Aether and Paimon rushed up the steps to the Golden House, having made a beeline for it on a hunch from Aether. All evidence led to this being the location of the Exuvia, and this was the perfect moment to strike for a certain someone.
Aether pushed open the grand doors of the golden house, rushing inside to find a massive inner chamber, its floor, and walls decorated and fortified with solid stone and gold, shimmering like the sun in the lantern light spaced evenly throughout. Scattered in multiple corners were huge piles of mora, glittering like the scales of a dragon. In addition to the gold, littering distant corners and lying next to pillars, were the bodies of unconscious Millelith.
"W-Were we too late!?" Paimon gasped. Aether grunted with panic and rushed up to the far end of the great room, where the body of Rex Lapis remained suspended in a cylindrical field of energy. Aether stopped to examine the body, only to flinch as he heard the great doors of the Golden House swing open once again.
"Wh-Who could that be...!?" Paimon said fearfully, hiding behind Aether.
Aether drew his sword, taking a defensive stance.
Step.
Step.
Step.
Son Wu made his way onto the floor, taking slow, measured steps.
"Wu...! D-Did you see what happened here? Is the Gnosis Oka-"
!!!!!!
Aether stopped mid sentence, practically staggering as he was hit by Wu's aura.
...
"Wu... What... happened...!?" Aether asked, his eyes widenning.
"..." Wu was silent, his gaze vacant yet focused. This was not the mindless wrath of the Oozaru, nor the unrelenting rage of Super Saiyan. This was something cold, honed, and lucid.
"D-Did you do this, Wu...!?" Paimon asked, a terrified look on her gaze.
...
Wu slowly closed his eyes, the energy in the air stilling for a brief moment.
"Come out, Childe." Wu said, his voice rough, yet calm as he opened his eyes, a stark anger in his pupils.
"H-Huh...?" Aether asked.
"Tch, and here I was hoping to get the jump on the Traveller..."
Aether flinched as Childe stepped out from behind one of the pillars. He was hiding there the entire time!?
"I'm curious, though... How in the world are you already up and running? Or were you still holding out on me?" Childe asked.
"..." Wu turned to him, meeting Childe's cheeky grin with a tight-lipped scowl.
"P-Paimon gets it now...! You joined the Fatui!!!" Paimon yelled at Wu, not getting it at all. "You threw in with Childe, and helped him get here!!!" Paimon accused.
"Haha! I wish, but no..." Childe said, leaning to the side a bit to peer past Wu and to Aether and Paimon. "Your pal here stuck true to his guns the entire time, though, this led to us, and by us I mean me and Signora, beating the snot out of him and stealing a bit of his energy, which is why he's so miffed at the moment..." Childe said. "Anyways, Wu, could you be a dear and step aside for me? I still need to verify that that is in fact a false body, and that the Gnosis is elsewhere..." Childe said, turning back to Wu with a grin.
...
"No." Wu said, holding his rigid stance, his tail slowly swaying side to side. "Because you and I know that there's something more important to you than your mission..." Wu said, smirking.
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Fury (Saiyan OC x Genshin Impact)
Action"I don't exactly have the best history with gods..."
