The Library of Knowledge | TLoK Book One | Complete

Chapter 8: Something strangely familiar.

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I do not speak the language mentioned below, so if there is anyone who speaks it, feel free to tell me what is grammatically incorrect. English goes from left to right, the opposite direction of this language, so I'll be putting what it means a line below, so it doesn't mess up the English as well.

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"Alaska, you're going to need to be right behind me, and I'm going to need to link your arm so I don't lose you," America said to his son, trying to sound as normal as he could without sounding weird. It didn't work.

Alaska looked more confused than when your parent says they won't get mad at you then do after. But he trusted his father, so he did as he was told, after America stood up. The Russian noticed his father's struggle to get up, but he assumed it was because he was sitting in a rather awkward position.

He walked over to his father, stood behind him so close their backs were touching, and linked their arms. "Ready," He said, and let America do the rest.

"פילן מיין עסאַנס און וויסן איך בין דיין גאַרדיאַן."

(Feel my essence and know I'm your guardian) America spoke. The language sounded familiar to Alaska in a way, but he didn't know how.

Alaska was taken out of his thoughts when the metal they were standing on glowed a reddish hue, then turned into blue. While glowing, Alaska felt his head start to hurt, as if it was being searched through. It only lasted a few seconds though, as the pain simmered down and the blue hue vanished as well.

"אַקסעס געגעבן."

(Access given) A robotic-like voice responded, and nearly scared Alaska half to death.

America and Alaska were then plunged into darkness, as the metal floor below them gave out. Alaska learned in the earliest stages of his life (before Ame) that if there was nothing that could hurt you, you shouldn't scream, even if you were scared. So he bit down on his tongue and let the seemingly bottomless pit take himself and his father to their destination.

The tunnel was pitch black, so they couldn't see their surroundings. The two then jerked sideways, a sound of discomfort coming from both, then jerked again the other way.

Alaska felt that if he was jerked again without warning he would certainly lose the soggy popcorn he and Hawaii had that very morning.

The State's wish has come true when he and his father started to slow down, which was nearly impossible because they were descending straight down for the last thirty-something seconds. It was almost if gravity had given out, but only enough to slow them down.

However it happened, it did, and Alaska was thankful that he wouldn't be lurching right now. The American's then came into contact with the ground below them, and then the anti-gravity-like generator stopped, and both America and Alaska could both feel their own body weight.

"Alaska, you can let go now," America told his son, and Alaska sheepishly unhooked his arms from his father.

The State then took this time to look at his surroundings. It looked as if they were on a small platform, and there were only two torches for light on each side of the wall, which was black. The platform itself was the same metal as the one Alaska and America were on before, and it made the former wonder if this one was a secret way to an even deeper place. The temperature was no longer cold, and was actually quite warm, but Alaska still kept his jacket on.

Just off the platform, there was a door, but it didn't have any handles, and made Alaska wonder if it was one of those sliding doors like the ones at Walmart, or Costco.

America led his son towards the door, and Alaska's theory was proven correct when the door started to slide open. They walked inside, and there was a dark corridor, with only a few torches so you could see where you were going.

Huh. Vou vould think that everything vould be high tech...

The American's then walked down the long corridor. It took about ten entire minutes for them to get to the end, where there was another door. But this one had a doorknob. But before America turned the knob, Alaska asked him a question.

"Vhy did the thingy let Florida-Man in? It had to recognize your essence to let us in..." Alaska trailed off, confused. But America knew why.

"Because, he has my DNA; I'm made of all the states, so it would let Florida in, thinking it was me. It goes for the other states. It let Japan in because she was with him, and it deemed her light enough to enter. I really need to fix that..." America explained to his son, hoping to clear his confusion.

Alaska still had hundreds of thousands more questions, but answering that one would keep him content for awhile.