X Clan

Chapter 2 - meeting the X Clan

I knocked at the door. Itopened a bit. ,,Mueos?''When I queried if he is Changkyun, I just heard a: ,,Changkyun!'' Thedoor closed and a few seconds later, a young man stood in front ofme. ,,Hello?'' ,,Hello. Uhm, I'm Maria. My grandmother Christa toldme to come.'' The guy had a look around and said finally:,,Followme.'' We walked threw a corridor and went into a room. In that roomsat six other guys. Changkyun said something to them, the only thingI understood was my name. When the rest heard my name, they wheresurprised. Did he tell them about me? After they talked a bit,Changkyun turned to me. ,,Maria, what did Christa tell about us?'',,Not much. I should find you. You know her and you know what todo.'' ,,That's all? Okay. Well, we also don't know much about you.Can you tell us something about you?'' I wasn't sure what I shouldtell them. After I thought a bit, I started:,, I'm from Germany. Ilived there with my family. My grandparents live in Novosibirsk.Three months ago we visited them, me, my parents and my littlesister. But, how you noticed, war broke out. We weren't able to gohome. I heard three months nothing from my friends. I don't know, howbig this war is and where it is. Are my friends in that war involved,too? I don't know. In Novosibirsk weren't enough provisions, manypeople hungered. My granny told me to come. I should travel to Seoul.When I'm there, it's not far to a red house with wooden windows anddoor. There is somebody named Changkyun, he knows what to do. Iwandered three weeks. The way was teribble. I saw poorness, hungerand harm. Now, I'm here. In Seoul while knowing nobody and cannotspeaking Korean.''

,,First thing you have toknow, you're not allone. We're with you. We all have our story. Andwe all have got our problems with the panthers.'' ,,Panthers?'' ,,These black men. They are the leaders of the war. They areviolence and hate in person. They occupied whole Korea and Japan. Somany people are squelched.'' ,,I never heard about them. But itdoesn't sound well.'' ,,The Panthers came a long time ago. Because ofthem, there is so much war in other countries. But the Panthers arejust here. People, feelings and happiness don't matter for thepanthers. They want war and demolition.''

A long time, nobody saidanythingthing. Then a guy with red hair said something, I didn'tunderstand. Right after that, Changkyun said:,, Come with us, we'll show you the city.''