The Ways of the Worlds

chpt 6- Illusions and Goodbyes

 "Ok, Manter, this is what? Our third day? Yeah. So, it's time to bring out-"

"You've hardly been trying. I mean, just a busted lip, and a bad lie that involved a bad clone." said Sage. She spoke way too fast, but she had to do anything to protect Gama. They just needed more time to think of a fake place for Anshe's fake location.

"What I was saying, we have to bring out the big guns-" said Frindwell. He spoke into his walkie--talkie. "-Bring in Reigh."

Sage sat in her usual chair, wondering what they would do to Gama. She could just say a planet, before they brought Gama in. Or at least before Gama got hurt. She went through every single possibility before the doors opened and Gama was pushed in. The door closed and it was just Sage, Gama, and Frindwell. There wasn't even a camera to moniter them.

Sage looked at Gama, and something seemed off, something different. Then Gama looked face on at Sage and every happy emotion flooded her mind. Gama's eyes, her eyes! They had the unusual blue tint. This wasn't Gama, this was a mere clone! Sage didn't say anything- if they knew that she knew they would use the real Gama, and that was not ideal.

"You know what to do. Where is he?"

"I really, truly don't know," said Sage. She was racking her brain for a planet that Anshe might be on, one he knew about but he wouldn't be there. It needed to be pretty empty, so they wouldn't be suspicious, where could he be but not really?

Frindwell opened his briefcase, which had been concealed by the table. He pulled out a hand accesory, one that looked plain enough. He pulled it onto his hand and answered Sage's look of confusion.

"Oh, you're seeing this thing, what the humans used to call-"

"Brass knuckes?" Sage remembered those, she remembered those very well.

"Yes! How did you know that? Eh, doesn't matter. What does matter is that these are electric. I hardly need to touch you, or your friend Gama here, to make you feel pain."

Sage remembered Gama, or the clone Gama, standing next to her. She hadn't made a sound, and Sage wondered if the clone had a conciousness, or if it was just computers. Friendwell jerked Gama by the shoulder, pulling her closer to him as he lifted his brass knuckes, getting ready to strike her face.

"I'm going to ask you again, before Reigh fries, where is Anshe?" his voice quivered with excitement.

"Truly, I have no-" Sage was cut off by Gama screaming. Friendwell had merely touched her head to his electric knuckes and she was off like a siren. Sage knew that this Gama was fake, but still, the sound burst through her skin and pierced her heart. Where could he be, some where secluded, some where familiar....

"Stop, please stop, she didn't do anything, please I'll-I'll tell you where he is just...stop."

Friendwell stopped, and perked up. Gama stopped screaming, and her face was so, so puzzled. Did Sage really know where Anshe was?

"He's on Ionts. The planet the Pterlan just blew up. I don't know if he's still there, but that's-that's just where he said he was going"

"Thank you. Wasn't that easy?

Sage glared at Frindwell. She was free to go now, free to wait for her trial with Gama, who would (hopefully) be unharmed. Frindwell called security to bring them back to their cell, and the guards brought both back to the cell. Not a word was spoken until the guards shut the door and left the 2 girls in the cell.

It was then when Sage realized she saw the real Gama in the room with Frindwell. Sage saw the real Gama get electrocuted, the real Gama with a blue glint in her eyes. Looking at her now, there was no glint. Gama's eyes were the usual bright yellow.

"Are you ok?" asked Sage. Gama hadn't spoken since being electrocuted. She merely nodded. "I thought you were a clone of yourself but i guess I just, I was hoping it wasn't the real you. You're totally sure you're fine? What did they do before they brought you in?"

"I'm fine. They didn't do anything" said Gama. Her voice was quieter than usual, and Sage knew something was wrong. She didn't want to press the issue though, and went to lay in the bed. Gama followed her, and they lay on the small bed, with two different trains of thought that would cross paths every now and then. Sage wondered how long it would take the G.A. to get to Ionts, and realize Anshe (hopefully) wasn't there. She wondered if he was coming to get them. And why he gave her the glowing car part.

"....and when you see the door glowing light blue, you open it and slip inside. I'll give you my card and stuff, and walk down the hallway. Manter is in room 69, and I think they put Gama Reigh is in there too. They officials were just being petty at that point- they know they hate each other, so they gave them a shared room"

Mr. Eu was explaining to Anshe how to break into the Planet for the Galaxies. It was talking a little bit of time, but Anshe was hopeful it would work. He was set to break Sage out- and what looked like Gama too- in a day, and his hands were consistently dark, dark navy, his face a light blue.

"So I'm probably gonna have to break out Gama too? What did she do?"

"She scammed a bunch of businessmen. I don't know the whole story, that's more the financial branch."

"Alright, go on"

They planned like this for what seemed like days, but it had just been a few hours. Anshe wanted to save Sage ASAP, so he decided tomorrow would work. He and Mr. Eu plotted for many more hours, and their time together was enjoyed, despite both of them being on opposite sides of a war of kinds. Anshe knew his time with Mr. Eu was limited, and he wondered what would happen after. Mr. Eu was curious too, for he was quite fond of the young boy.

Neither of them voiced their concerns. What happens will happen, ya know? In the meantime, plans were heavy afoot.

"..I'll borrow your uniform, we know. But the thing is, I'm a Dagnott, you're Vettian," said Anshe.

"Face pigment? Nobody will look too closely at a guard unless he acts sus. Which you better not act like"

"Sus? Wasn't that, like, and Earth term?"

"Shut up, my kids were learning about Earth before I, well before you kidnapped me. Speaking of, I'm going back to my family once Sage is out, right?" asked Mr. Eu. He was going to miss Anshe, but not as much as he missed his kids.

"Yeah! Oh yeah, totally. This is going to be very secret though, right? I just don't know how we are going to keep this under wraps. You went missing and Sage got free. It's gonna look pretty, uh, sus"

"I'll figure it out. Just stay outta trouble. Let's get some sleep, then i guess tomorrow you'll get going."