"Sis? Did you hit your head somewhere? Your a bit strange although you really are wierd but you kind a something you know?...." saying this while doing a sign of a mental disability. Jean gave her a very strange expression.
Sofly slaping the arms of her brother. "I'm serious. I'm not joking, answer me seriously Okey? What are you gonna do if ever apocalypse come?"
"I don't know because I don't really think about it but as for emergency use I will think first about my safety, then food and others will be prepared if theres still a time for it." Jean answered her after thinking hard.
"Jean if I told you... There will be an apocalypse and there's is still 6 months left to prepare, will you believe me?" Jack ask Jean seriously while looking through his eyes, making Jean feel he was like in a cold cave! His sister eyes is so terrible, what happened to his sister? Right now... Those eyes... He seen and felt it when once he went into the forest because their school has a camping in some rural place and he was with his classmates to get firewood. He seen that eyes in the dark that make all his hair stands in all parts of his body! Because of instinct, he huried all his classmates to go back.
It's been a month since then, now feeling it again making him remember it, makes him uncomfortable. Now he was confused with her sister's questions... Why would his sister ask this things without any reasons, her unstable emotions, her eyes that making him uncomfortable...
Shaking his head and avoiding his sister's gaze, "What are you thinking sis? Did you got influenced by your otaku friend? It's impossible. Hahahaha..." loughing akwardly he added. "And ever if there was a virus to have zombies, the government will not allowed it. Its not like the same as the movies that will make it spread out because of stupidness. We are in reality and everyone was well educated to not totally make themselves a zombie?"
Jack know that Jean has good level of IQ with his age. He can win an argument even when he is in the negative side. He also wins a lot of school competition because of this, he has a good reasoning ability to make black to white! This very reason that they mostly quarrel because she can't win him... A very sad truth that sometimes she felt like she never experience having a little brother, he was too mature.
"What if it was not a virus? What if it was not made from human, it was from an unknown?" Jack persist calmly.
"Hahaha... It's a little bit exaggerated sis, hehehe... What do you mean! There will be an alien invasion to earth?" Jean really wanted to lough right now. If it was not her sister was so seriously asking him, he may start loughing about it and start to add some nonsense answer.
"if you don't believe it now I will show it to you until then come to me before it's too late!" saying this, Jack jump down and walk out of the court. They are sitting in the corner of the stage although it was not as high compared to the second floor of their house, but its still high for a normal person to jump without preparation. Looking at the back of his sister, Jean was in a daze...
"come to me before it's too late..." mumbling this to his self he use the stairs to went down and trott over the direction where Jack go. He should go home, he can investigate. He doesn't feel her sister was making a joke, if it's a prank then their is nothing that he will loss, it will just make him being lough at but thinking about it... He himself is a bit confused because it so absurd thinking about an alien invasion.
With both siblings in a complex mood went home and think of things they should do.
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Both busied themselves with their own. Her mother went to market to bought things to cook, her father, brother and grandfather went to their little car repair shop and her grandmother was with her old friends in the neighbourhood playing majong.
While in the room, Jack organised the events in her memory. Things that she should prepare with this time left.
She herself doesn't have money. Thinking this problem, she come into a deep thought and something comes to her mind!
She remember that in the television news there will be a 50 million Zen reward for the person who can give information about a kidnapper. This sounds to be a concern towards the hostage but unfortunately wealthy family has a lot of dirty loundry that should not be taken into public. If she remember correctly, that family was surnamed Ignis. The said hostage was a guy with a leg disability. In the news lately, he was killed by the kidnapper because the family didn't follow the plan they have talked about with the kidnapper, instead they made it into public making the kidnapper choose to die with the hostage. The hostage guy was actually the only hier of his parents and the one who release the reward was its relative. Whatever happened she never give it an attention since it doesn't related with her, but now...
She needs money but sadly she has nothing, she was only a student today. Right now, there school was used for welcoming foreign investors and need for renovation so the shool announced a 1 week rest for students, faculty and staffs. If she was still the same as before, she might think its only a simple event, but now... Think of it! Why is it that all well known school shut down their gates and until it was in the end, school was not been open back then. Even some not known school, perhaps they have connection to know the a secret news.
Suddenly Jack become restless, she think that only ordinary people was not prepared that time but people who was in the noble circle was well prepared! Jack bit her lips, this was not simple!
She needs money to buy her needs, even in lottery she can't win it because she can't even remember those lucky numbers! Making business? She only have 6 months left! Asking her parents? They will ask where she's going to use it, what will be the excuse? And how much could they give?
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Thinking again, she can do the reward money, if she remember it, itseems right now the guy was already kidnap, and it was near late of november when it was broadcasted in the television!
With this, Jack was motivated! For 50 million Zen, that little master will be save in this life! Now, Jack started searching about the Ignis family.
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In Jean's room he was surfing in the internet. Looking for mysterious news that maybe related to what his sister told him but he also wish that he couldn't fined one because he was afraid that his sister was telling truth.
Suddenly he was attracted into an article, it says:
"WHY EVERY SCHOOL WAS SHUTDOWN FOR 1 Week?"
This was a post in a social media account which was shared by his classmate. Following the address, he went into the owner's account who originally post the article. There's a lot of comment below.
Person 1: What?! I thought only our school give us 1 week rest?
Person 2: no, our school didn't close, how I wish we have it too! So envious!
Person3: second upstairs where is your location? I think the school who close for 1 week are mostly in big city... Because ours was not close too.
Person 4: I think so too, my boyfriend was studying in District A! There school was close so he went home here, he was actually our mayor's son so after that our school also has 1 week rest. Oh! I'm feel so love. I really love my boyfriend!
Person 5: heh! It's corruption! Using status fo self used!
Person 6: yes! It's corruption! Gimme a boyfriend too! Should also be a mayor's son or a governor's son will do too! >///<
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There's a lot of comments but the topic was not serious anymore.
Since they have 1 week of rest. Thinking of his own things that was left in school, his baskeball shoes which was not been washed for a week, his extra clothes that he forgot, his books, his trunks...
"Uh, I really was such a messy person... Sigh... I will go to school tomorrow, gonna get my things back! Jack will teased me if she know it! better to go thier alone."
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At launch their mother called them to get down and help her to prepare the table so that they could eat.
" I will call gran gran mom! I think she's with aunt Tina's house." Jean volunteered.
" Okey! Your sister and I will do here and also bring this to your aunt Tina." while saying this she took a small tray for the bowl since its a bit hot for Jean to hold it. It was a bowl of soup, everytime gran gran was there, we will bring something to aunt Tina's house. Aunt Tina was our neighbour, her husband was a soldier and rarely come home, her children also was in the same age as Jean, aunt Tina has twins and both are males so Jean are close with them.
After Jean went off, both mother and daughter left. Somewhat the both of them are very quiet, Jack wanted to say something but can't bring herself to voice it out. She feels a bit akward. She know her mother was just waiting for her to explain herself but how could she explain it? She don't want to lie and make some nonsense, she wants them to know the upcoming calamity and make themselves ready and prepared.
"No! Let them find it themselves, I can't make them like in the past... Being weak is not good." saying this to herself, Jack resolved her decision. she is unwilling to explained everything since it will be useless let them be smart and not become a simple minded like in the past.
"Mom are you gonna bring this to father, elder brother and gramps?" Pointing the launch boxes at the corner of the kitchen counter, Jack ask her mother while carefreely smiling.
She heard her mother sigh. Before nodding gently. Oh well, if it was the old her, she may easily surrender. Her mother don't nagg but give you a type of self disturbing silence. She herself can't stand it.... But now, it's not the same as before anymore.... She miss her family, she miss her mother! 20 years experience of suffering, looking at her calm mother with a healthy body... Not the same like in the last... Saggy skin, her tongue was cut off, she limp when she walked because of injured legs that was infected because the lack of medical treatment... Thinking of all this... Her emotion was in termoil again... The tears are starting to come out. Looking up, breathing deeply. She calm herself... Blinking so that her tears will dry. After all of this, she smiled sweetly like a flower in bloom.
Actually Jack was a beautiful girl, she has a petite figure, a slender built, having a milky white skin. She has two big rounded almond shape cat eyes. Her eyes was very special features because of the upturn end of her eyes like a cat. A palm size face, a small but tall nose and a thin but plump lips. She always wear some simple clothes thats why she was not treated like other flower beauty in their school but as what her friends says, she was a beauty and if she could be a little girlish for a day their would be a lot of head turning over her.
Back to her mother, she went onto her mother and hug her making her mother a bit dumbfounded. She was hug suddenly, although her daughter was always sweet towards her... She never been hug by her since she feel herself mature, Mrs. Alberts forgot when was her daughter last hug her.
"Mom I missed you so much! I love you mom! I will protect you no matter what." she heard her mumbled at her back, her voice was sweet and a bit muffled...
Lianne was so happy, her heart felt was like full of melted honey. So sweet and sticky. Her daughter's behavior... She doesn't want to investigate deeper, as long as she was happy and safe. She can do whatever she want, their family was not that poor to raise a single daughter specially a sweet daughter like Jack. As long as Jack wishes Lianne thinks it's possible so let's do what she wishes ask to do.
"Okey, Okey... Your so big still hugging me like a child are you a little child? lets go, put all this in the table so we could eat." while saying this, mother Albert's lips can't help turning upward. Her mood now is very good.
"yes! I'm a little child! I'm mother's little child Okey?" smiling sweetly, Jack quip while her movements was not slowed at all.
"why are you two smiling so wide? Mom your in good mood now eh? Gran gran they're not talking about me aren't they?" just as Jean come back with gran gran. He started accusing the pairs of mother and daughter and asking sympathy from his grandmother.
"you child, your mother was in a good mood having children like you, stop being a baby." saying this while being help by his grandson to sitdown. Jean was deflated being told like this. Jack can't help but to lough soflty. Gaining the death glare of her brother, she only give him contemptuous eyes back.
After eating, Jean was left to clean the table and wash the dishes while mother and daughter went out to deliver lunch to the three men of their family.
Coming back home, Jack went to take a bath. She was not that clean freak since in the last days it doesn't matter as long as you are alive, being clean or dirty was not an issue but not now... she doesn't want to feel like that. She felt uncomfortable when she was full of sweat, maybe a psychological effect?
After taking a bath she wear a simple larger shirt and a jogging pants. Sitting in her bed she was in a daze, suddenly she jump up! She almost forgot! She blame herself for forgetting the very important thing!
"Aarggggh! " screaming in the pillow under her, after venting her frustration and gasping for a while she get up and tidy up herself. Taking up her phone, going in a certain site.
The site take her into a game page. A game called "Evolution Stage" This game was one of the life saving opportunities humanity can have in this coming calamity. Unfortunately this information was only available in wealthy circle. Jack doesn't know if they know about the comming end but she thinks that they only know something bad will happen but didn't expect the total destruction of human civilization, because if they know about it, why not let everyone be prepared and make it mandatory to play this game?
Actually jack misunderstood this people, the games population was limited and can only take a certain amount of players. Only people with wealth can take the first come first serve service, and other persons with connections of course can get an opportunity to have this game, but she hit the truth. These people doesn't know the extent of the upcoming disaster!
Why this game was special? Because this game was the very first virtual reality game, a full mental and body dive. Jack played this a month before the end come. She only get skill of alchemy, cook, sewing and farming she doesn't like fighting she like making craft and selling it for game money. She got the game package because she was too envious of her classmate that time, posting in their school forum about the game and like that she ask her parents about it. She doesn't know how her parents got it but she know it was not easy. Right now she needs it!
If she could have more time that time and make a lot of her craft she could have make her families live better in that kind of environment. Now not for hobby or fun, she need it to gained strength. Evolve humans mostly came from this game by playing. She planed to be one this time.
She doesn't know how this game can make into reality but she thinks it may have a connection with the apocalypse. It was been 2 months since the game started, thinking about it, Jack was not dissapointed. She will make sure to make herself and family strengthened
For now, she plan to save that young master of Ignis family, her human money! In that time it was in the news that he was killed in an abandoned building. That abandoned building was actually inside the territory of a sendicates so no one dare to go there. And no one can get the information about the kidnapper. Unfortunately this kind of place was in their district, the district A. Well its a fortune for Jack, she doesn't need to travel far from home... Avoiding to lie to her family.
"let's start it then! Let's do some work tomorrow!" Jack said to her heart.