Diversion

Chapter 6

Dalia was late for school already, but she told Aeron she wanted to go anyway.

"It will help me get my mind off of things, really." She insisted. And even though Aeron was still worried she told him to calm down. "I was scared, but nothing happened you came at the right time and I'm really grateful for that. But for god's sake, stop worrying I'm not a little kid anymore Aeron." 

He patted her head and said he would be back later. "Skipping classes again?". He chuckled, "Yeah, I'm finding out who that boy was you chased. He wasn't from our Nation you could see by the way he dressed." "I figured that out." She agreed. "Yeah... So I'm curious, not only how he got through the forest but also why, what business did he have there. Or maybe even does here?" "It's probably just a spy, the other Nations want to know what's going on, why we didn't reply yet. Maybe we should grant them a visit soon." Aeron looked down, over thinking her suggestion. "Maybe we should. We just need to think of a reason why the others can't come."

"He looked like Caleb." She said melancholic and made the subject change drastically. 

"I know." He answered, already expecting her to say that. 

"It couldn't be him, I know that. He just really looked alike." She looked away, out of her window and bit her lip.

"Don't worry, I'll find him. And even if he really is it, you will be the first to know." He said softly smiling at her. "Stop worrying so much."

"Thanks" she said while she got out of the car. "Will you be back in time to catch me up from school?" "Promise" He said, and started his car again. While walking into the school building she saw Aeron dissapear and followed him around the corner with her eyes, until he was gone. 

It can't be him, he thought. It just  can't. He thought not noticing he was driving way harder that he could here, until someone ran across the road forcing him to stop instantly. He hit his klaxon so the boy running across the street almost fell and looked at him angrily, the boy looked back showing him a hand gesture and laughed. Aeron rolled his eyes and started his car again. He drove back to the place he saved Dalia and got out of his car, all the people around him were looking at him. He knew he would be looked at he didn't belong here, and no matter how strong he might look even he was getting a little nervous. He looked around, and went into the side street Dalia got herself into.

He slid his hand over the fence and tried to put his feet in it and climb his way up. The fence made scary sounds and almost fell under Aeron's weight but it didn't break. 

"He must have gone this way." Aeron mumbled. He jumped off the top of the fence and saw the street went on on his right. There were no doors so Aeron followed the street while he kept looking behind.

His hand followed the walls and he looked up, the sun didn't reach the narrow streets he was following so the dark made this part of the town even scarier. At the end of the street he got to the normal road again. Aeron kicked his foot against the wall swearing. The boy only used the street to get rid of his followers, he could be anywhere now. 

He bend his knees and pulled some tares that were growing between the tiles out of the ground and threw them away. 

He could go back to school, but telling Dalia he didn't even try finding the boy after he noticed the boy escaped wasn't something he was looking forward to. Caleb was the little boys guardian. The ten year old little boy that was the first Master that got kidnapped and had never been found back, if he died his guardian would've died with him. It only works that way because a master can still live without a guardian. So seeing Caleb would mean Seth was still alive, and that the other Master had a chance of being alive too. It wasn't just a boy, Caleb would mean the Nation still had a chance of recovering from this critical disaster.

So instead of heading to the school building he head home. While driving he couldn't think of anything but the boy, where would he be? Was he really just a spy? He wouldn't have showed himself like that, during daylight in full sight of the last Master remaining, if he was a spy he would've looked up more information to keep his presence hidden. The more he thought of it, the bigger his thoughts of the boy being Caleb got. It had to be him. It was his last chance.

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When Dalia was on her way from the road to school the whole square in front of her school was empty, everyone was attending classes of course. No one could see the girl walking towards the building. She really hoped Aeron would find anything, anything would be enough for her to start searching again, to not give up trying to find their lost Masters back. All the things she now had to do on her own was charging tolls. She looked down while walking and forgot everything around her totally preoccupied. If that really was Caleb why didn't he just went to us straight away, he would've gone to us and warn us, help us, he could use our help and end this once and for all. 

A boy came out of the shadows, his hoodie hid his face and he had his hands put in his pockets. When he was walking next to Dalia he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the bushes next to the building under a window. Dalia was about to yell when his sudden action pulled her down, but then she saw the boy's face under his hoodie. 

Her pupils widened and she covered her mouth with her hands keeping in a sound, that made it sound more like a squeak now. The boy smiled pulling her into his arms. She pushed him away and grabbed his shoulder shaking him around. "H-How" she mumbled and her hands touched his cheeks and opened his mouth. "Is this really you?" She said more to herself than to the boy she was inspecting as he smiled and chuckled a little, she ran her hand through his hair and poked his tummy. "I knew it! I knew you would come for us, I knew you were still alive! I mean of course, I was hoping for the other ones too but you were the one we had put all our faith in. We knew you would come back!" Her face showed a smile she hadn't had used for months now as the boy's smile disappeared. After her inspection she saw his total profile, he was definitely, undoubtedly the guardian they thought he was but he was covered in bruises and little cavities covered his neck. One of his eyes was getting blue and his smile that once showed the prettiest teeth she had ever seen was now looking untended and his lips were full of cuts that dried up or were still bleeding a little. His eyes lost their sparkles all in all, he looked terrible.

"W-What happened? Where are the others? What did they do to you Caleb.. Who would do anything like this..?"

He looked down trying to find the words to answer her question. "She grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the bushes. "We're going home." She didn't let go of his arm the rest of the road while they remained silent. No one should hear the things he had to tell, they had to keep his comeback a secret to everyone, otherwise they would start asking questions getting even more upset then they already were. It took them 5 minutes to get home, with Dalia's shortcuts and her fast moving feet it took them just as long as it would have with the car.

When they got inside and the flowers withered back to the fence again she sat him down on a chair. flicked her fingers while her face was stuck in a constant frown and heard the sound of a car. Aeron. As always fast as ever whenever she needed him. She heard the door slam and his footsteps loud while he stepped into the kitchen seeing Dalia and the long lost guardian.

This is the first time I actually wrote about Aeron like this. Idk if I like it though XD I just really thought it would add something in the story, knowing what he thinks and stuff even though I try to keep him just a little mysterious at times. Ah well... I like this chapter a lot it finally brings some action into the story ^~^!