The Lost Chronicles Of Pangea: Apocalypse

Taking Action

“Call dad.”

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“Call Rose”

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“Call mark”

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“Call mom”

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“ooh! Wetin dey happen na!.”

David was so frustrated that he had resorted to using pidgin English. Unfortunately that was something Pangea did not share with earth. The restructured English language was used predominately by people in west Africa on earth. It was a street language that was born when those countries were first colonized, and learning English was not as easy as expected. They created a mishmash of English words mixing it with most of their own native tongues and some other colorfully invented words. It was the go to language for any Nigerian man who was frustrated or wanted to curse at something. David was currently in such a mood. Regardless of whatever he tried he had not been able to reach any member of his family or the few friends he had. Of course he really wished his mother and brother were dead in a ditch somewhere since he was rather angry at them. But he was not in the best possible condition and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately for him communications seemed to be down for the foreseeable future, if he does not end up dying in the next ten seconds, he was strictly on his own. But thankfully he felt strong enough to limp around his house, so while he was attempting to reach his family, he had been able to scour his entire house. Thankfully there were no more three tongued cats, they had gotten in because the front door was left wide open. So after he closed the door, he made his way to the pantry, it was scarce and almost completely empty, but what was left would help him survive for another three days. And with the way his body seemed to be healing, that was enough for him to tide himself over before he has to leave. But apart from that he had something more pressing to worry about. The huge bat had flown away sometime ago, which was an immense relief for David, but he had about four and a half days before there was another energy surge within his body. The last time was when he had such an intense headache and had the regulator reassign the energy within his body for improvement.

The aftermath was not something he wanted to experience, even now he was still experiencing the side effects. His body was still weak and awkward, he felt so heavy not to mention he seemed to have gained a few pounds. Which was strange but familiar. Rapid cellular and tissue growth along with regeneration was something normal in Pangea. But on earth, that person might end up on an operating table under the scrutiny of a dozen scientist. Well in the movies maybe, but the earth David remembers had a hard on for weird s**t, unless of course you were an African and any freaky stuff then falls under the category of witch craft and the work of the devil. It would take a while for David to completely reorient himself, but that should not take anymore than a few hours. David was rapidly getting acclimated to his new body, which meant that after the next energy surge, he would be experiencing a period of weakness that would leave him very vulnerable, or very dead, the regulator was not without its own dangers.

So in this few days, David had to either look for supplies that would tide him over as he secures his house, or he had to look for another secure location with enough food to keep him alive and safe. His house was a little too big for him to defend, but it was the place he was most familiar with. And there was no guarantee that he would be able to find any other secure location without any complication before the time for the next energy surge comes around. He was running out of time, the island itself was also running out of time, but David had to postpone his leaving. It was not just the changed world that was now a danger, even his own body could be the cause of a rather untimely and gruesome death. So he would very much rather stay in a controlled environment.

Well food aside, he needed a mode of transportation, which was a complication because he did have a mode of transportation, but it was currently undergoing modification. David of Pangea was a high school graduate who gained admission into two of the most prestigious universities of science in all of the twelve city states. The planetary institution of mechanical sciences in the City of Iron, and the Miraj Academy of Scientific Arts, it was a private school located in the City of Wings.

The David of earth was just seventeen but had ambitions to be a politician, it was a difference of heaven and earth between the two of them. One was an introverted nerd, while the other was an introverted master manipulator. The only thing they had in common is that they had few friends and really disliked hanging with crowds. David knew somewhat he was having an identity crisis, because he had no idea who he really was right now. Was he David of earth, or David of Pangea. It was a cause for debate, but that was an argument David was currently avoiding. He really had no time to start doubting himself right now.

David had and old repurposed quad bike. Their father had a love for really old and antique stuff, while David had a love for making old stuff work like new stuff if not better. The quad bike was almost a hundred and fifty years old. It was made back in the time when the humans of Pangea started playing with Magnetic suspension and levitation. Magnetic suspension was old technology, unlike the new age flux gravity engines that create a field of fluctuating gravity to cancel out the natural gravity of Pangea within a certain area, and keep its vehicle stable and moving. The intricacies within the flux gravity engine were so much that David with all of his knowledge still had absolutely no idea how it fully worked.

But he was able to come up with a set of schematics that would improve the quad bike to the state of fifth or sixth generation hover bike. Which was around the time when they first introduced the flux engine. So instead of a flux gravity engine, David was going to make a flux magnetic field engine. Weak as he was David felt he had enough strength to move a few tools. So he made sure every door and window in the house was locked. He even moved furniture over the entrances of the house to make a barricade. When he was done there was only one way in and out of the house, and that was through the garage. There was an entrance to the garage from the kitchen so he could go and come as he pleased.

When David was done moving all the furniture he was really surprised. Even with all his injuries, he did not really feel tired. This could be attributed to the Mana water he took almost three hours ago. David was reminded of its importance and heaved a sigh of thankfulness because while he was raiding the pantry, he was able to find three more bottles of it. It was like carrying your own fist aid kit/energy drink around with you. David knew how important it was so he chose to take ordinary water, unless it was absolutely necessary to use the Mana water. There was also a few bottles of water left in the house so his plan was quite sound.