Eliza (Book 1)

.+* Chapter 37 - Runaway *+.

Sofia's View:
I was able to track down the location pretty quickly. Ellie was shut down to the side of the room and Gaster seemed to be doing lab work. Fortunately, I knew every anatomy and information needed to know about Ellie. He knew I'd left, but never knew I got back in contact with her. And seeming that her memory has vanished, she couldn't snitch me out. I knocked on the door.

Who is it?

* First time in years my tracker beeped, are you there Gaster?!

He opened the door and was surprised to see me.

Sofia Alexander.

* You swore you'd come back...to kill me but I made a promise to you. To stay loyal, to assist you.

Come in; it's good to see your good. What happened to that boy you ran off with?

* Dead. Died during an attack from Error 404. Been alone ever sense.

Since you know her development more than me, I think you'd come handy here.

He led me to another room...Eliza was in it. She stared at me in confusion, I couldn't let me act down.

* Miss Eliza?

You know her?

* Not directly. Is that magic suppressed?

No, why?

I immediately turned on the suppression switch.

* Her magic is beyond any of ours combined.

Oh, I see.

* A witch, a time manipulating witch.

Her abilities may come in handy. I need your help with Ellie, now that she's shown her soul can stay stay with that many souls. I want you to raise her limits.

* Easier said then done.

Take all the time you need, I'm off to find-

* My idiot of a brother? Go ahead.

He left the room and I could tell he was far gone.

The tube was noise suppressed so I couldn't hear Eliza yelling at me, simply her mouth moving. I write a note and showed it to her.

[Start casting a silent spell to override the tube, Grim is aware of the situation.]

She nodded and began to glitch. I don't know how she could override a magic suppression but nothing seemed impossible to her. I began to work on Ellie while Eliza had already casted a spell so to us, it would look like she was sitting and resting in the tube.

An hour went by. Gaster returned.

Any progress?

I nodded, showing him her soul.

* I can find a sort of imitation that causes the more powerful souls She's absorbed to absorb smaller ones, creating more space.

What a genius idea! How long would it take?

* Few hours, maybe a day?

Alright.

A notification pinged on my phone. Gaster grabbed my phone and looked at the message.

[Café boss: Almost there.]

You have a job?

* Well who else would pay my bills?

He chuckled. Grim was almost here.

Gaster started to help me with Ellie.

We can't access the inner souls without opening her soul up. If we open it, a significant amount of magic would he lost.

* We can ask the witch over there.

Eliza?

* She might be able to help.

I knocked on her tube and she looked up at me.

* We're going to let you out, any funny business and this won't end well with you.

She nodded and I let her out.

I handed her a substance.

* Get that into her soul.

* Sure...

Eliza's View:
I began to cast the spell, very slowly. It looked like I was trying to pay attention to detail rather than waste time. Gaster was right behind me.

Grim was near.

Him and I knew that we wouldn't be able to take Gaster down right now, but we could 'capture' Sofia and Ellie. It would give us all more time to figure this out.

* I need you to help me.

With?

* Hold her soul perpendicular to my aura.

And so he did, perfect.

I let out a blast of magic towards him and Grim crashed in.

"Long time no see, old friend." He held a gun in his hand, grinning.

Sofia grabbed Ellie and switched her on.

* Miss Sofia?

* Come with me Ellie, now.

Gaster stood up, looking anterior than ever. Sofia and Ellie had left the scene. Gaster was about to grab me with his 'hands'. When I stopped time on him.

"Time comes in handy sometimes, huh." Grim went up to Gaster, poking his face.

Gaster suddenly became void matter and grabbed Grim but before he could be thrown, Grim teleported behind him and shot him.

You think a gun can stop me?

I blasted towards him but he caught my magic right there and then, throwing the blast right back at me. I teleported to Grim.

He held my hand.

"Let's delay him till Sofia and Ellie get away."

I nodded.

I knew she was a fake, as if that rotten girl had any sense!

We began to fight him off. He was not going to get out of here until we knew Sofia and Ellie were safe.

Sofia's View:
I sent the message to Eliza, saying I was safe with Ellie. We were in the after life. Ellie was trapped in a suppression capsule, we couldn't risk anything. I had told Star about to situation and he took a day off from work to help. He was upstairs with Aurora and Amelia.

I was in the basement.

Ellie looked at me confused. She wanted answers that I wasn't sure I had.

* Miss Sofia, where's Father?

* Grim?

* Gaster.

* He's...he's currently unavailable at the moment.

* You're lying.

She glared at me with pink eyes and everything changed...we were moving somewhere wise.

I heard a cry and a scream.

Aurora and Amelia.

It got louder and louder. A sudden boom was heard and I was falling out a high building.

* MUM!

Aurora had Amelia in her hands, trying to reach her hand out to me.

* Tell me where he is.

I snapped back into reality.

* You just-

* Tell me where he is.

I sat down, my back facing Ellie. She kept on requesting his presence, but she wasn't going to get it anytime soon.