The Seed of Hope

Chapter 14: Infiltration

-Trigger Warning: This chapter contains Sexual themes and sexual assault. Reader's discretion is advised.-


Birds chirped as a ray of sunlight glared into Kate's closed eyes, she was surrounded by comfortable sheets and pillows. Their scent was pleasant as they smelt of Rai's natural scent.

Kate threw her arm, feeling the empty space next to her, looking for him.

She groaned in dissapointment as she noticed his absence. Her eyes struggled to open as she checked her phone to see that it was two in the afternoon.

-"Overslept"- She yawned and stretched her body. Rai's bed was so much softer and squishier than hers, she was jealous. She hasn't slept this well in such a long time.

A text to her phone dinged and it caught her attention.

It was from Ivee, texting her that Rai and Naoko received a letter from the Island's Mayor.

-"The Mayor? What does the Mayor want with us?"- Kate whispered, pressing her finger on her lower lip as she scrolled through the text.

-Rai is with us, The Mayor said that as a thank you he wanted to give us accommodations for our new base, such as proper bathroom plumbing and functioning kitchen wares. Whatever that means...All I want is to cook you my world-famous breakfasts (Egg and chef emoji)! Logan is still in his room btw, so you pretty much have the entire building for yourself <3. And please, clean the forge, I tried getting Naoko to do it but this hoe won't do proper work around the place(Annoyed side eye emoji). C ya soon, don't go killing shit without us! <3-

Kate giggled at her sister's mix of professional words and quirky emojis.

-"I guess I'll get started then."-

Kate jumps out of bed, heads to her room, and hops in the shower to quickly wash before heading to the forge. She begins to dust, sweep, and take out the trash. As she worked around the building, she noticed a faint floral scent. Kate never noticed any flowers in or around the building so she began to look around. The scent was stronger on the first floor, in the kitchen window. Kate looked out of it and saw a small shrub of white jasmines. Kate gasped and ran outside. Excitement took over as she admired the pretty white petals. Jasmine flowers were extremely rare in the tropics and were said to bring eternal beauty and desire to whoever found them.

Kate fumbled around with her phone as she tried calling her mom.

Leena had her garden, so her knowledge of flowers and plants was the best Kate could ever hope for.

-"Yes, dear?"- Leena picked up. Running water in the background sounded like she was in the middle of doing dishes.

-"Ma! I need you to come up here quickly! There's a jasmine shrub outside her building!"-

Leena quickly grabbed her tools and chemicals, mounted them on the small golf cart she used for groceries, and made her way to the woods. It took her around twenty minutes to find the paved path of the abandoned building. Kate was waiting outside, building a fence around it made out of string and wooden planks.

-"Ma, that was fast!"- Kate heard the cart park behind her.

Leena stepped down from the cart and hugged Kate.

-"This place is so....bleak!- Leena exclaimed. -"Hey! We're working on it!"- Kate laughed.

-"I'm just saying...It gets bleaker and bleaker as time passes. But I must say, it hasn't changed much."- Leena looked up at the building.

-"Besides now and when you brought us here, have you been here before?"- Kate asked. -"How come you didn't tell me?"-

Leena looked at Kate. -"Some freak accident happened here, which resulted in students and everyone else forgetting about this place. An accident that involved experimentations with Celestian Powers. Playing God, I would say."-