Avalon

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Follow Me Home

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Say you have a little faith in me

Just close your eyes and let me lead

Follow me home

Nate stepped into the dark room that he had taken up as his temporary residence. His eyes roamed over the dusty walls and heavily cloaked windows. Nothing in that hole made him feel home but it did it's purpose as expected.

Well, not the dusty walls and everything else dusty or moldy. It actually was one of the main suspects in why his lungs got so worse in such a short time.

Also it explained a whole lot more but his most problem was not to suffocate in sleep.

However this was just a moment in the place. He just needed a room that had a bed and a toilet somewhere nearby. That was only reason. The price was low for obvious reasons.

And it was the time to say goodbye and move on and hope for the best. Nate had packed already, which wasn't much to begin with since he only owned the medical stuff and just a couple of clothe changes. It all went into a duffel for particular cause- runaway.

It was his most used strategy of the dark side. And since there always was a tiny drone or vehicle ready to wipe away just a thought away Nate was just constantly ready to run. It's like his very whole life and purpose. Always be ready.

It just never hit him to what...

His incredibly blue eyes roamed over the suit placed on the bed all snuggly and dark like the abyss his mind tried to be. But there came that incredibly deep shade of super dark blue like never seen. It was not just a cast that bright light or sun rays would leave behind. No, it was the color itself. So incredibly deep and captivating like the depths of the oceans itself. What it was still boggled the mind of many himself including. Nate has seen many types and shades of colors but this, he was sure, didn't exist on Earth in his time.

And the moment you touched it would turn alive and so, so deep.

The suit still fit him well despite his body becoming a skeleton.

Originally hand tailored and crafted like pure piece of art. By heart with a soul.

The person who made this was a dear friend with a great talent and someone Nate appreciated deeply.

He still sometimes wondered where and if his oldest allies and friends and fellows had gotten to.

But he had to push the thought away before he turned into a sap more than he was. His heart kept shattering more and more at the mere thought of his missing piece... Noel....

Phantom be still in my heart

Make me a promise that

Time won't erase us

One last look at the city below his feet and the life it led while the last rays of sun licked at the sad, grey walls of tall buildings. One last breath huffed out in the final dregs of daylight as the sun kept sliding towards the oceans and seas far outside the city borders.

He still could make out the shape of massive waterfront somewhere past the endless forest of tall grey slabs of metal and glass.

That was it. Time to face the show and hit the road.

He quickly showered in the dank microscopic shower cabin that was squeezed between tiny sink and toilet seat. The walls covered in moldy spots and the curtains were simply done with its life. He felt disgusted but that was least worry for his mind now.

The undergarment was in place and he was stuffing the most necessities inside the pouch that will be hidden by the suit.

The suit was perfect and on top he put another magical piece of fabric. It was the ensemble but to him the coat felt and looked like water. The color was another piece of art far beyond mentioning.

Silver and deeply dark like water in the moonlight. Whatever it was it felt glorious and skin like.

There still was some time so he did one last nebulizer run and stuffed himself with meds. After that he summoned the tiny floater ship he'd taken up from scrapyard ages ago and turned into a creature of its own calling.

It was his trusted Mara. An honor to his late friend he lost long ago and who still was extremely painful memory to him and not just...

"Oh girl, it's a big day for us all..." his voice trembled ever so slightly. "I know you will do great just don't forget the emergency plan and wait for my directions. It's gonna be okay, I'll come back.." he spoke to his little one person cabin ship. It was truly super tiny. Once upon a time it was a part of Jellyfish class but some strong blast had taken it apart so he roamed the yard some more until he saw the fit.

He kept the cabin size adding some layer on the glass for privacy and joined small trunk for his possessions with engine from some tiny boosted trophy truck mix with micro-tech and combined it all into super tiny body.

In general it wasn't much bigger than old Earth's VW Beetle or Mini cars. He'd luckily found some guy's leftover tech of some old project and discovered it spike to him in energy so he knackered around until a micro engine technology was delivered and while it was seemingly some revolutionary design he just sensed its better stay as his personal thing.

But the engine was self-sufficient energy tech and he was just glad it all worked in the end.

The original cabin was in good shape and not even scrape on the chair or dash. Which was amazing for a scrap.

And the system it run originally was decently kept so Nate didn't have to build the whole ecosystem from zero. But he did revamped it completely and reprogrammed everything to his needs.

And when his system and internals were ready it begun to talk to him.

Tech always talked to him. It spoke in such ways he found easily lost among machines.

It also let him be able to manipulate and control anything that wasn't biological.

One day he even found a missing piece of the engine power source that held STARK INDUSTRIES logo. He knew the name from somewhere distant. Maybe a guy with tech mind too.

At least sounded like that.

So he named his rescue transport pod Mara Stark. And she was pretty beast once the secondary emergency power source was placed and stabilization locked in place. He painted her in the deepest blue he could find and sprayed various tiniest possible sized specks of silver and gold on top. And since the base under the blue wasn't a solid color and base was transparent some odd discoloration happened.

However it wasn't a bad thing eventually

Because now she truly looked like the sky and space itself. In the night she was absolute queen of the sky and Nate loved her.

Mara Stark was amazing creation.

He let his eyes follow her until the shield hid her from everyone. He knew his time has come and there was no way back now.

So with the one last look at the rooftops and sky full of stars Nate went back inside to clean out any evidence of his persona and locked the place up putting the key into the box by the door. He'd already paid beforehand so there was nothing to lead anyone here. At least for a while.

We've got everything to lose

Yeah I'm waiting on you