Goal: A Normal Life

Ninety-five

-Raven's POV-

"Have you done your work?" An old man asked.

'Where am I? Oh..this again?' I thought.

I was in some sort of futuristic palace. There was an old man sitting on what looked like to be a throne and the person he was talking to had their back turned to me.

 I couldn't move so all I could identify is that it was a woman.

"Of course, I have, granduncle. Who do you think I am?"  She snarked a reply. She definitely does not favor this man.

She had long slick back straight hair that was tied up in a ponytail. She was also in uniform but how unique this uniform was. I had never seen anything like it. 

In fact, I have been seeing this woman for a few months now. It's a weird recurring dream about the same person but I never got to see who it was. I don't know if this is real but if it was, ain't no way was it happening in my world.

"Good girl. Now, I have something else for you to do. You will need to go all the way out to the Vostok Research Station in Antarctica. It is a dangerous mission but as my heir, you must make a concrete stand to prove to everyone in the world that you are capable of everything." He then continued on telling her what she should do.

Who the fuck sends their heir on a secret mission to get an important and deadly virus?! 

"*sigh* You know I hate cold places. Ugh, what a bore." She complained but overall agreed.

That was her concern??? The fucking weather?!

"I would like to come with her." A man walked in.

"Ah, Cavanaugh. Of course, you are more welcome to assist her with the task."

"Thank you, your Imperial Majesty." He bowed.

Whatever this place was, it was definitely weird. This person, Cavanaugh, reminds me of Claude. They seem so similar and yet so different. It irks me.

 When they both left the throne room, the woman confronted Cavanaugh.

"What are you planning? You know full well that I am not Valentina you little shit." She cursed at him.

Whoever this woman is, though I couldn't see her face, she already seems so attractive to me. I can rest easy as this is just a dream. A weird one but a dream nonetheless.

"I know that but still, you are in a body where she could come back." He defended.

What the fuck are they talking about??

"Well guess what? She's not coming back, nor will I be going back. Now piss off, you bloody wanker." She shoved him and walked away.

"So what? You will just leave the men you love behind?" 

She halted in her steps and breathed, "They don't remember me." then continued till I woke up.

I opened my eyes and looked around, I was beside Caius, and next to him was Slade. I sighed as I thought about the mind-boggling dream. Why was I dreaming about a non-existent woman? Also, why am I so invested in her drama? I'm glad it was just a dream, if it wasn't then I'd like for that old man to just get a heart attack. Old senile bastard.

"What made you so pissy this early in the morning?" Slade quizzed while brushing Caius' hair.

"Nothing important." I waved off.

Today was a break day for us which meant we all could go on a date with Caius. We decided to go to Silver Swan, a famous restaurant known for its great dishes.

During the drive, we drove past the condominium we used to stay at. For some reason whenever we are in our units, we felt like something was off. Like we felt incomplete in them. It bothered us a lot, so we just decided to leave. 

I kept it a secret but even if we were now in our new house, it was nice just living in one place but I didn't want to tell them that I still felt like something was missing. I chose not to tell them as I preferred to not be an inconvenience. Though I truly am happy.

I couldn't help but glance at the units but I noticed a shadow in one of them and another shadow of what looked like a cat. Maybe there were people touring the place.

"What are you looking at?" Demetrius asked me.

"Nothing, I just noticed that someone was already touring our units. "

"...touring? Are you sure you saw someone in there?" Demetrius stopped and stared at me seriously.

"Why the fuck would I lie? I even saw light pink hair." I scrunched my eyebrows at his ridiculousness. How would it benefit me if I had joked about it?

"Claude, turn around. Before you even ask why, our units aren't open for touring nor have I settled when would it be up for sale."

He didn't bother questioning Demetrius and when we got there Claude, Vincenzo, and Heinrich got off first as they were the most capable if ever there really was someone breaking in. The rest of us stayed behind with Caius since we didn't want him out of our sight again.

-Third Person's POV-

"She said that it should be around here.." Valentina spoke to no one.

*Meow* 

The cat scratched her on the leg, she yipped in pain and narrowed her eyes at the cat. "Hey, I know you don't like me but what can I do? You're her cat and if I don't take care of you, she's gonna take me out faster than I could even get help." 

She patted the walls in an attempt to find the thing she told her about. 

"I have been searching for thirty minutes! I just can't find it!" She faced the security camera and showed her disapproval.

On the other side, the woman raised her brow and ignored the dramatic Valentina.

*ping*

Valentina looked down at her phone and saw a message, 

They're coming, just jump from the balcony. I won't let you get caught nor will you die so stop being a chicken and jump. Bring Leive with you. I'll tell you when you should come back and grab it. Hope that they don't notice your intentions or else I will not update you about those shits that you find so goddamn attractive when they just look like a cheap rip-off of my dearests.

Valentina looked at the cat bitterly and warned him, "If you scratch me, I'm going to let you go."

"Also, my sweethearts are your dearests counterparts! Stop insulting them," she yelled at the camera.

Her loud voice alerted Vincenzo. He warned the other two that there was someone in the room. When they opened the door, Claude caught a glimpse of Valentina's hair .

The woman on the other side couldn't help but sigh at her stupidity. "This is why I told her to wear a disguise..that foolish cad.." she rubbed her forehead at Valentina's carelessness.

Heinrich took notice of the security camera turning off right before it moved towards the place where Valentina jumped off from.

When Valentina landed on the ground, Caius saw her face and immediately recognized her.  He jumped up from his seat as he watched her disappearing figure.

"T-That woman! She's the girl Claude's looking for!" He exclaimed.

Claude investigated Valentina's background once more. Why would she come to their condominium unit? What was her reason? They knew full well that they have never interacted with her so why would she willingly invade their units?

That was a question that clouded their minds for months.

To be Continued . . .