"What do you mean stone?" She questioned. "I'm a normal human, just like you. But what is this New York you speak of? This soil is of Lysander!" She looked down, suddenly realising that she was on concrete.
Kai tilted his head and raised a brow, "Uh, there's no such place as Lysander. And you were literally a statue a second ago."
"Of course there's such place as Lysander! It's my birthplace!" She slowly started to get up, slightly off balanced at first but then firm-footed after a few moments.
"What's your name, Miss?" Kai asked gently, glancing over at his friend who just shrugged and went back to telling people to piss off and stop filming.
That question made her think. It was the one thing that didn't spring to her mind immediately. "Uh…Mikayla? No, Mickey? I…I don't really remember."
"Okay.. Mickey… how about we get outta here and we can try and find out what's going on?" He suggested.
She stared at him, trying to decipher if he was going to really help her or not. On one hand, he was a complete stranger who she really only knew the name of. On the other hand, he had caught her before she hit the ground and had saved his life. "OK."
Kai held out a hand for her to take, if she wished to take it. New York was big and Kai didn't want her getting lost on the way home. Liam clearly understood and signed to Kai that he was going home and left.
She still hesitated, but placed her hand in his. She took a deep breath, being in an apparently new place, a place that she was scared in. Kai was her only option, really.
Kai gave her hand a small, reassuring squeeze and led her out of the crowd and back the way he came. They had to walk through the park before they walked into the city and hopefully the greenery would relax them both.
Mickey looked around, trying to take in her surroundings. A lot of things had changed since this 'New York' was Lysander, and she didn't know by how much it had changed. Her bare feet seemed to almost seep in the feeling of the ground, or at least to her.
Kai was worried, needless to say. Clearly Mickey didn't know about the curse and the legend which made him worry even more. She had a lot to take in and Kai didn't want her freaking out on him too much.
She looked around, at everything that was so different. There were structures made of hard grey, and there were windows with a clear barrier between them. Everything was just so different.
"I… I know it's different to what your used to," Kai started gently, "But I promise it's not all that confusing if you stick with the right people."
She blushed, but brushed it off. There was no way she liked him: he wasn't her type. Besides, she already had someone back home…the home that apparently didn't exist anymore…
Again, Kai gave her hand a squeeze in reassurance as they headed into the busier part of the city. It even though they weren't in the middle on NYC, it was still busy here.
"Um…Kai?" She asked, trying to get her attention. "Where exactly are we going?"
Kai looked down at Micky and smiled softly, "Back to my apartment, it's safe there."
"If you don't mind my asking," Mickey started. "What exactly is an…apartment?"
"Apartments are like a bunch of little houses stacked on top of each other," He explained, "And that's where I live."
"How do they not collapse in on each other? Aren't houses heavy? The straw roofs wouldn't be able to take the wait."
"They're not straw roofs, though. They're made of concrete and have metal beams and infrastructure to hold them up."
"But metal is so rare!" She replied, thoroughly surprised. "And is concrete similar to brick? Sorry, I'm asking so many questions."
"Hey," He gave her hand a small squeeze, "It's okay, everything is knew to you, you're allowed to ask questions. And metal isn't rare anymore, a lot of things are made from it. And yeah, concrete is like better brick."
She had a simple expression cross her face as she looked at her surroundings. "Everything's changed so much."
"Yeah. It scares me sometimes at who fast things are moving…" He sighed softly, shaking his head a little.
"Question. What year is it? Before I 'turned into a statue', as you say, I believe it was 1826. I could be wrong though, I was never really good at keeping up with the times. Even though I was part of the time."
“Makes sense. And it’s 2019.” Kai replied, leading Mickey into his apartment building.
She marveled at the newness and the difference to when this New York was Lysander. "I guess it's been a long time then, huh?"
"You could say that," He sighed softly, heading towards the elevators, "Just promise me you'll try and not freak out too much."
