Seconds later, both of you were aware that you weren't the only ones in the building.

You heard discreet shuffling, and you could literally feel your anxiety rising to the max.

Soon after, you both also heard whispering. It sounded like they were arguing. Over something stupid, I might add.

???

"No- You go!"

???

"I don't wanna! It's scary out there!"

You and Xiao looked at each other, confused.

These two people who were making such a fuss were hiding under a work desk, it was pretty tall.

You took out a random gun that just happened to be fully loaded on the ground and ran to look at what was on the other side of the desk.

Quickly, you pointed the gun right at the two.

???

"Hey- You take that thing out of my face right now!..."

Said the boy, also short, who was holding onto a tall boy's arm.

Tall Boy

"I don't know what that is, but we're innocent, I promise!"

You

"Oh?..."

Xiao

"Aren't you... Aren't you Childe?..."

You

"What are you talking about... He definitely doesn't look like a child."

Xiao

"No- Y/N, that's the name he goes by."

You snickered.

You

"Pfft, Childe."

Childe

"Ah- Yes! You're Xiao, right?"

Xiao

"Yes, that's me."

You

"You know each other?..."

Xiao

"Since he's here, this also must mean that more are here."

As for the short boy with the attitude who was clinging onto Childe's arm, was confused.

???

"Who's the person with that dangerous-looking thing?"

Xiao

"Who are you?"

Childe

"Oh- This is Sc-"

???

"I can introduce myself, dumbass."

Childe

"Okay, okay! I hear you."

You

"Does this mean th-"

???

"I'm Scaramouche, another one of the harbingers."

He rudely cut you off, exaggerating his voice.

You

"Okay... Ahem, as I was saying, so there's more of you?... Do they have to join us too?"

Childe

"Yes! Please, I'd love your assistance!"

Scaramouche

"Knock it off, you sound like a wimp when you make it sound like that."

Childe

"But... You were the one who was holding onto my arm the entire time we went into hiding from those people..."

Scaramouche

"... Nobody saw, and nobody knows."

You

"... We know."

Scaramouche

"No, you don't."

You

"Ah, sure. Whatever you want, Scaramouche."

You said, exaggerating the way you said his name and shrugging your shoulders.

You then explained the whole situation as to why they're so weak, and their dying visions.

Scaramouche

"This sucks ass."

You

"Yeah, no shit."

Childe

"Okay!... So, your current plan is to find a way to get us back home, correct?"

You

"I'm also looking for a blonde guy with a braid. You probably know who I'm talking about."

Scaramouche

"Ew, him?!"

You

"What did he ever do to you?..."

After a few moments, the realization hit you.

You

Oh... They must've had some kind of conflict in the past.

Scaramouche was bad-mouthing Aether, but you soon cut them off by explaining the rest of your plan.

You

"Anyways, I'm only looking forward to getting you guys back to Teyvat because I'll get a chance to find Aether."

Childe

"Hm... Makes enough sense."

You

"Xiao chose to search for something possibly useful in this building, I suggest that we go search through."

Scaramouche

"Huh?! No way am I moving from this spot! There's a shit ton of those crazy people up there!"

You

"Is that so?..."

Scaramouche

"Yeah, one of them nearly bit me. They're fucking hideous."

Childe

"That's because you thought that you could fight them off yourself."

Scaramouche

"Well- That was before I was aware that we couldn't use our abilities here."

Xiao

"If we go searching then we'd have to stay behind Y/N. Only they know how to handle people like them, they're called the Infected from what I've heard."

You

"See? Xiao's smart."

Scaramouche

"Psh, I could be smart if I felt like it."

You

"How the fuck does that even work?..."

Scaramouche

"It just does, okay?"

You

"Hmph, fine. Take these."

You dropped a few blades that you had collected on the ground.

Scaramouche

"You expect us to fight... With these?"

Childe

"Hey- Scara, these are the only things that we have at the moment to defend ourselves with..."

Scaramouche

"We don't even know how to use them..."

You

"Then learn."

Scaramouche

"It isn't that simple!"

You

"It's almost like you just didn't tell us that you could be smart if you wanted to be. It's not that simple. After we find a place to stay, I'll teach you guys how to handle a blade. Possibly a gun too."

Scaramouche complained, then soon enough followed along with it.

Carefully going up the stairs, you got ready to shoot with that random gun of yours.

Scaramouche, being as idiotic and reckless as he is, decides to just jump up to the next floor and start throwing his blade all over the place.

You

"Dumbass! What are you doing?!"

Scaramouche

"Fighting, what else?"

You

"You're not supposed to just jump in there!"

Scaramouche

"Well too bad!"

Because of his reckless actions, revealing your aura, all of you had to force yourselves to fight off the others. 

Childe

"Um- You! What's your name?!"

You

"Y/N!"

You yelled, over the loud footsteps and growling of the Infected.

Childe

"Y/N, I think we should fall back! There's too many of them, and I don't even know how to use this thing!"

You didn't want to respond, but you were concerned about their safety. So, you took a good look around the floor that you were on and thankfully, there were plenty of rooms you could take cover in.

You

"Over here!"

You yelled. I mean you had to, the Infected were so damn loud. Plus the overwhelming stress of trying to get out of this situation affected your hearing. You kicked the Infected that you were fighting off, and made sure that all 4 of you could take cover in a room that you thought was the safest. After you were sure the others that you've met from Teyvat were safe in the room, you quickly just shoved yourself in there and shut the door, rather quite loud.

Childe groaned, fell backwards, and took a long exhale.

Childe

"That was too much! I don't think I can last any longer!"

Scaramouche

"Oh please, you're a fatui harbinger. That was nothing."

All of you could hear the noises of the muffled Infected, trying to make their way through the door. Surprisingly, the room didn't contain any of the Infected inside of it. There were plenty of papers scattered all around the place, a sofa, and a huge work desk. There were a few shelves and things that store other things. 

You

"Come on, let's make a barricade."

Childe

"Yeah, but it's still hard to fight people, y'know?!"

Scaramouche

"Maybe that's because you're built like that old grandpa guy, Zhongli was his name?"

Xiao

"... Don't speak of Rex-"

Xiao shook his head.

Xiao

"Don't speak of him like that."