Several hours later...
They're about an hour from Quola and growing more anxious by the second.
Jack: "(smiling) So what's the plan?"
James: "We're going to drop off at Tenys Park in the western part of Quola. It'll allow us to fight freely to understand how Psychos work."
Jason: "Then what?"
James: "(awkwardly) Uh..."
Jared: "We'll head to our base to get someplace safe."
Eryth: "A base?"
Lexi: "It'll stink, but-"
Jay: "(sighing) The sewers?"
Odd: "It was a necessary evil."
Something is't lining up in James's mind.
James: "(in head) Why avoid the sewers of all places?"
Jake: "So that's the plan? Land in the park and get to your base?"
Dimitri: "Y-Yeah."
Jamie: "Better than what the hell we've been through.
The skies look hazy outside as the sun begins to fall and Jade begins to vomit again.
Jade: "(puking) I hate these trips..."
They begin to tense up.
However...
Gabriel and Abigail watch the monitors closely.
Gabriel: "(smirking) I can feel the key returning. I knew that you couldn't stay away from human curiosity."
Abigail: "(blankly) Humans are frail creatures who bend towards the slightest emotion."
Gabriel grazes his fingers against her cheek.
Gabriel: "I regret ever being human. I despise humanity with every fiber of my master's flesh. This chance meeting of the Seed gave me a foothold like no other compared to him."
Her head droops to the side.
Gabriel: "Soon, I will no longer need you Abigail."
Abigail: "(blankly) Of course master Gabriel..."
One hour later...
Quola is within sight.
Eryth: "It's time."
They all look outside.
Jason: "We're here."
The newcomers clench their chests as their memories begin to flow back.
Lexi: "Let's finish what we started."
They all lock gazes.
Odd: "Took the words out of my mouth."
Dimitri: "M-Mine too."
Jared mumbles those words again.
Jared: "(mumbling) The Gateway to Abyss..."
Jake manages to hear it this time.
Jake: "(in head) Gateway to Abyss?"
The exit begins to open to allow the stench of smoke to fill the area...
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Between 8: Gateway to Abyss
FantasyBook #8 in the Between series Quola is a small country formed by the families who reject the way the societies of the rest of Reith function, thus they seclude themselves from everyone else on a series of large, interconnected islands to the northwe...
