No way home
No way out
But with you
I can do
Without
The two kids looked at each other for a moment then back at the lady. They both shook their heads.
The woman sighs and turns around for a moment. Thinking over her options, she could just leave them. She's not going to leave them.
An idea pops into her mind and she turns back around while digging into one of her thigh pouches. She takes out a small knife and hands it to the boy.
She holds out her hand for a second and in her palm, materializes a wooden pole with a sharp metal wedged into the end. She hands it to the girl.
The two kids look at their hands as they grip onto the weapons. They look back up to the woman with wide eyes, confusion and concern swirling throughout their expressions.
"What do you want us to do with these?" Callista asks with a baffled tone. Did she really just give two children weapons that can deal fatal wounds? What is up with this lady?!
While Callista asks this, Ajax is swinging his knife around. The form is horrid to anyone with any experience with weapons. The woman cringes at the two actions.
Grabbing the boys forearm before he can hit the younger girl, she shows him the correct way to hold it.
She then turns to the girl and says,"Well if you're going to try and escape with me you have to know how to defend yourself!" She laughs slightly.
Ajax stops what he's doing and turns to the woman, shocked.
"What do you mean escape?! We can't just... I don't know! Go out the way we got here?!" He exclaims, the fear from before resurfacing now.
Callista reacts close to the same way.
"You mean we have to fight to get out of here?! I'm twelve! I-I can't fight monsters that big! Back home I would help with hillichurls and the like but-but nothing like that!"
The woman sighs and kneels down again. Touching the young girls hand that's gripping tightly onto the makeshift pole arm, she sighs.
"My name is Skirk. And if you want to get out of here, you'll have to learn to fight."
The two children share a look. Callista turns back to the woman and embraces her tightly.
"Yes ma'am."
The boy watched the interaction closely before the two part.
The woman stands up and turns towards the newly opened exit. She begins walking. The two kids scramble after her and stick to her side, terrified of what is to come next.
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Callista of the Abyss
FanficInto the Abyss, two children barely over 10 years old. So different yet in this moment they are alike in some way. "Suddenly you're ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you're alive and it...
