While Regan was gone, Matthais was brainstorming about their escape plan.
Considering there are another three guards at the back, that is ten of them guarding this place. How do we distract them?
It was no secret that the guards stationed around the stable were very vigilant. If they even found a single thing out of place, Matthias knew they were going to act on it promptly.
If only I knew one of their names, I could have just used my vision and look for things that can help me.
Matthias knew going up to one of the guards and just asking for their name was not going to get him very far. Not to mention what the guard would have done to him if he actually did that.
But he knew they were going to succeed, as he had seen it in his vision of Regan. But how did they actually manage to do that? Regan had said Matthias had planned all their escape in his vision, but right now that couldn't have been far from the truth as he was really at a loss. He was drawing blank.
Should we create chaos around here and escape in the middle of all that? But what about the other kids?
Matthias looked around. The kids around him were tattered and their faces had lost all the lights present in them. While looking around, he found one kid who was writing something on a piece of paper with a small charcoal. He found that to be very odd.
What is that kid doing?
He walked towards that kid who was looking at his piece of paper with a contemplative expression. As soon as the kid saw Matthias approaching him, he quickly folded his piece of paper and put it inside his pocket. Matthias frowned.
"Hey, what's your name?"
Matthias asked the kid who was looking away from his face. The kid did not answer him and was tightly shutting his mouth. This put a red light inside Matthias' head.
"Hey, are you afraid of me or what? I'm just asking for your name. I'm not going to do anything to you."
The kid was still not answering him. Matthias sighed, he was losing his patience now. If he knew his name, he could have just used his vision to look into the kid. But what could he do when the kid did not even want to tell him his name?
"Just mind your business, you shit. Can't you see that he doesn't want to associate with you?" A girl, around his age, told him firmly. She was sitting just beside the kid Matthias had gone up to.
Yeah, let's just let it be. This is none of my business. I must have been stressed out from all the planning and Gaur related things I've been associating myself with these days.
Matthias sighed and took a deep breath.
"And who might you be?" Matthias asked the girl.
"Why would I tell you that?" The girl spat. Matthias found her somewhat annoying.
"You seem to care for this boy," Matthias said while looking at the boy who still was not meeting his gaze. "Are you related or what?"
"Just mind your business."
Yeah, she was really annoying him.
"Yeah, right. You seem to be doing very well regarding that," Matthias nonchalantly said to the girl. This must have pissed her off so much as Matthias could see veins popping from her forehead.
"You! Fucking Gaur!"
The girl shouted at Matthias. All the other kids were now staring at the two, including the kid who Matthais had previously wanted to talk to. They were all holding their breaths inside, as the girl had just called Matthias the 'g-word'.
Matthias stood numbed. All kinds of thoughts flew inside his head from hearing her say that. From bad to worse and then to panic.
What did she just call me? Did she know? If she knew and told the guards about that, what would happen to me? No, she just shouted the word, everyone including the guards outside are going to hear that now. What am I going to do now? Should I just…
Matthias stared at the girl like a predator who was ready to strike its prey. His eyes and his expression suggested the thoughts that had just gone through his head were of nothing good. No, it suggested death. This must have scared the girl as she was quick to make amends with Matthias.
"I'm, I'm sorry. The word just flew out. I didn't mean to say that. I-I-I must have been stressed from our situation so.."
The girl couldn't finish her sentence and to add to her fear, Matthias still was not answering her. He was silently standing in front of her, his hands were also shaking from the adrenaline that was pumping through him. Just when he was close to losing his mind, the guard that took Regan to the bathroom came back inside.
"What's happening here?" He asked while dragging Regan with him.
"Oh, nothing. They were simply arguing."
The boy who couldn't even open his mouth when Matthias talked to him before said to the guard. He was also smiling towards the guard, whether to make light of the situation or whether he was just happy seeing that particular guard, no one knows the answer to that. The guard looked at the boy and simply nodded his head, then he went back outside to carry on his duty.