The footsteps were getting closer.
"Great," Magic said, clapping their hands together, "we're all set. My magic might be a little funky after being in the wrong body, but I think I can rein it in and send you back to your homes."
"You think you can?" Télos repeated. Aquarius looked slightly paler beside him, even though it was hard to tell with his mask on again.
"Worse case scenario, you end up in the wrong reality," Magic said. "But it won't be a bad reality. And I can definitely get you back once I realize you're in the wrong place."
They turned to Robin. Now that she no longer had any tubes to break, she just looked...awkward as she stood in the corner of the room. "After that, I'll magic Robin and me out of here. The last thing this group needs is to get their hands on a grim reaper."
Robin opened her mouth to protest.
Then she closed it.
"Hopefully," Magic said, "if any of you do meet again, it'll be in much better circumstances."
With that, Magic started speaking the words to the spell that would bring them home.
Télos wanted to say goodbye - even though he wasn't really sure Bobby would want to hear it from him - but he didn't get a chance. One moment, he was standing in the wreckage of the lab. The next, he found himself back in the palace with a flash of warm, unfamiliar magic.
Zephyrus was nowhere to be found. But his twin brother was - Aquarius went stumbling into him as he appeared in the room, too. Télos was still trying to wrap his head around what had just happened, but he was interrupted by someone running in from the hallway.
"You're both okay," Zephyrus said. He threw his arms around the two. Even though his arms couldn't entirely reach around them, Télos could tell that it was supposed to be a hug. "I-I couldn't find either one of you anywhere. I don't know what could have taken you, but..."
He looked between the two of them.
"Where were you?" he asked.
Télos and Aquarius exchanged a look.
"It's, uh, a long story," Télos said, rubbing the back of his neck.
Aquarius gave a nod in agreement.
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