""The [Bridge]?"". Zyran and Ailani asked at the same time, something that greatly amused Thea.
Thea, who is currently enjoying Zyran's and Sofia's reaction, continued"Yes, the [Bridge]. You wouldn't believe me even after I tell you what it is. So come, I'll show it to you". She then took the lead and walked deeper into the mansion.
Ailani was next to follow along but, when she was about to pass by Zyran, she moved a little further away from him. Something Zyran caught by the corner of his eye. 'I wonder' he thought to himself.
Zyran too followed along, he would be lying if he said he isn't interested in seeing what this supposed [Bridge] is. It's a very interesting name but it isn't that informative, one would have to see it for themselves in order to know what it is.
Sofia was last to follow as she walked a few steps behind Zyran, her head still down. One would find themselves wondering what she's thinking about as she kept quiet the whole time.
Thea expertly led the group around the mansion, it was as if she knows the place like the back of her hand and maybe she actually did. They walked for about 10 minutes before they stopped Infront of a metallic door that has a small blue screen on it's surface. She stopped and turned around, her usual warm smile on her face. "Well, this is it".
"That's the so called [Bridge]?" Zyran had a disappointed expression on his face as he looked at the metallic door. He was expecting something a little more interesting. Like a Bridge that has wings, that would be a sight to see.
The corner of Thea's lips twitched when she heard Zyran's disappointed tone, she then decided to enlighten the poor guy. "No, this isn't the [Bridge]".
"Really" Zyran's tone changed to an interested one.
"Yep, the [Bridge] is inside" as she said that, she turned around and placed her palm on the small screen. Her action was followed by a green line that moved up and down the screen before a beep noise resounded, followed by the screen turning green. She then removed her palm as the door slid open. A flight of metallic stairs leading down appeared, as small lights on the wall flashed on, leading all the way to the bottom.
"Impressed yet?" Thea turned around and asked Zyran, she had a smug look on her face.
"Maybe" Zyran said disinterestedly with a bored expression but deep down he is dying to go down there. He isn't going to give her the satisfaction of seeing his shocked face.
Ailani observed all this with her usual sleepy expression. 'Why do I feel like their competing or something?. One is trying to impress the other, while the other is already impressed but is obviously pretending not to be'. Ailani then turned her gaze towards Sofia and saw her sparkling eyes. 'At least she isn't bothering to pretend not to be impressed'.
"You haven't seen nothing yet" said Thea as she turned around and walked down the stairs. "Sofia" she turned her head a little "Watch your step on the way down". She said in a concerned tone, after saying that, she continued walking down, followed by Ailani.
Sofia followed next and as she passed by Zyran she stopped for a moment, as if she wanted to say something. After a brief moment of hesitation, she gave up and began slowly walking down the metallic steps.
Zyran now stood alone at the entrance, with no plans of going down. His expression was blank, while his hands still remained in his kangaroo pocket.
[Aren't you going to follow along?] Telos, who's been silently observing everything from the sidelines asked after noticing that Zyran has no intention of going down there.
Instead of answering Telos, Zyran turned his head to the side, looking towards the direction they came from, his intentions are starting to become obvious to Telos.
[You want to run?]
"Not really, I was just wondering about what happened to my sister's body. She doesn't even have a grave" Zyran looked down the stairs with a complicated expression "I should make one for her when I get the chance, that's the least i can do for her as her older brother". He then began walking down the stairs. "I miss her a lot".
[...]
"You don't have to say anything, I'm aware that complicated emotions like love are a little too out of your vocabulary". As Zyran stepped through the entrance, the metallic door closed behind him but it wasn't dark as the small lights on the wall illuminated the way down.
[I'm unable to tell if that's an insult or a compliment]
"It's both"
[...]
After their brief exchange, the rest of the way down was quiet as neither Zyran nor Telos said anything to each other. Each preferring to keep their thoughts to themselves. Within no time they reached the bottom.
Zyran moved his head around looking around the place. The walls, ceiling and even the floor were made out of some sort of black metallic substance. The whole place was large enough to fit several school busses and well lit, with a few wooden crates placed at each corner. As for what was in them, Zyran was not in the mood to know. His full attention was focused on the circular metallic platform that was in the middle of the room, which was also were the girls were waiting for him.
As Zyran walked over to the girls, Thea looked at him with a questioning expression. "What took you so long?" One can tell by her expression and tone that she does not like being made to wait.
"I had to take careful steps on the way down, didn't want to fall and hurt myself". He said with a serious expression. An expression that unexpectedly only made Thea lightly chuckle to herself, as if she knew something he didn't.
For a second, Zyran planned on telling her what actually made him take so long but he decided to scrap the idea after seeing Thea's reaction. Not wanting to dwell to much on the topic, he decided to change it into a more interesting one. "Is this the [Bridge]". He pointed at the circular metallic platform that was 30 inches above the ground . From this close, he can see how wide it is, and from his estimation, a total of 15 people can stand on it without anyone touching the person next to them. Though he was a little disappointed that it actually wasn't a bridge with wings.
Thea too didn't dwell too much on the issue. "Yes, This is what we will be using to get to the [Yeager Tower]" She turned and looked at the platform with her hands on her waist. "Take a closer look".
Zyran walked closer to the platform and bent down, touching it's surface. It felt hard and cold to the touch. "How does this thing even work?".
Thea looked at Sofia who was standing next Ailani for a few seconds, she is second guessing something very important. After a moment of silence, she turned to Zyran and pulled the sleeve of her hoodie back, exposing an advanced black watch like device.
Zyran noticed it and moved closer to look at it, even going as far as to touch Thea's hand to carefully observe it. He was so interested in it that he failed to notice that there was no more distance between him and Thea, the only thing separating them were their clothing. "This thing is cool, what is it?". Zyran currently looked like a little kid that found a new cool toy to play with.
Thea, who had her personal space invaded, didn't know if she should get mad or to smile helplessly at the poor idiot that's acting like a 5 year-old.
For a brief moment, an instant some would say, Sofia's expression turned dark only to later revert into her normal one. The only one who noticed it was Ailani who was standing next to her. The feeling of extreme danger that emanated from Sofia in that brief instant was enough to almost make Ailani instinctively activate her ability, 'This girl, she is extremely dangerous'. She then turned and looked at her squad captain who was standing close to the new guy 'Is that why the Captain brought her along too, because she might also be an awakened. Frightening'. Ailani was again reminded why Thea was the captain of Squad Three.
Thea watched as Zyran kept touching the device on her wrist only to get no response from it, she was both amused and a little frustrated. She doesn't take kindly to being touched by males but weirdly enough she didn't have the desire to incinerate Zyran. 'It must be his lucky day'. She thought to herself.
Thea then gently removed Zyran's hand from her own and stepped away from him, something that disappointed Zyran, apparent from his expression. But she was done entertaining him.
"This is called a [Nexarion] or the [Nexa] for short". She raised her hand and pointed at the device on her wrist.