SEBASTIAN
I woke up not feeling my neck but the night was better than the previous nights I spent after being abandoned by my dad. I checked for Domain and her mother but none of them were around.
Waiting for my father to rescue me would be the most foolish thing I could do. At that point, I had to agree with the bitter truth that I had been reduced to a total nobody.
My feet stepped outside and I looked at the hot blazing and eye blinding sun. I could count the number of houses present in the area and four examples of houses. I could only refer them to houses due to a lack of other appropriate terms.
I walked some steps familiarizing myself with the area but all I could see were old women. The houses housed very old women with no youth available. I had to pay a visit to one of the oldest women my eyes could detect. Maybe from her, I'd get information on how to free myself and at least find an urban area to settle.
F*k she called me grandson and it sacked for some reason. I lost all reason to ask every single thing I wanted to know but it's not like I had a choice.
"Who are you?" She asked the question I never wanted to be asked because I was not Sebastian anymore.
"I am a wonderer," I said and she smirked looking away from me. I can't believe life has reduced me to this, first I identified myself as a nobody and now as a wanderer.
"Talking about wonderers? None of us belongs here, every single one of us has a dark reason behind being here. My team and I were on an academic trip set by our parents." She paused looking at me.
"Sh*t happened and we were forced to stay waiting for rescue teams. Our parents are probably dead by now, so zero hope for our rescue. I was only four years back then." She said and I noticed something strange. Was the woman even able to see my face?
I could feel something else all through her narration, was she even telling the truth? Most people said that any liar would be nervous and she was. Her eyes had not landed on mine all the while and that is why I had to confirm if she had her sight intact.
I sighed looking around and walking away but to my realization, I could see a place covered by water, more like an Oasis but something else was different. I could see several human footsteps all around the small stream and in the middle of it was a stone.
The stone assumed a human body form and was most likely a woman. Her hands were tightly held together as if praying for something. I looked at the place for quite some time trying to figure out something but nothing actually made sense and I could only wait to ask my foster family about everything and how they found themselves in such a place.
I walked back to the small place Domain referred to as a village and I could feel my stomach growl at the smell of something yummy. I could not help but follow the smell till I landed at a certain house.
Slowly I walked in and my eyes landed on Domain's grandma. All hunger faded instantly and with quicker strides, I walked outside finding myself something to keep me busy.
If only I had a way to contact Quan and Peter then leaving this goddamn place would be a guarantee. My eyes landed on my miserable self and I chuckled foolishly.
Given the life I lived before, it was only natural that I didn't have anyone's mobile number saved in my thick skull, not even my mom's number was saved in my pathetic mind. I really must have been a terrible copy of a son. Maybe it was time I changed my behavior entirely. Would that even be possible?
My father had truly outsmarted me but that didn't mean everything would end as they are. He started a battle he ought to finish and I will make sure of that.
Sebastian's POV
I could not handle waiting outside due to the extreme hot sun rays. I entered the house to sleep but something popped up into my head. The desire to impress my keepers.
Like a dog I was kept and fed by people I din't know or relate to. Just as dogs are useful to their keepers ensuring some security, I had to be useful to mine. I looked at the already weak sticks giving us the little shelter we required and there I was.
Straightening everything picking some dried leaves and grass that'd been stored behind the hut like structure. I looked at my soft hands, seemed like they were gonna train to have life the hardest way ever.
I must have been a terrible child for my dad to decide otherwise with my life. I remembered incidences where my dad and I had always exchanged words but he actually never raised his hands on me.
At that point I loved our rules which were strictly enforced. Parents were not expected to raise their voices at their kids nor hurt them. I could remember the several times my father wanted to bonk me and raise his voice at me but often my mother could remind him to stay away from evey satanic temptations.
According to them I would turn out to be the reason why he fails as the father to our nation. I smiled at his wonderful idea of punishment without actually involving anyone. So the current battle was only mine and his to identify who outsmarts who. But sadly he was too powerful for me to outsmart..
I knew that at that point everyone would have figured out something fishy about my absence. It was so not my style to maintain a low profile. My mind roamed all over and the images of me having fun with the women offered by Quan and Mad flooded my mind.
I took a good look at the house after I was done and nodded approvingly to myself smiling from ear to ear. It looked much better and almost new at that point.
It was already evening and the whether became unbearably frigid as always. I saw Domain's mother approaching from a distance, she looked overly worked up that I suddenly felt pity for her.
I was sure enough that would be my first time to have such feelings towards someone and I couldn't help but rush towards her. Taking away the grass made basket like structure I watched her sit on the stone nearby.
Domain was no where in the picture and for some reason I felt worried for her, is that how she'd always lived her life?
"Is there anything I can do? ma'am." I asked and she smiled showing me the food she'd brought and the fireplace to prepare everything.
Wasting no time, I followed every single instructions she gave me and the food was ready. "I brought enough food for today and tomorrow, no need to go in search of any tomorrow." She said after I assured her that the food was ready.
I stepped my foot outside and it was totally dark but still no sign of Domain's return. Were the two not together? Did she finally find somewhere better than this hell of a place? My eyes drifted back to her sleeping mother, she was probably too weak and tired to be awake.
I had to go in search of her like I'd always protected Myra, nature had given me yet another sister to take care of. I could tell she was younger than me, only looked older because of hard life perhaps.
I walked the huge place in search of Domain, obviously din't shout her out. The place was too silent and I heard that sounds traveled faster at night. I walked further and there I was, every single step I took, the sound of dry bones were heard braking under my feet.
It would be a lie if I said that I din't freak because my heartbeat was so unstable at the moment. My mind roamed towards a certain novel I'd actually read.
// The Queen OF CALAMITY// The monstrous images portrayed by the author begun to display in my mind, I remembered an apocalyptic setting of a novel I'd read online some time back and boom I began to visualize the zombie's.
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Meanwhile, Domain was done with her usual physical fitness and her stomach growled. She looked at her miserable self as tears began to roll under her cheeks.
Yes she had been trained to always be of service to the nation but looking at her present status, everything was just so unfair. Why would her own father sacrifice her for crying out loud?
In her secret hidden area secluded by those in authority like her dad, Domain took out her smartphone and began to scroll randomly not knowing what to do.
Her eyes landed on one of her pictures, she smirked at how different they looked. The her at present was so not the Domain in the picture. One thing was clear, surviving in that place meant she would completely loose her beauty.
Her hands landed on her father's contact, she was sure to terminate everything before it was too late. For the passed few days there she'd already resembled the laddies who tortured there biddies on slim possible and she surely looked worse than them.
"The number you have dialed is no longer in service." Domain tried to contact her father several more times but the call din't go through.
She was sure that the battery would soon be dead which meant she would be a captive in that particular Valley until her father and his team would come for there rescue. Considering her current status, stay at that place was indeed risky for her.
Her mind figured out her first time to land on that place. She gave thought how freaked she was. Seeing the bones of probably a century freaked her out. She could see her on skull among those, stepped by other generations who'd also land of that place like she did.
"Organize yourselves dudes, we should leave this place soon before we loose our lives out of hunger." Domain said to the secret team sent out with her.
Her father had assured her that support would be sent to cover for there stay, he assured her of food and clothing at least but nothing had actually been delivered ever since that time.
She was sure that maybe he'd send some supplies over the weekend as agreed but seeing his line no longer in service gave her doubts on whether to fully trust the process.
According to the training she'd undergone for years, trust was always termed a liability. Even though she trusted, being a fool to wait upon death was never her style.
She walked out of the secluded quarters within the area and walked slowly back to the place she called home. Her hands tightly hugging herself. The whether was unbearably frigid and the strong winds swept across the place.
She spotted a figure walking towards her direction and she freaked, her heart pumped vigorously looking at the figure but still kept walking. Her senses alert and ready for any self defense measures.
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