Prometheus

Chapter 24: I Smell a Redemption Arc

Chapter 24: I Smell a Redemption Arc

In her pajamas, Luz could be seen in her and Flint's shared room, staring intently at Disney the Echo Mouse, in his terrarium. As she did so, Flint was already in his school uniform, laying on their now side-by-side sleeping bags, having been scooted up against each other ever since they officially got together.

Sure, there was no end to the teasing that came from Eda, but ever since Eda had been captured, this had become regular for them. It had only been amplified after Flint told Death to piss off, as the instance had caused Luz a few nightmares. Flint's presence, whether by holding hands, Flint holding Luz in his arms, or even just being shoulder to shoulder, melted Luz's worries away. Feeling that he was there was all she needed to rest easy.

"Oh, little echo mouse. You ate the diary that can get me home. Can't you cough up a teeny bit?" Luz asked the mouse.

"Yeah, come on Disney, it'd be nice if you gave us something good instead of being lazy," Flint said, looking at his sketchbook.

Luz grunted, turning to him. "I still can't believe you named it that."

Flint shrugged, revealing the page he was looking at had sketches of a door, a drawing of the Golden Guard's staff, the portal key, and a note saying 'Use tech stash?'

"Hey, I'm just saying, the name is perfect." Flint defended.

Luz rolled her eyes. "We have bigger things to deal with than our bias against modern Disney," Luz said, unamused.

King popped up next to Luz holding a teddy bear. "Hey, if Disney won't give you the info, just squeeze it out of them!" King said, grunting as he squeezed his teddy bear so hard, that the head popped off. The young demon then scurried away.

"Believe me, Disney's namesake could use a bit of strangling right now, but killing our current only source of info might not be the best option," Flint remarked.

Luz turned back and stared at Flint with a flat look for a few moments. "You're going to find any way of referring to this mouse in some way for the sake of slander, aren't you?"

"Calling it slander implies that my statements are false. Which they aren't," Flint countered without a beat.

Luz rubbed her temples before turning back to the aforementioned mouse. "I guess I just need to be patient then, huh?" Luz said. She then proceeded to press her face against the glass of the terrarium slowly. "Please tell me your secrets," Luz whispered pleadingly.

It was then that the room's door opened, revealing Eda wearing a blazer. "Hey, knuckleheads. You're gonna be late for school."

The words didn't seem to phase Luz, as she pressed her face further against the terrarium, too engrossed in trying to get info from Disney.

Eda shrugged. "Alright. I guess you won't be getting a magic staff with your classmates." Eda remarked, scratching her hair a bit with a knowing expression.

Before Flint could even blink, he found himself lying on his back, thrown a number of meters out the front door of the house. He could've sworn he'd heard Sonic's boosting sound effect too.

Flint pulled himself up to a sitting position and saw Luz at the front door, practically running in place as she was now in her school uniform. In a way, her energy reminded him of the day Luz tried his morning juice back on Earth...this was not a good thing.

"Come on, Eda! We gotta fly!" Luz declared with barely contained excitement.

Eda then walked out and locked eyes with Flint, a look of mild surprise on her face. "Huh. You really got some distance there." Eda said absentmindedly. When the woman was fully outside, Luz closed the door and-