Chapter 3: Friend Or Foe
"Okay, that was strange. What just happened? I'm going to worry about that later," Ethan mutters to himself, watching a shifting mass of atoms swallow his entire vision as they close in to attack. One of the atoms steps forward.
"You've got to strike first or not at all," says the atom that moved ahead, snarling with hatred as it almost lands a blow on Ethan.
"A-are you sure you w-want to do this?" Ethan asks, with confidence slipping away like a fire about to go out as he almost falters to the ground—when, in an instant, a spider-like rope yanks him away.
"What the hell is going on?" Ethan shouts in anger as he's pulled through the swarm of atoms.
"Shut up, I am trying to save you" says a bodiless voice
"Okay, then show yourself" Ethan yells once more
"I will once we are safe" The bodiless voice says
"By the way my name is Emma what's yours or are you nameless" says Emma teasing still not showing herself
Ethan thought for a second while still being dragged through the swarm Answering "My Name is Ethan"
"Wow, is that your actual name?" Emma replies teasing him once more
"Yeah, why what's the matter" Ethan question with a bit of hesitancy
"Well usually we go by with different names when we reincarnate maybe to get rid of pain or to start a new life where no one judges them for who they were" Emma responds deepening in sorrow
"Anyway, I Think we are out of trouble, i can show myself now" Emma says as she slips out of a shadow from a building as the light touches her, she flickers with discomfort
"Wow i'd never thought you'd quite young" Ethan blurts
"What do you mean how old are you" Emma yells in embarrassment
"17 at least when I died what about you" Ethan says, sadness tearing at him
"Woah really, That's sad dude do you want to talk about it and i was 19 when I past" Emma's eyes sadden as if remembering something
"Nah what's in the past is in the past" Ethan replies wiping a tear from his face
"Okay well i'll be here if you need me and the devil is always watching he told me to find you when he sent me here 5 months ago when i died in a tragic bus accident because of my parents were drunk and driving like always then when all the sudden I was in front of the devil himself he said to seek and stick you your side" Emma says with hardened eyes
"Man that's sad" Ethan responses as a chill goes down his spine at the mention of the devil always watching him
"Are you ok" Ethan says with a stern concerning voice
"Yep, like you said past is in the past, anyway what kind of atom are you" Emma exclaims with excitement
"I Don't know I just know i have these marks and this patch on me" Ethan says calmly
"Open up your windows and see what atom title you have, I am a boron atom and I can make web like ropes and harden them" Emma says as if in practice
Ethan opens is windows seeing that he is "I am a hold on that's strange" as Ethan get cut off
"I found them" yells an atom out in the distance "we better get out of here Emma says
"We can find out later" Emma says
"Oh, ok show me the way" Ethan says on if it was on cue