On a considerably wide screen, there was Tao, looking intently at the books and objects around him. He looked around, and touched the ground.
'Everything here…' Tao was saying, his audio was low. 'Everything here's not old at all. Raizel-nim was missing for 820 years and at that time, Frankenstein said he hid from everyone else. It's impossible for him to have come all the way here just to maintain it, and keep it usable. The books are relatively new, and the wood and stone used were renewed as well, probably less than three decades old. This isn't Frankenstein's doing. This place should have been gone, at least buried, a few centuries ago.'
From the screen, Tao could be seen standing up. He looked around the corners and walls, and finally went to the door. Before he left, he threw a small disc inside, then shut the door behind him.
The disc, as shown on the screen, stuck to the wall. Blue wave of lightning came out of it, and enveloped the whole room. The screen then went total black as the live feed was cut.
"The bastard… " said He. A man looking at the screen, watching as Tao searched the Cave. He chuckled. "Miniature EMP. Nicely played."
He stood up from his seat, and walked away from the screen.
"Well, it doesn't matter. Now's not the time. I have more important things to do."
***
Raizel and Tao were back on their plane once again, this time, they brought the badly beaten, half dead 3rd Elder back with them.
"Raizel-nim, do you think it's possible that Frankenstein was the one keeping that Cave, that laboratory accessible?" Tao asked.
He and Raizel were sitting adjacent to each other at a table inside the cabin. It was early morning, and they were eating Instant Ramen for breakfast.
"Frankenstein told me he has not returned to Lukedonia after I disappeared. Even before I disappeared, he had already stopped using that laboratory." Raizel replied.
"I see… that just means the boss couldn't have been interested enough, nor have the opportunity to fix that cave." Tao remarked. "Well, at least now we have the third elder. All we have to do is wait for his recovery. He should know where Frankenstein is. At the very least he's seen him last, he ought to know a thing or two which could help us with our search."
***
So the time passed and their flight from Lukedonia to South Korea had come to an end. Since they had with them a wounded, they decided to use a car to go back to their house instead of flying there.
Tao drove a black luxurious car. Beside him, on the front seat, was Raizel. Lying behind them, on the back seat, was the bandaged third Elder, still unconscious.
Tao thought he has already escaped the feeling of unease for he had not felt it since they left the house more than a day ago. He went on with their business in Lukedonia just fine. Now, however, the dreadful feeling of uneasiness crept inside him as they entered their village. He was having cold hands, tapping his fingers to the wheel as he drove.
Tao turned to a corner, and noticed something unusual. There have been quite a lot of pedestrians today. Their village streets were usually deserted. However, in one corner, they seem to be gathering around something. The directions they're leaving or going seemed to be from the street where their house was located.
Tao continued to drive up the street, now more nervous than ever. He turned on the corner. He was, however, unable to proceed after he turned; as he was both obstructed by the crowd of people and what he had seen which stunned him.
There's a considerable number of crowd 'round their gate. Or what used to be their gate. Right now, the house of Frankenstein, which they lived in for many long years, was missing most of its roof, and almost half of its walls. It's as if it were cleaved to half; from upper right, down to the left base. Rubbles were scattered around the place, and it seems even some of the neighbors' houses were damaged as well.
"What the hell is going on?" Tao uttered under his trembling breath.