Hey, Ona here. I just really wanted to thank Good Work for his/her review. It's really helped me structure the next couple of chapters. Hopefully this next chapter will answer some questions. Thank you so much to my readers.
Love, Ona
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Chapter 2: Missing
"Why do you think you're here?" a man's voice echoed off the shallow walls of a light, blue room.
Silence.
"If you're not going to answer, then we can just sit here." The man made eye contact with the dark woman sitting across from him. "For three hours." He muttered trying hopelessly not to smirk. The women sitting across from him sighed. Defeated.
"I'm here because I suffered 'an emotional trauma that needs to be dealt with mentally and physically.'" The dark woman said, quoting the man in front of her.
"You are correct, Mika. Good work. I think we might be getting somewhere." The man said in his monotone voice.
Mika scoffed, rolling her eyes. Disgusted.
"Now, Mika," he whispered changing positions in his chair, "what do you think may have caused this emotional trauma?"
"I. Don't. Know." Mika spat trying hard to hold back the awful memories that were colliding with her conscious.
"Oh, but I think you do Mika." The man said, smiling at every word.
"You wanna' know, Doc? He promised he'd come, but he didn't. He never came." Mika retorted, her voice breaking down little by little each word she spoke.
"And this is where we need to start Mika. Right here."
"I-I…h-he said he'd come. I woke up waiting to embrace him, but there was nothing. Nothing but empty air." A piece of rain silently fell down Mika's cheeks as she was overtaken by the clash of unwanted memories and consciousness.
Ding.
Dong.
Ding.
Dong.
The bells are ringing for you Mika. Answer it. Answer it with a beat from your heart... .
Ding.
Beat.
One nurse. One nurse opened the door to Mika's room noticing the sudden spark of life that emerged from her spirit. The large, golden bells outside signaled the beginning of Christmas Day. New Life. Old Life. Old life being rejuvenated. The nurse touched Mika's arm checking her pulse.
Why hadn't the doctor hooked her up to a machine? Did they really think she was already dead. The nurse thought feeling her pulse hoping the patient would wake up. She held her hand and checked her vitals. Up and running. She sat down next to her bed reluctant to leave her side.
You'll wake up soon.
Mika's conscious was messy. Unorganized. Unlike her in every way. It splattered paint where it wished disregarding the already painted walls. It was horrendous. But one thought stayed in place. One thought crept its way through the oblivion. One thought.
"R-R.." Mika stuttered barely reaching consciousness. The nurse jumped from her seat as Mika's grip tightened on her hand. She looked at Mika's face noticing the life had begun creeping its way back into her body.
'R-R…" she stuttered again, this time her eyes flickering ever so slightly open.
"Mika… Mika" the nurse whispered trying to keep contact. She needed to wake up. Now.
"Raizo!" she screamed, her eyes suddenly full of life. Want. Desire. Need.
The nurse took Mika's hand and sat her up trying hard to keep her stable. She was shaking violently. She didn't look up at the nurse, just her hand.
This is not his hand. This is not his hand. Mika thought. Why isn't this his hand? Where is he? I need him. I need his embrace. Please.
Mika's eyes wandered slowly to the nurses face, reluctant to accept that he wasn't there. He wasn't. Her gaze was met with the anxious eyes of an olive-skinned nurse. The nurse was Asian with light brown hair with maroon streaks running through it. Mika noticed her black roots and assumed she'd dyed her hair. The nurse smiled, but it didn't quite reach her anxious eyes. Mika noticed this and tensed.
The nurse caught her.
"No need to worry Mika. I'm here to help you." She said stressing the last words. This statement made Mika uncomfortable and she clasped her hands together. Her mind still wandered to him.
"Where is Raizo?" she asked soon realizing what an unreasonable question it was considering the nurse probably didn't even know Raizo. She smiled laying her head back down realizing how much pain she was in. A burning sensation writhed through her circulating through her blood ending at a small spot on the left part of her chest. She put her hand over the spot remembering how it came to be.
"Raizo will not be accompanying us today Mika." The nurse responded after a long moment of silence. She looked at Mika trying to hold back a smirk, but failed. Mika's heart filled with panic as she processed the nurse's words. If she even was a nurse at all.
Mika screamed.
Before she could produce more than a second of sound, a swift hand cupped itself over Mika's mouth pushing the scream back into her. Mika felt a warm breath behind her, scratching her ear. Itching to be heard.
"Will you please stop screaming? There are other patients here ya know." A soft voice said behind her different then the nurses. It was melodic with a slight English accent that rolled off her tongue like dew.
"Y-you don't s-sound like an assassin." Mika managed to say through the women's fingers.
"That's because I'm not. I'm what you call a Collector. I collect things for people." she responded taking her hand off of Mika's mouth.
"Who are you collecting for?" Mika spat, overcoming her fear with anger.
The woman backed away from Mika's bed and began unbuttoning her blouse, showing the black shirt that resided underneath.
"I actually don't know. Some clan. They really want you too. You should feel honored." she said slowly taking off her blouse. "They sent the best." She slowly whispered with a smirk, shedding her pants as well. She stood before Mika in all black.
"Now, no more chit chat. It's time to go."
"I want to know where Raizo is. Now." Mika muttered grasping onto her bed sheets.
The women stepped into the shadows of the room hiding herself. Only her eyes were visible. "They said you might ask about him. All I know is he's not going to be here anytime soon." She retorted closing her eyes, completely invisible.
"Like I said, let's go." Mika heard a familiar voice say, but it was closer this time. She felt a hand on her shoulder as she was pulled from the bed into the shadows.
Gone into the night.
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Okay, gotta admit that probably didn't clear up any questions. (my bad) Maybe a few. But I promise the next chapter will.
I am so sorry for the week long update. I just had a busy week with school. T.G.! Hopefully, I'll be able to update tomorrow. I will try my best.
Could you readers tell me if you think my chapters are too short? I feel like they're too short, but that's just my opinion.
Hehe… I kinda like the mystery. I really hope you like it too. I hope you're not too confused. ;-)
Chapter title inspired by Missing by Evanescence
Thanks to all my readers!
Until tomorrow,
Ona
