Nero waded through the springs and picked up Urs. He looked around at all of the attendants that had been running and hiding. "You all are free to leave. There is nothing stopping you now!"
They all ran to there rooms and grabbed there stuff and followed Nero, Elle, Frides, Urs, and Diego. They went to the front and people started taking the patrons carriages and horses, only to be chased by the clinking of jewelry following after them. Elle walked up to Nero. "How did you know they could leave?"
Nero looked at Elle and smiled. "They could always leave, there was just something in the way."
Diego placed his hand on Elle's shoulder. "So this is goodbye."
"No you can come with us."
"I don't want to be a burden."
"You're going to come with us? Where's Imani?"
"She's waiting in New Oania."
"Perfect! We're going there next we can pick her up."
"It turns out we're going to the same place. She asked me to meet her in New Oania." Elle grabbed Neros shirt and pulled him over to her. "As long as I'm with this guy it's going to be plenty dangerous."
He paused. She looked at the burns that the cuffs he wore as a slave made. They usually place the cuffs on slaves while they're still hot. "It will just make your journey harder. You can come visit me, I'm headed West to one of the Free Cities. Some of the attendants are also slaves so we agreed to go to the free cities together."
Nero reached his hand out. "You are welcome to join us if you want. We'll protect you."
"At what cost? Your lives?"
"If that's the price."
Diego smiled and took Nero's hand. "I might regret not taking you up on it, but I couldn't put you in that position."
"It's our loss." Elle reached down and pets Urs.
Diego looked over to Elle. "You got real lucky. He seemed like a really good not friend. Also, I don't know where Imani went but you need to stay far away from there. I know Imani was your friend but trust me its for the best."
Elle frowned. Diego chucked his bag over his shoulder and headed west, to the Free Cities. Urs ran out of her hands and over to a boy. "Urs where are you going?"
The boy crouched down and received her. "Hey Urs! How could I forget about you?"
Frides looked over to the boy,
"Ouran what are you doing here?" He chastised.
O BE CONTINUED...
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