Chapter 6: Abduct (3)
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Alger stayed for a while and observed if the man was still there.
He's nervous about getting caught and killed by the man.
Creek!
The door opened, Al widened his eyes from hearing the door. His feet are trembling and he can't even move them.
"Sir Al?"
It was Kerstin's voice. Al stopped trembling and stood up quickly. He's relieved that it was not the man.
"What are you doing there Sir Al?"
"A-ahm… I'm finding something" he chuckled.
"Is that so? Here it is, your slippers. That all I can find"
She passed the red slippers to him and Al accepted them.
"Thank you for this"
He bowed in appreciation of her kindness.
"Okay. That's all I can do for you now. I'm going back to fulfill my duties. There are two kids here. You can ask them for more information"
"Thank you"
Kerstin walks out of the shelter and moves to the palace to do her duties. Alger stayed behind and put the slippers on his feet.
How can I make a phone call here? If I sneak in, I might get caught and imprisoned here for some time. But this is urgent. I'll make a plan tonight.
"Hey, you?"
Alger turned when he heard the voice of a kid.
"Hmm?"
"You're new here, right?"
It's just a kid, meh.
"Yeah, I'm new here"
"Well, we're glad that someone is new here"
Alger was confused about what the kid was saying. He moved forward and got close to the kid. He kneels to level up to him. He asked the kid.
"Hey? Do you know where this place is?"
The kid wrinkled his forehead.
"This place? I don't know. I have just a little bit of information about it"
"Can you tell me all the information you have?"
"Yes, I can. But there is one condition"
I smell something fishy about this kid. But I need to know even a bit of information in this place.
"Okay, what's your condition?"
"Really! Okay, my condition is… get me out of this place" he smiled.
Al was surprised.
What the hell, did this kid live his life until nowhere? Such cruelty. But I don't know if I can go outside. I'll just promise him.
"Okay, I'll promise to get you out here"
"Pinky swear?"
"A-ahm…"
How do I do this? He's pinky swear. If I promise him and not get him out. How do I, argh… just for now.
He raised his pinky and they did the pinky swear.
"Okay, now what's your little information?"
"There are people here, trained and carrying guns. They're at the base camp. Second, the owner of this palace went outside. We heard that they will get a person or returning what belongs to them"
As he heard the information, he reminded the man who intended to enter the shelter.
"Do you know who the captain is at the basecamp?"
"Ahh… Nope, but he's super strong and they said he has great leadership"
"Is that so… Last question. Do you know who has a phone here? I need to call someone and it's urgent"
"Is that it?"
"Yes"
His tone seems like he knows who has a phone.
"I don't know. But you can use the phone at the palace"
Ugh… I just give you my trust.
"I can't use that. Because I'm an outsider here"
"But you can become a part of it. Just join the forces and if you got accepted, you can use the phone at the palace"
"Is that easy?"
"Yes. My sister wants to join the forces so that she and I can get out of this place"
Ohh. That's your reason.
"But you said earlier that you want to get out there. When your sister wants to join the forces"
"She's sick so it was all our dream"
The kid is still smiling but Al can see through his face that he feels pain inside. He Patted his head and stood up. al opened his mouth.
"Okay, kid. I'll get you both out of here" he smiled.
"That's a promise okay"
"Yeah, it's a promise. But what's your name and your sister?"
"My name? I don't have one. Also, my sister doesn't have one"
"What? You don't even have names here?"
Al was confused, he didn't know that they had no names. The kid speaks again.
"All the people who work at the farm have no name. Because they said that names are useless for us"
Al enrages a bit but he keeps his cool.
"Who said that? They don't know how important names are"
"It was the head maid who said that. The owners of this palace, we can't take a glimpse of them because we will punish if we do that"
"That son of a… sigh… How about this? I'll give you both names and promise me that you only call yourself what I gave you, that's a deal?"
"Yeah, deal"
The kid was happy about Al giving them permanent names. Al was enthusiastic about the kid's happiness.
"Where is your sister now?"
"In our shelter. It's super far from here so we will walk there for about half a day no I'm joking. It's far but we can arrive shortly in my shortcut"
"Okay, I trust you. Let's go"
They have already started walking towards the shelter, the kid says. They started in a rocky and shallow river with many fish that could be eaten.
"Just step on it slowly so you don't stumble"
"You to kid, don't worry about me"
The next destinations they traveled were the muddy forest where many insects live. The kid is already very accustomed to traveling but Alger is dying, starting a handicap in the river.
They kept walking when they heard people fighting. Alger looked at the people from below because they're at the top and saw the people were practicing with guns, wooden swords, wooden shields, and using their techniques and special combats. Al opened his mouth.
"Who are those people?"
The kid approached beside Al.
"Ahh? Those are the forces. They keep practicing until sunset. So don't mind them now"
That training is hellish. Do I need to do that to get a phone call?
"Hey, let's go, we'll arrive shortly at the shelter"
"Okay, I'll be there now"
He removed his gaze and followed the kid again.
At the same time. Where Alger lives, her mother and sister were panicked and nervous because he hasn't come home since yesterday.
They went to the police station and they wanted to find him, but the police did not accept because they said that he hadn't been missing for more than 24 hours.
Her mom just sat down when she heard what the police said. Her older sister's yelling to find him right now. It might be that he was murdered or suicide himself because of the bullies.
When the police heard her statement they moved quickly because they don't tolerate bullying and their first rule in the police station was 'if anyone is bullied, the bullies will pay'. The policeman speaks up.
"Okay, we'll find him now. We declare this now, that we the policeman's here will find him alive"
"Thank you very much," his mom said while hardly sobbing on the ground.
- Writer
