SELENE EIN 👁 🌙

PAIN

He is dead.
The phrase kept echoing in her head. Even though she had no idea who this person was. She felt miserable. She grabbed her bag and pursued Oliver and Zem automatically, when they didn't question her she continued going after them. Maybe her medical senses where shoving her to go and check up on that person.

They got into Oliver's car , the whole trip was so quiet. Zem was trying hard not to cry, but her efforts were unsuccessful. She started to sob. The tension and grief inside the car were suffocating. Oliver kept a hand on Zem's back to console her. Even Oliver's eyes were filled. That person might have been really valuable to them. She had never encountered anyone close to her die. But still she felt the pain.

She expected them to rush into a hospital but to her surprise they parked in front of the library. What ?how was the library here now and not the old grandpa's shop? her mind queried. They got out of the car.
Oliver assisted Zem. They moved into the library and towards the back where the restroom was. It was not a restroom now, it was a office . She looked around confused. They both strode towards the left corner and started pressing the wall. She went closer to them. Unexpectedly the floor commenced to move. She was not prepared for this, lost her balance and fell on the floor. The other two were standing cooly, as if nothing happened. After a few minutes, the movement ceased. It was like being in an extra adventurous lift.

They had moved down from the office into a dark corridor, might be the underground Ein thought. Zem caught hold of Ein's hand so that she doesn't lose her way. They passed a junction of tunnels and moved towards a large door which was kept open. In front of the door, a man sat on the floor. Zem ran to him.

"dad , what happened.tell me this is some kind if joke?" Zem kneeled down beside him.
Her dad lifted up his head, his eyes were bloodshot and tears were gushing. His expression was heart-wrenching. Which made Zem lose her composure entirely. She ran inside. Ein went after her with Oliver on her side. They took a lot of turns, that Ein started losing her count. At last they reached in front of a room. It was modified into a hospital room with all the supplies you need for surgery, wounds , first aid etc.

A person was lying on the bed covered with blood as if he was slashed with a sword multiple times. He had IV fluids and a heart monitor attached to him. The heart monitor displayed a flat line.

Ein felt her heart twisting in pain as if her heart was going to burst any minute. She kept a hand on her chest to end it but it still stung. Was it a sudden cardiac arrest?

"mom" Zem ran to a woman who was crouching down near the foot of the bed."did Dr. Jane come ?"

"yh.....she......came...but..." her mom replied with hiccups in between her sobs. " he left us Zem, he left us" saying that her mom fainted onto the floor.

Both Oliver and Zem ran to hold her .They hoisted her and carried her to the room. Ein was rooted to the spot. She wanted to follow them but something kept her there. She turned back to the person, her heart started to wrench again. Why is her heart in pain at the sight of him? She moved towards him, checked his pulse, nothing, he is dead.

She moved towards the table which had cotton balls and gauze swab on it, kept her bag on it. Soaked the gauze in saline solution and began to clean his blood-soaked face. The pain was still there. She felt hollow inside as if something has been deleted. She finished off wiping his face. She stared at him. He was so handsome than anyone she has seen yet, more than her dad, all her friends or Oliver. He looked like a wounded angel. Stop Ein a doctor should not have these thoughts about her patient her mind criticized her. She looked around to see if Zem had returned, No they were not back yet. So she decided to clean his arms too.

She began to rub off the blood on his wrists, to her surprise on his wrist there was the same tattoo she had from the burn. Did Zem and Oliver have them too? Was it kind of a clan mark or something? She rubbed on it again. She put her hands close to it. Yes it was the exact same copy, unexpectedly something like a magnetic power pulled her tattoo onto his. They got stuck together. She tried to yank it off but it was like someone had handcuffed them , a small glow began to come out of their interlinked hands. Then it intensified, rays of light started projecting. It was too bright,like staring at the sun. She turned her head away from the light,to her surprise her bag was also gleaming. Last time it happened when the beast appeared. She looked around for any beasts. No nothing. The light kept on blaring until the whole room was illuminated. She shut her eyes , trying hard to pull her hand away. It was still glued to his hands.

' Pop 'something blasted knocking her backwards ,as she was imposing her entire force backwards. Ouch, it hurt she mumbled.She slowly stood up from the ground and made way towards the table to grab her bag to flee from the room. She took the bag from the table and started moving towards the door.

Abruptly something caught hold of her wrist. She turned around slowly

'Aaaarrrrrddrrghhhhhh' she screamed terrified.
The dead body had caught hold of her wrist.