chapter eight:
"see? echo"

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"we're building a space ship!" tuck exclaims

we all start jumping around, me and alex hug each other in excitement . I look up at him and chuckle, "we're building a space ship." letting out a giggle at the end

2 hours later

we have asked him so many questions, where he came from, if there was others here like him.

we found out he was lost and as well alone. he was out in the middle if no where, on his own, ironically just like us.

all we really know is that he crashed, and now he needed us to rebuild him.

we walked out the barn and hurried to our bikes and left.

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"the map says up ahead." alex informs the group

"are we even going the right way?" I question as we pull over to the side to check our phones

"look, look, look, whatever that is, the map goes to it." tuck points out

1 hour later

we finally got to were there map said, and out of all places it was a pawn shop.

"all right, so wait-wait a minute. let me get this right. dude comes from a million light-years away, and he wants to come here?" tuck talk to the camera, quickly gesturing to the shop behind him.

"I don't know, the map says so." alex mumbles

I shrug and skip across the road, ignoring my brothers shouting

"wh- wait, ashley! you got to look both ways before you cross the street!" munch yells from the opposite side of the road

"c'mon munch! give me props, at least I made it!" i laugh

the stores bell rang as we all walked in and began looking around.

"so are you, snoopy." I hear tuck say. I look back and see him recording the security camera sign that said 'you are on camera'

I look up at the camera and start making faces at it while the owner and the costumer were arguing

"excuse me, sir, you have a very, very lovely shop." munch says politely. I walk up to him and pat his back, he was too good for his own good

but i could never let him know i thought that

"you know, sometimes, you embarrass me more then you do yourself." I whisper to him

we turn and that sound comes again, making munch bring out his phone while I scoot unknowingly slide closer to alex.

we bring out our phones and show them.

then the rumbling started up again, quickly after a high pitched sound rang through th store

"what was that?" tuck asks

"f-sharp?" munch questionably answers, the boys give him a look

"band class" I shrug off, but was startled when all the instruments start to make noises
and chaos began again.

alex tugged on me and we went to the other side of the aisle, i caught sight somethings flying around

"watch out!"

"yeah, like I'm just gonna jump right in front of it!" I sarcastically reply over the commotion.

me and alex stop as the thing flew around quickly came and straight into my shoulder sending me back and onto the ground.

the noises and commotion died down

"whoa, is everybody okay?" I hear munch ask.

"hey you guys, are you alive?" I groan as i look behind me and see alex was also on the floor, I guess it hit him to.

we both sit up more and groan from the pain, but my eyes shot to the piece going into place with the rest

"wait, what is he doing?" tuck questions. it finally clicks into place and begins to glow

i stare in astonishment but quickly snap out of it as we had to get out and rush to our bikes

"tuck! c'mon! we're busted, we gotta scram!" I joke, getting laughs back in return

"run! what are you waiting for?" munch yells

"dude, that place was wrecked!" tuck laughs as he recalls back to the store

"i'm gonna say he deserved it." i shrug

"sorry again, sir!" munch yells back

"go! down here!" alex instructs, going down an alley

"well that looks promising" I say to mostly myself

"lets get somewhere so we can look at him." tuck tells the group

we go in and put our bikes down and look at him.

"he's shaking." alex says sadly

"whoa, he's letting you touch him." tuck says surprised

"i wouldn't, guys." munch warns

"hey, what about here? here, set him on this." I say showing them the lid where he could rest on

"why is he so scared?" munch asked

"yeah, why is he all balled up?" tuck continues

"probably cause he doesn't know what to do" I reason

"can't you stand? you're alright" alex coos

"oh, can you fly?" I ask him randomly

"can you do x-ray vision?" tuck asks

"how? he can't see" munch shoots down

"he doesn't even know where to look." alex lightly chuckles

"all right, all right, i think the question is, what can you do" tuck asks.

alex wanders around and grabs something, claiming that what he was going to do was gonna be a life changing surgery for him and is very important

as tuck pointing the camera in our direction we begin to speak,

"okay, so dr. nichols is doing a surgical procedure with very sophisticated technology." I joke to tucks camera, exaggerating my movements

"pen caps." alex states, holding them up then rubbing them together, saying "clear"

I laugh at his goofiness

"wait, I don't get it. how is that sophisticated?" munch asks confused.

"oh munch..." I mumble, shaking my head

"I got it" alex says letting go of him

"be careful. his legs are fragile." I warn

we all watch as he stands up and starts wobbling around the top of the dumpster

in excitement alex laughs, "get this. are you getting this?" he asks towards the camera. but the moment was short lived as it tripped and fell off the lid

"oh my god!" I say in panic, but let out some air i didn't realize i was holding as i saw he didn't hit the ground, but actually saw he was floating

"oh, that's crazy!" tuck says

"so, you can't fly, but you can float." I remark

alex goes and picks him up, putting him over some junk that was left behind and quickly lets go

he drops due to gravity, but then starts floating before he hits the bottom.

"that is so crazy!" tuck says again

"I saw you. I saw you grinning, man." I say teasing my brother, "stop pretending like that wasn't cool" I nudge him.

"this is crazy" he says astonished, "I mean, it's-it's just crazy"

alex walks over with him in his hands and gives it to munch

"whoa. don't drop it." he says, holding his hands near him to steady munch

we start playing around with him until alex suggests we should tell him who we are

"can you see me?" alex asks

it beeps back to him

alex hums it back, i catch myself staring at him as he shows how much he really cares for this thing

"huh, I think he likes you." I say sitting myself down next to him

"will you show us where you live" I ask it.

alex goes along with it, "all right, beep faster if we're getting closer." he says. I put my hand up and move it around, waiting for his beeping to get closer together.

i scrunch my face together as i noticed wherever I pointed my finger, it wasn't close.

"here try, right there" alex mumbles, grabbing my hand and moving it to the left as he spoke

"is that it, right there?" alex asks, earning him.

I bring my hand down but still hold on to alex's hand, turning as we smile at each other

"why don't I go first" alex says, breaking the eye contact, "hi. um, my names alex, and yo- you're in- munch, no" he stumbles, trying to stop munch from the bunny ears. "you're in my hand right now. you know my ring tone, which is, like, insane and-" he stops when he gets cut off by tuck

"and has a big crush on--" but was also cut off by alex's hand on his face "shutup!" he whispers, blushing but still hands him over to me.

"hey! I'm ashley, munch's little sister, you'll meet munch in a couple of seconds but just to let you know I'm the cooler twin." i scrunch my nose trying to think of what i want to say, "I'm the only girl out of these idiots and without them they would be soooo lost" I laugh, "But yea that's all I can think of- oh my gosh you're so cute" I gush as i hand it over to tuck

"okay, um- hi, i'm tuck. what's up? I don't even know what to say, but, uh- but, uh, I'm from- i'm from New York. Uh, this is Nevada. I don't even know, like, I like donuts? " tuck rambles

"donuts really" alex said to him, giving a questionable look

"donuts are good" I nod, backing tuck up

"okay, can somebody else do this?" he finishes, quickly handing it off to munch

"I know, I'm going." he mumbles as we usher him to speak, "my names m- my real name is reginald, but my friends call me munch. I hope we can be friends, too. oh, and I'm ashley's older brother by like 1 minute and 4 seconds" he explains

"do you have a name?" I ask

he beeps twice

"oh, we can call him beep" munch says

"dude, what- what kind of name is beep?" alex snorts, while I laugh at him

"word. we got to give him a name that powerful, like- like master blaster." tuck says

"but he doesn't blast anything" alex reasons

"what about galaxy? I mean since he's from outer space." I suggest

"nah, it's to girly" tuck shoots down

I scoff, "whatever"

"peter. peter. what about peter?" tuck suggests, repeating the name to himself

"okay now that's just stupid" I laugh

"something cool, like space ninja or something." tuck suggests

"well, how is there a ninja in space?" munch questions, "he wouldn't be able to breathe."

"dude, you don't know that." tuck remarks

"tuck, no one can breathe in outer space, that's like 4th grade science right there" I snort while alex chuckles

"which name do you like?" alex asks munch, pointing him on the spot

"uh, beep. why?" he answers slightly confused

he beeps

"there it is, hello. watch this, watch this. watch this- just, beep" alex explains

he did. "see? echo."

he chipped back in response, "what?"

"that's what we should call it, echo"

he chirped again, happily