Triple Nightmare /Bakudekutodo

Chapter 79: The Bubble!

°A few days earlier°
Midoriya POV:

"Don't worry. We won't hurt you." The first person reassured me. I flinched as they reached for the orange scarf wrapped around their head. The person halted making sure I knew they weren't about to reach for a weapon. Then she took the scarf off. Her skin had a beautiful caramel tone and made her eyes shine even brighter than before. Her hair was wild. Each curl small but nicely defined and a fiery red. It reached to her shoulder and was the size of another head in all directions. As she gave me a bright smile I could see a gap between her front teeth. She came a step closer and knelled down in front of me while the others stayed on their positions menacingly. "Need any help? I know you're scared but you don't have to be. There is a bubble near by. We can get you there." I wasn't sure what she was talking about but since arriving here she hadn't only been the first living thing we encountered she also seemed trustworthy and I didn't have enough determination left to resist her offer.

I nodded. She smiled satisfied. "Well then. My name is Najwa. It means 'secret whisper' in Arabic. Isn't that cool?!" I wasn't able to process her enthusiasm. "Let's go then." She threw her arm in the air and the strangers around us took off what was covering their faces. Out of nowhere two of them pulled out wooden stretchers covered in some kind of animal skin. "Can you walk?" Najwa asked me. Two other men grabbed the other ends of the stretches and another two started coming closer. I couldn't help but be suspicious of them. "Don't worry little traveler," Najwa rested her hand on my shoulder "They won't hurt your companions." She reached out her hand and helped me on my feet. "Take care of their belongings." She said to someone people standing behind me. "We'll be running in order to make sure we arrive before sun rise. Would it be alright for one of my guys to carry you?" "S-Sure..." Najwa made another hand movement and a pretty big guy knelled down in front of me so that I could easily get on his back.

Even though the pace of everyone was incredible, especially for the people carrying us, it was barely bumpy. To my surprise we were actually heading towards the green thing I had seen on the horizon earlier and I slowly started getting exited, finally finding out what it was. What would have took us days to walk these guys left behind in only a few hours. And after dozing off for just a short moment we had already arrived. In front of me was an insanely huge bubble like structure made out of milky glass. It consisted of a bunch of Pentagons attached to each other in an angle so that it formed a half circle. Even though the glass had a slight blue tint I could still see inside. And instead of Sand and snow it was a paradise of greenery and buildings straight out of a fairy tail. Light blues, whites and a bunch of glass. Two of the pentagons closest to the ground suddenly started moving, opening the so called bubble. The big group split up into smaller ones and one after each other entered a contamination room.

After I was thru I could finally take a closer look at what was inside. A town with houses build close to each other. Each and every one looking like a small castle with beautiful decorated windows and walls, columns and stairs at the entrance. Beautiful floral designs in a sliver nearly glittering tone adorned the light blue nearly white walls and doors. And in between it all more plants than I had ever seen in one place. Wrapped around all the street lamp, bushes, threes, every plant I knew and every plant I didn't. And most of them perfected with flowers in every pastel color there was.

"All these Plants are necessary for the climate. These Bubbles regulate the two so opposite weather conditions outside. But to be able to do that there can't be a single little hole or crack in the glass panes. That's why all these plants were grown here so that there is still enough oxygen for all these people to survive." Najwa explained to me. "The only time it is safe for people to leave is at night. Though none of them actually do. We are lucky that no other creature but humans have managed to cultivate here. Otherwise even nights would be deadly." She continued. Najwa smiled at my invested expression. "Me and my friends here have the task to travel from bubble to bubble and bring anyone who is lost in between, to the one closest." "How many of these Bubbles are there?" I asked. "Oh, a lot. It is difficult reaching them on foot but trained like we are we can travel from one to another in just a few days. Some are even just one night apart."

We walked further into the bubble. A crystal clear river surrounded the center. And on the island in the middle stood a huge castle. Its towers so high they nearly pierced the bubble like structure. It had a facade made off glass but due to the warm lighting aimed at it, the structure seemed to be made out of gold. The castle consisted of a million little towers peaking out from the pyramid like structure. Otherwise it looked like a bigger version of all the smaller houses surrounding it. "Here we are" Najwa said. "Let's see if we can get you a place to stay for the night." And so the group made its way over the light blue bridge, forming a path over the with flowers covered water. Once we were at the front of the castles entrance the guy carrying me knelled down again and let me get off his back.

Najwa took a step forward and knocked at the door. As if on command the doors opened. We were greeted by a small man in a suit with round glasses and a white beard as well as wild hair going into every direction. "Welcome dear 'Soldiers of the lost lands' how may I help?" The little man asked. "We bring lost travelers from a far. Would it be possible for them to rest and get medical help here?" Najwa answered. "How many are there?" As a response Najwa took a step aside and the so called soldiers carrying Shoto and Kacchan stepped forth. I felt a slight push from behind and also took a step forward. "Well, let me check in with the king. One moment please." The doors closed again behind the small man. We had to wait.

To be continued ...