There is no trace of the boat, but it is not a problem. Mxy can open a transdimensional portal to the other side of the bay, near the docks of Thunder City. It is a short tract, and the five dimensional being will not be too tired, after.
“Mxy, can you…” I can’t even finish to ask, that we are back in Thunder.
There is a cold breeze from the sea, and the mist, the fetid breath of the Leviathan that has kept in chain the population of this city for many years, finally is wiped away. The sky is clear, and full of stars, but soon big clouds close over us.
We stand for a minute on the shoreline, watching the last remnants of the tower being swallowed by the bay.
“We did it, guys” I say. “Thanks to Jason, and to each of you”.
“But we haven’t saved your son, Edulcore” whispers Mxy.
“Yeah. But he is safe, and I know where it has been brought. We’ll rescue him the next time. Now let’s go back to the circus. And Merry Christmas to all of you.”
At my words, the face of Tobias is shadowed by a sad expression. Ah. I forget he doesn’t believe in Christmas.
He looks at me, having noticed I was looking at him. “How can you say merry? It’s the same Christmas I ever had. We haven’t rescued the kid, and the Jason has died. It’s the same, miserable Christmas I ever had.
“Care to run?” I ask.
“Run?”
“Yes. The elves can come back to the circus by themselves. We can run fast, very fast. But we have never tested who is faster” I say.
“You are powerful, Euro, but I am faster than you” he says, smiling.
“Show it!” I shout, beginning my race.
I head toward the city. I feel Tobias behind me. He is faster, but I’m in ghost form and offer no resistance to the air, so I can stay a little forward than him.
Soon we are in a heavily populated sector of the town. And what we are saying, it’s thousands of people running out of their home, singing and smiling and hugging each other.
Tobias stops. I go near him.
“What’s happening?” he asks.
“They are experiencing their newfound liberty. You see, the marine serpents, which I suppose it was a creation of Doctor Klone, had the ability to produce an… enslaving gas, if I can say so, that kept the city in line, whitout creating problems for TriVex. Destroying the beast, we have freed all these people”.
“We have done that?”
“Yes, Tobias, we have. How do you feel?”
He smiles. “I feel good. It will be a good Christmas for many people, after all”.
From the clouds begins to fall large snow flakes.
“It’s time we go back, Tobias”
“Yes, Euro. I bet Lil’Jo is waiting for us.”
THE END
