Shooting the Star Down (KHR Fanfiction)

2# Nico

[I don't really understand much of the lyrics except the English part, but the song is nice]

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"Ugh, I feel sick."

Nico, the black haired teen with dark red eyes groaned in pain upon waking up with a major headache.

God. What did I do yesterday? It felt like I've been hit and run over by Truck-san. Why is the bed smelling like dirt and making me itch so much? And who opened the windows?! The sun is bright enough during the summer and yet, the staff is still trying to roast their guests like sweet potatoes? I will sue the motel for this deliberate provocation!

"You birdies better don't shit on me or I swear I will pluck your feathers and make you my breakfast!"

Wait. Bird cries? The bed is itchy and smelled weird?

Nico's eyes blinked slowly several times. The pair of dark red, confused and bewildered eyes scanned the surroundings. Experiencing such moment, a normal average person would immediately get up and began panicking, then quickly try to remember what have they done yesterday to end up sleeping on the grass in the middle of nowhere surrounded by trees.

"Shoo. I know you're quite cute but I do not carry any food," Nico mumbled tiredly to a curious  racoons that was sniffing her boots.

Nico sighed as she switched to sitting on the ground with her chin cupped between her two hands. The startled racoon quickly scattered from fright. The girls' eyes narrowed down in concentration as she sifted through her memories from yesterday, trying to figure out her situation.

"No matter how much I think about it, I'm pretty dead sure I am in London. A city, not a forest. And... I don't think we consume any alcohol so how in the world did I walk from the river to this place? Wait. I was with Honey and Rei. We were relaxing by the riverside when that 'weird' thing happened. Our hands burned and then, we fell down into the water?"

Wait. The setting doesn't make sense at all. How did I move from within the water to a forest? Not to mention all alone? How far am I separated from those two? Did the current flushed us out separately?

"Forget it. The good thing is I'm still alive. I should at least be grateful and focus on getting out of here first. I'll know the rest when the time is right," Nico shook her head.

Afterwards, Nico spent half an hour picking a direction and walked through the path before she saw buildings and rooftops in the distance. Arriving on the main road, Nico felt her eye twitching.

It definitely was a town. It sure did. However, one thing Nico noticed for sure: these people did not speak in English. No, they did speak English but she caught only snippets from among the gibberish sentences they had. 

"French? No, was it Italian? Am I in Italy?

Last time I checked my head, I was definitely sane. Now I'm not so sure anymore. Just how far did the Thames send us out to? Italy isn't exactly your next-door neighbour where you can dump humans casually over France and Switzerland, London. You don't even have the capability to smuggle people through the waterway between those two locations within a day."

Nico was honestly upset over her predicament. Having found a town, now Nico needed to search for her two friends. Hopefully, they were also brought to this town as well. If not, where and how would she be able to find them? Nico took out a plain black Android smartphone from her right pocket and checked for connections. The connection was bad, alternating between one bar to none at all. But she still composed a text message and sent it, hoping it might reach those two.