Brain and Heart

XVII: Hopeless I

Reylann's POV:
Sasha, Cora, and I all got off the train. Getting weird looks while we all boarded off. There weren't that many people around which surprised me a bit.

"Where are your parents?!" I felt a man push me aside so he could get my attention, I pulled Sasha and Cora close to me.

"Why would you like to know? Are we related?" I asked the man.

He shot a dirty look at me, spitting on the ground beside me. Then he walked away.

We walked around looking for the Blue Door, Alena told me I should go through.

"Hello! Sir- Do you know where the blue door is?" Asked Cora, to some random stranger.

He pointed to the big yellow door. "I'm not sure what you guys are doing here, but it's behind the yellow door over there."

I thanked him and scurried over to the yellow door.

"Stop!"

Before we could go through, we were stopped by some random man by the door. He was old and tired, as if he hadn't slept in 50 years.

"Move away and go home. This isn't a place for children." He told us.

I gritted my teeth, "We were sent by Alena Oswell and Henry Wright, to go through the blue door."

"And you expect me to believe that?"

"Well you'd better believe it! Henry and Vanessa are dead, there's a mad scientist on the loose, and my life is being threatened in every... passing... second!" I stomped my foot on the floor causing Sasha to jump.

The man rolled his eyes, "Names please."

I paused before answering.

"Coradine Monét." Cora said confidently. He let her go in.

"Monét- huh..." He said while writing her name on his clipboard. "And you two?" He raised his eyebrow at me in suspicion.

"Reylann Wright." I said slowly. He wrote my name down, "A Monét and a Wright. Interesting." He then pointed to Sasha. "And his name?"

I shrugged my shoulders, "He's blind and deaf."

The man shook his head, "He better know his own name or I won't be able to let him in."

I grabbed Sasha's hand and wrote on his palm. "N-A-M-E." He said aloud.

"Sasha... Sasha Antonov." He continued.

I sighed deeply and the man let us through.

Cora skipped down the corridor and I held Sasha's hand tightly while we went down. The man didn't tell us any directions, just asked for a name and sent us on.

"Reylann!" The name sounded like like sharp glass pressing into my skin.

I looked up slowly. Cora slowly crawled up behind me.

"What are you doing here?" I saw John's angry face staring back at me and I swallowed all my hopes and dreams away along with my saliva.

He got close and slapped me in the face. Then again, then again. Soon I was crying and the pain rang through my head.

Cora screamed and I felt bad that she had to watch. "Vanessa and Henry are dead. And I was looking for you..." I said in between sniffs.