Dawn of a New Age

Chapter Twenty Six

Chapter Twenty Six

Matthew had just settled down for the night when he thought it might be a good idea to call Alfred and Arthur. He pulled his phone from his pocket and turned it on, blinding himself in the process. He squinted with a groan and dialled the American.

"Hello? Mattie?" Alfred asked sounding groggy. "It's like 3 in the morning before you ask me if I'm drunk." He slurred tiredly.

Canada laughed. "That would have been my first question." He said with a smile. "We found the crystal. Well, we didn't find it, I was kinda just handed it."

"That's great!" Alfred said suddenly sounding wide awake. "You're back already then?"

"No, we don't know how to use it." The blond explained. "I'm in no rush to figure it out."

"What do you mean by that?" The American demanded.

"Well, I like it here. I miss my land and people, but I don't really have a desire to go back." Matthew said looking out the window seeing a passing terra. "Besides it's only been like what? Half a month there?"

"Yeah, but," Alfred trailed off. He sighed. "You need to come back."

"I will, eventually." Matthew promised.

"Like, why do you want to stay so bad? Did you get married and have kids when I wasn't looking?" America asked sounding almost serious.

"Yeah, I have six kids, five boys and a girl. All in a year." Canada said sarcastically. He heard Alfred laugh on the other end.

"Damn bro." He said through his laughs. "You've been having fun."

"But in all seriousness, I will come home. Just not for a while." Matthew said. "We don't know if this crystal is a onetime thing or if it will work more than once. We're not taking chances."

"Alright. In the meantime, the old man and I will keep trying to find a fix as well." Alfred said. "He's called Romania and Norway, but neither of them were any help. England refuses to call Scotland, so I might tomorrow."

"Okay." Canada said with a yawn. "Talk to you later Alfie."

"Night Mattie, be safe." Alfred said and hung up. Matthew looked at his phone for a second realizing how close it was to dying. He knew he had his solar charger in his bag, but it was too far for the lazy Canadian. He was surprised that his phone had lasted over a year in the Atmos on the same charge. He didn't really use it much though, accept to take the occasional photo, text Prussia or call America.

Canada curled up back against the window. He fell asleep quickly.

-❄"Sometimes I want to disappear."❄-

Almost two and a half years had passed and Canada was still happy to be in the Atmos. Not that he really had a choice though, they still hadn't figured out how to use the crystal and England and America hadn't found anything either. The Storm Hawks hadn't really tried too much in the past year, they were unable to find any information on it and the Terra Vapos people didn't know either.

Matthew had watched the teens grow quite a bit over the past couple of years. Aerrow had hit quite a growth spurt and was about a foot taller than Finn now. The blond teen wasn't too happy about that, but he didn't let it get to him too much. Finn had become very good with words, he had grown into his silver tongue. Junko and Stork hadn't changed too much. Piper had changed quite a bit. She had a lot more awkward questions to ask and Canada tried his best to explain. She had a little bit more trouble being the only female on the Condor.