Hiraeth | God Eater 2

Ventisei

"This is your new home! I'm sure that your uncle Hansel will be thrilled to have you here." Came a woman's voice that reverberated in the darkness. It was one of those dreams where she could only hear and feel, but not see.

There was silence for some time, she didn't know how long she waited but there was one thing that she could feel, fear. The fear of not waking up, the fear of nothing else to come.

Was she dead?

No. She wasn't.

"Ah, so you're Alice's kid? Last time I saw you, you barely had your eyes opened." She heard footsteps that loudly clicked against the metal floor. After 6 steps that were torturously slow, it came to a stop. "You look exactly like Luke. Hope that you aren't as stubborn as him too." The deep voice chuckled deeply.

She tried to recall the appearance of the two individuals. The dream that she had a couple of days ago had become hazy, the one thing she could remember was that Luke had black hair.

"Thank god I got to you before she did."

'She? Who was she?'

"Do you remember what your parents told you incase something like this happened?" There was silence once again. A silence so thick that the tension it brought could make a person uncomfortable.

But so delicate that a single word can shatter it.

"Yes."

"Brynn!" Almond brown eyes struggled to adjust to the darkness the moment that they flickered open. She could feel the heaviness of her eyelids and the crust that form by the side of her eyes. A hoarse groan escaped her throat allowing her to feel the dryness of her mouth.

"I'm thirsty..." She admitted, the first thing that came to her mind upon waking up. "I need coffee." She added, finally facing the black-haired girl who kneeled beside her.

Nana's rose quartz like eyes widened and Brynn could see the fear that it previously held. Replacing it with a gleeful expression as soft giggles escaped her.

"Oh, Brynn..." The blonde struggled to get up, her body wasn't cooperating however, not in the way that she wanted it to. She peered down to see that her stomach had a thick bandage wrapped around it.

Bloodstained of course.

"Maybe you shouldn't get up yet." Brynn scanned the place they were in. It was a wooden room, cracks and holes that allowed the cold to pass through. It was somewhere adjacent to the Tranquil Temple. She was familiar with this place.

She gasped, managing to push herself up as she shuffled through her coat's pocket, they were empty. Reaching for the pouch that she had strapped by her upper thigh, it didn't contain what she had been looking for.

"What are you looking for?" Nana innocently inquired as the crawled towards the frantic Vice Captain.

Brynn paused and stared at the black-haired girl. She was responded with an inquisitive look that held worry and concern.

"How long was I out, Nana?" She croaked, her hand finding its way to the bandage to examine the blood. It had been dry and cold. She assumed that she out for quite some time.

Nana's eyebrows furrowed in thought as Brynn waited with bated breath, "About 3 hours... I think?"

"Shit, no wonder it's so dark." She sighed and buried her face into her hand before running her fingers through her hair. "Are you okay? Have you tried contacting the branch?" The sooner that they would get out of here the better, they didn't want another incident.