Blessings of Anathema

Chapter XXXV: Cas II

A knock comes at the door. I get up from the couch and pause the movie I was watching to answer it. It's Proph and the others. I open the door and take a few steps back to let them all in.
Proph seems upset as he walks through the door. I close the door behind Pablo as he and Marz walk through it one behind the other.
Nobody was saying anything. "So," I broke the silence with. "What happened?" Proph set down a stack of papers on the coffee table. "I was right. There was a lab and we destroyed it." he replied.  He looked at the papers angrily. "But that's not the end of it, I'm sure there's many more out there. Take a look at this" he handed me a piece of paper with a few names written down. Some of them in bold, some already scratched out. I examined the list reading aloud to myself. "What is this? Some of this are obvious while others seem to be written in code." I asked.
Marz spoke up. "When we got to the facility it was empty, nearly a ghost town" He said. "We were confronted by two others with Yurie. Proph defeated them but let them live."
The sound of rippling plastic echoed across the room, Proph was opening a bag of chips. "Yeah, well let's hope the rest of these aren't empty. I might not be so nice next time." He said.
When I looked over I noticed Pablo had been on the couch. He hasnt said a word this entire time, perhaps he's at a loss too. "Currently this list of facilities that may or may not exist is the only lead we have." Proph said. He ate a few chips before continuing, "If we don't find these facilities, we've hit a complete dead end." He opened the fridge to grab a can of soda.
"The only problem now is finding them" I said. Marz nodded to me, sitting down as I put the list back on the table. I looked around the room as I thought about my family, they must miss me by now, they always do. I know I'm putting myself in jeopardy by simply being around Pablo and the others but I know what must be done. I look over at pablo, he still hasn't spoken since they've gotten back to the hotel.
"You OK Pablo? Nothing happened to you did it?" I asked him. He looked up at me quickly, nearly jumping in his seat, "Yeah I'm OK" he laughed lightly as he put his right hand on the back of his head. His sleeve slid down a bit and I peeped his Yurie mark. It's spread so far. It's already past his wrist. This is my first time seeing it. Just how much deeper does that thing go on his body? That must be a horrible experience. Proph explained to me what it's doing to him. I can't imagine the sort of pain he's going through.
I look at my hand before looking over atarz. "What's the plan, the sooner we can start, the sooner this can end." I said with sterness.
"Im glad you asked" Proph began as he was eating down more chips. "Gather around, kids." Proph said jokingly

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