The Split Sun and The Mechanical Moon

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hole in the wall.

TW: Sexual Situation

I didn't dream that night, my body opted to shut down on that bed, and in a way I felt someone tend to my wounds as I was asleep. When I awoke, I was wearing the baggiest plain shirt of my life, shorts that didn't poke out from under the shirt that hung down half my thigh, on the back of my door hung my black uniform, fixed up and cleaned up. I yawned, moving my shirt a bit, i let out a sigh of relief seeing they had put a bra on me, but i was looking for any sort of scar from Promise. I didn't find anything, William must've helped me out. I owe him... kind of. I thought about walking out the door, or just laying back in bed. I opted to open the door, the hard wood flooring quickly turned into a mix of concrete and wood as I stepped foot into our base. The steel door was closed, secluding us from intruders. I saw Kibo and Mitsoro over by the workbench to my left, they had brought back Fred. He had a huge gash in his right, I sighed. At the table in the center, there was a couple of maps of Erun, a lantern that was dying out, and a couple of swords, including Vee's. I looked to my right, sitting on the couch was Nico sitting with Hawkins. Hawkins was shirtless, with white bandages going around his body. He was scarred, his... muscles... so big... and... hahahh. Sorry, I uh, anyway Vee was there too. However he was asleep on the other side cradling a pillow. I walked over, standing next to Hawkins. They had the news on, the actual news, and on the screen it showed the first district and all the areas around it going up in flames.

"We have live coverage of the fire going on in the first district, it appears that these rioters are preventing Eruns fire rescue from getting through. If this continues, we could see the fall of the first district, all the way through the seventh. Good night Erun, god bless us all."

Hawkins spoke, his voice deep and strained.

"Looks like we have our next target, right Dove?"

He gently raised his hand, now gripping onto my own I couldn't help but get a bit red.

"Right, how are you doing?"

Nico spoke, her arm resting in a strange position.

"He refused healing magic from William, the cat didn't."

"I'm telling you, I have a hunch. Whatever that liquid was on those daggers reacts to magic!"

"How would you know that? You haven't seen a single spell in your life!"

"Hey! I'll have you know, I grew up with a very talented spell caster! He was my brother, so don't you dare!"

Nico put up her hand, backing off. Looking around, Nemi and William remained silent and invisible. For once, they weren't bothering me. I walked over to where Mitsoro and Kibo were, Mitsoro was drinking again, swaying around as Kibo gently repaired the hole in Fred with scrap metal and a small welder. I couldn't exactly strike up a conversation with Kibo, and I wanted to let her work, so I turned to Mitsoro... who was close to blacking out. I took my chances and just walked away, now standing over the table. I sighed, looking at these maps only filled me with dread. There's still so much I need to do... what's this? I grabbed a strange box, a cube that had carvings on it. It was made of Gold, and folded in some parts to turn into a complex shape. William appeared on the other side of the table.

"I wouldn't touch that if I were you."

"How come?"

"You wanna know why you feel so normal right now? We transferred all the seven sins into that cube, so unless you wanna implode, put it down."

I did so, the cube rumbling a bit as echoing voices seemed to swirl around it. I put some distance between me and it, then spun hearing something metal crash into the floor. Mitsoro had passed out, Kibo now straining and groaning as she dragged Mits to a room on the right of the hallway. I sighed, surrendering to the couch. There was nothing to do, Val said he would be right back but by the looks of it... it's been a while. I sighed, Nico got up.