-“I had lost track of time being inside the apartment…” Nessa said smiling a little as she walked beside Witold. He smiled in return with his eyes closed.
It was a beautiful night in Juuban, Witold and Nessa walked as they talked about everything and nothing. Nessa told him about her studies, Witold told her about his life in Poland.
The wind made a trail of sakura leaves in front of them suddenly, Nessa giggles at them, she moved her hands slightly and the changed its course in the air, waltzing beside them as happily as children running in the park.
Witold laughed heartily, he looked at her and smiled and said in a whisper:
-“Thank you…it was one of the things I missed from neo Tokyo…” He grabbed one of the sakura petals and held it in his hand.
-“Oh? Only the leaves?” she said in mock shock and pout, he laughed in response.
-“That…and your magic…” He said looking at her…”I missed you Nessa…” He blushed suddenly -"I missed all of you..."
Yevgeny sat in a bench overlooking a lake. He had still in his hands the envelope Joe gave him, unopened yet unsealed. His hand trembled a little.
-“Whatever this means, it can’t be that bad right?” He said to himself in the immensity of the night.
He looked up toward the sky, toward the stars.
-“I can’t read them like Nessa does, but I sure hope I find some answers and guidance with them” he kneeled on the ground and made drawings with his hand, not visible to anybody but himself. He chanted something resembling a prayer and closed his eyes.
In the sky above him, the stars moved in imaginary patterns, some glowed, some faded, they all moved in unison, portraying the desired message.
Nessa looked away for a moment concerned, Witold noticed and asked:
-“What’s wrong?" She looked back at him and smiled
-“No, nothing just got myself out of the loop as I sometimes do” she said giggling nervously.
He lifted his eyebrow as if not believing her, but he let it slide and resumed his conversation with a smile.
Yevgeny walked toward his home thinking about what he had seen in the stars. He got out his cell phone and started writing some text messages. It had been hours after he read the messages from the stars; it was late night in Neo Tokyo.
A reply got his attention.
He stopped in his tracks and looked behind him, he saw a figure in a trench coat smoking a cigarette, its small red light and smoke were the only thing Yevgeny could see at the distance that he was, the figure walked closer to him.
-“I’m not even sure what that information means, but I suppose you have some answers now” said Richard as the light from the street played on his face as he walked closer to Yevgeny.
-“Da (he nodded) it doesn’t look good, but I’m hoping I made some mistakes at my reading, after all Nessa is the master at reading the stars...” he said somewhat hopeful
In another place, at the same time, Witold and Nessa laid down on a grass field. They were laughing and looking at the sky; his hand embraced hers close to his heart, while the other pointed at some stars in the sky.
Behind them Charles Daniel sat and laughed with them. Nessa held out her hand toward Charles’ and grabbed it. It was all like it was before, it was like a good dream, one of those dreams that you didn’t want to wake up from.
It was the year 20-06, three years after the war with Demian. The team is almost completely reunited, and a new time has come, new trials, new battles, but they are together now, let's hope they survive.
-End of Chapter.
