Chapter 6: Nana
They gave me ten minutes to get ready. I went and grabbed the new clothes they had slid into my cell and headed to the bathroom. While getting dressed, I successfully hit my head three times give me a severe headache. I didn't care my skull felt like it had been hit a hundred times. I was leaving this cursed cell and I would be able to walk around. After hurting myself, I left the bathroom to my desk. There I grabbed some pencils, basic colors need, and one of the sketchbooks. Since the one night I have been drawing like a mad man. I have already three sketchbooks filled with drawings. Some of the drawings were simple and unique while others were dark in a sense. I gathered up my supplies and headed for the door. I knocked three times softly and heard a click. No one popped their head out but I heard a rough voice.
"Do you have the jacket on?" they asked.
"No, I need someone to grab what I'm taking. I responded
"Lay it down and put the jacket on, I will grab it," the guard responded.
My old guards strangely all got transferred and this was the third new guard I have had since I got here. I did what they guard asked and put it down. I turned to look for my jacket. I stumbled over my own feet and feel to the ground. When I landed my head made contact with the floor. I saw stars for a minute. This was way too good to cancel a leaving right now, so I got up in checked my head in the mirror.
"Great, a bruise," I whispered to myself.
"Are you ready or not!" the guard screamed from the door.
"Yeah I'm coming," I said gathered my conscience.
I put on the jacket and walked to the door. "Finally," the guard whispered as I walked past him.
We started walking to a large elevator. The elevator looked new and shined all the lights off its metallic doors. The doors opened to display a small room. The guard pushed me in and the doors closed behind us. Once in I turned to face the recently closed doors. I felt the floor move from under me. The doors were just as shiny as the other side of the doors. The guard pushed the third button from the top and leaned against the wall. I heard soft music playing in the elevator in purpose to relax people. The music was actually irritating me because I was anxious and didn't want to relax. I tapped my foot similar to the heartbeat pounding in my chest.
The guard looked at me with a hard glare as if he has something to say. We didn't talk much, but I never really talked to the other guards either. The elevator came to a sudden halt.
"Be good" was all the guard said before he grabbed my arm and started pulling me through the doors.
Once out the doors I saw where we were. We were walking through an office style floor. I saw cubical after cubical with the top of each person's head. They looked as if they were hiding from the world with walls built to protect them from any contact. We turned into a very long hallway. After halfway down the hall, the guard made an abrupt stop.
"Damn it, I know it's one of these doors," he swore under his breath.
He looked lost at the two doors in front of us. The guard was about to reach for one of the door handles. "Lost?" a voice came from behind us.
We both turned around quickly. It was a young looking scientist; she had her hair up and her glasses hanging on the end of her nose. She looked at the guard and then at me.
"You must be Niko," she said with a smile. I tried to smile back but I stopped myself short. I knew better to think anyone who worked here was civil.
"You don't need to worry, I'm your advisor," she smiled and opened the door next to us.
"Wrong door," she said with a small giggle and walked in.
The guard swore under his breath and then pushed me in. We entered a small room with a medium table in the center. The table held two chairs parallel to each other. The room was decorated with small crafts and pictures. It looked as if a small child had made them. I caught a glimpse of a clay animal on top of the table. It was a small brown dog with a black spot on its eye. The child who had made this spent a good amount of time smoothing it I noted to myself. I would guess it would be nana since she is the one who comes here. I wasn't told her age so I didn't know what to expect. The guard led me to the closest seat and pushed me into it. The young lady looked at me.
"We won't have any hassles with you, will we?" she asked in a pleased tone.
I nodded and made my attention go to the small dog. It reminded me of my sister and I couldn't figure out why. I wished I could see her again.
"So, are you ready?" the scientist.
I nodded and turned toward the newly discovered chalkboard on the wall I hadn't looked at. She wrote in giant letters "Mrs. Yua" and turned with a smile. She seemed too upbeat and not worried for someone who works here in the place. I looked around to see the guard had left. This struck me with confusion. Why did they suddenly trust me? I heard a click from the door beside me.
I sat up straight. A small girl walked through. She looked a mere 12 year old to me. She looked my way and her eyes brightened up. Behind her I saw an arm. Soon a body, it was Kurama.
"Everything's going be fine in here right," he asked and gave me a hard stare.
"Yeah," was all I could say before the little girl jumped up and ran right into me.
She had jammed us into a huge to tight I gave up on pushing her away. She hugged until her heart contented and then stopped. She stared right at me with her big eyes.
"You're Niko!" she screamed with thrill in her voice.
"I'm nana and I'm so excited to see you!" again right in my ear.
I laughed a little, "If you keep this up, I'm not going to be able to hear you anymore," I joked.
She smiled the same smile as Kio. I felt heat from my eyes but I forced them back. Nana didn't notice them for she continued to be thrilled.
"We can do this, this, that, oh that to!" she listed as I was trying to keep up. "It seems Nana and you will be fine together," Kurama said with a pleased look.
"I have to go," he said as he walked out the door.
Nana was so excited she couldn't sit. "When I heard they found another one of us, I was so excited and bothered papa to let me meet you," Nana was telling me.
She gleamed at me and I smiled a small smile back. "So are you guys ready?" Mrs. Yua asked.
"Yes!" nana screamed.
I couldn't hold the laughter erupting inside of me. I hadn't been this happy at all throughout my whole stay here. "How many days has it been?" I wondered to myself. I believe it had been a month of me here. I've seen the director four times now. Once in the beginning, then it was when he sent me to Lucy, and two other times where he became angry and threatened it was going to get worse. I shook the thoughts out of my head.
Nana composing her excitement finally sat down. Before she sat down she grabbed the chair and dragged it right next to mine. She smiled and sat next to me. That day we got to sit and ask some questions. Nana was completely oblivious of the real world. She didn't know what our planet was called neither that they were called planets.
Mrs. Yua sat at the corner against the wall just watching us with pleased eyes. She seemed to trust us for she said I could take my jacket off and relax. I took my jacket off and flung it over my chair but I didn't relax. I could never relax in this prison. After awhile of talking Nana became sleepy and leaned her head against my shoulder. She was soon sleeping.
"I will call Kurama," Yua said and tiptoed out of the room.
I waited in silence sitting still. I looked over on the desk. I had forgotten that I brought my sketch pad. With as little moment I could make a reached out to grab it.
"Don't listen to them," Nana whispered in my ear.
I turned my head to see she was still sleeping. "They will only kill you, and everyone else," she whispered again.
She was sleep talking to me. I couldn't get what she meant. Suddenly Kurama and Yua came from the door. Kurama walked over and picked Nana in his arms.
"She enjoyed meeting you, she was very excited," he said.
"They don't treat her well, so it's nice for her to have a friend" he added.
I saw the worry in his eyes. I looked and noticed scars on her arms. I huge knot tied into my stomach. I felt like I was going to be sick.
"They will be after you," he stated. I looked up at him.
"I won't kill," was I could say before forcing myself to stop.
I couldn't tell him or anyone how I felt. They were all same in a way. They didn't care for me. My guard appeared in front of the door. Before he could ask I put on my jacket and sketchbook and I walked out of the room. As we were walking I turned to face them. Yua was waving as Kurama was watching me walk away.
When we got to my cell, I wanted for the guard to unlock the high secured cell door. When I was unlocked he looked up at me.
"Can you draw my daughter a sunset?" he asked in a debating tone.
I was thrown back by the question. "Sure," I shrugged. It wasn't like I have anything better to do.
"Thanks" he said quickly and pushed me in. Once in my cell I felt as if something was different. Not with the room but with everyone in this prison.
