Shun
I could of sworn I heard Alice's voice before I blacked out. I had yet to come out of unconsciousness, and all my eyes could detect was darkness. My hand slid down my side and I felt what seemed to be bed sheets. Where am I? And what happened to me? I strained to open my eyes, and when they finally did open, I was in a bedroom. My head turned to my left and right as I observed my new surroundings. As I was looking around, a red haired girl walked in the door. I felt my eyes widen and all I could get out was, "Alice." My voice was filled with a little too much amazement. "Shun, you're up. Thank heavens. My grandfather and I were worried sick about you." I looked at her hand, which were holding a tray with a steaming hot bowl of soup, and what appeared to be a hot cup of either tea or hot chocolate. Alice moved a lamp on a nightstand next to my bed, and set the tray down. "Looks like I timed you waking up just right." She smiled as she leaned away from the tray. "Alice, how long was I out?" She stopped smiling and looked at me and said, "You were asleep for two days. We were going to rush you to the hospital today if you didn't wake up." Did she say TWO days? "What…Exactly happened to me?" She sat down in a chair placed in the corner of the room. "Well, I'm not entirely sure what happened to you, but my grandfather and I were just about to go to sleep when we heard you knocking on the door calling for help. When I opened the door, you were on the concrete passed out, and nearly frozen to death." Nearly frozen to death? "I was in pretty bad shape, wasn't I?" Alice nodded her head in agreement. "Here, you should eat and get your strength back up. Do you mind telling me why you're hear in Moscow?" I stopped a spoonful of soup near my lips and said, "I'm in Moscow? Not Khimiki?" Alice looked confused and said, "No, but Khimiki is near Moscow. Why were you there?" I put my spoon back in my now half empty bowl of soup, and set the bowl back on the tray. I took in a deep breath and said, "Well…..It all started when….."
*Flashback*
It was two weeks ago when Murucho's number showed up on my cell phone. I answered the call and said, "Hey Murucho. What ya need?" "Hey Shun. My parents had just bought a log cabin in this Russian town called Khimiki, and I was wondering if you wanted to come with us." "Us? Who else is going?" "Dan, Rafe, Paige, Jake, Runo, Julie, and Fabia." I stopped and stared off in the distance. "Fabia's gunna be there?" "Yeah. Is that a problem?" "Uh, no. It's just I haven't seen her in a while and I was making sure." Since the war between Gundalia and Nethia had ended, Fabia and I had dated here and there. But with the rebuilding of the city, she had to go back on random times, and sometimes we never saw each other anywhere from a few days to months. The last time I had seen her was almost a month ago. "So, are you coming or not? Because I need to know if we need to put blankets in eight or seven rooms." "Yeah, sure. I'll go." "That's great! We'll pick you up in my jet in two days. Bye!" I clicked the call end button and began packing my suitcase.
*End Flashback*
"So, Murucho and the others are still in Khimiki?" "Yep. At least, they should be unless they're in some other town searching for my frozen body." Alice had sat there and listened to every word I said as I explained why I was even in Russia from the start. During our conversation, the leftover soup in my bowl had gone cold and looked inedible. Alice noticed the soup as well and stood up. As she got off the foot of my bed, she asked, "You never said why you were wandering around in the forest at night." I didn't say anything as she reached for the tray and was about to take it out of the room. She got to the door and stopped at the frame. "Shun, you know you can tell me whenever you feel like it." And she left the room. I stared down at my lap and whispered, "I wish I were that easy. I really do Alice."
