The sun started to set down as Kowloon walk the halls of Big Green, thinking about what he was told during his little mission. He close his eyes and thought, I wonder why he need someone to escort him to Monkey Castle. We didn't met anything dangerous on the way there. Did he expect something to happen? Like maybe an attack from an enemy that expected him to come?
"Kowloon?" The martial artist stop in place once he heard his name and open his eyes to see the now 17 year old monkey.
"What are you doing?" Hope ask, tilting her head a bit.
"Nothing. Just thinking, kid." Kowloon simply answered. "You?"
"Just taking a little walk before I go back to my room."
Before the pink and white monkey could pass by Kowloon, he suddenly ask, "Hope, have you ever thought about visiting Monkey Castle?"
Hope frozen in place once she heard 'Monkey Castle'. She quietly said, "Not really. I've been kind of kind of trying to forget what happened there."
Kowloon walked a little closer to the pink and white monkey with the white, heart-shaped marking on her chest and said, "Is there something, besides your mom's death, you're trying to avoid?"
Hope's eyes widen as she quietly murmured something the martial artist wasn't able to hear that well. Kowloon ask, "What was that, kid?"
The pink and white monkey silently gulped and said, "Nothing important, Kowloon."
She must be avoiding something from that place. I mean, I don't think she've came back ever since she's living here. Kowloon thought.
"I said it was nothing!" Hope suddenly shouted, then slapped her hands over her mouth since she was shocked at the fact she said that rather loudly.
A couple of the nearby royal animals poke their heads out of their rooms to see what's going on, wondering if something bad is going on. Holding up his hands, Kowloon said, "Nothing to see here, guys. Just go back to your rooms and pretend nothing is going on."
As the animals went back to their rooms, Kowloon turn towards the monkey and said, "If that's the only thing that bothers you, then maybe it's best that you visit her from her grave? I mean, you are just one year away from becoming a legal adult. You should grow up a little."
Once again, Hope's eyes widen, but soon, she look rather suspicious, causing her to ask, "Why? I know I need to grow up a little, but why go see my mom's grave? Why not something else?"
Why can't you just let it go? Or at least have the commander to let it go? That was like a long time ago! Kowloon thought, feeling a bit annoyed about the fact that Hope and Apetrully haven't forgave him too much for that little incident a few months ago.
"Well, you might feel a little better if you see her grave again. She was buried in Monkey Castle, right?" Kowloon said, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Close. Next to Monkey Castle. There's a graveyard there." Hope corrected him.
"Right. So, it's best that we go by tomorrow."
"Why tomorrow?"
"To get it over with."
Also, I want to talk to that Engel monkey before he goes. I'm kind of suspicious about the escort and that story he practically sang to me. Seriously! He sang that story! It must be important if he actually sang that story and still remembers those lyrics for who knows how long! I just want to know more about this. Kowloon thought.
Curse my creator for limiting my reading on the screen! Hope thought, wanting to pout.
"I guess so, but if this is some kind of cruel plan on me that'll make me depress, I'm definitely telling Apetrully about it." Hope said.
"It only happened once! I'm not going to do something like that again! I didn't even do it on purpose!" Kowloon shouted at the monkey, poking her forehead.
"Maybe... Anyway, I'll agree to go to Monkey Castle with you." Hope said. "See you tomorrow."
Once Hope left, Kowloon let out a sigh and pray for nothing bad to happen to this little visit, especially something that would cause the commander to make him take more jobs to do than usual.
At a small inn in Monkey Castle, Engel slowly walk towards his room with that small frown on his face. With his long, gray tail touching the ground, Engel thought to himself, I'll just visit Abiel tomorrow. It been so many years since I saw them, so maybe he'll at least give me a little glance at the two. They must be doing well since I've been gone for so long.
He close his eyes for a moment, but ended up bumping into a door. Engel look at the door's number and then his room key's number.
"Room 29... I guess this is my room." The gray monkey said to no one in particular.
Upon entering the room, the gray monkey removed his long, brown cloak and hanged it onto a hook on the wall. Sitting on the edge of the bed, Engel thought to himself, I hope Abiel will allow me to see her again. Just one look, and I'll be out of here.
"Why did my life became like this? Why am I forced to beg for a look of someone I love?" Engel quietly said to himself, covering his face with his hands. "It was going so well until... 17 years ago."
With his back against the bed's mattress, the gray monkey said, "I'll try to worry about this in the morning. I have to sleep now... If I could sleep."
"Goodnight." The male monkey said to himself, curling up into his blanket and closing his dull gray eyes.
