A New Order of Chaos

Epilogue

Some weeks later, more especifically, the first day of classes...

Vouno was staring at the fire he had made to spend the night.

He couldn't believe that after several weeks of being escapees, he could be slowing down and take a breath. Food was not an issue, as he could hunt and he didn't need the food, technically. Of course, he couldn't talk for Vetika. She had become vegetarian, only the Gods knew how she was handling that new statement.

His companion was curled up around the fire, stealing frugal glances at his direction, followed by a tiny blush in her cheeks. Glances and blushes he always noticed but never said a word about. He came to care about her and she was a great listener and story teller, depending on what you were looking for in that moment.

Suddenly, ruffle of leaves and footsteps were heard in the distance. The forest only made them amplified by tenfolds, forcing them to be in a battle position, defending each other's back. The noises were soon more easy to hear.

"You think this is the right direction?" the first voice, a male one, asked, clearly confused "It doesn't show anything on the map..."

"Trust me, I know she's around and I never been wrong about those kind of things..." the second voice, female this time, replied, confidently "Besides, how hard can it be to find?"

"You're forgetting that she's traveling with a young Primordial that can't control his own powers yet and could have produced the storm that was blocking our troubleshooter..." the male answered. Vouno stiffed at the mention that someone was looking for him, ignoring the part that they were looking for Vetika as well. If they were looking for him, he could distract them from her...

"Ah! There they are, behind the trees!" Vouno shared a look with Vetika and the bolted away, only to be stopped by an invisible barrier "Please, don't run!" Vouno turned around to see two young teenagers, one with chocolate skin (Vetika had given him an extensive explanation, along with some samples of the candy), while the other one was pale and had his eyes a little less round than the normal.

"It's a luck we found you..." the male one smirked at them, sitting down by the fire "We were going to give up if the search was negative today as well..."

"Um..." Vetika managed to babble that word out, confused. The girl nodded and sat down as well.

"Believe me, I had trouble believing that someone like her would keep you this long as a secret..." the girl rubbed her hands against the fire, warming them "Can't believe that, after living in Alaska, I'm still not used to the cold..."

"Well, I'm Canadian... Heat was never much of a friend..." the male argued playfully with her, earning a chuckle, before looking at Vouno and Vetika "Please, sit..." Both sat, wary about the strangers.

"What do you want? We won't be slaves again!" Vouno snapped, gaining the attention of both guests.

"Slaves? You were slaves??" the girl repeated, obviously getting angrier by the minute. The guy placed a hand over her shoulder, trying to relax her "But- how- I mean..."

"I know, sweetie..." the guy soother her, smiling "Well, we're not here to slave you, imprison you or whatever you are thinking in this moment..."

"Give her a moment, she can think of synonyms for you" How Vouno was able to joke in a moment like that, he had no clue. But the demeanor of this couple wasn't scary or anything like that. They were... friendly.

"Actually, we're here because we want to offer Vetika a deal..." the girl explained, relaxing from before. Vetika looked confused and worried "We're trying to correct some wrongdoings by the gods and Vetika was the first one on the list..."