"Hey, are you all right?", Serena asked as she helped Dante to his feet.
"I am fine, what about you?", He answered before following up with a question.
"I am fine, i almost died though."
Dante gave off a light laugh before holding his forehead. Just as expected, after such a display like that Dante was exhausted. Unlike Serena who felt energized from absorbing so much Nano Lites, Dante felt exhausted from giving out so much.
"Come on we have to move?", Serena said before putting his hand over her shoulder and guiding him.
They were currently moving because of what had just happened. It was possible that such a display would attract some attention and that was something that they didn't want right now. Serena had an idea of where to go next, however it was not as safe as the cave they were in before.
After some minutes of walking, they finally got to the place that Serena had in mind. All round the place carnivorous plants could be seen, though for some strange reason they did not engage them. They only seemed to be absorbing Nano Lites from the environment.
"What is going on?", Serena asked clearly confused.
"I think I have an idea", Dante said attracting her attention. "They are most likely not attacking because of the value i have at the moment."
"What?"
"Right now me and the plants are having a symbiotic relationship. I am giving them massive amounts of Nano Lites and in return they let us be. Just don't move too far away from me, they might attack you then", Dante explained.
This surprised Serena as there was no sign of his body giving out Nano Lites at the moment. Not wanting to say to much, she continued to move till they got to a stream nearby.
"We can stay here for a while. Ren wouldn't expect us to be here and it is protected by carnivorous plants. Genius, right?", Serena said with a smug look on her face.
"Yeah", Dante responded not paying to much attention to what she was saying. On noticing this, Serena wondered what the issue was. For someone who had just gotten his memories back, he did not look too happy.
"Dante what's wrong?"
He was quiet for some seconds thinking of whether to speak or not. When he remembered that they no more kept secrets from each other Dante opened up to her.
"I just found out that all this while I have been looking out for myself when I had someone else to protect, someone I care about."
"And who is this person?", Serena asked slightly concerned about where this was going.
"Cory, she was my girlfriend when Earth was a normal place. I have no idea where she is now so I have a favor to ask. Help me find Cory", Dante asked with his own version of the puppy eyes.
Giving out an audible exhale, Serena closed her eyes before opening them and focusing on him.
"I can't."
"What do you mean you can't?", Dante asked clearly confused. "You said you had the ability to help people escape from their dream world so definitely you can find her."
"That is true, but it is not as easy as you think it is", she said in a low tone.
"Then explain it to me."
"Before I can do something like that I need the crystal of a High Fracture to enter the space were humans are trapped in. Usually Ren was the one who got them as he was the only one who could kill them. Plus i used my last crystal on you", Serena explained.
She walked over to a rock closer to Dante before sitting down on it. Dante currently had a confused look on his face. This went on until he told her what was on his mind.
"Why did you use your last crystal on me?"
As if he had touched a delicate subject Serena turned her head to the side before eventually narrating what happened.
"When I escaped from the camp I was all alone fending for myself. This went on until one day I got a strange feeling from the Void space, one I had never had before. The Void space is the place where humans are trapped in the so called dream world. It was you, you were giving off this strange feeling which I had never felt before. Ren had given me a pendant he had made with a High Fracture's crystal as a gift before our fall out. It was what I used to free you. I don't really know but I believe it was most likely because of your strange abilities that I was drawn to you. To find your girlfriend in the Void space you would have to get a crystal from a High Fracture and I don't believe you are ready for that."
On hearing this, Dante was lost in thought. Now the only thing between him and finding his girlfriend was a High Fracture. A being in which he had little knowledge about, he knew that if he would have even a little chance of defeating this creature he would take it, however Serena's help was needed to complete such a task.
"Serena, I have a plan."
"Mia, how are you feeling?", A voice sounded from in front of her. There in front of her was Ren sitted on what looked like a throne.
"I am feeling a whole lot better", Mia answered touching the treated bullet wound.
"I have seen the item you were talking about, it is quite powerful and destructive. Where did you get it from?", Ren asked truly curious.
"I acquired it from a man named Dante."
"Why did you not bring him here?", Ren asked another question immediately.
"Well the thing is that I was stopped by Serena, she was the one that gave me the bullet wound. It would seem as if she has taken a liking to this person and has decided to be his protector. The man on his own is no problem, however I cannot say the same for her", Mia explained.
On hearing these details, Ren's face changed into an angry one. Mia who saw this couldn't help but be happy inside. She was happy to know that she would be getting her revenge soon enough.