Days of Peace?  Part 1

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Luan and Derick go back to their homes, Luan gets home, strokes Fluffy, he looks at the clock and sees that it's almost midnight, he needs to sleep because he has to get up early for school, he takes a quick shower and goes to sleep. 

Luan is dreaming again, this time he's in a forest, it's dark and full of trees, he hears the same noise

crack, crack, crack... 

The bone-breaking demon appears and says:

" Greetings, time to wake up" 

He then wakes up startled, it's 6:00 am, his cell phone alarm clock is ringing. 

"This nightmare again, damn I feel like something wants to control my head, my body feels strange." 

His alarm clock starts ringing too. 

"What? Is it time to go to school already?!" 

His mother Ana calls him and tells him that Derick is already waiting for him at the gate. Derick throws a pebble through the glass of Luan's room, he looks out of the window and makes the usual mental communication. 

"Hurry up, it's taking too long." 

"Crap ...I'm coming down, calm down!" 

Luan hasn't changed yet and is still in his pajamas. 

"Oh, he must be in a hurry today, it's going to be a long day, we've got band practice today, for the performance in the square on Friday". 

So he gets changed, grabs something to eat and tells his mother he's leaving, that he's in a hurry and can't have breakfast today, but that he expects to be home by 7pm, so he goes downstairs to meet Derick. 

"You're taking too long, Luan! We're full of things to do today and we still have to follow the guys to the shed! 

"Oh yes, it's today that we have to go to the shed, I'd forgotten, Ouch I'm having trouble sleeping properly." 

"What do you mean? You've slept for four days in a row Luan!" 

"I'm having strange nightmares, I hear noises or I'm trapped or in the middle of nowhere, my hearing seems sensitive lately." 

"My father checked you over the last few days, everything seems normal with your head. He didn't find any loose screws at least." 

Luan looks seriously at Derick, he's been very funny, isn't he? 

"Hm, maybe, but I don't know, there seems to be something going on in my head, I don't really remember what happened after I paused time, I just remember what happened afterwards, when I heard that whistle." 

Luan apparently knows what's going on, but he's still assimilating some things. What really bothers him is that he can't remember when he "loses consciousness", he's trying to get Derick to tell him what he thinks, but Derick is always cautious. 

Derick knows what he's talking about, but he'd rather they talked to Grandpa Han first. 

"Don't force yourself to remember Luan, with time you'll learn to control yourself, tomorrow we have training with Grandpa Han, only he can explain it better, but for today try to concentrate on other things ok!" 

Luan nods, saying okay. "Oh, I forgot to say good morning in the group." 

So he sends the Good morning, full of emoticons as usual every day, Derick's cell phone vibrates notifying him of the message, he looks at it and thinks: 

(Good, he's getting back to his normal self, I'm glad, I can't take any more messages from other people). 

PS: Read Theo/Kenji/Mary and Lena asking if Luan was all right, 

"...bla bla... I hate answering messages, in the end peace again, I hope..." 

It's been a quiet morning at school, the boys rehearse after lunch and when it's 2:30, they wait for Tommy to leave the school and follow him, first Kenji and Theo leave and then Luan and Derick, so they don't look so conspicuous... é 14: 50 they arrive at a shed, not so far from the school and it's near the RIo bridge, Luan asks Kenji and Theo to stay hidden behind the wall, so that no one sees them, he asks Kenji and Theo to wait, and stay hidden and send a message if they notice anything strange, he and Derick jump over the wall and stand near a window of the Shed, to see what's going on, they notice that Tommy is sitting down and there are several boys nearby, Luan listens and Derick keeps watching and checking so there's no danger of being caught, Luan puts his ear closer to try to listen and at the same time is recording with a small tape recorder. 

"Tommy, the boss is going to be a bit late, but I'll give you a heads up, Friday we have a stop to make, but we still need to confirm who's going to be with us and who we're really going to catch, let your friends know and we'll send a message confirming the time." 

"Okay, I'll let them know, but don't send a message too late, otherwise you won't get paid, understand?" 

"Come on, man, he'll text you tomorrow, relax!" 

"Okay, we'll wait." 

Theo and Kenji notice that a large group is on its way, because they hear loud voices nearby, they text Luan and Derick to let them know, and they sit there behind the wall waiting for Derick and Luan to come out, Derick sees the message and replies: 

"Okay, we're getting out of here." 

He pulls Luan by his cap and says in a low voice: 

"Let's go, there's a crowd coming!" 

"But I need to hear what they're going to say!" 

"No Luan, if we get caught we're in two, we can't bring Kenji and Theo into a fight again!" 

"Okay, okay, I know... I know, I'll leave a tape recorder hidden here." 

"Good, leave it there, hide it well." 

"I'm hiding it...calm down!!!" 

 They jump over the wall, and ask everyone to be quiet.Time passes, for about an hour and then they hear the Shed gate being closed, and the voices diminish and it seems that they have all left.Derick then goes to check, he jumps over the wall, looks around to see if there is no one, checks again if there is no camera, but there is none, so he thinks: 

(How strange that there are no cameras, I wonder what they do in this place, probably something that can't be filmed, I need to keep an eye on this shed). 

He picks up the recorder and hears some footsteps, and a voice sounds in the air: 

"Is anyone there?"

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