Red's POV
I hurriedly get out of the car when I saw a car crushed at one of the trees not far away from the signboard saying, 'Abandoned Road'.
I run towards the car not waiting for D to come out of the car. My heart is racing and it seems that anytime it would come out of my chest. Tori, what happened? I ask inside my mind. As soon as I am beside the car, Tori's car. I know, it's her car because of the color, it's blue. I shake my head upon blurting out the word 'blue' inside my head.
"Tori?" I asks and went to the driver's seat door. I furrowed my brows when there's no Tori inside the car. I open the door and crease my forehead when it's not locked. Knowing how conscious Tori was of her things, this is strange and doubtful.
When I open the door, I search through all of her things. I check her dashboard and every corner of her car. Too strange when I find it normal, nothing's missing aside from her. I was about to go out of the car when I saw a glimpse of her phone under the seat I am sitting at.
"Where's Tori?" I look at D who asks, that startled me, tsk. I rolled my eyes and went out of the car.
"She's not here. Someone took her" I said and walks around to find any trace of her. It's a high possibility that someone took her. The car's screeching and gunshots I've heard earlier can prove it.
"Are you sure?" I didn't look back at him and searched at the ground. I knelt on the ground and search thoroughly. I heard him sigh but I didn't mind him.
I am busy looking around me when the phone vibrated. I look at Tori's phone and saw one message.
From: Unknown Number
CU. At the back of Engineering Bldg. 10 pm.
"D, have a look at this" I blurted out and stand up from kneeling on the ground. I turn my back and face D who's walking towards me. When he's near enough, I lend him the phone.
"What do you think?" I ask him, he looks at me and back at the phone.
"The place is right at the metal door where they went in," he said about Keiko and Ziara the bitch who entered an elevator.
"Do we need to tell it to Z?" he asks me, I shrug my shoulder and went back to his car. He can tell it and not, his choice. It's not a problem with me, throughout the years I've been with them, they almost know everything about me. It's just that, I can't tell them some things. Maybe soon.
I slept throughout the ride and woke up in front of the building where Z's condo is. I stared at the road in front of me when I went out of the car. I was out in my trance when D wave his hand in front of my face.
"What are you thinking?" he asks, I stared at my feet as I kick the pebbles out of their places.
"Nothing serious..." I mumbled, he didn't say anything and we just stood there silently for minutes. I tilt my head and raise my head as I look at D. He's staring at the sky above us. I broke my gaze at him and look at his car to stop any further reaction. My heart has sinned many times, geez!
"I'll borrow your car," I said, he looks at me for a second and twist the key into the air as I catch it. I glared at him but he only smirks. He walks past me but before that, he taps my shoulder.
"Take your time," he said and went inside the building. I shake my head, he really knows me, tsk. I went inside the car and starts its engine. I drove through the road as the sunlight gazed at my eyes whenever I take turns, it's nearly 4 pm. After some turns, I parked the car at the side of the road.
I went out of the car and walks towards the gate of the place. I stop walking and raise my head to look at the words etch and hanged just above the black gate. I read the words and it says, 'Private Cemetery'.
I heave a deep sigh and continued walking in. I pass through with the help of the guard just beside the gate. I let the air gaze my skin as well as my hair. It flew high backward and I couldn't help but close my eyes. But as soon as the word 'cemetery' sinks in my mind, I shudder in cold. Geez, it's not like I am at some horror movie.
I shake my head and walk past through different tombstones to her place. It's been a while since her death, their death. It's actually my third visit. I seldom go here because it brings back too much pain from the past. I just don't want to feel it, again and again, that's why I never did visit them here.
I stop in the middle and stared at the three paths in front of me. One in front of me and one each at my left and right. The end of the path in front of me is a tree, an old tree.
"Why am I here again?" I ask myself, I let out a chuckle and shake my head. That's so stupid of me. I heave a sigh and walk straight. Time seems to move slower than usual. Just staring at the two tombs beside the tree makes me feel like, everything that had happened years ago, came back. I hardly breathe air.
I inhale and exhale several times and when I am three feet away from their tomb, I stop. I stared at it with a blank expression but my heart is pounding fast as if it's in the middle of a race.
"It's been years... This place hasn't changed. It still feels... too lonely even though, you two have so many friends here" I said as I point to that tombstone surrounding me.
"How are you, mom? Blue?" I let out a chuckle and walks the distance between me and their tombstone. As soon as I get near their place, I sat in the middle. I clean and put away the dirt on their tomb and heave a sigh after.
"Years have passed, but why do I still feel that I'm dead? I died together with you two but still, I'm here living with all the memories that keep me still. It keeps me from drowning in too much pain because with pain, I remember how things turned upside down and that's the time to make me think of the reality. That you're gone, and never be back..." I smiled sadly and close my eyes, I lay down in the middle of the two tombs beside me. Just doing this makes me feel, I'm with them, that they're with me right now. I don't want to open my eyes because if I do, I'll just cause my heart more pain for I will face the hard truth, the reality that I'm all alone in this world.
I opened my eyes and the sky filled my eyes. It turns orange, meaning it's sunset already. The sunsets and just waiting to be replaced with dark. Too much brightness can hurt that you need to be in the dark sometimes. I glance at my wristwatch. An hour has passed. That means I've slept throughout the time.
"Time to go" I mumbled after caressing their tombstone. I stand up and stared at their names.
BLUE CRAINE SEQUOVIA
REDDINA BLEAU SEQUOVIA
"Maybe, it'll take me years again to visit you. I hope you understand my reasons" I smiled and turns my back. I never tried to look back, it makes me feel bad for some reason.
I take the path and walk in silence. I'm not afraid even though I'm surrounded by dead people. They're already dead, why would I be, right? I sigh and just walk my way but I stop and glance at my right side, where the other path earlier. I saw a back of a woman. I shake my head and didn't mind what I saw, she's not a ghost that's for sure.
I continued walking my way but my feet have their mind. I have a stressed sigh and just walk in the girl's direction.
"Why do you have to leave me?" I heard her say. I furrowed my brows when her voice seems familiar. I've heard her voice before but I couldn't seem to remember when and where.
"Quenda left me too, you two are so unfair" I abruptly stop after I heard her name. I shake my head when I remember who is she. She's the crazy girl who chokes me to death twice. I wonder who she's talking to. From what I've heard, that's the tomb of her mother.
"That bitch! I will kill her" I held my chest when she suddenly raises her voice. And I have a hunch that she's talking about me. I let out a chuckle cause her to look at me with wide eyes.
"You will kill me? That's sad to hear, why would you kill me? I never did you wrong, remember?" I ask her, her eyes turn cold and there's rage in it. I smiled at her and take a few steps.
"Don't come near me!" she said, raising her voice. I rolled my eyes and continued walking towards her as she keeps taking a step backward.
"Chill, just curious who's your mother is," I said and walk past her. She held my right arm but I break free from her grip.
"You, don't try to stop me. You'll get yourself hurt in no time, got it?" she grits her teeth but says nothing. I rolled my eyes and take a step and as soon as I've read what's her mother's name is, I laugh.
"Why are you laughing?" her voice, I could hear how cold it was and how it's shaking.
"Fate is just so amazing!" I said and look at her. She's glaring at me with so much rage but I only laugh at her and turn my gaze at her mother's name.
"NATHALIE RIZONDE, the headmistress"