9~Death and Disappearance

'What do you... mean by that?He should be fine.Right?Right??'

Luca said while shaking.Fear rushed into his mind.He tried standing up but the shaking legs didn't allow it.

'Right.Right,he must be at home,He must be fine with mom.Right,mom.He should be with mom.'

He looked up at the Elder and broke down into silent tears.The Elder looked like he was in pain.His eyes were filling up with tears seeing a small child crying.

Luca knew nothing will change if he sat there rejecting reality.But what about mother.She will be sad and her condition will only worsen if she hear the news.He didn't have a great attachment to Gerald but his mother's face in pain would broke his heart.

'Son,you should go back to your room.We can talk tomorrow.I will ask Jane to send your dinner to the room.'said the Elder.He stood up and gave him a second cup of tea.

Luca slowly drank the tea to calm his beating heart .The feeling in his leg came back.He stood up,muttered a thanks for the tea and went back into the bedroom and sat down on the bottom of the bunk bed .He stared at his feet for half an hour before getting up and looking for a window.He felt like he hasn't seen sunlight for long.The dazzling sunlight seemed fake since he couldn't feel the warmth and the air in the courtyard and the corridor felt the same.

He wanted to know what was the time for he felt like he sat in the Elder's office for hours.He didn't find a clock but found thick curtains near the bed.The curtains were very heavy and it seemed to pasted on the windows.He pushed them apart with all his strength.

The dazzling sunlight indicated that it was evening but before he could think of anything he felt his skin stinging and eyes burning.The pain was unbearable and felt like he was sinking in a fire pit.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING"Luca heard someone screaming .The person closed the heavy curtains.The boy who came up was the boy he met in the dining hall.He looked like he was in pain.

'Who are you'Luca said sitting on the bed rubbing his eyes thinking it was strange .Maybe the accident damaged his eyes.

'That's my bed where you are sitting'the boy said.

'So your are Kate.'