"Do you think he'll wake up" Aalto says hovering directly over him. "Not if he can't get any sunlight" I say pushing off. The man who we saved suddenly started groaning "mmmm. My head hurts" he says sitting up holding his forehead with the bottom palm of his hand. I move in a little closer to get a good look to see if he was fully up."hello" I say. He looks at me, then Aalto, then back at me. "AAHHH who are you!!??? Are you with them" Aalto steps in "with who?". He sits straight up "the faction of fire" the poor guy looked shaken, like he'd just died and came back to.
I clap my hands twice to break tension "how about a minor reset? Let's introduce ourselves and state each other's purpose" I put my hand on my chest and speak "I am Gale, I come from a small village within the faction of air. Im here with my friend Aalto traveling to find 1 person from every faction"
Aaltos eyes stop focusing me "And I'm Aalto, I'm from a town in the water faction. Like gale said I'm traveling with him to find a member of every faction willing to join us" me and Aalto both look at our friend "well? What's your name?"
His head bows "My name is yang, I come from a city in fire faction. I- I- recently escaped from within the city. Sadly they placed a fire familiar on me so I can't use my abilities properly." Aalto walks closer "I can help you with that". Yang looks at Aalto "so where did they put the familiar?" Yang points to the opposite side of his heart "my soul energy source".
Aalto wavers in surprise "WHAT?!! Jeez that's dangerous. If they had messed up while placing it in they could have killed you instantly. You're lucky it's a draining type and not an actually negator"
Aalto pressed Yang's soul surge on his right forearm. He slowly drags his finger with pressure to his soul source "doing this should release the familiar, but very slowly" Aalto says. "Thank you Aalto, you're very kind"
"So Yang now that you're power is going to be returning what's next?" I ask. "Nothing much, I still have no power and I only know some martial art. There's not much I can do" Yang says. "Then how about you join me and Aalto. We're headed to Citlali."
Yang looks down thinking "Citlali? You mean city of stars, right? Why might you be headed there?" He asks curiously "my mom knows a knight there who's hosting a raid of an old temple. We're hoping to get some practice, maybe you can polish your martial arts while we're there" Aalto says.
Yang smile in agreement "alright then, looks like all be going" Yangs smile didn't last long. He looks around while the air is still. "Yang? What's wrong?" Aalto asks "someone's watching is and they are listening very closely. The seem nervous though, their temperature is rising quickly" Yang says trying to find their location.
"Yes, you're right, they've been listening for a while now and I think they know we know they are here. They are getting ready to retreat we must move fast before the report" I should've stopped when I realized they were here. Oh well this is much more interesting.
"This is bad, it won't take long before my brother knows. Let's hurry and move" Yang says
We're just 20 miles away from Citlali now but a deep question had arose in Aalto. "Yang, you said that your brother was going to know you location and chase you down. Why would he want to do that? Isn't he your brother?"
"Yes he is my brother but, he isn't himself at all, he hasn't been for the past year. When father died it was his turn to take the position as the military commander. After that he slower became less and less of himself and more of someone else. It's like he's a robot now. He only speaks of the king. Everything he says, it always ended with "because the king needs it happen". But not that long ago my brother realized that I had power that could potentially bring him down. So when I was asleep he placed the familiar in my and drained my strength and used it to empower his one subordinates through power transfusion. Thankfully I ran into you two and was able to end that. But they are still strong we need to be careful" I could tell this was an uncomfortable topic for Yang.
"Seems like the king what you too" I say patting Yang on the back. "The king took someone we love as well. Apparently it's his way of saying he likes you". Yang smiles and looks up "who knew someone who was just like everyone could rule so gruesomely".