The Invisible Mystery

Chapter 23: Gone (Liana)

I heard that the alarm on my phone was ringing that made me reach up to the bedside table where I remembered I had left my phone. It did not stop from ringig, which was enough to make me feel irritated, but then again, oddly, I did not feel any ounce of irritation at all. To be prank, I think that I felt so refresh even though it was this early in the morning.

I did not know when was the last time that I had felt like this kind of way. I did not know when did I ever woke up in the morning like this way - like I was ready to face the day with a fresh mind and without any negative emotions.

I found it odd because I thought that I would still be confused over so many things. After all, I still could not believe that Evo had just confirmed to me last night about the secret of the students of Section A.

I thought that I would not be able to wrap up my mind about the truth, but then again, oddly, it felt like I wanted to trust them about what they had said. It seems as though I wanted to believe them, even though it was all too impossible to be the truth.

I wanted to believe every words that he had said to me, though I must say that I needed some time to think about it. I think that I needed some time to really believe them, because it was really impossible that I was talking to a literal ghost.

It was really impossible to think that they were all ghosts, and I did not even noticed it - not even for a single time - though I must say that I might felt that chills that had ran down through my spine as though I had felt that something was odd, but more than that, I did not think that they were really a ghost.

After all, they acted like a normal person. They acted as though nothing was wrong with them, which I now found so odd whenever I would think of the sudden revelation that Evo had told me. They did not even gave me any hint that they were not supposed to be existing on this world any longer.

There was really nothing that could point out that they were really a ghost, which still made me have a hard time believing their words. It made me have a hard time about processing everything that I had heard and saw these past few days.

But then again, I did not bother to make my own head hurt because of that. I did not bother on thinking about it over and over again, because I thought that I could ask them the question, personally. I could go to them and ask, because I already knew that they would never hide anything to me anymore.

They would not bother to keep this as a secret any longer, because I could see it on Evo’s eyes when we were talking the night before. I could tell that he would not hide anything from me anymore, and I guessed that it would also be the case for the other five because even though he did not tell me about it the night before, I knew that he would tell them that I already knew the truth.

I knew that he would not bother to hide about it anymore, because, after all, why would he do that when they were all in the same case? Why would he hide something from them, when they were all facing the same problem?

I knew that he would tell them. I knew that he would not bother to keep it as a secret anymore, and I guessed that it was just alright for me because they were the people I was with. They were the people I was talking about, and I knew that it was just alright - everything was just alright for me.

Maybe, I should ask them later because it seems like my mind was still a little bit in dazed, though it was not the same as the morning before I have decided to go out of my cabin. It was not that kind of daze anymore, and I guessed that that talk with Evo had really helped me for real - though I was still a bit hesitant with the thought that it was all the truth and not just a made up story.

I let out a sigh as I prepared to stand up from my bed, before I could even ruin my own day because of my swirling thoughts. I started to prepare for the day, thinking about how would I approach them with the questions that I have on my mind.

I was thinking on how I would not act like a rude person, because I think that would be the least person that they wanted to talk to as of this moment. I was thinking about how would I be able to ask them without getting on the topic that would cross our boundaries, because I figured that they might not like the thought that I would act like I know everything about them - even though I clearly knew so little about all of them.

I did my morning routine with that thought, and after I was already finished with everything that I needed to do, I went out of my bathroom so that I could prepare myself when I faced them - so that I would be able to prepare my mind on what I was about to find out once they have decided to open up to me.

I took a deep breath first, before I have finally grabbed my phone and went out of my room, though I stopped for a shortwhile because I suddenly felt that my heart suddenly beats so fast as though something wrong had happened.

It was as though I suddenly felt nervous, even though I was clearly alright earlier. It was as though I have sensed that something was wrong, which made me immediately grab the doorknob to open my door because somehow... somehow, it felt like it was related with them. Somehow, it felt like I suddenly felt like this way because something wrong had happened to one of them.

Without much thought, I ran towards the cafeteria, a place where I think they would be, so that I would be able to know if something had really happened to them - so that I would be able to know if something had happened while I was still inside of my room.

I could not shake off the thought that something was really wrong. I could not shake off the thought that something had happened to one of them, and I did not have any idea on what it was. I did not have any idea on what had really happened.

I never ran like that way before. I never ran so fast in my life before as though something would happen if I was not fast enough - as though I knew that something was really wrong and I had to find it out soon or I would really regret it later.

I did not stop. I did not even looked back on the place where I was before, because all I could think of was their safety. All I could think of was that I was hoping that nothing wrong had happened, and it was just my feeling that was why I was feeling like this way. I was hoping that it was all just inside me and nothing wrong had really happened.

I ran and ran, until I finally reached the cafeteria where I think they were staying as of this moment - because it was given that it was this early in the morning. I did not stop when I saw the building though. I still ran until I got inside of the cafeteria as I breathed out a sigh when i saw that they were really on that part of the Lost Soul’s Forest.

I was breathing hard while I was going near them, and that might be the reason why they had realized that I was already on the cafeteria. They all looked at me at the same time, though they did not have the same cheerful smile as before.

They did not have that smile that they always have whenever they would greet me. They did not have that smile that they always have whenever they have seen that I had already arrived on the place where they were.

They all have the same look on their faces, a serious expression to be exact, which made me think that I would still not be able to breath out a sigh of relief because I knew that something was really wrong.

I knew that they would not be looking at me like that without any reason. I knew that they woud never have that kind of expression on their faces if this was only a normal day on this place - though I must say that we never really have a normal day on this park because secrets after secrets were being unfolded whenever a day would pass by.

I looked around the place once again as I felt the coldness all around us. I could feel the seriousness on the atmosphere around us, which made me gulp as I looked around once again as though I was checking if something was really wrong about them.

I did not know how many times I did that. I did not know how many times I looked around the place as though I wanted to find the fault why they were suddenly acting like this way. It was as though I wanted to find the reason why they had that kind of expression on their faces, because I really knew that they would never be acting like that kind of way without any reason.

“Where is Willow?” I asked them when I had realized that Willow was not around.

She was nowhere to be found, and even though I did not want to think like this kind of way, I could tell that they were acting like this kind of way because it has something to do with her. Somehow, it felt like I knew that it was somehow related to her, because she was the one who was not present this morning.

“Liana,” Cloud had suddenly called my name, which made me look at him because this was the very first time that I ever heard him like that.

That was the very first time that I ever heard him that serious while he was calling my name. After all, he always teases me and he always have that mischievous tone on his voice that always made me feel irritated - that tone that was enough for me to become a different person as I wanted to act like a sarcastic person towards him just so I could match his annoying attitude.

Somehow, it made me want to wish that was the way he called me this time. Somehow, I wanted him to act like an annoying person and not like this kind of man, because I already knew that something was really wrong. I already knew that it was something so serious, which made me feel afraid as I did not know what to do any longer.

Somehow, I wanted to think that this was only a normal day, but then again, I was constantly reminded whenever I would look at all of them. I would constantly be reminded that this was far from being normal, because I could feel it, I could see it, and even though they were still not talking, I already knew that something was really wrong about this - about something that I did not want to hear.

I looked straight at Cloud, and my nervousness heightened as soon as I saw how serious he was while staring at me. I saw how the expression on his face did not change as though this was indeed a serious situation, just like what I have thought it was.

“You should take a seat first,” he said to me as he patted the seat beside him, which made me hesitate for a moment because I did not know if this was the right thing to do while they were acting like this way. “Come on. This is a serious talk and we wanted you to take a seat because I could assure you that this would be a very long discussion.”

I gulped as soon as I heard that from him as though I suddenly felt so scared. It was as though I already knew that this was indeed so serious to the point that he had that kind of tone on his voice that I have never heard before.

I hesitated for a brief moment once again, before I had heard Evo said, “Cloud was right, Liana,” as though he had agreed that this was indeed a serious that we all needed to discuss at this exact moment. “You should take a seat first before we tell you what happened.”

I nodded my head at him as I finally took a seat beside Cloud, which was the very first time that I ever did because now that I think about it, I always refused to be near him as I already knew that it means war - I already knew that we would only fight against each other, but then again, our situation as of this moment was really serious.

I could feel it. I could tell that this was not the time to joke around, because something had happened, though I must say that I did not know what that something was. I did not have any idea on what it was, which made me even more nervous than I was earlier.

“I believe that you still remembered what I had said the night before,” Evo had said to me as soon as I took a seat beside Cloud, which made me nod my head as I continued to stare right back at him.

“Of course, I can remember it, clearly,” I said to him with a serious tone on my voice.

After all, how would I be able to forget about that shocking revelation? How would I be able to forget something like that, when all I could think of everytime that my mind was not occupied by something was the thought that that might be really the truth that I always wanted to know - the secret that they wanted to keep from me?

Evo let out a sigh as though he was scared of what he was about to say next. It was as though he was hesitating if he would really tell me or not, but then again, the moment that he scanned the whole area as though he wanted to see the reactions of our other classmates, the seriousness on his face got even more severe than earlier, which made me realize that he would not hide what had happened to me.

“I already told them about it, by the way,” he said to me once again, though I knew that was not supposed to be the words that he was about to say.

I knew that he was just buying some time as though he still needed to think about it - as though he still needed to process everything that had happened, because even though he was not saying anything at all, I knew that he was a bit hesitant about this. I knew that he was still thinking about it, which made my heart pound even more.

“It is alright for me if they knew about it,” I told him, even though I still think that this was not the right time for me to mention anything about it. “I mean, it is all related to you guys, and I think that you all deserved to know that I had already an idea on who you are.”

Evo smiled a little because of that, but then again, it was suddenly gone as though it was never been there as his expression turned serious once again. He looked at me straight into my eyes, and I knew that I did not imagine the sadness in the depths of his eyes.

He let out a sigh as he looked away from me as though he could not take my gaze, before he said to me, “I did not know if this was related to what had happened the night before. I did not know if it was closely related to the celebration that we had before.”

He looked at me once again, which was enough for me to be taken aback, but then again, I stopped myself from doing so as I held his gaze and continued to stare straight at his eyes. I continued to hold his gaze as the words that he had said next to me made my eyes widen because of shock.

“Willow was suddenly gone and was nowhere to be found.”