PREAMBUL; And Now... You're Dead. Again.

Again

"Alesh? Helloooo, do you want to tell me something?"

Alesh blinked and look at Lanha. That was crazy. Feels like she got dragged to read someone's memory who isn't there, forcibly.

"Lesh...?"

"I...I just wanted to say, you're not Jlanx either, right?"

Lanha gasped, "How do you know?"

"Sorry, I read you." She unconsciously plays with her shirt, "You... You're joined with them because just like Grier, you also know too much."

"And you also don't have parents, you abandoned street children. You realize something is wrong and then find out, then get caught and taken there," she added silently, but didn't dare to say. Luckily Lanha doesn't mind. Alesh and Askar is family, it is possible that they're experiencing the same thing. It must be not easy for them to accept new people just like that.

"I don't understand. If indeed the centre of this problem is in Mumu-Paepae, why are other countries being attacked first?" Vasyl asked, then he answered himself, "Oh, certainly because that way the culprit will be searched there, so the Scietids remain safe. But how do they slaughter that much?"

"First, Mumu-Paepae is the one which got attacked first, kidnapping children for the sake of deadly experiments is one of them. It's just that other countries are more open, the reason is as you said," Eidlan said, "Secondly, it is not possible to have only one base, in other countries there certainly is, they can communicate in any way."

They nodded. Alesh checked her watch and groaned, "Ughs. I think I have to go home now."

*****

The first destination in 'going home' this time was Alesh's house. The girl was afraid of being scolded for coming home late. Alesh gulped, if the Scietids suddenly came and wanted to beat her up, it looked like they had to bring a shovel. Jovan and Reliana will definitely kill Alesh for returning so late.

Alesh knocked, "Mom? Dad?"

No answer. She knocked harder, Eidlan began to feel something's wrong. Alesh opened the door, apparently the door was unlocked.

"Mooom! Daaaad!"

Her heart sank, feet stuck to the floor, unconsciously messed her Kryt and breath harder. If her family were kidnapped... Oh no, she didn't want to imagine what already happened.

"AFSAL! RACHI!"

She watches Rachika's toys which still scattered. Lanha tried to hold her back, feel sorry with a look of fear in Alesh's face. Alesh dodged, she opened her parent's room, "MOM!" Then ran up, "MOM! DAADD!"

"MOOM!" Alesh screamed to the top of her lung, ran down and opened the door to the back garden, "DAAADD!"

"Al..." Eidlan called, "they are not here."

"No..." Alesh shook her head, leaning against the wall limply, "not again..."

Alesh bent her knee. Lanha looks away, Askar opened his mouth to say something, then close it. Tried to open it again, but end up closed his mouth.

The twins snuggled up to each other, Eidlan mumbled, "Sorry..."

Alesh looks up, Eidlan continued, "I should've known. I mean, I snuck in here, I should have realized that your house is too quiet, I should—"

"This is not your fault, Ei," Alesh interrupted. "I'm serious. I mean, you prepared and brought all our equipment and returned to save others. That is very meaningful." Alesh leaned back, "we better do night MWD then go to the orphanage. If something bad happens there, at least we're ready."