ARTEMIA: the rise of generation nova

CHP. 02 - FIND THE SEEKER

Krixia's pov:

biting my nails as anxiety runs through my veins while i wait for fern to think of a solution for my mistake

"ugh, why can't i find it??" fern said as he slammed the table with frustration

"i'm pretty sure he'll come back for his money right?" i asked

"yeah, you're right, there's a possibility" he agreed

he sat down in defeat as he can't find the card that the man used, strangely enough, with our very advanced technology we can't still find it, and we've checked the cctv footage but it stopped at the exact time as i took out the trash bag full of expired foods, what a coincidence you think?

"hey krixia, don't you think it's a bit strange how that man has 30 million rims on his account?" he asked speculating that something is wrong with that man

"he probably has more than that tho" i said

"how?" he asked

"as i swiped his card, the monitor shows number one with many zeroes that i lost count, i thought it was just a bug considering the monitor's old age"

"whoa!, if that's the case why is he here at Calvo and not in Argen district?" he asked out of curiosity

"how should i know?" i asked

we both sigh as we stare at the monitor, it's getting late and i'm tired, so many things happened today, i decided to call it a day and go home

"hey fern, thanks for today" i tapped his shoulders

"are you sure you give up?" he said with worries all over his face

"i'll think of a solution when i get home" i said

i went out of the store, I wanted to get some fresh air and get this stress off, i went to my secret spot riding my board

it's nice in here because you can see the city lights and stars, it's pretty breezy in here so i can breathe without my gimmeair, only me and my mom knew this place

"hey mom, it's a crazy day today" i said as I looked up the stars in the sky

"i'm late at work, well i guess that's not crazy anymore cause i'm always late, but i almost died, it's scary mom, oh, and lastly i made a mistake swiping this strange man's card, i accidentally put 30 million instead of just 30, just how much of an idiot am i?" i ranted for a lot of minutes to mom, i always do this because i have no one to talk to, fern is my only friend and as you know, he's busy with work and games

my mom passed away from an unknown fatal virus when i was 16, it's been 4 years but i still can't get over it, i mean who wouldn't?, she's the only family i have left after the big tradegy that happened on year 5998, now that she's gone, I've been struggling physically and mentally, i'm like a lost kid.

i felt a tear running down my cheeks, i still can't control my feelings when i talk about my family, i gues you can still call me a crybaby?

*rustle*

i jumped up my seat and grabbed my board hiding behind the rock that i'm sitting in, what's that rustling? is it an animal

i listened closely to the sounds waiting for another rustling

*rustle*

there it goes again, i heard footsteps walking towards the rock that i'm in, then it stops

"why is he taking so long" a man said walking back and forth

"you know that oldie, he's always late" there's another person? but i didn't hear her footsteps earlier