words. “What the hell!” I shouted at Waterstar.
“Don’t ever stop immediately after running really fast, that’s ‘what the hell,’” she grumbled as she rose to her feet.
“No, that’s physics.”
Waterstar gave me a look before speaking again, refusing to respond to my comeback. “Arctic wants us to return to HQ.”
“What!? But why?” I asked, still shouting.
“Cause he wants us to rest. Now stop shouting!” She looked as if she was considering something, and then her eyes lit up, “Oh, and you do know that your knuckles are bleeding, right? Why were you trying to kill that wall anyways?”
I looked down in surprise to see the crimson liquid dripping from my hand, creating dark splotches against the concrete floor. The wall was also smeared with blood where I had been blindly hitting it. “Well I do now. I just can’t believe how we messed up earlier. Maybe it’s just a side effect from my special. I don’t know, but in part it is also about Maegan. Puberty sucks,” I muttered.
“Why do you care about her?” Waterstar asked without emotion. “She’s a freaking NOPCW freak, and she’s about as different from us as a worm is from a wolf.”
I glared at Water, but I knew she had a point. NOCPWs and Rebels just didn’t become friends. Even if Hell froze over, our groups had been fighting too much for that to be ignored. Star Rebellion and the New Order of the Perfect Calsh World were the only two main corporations on Calsh, and we had been fighting for only angels know how long to control the land. Not that there was much to control.
“Come on, let’s go back, they’re waiting for us up there.” She put her hand on my shoulder and gave me a slight push.
“Waterstar, wait, can we go a few levels lower? I think the Gate is close.” When she looked at me as if I was an idiot, I continued. “I don’t know if I’m correct, but it’s almost as if I can feel where it is, that’s why I started to come down here in the first place.”
Waterstar stared at me for a few seconds, and then she nodded her head, just as I knew she would. Water could never give up an adventure.
“One question.”I nodded my head for her to continue, “What about Fire?”
I paused and considered this. After a few seconds, I gave up on finding a way to get him down here without interference from whoever Arctic had sent to make sure we stayed topside. “We have to leave him. I know it’ll be tough, we’ve done every mission together, but I doubt we’ll be able to get past whoever they sent for us. You still in?”
“Hell yea!” Water shouted, her fist pumping the air, but her smile wasn’t true.
FIRESTAR
I got out of the car and started pacing. Where were they? It would never take Water this long to find someone, especially when she was hyped up. I was biting my lip as I continued to pace, always with my eyes fixed on the door that led inside.
“Can I go look for them?” I asked Forest.
“I’m afraid no-“
“Shush, something’s coming through my earpiece.” I paused, and then shouted, “What?”
“We- oing to look fo- the Gate,”
“DARK NO!” I shouted, but all I was receiving now was static. Thanks, friends.
WATERSTAR
Dark and I slowly made our way down the multiple basements. What kind of building needs so many basements anyways? I still felt kind of bad for Fire though, especially since I could hear him shouting on the other end of Dark’s
“Don’t ever stop immediately after running really fast, that’s ‘what the hell,’” she grumbled as she rose to her feet.
“No, that’s physics.”
Waterstar gave me a look before speaking again, refusing to respond to my comeback. “Arctic wants us to return to HQ.”
“What!? But why?” I asked, still shouting.
“Cause he wants us to rest. Now stop shouting!” She looked as if she was considering something, and then her eyes lit up, “Oh, and you do know that your knuckles are bleeding, right? Why were you trying to kill that wall anyways?”
I looked down in surprise to see the crimson liquid dripping from my hand, creating dark splotches against the concrete floor. The wall was also smeared with blood where I had been blindly hitting it. “Well I do now. I just can’t believe how we messed up earlier. Maybe it’s just a side effect from my special. I don’t know, but in part it is also about Maegan. Puberty sucks,” I muttered.
“Why do you care about her?” Waterstar asked without emotion. “She’s a freaking NOPCW freak, and she’s about as different from us as a worm is from a wolf.”
I glared at Water, but I knew she had a point. NOCPWs and Rebels just didn’t become friends. Even if Hell froze over, our groups had been fighting too much for that to be ignored. Star Rebellion and the New Order of the Perfect Calsh World were the only two main corporations on Calsh, and we had been fighting for only angels know how long to control the land. Not that there was much to control.
“Come on, let’s go back, they’re waiting for us up there.” She put her hand on my shoulder and gave me a slight push.
“Waterstar, wait, can we go a few levels lower? I think the Gate is close.” When she looked at me as if I was an idiot, I continued. “I don’t know if I’m correct, but it’s almost as if I can feel where it is, that’s why I started to come down here in the first place.”
Waterstar stared at me for a few seconds, and then she nodded her head, just as I knew she would. Water could never give up an adventure.
“One question.”I nodded my head for her to continue, “What about Fire?”
I paused and considered this. After a few seconds, I gave up on finding a way to get him down here without interference from whoever Arctic had sent to make sure we stayed topside. “We have to leave him. I know it’ll be tough, we’ve done every mission together, but I doubt we’ll be able to get past whoever they sent for us. You still in?”
“Hell yea!” Water shouted, her fist pumping the air, but her smile wasn’t true.
FIRESTAR
I got out of the car and started pacing. Where were they? It would never take Water this long to find someone, especially when she was hyped up. I was biting my lip as I continued to pace, always with my eyes fixed on the door that led inside.
“Can I go look for them?” I asked Forest.
“I’m afraid no-“
“Shush, something’s coming through my earpiece.” I paused, and then shouted, “What?”
“We- oing to look fo- the Gate,”
“DARK NO!” I shouted, but all I was receiving now was static. Thanks, friends.
WATERSTAR
Dark and I slowly made our way down the multiple basements. What kind of building needs so many basements anyways? I still felt kind of bad for Fire though, especially since I could hear him shouting on the other end of Dark’s
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