Bound Through Time (Douxie x reader)

Our Final Act

{Yn POV}

Arcadia is quiet as Douxie pilots our ship down towards hex tech.

Almost too quiet

I let out a gasp as Douxie lands the ship and we jump out, being met with ice and fire covering the street before us.

We had landed in what looked like the aftermath of a battle.

"No! No, no, no. No, no, no! No! Claire! Steve! Nari!" Douxie calls out as he runs through the front door, me following close behind

"What happened here?" I ask quietly

We hear a grunt and we look over to see Krel stuck in a block of ice

"Krel! No," Douxie rushes over and blasts him out of the ice

"Oof. Couldn't stop them. Took Nari," Krel says, trying to explain what went down. He suddenly spots something, "Oh, wait! He can show you,"

He limps over and grabs a robot head.

"Wahoo! How are you, buckaroo?" The robot says

Krel projects the recording on the screen

We see Krel running and screaming as ice and fire is shot through the air.

The camera moves and shows the order advancing on everyone.

I hold my breath as I hear their screams and watch them get struck down one by one

Toby gets a hold of the camera and talks to it.

"This looks like the end! I leave my classic VHS action movie collection to my nana!"

The camera suddenly cuts out as Belloc stomps on the camera

"That's all fo-," the robot begins to shut down," beep-boop," and with that the robot was dead

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no! This wasn't supposed to happen! No! Oh, please tell me there's something in here to help," Douxie rushes out as he runs to a nearby table, pulls out Merlin's book, and begins to flip through its pages anxiously

"You don't need the book to tell you the answer, Doux. Merlin was clear. If the Order has Nari, we can't let them get the Seals, or it's arcane Armageddon," Archie says to him, standing in his way to stop his frantic reading

"But I can't just leave our friends to die!" Douxie argues

"It's not easy being a leader," Krel says.

I notice him still shivering so I cast a small fire nearby.

He gives me a small smile in thanks as he tries to warm himself up.

"The Order will never stop coming after the seals," Archie says

"We'll spend the rest of our lives running," Douxie says

"Save our friends or save the world? You have to make a decision," Krel says stepping forward, "We're out of time!"

Douxie doesn't say anything. He just walks up to the front door and looks out.

I don't say anything. The decision is hard enough as it is.

Instead, I just walk up to Douxie and hold his hand in mine.

My hand is shaking in fear. I knew it was.

But I needed him to know I was with him. No matter what.

He looks over at me and we meet eyes before we both turn to look out at the debris outside.

I feel him squeeze my hand almost as if for reassurance.

Douxie then pulls something from his pocket and he suddenly seems to get an idea