the cowardly brother

chapter 6

Standing in the elevator, courage stared at the fox girl infront of him. After a moment of staring, courage realized something. How was he going to explain this when he got back?...he didnt think that far ahead, the only plan he really had was just to maybe get some more info, he didnt plan to actually come back with kanako.

Groaning, courage leans back against the wall with his hands against his head, trying to formulate a new plan of action. During this he has once again caught the attention of the fox monster beside him.

"Courage, are you ok?" Kanako asked worriedly.

"Hmm, oh uh yeah?" Courage asked, getting snapped out of his thoughts.

"I asked if you were ok. You were groaning and holding your head." Kanako says.

"Yeah, it's just that well...I kinda......snuck out in the middle of the night to be here, so I'm scared of what's gonna happen when I get back." Courage said while internally panicking.

"Snuck out, why?" Kanako said, giving courage a confused look.

"Well, your mom didn't want me to go and bust into a lab. She apparently promised my brother to keep me safe." Courage said whilst looking down.

"Ah...well, it can't be to bad, I mean if you get back early enough maybe they won't notice you've been gone?" Kanako said while looking at courage.

"Well I would do that but....I'm kinda also bringing you back so they're probably gonna figure it out." Courage said while looking dejected.

"Oh, I forgot about that." Kanako said while looking embarrassed.

"I just hope that ceroba doesn't start freaking out about me." Courage said.

"Hey, it'll probably be fine." Kanako said as she put a hand on courage's shoulder.

Courage paused for a moment before responding. "Thanks kanako."

After that little moment, the two small children were interrupted by a small *ding*, causing the elevator doors to slide open and reveal pitch blackness.

Courage, taking the lead, looked back at kanako before saying. "Hey you might wanna stick by me till we're outside." Courage said as he extended a hand.

Feeling kanako take his hand, courage mustered a large sum of electricity into his other hand, essentially making it glow.

"Whoa, I didn't know humans could use magic!" Kanako mused while staring at his hand.

"What, no. This isn't magic...probably." Courage said, leading them forward through the dark lab.

"What else could it be then?" Kanako questioned,

"It's probably um......I'll get back to you on that." Courage said while looking away, clearly embarrassed.

As they were walking through the dark lab, courage had a lot on his mind, how was he able to heal kanako, why can he use lightning powers? Maybe he'll just ask someone later. God, the underground was confusing.

Looking around the lab, courage is horrified to look over at the clock to see the time. When he had left it was midnight, now it was 8 in the fricking morning! How long was he unconscious for?

Kanako, seeing courage start to clam up, turned to her new friend. "Hey uh, are you ok? You've just been staring off into the distance."

Courage could only look down in shame. "I'm gonna be in so much trouble when I get back." Courage said with a hint of shame in his voice.

"It'll be fine." Kanako said as she dragged courage forward. "I mean, it's not like you failed, you actually saved me! So maybe they won't mind?" Kanako said.