Surprise! Surprise!

Rick happily carried the young lady and went to place her in one of the capsules. Purushottam told Len how to activate the healing functionality of the capsule, and the cosmic radiation cleaning process. Then he took Aryaan to go find a camping ground. Len went back to the ship as well and followed the steps told by Aryaan. To both his and Rick's surprised to hear a humming chant coming from within the capsule.

It felt so soothing that the boys started to meditate sitting close to the capsule. The chants playing in the recording within the capsule seemed to be a type of spiritual healing. The boys soon started to feel refreshed and full of energy. The capsules had two very important functions inbuilt in them. First was to induce self healing with the power of spiritual healing chants. And second was to purify the body with the help of latest invented Crystal Absorption technology. The cosmic energy thus extracted would be stored in the crystals. these crystals when filled up could be used as substitute for fuel of the spaceship.

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Two hours later…

Aryaan and Purushottam returned and informed the other two to get out of the ship along with the girl. Sia was still fast asleep, but the cosmic radiation inside her was totally extracted by the capsule's functionality.

This time Purushottam asked Len to turn the bright purple knob beside the bed of the capsule. The capsule bed turned into a make shift stretcher. Once everyone exited the ship, Purushottam pressed the switch on his key-chain ( which seemed to be a remote control for the ship ), and immediately the ship contracted into a small palm sized miniature. He then placed the miniature model into his backpack and led the boys to the campsite he and Aryaan selected.

The boys were pulling the stretcher over the bumpy ground of the forest. Seemed, like Aryaan and Purushottam cleared some of the trees to make a road to the campsite, which could fit the stretcher perfectly. That is how meticulous Purushottam was in everything he did, be it an expedition or be it a simple daily chore.

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After reaching the campsite, everyone could see the moonlight vaguely, and the area was a clearing beside the forest. Seems like people have recently visited this place. The boys picked up the tents and set them up. Purushottam asked Aryaan to share the tent with him, so that they can lend a tent to Sia. Once everything was organised, the tent placed in the middle was where Sia was placed. Three tents were placed on three sides of the tent of the one where Sia was. Everyone retired to the respective tents and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night Aryaan woke up to some scratching sounds. He saw that Purushottam was standing on the entrance of the tent. When Aryaan approached him, he signaled for Aryaan to stay silent. Aryaan peeked from the side of Purushottam. What they saw, made them totally surprised.

Sia was standing on the top of her tent, as if she did not weigh anything at all, and absorbing the grey mist around her. The smog was literally forming like a tornado and entering Sia though her mouth. This was such an incredible scene that none of them had ever seen.

'Is she even human?', thought Purushottam. But then he remembered the results of the radar. It showed that her physical structure was that of a human. It was absolutely confusing, since the action she was displaying was that of a Saarikan[1]. Aryaan looked at Sia and then back again at Purushottam in confusion. All Purushottam could do is shrug at this.

After eating her fill she went back to her tent.

Purushottam told Aryaan to go to bed. He started to fiddle with his Planetdex[2]. Aryaan turned around in bed for a while and then finally fell asleep.

Note: [1] Saarikan, flying creatures in Devnagari language.

[2] Planetdex, the tablet which could catch remote signals from orbiting satellites, stores details about all known species known to the Holy Warriors.