A/N- I hope everybody is having a good week.
"Sola!"
"Sola!"
"Sola! Wake up!"
Sola slowly opened her eyes as her vision cleared and saw Lily hovering above her. She sat up and looked around, they were still sitting in the warehouse. However, she looked down and noticed that she was free. No ropes, no nothing. "How...did we get untied?"
"Azure will explain everything to you." Lily said, holding up the spell book to Sola's shock and surprise.
Sola nodded and got to her feet. She walked over to where Azure and Rika were now sitting. "What happened?"
"Well, when we were still in the truck, I kept pulling on the rope my hands were tied with, I kept working on the rope until it broke. I began searching throughout the warehouse and saw both of our spell books on the table. So I grabbed them and made my way back here. Here's what was weird though, I saw multiple mechanical suns floating throughout the warehouse. However, they didn't swarm me nor attack me. I'm sure that it's a mamodo."
"So, you think the suns are mamodo?"
"No, not the suns specifically but I think they are part of a mamodo or at the very least, are controlled by one."
"Makes sense. So how do we get out of here?"
"I think there's an exit on the other side of the warehouse, there's only one way to find out." Lily said
Azure nodded quietly as they prepared to leave the room they were stuck in. "I was also really scared but somehow I did it..."
The group walked down the long hallway. Other than it being dusty and freezing due to the air conditioning, everything was fine. "I don't see any suns." Azure said as they continued forward. After about a minute or so, they came to an intersection. "Which way do we go Azure?"
Azure was not sure where to turn but he decided to trust his instincts. "That way." he said, pointing to the left path. They traversed the hallway but their path was suddenly cut off by three suns. The orange mechanical suns with yellow edges moved and surrounded them at three seperate points. The shutters opened, revealing a ruby-colored core. The core began glowing a bright red, much to Azure's dismay.
"HIT THE DECK!" he shouted, shocking everybody
Just as they landed on the floor, the suns fired a red laser from their cores, blowing up chunks of the walls. "We have to make a run for it!" Rika said, getting to her feet and clutching Azure's spell book tightly to her chest. The group began to sprint down the hallway as the suns continued firing lasers at them, missing but getting close to hitting them. "I see a door up ahead!" Azure said pointing forward as he picked up the pace and slammed his body into the door, sending it flying open. Rika, Lily and Sola came in after Azure but the warm wind suddenly made her realize that they were outside!
"We...we made it out."
Their celebration did not last long as a mound of sand rose and formed on the ground. The mound split open and a girl along with a teenaged boy floated out of the ground. The most notable thing however, was that they were surrounded in a bright orange aura. The girl's eyes glowed a menacing orange color, Azure couldn't tell what color her eyes were due to the glow of said eyes. Her head was covered and waist-length orange hair, a wild yellow streak ran down the middle of her hair. The orange gown she wore flapped and blew in the dry wind the yellow pants she wore underneath her gown bit at her red sneakers. Azure immediately knew she was a mamodo, not only because of the orange aura and glow from her eyes but because of the two horns sticking out of both sides of her head.
The teenaged boy also floating with her had to be her book partner due to the red-orange book in his hand. he was definitely nowhere as eccentric in appearance as the girl. His long, wavy brown hair and tan skin due to the Arizona sun made him look like any other person from the desert. Azure noted the boy wore a tight gray t-shirt, khaki cargo shorts and brown flip flops as well.
The girl and the boy finally landed on their feet and the orange glow suddenly faded away. Azure say her large, friendly and happy orange irises. "Hi there, my name is Solaria and this is my partner Calvin!" She said pointing the boy holding the book
"Uhhh..." Azure began to say
"Oh, don't worry. We have no intention to fight or anything."
"So were you the one who kidnapped us in Japan." Sola said bluntly
"Yeah, about that..." Solaria said chuckling
"Disrupting our lives is not funny!" Sola barked
"Oh no, this isn't a funny laugh...it's a sheepish one." Solaria replied
"Start talking dammit."
"Look, I thought Azure was the Ice Titan when I saw you guys training in Japan. I didn't want to get into a big fight so, I ambushed you guys. By the time we got back to America, I realized Azure wasn't the Ice Titan so I didn't burn your books."
"Ice Titan?" Azure asked
Solaria explained to Azure and his group who the Four Titans were and about Arkham getting his book burned by Blue.
"H-How do you know all of this?" Azure asked
Solaria did not immediately respond to Azure's question. She waved her finger as four suns floated towards her.
"See these small mechanized suns? Well, I can control them like they're my arms and legs, my spell power is based around using these. I have my suns patrol the desert at night and gather intel on other mamodo among other things and I can see what my suns see whenever I focus and meditate, hence why I was underground and why my eyes were glowing when I arose. It takes a lot of concentration and energy in order to do so. Well, one evening a few weeks ago, my suns were patrolling , I came across two mamodo having a conversation about the Titans. One of them was a boy wearing dragon armor and the other mamodo was a boy with mechanized features. They both gave off a really nauseating demonic presence and if I'm not mistaken, they referred to themselves as Ryu and Blue. The one named Blue had to be the Machine Titan."
"Wh-What were they doing here? Are they still around?" Azure asked, now starting to get scared
"I have no idea what exactly they were doing here but they were in the Grand Canyon apparently looking for something. I have not sensed them since, but I do have a very strong feeling that they are bad news."
"I see. Well, hopefully we don't run into them." Sola said
"All right, as my apology for kidnapping you guys, I can take you to the nearest town and you guys hsould be able to fly back to Japan from there."
"That will be nice, thank you." Rika said, bowing
The group loaded up in Calvin's pickup tuck as he drove them to the nearest town 15 miles away. After reaching the small town's Cathedral at Rika's request, they get out of the truck. "I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Remember if you see my suns throughout the desert and canyons, then feel free to give me a wave."
"Will do." Rika said
Solaria waved as Calvin drove off and left them. "Rika, can I explore the town?" Azure asked, grabbing hold of her leg
"Okay, but be back before sundown!" she ordered
Azure nodded as he ran down the road. He covered the entire town in an hour, he seen multiple shops, restaurants and the park. Before he knew it, he was on the outskirts of town and saw a figure up ahead. He figured it wouldn't hurt to see what it was. As he got closer he saw it was a small car, to him it resembled a bug. As he got even closer to the car, he saw an "WV" overlapping each other. He heard RIka mention this care before calling it something with a German name. Azure reached the car and peeped inside, surprised at what he saw.
The first thing he noticed was a small girl slightly younger than him. Her long sky blue hair was matted against her face. Azure opened the car door and pushed aside her hair, lifted up one of her closed eyelids and saw her matching blue eyes. He looked down and saw that she wore a a blue t shirt. He had to admit that he thought her white skirt would look really cute on him but he shook those thoughts out of his head for the moment. As if his body went on auto-pilot, Azure slowly lifted up her skirt and saw the black shorts underneath. Looking back up towards her neck he saw a strap around it. With newfound boldness he slightly pulled her shirt collar down and saw a rather poorly carved idol.
Azure turned to the other unconscious girl who was a lot older than the other girl but definitely younger than Rika and Lily. Like the smaller girl, she had long hair but hers was black and ended at her waist. Azure lifted one of her closed eyelids and saw that they were amber. He noticed her fairly well endowed chest and out of curiosity, gave it a slight poke. He saw that she wore a blue tank top but with a brown skirt complimenting it. Azure also figured that would look cure on him if that was in his size, though he was very reluctant to lift up her skirt like he did the younger girl. Azure saw that she wore brown boots to match her skirt.
"They are really sweating, probably dehydrated." Azure said, feeling their hot, sweaty faces.
Azure then saw a sky blue spell book wedged between the driver's seat and the middle part of the car. "So, she's a mamodo...I could snatch the book and burn it as a precaution, but I don't feel that they are a threat...I guess I won't burn it."
"I could definitely run and tell Rika, but it wouldn't be a good idea to leave them here. I could carry them both but that also wouldn't be a very good idea...I know, I'll push their car into town since it's pretty small!"
Azure closed the car door and ran to the back of the car. He placed his tiny hand on the back and pushed forward, the car steadily rolled down the road and into the town.
[Town Cathedral...]
"Wh...Where am I?"
The small girl from earlier opened her eyes as her vision cleared and she looked around. Looking down, she noticed she was laying in a cot and quickly got up to her feet. She suddenly noticed she was in a Cathedral when she saw row after row of pews. However, she was mesmerized by the beautifully glowing crystals hanging above the altar. The moonlight glowed the dark sky and reflected its radiating beauty on the crystals. She saw Azure sitting in the fron pew, staring at her."
"You're finally awake." Azure said in a soft voice
"Where am I and what did you do with Sheila?" she demanded making her way to Azure
Before she could get even halfway there, she found herself pinned to the ground by Sola, with her fan lightly touching her windpipe. "Touch him and I cut you to piece." Sola growled
"Sola! Stand down. It's okay."
Sola turned to look at Azure. "My name is Azure and this is Sola. What's your name?"
"None of your damn business! That's what." the girl snapped
"I found you and your partner passed out in your car outside of town, so I pushed your car into town and got you guys hydrated. if I wouldn't have come, you guys probably would have been done for a couple of hours later."
The girl did not immediately respond to Azure. She looked down for a moment and her face softened. "I'm Wendy and since you know I'm a mamodo, that must mean you are one too. Just my luck."
"It's nice to meet you Wendy." Azure said, a small smile came across his face
"Don't smile at me! I don't care to get friendly with somebody who captured me."
"Captured? Well, you can leave right now if you want. Your partner is talking with my partner right now actually."
Just as Azure said that, Rika, Lily and Shiela walked in. "Thank you Azure for saving us back there."
"You're welcome, Rika has always encouraged me to do the right thing." Azure said
"If there is anyway we can repay you, please let us know."
"Well...well...I want you guys to travel with us!" Azure blurted out, quickly covering his mouth
Sheila chuckled. "Well, my car is still being fixed right now, so I guess we can stay in town for a little while."
A/N- Annnnnndddd that's that! A lot of ground got covered in this chapter and I am pretty pleased with it. I personally like the potential dynamics of Azure and Wendy and will be playing around with this for a while, a lot of important things are coming up, so stay tuned for future chapters! R&R! I enjoy reading them! See ya early next week!
