Who We Seem

Chapter 6

When I woke up, I was in a clearing in a forest. H and Tea were sitting on the ground near me, and they seemed to be fighting.

"You should have told him! He knows nothing! Nothing! And he got his Elements! He knows nothing about them! I can't believe you refused to tell him anything!" H said harshly, standing up and starting to pace.

"Wait, he has more than one?" Tea asked. H gave a harsh sigh.

"Yes. Did you see his eyes?"

"No, that hasn't been my first priority!" H sighed again.

"Obviously doing your job wasn't either!"

"He is not mine! Do you realize that I am the protector of Toffee, and she is dying, and there are only five left!"

"First of all, you weren't even sure how to contact me before today! And that wasn't even you that figured it out! It was Flames! Secondly, don't be ridiculous. If she hasn't died yet, she won't. The only ways for them do die is leaving the atmosphere and accomplishing their Goal."

"Yes, and it is going through the atmosphere that is causing her to die!"

"She started to soon. That is stunting her growth and causing her to be weak. She is not dyeing. She would have died immediately if it was due to the atmosphere. Flames! You're up!" It was then that I was sitting up.

"Yeah. Where are we? What happened? Can I please get some answers now?" H gave Tea a quick glare.

"Yeah. Although you should have gotten them earlier."

"Look, Hello-"

"Not now Tea." H stated plainly. "You can go back now. I'll find the way."

"What? No! I was his Protector for eight and a half years-"
"If you were really being his protector you would have told him what he needed to know. Now, leave me with my Elemental." Tea reluctantly left.

"H, what just happened? And do you want me to keep calling you H or-"

"Keep calling me H. You've known me as H for longer than you have known me as Hello. And, before I can tell you what happened there are a few things I need to tell you."

"Finally! There is so little I remember, and Tea wouldn't tell me anything."

"Yeah. I got that." From the look on her face, I could tell that she was holding back a lot more rage than she would show. Much like what I remember of Hello.

"How much do you need to tell me?"

"It all depends on what you remember, and what you have eavesdropped on." She gave me small smile.

"Eavesdrop? Me? Obviously you don't know me as well as I thought." H and I both burst out laughing. Let's just say I have been caught eavesdropping on more than one occasion.

"Mhm. Any way, tell me what you know."

"Basically what I told you earlier."

"Which is inaccurate information to keep the Elemental without anger at the human race until they are ready."

"What? You mean the only thing I know is a lie?" H nodded. "Oh come on!" I shouted and she laughed.

"The truth is, the humans don't know much about our planet. But they do know it exists. Much of the other information was a falsehood that we made them think was true to protect us." H took a deep breath. "The night we left, the chaos was not due to the fact that our planet was dead. That doesn't happen in an instint. We would have sent more people sooner, and in multiple trips, if that was the case, instead of having one night of official terror and only sending a hand full."