Escape

Chapter 11

Rinco
We found ourselves on the second floor. "Well....that was easy." Duffy muttered, standing up. 
"Anyone broken any bones?" Reagan asked, rubbing his bruised arm.
"Hopefully no." Emmiera answered while everybody tried to get to their feet.
"Hey, this is where Dad keeps his TOP Secret medical stuff, maybe we can check that out!" Ernest exclaimed, pushing the door nearest to us open. Ernest's dad worked with the Council as a Researcher. He specialised in medicine. I hoped that I could find some info on Renay.
Right are Renay, it brought back a ton of memories.
Each leader was given a home in the Grandest Metropolis, Singapore. They were rolling in money, but they could not share it with anyone. However, she insisted that she would stay with us in Michigan. That was, until she got sick. She was brought back to Singapore.
That particular memory, it made tears well up in my eyes.
"Mom, don't go!"
"I have to Coco, I only have- after the Missle's technology, two years or so more to live."
"Then why don't you spend it with us?"
"I can't risk spreading it to the rest of the world,"
"Do you care about the world more than your daughter?"
"Rinco!"
"Sorry...that was selfish."
"Look Coco, it's my responsibility as a Leader. I will miss you, I never knew the plight and joy of having a child until you came." Renay choked on her words. She hugged me tightly against her chest and my father joined in, shedding tears. She took her baggage with her and began her walk to the door.
"Mom?"
"Yes?"
"If you ever find a cure, can you promise me you'll come back?"
"I promise, Rinco. Even though it's not allowed, I'm working very closely with the Missle. They would find a cure. You might even notice your life beginning to change."
"How-" I asked but was interrupted by Renay.
"I really have to go, Rinco. You can visit me when the time comes."
"You can't die, I refuse to go to your funeral."
"Sometimes you have to accept things the way it is."
"I don't wanna-"
"Bye bye Rinco. I love you." Renay whispered as she closed the door behind her, leaving us forever.
"I love you too." I whispered back, as my father placed a calming hand on my shoulder. I could tell he was fighting back tears but he was staying strong. For me.
We had to move on.
That was when I was fourteen, a few months before this madness. Sometimes I don't want my memories back, especially when I get painful flashbacks like this.
"C'mon Rinnie...." Jonathan said, taking my hand. I felt a rush of warmth flow through my body.
Rinnie, huh? I'll start calling him Thanny from now.
Actually, that sounded too weird. I'd take Nathan anyday.
Nathan it is then.
We entered Dr Matthias Naylor's room, expecting to find bits and pieces of paper of all things other than the Hydroswell. Anyways, the Leaders refused to find a cure.
But what I saw was a white room with blue lights. It was so neat, I could hardly believe someone used to occupy this place. The only thing on the white table was a small bottle. It was labelled: For Missle. Slows down symptoms.
"Anyone knows what that means? Because I have no idea." Rianna said.
I did know. Renay had been taking it one night after she was diagnosed. She put all her trust in Missle and they gave her something to slow her symptoms.
"It lets your symptoms develop slower." I replied. I looked at the small amount of the liquid and had an idea. I took two test tubes on the white shelf and washed it in the sink. I poured an equal amount of liquid in each test tube and handed one to Reagan and the other to Emmiera.
"Um...how is so little going to help?" Emmiera asked.
"Trust me, even a little can be very powerful. This is about the amount my Mom drank when she was diagnosed." I told her.
"Your mom got diagnosed?" Reagan asked as he took a sip of the clear blue liquid.
Right, I remembered. I only told Nathan about my Mom.
"My mom's Leader Renay," I revealed, which earned me a chorus if gasps.
"Like how Leader Vicki's Vanessa's mom, Renay is my mom." I explained.
Vanessa nodded, gesturing for me to continue.
"She has the Hydroswell." I said.
"Renay?" Rianna asked.
"Yeah." I replied.
"All the more we need to find a cure. See if you can discover new info guys." Nathan said and everyone scrambled to begin searching.