Spectacular World

Dunes

"Paragon?" A very confused Cinder asked.

"Hey, isn't that the sword Battery needed to teleport to us?" Snowdawn questioned. "I feel like her having it isn't a good sign."

"Where the hell did I end up?" Paragon managed to get off of Cinder and crawl into the back seat of the van, falling onto her back. Destiny rested on the blind girl's stomach, looking around wildly and working as her eyes.

"What are you doing here?" Cinder panicked.

"This sword is alive." The girl explained, pointing at Battery's sword, which was stabbed into the seat.

"What?"

Cinder stared at the sword that had impaled itself into her seat. She pulled it out with ease and gripped it tightly. "Is everything alright, Paragon? You aren't making a lot of sense right now. I'm guessing things didn't go well if you're here."

The van rumbled and shook as Myth spoke. "What did you mean that the sword is alive?" He questioned. "We're going to need an actual explanation, Paragon."

Paragon nodded and tried to wrap her head around it. She stared at the sword Cinder was holding through Destiny's eyes. "That blade is Harrison Avalon. I think...'

"You think?" Snowdawn asked, frowning.

Cinder shot the blade a look and tightened her grip around it. In a movie or comic, the sword would speak to them. Try to talk them into working with it, like most curse blades did. Not this one, though. It didn't glow or change at all as she tightened her grip on it, digging her nails into the handle. The blade held strong, and even as she began to heat it up with a light wave of fire, it didn't react. "Should I break it?" She finally asked sheepishly.

"No!" Snowdawn said with wide eyes. "Have you seen what Battery can do with that sword? Are we sure it's actually Avalon? What if he just swapped places with it?"

"Avalon, as far as I know, doesn't have the ability to change into a sword." Myth stated shaking the van once more.

"I saw it happen. Or at least Destiny did." Paragon said, shaking her head. "He glowed and then morphed into it. He said he was in the Emperor's army and the partner of Battery. I think he was turned into a monster, but instead of turning into a beast, the Emperor changed him into a weapon? I guess that's something the Emperor can do? The sword didn't say anything, but it did take me here."

"Why?"

"He said Wish was here."

Cinder winced and rubbed the back of her neck, getting some of the tension out. "Well, Battery did say she likely isn't dead, and we are following after the Wandering Coin."

Sky's face paled a bit, and she balled her hand into a fist. "So, Avalon was telling the truth. You are planning on fighting Wish again."

She just shrugged. Snowdawn sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "What is even happening anymore? Can we just call the others and ask what's going on at their end?"

"No signal." Myth said, shaking his head. Whisper had stopped responding to him around the time she hit the Wasteland. He also hadn't been able to get a hold of anyone on either his phone or the radio since they were now too far away from the city, so they had no way of contacting Watch Dogs. They'd need to get back into the city if they wanted to let anyone know what was happening. "We also can't just leave Whisper to fend for herself. If there is a gate in that place they're heading to, it will let them know she's there, and they'll find her sooner or later. Besides, Whisper is as strong as a normal human, so I don't think she'd be able to walk all the way through the Wasteland and get back to a city. We need to get her and then get back to the city as soon as possible."