Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 55
Cias and Devan stood in a room of unconscious individuals. ,"I think I'm good now, what about you," ,"I'm cool" Cias said to Devan. Cias said ,"Let's get out of here," Devan nodded and they walked outside to see crumbling buildings and the roof of the city slowly breaking down, making rocks seemingly fall from the sky. Cias and Devan knew they had to find Apollo and get out of here. They walked around trying to sense his energy but amongst the chaos it proved difficult, since Cias had the most control and refinement of his abilities he was the ticket to finding him. They ran until they found him, Apollo was limping away from the battle he'd just finished. ,"Oh thank fuck *huff huff*. We need to find a transport ship. And I know this may sound weird but please take Noah with us." Cias looked at Apollo concerningly ,"Are you sure about this, there's no guarantee that he won't fight us as soon as he wakes up," ,"Just do it, I can sense that he was doing it for his own purpose, be it himself or others, I want to make sure he stays alive for whatever he's fighting for."
Cias held Apollo on his back and tried to instill some of his force to heal him but with the injuries and the high amount of foreign ki in his body it was nearly impossible at this moment.. The boys, hoping to god that they could find a ship, were running at top speed. At the moment, Cias was losing a lot of hope for this plan, many ships were taking off because staying would mean being crushed under rubble.
,"ALL SHIPS HAVE LEFT THE AREA," A stone cold robotic voice said over the PA system ,"SHIT!!!" Cias said, teeth clenched. Devan said ,"We gotta find another way," ,"But where?!?" Cias nervously responded to devan. (What could we do… we have a ceiling above us that's crumbling so we don't have much time… Wait… a ceiling?) Cias thought ,"Devan, I might have an Idea" ,"What's up?" ,"We have to break through that ceiling," ,"We have to do what?!?" ,"Listen to me, there is absolutely no way to get out of this unless we do it." Devan looked concerned at Cias ,"How are we even supposed to get up there?" ,"That's what I've been developing in my free time, if I can somehow use my telekinesis to make us all float up there then it's possible that we could bust through that ceiling."
Devan, even though the idea was crazy, had no other ideas and decided to go with it. ,"What are we waitin for man?" ,"Alright," Cias then activated his new Art: Flight. Their bodies were slowly and steadily lifted off of the ground, and they were now flying. Cias was nervous, if he got distracted for even a couple of seconds then they would fall. As they glided towards the ceiling, Devan looked around amazed at what was happening. Cias yelled at Devan ,"START GATHERING YOUR POWER TOGETHER, I'LL ADD TO IT!!!" Devan gathered a bunch of his energy above his head and that ball kept getting larger, he kept condensing and adding to it.
When they reached the ceiling, Cias yelled at Devan ,"RELEASE IT!!!" Devan then shot the massive amount of energy he stored up BAAAAM. *Rumble Rumble* FWOOSH. They had finally left the city. After having reached the surface and ran away from what they assumed to be the perimeter and far beyond it,, they arrived in a group of trees in the middle of a snowy field. ,"Where *huff huff* the hell *huff* are we?" Devan asked ,"I don't know," Cias replied as they lay down on the ground as they sat there panting for air.
Layers of exhaustion just flooded past everyone in the group, at least those still conscious. Cias was busy taking in his surroundings as Devan, glazed over with a look of extreme tiredness looking into the sky. Cias talked to Devan ,"I would've preferred a more rural area but I guess we have no choice do we." ,"I don't even care right now, I'm just happy we're somewhere that not everybody is tryna kill us," Devan spoke in a tone that said "just leave me alone because I want to take a nap". With that, Cias cut down a tree with a chop using his hand. He dried it out using Art: Flame, using the same flame, he melted the snow on the ground, he placed the wood on the area and set up a fire. Cias stared up at the stars and thought to himself (Thank you for the training, Hiroto. I didn't know I'd need it. Being friends with your grandson is hard. I know it might be early to say this but he feels like a brother to me, all these years of being friends has really done a lot for furthering this friendship. All I can hope is that I can bring him back to you alive after the beating he's taken) Cias and Devan starting trying to heal up Noah and Apollo as much as they could before they decided that rest was necessary.