THE MUSSEL MOBILE

The children all broke up from the line and calmly made their way to the opening of the dining room.

The three girls both got their food from the stand and found a table to sit at.

The entire dining was silent and only the infrequent clattering sound of cutleries against the plate was heard. 

Some children were quick in finishing up their food and dropped their plates before making their way out. 

Ulanni had finished eating amongst the three girls but she still sat at the table and waited for them to finish their food.

When they were done they all made their way to the black basin to drop their plates before also making their way out of the dining room like the rest of the children. 

On walking out of the dining room they had spotted the other children who had left earlier than them all standing outside like they didn't know what they were supposed to do. 

Ulanni who was leading the three as they came out paused as she too didn't know what to do, but seeing as Flint continued moving forward to stand in front of the other children she followed suit. 

Meanwhile, Sarah who was behind them both saw this little action of theirs, and a grimace came to settle on her face, but she still followed behind Ulanni. 

"Flint are we supposed to all be standing outside here doing nothing… remember Black had said we were journeying today… " Ulanni whispered, as she felt a bit awkward just standing here and doing nothing. 

"If Black had wanted us to wait somewhere else she would have said so…I suggest we all just wait for her here," Flint whispered back. 

Sarah who had been listening in on their conversation frowned "How can you sound so sure?...for all we know Black must have expected us all to wait back at the sleeping quarters" Sarah said countering what Flint had just said.

Ulanni looked down in thought and to her it seemed like what Sarah said had some truth to it, gazing back up at Flint she said "I also think we should wait back at the sleeping quarter, remember those things Black had asked to be kept there I think we would be taking it on our journey.." 

Flint fluttered her eyes as he mulled over it, 'well it seemed Ulanni had a point there…' she thought inwardly. 

"Okay we would wait for the rest of the children who are still eating to finish up, then we would make our way to the sleeping quarter."Flint said out loud so the other children could hear. 

"Hummp!.. seems like someone doesn't always know everything.." 

Sarah snickered" Always acting like you know it all" she added under her breath with a scowl on her face. 

Ulanni glanced at Sarah and turned to also sneak a glance at Flint and the thought that crossed her mind was 'Did they have an argument again that I didn't know about? '

Flint just sauntered away from where they were and walked back into the dining room, Ulanni looked at her nervous, and was about to go after her when Sarah's words stooped her in place 

"she probably went to tell the other kids where to go when they were done eating.." Saying this she folded her arms and looked away. 

And true to her words not long after Flint walked back to them, on getting to where they were she addressed the crowd "We would all head back to the sleeping quarter.. and wait for Black there." Saying that she faced Ulanni and told her "Let's go.." before she started moving. 

Ulanni turned back to Sarah and also made the same statement "Let's go" She just knew that Sarah would try to kick up a fuse because Flint didn't address the statement to her and if she had also just followed that would have made matters worse. 

Sarah just rolled her eyes and followed after her. The other children also followed suit. 

As they all approached the sleeping quarter they could spot some huge things in the distance which looked foreign to them. 

On getting closer they realized that it was a Mussel mobile that was made solely for the use of transportation, they had only ever seen it in books back at the first compound. 

"wow! Sarah can you see that? It's a Mussle mobile, I have never seen one in my life… only in books but it looks so much bigger in real life!.." Ulanni exclaimed with her mouth wide open in awe. 

"This is what we would be using for movement… come on I think I spot Black in the distance."  Flint said as she increased her pace. 

Flint increased her pace while some other children stood and gaped at the Mussel mobile, while some others rushed forward to get a closer look at it. 

On getting closer Ulanni noticed that the Mussel mobile seemed to be a bit different from the one she has seen in the books, this one seemed like it was two Mussel mobile stacked on top of each other. 

The Mussel mobile was midnight black in color which looked like it was just recently painted, it had giant tires which were also black in color, but the most impressive thing about it was the body of the mobile. 

On the sides were protruding materials that all slanted backward securing the inside in a protective cocoon, the ends of it seemed sharp as tough a protective mechanism. 

From what she was seeing she couldn't wait to get inside the Mussel mobile. 

The three of them were the first to get close to where Sage was standing with hands akimbo, she was now spotting a fitting jumpsuit that had blue lines of energy streaming around her body, Flint just knew that the jumpsuit was not ordinary.