In the name of love [Xiao x Aether]

12.

It has not even been two days since Paimon and Xiao are gone and Aether has become a complete mess.
Zhongli made Aether move in with him and Childe for the time being just so they can keep a eye on him, so he wont be alone and so that they know Aether is safe.
Childe knows where they are now thanks to him being a harbinger and having intell as he would take care of it yet he has to return to tell this intell

At the moment Zhongli is sitting infront of Aether while Baizhu checks up on Aether who seemed fully out of it. The red puffy irritated eyes from the crying. The scratch marks on his arms from scratching himself when he cries as he has not eaten in these two days or slept. "It is best you go to sleep...but...knowing you wont"he hands Zhongli a small bag of herbs in it "make tea of it and give it to him. It will help him sleep"

Zhongli gives Baizhu a nod before he watches him leave. Zhongli then looks at Aether and sees how unwell he is. He just puts the small bag of herbes aside and walks over to him placing a hand on his shoulder "lets go for a walk? Some fresh air will do well"

Aether did not go on this walk, he wanted Xiao and Paimon back...he was scared of loosing them..even thinking about it makes him want to cry again yet seeing Childe enter the home he stands up and looks at him wanted to know where they are or if he has any new information.

"I have located the facility they are in but i do not know where in the fascility they are. It is large and well guarded as harbingers like Arlechino and Il Capitano come there often" he informs before he pulls out a map and rolls it open to show where on the map it is as it is near Fontaine.

Aether takes a close look at the map but he just looks at Zhongli "can we please go for that walk?" He asks the archon who gives him a nod.

All three of them go for a walk together as they stick close to Aether yet when both Zhongli and Childe were distracted by something that is when Aether slips a note in the pocked of Zhongli his pants before he manages to escape unseen. He just makes his sword appear and looks at letting out a small sigh. Slowly he would begin to walk faster, and faster before he would run in the direction of where the facility would be.

Childe panicks when Aether is not there yet reading the note Zhongli knew this would happen sooner or later so all they can do is wait.

Aether would not take any breaks no matter how tired he is yet arriving at the facility he feels so much anger and rage that he kills every agent in his waym there are reinforcements called as they all fight Aether and eventually Aether has made it to the center of the fascility on a platform in the form of a circle as it is a walk bridge to get to the prisons as a agent told him yet when he was wanting to continue walking he feels somebody approach from behind him yet turning around to cut them down he gets kicked into his stomach which sends Aether flying into the doors and he fell down a staircase. Landing on the ground he sure had a broken rib so he slowly stands up and there Paimon and Xiao are locked behind a special prison that if they would touch the walls of it it would shock them. He looks at them and smiles brightly happy to see them yet when he was about to walk to then to help them he got hit and got knocked to the grouns as the side of Aether his head is bleeding already. Who was this that is so strong?! Turning around to see who it is he sees a fatui harbinger stand there...the captain. Xiao was weak still but he was conscious enough to be able to speak "Aether run! Do not return!" He spoke scared the other would get hurt badly

The captain walks to Aether and he picks him up by the neck  to start to squeeze it, to break it yet Aether finds the strength in him and stabs the captain in his stomach. The sword is quite literally sticking into him yet he does not seem affected but it at all. The harbinger tosses Aether against Xiao his cell which would shock him and make him fall onto the ground. The man pulls the small sword from his stomach and tosses it to Aether "you want to fight? Lets fight..."