Ryan woke up and saw Shoto standing there. Lawhey was still unconscious, he was on the ground. Shoto stared at Ryan and he stared back at him.
"You knocked us out?", Ryan asked Shoto who was still staring.
"I'm sorry, I did it to say you guys. I'm just glad you are okay. I don't know what I would have done if you died", Shoto said with a film of tears in hie eyes.
Ryan was surprised, he thought Shoto never liked him. He might have grown on him, he thought to himself.
"It's okay I'm fine", Ryan said.
Shoto hugged him, meanwhile Lawhey gained consciousness. He wonder who Ryan was hugging.
"We should go and rescue Gina.", Shoto said still hugging Ryan crying.
"Why?"
"Vermin!", Shoto shouted and pushed him holding his shoulders.
"Yes, I mean Ry... Slain. How did you know I was here?", Ryan asked to keep the conversation going.
"The eternity network", Shoto answered involuntarily.
"What's the eternity network?", Ryan asked.
"It's a feedback system a company use..s..,what happened to you?", Ryan asked surprised.
"Well, I ate rows heart, he opened a portal and woke up days later to realize I have a leach. So I'm hear to try and take off the leach before I die.", Ryan said explaining to him.
"So how long do you have, before the leach kills you?", Ryan asked
"Five years, if I don't trigger it", Ryan answered and walked over to Lawhey.
They were both walking away when Shoto stopped them.
"Wait, how.. how can I help?", Ryan asked walking towards them.
"We are fine on our own, thanks for offering." ,Lawhey said to Shoto and put his hands around Ryans shoulder pushing him as he went.
"Actually, we need another person to be able to register a guild interested?", Ryan said to Shoto holding Lawhey by the had forcing him to stop.
"Of course I'll like to be in a guild, let's do it", Shoto started to walk in the opposite direction.
"How about we do it tomorrow, I really don't want to go back there", Ryan said looking at Lawheys in the face.
Shoto returned joining them, as they walked like they had bruises all over their bodies. As they were going, Ryan popped his left arm back into its socket.
"I would have preferred if you came about thirty minutes later.", Ryan told Shoto.
"Five seconds later and you guys would have been dead." Shoto replied
"We could have handled it, we were doing great without you." Lawhey
"The man literally controlled time, it doesn't matter how fast or strong you are time always win."