Beam and Rome
"Why isn't sensei here to save us?" Beam asked. "He should have come to your appointment with you, you need a better Beloved."
"Hey, P'Bright went to see his friends." Rome defended.
P'Bright wanted to go with Rome, but he told him to go see his friends. Knowing everything the man did for him, made them closer. Since that night, they were always together, P'Bright even slept in his room with him.
Rome could tell P'Bright was worried about P'Arthit, he often heard him talking on the phone. When Nami told him the Caffe where the others were meeting wasn't far, he urged P'Bright to go, his appointment was only a check-up. He was in Heart hospital, after all, it was safe, what could happen.
"Why isn't P'Forth here to save you?" Rome snapped back.
"He's the owner of a company, he doesn't have free time. Like Sensei."
Before Rome could answer, Simi stopped the two. Telling them to be quiet, she could hear something. The little girl was listening at the door, she was worried about her duck. Which decided to steal Beam's phone and fly away, disappearing through a shaft near the ceiling.
Rome covered the doc's mouth; he really was loud. The portal may have gone but they used the small room to hide, closing the door and waiting for the vampires to leave. Rome checked his phone again, still no signal.
After a while, everything is quiet, they open the door and sneak out again. They find doors, after some searching but they are all securely locked, needing passkeys. Simi returns to stand in front of the same glass door again. Rome wondered who the woman inside was.
Near the wall of monitors, they find working computers. If one had an internet connection, they could get help. Beam took a seat in front of one of the keyboards.
"I'm going to hack the system."
"You know how?"
"I watch videos on YouTube." Beam answered. "I had to pick up new skills to keep up with Nami."
"You're going through files; anyone can do that."
"Stop talking Rome, you're ruining my concentration!"
"Did you find anything?" Rome asked when Beam gasps.
"All of these tests..." Beam frowns going through the pages. "It's drug trails. So many codes, so many different tests. Wait, that...That's a test code from heart memorial."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, the hospital uses these for special cases, thralls. Shit." Beam curses. "Someone's leaking hospital information."
"Do you think the people here are thralls too? Wait, doc." Rome moved closer. "Isn't that mine and your names? Why do they have files on us?"
Before Beam can answer, the screen switches as a call is incoming. He recognises the number on the display, that's from the hospital. He clicks the green phone icon, to see a shocked Yut, looking back.
"Doc Beam?"
"Suicidal zombie!" Beam says quickly. "Find my dinosaur and tell him I got kidnapped and come save me! and..."
"Doc..." Rome pulled his arm.
"Tell him I'm in some strange lab and there are lots of thralls here and..."
"Doc, I don't think you should tell him."
"Why?" Beam asked annoyed. "It's Yut."
"Someone's leaking hospital information." Rome pointed to the face. "And he, called us."
It takes a few minutes, Rome points to things before Beam gets it. Nami was right, not detective material at all.
"The traitor is Yut? The suicidal zombie? Are you kidding me?" Beam was so shocked. "Nami is going to slap you so hard..."
"That's if you get a chance to tell anyone." A sweet tone interrupts. "Which you won't."
"Mistress, they..."
Something clicks and the screen turns off. Beam moves Simi, who had hurried to them when the voice-first spoke, and Rome behind him. They watched more vampires appear behind the women dressed in red. Her lipstick matching the crimson shade of her eyes.
"Not afraid?" The Mistress smiled at Beam. "You should be."
"You're not the first woman to kidnap me." Beam answered. "I doubt you will be the last."
"Your family has been protected for so long, I didn't think I would get a chance to use one of you." The woman smiled at Beam before turning to Rome. "What about you interested a Demon Lord, I wonder. Who knew today was my lucky day?"
"P'Beam." Simi pulled on Beams arm. "Duckie says, you should scream."
Beam and Rome looked up to see the duck sitting on a hanging light.
"That girl needs a physiatrist." Beam whispers. "I didn't even hear the thing quack."
"Why scream?"
"Because my dinosaur is coming." Beam took a deep breath, he didn't need his manly pride anymore, he had a boat. He took a deep breath and yelled. "Forrtth!"
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Granny POV
Drifting between consciousness, her body floating, her mind dazed. She lay on the hard floor, the surface moving beneath her. When she did manage to open her eyes, she knew she wasn't in her house anymore.
"Mother..."
Everything sounded off, far away. She tried to stay awake to listen, this voice sounded familiar.
"Rome..." It was Din. "He won't be happy with this..."
"Forget what he wants, only concentrate on getting him." His mother reassured. "He will do anything you ask for the return of this thing."
"It would be better to keep her alive."
"I would have let her be." Din's mother told her son. "But I'm sick of her smug, interfering face."
Sharp nails dug into her cheeks as her face was turned and pulled closer. The next words drilled inside her mind; the voice strange as it said them.
"You will die for the sins." The words buzzed in her mind. "I let the waters take you."
Only a strange sound left her mouth, the face watching her smiled before throwing her body over a metal railing. She hit the water, the cold taking her breath away. She watched with blurry eyes as the waves carried her further and further away from the shore.
Please let Rome be safe, her last thoughts as she gave into the dark. The ring on her finger burned, a gentle wave catching her as she drifted through the sea. Moving her towards a small speck on the distant horizon.
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Boom POV
(Boom - Kong's father. Som - Master Panichiasawad)
"Why won't this thing open?"
"The letter is for Kong..."
My words ignored; my wife carries on trying to open the envelope. She tried to tear, cut, poke and now burn it on the cooker, but nothing worked. Even though I tried to stop her, I hoped she managed and maybe an answer was inside.
"I can read." Mini snapped. "Father said to open it in the darkest hour, it can't get any darker!"
I put my arm around her shoulder, my eyes drifting towards the stairs. It was a parents nightmare, to hear their child was hurt. We came immediately when Poppy called, bringing the letter Kong's grandfather left for him.
Kong and Arthit were still asleep, Som and the Blood Prince watching the boys. I could see people moving outside, they expected trouble.
"Why does this place only have light things?" Mini cursed looking through the kitchen cabinets. She could never standstill when she was worried. "We need something heavy."
Poppy sees the figure first, walking down the stairs. Som calmy answered Mini and Millie's questions they rushed to ask the moment they saw him, but I saw the look that passed between him and Poppy.
"Iron!" Mini shouted, unhappy with the answers. "I remember reading it somewhere, magic things don't like it."
"Uncle has heavy cast iron pans!"
Millie told my wife, these two would cause trouble again. I look to Poppy; she might be able to stop them.
"He also has weapons in his study." Poppy told the others. "Ones that work."
"To uncles' house!"
My wife leads the way, Poppy following without her normal protest. They were getting us out. I turn to Som but he's frowning, as though frozen in place. My feet stop, it was back, the strange chimes I heard before.
"I can't think." Som rubbed his head, standing as still as me. "I wish the chimes would stop."
"You can hear them too?"
We both look at each other, our heads turning together when we see a glow. The letter on the kitchen counter levitates and then returns to its place. We take the few steps to the counter, the name on the front has changed. To mine.
My hand hesitates a second, but pick up the letter and open it easily, only a single sheet emerges. I read the unknown words, frowning when I don't understand. We both look down as symbols begin to appear below out feet, black to begin then turning white. Light bursts beneath our feet, as we disappear.
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The apple drops from Godt's hand as he watched from outside of the large windows. He sneaked in here to see what was going on. His father's put their people on alert, P'Himi was yelling at everyone, his anger getting worse when he couldn't reach P'Yut. Now he knew P'Beam was right, he quickly took out his phone to call backup. "Nami! Aliens are real."
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Boom and Som appeared in what looked like a cave, moss grew on the walls and leaves moved around the floor with the small draft. They walked forward seeing a glow not far, a large circle carved with symbols on the rock floor.
The runes hummed the moment they set foot on the magic array, a figure appearing in the middle. Both men looked at the face in shock.
"You..."
"I've been waiting for you." The man smiled. "I'm Rojnapat, Arthit's father."