Hunting the Creator

Chapter 94 Awaken

Back in the space, Nelli was quiet and unresponsive while the five little souls circled it, in their physical forms.

"You think he's lagging?" Pyruz looks around as his fingers twitch, wanting to dissect the system.

The five souls and system were in the world their mother created, surrounded by grass and trees with a cute house in a large clearing.  The five souls use this place to practice with the buddy Nelli left them, but for some reason, that small machine disappeared, and Nelli floated in its place. It didn't move, it didn't flicker or even make the slightest of sounds to notify someone it was still working.

They all stood outside the home where they often drank their tea and snacks. Except for Kayan, he lay in a hammock between two trees close to the small gathering, letting the cool breeze comb through his hair and the sun rays sneaking through the tree branches, warming his skin.

"It looks like it's off, " Kokab said, while her eldest brother Satar loomed behind her, looking into the situation himself.

"Should we knock it a few times to get it going?" Behrouz piped in like the meat head he is.

"And risk breaking it while mother needs it?" Satar bonked his youngest brother with a look of helplessness. "No one touches is, mom might be in trouble."

"If mommy needs it, shouldn't that give us an even bigger reason to touch it?" Kokab crosses her arms in protest.

"Too late." Pyruz already held the system in his hands, and he ran away, his nimble fingers getting to work and after a few minutes of pulling and pushing, Nelli began to vibrate.

"You idiot!" Satar came up from behind with a smack to Pyruz' head. "What did you do?!"

[Hello, young masters and young mistress.] Nelli finally awoke with a low hum after a few second of vibration.

"Nelli!" Kokab pushed the two away and looked at the system with big doe eyes. "Where is mommy and daddy?!"

After a few more hums, the system beeped, and a small alarm went off before the system continued. [Master is currently in a meeting with The Creator, this is system is unable to open a door or extract master at this time.] The system sounded pained and empty as it realized it was unable to assist his master.

"What of dad?" Satar pained for his mother, but he needed to know what happened to his father as well.

[My Lord is currently behind you, welcome My Lord.] Nelli zoomed passed the children and came face to system with the now solid body of the sticky soul.

It was Havien.

"Daddy!" Kokab came crashing into her father's arms as she sobbed for her mother. "Go save mommy!"

Havien would have done so even if his cute daughter didn't ask. He simply nodded and turned towards the system. "Open channel five-six-six."

[I do not understand-] Before Nelli could speak its confusion, it suddenly whirled and a door shaped opening emerged, it was a pitch-black whirlpool, as if stepping into the opening would take them to a different world all together.

"Dad, let us go too." Satar stepped forward for all of them.

Havien was about to say no but as he turned to his children, he noticed that the usual sleepy Kayan was also within the group, his glossy eyes determined to help his mother as well. With a sigh or defeat he nodded.

"This is a portal, it leads to where mama is, everyone must hold onto each other as tightly as possible. Only I am able to locate where your mama is." Havien began to give out rules. " The portal will tr to rip you away from one another, it will whisper into your ears to distract you, don't let it. If you do, you will be trapped in an endless void."