The MAZE

Chapter 2

《 Unedited Version 》

Ian's POV

I lived with my family in Australia for as long as I can remember.

Until one day, my Dad called me and my mother for a quick family meeting as he walks in the house early this morning.

My Dad looks at my mum, and she looks at him.

"Again?" My mum said, and dad just nodded as she quickly started packing.

Dad looks at me later and started telling me, "Son, we'll be going back to that small town, there's going to be an out break of Scarz in Australia within 2 weeks, so we'll have to leave as soon as possible."

"Dad! 2 weeks? Scarz?" I asked.

That made me remembered that time when I was younger, this same out break.

--flashback--

Scarz?

"What even is that?"
I wasn't able to collect my words into sentences, why are we leaving so sudden? What is Scarz? My life was just getting better, I have just made a few new friends after so many school transfers due to my father's impressive promotions from a place to another in Australia.

From Sydney to Melbourne to Victoria to all the other states.

Thanks Dad.

I have never found a place to settle down properly. I closed my eyes and exhaled before I confessed that I didn't want to leave.

I was so immature back then.

(A/n: Ian's dad could have went to MIT in the U.S. but he chose to stay back in Australia just for Ian's Mum. Ian's dad loved Ian's Mum that much to give up his dreams to become a top professor in his dream school. Why didn't Ian's Mum do anything about it? Let's just keep that for your imaginations to proceed....)

"We are leaving in 2 days, in fact it's best to leave today." My Dad said.

"But- I-" He cuts in, before I can proceed my words.

"Let me do the explanation," my Dad said as I listened in confusion.

My mum quickly did her packing, while my dad rushed to help her and explaining the situation to me.

"Scarz is a dangerous out break of an experimental fail in the underground lab...." Dad further explains how the experiment failed.

(Note: Ian's Dad is a scientist and his mum is a doctor & pharmacist.)

"When did you know?" I asked him and not knowing what to do.

*obvious panic*

"I have just heard the news this morning from the department. Everyone will know by today's news report and I urge you to start packing, now." He demanded.

Now that I know, I was dismissed from the meeting to pack up.

School opens tomorrow morning, so I'll have to get my clearance letters.

I'm gonna miss this place.

Dad said that the ground will shake vigorously after 2 days, and that will prove for further damages, very destructive in fact.

I packed all my needed stuff, it's not much, just a suitcase of my clothes, memories and my backpack.

All my books are in my bag so everything is done with me.

My mum came to ask if I have done my packing.

I nodded and she calls me for lunch.

She took a day off today from work, so did my Dad.