Hello readers,

This would be the 3rd installment in the series.

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-Aero x

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Chapter 3

~ Freedom ~

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There are 27 letters in the English alphabet. The 27 elements used to masterfully craft the art of writing…..the art of description. The hauntingly beautiful and undermined type of artistry that could tear through the flesh and grip the emotions of any human being.

However, as complex as it may be, it cannot describe everything.

Neither creativity nor structure of wordings could ever describe colors to a blind man. Nor could it describe the love of a mother.

And at this moment, it cannot express the emotions that have gripped my soul. The feeling of complete freedom. The feeling of being let out of hell. The feelings of unparalleled happiness, something that I, Tatsumaki, seldom feel.

The air tore past my body as I soared among the clouds. The moon never looked brighter, and the night could never look more festive that this.

My locks battled to remain rooted to my scalp, I couldn't care less about its peril. All what mattered is NOW.

"Tat..smm….maa…kii…" croaked a feeble voice. A voice that somehow managed to drag me away from the bliss.

My flying frenzy stopped abruptly as I halted midair, the reality began to focus into view.

Something or more specifically someone dangled alongside me, it even possessed my signature green aura.

"What….is….the….matter…..with….you…." managed the figure between breaths.

"SISTER", The realization hit me. "Did I tag you along with me?" I flared a cheeky grin.

My deceptively younger sister shot me a death glare as she caught her breath.

"Unfortunately…..yeah, you did. I was forced to watch the frankly ridiculous display of excitement." Her eyes softened "Your excitement"

Blood rushed to my face as my cheeks began to burn with embarrassment.

In my defense, I'm not a very expressive and outgoing individual; my feelings always remained within the bottomless pits of my soul. And I wanted it to be that way.

"Just how much of it did you see?" I asked sheepishly while breaking eye contact.

Fubuki glared at me as if I had brutally killed off a colony of baby rabbits.

"Just…get me to the ground" she muttered as she massaged her temples.

Weird…I never acted this way before. I'm always the hard, emotionless and brutal force of nature that was never amused by anything, and my sister being the compassionate, weak and strategic, side of the coin.

Our feet made contact with the dusty and grainy sand simultaneously. I removed the telekinetic aura from my wobbling sibling as she slumped to the ground, utterly exhausted. I began to wonder if it was from the 'Great escape' or from dealing with the new side of me.

Fubuki suddenly turned to her back and spread herself flat on the ground. I glanced at her worriedly, her eyes gazed at the star filled sky and a smile crept in. A reaction that I'd kill to see.

I lay next to her and inched closer, our heads made contact. Fubuki tore her gaze from the sky and looked at me.

I had questions, a ton of questions. She knew that.

Nothing was spoken as I searched her eyes for answers. Her piercing stare didn't ease the rising tension.

"Why did you never tell me?" I broke the silence, "Why did you never tell me that you were escaping?"

"That is my question to you, Tatsumaki", she cut in, her gaze never left mine.

"I did'nt want to stay there any more, No….I couldn't…..I would have lost my sanity or worse…",I trailed off, trying to block out the emerging pangs of grief.

"Look", Fubuki shifted towards me, as her expression turned sympathetic. "I don't blame you for what you did sister. Even I would have done the same thing if I were ever in your position."

I fought the urge to tear up and I sniffed softly.

"But you should have warned me….at least told me that you were leaving", she whispered

"But how did you know", I asked curiously

Fubuki face brightened up. "Someone once told me that, with age comes wisdom"

"And your point is….", I frowned. I'm not known for my patience.

Fubuki giggled. "Well, its kinda a long story, a story that involves Silver Fang"

"What?" ,My eyes instantly widened as I grabbed my sisters arm. "Spill…everything!"

Fubuki had a lot to tell. And surprisingly my mind, however, didn't comprehend the passing passage of time, Oh no!

I had been dead-locked on the story that unfolded from the lips of my sister.

While we had planned out our escape, a few weeks ago Bang had been secretly meeting with my sister. He had explained out our critical plan and critical points and had her in on this 'Heist' of ours.

The kicker? The whole plot revolved around me and I had no idea!

"Why did he do this", I asked dumbfounded. "I mean, to go through the pain to hiding this from basically everybody, and struggling to get you in on it"

"Bang realized an important aspect about you Tatsumaki", Fubuki sighed. "You may be of the most powerful heroes, but even you are a conscious living being. Even you had a circle comprising of the most valuable people in your life that you'd die to protect, no matter how much you try to deny it, it is still there."

A breeze picked up strength as we sank deeper into our clothes.

"Bang understood that you'd need me, now more than ever. So he simply planned out my escape tying up with yours."

The events fit perfectly now, the puzzle was nearly complete; however something bothered me…..

"Then why did he leave?", I asked.

"I do not know, but I'm sure he had his reasons. He is not a traitor….I don't believe him to be one", she replied.

"He better have his reasons.", I muttered under my breath.

Right now, I was not sure if I was mad at Bang. I wanted to be mad, I really wanted to. It seemed so easy and sweet. But fubuki's voice of reason began to question my judgment.

Venting the truck-load of emotions out is not easy, its worst being the most powerful esper in existence; just a momentary reflex action of rage and a mountain is obliterated.

'Godammit Bang'

"Let's move", called out Fubuki. "I'm pretty sure that we'd make headlines tomorrow morning. We need to be out of the grid"

I grinned at my sister. "You grew up so fast"

She stuck out her tongue as she dusted herself.

I telekinetically dusted myself, as Fubuki dug into her backpack.

I'm not going to lie. Having her around me is the best thing that could have happened. She is the only person that I'd at least momentarily open up to.

"Well…" Fubuki began suddenly, "I don't know where we are, and my map isn't helping either."

I shook my head. "Don't worry, ill handle it"

My sister narrowed her eyes at me. "Oh no… you don't"

I flashed a half-smile as my green aura enveloped both of us. I watched intently as my sister's eyes widened.

A tingle of excitement ran through my veins as we took off into the night sky.

"TATSUMAKIIIIIIIIIII"

My powers have improved exponentially. Only a few hours ago, I had been struggling to carry the weight of my sister as we escaped. Now, I don't feel anything at all. A little light-headed feeling at the most, other than that, I feel normal again.

I looked down. The ground had retreated far away, and from this distance in the sky, our visual radius was huge. I could see for hundreds of miles, hundreds of miles of nothingness.

I grew impatient and my speed increased. I could see the quiet but observant face of my sibling searching for any signs of civilization.

Time passed as we soared high up in the sky, incognito.

As a we cleared a formation of clouds, a giant canyon caught my sight.

"Would you look at that" muttered Fubuki

It looked amazing at this height.

Suddenly I noticed a series of irregularly located lights. I narrowed my eyes at it and tugged at my sister.

I heard a gasp escape my sister.

"Are they houses?" she questioned.

I reduced altitude, as I approached the supposed settlement.

They were indeed houses, and a few other buildings. A few animals trotted along the dusty road. The settlement seemed to be empty, except for the obvious lights in some buildings and occasional townsman walking.

"This seems to be quite an empty town" Whispered Fubuki.

I managed to circle the town mid-air and land on an elevated rock formation at the edge of the town.

As the green aura wore off, I began to feel lightheaded.

My head felt cold…..strangely cold compared to the rest of my body.

I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again, my vision didn't clear out.

"Whoa…..Wow" I managed as I stumbled backwards.

"Tatsumaki….sister?" asked Fubuki as she turned towards me. "Are you alright?"

"I'm good…I'm just tired." I lied "That's all"

"I'm not buying that", she stated firmly.

My vision began to get blurry as I slowly lost consciousness.

"Fub…." I trailed off as the lights died out.

Yay for cliffhangers!

Hooray for sister love!

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