Chapter 8: Suspicion
Morning once again come as the mighty sun rises from the west signify a new day arrive.
Rays of light spread throughout the city's landscape, light up every corner of the city.
All in a harmonious chirping of bird, song of water and the sound of the church's bell rang throughout the city.
"Praise the Lord that Transcended the mortal bound.
Praise the all father.
Praise the Almighty Sun
Praise the Forsaken Moon.
For a new day arrive.
…"
The prayer of priests and nuns can be heard from all over the street.
Religion is a safe place for everyone, a place where you can find people who are just like you, lost and confused, connected to stranger and grow bond that what you need. So what's the difference between a Religion and a Cult?
"Indeed a great question…"
Katherine looking down from her window, 'The church is lively today.', that is what on her mind.
She know that the people of the Transcendent Church do not have any political stand unlike some other Churches. But today a new bishop has come to this city's Transcendent Church.
She wondered how things will go next, would it be a blessing or a disaster in disguise.
At the end of the day, this is not exactly her problems, so she didn't care much. She already lost her reason to care long ago.
…
Families join in praying to the almighty lord of Transcendent. While Katherine looked down with a bitter smile.
She felt joyful, sadness, happiness, rage,… and a sense of nostalgia fill her with utter bitterness. A hard to swallow pill.
"Chirp!" A small white pigeon landed on the window frame looking at her with curiosity.
"What a wonderful morning am I right?" Katherine laughed at the same time drop of water fell from eyes.
"I'm too old for this anyway…" wiping her eyes, her face come back to normal, an emotionless and cold face is now present on her face.
She turned to her table and picked up the report from "Queen".
"Looks like we gonna have a new card joining the game." A small smile fill with resentment appeared on her face as she read the report.
Sitting on her chair, one by one she read all the papers that stacked almost as high as high as her when siting down..
Investigator Katherine, now sitting inside her office with no one in sight yet she is not alone.
***
In the scrapyard fill to the rim with trash of all kinds from cars to electrical televisions. A pair of siblings is currently in deep sleep.
The first to wake up was the brother.
He looks at the beautiful blue sky with his blurry eyesight, cotton like white cloud gently float, dancing among the vast sky. Truly a beautiful scenery.
'It is soft… I don't remember my bed was this comfortable.'
As he slowly woke up and gaining back his lucidity, Aeter realized an odd thing, the place he currently sleeps on is too comfortable and warm.
Of course, what he is sleeping on was still and bit uncomfortable to sleep on since it has an unusual shape but this far cry from what he has previously, so he doesn't complain much and just enjoying the comfortableness of his new bed.
'Weird, there are some kind of bump on my back and warm wind are being flown into my hair'
A very odd sensation make Aeter fully awake trying to see what the hell is he sleeping on.
He tries to move his body which already completely heal from all the injuries that could result in death if he were a normal person which is not.
But surprisingly he cannot move, or more like something is preventing him from leaving. Aeter looks down to be present with a pleasant surprise.
'She can be so cute sometimes', A smile finds its way toward Aeter's face as he sees porcelain white hands hugging him from behind.
He never expected Kaula to be this… loveable before, it kind of warmed his heart.
'Well, I guess she already paid for her act of crushing me almost to death', Either way Aeter never really care about such thing in the first place.
'Now that I think about it… I didn't managed to find water in the end.' Yesterday was for the better or worse eventful. So much that he forgot that their water reserves is running out.
At best there are only two days before Kaula have to go on without water. He on the other hand does not need water or even food.
As long as he had 'energy' he will never need to refill himself with anything but air.
"Damn it, those fuckers!" Aeter may does not remember the face of the one that beat him, but the grudge will last forever, he is a very petty person.
'Mmmh, but why did they beat me again?' his train of thought stop as he heard a faint groan.
"Mmmh~!" A cute sound could be hear just behind his back, where a young girl is hugging her brother like a pillow.
"Oi, are you awake now?" Aeter asked with slight annoyance, no matter how comfortable her embrace is, it's still annoying that he can't move at all.
"Hmmm~, Yeah I'm up, Yawn~" Kaula said with a yawn.
"Then can you release me please, and also why is your breath smell like mint?" Aeter detected something unprecedented, there're minty smell when she open her mouth.
He used to use toothpaste as well when he was about 9-10 years old, nowadays those a luxury which is why this is very suspicious.
'Did she sell her body? Like organs and… prostitution? I really hope not...'
"Ah… well,…", Kaula fumble trying to find an reasonable explanation.
Right now she is feeling very awkward because her secret has been leaked out by none other than herself.
'Shit, I was too relaxed, I still don't know if he gonna decided joined yet'
In a panic, Kaula's mind work in overclock mode at full speed, her talent truly shine in these kind.
"Haiz, I guess it is time for you to hear the truth." She sighed.
And the best course of action was to simply be honest, the longer she hide herself the more risks it is to the people she care about.
"Wait! That's suppose to be my line!", 'Shouldn't the older one suppose to be the one saying that line?' Somehow in this situation Aeter can still joke around.
"Can you shut up? I'm about to tell you something that will change your life forever." Kaula said with a calm tone, so much calm he can feel ice forming on his back.
"Ehem, we-well at least let go of my body first you perv!" It has been very uncomfortable for Aeter after Kaula wake up, her breath is faster and her chest keep go up and down, it's started to become very irritating.
"What perv? You are the perv, fine I'll let you go!" like that final Aeter escaped the warm confine of Kaula's embrace.
"Phew, freedom at last, anyway what are you going to tell me? I'm pretty sure my life has already have a huge changed after yesterday, so I don't expect this to be whatever you said will be more important."
Aeter know that yesterday was definitely the turning point of his life, the life of a rat will be the past and he will embark on the path of the supernatural. So he has no idea how can Kaula's news top that.
But instead of rebuking a sad smile formed on her face as she looked into Aeter golden eyes.
With this Aeter know that this is a true serious situation, he maybe a bit of a jokester most of the time but he still aware of his own situation. As a rat, a society forsaken living without caution is a death sentence.
Though when meeting with that weird plant he still joke around a bit not because he don't take it seriously -his life is on the line how can he not be serious- but to decrease his stress.
"So what is it?" Aeter asked with a solemn voice the warm atmosphere disappears.
"It is…"
***
Somewhere in inconspicuous alley, a burly man knocking on the wall following an odd pattern.
After the series of dubious knocking, the man heart become uneasy.
'They shouldn't changed the hideout right? Just because some rats discovered it.'
Fortunately for the man the wall started to deform, like melting wax. As a slightly stronger mortal, the burly man always feel fascinated by these kind of weird supernatural phenomena.
But at a professional, he didn't ask any questioned about those phenomena, curiosity often kill the cat.
When the wall done melting, it retracted back to the dark yet wide room in front of the man.
Waiting for a while, he begin to walk forward toward his destination. Behind him a new wall has been formed by wax once again, returned the wall back to it original form.
*Step*
*Step*
*Step*
In the contained space, sound of footstep echo throughout the pathway, giving rise to a new sense of creepy to anyone with a weak heart.
After roughly one hundred meters of nothing but wall and floor make by dirt, eventually he can see a wooden door at the end of the hallway.
Touching the doorknob, he opened it.
*Creak*
Inside the door, an extinguish office fill to the brim with bookshelves and a single desk.
A young man looks no more than 18 years old wearing blue and black attire, wearing a pair of glasses, like a noble he is sipping tea gracefully without a care to whom has come to his office. For him it's simply doesn't matter if it his subordinates or enemies.
Truly arrogant.
His facial feature can be said to be extraordinary, high nose, beautiful lips, a brilliant pair of deep black eye. But for the man, this beautiful young man simply too beautiful, almost doll like.
"Ah! Temat, you come back, I thought you gonna get killed in some ditch before finished your delivery." The young man said with surprise fill his eye.
"Here is your letter sire." Temat simply ignore the blatant mockery of the young man. It's not worth risking his life for some useless pride.
"Haha, you're such a bore." With that said the young man stop paying attention to Temat.
After reading the contents of the letter, the black eye youth licked his lip, a frowned appeared on his face.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look like your job just got worse Temat. Anyways wait for me to write a reply."
The young man take out a bottle of ink and a quill and began to write diligently. While this was happening, Temat closed his eyes, and not privy into his patronage privacy.
…
"Done! Take this with you and meet them at 174/3M Ronan St., also take this bag with you". The young man open one of the drawers and take out a bag.
"Remember to not peek, 'they' will know and you may possibly cease from existing." The young man warned and then give Temat the reply letter and the bag.
"Don't worry, I know my place." With that Temat walked out of the room and go through the hallway once again to get out of this place, leaving the young man all by himself.
"Hohohoh, the next month will be interesting if what 'they' said is true. I may even benefit greatly from this…"
Suddenly the young man melted and became a liquid and disintegrate into the air.
***
"… it is your choice to make dear brother."
What kinds of bombshells did she just drop onto me?!?!
Chapter 8: Suspicion