Time Forgotten

Chapter 6

Playlist (Optional)

~ Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens

~ Outrunning Karma by Alec Benjamin

~ Get You The Moon by Kina ft. Snow

~ This City by Sam Fisher

~ All I Want by Kodaline

~ Anchor by Novo Amor

A couple of days go by after the argument that was exchanged between Mick and Sandy. Sandy is in her bedroom standing in front of her mirror. She is wearing a white suit shirt, and black nobility pants with her black boots over them. She looks over her clothes, then grabs the hairbrush off her vanity, and brushes her hair. "Today is the trial..." She says to herself as she brushes out the knots from her hair. After getting herself dressed and ready, Sandy walks out of her bedroom where Niq quickly goes towards her grabbing her arm in a panic, "Sandy have you seen Mick at all?! The trial is in a couple of hours, and I have seen him all morning!" Sandy looks at Niq in confusion, "What? No? I haven't seen him since yesterday. Do you mean you haven't seen him all day?" Niq is looking at Sandy with concern in her eyes as she nods, "I haven't seen him all day! I'm getting worried because he has all of the evidence to back us up!" Sandy narrows her eyes at her mother, "I'm sure he will turn up soon. Should we head down to the courthouse in Mutiano? Isn't that where we are having this trial?"  Niq would take a deep breath to calm her nerves and nod, "Yes, it is in Mutiano. Are you ready to go? Lukaes, Kallos, and Mai are outside waiting for us." Sandy would nod in response to her mother's question, "Yes, let us head out."

Sandy and Niq make their way out of the house facing the trio outside. Lukaes does not have his helmet on and is wearing a black vest over a white ruffled shirt. Sandy sends a nod towards Lukaes to which he returns with a smile. Sandy takes a look over at Mai who has not changed their clothes and also has a look of panic in her eyes. Sandy sees at the corner of her eye that Kallos is hiding things in his clothing so that none of the others see. She narrows her eyes slightly at him but shrugs it off as nothing. Niq would take another deep breath before nodding at everyone around her and making her way out of Palldale. The five make their way out of Palldale following Niq closely behind towards Mutiano. The gravel beneath their feet crunching as they walk down the road. Tension fills the air as the group gets closer and closer to Mutiano's courthouse. Sandy feels a pressure in her chest making her think she can't breathe. She stops for a moment and takes a deep breath in then lets it out 'I'm going to be ok' she says to herself. Now, outside of the courthouse in Mutiano, the four are slightly panicking more as Mick cannot be found. Sandy looks at the Lukaes and asks, "Are you sure you haven't seen him like at all? The trial starts in 10 minutes." Lukaes just sighs and says, "I haven't seen him all morning." Niq is pacing back and forth while Mai is trying to calm the situation. 

As they are wondering where Mick is, the door to the courthouse opens, Oudin steps out and looks at the group of four as if looking for someone. He would give a slight smirk before speaking, "Are you all ready? We do not have all day." Niq whips around and looks at Oudin before stammering out, "We are waiting for my husband Mick sir could we get a few more minutes?" Oudin just rolls his eyes before speaking, "You have 5 minutes if you are not in here by then there will be consequences." He turns around and goes back into the courthouse leaving the four alone with each other once again. Niq rubs her temples in frustration and Sandy goes to her mother, "Mom, it is going to be ok. He will probably turn up during the trial." Niq just lets out a breath she has been holding and nods, "You're right. It'll be alright. Let's head inside and take our seats." Sandy nods and the four walk into the courthouse. Sandy and Lukaes take a seat in the spectators' stand while Niq and Mai head over to one of the booths. Sandy notices that she only sees Lukaes, Niq, and Mai. She looks around trying to find Kallos, but she doesn't find him. Sandy gets a bad feeling as the gavel hits the desk and the start of the trial begins.