Incandescence

Unexpected Allie

The man looked at both twins and couldn't help the smile that formed upon his lips "We shall see each other soon enough" and with that he vanished, his body simply became translucent until there was nothing

"How?" Emilio gasped pointing at the empty spot where the hooded man used to stand

"Don't ask me" He said "I have to get you out of here but you're not gonna like my plan"

"What?"

"You go, I stay"

"No! Are you out of your mind? I'm not leaving you!" Ivan sighed, sirens started going off and flashing red lights covered the room they were in, time was ticking and the young boy couldn't help but feel the pressure.

"I need to buy us some time! You can get Athena and I'll see you at the border, come on Emilio" he remained silent "Fuck you I don't have time for this" he groaned quite irritated as he pushed his brother into a black hole, he tried to hold onto his brother but he failed miserably and the portal closed right after him, just as a squad of officers stomped in the room finding Ivan on his own in the shiny and lonely white room, the boy put his hands up in the air slowly to show he didn't meant any harm and yet the uniformed squad rushed inside and forced Ivan's arms behind his back, the handcuffs were closed up around his wrist tightly and he clenched his jaw trying not to snap, he needed to make the most time for his brother.

Suddenly, the officers all looked at the door as the tired and ruthless came through the door and inspected Ivan with a satisfied smirk upon his face. There was a moment of silence as they stared at each other and an indescribable emotion flashes on the older man's eyes.

"Put on the muzzle" two soldiers complied and stepped forward, the previous two were still holding the boy as he was resisting, noticing how his strength was about to break the handcuffs the general didn't hesitate to give the next other "To the ground!" More officers came inside to neutralize the boy as they forced his head against the cold floor as if he was some sort of wild lion trying to escape the zoo. Ivan looked up at the old man who seemed rather entertained with the way he was being treated

"Pretty sure this is a violation to human rights, sir" he grumbled, the man smiled almost imperceptibly and kneeled down to get a better and closer view of the boy, he forcefully gripped onto his jaw "Oh but you're not human, are you?" Ivan stared blankly at him to such response, the man nodded in direction to one of the age, the man placed his feet at each side of Ivan's back, he crouched on top of him and placed the muzzle over his mouth, at this point, the poor teenager knew resisting would not exactly be helpful now so he stayed still as they adjusted the straps in the back of his head. He even abstained himself from complaining at the tightness of such accessory-that is, to say in the best way, when in reality it felt like some sort of twisted form of humiliation-.

Standing up, he looked at nowhere as he was dragged like a dangerous animal around the halls, people stared and he was quite aware, but he refused to give any of them the satisfaction of seeing him defeated nor ashamed. The muzzle was surprisingly loosen up and fell to the ground, not long after he was pushed inside the brick wall cell with a rusty appearance and not a much better smell... caught up in absorbing every inch of this location he barely realized how the  enormous metal door was locked and there he was, all alone. Now, he could only hope this could help Emilio fulfill his task.

But outside the city was a whole mess, the security had doubled up, they walked around the streets, observing cautiously, people seemed nervous anywhere you looked around. This was a time-ticking bomb, he parked a few blocks away and used the back door, everything was insanely quiet, Emilio called out for her, but an immense silence but something in his gut told him she was there, no matter how abandoned the residence seemed. He walked over to her room and knocked, he got two soft knocks back "Athena I'm gonna open the door!" He called out, even when he didn't get a response he waited a moment before placing his palm onto the wood, focusing completely he let his fingers tingle as the temperature went up and his whole hand turned orange.