Theme song: Lurking in the Darkness, FFVII theme
A rustle in the branches woke up Max.
Max drew his old and broken staff, "Who's there?"
A slime creature jumped out and hissed at him. Max scowled at it and placed his staff away, "I have no business with you. Go away," He began to walk away.
Even though he had a good night's rest, his body was still tired from the non-stop fighting he had to endure. He heard the bouncing of the slime behind him.
"I told you to go away." He whipped his head around and pointed his staff at it. The slime looked up at it with a defeated look in its eyes, "You are very lucky. You are probably the only monster that survived the battle here. I do not wish to take your life but I have nothing to spare to you."
The slime jumped to his ankles and began to follow him.
"You remind me of a creature that I saw in Rune Midgard." Max looked up, "I'll tell you the story."
Silver and Cutter looked out the window.
"I can't believe we're crossing such a large ocean. I didn't think Rune Midgard was this far away." Silver muttered.
Max looked out to the ocean, "I did. I've been to war."
"You made it back before right?" Cutter added, "You'll come back again and we'll be back with you."
A loud boom interrupted their talk.
"We're under attack!" Athena Pierce shouted, "We must all abandon ship. Everyone report to the emergency ships."
Max pulled Cutter and Silver with him, "Quickly!"
Silver stumbled as the ship shook violently. She put her hand on the wall for support, "I'm okay."
Cutter took her hand, "Where is it?"
Max kicked open a door and pulled them in, "This is a private ship I made. When I use my magic, it teleports us immediately to the closest land."
Cutter seated Silver down on one of the seats. Max sat in the other, "It only seats two people so one of you will have to hang on from the outside."
"I will." Cutter clung to the ship tightly, "Let's go."
Max invoked his powers and activated the ship, "Let's go."
Max laughed to himself, "I think I've lost it. I'm talking to a slime creature. Do you even understand what I'm talking about?"
The slime surprisingly nodded.
"Oh," Max looked at a crossroad, "We should go to Henesys first. We can look for more survivors together." He turned left at the crossroads, "Let me tell you more."
Max blinked a few times. He used his hands to support his weight as he pushed himself up. Sand encrusted his clothes and he was soaked. He lay on damp beach ground with a rainforest before him.
"Max?" Silver asked beside him.
"Silver," Max turned to her, "Where's Cutter?"
Cutter crawled out from the water, "Here," He wiped the water from his eyes, "Is this place…"
"Rune Midgard," Max finished, "We have to be on full alert. They have more than enough people to finish us off."
There was a rustle in the bush.
"Stay behind me Silver," Cutter drew his sword and stood in front of her.
Max held up his staff, "Ready?" He nodded to Cutter.
"Set…"
A green blob creature jumped out. They both shouted and stepped back.
"Is that a slime creature?" Silver asked as she kneeled down to it, "It's pretty cute." She touched it with her gloved hand, "Do you think I can keep him?"
Cutter pulled her back, "We should leave it alone."
Max examined it thoroughly, "I've never seen this in my life." He poked it, "Maybe it's related to the slime creature…"
Max looked at the slime at his feet, "You must've gone through hell to survive. We have something in common."
This chapter was kinda boring for me to type. Please R & R