Child of Creation

9: There is a Cost

A colourful portal appeared in the yellow frame as the lightning disappeared. Time clenched the rod in his hand as he stood up to look more directly at the portal, Rainbow seemed to start panicking while Elemental just frowned at the portal, seeming annoyed at the inconvenience of its activation.

"You've got to be kidding me... First the Violet steves, and we only just went to the Green steves yesterday, and now the Yellow steves are being attacked!?", Time shook his head in dismal then looked to Sabre, who could tell he was giving him a tired look even with the mask covering it. Rainbow jumped up from his seat on the dock, startling Elemental as he did so.

"What are we sitting here for!? We have to go in there, right? What if they're already...", Rainbow trailed off, not wanting to finish the sentence. He seemed terrified. He was the Hero! He had to save them, right? Sabre looked at his colourful friend in concern. He was still recovering from what happened at the Violet village.

"I... Rainbow- I think you should stay here", Sabre looked at his friend, who turned to him with a look of betrayal.

"What? Why? I've got to help! I-"

"I'm staying behind with you", Time cut him off and put a hand on the colourful steves shoulder, who was now looking more confused than upset.

"You never know if this is some sort of distraction to attempt an attack on the Rainbow Hub." Rainbow seemed to think for a few moments before sighing and slumping his shoulder in defeat.

"I guess...", he looked down as he walked back towards the area where the other steves were.

"Thanks", Sabre whispered to Time, who gave a nod of acknowledgment before going off to follow Rainbow. 'Sorry Rain, but this is for the better'. He watched as the two walked off before looking back to the steve who was still sitting at the dock, also watching the colourful steve and his brother walk off. Hopefully Elemental was okay with going on a mission without his brother.

"So- just you and me on this one Elemental. You ready?", He looked down at the steve who had finally stopped kicking at the water.

"Do I get to kick more butt!?", he asked the player excitedly, looking up at them.

"... sure", he replied with an unsure smile as Elemental got up and almost ran to the yellow portal in excitement. 'Ok... definitely the opposite to what the Steve Saga's Elemental was like'. Sabre jogged after the energetic steve who had already gone through the colour changing portal, hoping he hadn't caused too much chaos already.

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The light faded away from Sabre's surroundings as the teleportation completed and he looked around at the yellow steve outpost. There were patches of darkness all over the place, even some darkness entities running around, infecting the ground with more darkness. Yellow steves were retreating out the exit while some tried to stay and fight. Once Sabre was done looking at the damage surrounding him, he spotted Elemental steve running after a few darkness entities that seemed to be running away from him as several fireballs floated above the Steve's hand, a smile on their face. Well, it seemed like he had that covered.

After double checking that Elemental steve was handling things okay, Sabre ran off to help any yellow steves that had gotten trapped under the burning rubble of the building or stuck fighting a darkness entity, every so often seeing Elemental running after darkness with excitement. Luckily most of the yellow steves had been able to get out when the attack begun, so there weren't too many still inside, though the fact that the True Yellow King was nowhere in sight wasn't too good. Isn't he supposed to be helping his people? He didn't run away, did he? No, he seemed to be a good leader, maybe Sabre just hadn't run into him yet.