Escape

Chapter 5

It was a cloudy day in London, England. The wind was stroking along the leaves of the trees and the sky was about to turn grey. A storm was coming. In a small village, the landhouse remained quiet. Mr. and Mrs. Payne sat next to each other on the soft sofa, cuddled up to each other with Mr. Payne holding a hot cup of tea and Mrs. Payne a full glass of wine. She liked it that way, it was her favorite kind of night. The evening newswas playing on the huge flat television and Mr. Payne lifted his arm to put it around his wife. They always watched the evening news as they were interested in what was happening in the world. It was quite rare that something big would happen where anyone they knew was involved, but tonight made a difference. The newsman spoke about a sunken ship, but little did they know that was the ship where their son and his best friend were on just a few days ago.

"Honey?" Mrs. Payne looked at her husband in disbelief. "Liam and Harry weren't on that ship right?" She asked, her eyes widening as a picture of the sunken ship appeared on the screen. Her husband had no words for it. It was hard to understand the situation, but he knew it was that ship immediately. "It was", He softly whispered. Mrs. Payne started to panic as she grabbed her phone to call her loved son. But the boy never answered.

On the Island of Adore, the Demigod flew over the mountains to visit his workers. They always worked in groups of ten, so it was his job to check on each of them. He hoped to find Mr. Horan, his best servant. As he flew over the large meadow, he spotted his servant. He could see him from miles away. Between the tall mountains, Mr. Horan was working on his field. His cows pleasantly bellowed to the sight of their master. He reached for the ground and within a split second his human form returned.

"Mr. Horan!" The Demigod called out his servant. "Yes Mr. Malik?" He asked, trying to keep his eyes open as the sun rays shone upon his face. "Please, call me Zayn," the Demigod replied, smiling. "I know you're not used to it yet". "Then you can call me Niall", the blonde haired servant said. "I like to call my men by their last name, however, your first name sounds pleasant to me. I'll think about it". The Demigod's words left Niall confused. "But what are you here for?" He eventually said after an awkward silence. "I've found someone on the shore yesterday," He started. Niall's eyebrows twitched. "You've got to be kidding me", the boy's lips parted. "There hasn't been anyone in more than a hundred years who could pass the reef, are you sure it wasn't some kind of animal? You know, you never know what could appear here! There's so many..." "I'm sure, Mr. Horan", He cut off his sentence. "And that's what I need you for". "For what?", Niall asked. "To take care of him. He hasn't woken up yet, but when he does I need you to be there".

The sky became cloudy as the servant flew towards the Demigod's castle. His legs were tightly bound around the horse's waist and his hands stuck in her manes. "Fly me to the second floor," Niall said, and the horse did. "You're a good girl," He said as he jumped off her back. She pleasantly neighed. She had a name, Fernanda, as Zayn would call her.

Niall sat down on the king sized bed as he glanced down on the boy laying there. His chest went up and down, peacefully. He quietly observed the boy as he suddenly heard knocking on the door. "Yes?" Niall answered, whispering. The door opened and a beautiful
woman came in. She looked like she was in her mid-fifties, although her wrinkles were barely visible. "Hi Mr. Horan", She quietly said, and brought in a plate of food and drinks. Her hand brushed over her long dress as she looked down on the boy. "He's a deep sleeper, isn't he?" her face showing a slight grin. Niall nodded, looking up to her. "Here I have something to eat and drink for him when he wakes up". "Thank you", Niall replied. "Does he need to be changed too?" The woman shook her head. "He's fine for now. Just stay here until he wakes up, will you?" Niall sighed. "Of course ma'am", he replied, but quickly let down his head when he realised why he was brought here to watch the boy.

He laid beside the boy and found himself taking the food plate, as he was feeling very hungry. He wandered off to his own thoughts; the way he entered this whole other world.