him as he floated in the darkness. The darkness lightened up as he felt a building in the darkness. It was a simple house made entirely of wood, with only a door at the front of it, a window on both sides and nothing but the wall at the back. The roof was the regular upside-down v and underneath was a wooden floorboard. Strangely, the house was greyish, like an unavailable Option on a computer. As Victor paid attention to it, information filled his mind. Digesting the information, he understood what was going on. The house is his golden finger but it's not fully activated yet, he needs to absorb more meteor crystals before it can be activated. ‘So that's it!’ Victor thought after understanding what's going on, ‘How do I get back?’. As though being pulled out of water, Victor felt like he was

The food was served and they ate quickly, ensuring not to choke. Water was also rationed for each person. “Eat faster George! I'm supposed to use the plate after you.” Gregory urged making an obvious show of his discomfort.Vanessa walked slowly to Victor's side and sat.“I served both of our food together, let's eat.” She said looking at her husband.That refined aura spoke volumes of his life's experiences. Although not in a three-piece suit, not properly groomed and not well rested, he still showed that aura.“Thank you." Victor responded weakly, the fatigue finally kicking in." There's no need for thanks between us. I've told you time and time again.” Vanessa responded."Should I feed you?” Vanessa asked with a teasing smile on her lips."You know I won't let you.”Victor said, almost rolling his eyes.Vanessa chuckled in response.The going and coming continued for a while as everyone tried to get food into their stomach.As more and more people finished eating, the utensils wer

Three days went by in a flash. The routine didn't change much. Early in the morning the Goodwills had a review of the previous day, compiling things they should start doing, things they should stop doing and things they should take note of. They will then go out to search for crystals. They noticed that crystals were almost impossible to find in places they had searched the previous day, so they had to change search grounds daily. They discovered this on the second day of their search. Due to this,they did not exchange for enough food that night. At the end of the day, after it was almost dark, they returned to the camp to exchange crystal for food and cook it. During which they would renew their ‘sleeping ground’ permit. Apparently, they could keep staying in the same spot every night; they just had to ensure it was renewed before it got dark. On the first day, they found three crystals. They exchanged one for food and the remaining two were used to renew their sleeping ground

Natasha and Katie returned to where the food was prepared; they didn't know what to say to Vanessa or Frida that would bring comfort. They all sat in silence, with the occasional sound of eating coming from Caleb and Robert. A while later, the pain reduced for both Victor and Gregory. They both were able to sit up, this brought a hint of joy to Vanessa and Frida. Although Robert and Caleb knew that they were not going to die from the blows they received, they were still happy that they were getting better relatively quickly. “Thank you Greg." Victor said to Gregory who also sat up. His face communicated a whole lot of emotions but his mouth did not say any other thing. Gregory tried to smile but the pain from his jaw gave a sharp reminder. " We are family Victor, you'd have done the same.” Gregory whispered, trying not to overexert his jaw. Victor stared at him for a bit and nodded. He then pulled out six crystals from somewhere in his clothes and stretched it to Robert. Rob

With eyes fixed on him, Gregory's finger touched the crystal and… nothing.Victor and Robert held their breath as they stared at him, waiting for something to happen.The excitement visibly washed off Gregory's face as he thought of what it meant for him not to respond.“huh… let's give it some time.” Robert said, trying to clear the awkwardness.“You don't need to comfort me uncle." Gregory said with a wary smile.He returned the crystal back to Robert, trying to look composed and not bothered.Victor put his hand on Gregory's shoulder and gave it a little squeeze. The silence rained for a while before Robert asked another question." Do you feel any difference in your body? Like, are you stronger or faster or something like that?” Gregory thought about it.“Well, nothing is different. At least nothing I've noticed." Gregory answered.“Maybe we should give it some time." Victor said with a simple smile on his lips, trying to keep things optimistic.“It could also be that nothing ha