SSHS 74 The safe house was filled with hushed conversations, sobbing and crying and a very confused Freya who just woke up from her slumber, complaining of the wounds she had and where they came from, and she even complained even more as the pain killers were slowly subsiding, escaping her system and resetting her pain receptors into feeling again. “Argh! It hurts so much, can I have another pain killer? Just stop this stinging pain already.” Freya voiced out her complaint again as she tried to plead to the doctor and to the other spies to administer another pain killer to her, as she was irritated and hurting from the stinging and pain that the wounds made her feel. However, her request was denied, again. “I’m sorry but we cannot administer another painkiller for you, Freya. That pain you are feeling right now is in the normal range and is vital for us to know if your wounds were infected or clean and would heal properly.” The doctor who tended to her replied, as she cleaned up and
SSHS 75 In the midst of the sobs and silent cries of the four people inside the safe house, the rest could only look with sympathy in their faces, Freya looked at the two 1st years as if she could feel their pain, as if she had experienced the whole ‘hiding your emotions’ thing. Agent Z and Agent U on the other hand, were looking relieved as they observed the two young spies, having been in their shoes not so long ago, it is in their relief that their juniors were able to express their emotions when given a chance, “At least they never went through what we did, not really being able to express our emotions when we were their age.” Agent Z said in a hushed voice to Agent U who nodded in agreement. They were away from Freya as of the moment, in the excuse of getting some drinks for all of them, giving them the chance to talk about matters that Freya must not hear nor know. The senior spies: Agent O and Agent 10, were silently watching in the distance and comfort that the dining
SSHS 76 At first, it was just darkness, total darkness to the point feeling as if you are not existing at all, like being a ball of atom floating around and about into the void— not seeing anything, not hearing anything, not being able to smell anything, not being about to taste anything, and not touching anything at all. As if existing in the astral plane with nothing to do, nothing to feel. At some point, it became too much that the only thing left to be is to become insane, and with that, Yulia tried to scream, but no voice came out of her mouth, if she has a mouth, that is. Yulia finally realised that she is not where she was supposed to be— finally gaining consciousness. Panicked, Yulia started to get so stressed and all uncomfortable as she tried to make out some sensations, something to feel, something to ground her to the ground and to expel the thought of, ‘I am not dead yet, no, not dead yet.’ over and over again as she tried her best to try and regain something that woul
SSHS 77 “I'm so sorry, my baby girl. I’m so sorry that you have to experience those things, those horrors. I’m really sorry.” Yvett sobbed and cried as she embraced her dearest daughter who was still unresponsive despite being conscious. The moment that Yulia woke up from her slumber, she immediately asked questions to fill in the gaps of her confusion, to make sense of things and to understand why and how she was in a safe house rather than a hospital. She was trying to make sense of things despite the confusion she was experiencing at the moment she opened her eyes. And yet, it got worse. The voices started to speak, the voices spoke all in unison and yet nothing can be made out of their words as they talk so differently, all speaking of different words at the same time and it made things more complicated for her to comprehend. It was a tornado of words, all circling around, all whispering and all scrambled up and is making Yulia’s brain so drained and confused and spinning in a
SSHS 78 Yvett and Azrael were both frozen in their place as one of the doctors asked them, “What should you have told her sooner?” The doctor pressed on the longer the Don Brook couple stayed silent as they did not know how to respond to this sudden interrogation, and regretting the slip of their tongue for the sake of comforting each other. “Sir Azrael, please, tell us what it is. It could have an effect or could be the cause of the condition of Yulia right now.” The doctor begged the patriarch of the Don Breook family to speak, she even begged the matriarch but none of the Don Brook couple wanted to speak. “Please, it is for the sake of your daughter.” the doctor pleaded for the last time, trying her best to persuade the Don Brook couple to speak up. But still, they stayed silent. This time, Hestia and Albert interrupted the conversation, trying their luck and cards to persuade the two to speak and give clearance to what they had said. “Sir Azrael, Madam Yvett, we need to know abo
SSHS 79As Hestia was just sent standing beside Azrael, the man still refused to say anything even though Hestia already had a grasp of what could have transpired when Yulia was still in the care of the dawn book family and has Dr. Miller as their psychiatrist. Azrael was left trembling sitting down in the waiting room of the hospital while his jaw was pending behind him clenching her fist as she tried her best to stay calm and to not hurt the parent of the person she has to protect. However, the patriarch of the Don Brook family was not that long as his conscience eated him inside out and it was too much uncomfortable to just stay silent and so he decided to open his mouth.With trembling lips and trembling hands he turned his head to face Hestia, whom Yulia was very fond of. “If you really must know and if you really must inform the doctors about this it is better that we discuss this matter in a private room or in a private area because I will not be able to say those things out lo
SSHS 80 Before Hestia left the door to completely close, she heard a sound coming from the patriarch of the Don Brook family. She was not sure whether it is a sound of a father crying for the regret that he was feeling, for he put his daughter and his whole family to a hell hole that they are sure to get out of, but never forget. Even though she wants to confirm her suspicions, she did not dare. Her primary concern was Yulia and nothing else. She was still far too disgusted to that kind of human that she left him there and never looked back; she began walking to the side of the hospital where Yulia might be located right now. Her strides were long and fast, and all the people that could see her walking like that immediately went to the side as if to give her the space of the path to walk through. She even passed by Albert and Yvett who met at the cafeteria for something to quench their thirst. “Hey, Hestia. Where are you going?” Albert wavered a hand while the other held his coffee
SSHS 81 Inside the head of Albert as he jogged through the halls of the hospital, trying to find where Hestia could have gone. It is true of the matriarch of the Don Brook family, that Hestia’s expression was far from what he had been used to. ‘Well, she does not really show her emotions in the first place. And her emotions only leak through her voice. It was to the point that we thought her face was something made out of metal or plastic, that is why her face was so stoic. Still, it is better to confirm.’ Albert continued to ponder on that thought of his, as he continued to jog through the halls of the hospital, realising that most of all the people that he passes by were all sticking to the wall; and if there were groups of people, they are mostly crumpled in a huddle, whispering to each other. “What do you think that was about?” One of the nurses whispered to his companion as they both stayed to the side of the hospital corridor. Albert tried to eavesdrop a little, wanting to k