The Earth After Rebirth

Chapter 419 We're Here

For the first time in his life, Nikolai willingly accepted help from a grown up. It was unlike him as he didn't trust them but there was just something about Kiro's father that made one want to spill their guts.

He stopped himself more than once wanting to tell him about the actual reason he hated his father, the abduction, the way his mother died, being sold to slavery, killing a man, everything.

But every time, he managed to stop himself. He was still contemplating, trying to calm himself down. Everything that was coming to him overwhelmed him now, he wasn't used to it.

Nikolai wasn't used to himself feeling so many emotions, it made him vulnerable. He felt like that ten year old who snuck into an enemy's camp, a trap. He would be lying to himself if he said that didn't scare him.

'I really thought I'd locked these kind of things away. I didn't know I could still feel, I hate it if I'm being honest.'

Yet another thing he wasn't used to, a male model figure. That promises him green pastures, he had no reason to not believe Sekani but he had never put his trust on another man ever since he went through what he went through, especially older men.

Felix was just about the only one.

He shook himself out of his thoughts. Now wasn't the time to dwell on things he couldn't change, he knew that much, his focus, entire focus should be on Arnold Black.

"Well crew, we're here." Sekani announced as the train screeched into a stop.

The tracks from civilisation were made from the material mined in that slave mine, they were just two lines on the ground allowing the train to hover above them slightly.

But as they were far from civilisation, the government of Sanctauri didn't see it necessary to extend the futuristic tracks to places like that. So as far as they were, they had normal train tracks.

The train was designed to travel on both, when it sensed the old train tracks, it automatically produced wheels to accommodate itself.

Sekani only had the baton and laser gun on his person. Anything else and he was sure it would slow him down. The backpack could be enlarged anyway, if he needed something he could always take it out.

At his words, James took off some of the weapons he'd put in his pockets. They were grenades, he took out one and started jumping when he could tell that he was still being weighed down more, he took out some more.

Nikolai only had the laser gun on his person, he had two knives in his hands. He wasn't sure whether the game had an influence on him but, this felt most comfortable with two in his hands.

The knives were military, large and extremely sharp. One could cut the atmosphere in half if they so pleased, that's just how sharp they were.

He was preparing himself, moving around, cutting the air up into a billion unseen pieces. It felt like such a long time he'd had a fight, with Kiro going to other worlds to find soldiers for the war everything about Asgard had turned into a large training field.

Nikolai's fear was replaced with the familiar feeling of bloodlust. He had to remind himself that this was real life, if he could spare their lives he should take that chance.

"Remember, every guard there will kill you without a seconds thought. Don't hesitate, or you will be killed." Sekani had never been in battle before, taking the lead here was purely natural.

"Do you remember your maps?"

They were huddled together in the forest. Now that they were there, they needed to cement everything into their minds, ensure nobody forgot anything because any lagging could mean their life taken away.

"There are three gates to enter the mine, all protected heavily. We are going to wait for the sun to completely disappear from the horizon, the darker, the better. Please put on your night visions."

They were the same as contact lenses but instead of helping them see better, they were supposed to allow them to see in the dark.

"Nikolai, you'll be with me at the west gate. James you can go with Wilfred at the south gate. Dean Whitmore, I mean, Grey and Silva, I mean Jesús, you can go together at the north gate. Please have your partner's back, let's meet at the heart of the mine when done."

They immediately dispersed.