Searching for Hope 1
Sampo and Seele had been running for what had felt like ages to them. They searched almost everywhere to find Oleg.
"Seele clearly Oleg is no where around here" says Sampo
"Don't lose hope Sampo" says Seele. "There's only one place we haven't looked yet, Rivet Town" Seele continues
"Are you crazy!? That place is packed with monsters and who's going to protect Natasha if we're fighting" says Sampo
"Don't worry you aren't going to do the fighting, that's my job" says Seele
"Fine lead the way" says Sampo
Sampo and Seele make their way to Rivet Town to find Oleg. what Seele and Sampo didn't know was that they were being watched. They were being watched by none other than Hook and Julian.
"Miss Hook was that Lady Natasha?" says Julian
"Yeah that's the old witch alright, but what happened to her?" says Hook concerned
"We have to follow them" says Julian
"Yes we will" says Hook
"Hold on is that big sister?" says Julian
"Yes and it is and it appears her friends are with her" says Hook
"Let's go see if she knows anything about what happened to Lady Natasha" says Julian
"Yeah let's go" says Hook
. . .
"How long does it take to find one guy, we've already searched this whole town and there's no sign of him" says March
"Relax we still haven't checked Rivet Town" says Stelle
"You mean that creepy abandoned town filled with monsters" says March "There's no way I'm going in there Stelle"
"Is it cause you're scared" says Dan Heng lifting his eyebrow
"N-no!! Hmph I just don't like it there" says March pouting
'Seriously.' Dan Heng thought
"Whatever" says Dan Heng shrugging his shoulders
'Jeez these two can't go one day without bickering' Stelle thought while facepalming herself.
Dan Heng and March are still bickering with each other but Stelle spots her little friend walking towards her. Hook thugged on Stelle's skirt so she could get her full attention. Stelle kneels down to get at Hook's level.
"Hey Hook, what's wrong?" says Stelle giving Hook a confused look
"Um you wouldn't know what happened to the old witch would you?" says Hook looking down
Stelle sighs.
"It's a long story Hook" says Stelle
"Hook is willing to listen to the whole thing" says Hook looking at Stelle in the eyes
"Wait how do you know Natasha is hurt?" says Stelle
"I saw Ms.Seele and Mr.Sampo and the old witch was being carried by Sampo" says Hook
"Where did they go?" says Stelle
"They headed to Rivet Town" says Hook "Now tell me what happened and stop changing the topic"
"How about this I'll tell you if you can lead us to the path they took in Rivet Town" says Stelle
"Okay deal" says Hook happily agreeing
"Guys we're heading to Rivet Town, stop fighting now!" says Stelle
"Uhh can I stay behind hehe" says March
"You're coming with us March, I wouldn't want to leave you behind" says Dan Heng
"Ugh fine, wait did you just says 'I wouldn't want to leave you behind" says March with a light blush on her face
"U-uh no.." says Dan Heng facing away from March as his face turns beet red
"Big sister your friends are weird" says Hook whispering to Stelle
"They are but they mean well" says Stelle whispering back to Hook
"Stelle is this little girl coming with us?" says Bronya
"Hey!! I'm not little missy" says Hookcrossing her arms
"Oh my apologizes" says Bronya
"Your forgiven, don't let it happen again" says Hook
"Understood" says Bronya
"To answer your question yes she's coming with us. She's going to lead us the way to Seelle and Sampo" says Stelle
"Oh alright please lead the way for us uh.." says Bronya
"Hooks the name" says Hook
"Please lead the way Hook" says Bronya
"With pleasure" says Hook
"Come on guys we're leaving" says Stelle
"Coming!" says March and Dan Heng
The trailblazers, Bronya and Hook all make their way to Rivet town to find Stelle and Sampo
. . .
"Seele aren't you getting tired, you fought almost all the monsters here" says Sampo
"No I'm used to this anyways just lay Natasha over there and rest" says Seele "I'm going to keep searching for Oleg"
"Alright just be careful" says Sampo laying Natasha down on a piece of tarp
"You too" says Seele separating from Sampo to find Oleg
Sampo is left alone with Natasha. Sampo rests Natasha's head along his thigh and caresses her head.
"I'm sorry Natasha if I knew that you were going to get hurt then I wouldn't have brought you" says Sampo with tears on the edge of his eyes. "W-well who knew you could.. make a man like me cry" says Sampo sobbing, holding Natasha. "Natasha we're going to cure you I promise you"
Sampo grabs hold of Natasha's hand and places a gentle kiss on her palm. He stopped crying at this point and lays himself next to Natasha. he embraces Natasha protectively so no monster s could hurt her. Sampo's eyes slowly close shut drifting him off to sleep.
. . .
The trailblazers make it to Rivet Town and as promised Stelle tells Hook about what happened to Natasha.
"And that's all that happened" says Stelle looking down at hook to see if she was okay. Hook was sobbing after hearing the events that occurred
"You're not supposed to make Hook cry" says Hook wiping her tears
"I'm sorry Hook but you wanted to know" says Stelle patting Hook's head
"That monster will pay for what he did to Ms.Natasha" says Hook
"I suppose but we shouldn't handle this with violence Hook" says Stelle
"Ok you're right" says Hook
"Guys I think I see Seele" says Bronya
The others spot her as well and make their way to her
"Seele!!" says Bronya
Seele hears a distinct voice calling her voice
"Huh?" says Seele
To be continued on Chapter 3 :)