Alchemy Of Abyss

Chapter Five~6

"It's not funny but all your pieces of evidence are fake!! don't you know who I am? I'm the daughter of the Azmi family! We are well-known in the country! I want to call my father right now."

"You already called him. No need to tell more lies. We know that you're not his daughter." Nadine couldn't believe her father denied her existence. The door opened; it was an officer. "What is the update with him?" the prosecutor said to the officer, who also shared the same steady comedic face.

The officer eyed her disgustingly — They looked like robots, Nadine thought — "Nothing," the officer answered, cutting Nadine's thoughts.

The prosecutor shot Nadine the same disgusted look and said, "Did you show him the evidence?"

"I did. He said he doesn't know how he got here," the officer said and shrugged his shoulders. The prosecutor looked deeply into Nadine's confused face and told the officer to bring Adam.

In seconds, the officer was back with Adam. "I will leave you two alone for a moment, and you better confess," the prosecutor said, looking at Adam and Nadine before he closed the door behind him.

Adam sat next to Nadine; he was terrified, and his face was burning hot with his sweat running over the sides of his face. "What brought you here!? And that clip! How and when did it happen?!" — Nadine grabbed his hand strongly; her eyes moved from his face to his arm. His t-shirt sleeve moved upwards showing his upper arm — "you have a tattoo?" she asked suddenly and looked closer at it.

"I don't know how I got here!" Adam said loudly, making Nadine move her hand, and the sleeve moved back, covering his arm again. "I was at home and suddenly found myself here," Adam said, looking at his hands. "I'm scared."

Nadine sighed and clenched her fists. "But the videos! They looked exactly like us! When did—"

"It's your fault!" Adam shouted and stood up fast, pointing at her.

"What?" Nadine said, looking more confused than him.

"They said it's your fault! You took something from them!" Adam walked back and forth in the small room, freaking out. "It's your fault!"

"Who?! I took what from whom?! What the hell are you talking about?"

"You should have stayed where you belong! You shouldn't have taken it; you don't deserve it!" he jumped over Nadine, strangling her with his bare hands.

Nadine struggled from his tight grasp over her neck, his sudden strength shocked her. "I won't let you drag me into this! You should die for us to live." He raised her from the chair, slamming her body on the wall behind her, choking her to death.

Nadine tried to stop him, to get out of his deadly hands, but couldn't. Her body was letting go of her. She couldn't fight him any longer. The air was slipping out of her, losing more into his grasp, accepting her coming fate.

A spiral of glowing black wisps rose from sudden darkness filling the room. Nadine glimpsed someone's hand slipping out of the spiral wisps reaching for Adam's body. Rayan grabbed Adam by his neck and crushed his head into the wall. He immediately lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

Liam caught Nadine before falling, she was coughing hard grasping for all air that left her lungs; he hugged her moving her hair behind her ears, and quickly scanned her face for any injuries.

Camellia squatted next to Adam's body, moved his left sleeve, and saw his tattoo. "They imprinted him with lunacy." Rayan moved Adam to lay him on his back, then held his head. Black wisps came through his veins and slowly covered Adam's forehead.

"He's still mundane. They only imprinted him for a couple of hours. I'll purify his soul till you finish." Liam kept hugging Nadine, who was shaking, and Camellia went outside the investigating room with her sword forming between her slim fingers.