The Rink of Time

Chapter Twenty-Seven

"aut viam inveniam aut faciam"

-I will either find a way, or I will make one.

RIVER LADISTON

"Why are you guys looking at me like I killed a man?" Dexter lifts his hands up in defense.

"We're not thieves D" Emily face palmed.

"It's not thieving Ms. Solaris, it's just borrowing" Dexter shrugs.

"We're not stealing" I tell Dexter placing emphasis on 'not' to make it clear to him.

"If you think about it guys, we don't have much of a choice" Skai shrugs supporting Dexter.

"You too Skai?" Emily gasps in disbelief.

"We need them and we're broke what else do you suggest Emily?" Skai blinks innocently at her.

"We can return them after our journey" Skai assured us.

"We won't be back here after our journey genius" I roll my eyes at her.

"I mean if y'all are that worried about a bunch of scroll touches then we probably should" Dexter supports her.

"Both of you clearly have a few loose nuts in your brain" Elijah finally spoke up "But I commend that, because the rest of us could not have thought of that."

"Oh my God" I groan face palming

"Not you too" Emily was shocked that her innocent boyfriend was in on this.

"Look guys, we're in a risk or lose situation, we either take risks and get what we want or we lose it all before we even get it." Elijah explains

"He's right guys" Skai agrees.

"It's really now or never" Dexter adds.

"Fine" I mutter.

"I'm not doing the stealing though" Emily informs us.

"First stop: The technology store then Maver Island" Skai jubilates.

And so, our journey begins.

Through the Koa forest to the the main city of Thairo, Thairo is one of the most quiet cities in Ardeneon.

My eyes shift to my little sister, I hope she can stay strong through this journey. She's walking beside Dexter and they're yapping about God knows what as usual.

Elijah is walking directly behind Emily, like as if he's guiding her every step, his eyes watching her intensely.

Their relationship makes me want to fall in love again, it makes me want to have someone I can take care of and call mine.

They don't talk a lot these days but I can see that they still very much love each other, it's beautiful to watch.

We were walking for about 3 hours when we finally made it to the city, 30 minutes and we would make it to the store if my calculations are correct.

"I'm so tired" Skai whined beside me, leaning her entire body weight on me as we kept walking.

I placed my hand around her shoulder letting her lean on me, I would have carried her, but let's be real I'm drained as well.

"Maybe we should meet a serumist for the memory thing" Elijah told us.

"Good idea" Dexter agreed.

"Just about half an hour and we should be there" Emily smiles

"I'm honestly scared" Skai tells her and I rubbed her shoulder in assurance. "What if the Bolvera's catch us, we'll have a lot of explaining to do" she shivered.