Gregor's blood was pumping, his vision was splintered showing him only what was important. Her eyes, her hands, her hair, her lips. Gregor's Rager side was merging with his love for Luxa, and Gregor embraced the feeling like two old friends. He was just reliving their first kiss when the door to his room silently opened.
"Gregor," Lizzie breathed. "It's time to go."
"Ok Liz." Gregor whispered.
Gregor got up as quiet as possible from his bed and crawled to the door, but before he left, he grabbed a small pocket flashlight he kept by his bed just to be safe. He then left his room and stood right next to a clearly excited Lizzie. "Okay, let's go before anyone sees us." Lizzie said.
Gregor's adrenaline level was sky high as they began their trek down the stairs. It had been Lizzie's idea to avoid the elevator incase it was to break and they also didn't want to be caught on film.
As they sprinted into the laundry room Gregor felt something that had been missing inside of him since he had left Regalia. Hope. Hope that he would be happy again, hope that he could have a life with Luxa, hope that he could be accepted again.
As Gregor and Lizzie pushed the dryer off the grate and yanked it open, he felt the wind that would take him to another world, a wind that had become a friend to Gregor while his mother was in the Regalian hospital, a friend called the currents. "I'll go in first just incase we meet trouble at the bottom." Gregor suggested at Lizzie's apprehensive look.
"Okay Gregor, lets go." Lizzie took a deep breath and exhaled.
And then Gregor was falling, the feeling was still unsettling to him, he had never truly got used to the feeling of plummeting into darkness, but he trusted that the currents would gently drop him once he reached the bottom. Using echolocation, Gregor was able to tell exactly how far he was from the ground. Then it was upon him and he landed.
As Lizzie landed next to him, Gregor "looked" at his surroundings with a click and the picture in front of him didn't make since to Gregor, so he clicked again. The same strange image appeared in his head, but maybe he was just out of practice with his echolocation. He pulled out the small light he had in his pocket and clicked it on.
"Wow." Gregor unintentionally spoke.
His eyes confirmed what his ears had shown him. Four humans on four rats were sitting in front of them. Gregor was shocked, where were the bats? What had happened in the Underland that suddenly gave rats a spot over bats? "Hello Overlanders. I am called Stephon we will be your escorts to Regalia." A tall muscular man with a startling scar down his chin and short cropped hair said.
"Wow, wait a second. Where are your bats- I mean your fliers?" Gregor needed to be more mindful of the Underland words.
"Ah Overlander, much has transpired since you and your family took your leave, but I shall let the Queen tell you of this. Ride you on my bond, Overlanders?" Stephon offered.
"Sure, okay. Thanks Stephon." Gregor and Lizzie climbed onto Stephon's black rat.
When they arrived at Regalia, Gregor was greeted by a sight that made his heart flutter and his Rager side roar. Luxa was wearing a beautiful spinner's silk lavender dress. Her violet eyes lit up when they met Gregor's. "Welcome back Overlander." The queen said with a playful smirk.
Gregor didn't respond verbally, he just walked up and kissed her.