𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗢
𖣔𖣘𖣔
THEY LANDED WITH A SMALL THUD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, the volcano still bubbling away miles behind them. Already, people were crowding around, clutching each other as they worriedly waited for an announcement - were they saved? Milo reached behind him, wordlessly a soldier handed him a spear and he dug it into the side of the container.
''The fissure!'' Mole yelled, dancing erratically as he panicked. ''It is about to eject its pyroclastic fury!''
Sweet cupped the sides of his mouth. ''Milo! Mole says they wall's gonna blow!''
Grunting, Milo ignored them, simply pulling the spear back as hard as he could. Finally, the spear split in half and the door wedged open ever so slightly. That was all it took. The container split into individual pieces that began to float aimlessly around (Name). Shielding his eyes, Milo was the only one who blinked through the pain to spot her. She was floating too, just as he had last seen her, her arms spread wide as she controlled her surroundings.
With every breath she took, the more the island began to come to life, intricate lines that decorated the ground glowing blue as though she was pouring her soul into them. Eventually, the lines reached the heart of Atlantis and the old kings of the past began to fly once more. And then, as slowly as the lines appeared, they vanished rapidly and all at once. Milo made a move to approach (Name), her light no longer as bright, but then the ground began to shake. He fell backwards as giant face rocks broke through the surface.
They floated upwards, taking (Name) with them. She was in the center again and Milo remembered the last time that happened, and his heart twanged, hopefully the kings were just undoing what had been done, without making it any worse on either of them. They began to spin until it was just a blurred line of bright blue, moving too fast for the human-eye to keep up with.
It shot out a familiar beam of blue lightning, only more powerful as it made their hair stand, the static reaching them even from such a large distance. It reached the ocean, targeting supposedly nothing, until a giant rose from the waves. Another flash, another giant, and then another and another, and they just kept going, all stood around the city, facing outwards. Milo could tell their eyes were blue too, they echoed into the distance, and he was glad they weren't facing them - maybe they'd loose their sight just like the king had.
Packard took a photo.
The volcano shot out flaming rocks, they hit multiple giants, but not one of them wavered, they all kept walking until they reached the end of the water, raising their hands as they did so. They clapped before spreading their arms out, creating blue force fields as they did so, growing to the same size as their arm span, pausing, and then growing some more, connecting like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle as they set out to protect the city.
The volcano erupted and lava washed over them as if they weren't even there. Once completely submerged in the stuff, another lightning beam left (Name), this time heading straight upwards. It hit the field and spread throughout it, causing the lava to cool down almost immediately.
They were stuck like that for a little while, until blue beams began to scramble down the sphere, drawing ancient symbols and scrawlings as it went. And then it crumbled, falling and washing off the field and into the watery depths below. As everyone was entranced, Milo turned back to the sky, eyes focused on the clouds when a dim beam of light broke from them.
(Name) flew down, just as gracefully as she had before, but this time she was in colour again, and Milo's shoulders sagged and he released a deep breath. He moved forwards, mouth agape and hands outstretched hesitantly. She continued her decent, landing in his arms, she didn't awake and the light glow vanished, Milo held her as they both fell to the ground.
He feared the king was right, the power had been too much, she had overstepped her limits in order to protect them all from that blast - if only he had thought of another way in time...
Biting down on his lip, Milo looked up, blinking to try not to cry, before he gave up and let his forehead fall onto her shoulder, holding her tightly as he mourned.
From the sidelines, people lowered their heads in respect, Audrey was pulled into Sweet's chest, the doctor hiding her face so she wouldn't have to look at the scene any longer, Vinny joined in too, placing one hand on Sweet's shoulder and the other on Audrey's back in silent sadness. Mole sobbed loudly, running forwards as he hit their legs, nearly knocking them all over, but Sweet only moved a hand to his head, allowing him into their group hug. Cookie glanced over at Packard. ''I'll allow it,'' she mumbled, dropping her cigarette without her usual flare as the two placed a hand around each others shoulders.
''Milo?'' A weak voice said, cracking an incredible amount of times in just one word.
Astonished, Milo withdrew his head from her shoulder, simply staring at her as she blinked, adjusting to her surroundings. His pupils went wild, dilating and frantically searching her face for anything that shouldn't be there, simply taking her in for what she was, savoring every second of it.
(Name)'s eyes went wide as she reached up, lightly touching his cheek to get him to stop scanning her and simply focus on what she was about to say. ''Milo, listen to me, it wasn't my fault, okay? I tried to tell you, I really did-''
''I know, (Name).''
''-And you just, I don't know - but I did, I tried-''
''I know, (Name), it's okay.'' He leaned forwards, figuring she just couldn't see him or something, he cupped her cheeks but even then she was still frantically shaking her head.
Her eyes were tearing up now and it looked like she was struggling to breathe, gasping between words. ''It's Rourke, okay, he - he, we need to find him, Milo, I swear, I-''
Figuring he was all out of options, one hand moved from her cheek to the back of her head whilst the other brushed her cheek slightly, both helping lift her up slightly and Milo leaned further downwards, their lips meeting at the same time their cheeks did, tears mixing together.
(Name) froze for a second, before smiling so wide Milo almost had to stop, but she realised soon enough, pushing herself to fully sit up, grabbing the front of his shirt and the back of his head to pull him in deeper.
Around them, choked sobs turned into chocked laughter, as everyone released each other to celebrate the moment. Packard shoved Cookie off of her so hard he fell over - twice has she hugged someone, once because Marge needed it and now because Cookie did, and she was beginning to regret the latter, (Name) was actually alive and now she looked like an idiot.
(Name) pulled away at the same time Milo did.
''Can I kiss you?'' He asked breathlessly, eyes opening to stare at her again, scared that if they were closed for too long, she'd disappear out of his reach once more.
(Name) laughed. ''You know, Milo,'' she said fondly, her hands intertwining behind his head as she rested her elbows on his shoulders, ''Most people normally ask that before they kiss them.'' Milo flushed red, but he didn't respond, much too happy to think about a logical sentence. (Name) grinned, leaning forwards to rest their foreheads together.
Milo felt something brush against his chest - the crystal Kida had once given to (Name) to share, was now sandwiched in between them before it rebounded back towards (Name)'s chest and, amazingly, sunk into her skin, the two stared at it and (Name) placed her hand over her heart, the faint shape of it could be seen as it glowed a soft blue.
''Wow, your hearts going pretty quickly,'' Milo said.
''Well, I did just die,'' (Name) reminded him with a look, not appreciating the fact that her heart's rate was no longer just her own knowledge.
Standing up, Milo helped (Name) to her feet as she wavered ever so slightly. The ocean was now much lower than before, revealing vast landscapes and new ancient buildings that had long been hidden by the water, the giants still stood at their posts, on top of hills that hadn't been washed away. The two released each other, keeping at an arm's distance as they moved to take in the view.
Kida came running towards (Name) and she spread her arms wide, expecting Kida to run into them, instead, Kida stopped short just before crashing into her and instead of launching herself into (Name)'s embrace, she picked her up instead, twirling around happily. ''You are alright, yes?'' She asked, placing her down as the two laughed.
''Yeah, I'm all good.'' (Name) paused, frowning slightly. ''Although, I don't think you'll be getting your crystal back anytime soon.''
Kida paused, her fingers gently brushing across the faint blue glow before she frowned, her eyebrows bunching together. ''You are still the heart, it's bonded to you now.'' Kida looekd up and (Name) realised just what that meant. ''You'll have to stay, if you go, then...'' She didn't finish her sentence, but (Name) knew what it would cause.
Milo approached her again, eyes still on the horizon as his arm wrapped around her waist, hugging her from behind before he finally looked back at her with a large smile. (Name) found her the corners of her own mouth lifting up to mimic it.
''Well, I do like it here. What do you sat, Milo?''
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And... Well, that's it. That's the end.
Thank you all for coming on this journey with me and supporting me all the way through, I'm gonna miss your usernames popping up on my screen, by now I feel like I know you all by name and your comments made my day every time. Thank you all so much, I hope this lived up to and fulfilled any expectations.
Goodbye for now! <3