After around thirty minutes of walking, we finally make it. We stop at a small little cottage in a clearing in a forest. It seems almost whimsical like, very homely. Haruko takes the initiative and walks to the door and knocks on it. We don't hear anything from the other end until we hear a voice, sounding almost cheerful. 'hold on! Coming!' the voice yells. And Haruko seems to smile slightly more just at the voice, like this person is oh so dear to him. After a moment, a boy opens the door. The boy has black hair, pale skin, and bright green eyes. He's wearing a button up shirt that seems at least a size too big, and hes also wearing a pair of ripped jeans.... And he looks shorter than me?! How short is this man. The boy looks at Haruko and instantly smiles. 'Ah hello Haru!' he says cheerfully. Haruko smiles 'heya Atlas, is it okay if we come inside?' he asks. The boy, who's name appears to be Atlas, nods and steps aside and allows us to come in. We all walk inside the Atlas closes the door behind us. Haruko walks over to him and stands beside him and turns to me, Navie and Cyrus. 'this is Atlas. He's a friend of mine! The person we are looking for.' he says. Atlas smiles and waves at us. I smile and wave back, same with Cyrus and Navie. Issa and Bexie walk over to a dining table and sit down at it and we all follow. Haruko sits down beside Atlas, like he's staying close to him. I'm assuming it's because we are about to drop a bombshell on him. Atlas looks at all of us before his eyes land on Bexie. 'i persume you all haven't come here for just a little chit-chat?' he asks. She sakes her head. 'no, we have some news to share.' she says. I notice a hint of worry in his expression but he nods along for her to continue. Bexie takes a deep breath. 'y'know about the whole exterminations of the world's and stuff, I assume. Well... This world is next.' she says. Everyone stays quiet for a moment and I notice the look on Atlas's eyes filled with full terror and a hint of panic, also anger? Probably towards the Alline. 'Glashel is next...?' he asks. Bexie nods. Atlas seems to pause to process that. Haruko notices his expression and reaches out to hold his hand gently, offering silent support. After a moment, Atlas speaks up. 'im assuming there's more. Considering you are all here.' he says, piecing everything together. Bexie gives Haruko a look, as in asking him to continue. Haruko nods. 'yes, there's more..' he says, Atlas looks at him and nods. 'what is it?' he asks. Haruko sighs. 'we...have another issue. Aiden's siblings were taken hostage by the Alline. We need..your help to get to them.' he says. Atlas widens his eyes. 'you mean... You want me to bring you all to Libertad...?' he asks in pure disbelief. Haruko nods. Atlas looks at him like he saw a ghost. 'thats incredibly dangerous!' he exclams, almost in a worried way, not that he's yelling in anger. But more in panic. 'we can't waltz into the Alline base and just assume that everything will be smooth sailing. That's not how they work, they are blood-thirsty murderers!' he says. We all fall silent. I can't help but feel so, so much sympathy for this boy. He's obviously terrified of the idea of going back, of putting us in danger. 'Atlas, it'll be fine.' Haruko days, trying to soothe him. Atlas shakes his head 'but it's not... It's really not...' he takes a deep breath, as if to clear his head. 'look. I'm not doubting your plan, if you even have one. But, if it involves facing the Alline head on, that's the worst plan.' he says. Issa shakes her head. 'no it's not, we plan to get in there, get Aiden's siblings, and get right back out. You, off all people. Know what it feels like to loose people the closest to you.' she says. This makes Atlas pause mid-way. He sighs and speaks in more a quiet tone. 'i don't want to put you all in danger.. that's not what I do, I promised myself... I promised someone dear to me that I wouldn't use my power unless I had zero other choice..' he sighs and shakes his head. 'and I guess you don't have another choice..?' he says. Bexie nods. 'your our last call, Atlas. It's you, or Aiden's siblings will pass.' she says. I know she doesn't mean to make it sound like the world is on his shoulder. But holy shit it sounds like she is piling him up and up with pressure. I notice Atlas gently squeeze Haruko's hand. 'i...I'll help.' Atlas says quietly. 'i don't promise to be the most helpful, I don't promise I won't end up panicking... But I'll try... And Aiden?' he says, looking at me. 'ill make sure your siblings get out alive. I promise you.' he says. I nod. 'thank you..' Bexie nods. 'thank you Atlas.' Atlas nods. 'so, do you all have a plan when this will take place?' he asks. Bexie pauses. 'there's a reason that we gave you four uniform in the spare rooms...' she says and trails off. Atlas pauses and widens his eyes. 'dont you dare tell me you plan on doing it right now.' he says. Bexie sighs. 'we plan on doing it right now..' she says, everyone goes quiet. I can tell by the look on Atlas's face he wants to intervene. But I don't think he as the mental will to. He sighs 'fine... Let me go get a weapon at least to defend us all.' Atlas grumbles under his breath and lets go of Haruko's hand and stands up, walking away from the table.
After Atlas goes, Issa turns to us. 'dont worry about fighting, you four. Atlas can buy us time if needed. We need to focus on getting Andy and Amelia, and right back out. Unharmed, understand?' she asks and we all nod. After a minute or so, Atlas comes back to the room with a sword thingy in hand. He puts it in its holding that is on his hip and crosses his arms. 'now when are we doing this.?' he asks, still not sounding pleased of doing it the minute he gets told. Bexie sighs 'might as well so it now.' she says and stands up and so do we all. Atlas nods 'okay..' he offers his two hands. 'two people hold onto my hands.' he says, Haruko grabs his left hand and Bexie takes his right hand. We all form a sort of chain. 'this might feel strange. But bare with me.' he warns us. We all nod. He closes his eyes and after a moment, he taps his foot on the ground and we all get brought to somewhere else.
We are all in front of a large building in the middle of nowhere, we seem to be behind a few bushes. Atlas motions for us to be quiet and peaks his head out from behind the bush. He looks back at us and whispers. 'we are here. But it's heavily guarded, we'll have to be careful.' he says quietly. We all nod. He looks around and motions for us to follow him and he starts to walk over to the side of the building where there aren't any soldiers. As he's doing that, we can all hear multiple sounds from the inside, but one seems to catch Atlas's attention. He stops and listens for a moment. Haruko looks at him and whispers 'you alright?' he asks quietly. Atlas says silent for a moment and whispers. 'someones screaming inside... It's very faint, but it's there.' he says, sounding alarmed. 'c'mon.' Issa says. 'We probably don't have long until we get caught.' she whispers and we all nod and continue around
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-Worlds apart-
General Fiction"What would you do if you fell into someone else's world by accident?" Meet Aiden, Amelia and Andy. All siblings. All their lives they've lived in a world called liberad, with fables of how world after world.. worlds are destroyed. They never believ...
