Rejuvenation

Chapter 26

Xola set Atlas down about twenty feet from the top of the waterfall and landed and looked around, "The plants are starting to bud around here. This place is going to be beautiful in a few months, dont you think Atlas?" She turned and saw the girl standing a few feet from her, "Well I don't particularly care for these flowers right now Xola." They smiled, "Atlas, calm down," Xola laughed, "Lets enjoy ourselves. We're at the top of a waterfall and last time, YOU, decided to push me down." She said jabbing Atlas in the side playfully. They laughed again and Atlas brushed her hair behind her ear, "You learned to fly from it so I see that as a win!" She giggled aloud, "Oh yeah, well why don't I throw you off the cliff then?" Xola began tugging at her arm and Atlas resisted pulling her arm back, "We both know you'd only jump down and save me. Now sit down, I want to actually enjoy tonight." Xola quickly made a bed of leaves for tem to sit on and they look out over everything. The wind blew causing the flower buds and trees to rustle overhead. The pond below reflected the moons light enough that it seemed to be producing its own light, "Maybe you can learn to control light? That would be something wouldn't it?" Atlas asked as Xola knit her eyebrows, "You are talking to someone who can literally blast you away." She smiled brightly, " I know very well who I am talking to" She leaned in and kissed Xola passionately, "So, is there anything else you want to tell mebefore it comes out of nowhere?" Atlas twisted some of Xolas curly blonde hair lightly around her fingers, "There is nothing, that I know of, that could go wrong okay? Now, you gonna keep grilling me with questions or are you going to enjoy tonight?" Xola pursed her lips,looked out over the forest contently and sighed, "Okay". Xola couldn't help but smell Atlas's hair, the wind carried her scent easily to her nose and it was amazing to Xola. I could stay here forever.

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"What do we do now? Viro was the face of everything we did here. He knew everything and even Izca knew more than we did! Losing those two to those "Gods" is going to cost us greatly." A dark haired man stated. He looked around at his colleagues and waited for the to answer, no one did. "Give me something we cant just sit here with our hands tied they know we are after them now! We have to think of something" He shouted. An oil black aired man stood, "We may not be out of this yet. Viro was constantly trying to get better, whatever that meant to the psycho. But he always used protocols in order to ensure safety whenever he did do something new with himself." The dark haired man raised an eyebrow, "And how does that help us Neal? The mans corpse is somewhere in space from what we can tell orbiting the planet." "What I mean is until we get whatever will be left of him then we need to use some of the experiments he had that worked." They all looked around at each other questioningly, "Your talking about II arent you? That... project was specifically said not to be released because even Viro couldn't stop it again!" Neal looked at him absently, "Its the only chance we have until we can get all of our work out of here. And may I remind you that Atlas is still with them and if she begins to remember everything we are finished." A silent agreement shifted through everyone in the room, "Fine but you need to keep a very tight leash on it, dont let it get out of hand do you hear me?!" He got up and left leaving the man, Neal, sitting in his chair grinning mischevously. "All I need now is a little time."

Three years later

Falos stood at The entrance to Lilith's castle with Dorin and Danae at either side of him, it had been a while since the group had returned home to the town. They had vastly improved the architecture over the years as before there were only relatively small businesses and homes around with a few shops thrown in the mix, Now there were buildings taller than Falos had seen in quite some time. The townsfolk had even given the town a new name while they were away as well, the town of Nido. "Who knew Jayu would be such a big help in remodeling the town? It doesn't even look the same anymore." Falos thought aloud and grinned happily, "Hopefully he can start looking after the town so we dont have to as much." He pondered as Dorin tugged his arm, "We are going in right? Its been a year and I wanna see Aunt Lilith and Xola!" Falos looked down at the boy. He had grown a bit, and his hair was just slightly longer. "Of course we are, I was just admiring the view. Come on, do you wanna knock?" The boy eagerly ran to the door as soon as he heard the question and knocked three times, "Ive been wanting to see everyone again too, and the town advancingisnt bad to see either." Danae said as Falos looked at her. While they were away she had taken to keeping her hair in a ponytail and it somehow always managed to fall over her right shoulder. Her eyes were still as bright as ever though, "Yeah, I know. One of the reasons we are back is because I know you two dont enjoy traveling as much as I do." He said with a hint of mischief. Danae slapped his arm, "You know I love traveling and so does he! We just wanted to see everyone, besides your a bore anyway!" She walked off grinning wildly as Falos's mouth hung open and his eyes were wide.