Escape: Heaven’s Temple

A LITTLE BONDING

"Is Emery still not awake?" Sister Anasha asked Sister Chloe. They are both kneeling now in front of the statue of their Lord. Sister Anasha prays that Emery's condition will improve. She was too worried for that poor young girl.

"Until now, she still hasn’t wake up. I called the doctor earlier and he checked on Emery. Emery's fever is currently high. He said that Emery couldn't cope with the pain caused by the wound on her back. That's why she hasn't woken up yet. She is also conscious until now. She cannot be confined to the hospital, so I just took care of her in her room,” Sister Anasha explained to her at length.

"If only that girl had been able to listen to us until the end, she wouldn't have been punished. If you hadn't stopped me that day, Emery would have gotten worse," Sister Anasha replied seriously. Sister Chloe closed her eyes tightly and then continued praying in her mind.

"Emery is really too young for such things. Can't she have fun now that she’s still young? It's still a long time before she faces--"

"Don't mention that thing anymore," Sister Anasha stopped her immediately. She didn’t want Sister Chloe to mention what Emery would face when the right time comes.

"I'm sorry, Sister Anasha. I was just thinking about Emery's situation right now. I know. You know she's having a hard time with what's happening to her right now."

"It's useless for her to just move to another section. Almost all the students at Hellviore High already look at her strangely. I just don't understand why she still stays there and doesn't want to move to another school. If I knew that this is what will going to happen to her, I shouldn’t brought her to that academy.”

Sister Chloe got up from her knees. But she kept looking at Sister Anasha with her eyes closed and continued to pray.

"But why don't you just transfer Emery to another school? There's nothing she can do once you've transferred her. Another thing is that, it's good for her. I don't think so either that Emery is still safe at Hellviore High. The kids are very dangerous there now. Especially since a classmate of Emery's at that school has also died. Evil spirits are surrounding that place.”

The nun also finished praying and quickly looked at Sister Anasha. "I wanted to transfer her to another school when one of her classmates had just died. But she relied too much on our Lord. I couldn't transfer her to another school because our Lord told me to follow what Emery wanted. So far, I have not been able to do anything just to transfer her,” explained by Sister Anasha.

Surprisingly, Sister Chloe looked at the nun. "What if we also prayed too much that the Lord would have agreed to transfer Emery to another acaddemy? Do you think our Lord will follow us?" She asked the nun who was with her again.

"He will grant Emery's request more. You know that Emery has the ability to make the Lord obey her. Even if she doesn't know it yet. When the right time comes, Emery will make us obey."

Will Emery accept her fate here in Heaven's Temple? Emery is a smart kid. I feel that she will not immediately agree when the time comes for her to had to fight for her own life.

Sister Chloe could no longer express her thoughts. Instead, she said goodbye to Sister Anasha who was going to rest as well. Sister Anasha went to Emery's room to watch it. She had to take good care of Emery because that was what their Lord had instructed her to do. Sister Anasha sighed when she saw Emery's condition. There were wires attached to Emery's body at the time. The nun sat down next to him. It parted the hairs that covered the child's face.

"You can't be weak like this. You have to be strong. If you give up like this right away, what about when the appointed day comes for you that you need to rehearse for Heaven's Temple?" the nun said softly to her.

Emery slowly regained consciousness. But she also immediately heard that Sister Anasha was sitting on her bed. Even though she had regained consciousness, she still did not open her eyes. She forced herself to stay in her position so that the nun would not notice that she was awake. Emery felt the nun's caress on her.

"Your strength will be needed when the right time comes, Emery. By the time you can show that you are weak and incapable, the years you have struggled to live in this world will be wasted. You still have a lot to go through. That is why it is necessary. you have to be ready all the time. I know you can't hear me now. But you will also know everything about what I say when you are no longer a child,” the nun said to her again.

Because of the fever Emery was feeling, she didn't stay awake for long. Because she also quickly lost consciousness again. Somehow, she wanted to rest her brain and self first because of what was happening and she knew.

Sister Anasha also fell asleep in Emery's room. The next day, she woke up early to prepare Emery something to eat. The nuns prepared a lot. Almost all vegetables and nutritious food are available. Sister Anasha thought that would cure Emery's fever. It is also true that Emery woke up but she still could not move her body properly. She could feel the pain in her back. As well as her head was sore.

"It's good that you're conscious now. Does your wound still hurt?" Sister Chloe asked her immediately.

Emery nodded, "Yes, Sister Chloe. My back is still not well and my head hurts. But my stomach hurts because of hunger," she replied. Her body is still weak but she forced herself to stand up.

"Come and I'll take you to the dinner table. Sister Anasha has prepared nutritious meals for you to speed up your recovery."

Emery looked at the nun, "What happened to the man who hit me in the back?" Emery asked her. "Nothing happened to her and I talked to that man. She wasn't aware that you had a wound on your back. She also didn't do anything hard to you. Is that true?"

Emery nodded to the nun. "I thought he was punished for what he did to me. He didn't really do that to me very hard. I was just hurt too much because of the wound I had,” Emery explained.

"Don't worry for other people. Think more of yourself now because you need to strengthen right away. Your examination is coming up. I already know that you have moved to another section. Are you sure you to your decision? Do you really don’t want to transfer to another school? You can still transfer because your school year is just started and your preliminary exams are just beginning.”

Emery smiled slightly at the nun, "You don't have to worry about me at Hellviore High anymore. I'm fine and I really prefer to graduate there. After all, I started studying there. I'm sure I will no longer be bullied by my classmates,” she replied.

Sister Chloe sighed. "There's nothing I can do if that's really your decision and I can't change it. I'll fix you so you can eat. The other nuns are also waiting for you outside."

They moved and after an hour, Sister Chloe helped Emery out of the room. She is still a bit hunchbacked when she walks because she can't straighten her body yet. The nuns were delighted to see that she was already awake.

"It's good to see you and you're awake, Emery. How are you now? You still look so pale."

"I'm feeling a bit well now. I'll be very well in a few days," Emery politely replied to the nuns. She sat down in her usual place. Sister Anasha suddenly took Emery's hand. The girl looked at her in surprise.

"From now on, I will protect you even if you are in the academy. I will not allow anyone to hurt you in that area. If you really don't want to move to a new school, you just need to be properly protected in that area," said by the nun.

"There's no need for that, Sister Anasha. I can handle myself and I'm not a kid anymore," Emery replied. The nun just shook her head at her. The nun is determined to guard and properly protect Emery inside Hellviore High.

"I will protect you with my own rules and ways. I will protect you no matter what. From the moment you re-enter Hellviore High, you will not be approached by other people. You know that you can only talk to your teachers. You're not allowed to talk to your classmates. If they have a question for you about your lessons or group activities, you can talk to them. But that's all you can do. Do you understand me, Emery?" Sister Anasha said to her.

Emery just nodded at her. She had no choice but to follow the nuns. Especially since she already knew in herself that no one wanted to be friends with her anymore inside Hellviore High. She was already well-known at Hellviore High and her image there was not good. For her, it was better to just keep quiet and study there without making any trouble.

"I will follow everything you want, Sister Anasha. I will never repeat what happened to me and what I did at Hellviore High in recent weeks. I just really want to graduate quietly from that academy. I have nothing more to ask more than that. I don’t care if I don’t have any friends there or I don’t talk to my classmates. I just really want to graduate there. So that I could reach my dreams in the future.”

Sister Anasha and the other nuns smiled at Emery's answer. "You're really smart m young girl. But who cares to those dreams that you were saying? As long as you’re here, you’re future is already safe and secured. I'm sure our Lord is pleased now as he watches you. He's happy that you're not influenced by the evil spirits you encounter at Hellviore High. You need to get well soon because your preliminary examination is approaching so you have to study hard. I want all the grades you get are high enough to satisfy me. A great girl like you is what the Heaven’s Temple needed.”

Emery didn't answer anymore to the nun and they started eating. Emery thought he would be happier if she was alone and she was just quiet at Hellviore High. She also could not understand to herself why she did not want to move to another school. She prefers to stay at Hellviore High even if the experiences she has there are no longer good. She felt that Sister Anasha had been kind to her again because she was taking care of her again. Emery is fed delicious foods just to speed up her recovery. Emery felt a little happy that day because of the simple thing. She feels like all of the bad things that she had witnessed inside the Heaven’s Temple was gone to her mind for a moment. But still, she couldn’t forget all of those bad memories that she saw with her own eyes.

Emery wants to reach her dreams. She has a lot of dreams in her mind that she wants to achieve all of them. Not just for herself, but also to the persons who cared and fed her while she’s growing. She has many talents that she got from her parents and she’s very smart and kind.

I know my parents also want me to be well and my grades are high. I will do everything to make them proud to me. Because I survived this world by myself even without my own parents. And also, with the help of the nuns here in Heaven’s Temple. I will return the favor to them when I started reaching my dreams and have a professional work.