All Saif can do is smile, as he then turns to look back at the vault door in the distance, and with a determined look, starts walking towards it against the current of people. With each step he took, the heavier his legs felt. It was as if there was an invisible force pulling him away from the door with each step, and he had to fight against it to reach it. Before he knew it, the hall went quiet, and the hall became empty. When he looked back at the vault door, he saw 7 familiar figures standing by it. 3 were on one side and 4 were on the other, and all were on the metal ground right in front of the door that had a grip pattern on it, and behind them were metal railings. "Well well well, look who we have here. Not calling even once so you could do this behind my back." Saif said to them.
"Well, if you weren't so damn persistent with everything, then maybe things would have been different now wouldn't it?" Victoria, a beautiful and elegant looking woman with her brunette hair in a simple yet elegant Braided updo. She was the first to reply.
John, a tall and handsome man with a calculated face and wearing glasses, with his buttoned up shirt having a few buttons opened, revealing a huge scar covering almost his entire chest area was next and said, "Yeah, you would have easily found us out Saif. But still, we know it doesn't justify what we did, and trust me, we are sorry."
Sally, an almost short and lively almost garu looking girl who had her hair in a double pony tail, and an eye patch on her left eye and a lot of small cut marks that filled almost her whole body was next to say, "Well, not really sorry about needing to do this, but we are so sorry for not calling or visiting almost at all. We all still reeeaaally missed you a lot though, you know."
Oliver, a gentle looking man with a calm face and fox eyes, with a prosthetic right leg, and a big scar going down his right arm, gently smacked the back of Sally's head and then said, "Sally, don't phrase it like that making us sound so none apologetic about lying and not consolidating him about this." Sally, once angry from the smack, now apologetic and says she was really sorry for phrasing it wrong. Oliver sighs and continues,"But yeah man, we all missed you, and we are happy that you can be finally a part of this now."
Levi, a small and timid looking girl in all over sized baggy clothes and with slightly curly and messy hair hair style that covers a good amount of her face as if she is hiding behind it, and a huge scar covering half of her face, was next one to speak and she said, "You can say that again. Honestly, I feel more safe with Saif leading this now. I can finally relax as if he agreed to this, then it will all be okay."
Leo, an energetic and muscularly fit guy, with scars that cover his hands and lower arms like as if it was a glove, with a few missing finger tips, and a huge scar that goes down from his left jawline to under his button up has a few opened buttons that reveal that it covers all of his left chest area was the next to talk and said, "You can sooo say that again Levi. I am so glad you are back with us Saif, and I am equally as glad that you agreed. Because if you didn't, I really didn't know what we would have said that this was a horrendous idea."
Emma, a mature looking woman with hair that has a purple hue to it, and a plump curvy body, and she also was on a wheelchair and has a short scar that ran from the middle of her left jawline to the middle of her cheek, and she was the final one to speak and she said, "Well, he is our leader after all. But hey, don't think we are the only ones here." Emma then pointed to the side and 2 familiar figures then appeared, and Saif's eyes widened, but with happiness. "Miss Abigail and little Charlotte!" He says enthusiastically. Miss Abigail, a mature woman who is somehow in her 40s and not her 20s, who is also blind and has a good amount of scares on her hands and arm then says, "My my, will isn't it always such a treat to see you again Saif." Charlotte was next to miss Abigail helping guide her through the way. A teenaged girl with short hair that is a mix of a wolf cut and a bob cut, and a big pink and sparkling bate on her back and she said, "Saif! I missed you so very much! But hey, I already told you to stop calling me little anymore okay. I am a young lady now." Everyone gets a good laugh at that as then Charlotte puffs her cheeks in protest, but soon follows with laughter.
"Wow, I can't believe you were all in on it." Saif says as he realised that them being here distracted him from all the noise that was in his head, and was able to walk to the door so easily. He takes his stance right at the beginning of the metallic ground right in front of the door. Then he continues, "But I am glad you guys are here. Thank you." Victoria then replies, "Well, we of course had to, you know. We are family after all. Plus, we know that we all need to be present and prepared to make sure that you actually go inside." Saif jokingly replies, "That was super sweet in the first half, but took a stress inducing ominous turn." Everyone chuckles at that one, and then Victoria adds, "Okay mister funny guy, just prepare yourself as Ethon is about to open the door now."
Saif swallows hard after hearing that last part and takes a deep breath and lets the air out slowly. Looking at the door, more memories flood his mind, but when he looks down at the others to see how they are, he sees that they are also really nervous as well. Suddenly, the room turns red, and alert sirens start to loudly alert for the opening of the door. The door started to relieve and equalise pressure with a hiss as it finally opened. All the pistons that were installed to make sure that it closed one by one started to open, and then the central module then spun in the clockwise direction, making a loud click sound. The door then started to slowly swing open, swinging inwards, and it beginning to open made everyone there flinch, but their eyes never left Saif for a moment, making sure he wouldn't leave. Saif didn't notice, and all he was thinking about was that first day, and that first level they were first introduced to. He then suddenly felt 2 hands slam down on both of his shoulders, as he looked back to see that both Isaac and Ethon were finally here. Isaac held him from his right and Ethon was holding from his left, and they both held on tight to him. Isaac, a really good looking man with a sharp smile and friendly feel to him, and also a leader vibe, with also peculiar symbols that filled his body except the face and hands, and many scars on all over his body then says, "Did you really think we would have made it easy on you?" Ethon, a tall and sharp looking man, with his fair share of serious scars and 2 distinct ones on his wrists like large and big bracelets, then adds on that and says, "We know better than anyone what you are capable of." Saif chucked, and then laughed, but this time not out of finding something funny, but out of determination then says, "I wouldn't expect anything else from all of you after all."
Saif, a man with scars and tears and body deformities only a leader of people in the Purgatory can sustain. He was one who found a way to escape it. Saif, the leader of the 10 who left.