running away

by reminiscent-afterthought

[AT] They've all lost someone. Now they can only search, or hide. But they each carry something, and Rockets are after those things. And somewhere in this web is an answer that ties it all together.

25. indigo

running away
xv. indigo

Light bled into the cave, and golbat that snark and screech at them and they realise they'd been too hasty, too careless and led the Rockets right to them - but it didn't matter anymore because they were aglow: the GS ball and the feathers in Gold's bag, and the two stones - white and black - as well.

They were aglow and two dragons appear and roar and they were alone in the cave, wrapped in light and protected as the air crackled and burns outside. They could see nothing except each other and the stone that slowly melted away, do nothing except move forward to catch the boy that slumped, finally free, or the other boy who grew out of that small stone they'd carried here.

And then there was a childish giggle above them, and a small black hole that appeared in the sky and took form. And the first gasp of those conscious was of horror until the skin knitted back together, until the mottled grey became white, and then brown, and until he was human and alive again, and sinking into Gold's and Green's waiting arms.