Oner Saga

Chapter 01: The Uprising

October 24, 20XX AD

12:35 AM

A twenty-one year old boy walked around in the mall looking for some stuffs to buy. Inside his mind, he didn't want to go and do it by himself if he didn't lose in the card game last night. He could be still lying down in his bed and took a deep sleep.

He wore black striped white shirt covered by brown jacket, gray pants and black Nike rubber shoes. He also wore his most important thing he had, a pendant. For more than one hour of searching for items in his list, thankfully he finally found all of it. He then bought it everything in order for his friends not to get angry.

He let out a sigh of exhaustion and took a rest by sitting in the nearest customer's bench. His body was sweating a lot. He wanted to buy new clothes to change. However when he took a peek at his pocket, he saw his money was not enough to buy one.

Darn, I want to go home immediately because it's totally making me go crazy. The temperature outside the mall was worst than I expected. He thought while fanning himself by his clothes.

Therefore, he had no other choice but to buy a cold drinking water in the vending machine near him. When he drank it till the last drop, he let out a sigh of happiness.

Oh thank goodness, I felt relief from this cold drink. It remove my stress and make me lose my tiredness.

"Now it's time to go home! I hope those idiots haven't start to prepare our lunch yet," He said, walking away from the mall.

Almost thirty minutes had passed, he noticed his shoelace in his left shoes was untied. He stopped for a moment to tie the shoelace in the corner near the park. He put down the bag he carried. Suddenly, he heard a child voice who was calling for her mother.

Well I have no time to waste for such a simple matter. He continued to tie his shoelace until he finished it.

"Done," he stood up, started to carry the bag and walked away from the park.

But when his eyesight noticed the little girl cried out loud his guilt couldn't afford to leave her alone. He let out a sigh and turned himself to her location. When he tried to go to call her, a man with mustache came to comfort the child. He hid himself in the tree near him. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw the girl stopped crying and smiled at the stranger when it patted her head.

The man introduced his name to the girl. He asked while fixing her outfit and her hair. "My name is Brookes Liyo. I saw you crying over here. You're almost shouting your mother to see you. How pity. What is your name, little girl? How old are you anyway?"

"My name is Selena Francesca. I'm eleven years old. Mister Brookes, thank you for comforting me. I felt relieved. However, I hope mother find me here," The little girl replied, wiping her tears with her bare hands.

Brookes felt happy for that respond. He then gave her another pat.

"Okay Selena. Don't cry anymore, you're Mr. Brookes is gonna help you. By the way, I was thinking this time. Did your mother lost you around here? Why are you in the park? Did your parents ever taught you to ask for help in the police?"

"But I didn't lost, Mr. Brookes. I was at the mall when we -,"

"You should just asked then the security guards in the mall to assist you not just get yourself move here alone," Brookes looked sad when learned it.

"Umm... My mother told me if I got lost in the mall. The place should I go is this park. Eventually, Mommy told me to avoid thinking I got separate from her, just play in this place, have some fun and enjoy this place to the fullest. Also, she told me that she will pick me up here if she noticed I got lost."