A moment of silence. It took them a moment to process what had transpired, until Henry had broke the silence. [color=Mediumaquamarine]"Well, now I know how Charlie felt in the glass elevator!"[/color] He stumbled up, and dusted himself off. [color=Mediumaquamarine]"Everyone in one piece? Alice??"[/color] he looked over to his sister(?), who was staring wide-eyed at where the hole in the elevator was. 

 [color=deepskyblue]"She...wanted to protect me..?"[/color] She muttered.

 [color=mediumaquamarine]"Oh uh, sorry about your robot-friend-thing,"[/color] Henry started to apologize, when Alice cut him off. 
 
 [color=Deepskyblue]"No- No, don't be. We may have been allies for the most part, but I draw the line on her harming either of you."[/color] She sighed, straightening herself up. 
 
Isaiah nodded. [b]”Ultimately, the hooligan was unable to change. Escape was not even her goal, just vengence.”[/b] He closed his eyes. [b]”I’m not so sure she’s been decommissioned, even after all that. That was one tough nail to hammer!”[/b]
 
They turned their attention to the door, the group took a few hesitant steps forward, and made their way outside.

 [color=mediumaquamarine][i]"Woah!"[/i][/color] Henry exclaimed, shielding his eyes from the sun as he looked around. [color=mediumaquamarine]"Outside's kinda cold, hehe."[/color] he smiled, seemingly unbothered by the temperature. Alice was silently looking out to the horizon in awe, on the other hand.

[b]”Axis Mundi’s located up around New York, or is it Maine? Regardless, we’re in the northern states so it must be Autumn.”[/b] He chuckled. [b]”My favorite time of year if I’m being honest. Or I suppose I should say Isaiah’s. Especially the end of October when all the kids dress up and go trick-or-treating. Though I think I enjoy it for the same reasons he did.”[/b]

 [color=deepskyblue]"Halloween, hm?"[/color] Alice looked over to him with a tired smile, then back out to the view. [color=deepskyblue]"...She never really had a favorite holiday. I guess it didn't matter to her in the end, so long as she got time off of whatever. And the food."[/color] She chuckled, but her smile then faded into a conflicted look. 
 
 [b]”Well, what do you think [i]your[/i] favorite holiday is?”[/b]

 [color=deepskyblue]"Oh! Uh..."[/color] She thought for a moment. [color=deepskyblue]"God, I'm not sure myself. Though I suppose I have a soft spot for Christmas?"[/color]
 
  [b]”That's another one where you can get good candy.”[/b] Isaiah smiled. [b]”That seems to be something all the best holidays have in common. It's just not a real holiday if you can't have something sweet.”[/b] He looked to Henry. [b]”How about you?”[/b]

[color=mediumaquamarine]"Eh?"[/color] Henry looked back towards the two. [color=mediumaquamarine]"No love loss for Thanksgiving, aye? Weeeell, the Day of the Dead seems interesting to me! Why'd you ask?"[/color] he tilted his head.

Isaiah laughed. [b]”I consider christmas and Thanks giving one and the same. I suppose that is a decent holiday for feasting.”[/b] He sighed. [b]”As for why I’m asking, I don’t really know. I just discovered that this entire time, I’ve been someone else without knowing it. Inside a killing game no less. I think it’s about time we began establishing our own identities.”[/b] The mobster pretender slid his hands into his pockets. [b]”I won’t lie, I’m a little upset by all this. I can’t really believe it, but I’m also starting to warm up to it as well.”[/b] He placed a hand on his chin. [b]”I’d like to learn more about who I use to be, but that person didn’t really want to be themselves, or [i]couldn’t[/i] be themselves. So I’m going to use it as a chance to start fresh.”[/b] He shrugged his shoulders. [b]”Maybe I’ll take a page from the nanny’s book and do what I can to help children. I know I want to hold onto this connection I have with the two of you.”[/b]

 [color=mediumaquamarine]"No man left behind, right?"[/color] Henry shrugged with a grin. [color=mediumaquamarine]"I still wanna try and find our old names in the database, then with what we already know, we can go from there. Maybe I can go into hacking full time, who knows!"[/color] 

 [color=deepskyblue]"I just want to have a normal live at this rate."[/color] Alice rubbed one of her eyes tiredly. [color=deepskyblue]"A-As long as I can stay with you, of course.[/color]
 
 [b]”Normal eh? I’m not so sure ‘normal’ exists for anyone.”[/b] Ice looked back at the elevator. [b]”But we can try for normal if that’s what you guys wanna do. I’m sure there are some perfectly normal hackers out there.”[/b] 

 [color=mediumaquamarine]"Is there though?"[/color] Henry joked. [color=mediumaquamarine]"So anyways, you two have a [i]thing[/i] goin' on?"[/color]
 
 [b]”A thing?”[/b] The wanna-be-cool-guy shifted his eyes side to side. [b]”I mean I genuinely like your sister, and I feel like we've been through a lot together. It's just a connection I want to keep.”[/b] He cleared his throat. [b]”It's one of the few things I have that I didn't inherit from Ice. I just, um, want to see how it goes is all. There's no need to make it weird.”[/b] He inhaled. [b]”But as I have said before, I do like children,”[/b]
 
 Henry's face went comically blank, then a smug grin appeared on his face. Maybe his theory was correct, but he'd bother them about it later. He slowly looked to Alice. [color=mediumaquamarine]"So are you gonna tell him now or am I ratting you ou-"[/color] He was quickly interupted when she clasped a hand over his mouth. [Color=deepskyblue]"Shhhh!!"[/color]
 
 [b]”Hmm?”[/b] Isaiah moved to Alice's side. [b]”Um, why are you covering his mouth? Did you want to tell me something?”[/b]

 [color=deepskyblue]"E-Erm...y-yeahonemoment-"[/color] Alice shot a quick glare to the snickering Henry, gently shoving him aside, then straigtening herself up. [color=deepskyblue]"I was actually wanting to tell you for awhile now. But between Lambert's attempts to keep you away from me, [i]that[/i] hellhole being the worst place and time to feel something like this, and my own cowardice? I mean, even after the whole revelation that we're nothing more than nobodies of another pained me to almost no end because...well..."[/color] She sharply exhaled.

 [color=deepskyblue]"I k-kinda...sorta...love you."[/color] She avoided looking at him out of nervousness. [color=deepskyblue]"But if you don't feel the same, I can respect that. I just want you to be happy."[/color]
 
 Ice curled his lips in between his teeth. [b]”Yes, well…”[/b] He placed a hand on the side of his head. [b]”Well, well…”[/b] He grinned. [b]”I kinda, sorta, love you too.”[/b] Isaiah turned to face Alice. [b]”Though all the same, I think even a flippin’ lunatic pandora could tell we just revealed the worst kept secret in Axis Mundi.”[/b]

 [color=Mediumaquamarine]"No kidding, you dorks!!"[/color] Henry yelled over to them.

 Alice stared wide-eyed at him, before breaking out into a relieved laughter. [color=deepskyblue]"Damnit, you're right, hahahah!"[/color] She grinned.
 
 [b]”I suppose we need to decide what to do next.”[/b] Ice looked at Henry. [b]”Beating up your brother would be a good way to pass the time. I feel like he was never disciplined enough.”[/b] 

 [color=mediumaquamarine]"Wait what?!"[/color]

 Alice looked over to her brother, albeit with a more mischevious grin. [color=deepskyblue]"You know what? You're absolutely right!"[/color] she snickered.

  [color=mediumaquamarine]"And that's my cue to run!!"[/color] Henry quickly ran away in fright.
  
  [b]”Unbeflippin’-leavable!”[/b] Ice sprinted after him. [b]”Henry! I wasn’t serious! Get back here!”[/b]
  
  [color=deepskyblue]"Oh dear. Wait for me, you guys!"[/color] Alice ran after the two.