The Invisible Mystery

Chapter 25: Their Request

“Liana,” Evo had called my name the moment that he had realized that I was thinking about what they had just said to me, deeply, because I really could not understand anything at all.

It seems like my mind kept on refusing on processing what they had just said to me earlier, because I already knew that it was too impossible to happen. I already knew that i still needed some time to understand and realize that everything was the truth that I badly wanted to have, but then again, just like what I have said earlier, it seems like the fate already have a cruel plan for me and that was to make me feel confused about this over and over again.

It seems as though there was something that was telling me that I should process everything now, because we still have a long way to go - because we still have something to do with this problem that we had suddenly faced. It seems as though something was really pushing me on believing this, even though I was still having a hard time on really doing it.

I was still having a hard time to wrap my mind about the truth - on processing every single words that they had said to me and every single thing that I had found out on this place. I was still trying to think that this was all just a dream, but then again, there was something that was constantly reminding me that I was awake and I was really experiencing all these things.

It seems as though whenever I wanted to deny the truth and make myself believe that this was all just a long dream, there was something that would remind me about the truth. There would be something that was waiting for me as though it wanted to say that this was the reality and I should think of that way.

It was not that easy though. It would never be easy for me to think that this was the reality, because h*ck this was far from the reality that I knew. This was almost like a plot in a movie wherein the heroine had suddenly realized that she was with some ghosts all along. This was almost like a scene straight up in a horror movie, which I always believed that would never happen in the reality.

I always thought that this would never happen in a life of a person, specifically, in my life. I always thought that this would never happen in reality and would just be in an entertaining scene in a television series, but then again, here I was experiencing all these things and I could not even seem to understand anything at all.

I could not seem to process anything at all, and it scares me. It scares me to think that I had to face the reality. It scares me to think that the truth was already in front of me, but then again, I still could not do anything at all as I really had a hard time believing the words and everything that I had found out that day.

“Liana,” Evo had called my name once again, which made me snap out of my thoughts as I looked up at him with a confused expression on my face.

I really did not know what to do any longer. I did not know how would I be able to process everything and wrap my mind with the truth. I did not know if I would be able to do so, and it was confusing the h*ll out of me.

I was so confused about so many things. I was so confused about them, to the point that all I could do was to look at them with a frown on my face as I wait for any explanation that could clear my mind, though I must say that whenever they would open their to speack about some things, it made me feel even more confused than before.

It made me think about it over and over again, but I still could not get myself to understand anything at all. I still could not get myself to process everything and believe, because I really think that this was so impossible to become the truth.

“I know that you are so confused as of this moment,” Evo had said to me, which made me look up at him once again and saw the gentle expression that he had on his face. “I know that this is really unbelievable, and we can understand that you cannot help but to doubt every single thing that we had said to you.”

“Evo was right,” Thunder had said, which made me look at him and saw that he almost had the same expression as Evo on his face. He was looking at me with a small smile on his face as though he was telling me that it was just alright, that I really need some time to wrap my mind up with the truth. “Our situation as of this moment was really confusing, but always keep in your mind that what we are saying was the truth, and only the truth.”

Winter, who was already right beside me, had put her hands on mine as though she wanted me to know that she would always be there for me. It was as though she wanted to tell me that they would never leave me behind just because of this, but as I looked at her hands on mine, I had suddenly realized something.

I could not feel any warmth from it. To be prank, I think that I suddenly felt so cold as she was holding my hands. It felt like I was holding a lifeless hands. It felt like I was holding a hand of a woman that was already gone from this world.

It was not the same coldness that I would usually feel whenever I felt so nervous. No, it was far from being like that, because as the time goes by that she was only holding my hand, it felt like it was getting colder and colder that almost made me want to shudder, but then again, I stopped myself from doing so as I thought that they might think something else if I did that.

I let out a sigh as though it has been a while ever since I did that. It seems as though I was holding my breath ever since I had heard what had happened to Willow. It seems as though it shocked me, for real, and it had resulted to this.

“We actually wanted to ask for your help,” Cloud suddenly said that made me look at him with a curious expression on my face, because I never expected him to say something like that at this kind of time.

I thought that they would let me do whatever I want to as I was trying to process everything, but it seems like they have other things on their mind. It seems like they had already talked about this even before I could go inside of this cafeteria, and they were only waiting for the right time to say that.

Though I doubt that this was the right time to say those words, because as I looked at him then at the other people who were inside the room, I could see how their eyes widen in shock as though they also did not expect that he would say those words at this kind of time. It was as though they were planning that they would tell me about it for other times, but then again, it seems as though Cloud could not wait that long any longer.

It seems as though he was in a hurry and he had to say those words to me right now. It was as though he thought that there would never be next time if he would not say anything to me as of this moment. It seems like he had seen this as a chance to tell those words to me, though I must admit that it made me feel even more confused than I ever was before.

“Cloud!” Winter had suddenly said as she stood up from her seat, wearing an angry expression on her face. “I thought we had already talked about this?” she could not hide the irritation on her voice as she looked at Cloud with a piercing glare. “I thought we had agreed to let her think about it first before we tell her our request?”

I thought that Cloud would be quiet after that. After all, this was the only time that I have seen Winter like this way, but then again, I did not expect the way that Cloud had looked at her with a serious expression on her face that was already enough to make me feel frightened as I was thinking if this was really Cloud or not.

It seems like I really did not know them at all. It seems like the people whom I claimed I was so close to even if we just met were really just a mere stranger to me, because the moment that we took a step inside of this place, it seems like I have seen different side of them.

They were acting like a different people every single time, and it was shocking me, for real, because I thought that the people that I was with for every weekdays was the true people that they are. I thought that the people whom I claimed that I knew were indeed the people that I was with as of this moment, but I was wrong.

I was really wrong because it seems like I was only getting to know them better as of this moment. It seems like this was the only time that I really had a chance to know them, and forget about the people that I have met the first time that I went inside of the Section. It seems like this was the time that I would be able to know the real them, and not the people that they wanted me to know.

“If not now, then when?” Cloud asked her as he did not look away from her eyes. “If we would not tell her right now, then when will be the other time that we would be able to tell her our requests?” There was impatience in his voice as though he already had enough and he would never shut up about it. “Can’t you understand our situation, Winter? Can’t you understand that there was no much time left for us?”

I was getting confused on what they were talking about. I was getting a little bit dizzy because of it, but I still tried to focus my attention because it seems as though they would not be stopped even if someone would get between them. It seems as though they would not stop fighting as they kept on exchanging words that could possibly hurt the other.

“But she still needed some time!” Winter could not help but to shout anymore, which made me look at her, though I did not try anything because I was really confused on what they were talking about. “She still needed some time to understand our situation. Don’t you get it, Cloud?”

Cloud glanced at me, and I knew that I did not imagine the sadness on his eyes as he turned to stare at me for a brief second, before he looked at Winter once again as though that did not happen at all. It was as though I only imagined the way his eyes suddenly showed sadness for a reason that I did not really know - a reason that I did not have any idea on what it was.

Cloud slightly shook his head as he said to her, “I would never get it,” with a firm tone on his voice as though it was final that he would never really get that I needed some time to think about everything that I had found out about them.

It was as though he had closed his mind for our reasons, and even though we had already tried everything that we could to make him understand, he still refused to listen. He still refused to do something about it, because he had only one thing on his mind.

I knew that would really be the case as of this moment. I knew that was what on his mind as of this moment. I knew that there was reason why he was suddenly acting like this. I knew that he had reasons that was why he was so frustrated about whatever they were talking about.

I knew, because I know that he would never act like this way without a reason. I know that he would never be this frustrated without anything that would push him onto acting like this way towards us - towards Winter. I knew that he was trying to keep something from us, and he did not want to tell it to anyone - not even on one of us.

“We were already in this situation, Winter.” There was frustration on his voice as he had said those words, though I knew that he was stopping himself from shouting at her - even if Winter had already done that to him just a moment ago. “We had already found out a way for us so that we would be able to cross the afterlife.”

He looked at each of them with a serious expression on his face, and I looked around the place too, I got even more confused as I saw that they all had lowered their heads as though they were thinking deeply about this. It was as though they were contemplating on who should their side between these two, and it made me feel more confused.

It made me feel like a d*mb person because I could not get anything at all. I could not get anything about it, and it scares me, because I knew that it has something to do with me. I knew that they were acting like this way, because partly, it was because of me.

“Have you realized it now?” he asked them, but no one had answered him, not even Winter, who suddenly got quiet as he had said those words to all of them. “Have you realized how close we were on finding out a way so that we would be able to cross the afterlife? Have you realized how close we were on finding out the way that we thought we would not be able to know any longer?”

The whole room got silent after that. No one dared to talk. No one had opened their mouth to speak and tell him something about it. No one dared to speak up as they kept their heads low as though they were already contemplating on what they should really do.

It was as though they were also confused over the thing that Cloud was talking about. It was as though they were contemplating on what they should do about their situation, because even though they would not talk about it, I knew that it has something to do with me.

It has something to do with me, and that was why they were contemplating on telling me anything at all. They were contemplating on what they should do, because they knew that I might react negatively about it. They knew that I might get even more confused if ever they would not stop Cloud from talking.

It made me let out a sigh, the very first noise that I made after Winter and Cloud had shouted to each other. It also made the other six, who were inside the cafeteria, to look at me as though they did not expect that I would do that at this kind of time.

“What was the thing that you wanted me to do?” I asked at all of them, though I was only looking at Cloud. All of my focus was on him alone as I heard the other was saying that I should not force myself and they were willing to wait for me to process everything. I shook my head though as if I wanted to tell them that I do not mind because I really wanted to know. “Come on. Tell me.”

“You did not have to-” The words that Evo was about to say to me was cut off because of what Cloud had said next that was intended for me.

“We want you to help us on fulfilling our wishes so that we would be able to cross on the afterlife.”