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*ATLANTIS COMPLEX SPOILERS*


The pain was negligible, really. You would think that being blasted by a fiery explosion would be unendurable, but Raine Vinyaya experienced the barest millisecond of agony before her world blacked out.

Surprisingly, her lids fluttered open seconds later. All logic in her brain told her that this wasn't possible. Clearly, the shuttle's explosion had been too powerful for her small elfin frame to handle, magic or no. And yet here she was, still. Surrounded by the same white landscape for miles all around. And yet, it was different here. She was alone. And the landscape appeared too soft for ice and snow.

Footsteps approaching. Vinyaya whirled around, grabbing at her belt for a Neutrino. It was not there. But she had no need to worry.

"Julius," she breathed. She told herself that it was of course, not possible. Julius Root had been killed years before by Opal Koboi. And yet there he was, a sad smile on his face.

"You are here too soon, Raine," he told her sadly, "But it really is lonely here when you are the first of your comrades to die. I'm almost happy to see you"

Raine knew she should probably be frightened, or miserable, or disappointed. Yet looking at her old friend's face elicited a sense of calm over her. Julius looked relaxed. At peace. His face was quite pale, none his infamous "Beetroot" coloring touching it. She did, however, feel just a bit lost.

"So...what now?" she asked, without any trace of her once legendary leadership. For who was there to lead? Root smiled, knowing just what to do. He approached his oldest friend and kissed her. For all his stubbornness and guts, he had never been brave enough before.

"For all his faults, it seems Turnball has helped us after all."


I find it bizarre that I can read Atlantis Complex, with all its delicious Artemis/Holly moments and thought-provoking plot-lines, and the first thing I churn out is a Vinyaya/Root drabble. And sorry guys, I know it's literally been forever since I posted. I was just so un-inspired D: