Lovers (Norray)

Chapter 5

Continuing Norman P.O.V

"Well if you guys paid attention, you would notice that he didn't have a tattoo on his neck like we do. The tattoo is permanent, it won't go away." he explained. "So that means he's a liar?" Gilda asked. When Ray nodded, Don happily said,"I was right!" We all burst into laughter, but a few minutes later Emma asked, "I'm pretty sure if we confront him, he'll start telling the truth." Ray sighed, "Emma not everyone is trustworthy!" We thought Emma would stop but she looked at Ray with a menacing smile, "Nevermind...! We'll talk to him." He said nervously. "Emma could go talk to Aito today and the rest of us could prepare for Friday." I suggested. "I could do that!" Emma happily said.

Emma P.O.V

  I left the resort first, I was glad Ray was taking a chance on Aito. My question is why would Aito lie to us? I would've been glad to know someone who knew the outside world better than us. I just want to prove he's nice! He had just left so I don't think he got very far. I walked for about 20 minutes before I heard someone say, "Did you find anything about them Aito?" "No, I'm sorry dad. I think that Ray kid is getting suspicious of me!" replied Aito. Wait. What do they mean by that? "Did you at least find out what plant they're from?" Asked Aito's dad. "No. I just heard them planning to go back on Friday and bring the rest of the kids from their orphanage." Aito explained. I guess they don't know that our orphanage burned down. Ray you're so stupid, we have to find out where they moved the other kids! I think I thought out loud because a seconds later I heard someone coming towards the corner of the building I was hiding behind. I made a run for it, but the person was faster. I hid behind a cart and watched as the person who I thought was Aito ran in a different direction. I quickly found my way to the different stores and tried to find the others. I found Norman and quickly ran to him. "Woah, Emma! What happened?" he asked. I was out of breath from running but I quickly tried to explain, "Y-you guys were right about Aito! I think h-he's trying to hurt us or something like that! I overheard him talking with his dad." "Wait, slow down. Aito is trying to hurt us?" he looked at me confused. I quickly nodded and he grabbed me. We ran to the other kids and found Ray. After explaining everything Ray just smirked, "I told you so!" "Seriously! He knows our plan now!" I screamed. I really wanted to save the other kids. "That could be a problem." admitted Ray. Then I remembered, "Ray, we burned our orphanage! The kids probably got moved to a different location." I heard him groan, "Seriously, how are we going to find out where they are!" There was a long silence, we all just stared at Ray. I think he realized what we were all thinking. "W-wait hold on guys! You can't possibly make me do that!" he yelled.

                                                      *Time skip to a few minutes ahead*

Ray P.O.V

I can't believe they're making me do this! I walked down the stairs from our room and went to find Lillie. I saw the guy who was at the front desk the first day and asked, "Hey, do you know where Lillie is?" He answered, "Yea, I'll get her for you." I waited for about 5 minutes before she came out. "What do you need?" she asked rudely. This woman is getting on nerves! "I was wondering if you had a map of all the plants or if you knew where the kids from the Grace Field House got moved to?" I asked, not trying to hide my annoyance. She grabbed me by the hand and led me to a different room. "I do have a map and I also know where the other kids got sent to. My question is why do you want to know?" she said. "Lady, are you serious?! I obviously want to know so my friends and I could go save the others!" She smiled and took a map out of a cabinet. She then placed the map on the empty table ahead of me. With a pen, she marked an orphanage that was near Grace Field. Then she marked a path that led to it. "This is the place the other kids are. This orphanage is run by a woman named Yuuko. She isn't easy to fool, you must be careful when you get closer to this location." she explained. I thanked her, but as I was about to walk out of the room, she called me with teary eyes, "Ray, I'm sorry I startled you the day you came. I escaped an orphanage a long time ago just like you. I knew your mother, she was wonderful. However, times have changed since then. You're clever, stay that way." I was confused but nodded and left.

As I was going upstairs someone stopped me. "Hey... Ray." Shit, it was Aito! He had a tight grip on me. I couldn't move at all. "What the hell do you want from me!" I growled. He quickly covered my mouth before saying, "I want to end you and your pathetic little friends." Seriously! Thankfully he didn't notice the map in my hand. I quickly put it in my pocket before he dragged me away. I memorized the way to wherever he was taking me. Word of advice, if you plan to kidnap someone, always blindfold them before taking them anywhere. I got thrown into some basement or something like that. There were no windows or doors besides the one I came in through. While I was looking around the place I got hit by something. I'm pretty sure I got knocked out because next thing I knew was that I was tied to a chair and Aito was standing in front of me with a knife. "I could start with ending you, then your friends. How does that sound?"

Norman P.O.V:

I looked at the clock, 6:57. It had been almost an hour since Ray left to talk to Lillie. Why hadn't he come back yet? I wasn't the only one who noticed how long he had been gone. Emma was now staring at the clock, while Gilda and Don were staring at the door. The other kids were playing around, but it was obvious that everyone was waiting for Ray to come. "Alright, I can't stand this. I'm going to go find Ray." I said getting up. Emma nodded and said, "I'll come too!" Don and Gilda agreed to watch the other kids, so Emma and I walked down to go find Lillie. We saw her having dinner so we quickly ran towards her. "Can I help you two with something?" she asked looking up. "Did Ray come to see you?" I asked. She smiled and said, 'Yea, I gave him a map of the orphanages." "Oh, did you see where he went after meeting you?" Emma questioned. "He went back upstairs to what I assumed was your room." She looked at our concerned faces, "Why, is he missing?" I nodded. "Follow me." she said. We followed her to a control room. She sat down on the chair and murmured, "He came to see me around 6, and then left around 6:20." She looked at her watch, "He's been gone for about 40 minutes." She looked at the camera footage from that time and we watched with her. "Aito took him!?" Emma exclaimed. "If that's the name of the kid, then yes." Lillie replied. I sighed and told Lillie if it was ok that we checked the cameras around the building. She nodded, "This control system controls all the cameras in our area. You might be able to find him if you look through the ones near main street.She started helping us find the main street cameras and we were lucky to see Ray getting dragged somewhere. "That's the place I saw Aito and his dad talking with each other. I still remember the way. C'mon!" Emma excitedly said. I smiled and ran after her thanking Lillie on the way out.

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