Chapter 40: Pause Or Realm? Who Will Win? (1/2)
Lita's moist eyes begged her brother to wake up, ”Brother... Wake up, Brother!” She shook him with her hand.
A young blond boy who had been fast asleep slowly opened his eyes before standing up from the constant shoving.
Rubbing his eyes, he asked, ”What's wrong?”.
It's them! Aurora and Gray! T-They're in danger!” She said, her voice shaking as she trembled in fear.
Kylo jumped out of bed when he heard this. He was helped up by a gust of wind before landing on his two feet on the floor.
'Gray? That Gray is in danger? The one that brought us here?'
”Did you get a vision?” He asked.
She nodded, her eyes teary.
”Don't cry, it'll be alright. Just tell me what was on the vision.”
”I-I'm not sure... It was blurry... But Gray was covered in blood! And Aurora was being kept captive...!”.
”What!?”
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Slowly, Aurora opened her eyes, only to be met with a blank white ceiling. She saw a window beside her out of the corner of her eye.
She turned her head to peer through it, only to be left stunned when she realized she was looking down on the facilities from a relatively tall building inside the dome.
Before she felt a sharp jolt on her head, she asked, ”Where am I?”.
The sensation was all too familiar to her. Once again, she overdid it. As the cold set in, her body could not stop shivering.
”I need to get stronger... Faster...”
In an attempt to warm her body, she raised her hand to hug herself. A rattle could be heard as her hands rebounded back from a set of cuts. She didn't seem surprised to discover her hand cuffed to the bedframe.
*Rattle*
Suddenly, her eyes landed on the figure of a young, light blonde-haired girl who was fast asleep on her bedside.
'Lita? No, her hair was a much darker blonde and she was also younger than this one.”
She took a deep breath before slowly exhaling. After carefully analyzing the situation, she finally came to a conclusion.
”I'm being kept captive..” She spoke, with disbelief... ”Ah... Why!? I still haven't even resolved things with Gray... Why is everything going wrong lately...?” She complained silently as she turned her head down, letting out a sigh.
Having said that, she quickly raised her head again before looking around. An empty room, with another empty bed. Other than that, there was nothing.
”Where's Gray...?” She asked.
Sleeping on her bed, the young girl slowly opened her eyes before suddenly waking up.
”You're awake!” The young girl exclaimed, her voice filled with excitement.
Her blonde hair swayed as she leapt onto the bed, placing both hands on her hips and smiling brightly. ”Welcome, newcomer! My name is Freya! Rejoice for you are my new friend!”
”Huh?”
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Gray and Realm, stared each other down. Both of them had gotten into a fighting stance, ready to attack at any time.
Grasping his sword, Realm leaned forward, tilting toward Gray. Meanwhile, Gray shifted the grip of both of his knives into reverse as he too leaned in.
They stared at each other for a few seconds,
*Drip*
*VOOM!*
With a ripple breaking the silence. The two kicked off, charging at one another. As they did so, they gripped their weapons tightly in their hands.
They were equal in speed, covering the same distance as they drew closer. Just a few steps from each other a noise could be heard.
*CLANG!*
A result of their collision as they parried one another.
Upon rebounding, their figures could be seen sliding backwards, but as soon as they caught themselves, they immediately leaped at the other.
*Swoosh*
*Clang!*
Realm swung his katana vertically down at Gray. As he watched Gray heading straight for the swing, rather than trying to parry or dodge it, his eyes grew wide.
[Pause]
His expression only grew more surprised when his sword halted mid-air while he was still heading to collision. Gray then hurled his knives at Realm's chest.
He didn't know Gray could pause objects with just a glance, only through touching, so this had caught him off guard. There was no way to avoid it--
[Realm: Shield]
*CLANG!*