Chapter 7: Abduct (4)
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Alger and the kid arrive at their destination. Looking at the view makes Al mesmerized. The air feels good when it passes through your body, the smell of soil while the people are doing the crops, and the nostalgic view of crops hanging in every plant.
As they continued to walk, people stopped planting and plowing the land and gazed at Alger badly. They looked like he threatened them. They started mumbling about how he looks.
"I think he's new here"
"He might be a new person"
"That clothes look expensive"
The kid looks worried at Alger, he holds his hands and drags him to their shelter where his sister's at.
They arrive at the shelter and the kid slowly opens the door.
Cough, cough.
They heard her coughing. The kid rushed inside and got a cup filled with water and brought it to her sister to drink. The kid mumbles.
"Are you alright, Sis?"
"Cough, y-yeah. Thank you"
She rubs his face and smiles. Al saw her condition, her eyes were so dark, her lips and skin pale, her body was thin as a skeleton. She notices Al at the entrance and looks at him closely. She asked.
"Who is this person? Is he new here?"
"Yes, Sis. He also wants to give us names and he will pull us out here and we will be free as we want"
The kid happily answered. But his sister's face didn't seem happy. He looked one more time to Al and covered herself and turned back. The kid's face frowned, he knows what's the meaning of her turning back.
"Why? This is also your promise to me, right? Al will surely get us out here. He promised because he can do that. We dream this together right"
The kid started crying while on his knees. Al couldn't understand why the girl insisted not to listen to the kid. The girl just stayed in her bed and didn't respond.
"Are you a liar now? Huh?"
The girl flinches when he hears him, she stands in her bed and slaps him in the face. Al and the kid were both shocked. The girl was shocked about what she did.
She was about to hug him but he stood on his knees and ran away, crying. She's about to cry when Alger speaks.
"Hey, If you don't mind. I'll catch him and enlighten him with you. I know you have a reason to do that but… you don't need to be violent because you don't want something to happen to him"
She nodded and cried. Alger nodded and went outside to catch up with the kid. The people looked at him, they gasped when he ran. The people are scared of him like he was gonna bite them alIve.
They look terrible, I don't want them to gaze at me like I'm a bastard person.
"Where is he going?" One of the people at the field said.
The people start mumbling about him.
Alger keeps running until he finds the kid. He was at the top of the basecamp field where he could watch the training of the forces.
The kid is crying hard. Al approaches him and pats his head and sits beside him. Al opened his mouth.
"Hey… Are you okay? If not it's okay to not be okay sometimes"
The kid didn't budge...
"You know… I was bullied back in my school. Every single day at that school. I get punched in the face, get my money until it dries, my meal that my mom makes me they dirtied"
Al looks at the sky.
"But here's the lesson, be strong every time you are hurt because the pain you are experiencing will be a lesson for you that even if it hurts you can get through it alone"
This kid still has a lot to learn in life. He scoffed.
The kid looked at Al and hugged him tightly. Al smiled and stood up from the ground. He reached his hands and the kid grabbed it and stood with a smile on his face. They start walking towards the shelter.
Zap, zap, zap.
"What is that?" The kid says.
"I don't know, I think I heard it down"
They sneaked around the basecamp and looked surprised when they saw a laser gun. The forces are shooting at a certain target.
But Alger held the kid's hand and dragged him out of the basecamp.
"Wait, let me watch it more"
"No, we can't. We can hurt ourselves if we don't leave now"
The kid listened to him and went back to the shelter.
They arrived and got inside the shelter. The kid's sister is laying down in the bed but when they arrive she stands up and hugs his brother.
The kid was surprised and tears started to fall in his eyes but she coughed badly with that blood-out in her mouth.
"What's to you, sis?"
"We need to get the physician, kid"
"Don't! Don't get the physician. I'm okay, it's just blood" the girl said.
Al and the kid looked worried about her.
"But you're in a bad condition"
"It's okay. I can handle it… Just named us now. Please"
"But sis"
"Don't be afraid, I can carry this out. Just give me a glass of water"
The kid got a glass of water and Al sat on the ground and faced the girl. Al opened his mouth.
"You know. If you don't get a check-up from the physician your illness will get worse"
"It's okay. Even if I die here. My brother still has the people here. They're kind but if they see other people who they know like you. They get scared easily"
"So that's why they look at me like I threaten them"
The kid arrives with two glasses of water, for her sister and Al.
"So… What are names?" The kid said happily.
"Ohh… Okay, I'll think of a good name for both of you. Ahm… for you kid, let's name you… 'Fuego' and for you, miss is… Vivian. How's that?"
"Yeah, I like it. My name is Fuego now. Yahoo!"
The kid happily shouting his name.
"Yes. It's wonderful. Thank you for giving us names"
She said smilingly. Al was feeling light inside him that made him fly. Vivian asked.
"But, what are you doing here? You're new here, right?"
"Yes. I'm here because someone dragged me here. Her name is Kerstin. His group take me here and get me a physician because I was found in the middle of the road with lots of blood"
"Why don't you get out of this place? It isn't your place where you use to live"
"Yeah, but I can't"
Al wanted to end the conversation because he was giving lots of information about him. Fuego is listening and watching their conversation. Vivian asked again.
"Can you elaborate more on your story?"
What should I do?
"Okay, I'll just give you a bit more information. But don't tell anyone okay"
"Yes. It's safe to us"
"Okay. this happens when Mr. Sebastian was kidn*pped and the one who survived is me. So I want to get a phone call to inform his brother, Mr. Nicolas, that his brother got kidnap"
Vivian's eyes widened as she heard the story and the names. She opened her mouth.
"Did you say, Sebastian and Nicolas?"
"Yes, do you know them?"
"Of course. I know them. They're the owner of this palace"
Al was shocked when he learned about the owner of the palace. He moved closer to Vivian and asked her something.
"So… you're saying that… Mr. Nicolas is here in the palace?"
"Yes. You can say that to him. Just go to the palace and requested the maids"
"Is that so… Okay. But I don't know the way there"
"Fuego can lead you there," Fuego said with full confidence.
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