The roads were covered in snow, enough to bury anyone's feet in completely. Small snowflakes fell from the sky each having so much detail to them that anyone who looked at them would be completely captivated by their beauty. It was late at night and everyone in the town were either at their homes or some sort of bar/tavern. The atmosphere outside was freezing cold and snow everywhere you looked.
The streets were covered in darkness and in the darkness the moon glimmered faintly through the falling snow, it covered the town in a faint light not to bright but soothing to anyone seeing. The stars helping the beauty of the night sky grow. the sky was colored in a mix of blue and black with silverish white stars shining in it.
The scene was both beautiful and soothing, a scene which both Star and Abyss never wanted to end. the town was so peaceful and yet in that peace lied people who knowingly or unknowingly were hurting this peace one of those people being the person they were chasing.
In said beauty Abyss was chasing the kidnapper. the kidnapper ran going through one ally after another but Abyss didn't lose sight of him, not even for a second. He kept chasing after the kidnapper.
Desperate, the kidnapper pulled a knife from his belt and through it at Abyss.Abyss tilted his head to the side, the blade missing him by inches. His expression didn't waver—his eyes remained locked on the man like ice.
The kidnapper, all of a sudden was unable to move his left foot even an inch. Abyss had used his power to freeze the kidnapper's foot to the ground.
The kidnapper looked at his left foot and was shocked to see it had been frozen in ice so pure, it looked like a crystal emerged from the ground rather than ice itself. He than looked at Abyss who he could see running towards him from afar. The cold of the ice gave him chills under his spine. His eyes unable to believe what had happened. His heart beating so hard on his chest he thought it would break through and come out.
He dropped Lio and started to pull his foot from the ice with all his might but the ice didn't even budge he pulled and pulled but instead of his left foot freeing,
" Thud❗❗ "
His right foot slipped on the snow and which made him fell. Scrambling, he spotted a rock just within reach. With trembling hands, he snatched it and smashed it against the ice but even then the ice didn't budge, not even a single crack it was as if the ice was made of metal. This only made the kidnapper even more scared.
He realized the person behind him was no ordinary person.
His mind instantly clicked and went to thinking that he was one of the apostles of the two gods. He heard they existed but never had seen them in person.. The kidnapper didn't believe that they existed, he didn't even believed that gods existed since when he was in need no god helped him.
Star and Abyss's existence was something of a mystery itself. People knew they existed but most of them had never met them and the people who did, never realized so since they rarely used their power. It is like how we believe in god yet having not seen him our selves. Their were also those people who doubted that they even existed. Only a few people knew them properly like Rose.
The kidnapper's breaths grew shallow. Fear crushed his chest. When Abyss finally drew close, the man's body gave out. He fainted, overcome by terror.
Lio, dropped to the snow in the chaos, rushed forward and clung desperately to Abyss's leg with tears in his eyes and on the brink of crying clearly shaken from what had happened.
Abyss place's a steady hand on Lio's head. His voice soft, calm and soothing like a lullaby."Everything is fine now. You're safe." he says to Lio.
Lio squeezed tighter, his tears now spilling freely.
Abyss glance's at the fallen kidnapper. For a moment, he thought he had killed the man, "Oh frick," he muttered under his breath, "did I kill him?"He leaned closer, relieved when he saw the faint rise and fall of the man's chest. He sighed a took a breath of relief.
Star arrived seconds later, his boots crunching into the snow. His gaze instantly goes to Abyss and Lio and then to the unconscious man, still frozen in place. He look's at Abyss with a stright face and says "Ummm… did you kill him?"
Abyss shouts at Abyss , " WHY the hell do you think I kill everything I meet? I haven't killed a single person since we came to this world!"
Star shrugged, a sly grin tugging at his lips. "Well, you are the God of Destruction. Can't ever be too sure." He says looking in the opposite direction of Abyss.
" If nothing else I am gonna destroy that smug face of your's " Abyss said with a twitched eyebrow
Lio seeing them, smiles and even laughs a little. Star looks at him and smiles as well. Abyss realizes Star only said that to make Lio smile and to get rid of his fears, to calm him down. Abyss was a little mad that Star wasn't reacting appropriately for the situation but what he did made him smile as well.
Between Star and Abyss, Abyss was considered more wiser, more responsible and more mature even Star thought so as well but deep done Abyss knew that Star at the end of the day was the one who put a smile on everyone's face.
Abyss grabs Lio in his arms after which he says to Star " well I guess sometimes even you use your brain cells " and then follow's it with " I am going to take Lio with me to the tavern, let's discuss this after we are their "
Star nod's and says " I agree " with that Abyss start's walking in the direction of the tavern.
Abyss looks at Lio and says " do you want to fly? "
Lio looks at him with a look of ' is this possible ' and with a little bit of excitement, he smiles and says " Yes. "
Hearing this Abyss says " Okey " and uses his power to make wings appear on his back out of thin air. There colour black, matching with the colour of his rob which was also black with a lining of golden and a tint of white. Each one of his wing was almost five feet long. He in an instant had changed from a Human to a Skyfolk which were a race most people never even got to see in their lives.
The difference between Humans and skyfolk was that Skyfolk had wings and were able to fly where as humans didn't not only that, they lived significantly longer than humans, on average a Skyfolk could live around one thousand to fifteen hundred years.
Each race had at least one unique ability. There also some whom had multiple.
Abyss uses his wings to propel him self into the air with a normal amount of speed, Lio still in his arms. Now in air Lio opens his eyes and is instantly mesmerized seeing everything from such a height, he could see the whole town from where he was. His eyes sparkling with joy form being close to crying and now in joy, seeing this gave Abyss a little smile as well.
Star seeing Abyss go realizes he has been bamboozled, realizing now he has to take the unconscious kidnapper. Star sighs and says while looking in the direction ofAbyss " you win this time ".
Abyss comes close to the tavern but stops a bit away before reaching it. He gently goes down flapping his wings as he descended.
Inside the tavern, the air was heavy, thick with worry. Raina and Edritha [ Lio's mother ] sat by the fire, their faces pale with grief. The tavern, usually alive with laughter and music, was eerily silent, as if the whole town shared their sorrow.
When Raina's eyes fell on Lio, she shot up from her seat. Tears streamed as she rushed forward and embraced him tightly, as if never intending to let go. Edritha followed, relief breaking across her face. She pressed her hands together, whispering a prayer of gratitude " Oh thank god " she murmured.
Abyss's smiled here this, shoulders eased at the sight. His part in this was done.
After a few minutes when had settled a little Raina asks Abyss "Where is Star?" he replies " Oh he will be back he just needed to take care of somethings "
From across the room,Edritha raised her voice, tears still fresh in her eyes. "Next round is on the house! Drink up!"
The tavern stirred with faint life again. Cups clinked, hushed voices rose, and the silence began to thaw.
Raina hesitated, glancing at Abyss as if she wanted to say something more. Her lips parted, but before she could speak, Abyss clapped his hand against the bar. "Come on. Let's drink some beer, don't you think?"
Caught off guard, Raina froze, her face flushing as her words stumbled and fell apart. "I—I…" She turned quickly, hiding her expression, and darted away, pretending she hadn't meant to say anything at all.
Abyss confused, just took a sip from his cup, letting the warmth settle in his chest.
Meanwhile, out in the snow, Star walks around the town thinking where to take the unconscious kidnapper. The kidnapper float behind him in the air, following him wherever he went.