Love with NO Emotion: Chapter Septentrio

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER 2

Arno couldn't get a clear vision of what it could be as the water was too dirty. All he knew is that this creature figured out that he's in the water from the sound he made as he fell off and the wave it made it on the surface. Arno was running out of oxygen. He tried holding it in for longer in a last hope for creature to leave. At last Arno gave up and decided to face that creature to put an end to this long lasting suffer.

The dirt made his eyes watery and could not focus well on the creature that was standing 3 feet away from him, there was a reason why Arno didn't run away, he was not afraid of the creature, because they both wore the same uniform. "Who are you?" asked Arno to the creature while he was rubbing the dirt out of his eyes. It didn't take long for Arno to get his sight back. He observed the creature, it was man, around his age, he looked very shocked and his hand was on his chest while he was breathing very loudly. "You gave me a heart attack," said the man in between the loud gasping. "And who are you actually?" whispered he after the last comment. Arno didn't had time for this and he looked at his broken watch '8 hours 12 minutes 56 seconds passed'.  "I asked first.." said Arno in a sharp tone. "I don't have time for this, goodbye." He nodded at the man after the goodbye and started to run, to run away from more trouble, he can't trust anyone, not even himself. "Wait!"

As Arno was trying to run away from that mysterious man, he heard him yelling from behind asking him to wait up. Arno soonly realized that this could attract a lot of attention so he decided to confront the man. "What do you want?" Asked Arno with no emotions in his voice. "Aren't you mars - 201?, the whole place is looking for you... well count me in too".

Arno looked at him with a smile. "You ran away too huh?" Arno said with a drawn eyebrow.

"Yes, apparently you are not good at putting back the sewer cap after blowing it up, 412." Said the man sarcastically.

"Please, call me Arno."

"Pleasure to meet you Arno, name's Isa. Looks like we're partners in crime now."

"I'm just glad I'm not in this alone now. Got any food to spare?" Said Arno with a much bigger smile on his face.

"Yeah I got couple of dried fruits and chicken paste in here. Take as much as you need" replied Isa and he returned the smile back. They both ate a couple of the dried fruits and decided that it was time to move on. Arno started to clean the place where they were sitting, to get a rid of any track they made. "Are you ready for an Adventure Isa?" Isa nodded his head and followed the footsteps of Arno.

They both were balancing to not fall in the dirt water, especially after Arno took a bath in the water, he still can feel the dirt in his nose holes. "Tell me now, why did you escape?" Arno broke the silence between them with his echoed voice in the tunnel. "well..." Arno didn't hear the footsteps of Isa anymore, instead he heard a loud splash and dirt water that was spattering everywhere. "For god's sake!", Arno said with a smirk smile "Looks like the entire city knows we're here now" Arno then lent his hand and helped him stand up and continued moving. Arno didn't wait up for Isa and marched to the next tunnel.

After walking for some time Isa stopped for a moment and asked "What's even our plan here?" Arno then explained to him thoroughly what he had in mind. "You're insane!" Said Isa with a shocked face expression, "We'll never be able to bypass the security and sabotage the generators".

"Well we don't have much options, its either we give it a try or sit here and rotten till the government finds us" said Arno in a serious sharp tone.

"But I promised her that I'll get there safe"

Arno grabbed Isa's shirt firmly and said "who is she, and what is that place. Tell me all you know!"

Right before Isa was about to speak, a big explosion came from very near source accompanied with a strong wind that shocked both of them. "Looks like the party started early, lets run!!" Said Isa as he was rushing towards Arno.