Kaleth and the others are finally ready to face Enor and end the war once and for all. But being ready for it and actually managing to do so are two different things. And with Enor having tens of thousands of soldiers following every one of his comm...
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"Are you sure you and Relioth have to go alone?" asked Mel with a worried frown. Kaleth sighed. Of course he would like nothing more than to not go with Relioth, but this was supposed to be an easy mission.
One of Relioth's contacts, which he still apparently had, had told him about one of Enor's bases where they would hopefully find out some of the locations of the facilities used to turn people into Eternals. And they needed those coordinates first to get anywhere, so even though Kaleth was staying skeptical of both Relioth and his contact, they had to go take a look.
And maybe they could capture one of Enor's people too while they were at it, and try to find out if they could somehow break through their mind control.
"The fewer of us, the better, love," Kaleth said, squeezing Mel's hand. "And we are the only ones who can teleport. I'm still not that great at opening a portal, and it's much more draining."
Mel didn't look happy at all about this, but he nodded with a pout that was far cuter than it had any right to be.
"Don't worry, I can teleport right back if this goes wrong," Kaleth said, hoping that would reassure him. But surprisingly, Mel wasn't having any of it.
"Yeah, but will you actually do it?" Mel even narrowed his eyes as he said this. Kaleth grimaced. Mel knew him a bit too well.
"It will be fine, love."
Mel sighed and drew Kaleth into a tight hug, which Kaleth gladly returned. He put his head on Mel's shoulder, closing his eyes for a moment and letting out a breath. It was incredibly calming and pleasant to let himself be hugged like this, which of course meant that it wouldn't last long.
"Kaleth?" Relioth called, walking into the room. "Oops, sorry, didn't mean to, uh, interrupt."
Kaleth let out an angry huff and very begrudgingly let go of Mel, turning around with a scowl. He really didn't like the smirk Relioth was wearing.
"Um, I was just gonna say that we should go, so...."
"Yes, fine, I'll be...right with you."
Saying that last part in a neutral tone of voice turned out to be surprisingly difficult. Why couldn't anyone else know how to teleport? He'd take Mereria with him rather than Relioth. At least she never bothered caring about him.
Thankfully Relioth disappeared from sight after that, so Kaleth could shift his focus on Mel again.
"Try not to hurt him," Mel said, looking at him pleadingly. Kaleth sighed tiredly. "He really does seem to want to help."
"Don't you start, too," Kaleth groaned, his shoulders sagging. As if hearing the same thing from Elrin every other time he talked to her wasn't enough.
Mel's puppy eyes only gained in intensity, which of course meant that Kaleth had to give in. "Fine. I'll...try to tolerate him."
