On the van, everyone was quiet. KKLT was spaced out. Pyre was staring
into space. Monsi was worried and fidgety. Lia covered her panicky face
with her hands. The tension was immense, and nobody spoke a word.
Suddenly Sayomi broke out a sob and Tsukiko went over to comfort her.
KKLT and Pyre looked over at them then looked back at each other, both
not speaking a word.
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The van reached the new location they have planned to stay the night at.
They had no belongings with them, so they didn't have to unpack.
KKLT sat down on her bed thinking of what had happened.
She had not planned for that to happen. They were supposed to retrieve
Misaki and everyone and escape. All the precautions she had taken could
not be used now. She pulled out her tracker and saw that three dots were
missing.
I see that even under such circumstances they have remembered to
disable the trackers.
She turned off the tracker and slumped onto her bed, stuffing her face
into the pillow. Pyre was on the upperdeck. KKLT doesn't want to let her
see her uneasiness. She took a deep breath in the pillow and turned her
head. Sayomi and Lia are on the other side. They are lying on the bed
facing the wall. Everyone has not communicated ever since they left the
building. It has been about 2 hours since they left the building.
KKLT wondered if Aeyra, Misaki, and Chelsea have agreed to join the bad
guys.
Please... guys... If they offer you guys to join... Please... just
join them... Don't be stubborn... Even if we become enemies... Just...
don't die... KKLT prayed.
*Ring...* *Ring...*
A phone rang waking KKLT.
Wait... What was that...?
KKLT took out her phone. It wasn't her phone ringing. She stuffed it back
under her pillow.
*Ring... Ring...*
She suddenly realised the ring came from above her.
Don't tell me...
*Ring...*
KKLT suddenly realised it was Pyre's phone.
"PYRE!!!! IS THAT YOUR PHONE?"
"PYRE...?"
KKLT climbed up to wake Pyre. But she wasn't there.
"PYRE?!" KKLT realised Pyre wasn't on her bed.
*Ring...*
KKLT frantically picked up the phone. "He-Hello?"
"..."
There was no answer.
"Who is this?" KKLT spoke carefully into the receiver, waiting for a reply.
"....................... Where is Jean..?"
KKLT suddenly realised who was on the line.
"... M-Mark?"
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A lead?