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Alright, I am so sorry about keeping you waiting so long, but I am really losing inspiration fast for this story. I love those of you that are keeping up with it so far, but with the lack of reviews and the lack of views in general to this story for the month, I am feeling like this is becoming a lost cause. If you guys want to keep seeing more, please review and let me know. Otherwise, I don't think I'm going to get excited enough to finish this properly and it will probably end up rushing towards the end.
Adrian
The phone call was strange, especially when you considered who was calling. Zoe was showing as the caller, but she was not speaking, at least not to me. I heard someone's voice in the distance, shouting something about death. Other voices were heard, but far to quiet to actual tell what was going on. Zoe was trying to warn me of something, regardless of the fact that I couldn't figure out what.
While I didn't hang up, I did grow bored of listening to nothing over the phone. Zoe was unable to speak, but without directions or even the knowledge of where she was, this call was useless. She could yell and scream at the people around her all day, but in the end it wouldn't bring me any closer to finding her. "Sonya, do you know where Zoe is?" I asked, thinking maybe Zoe would have shared the information with someone. It would at least give me a clue as to what I was supposed to be doing with this phone call.
She shook her head, but grew interested in my question. "Zoe called you? What is she saying?" she asked, noticing that I was holding the phone up to my ear. I shrugged, trying to act calm when I knew something was wrong. "Nothing, just background noise. Probably dialed by mistake." I told her, trying to remain hopeful. First, I hadn't been able to find her in her dreams and now this call. It didn't take a genius to figure out that something was wrong.
Sonya seemed to agree more with my thoughts than my words. "Adrian, this is serious. Zoe is an alchemist, which means while she might not like us, she does help us in many ways. If she is in danger, we need to find a way to help her." she told me, which I already knew. What I didn't know was how to do that. Tracking her phone might be possible, but I didn't know anything about how to do that. We probably needed to know more about her phone to do that anyway.
"What good would that do? Can you tell me where she is?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at Sonya. She frowned, but didn't give me an answer. "Exactly. Without knowing where she is, or even what is going on, we cannot help her." I argued, still relaxing on the couch. If she could miraculously figure out where the alchemist was, I would go and help. Until then, I would sit and wait, hoping for someone to give me a clue as to where she was.
Dimitri walked back in the room then, having calmed down from our previous disagreement. He noticed the tension in Sonya and immediately assumed I had done something wrong. "Adrian, what did you do this time?" he asked, shaking his head. "What makes you think it is my fault? Maybe Clarence did something." I replied, naming the only other resident of the house, even though he wasn't in the room right now.
"Zoe is missing and Adrian seems to think that it is pointless to try and help her." Sonya said, explaining the situation but leaving out a major detail. "And Sonya thinks that it is possible to help her without knowing what is wrong or where she is." I added, completing the explanation. Maybe it sounded heartless, but we really didn't have any way of helping the girl right now.
"Adrian, Sonya does have a point. Zoe has helped us multiple times with these experiments, putting aside her own discomfort for our benefit. We owe her and we should try to help." Dimitri argued. I raised an eyebrow at him, waiting to hear his genius plan to help. Dimitri knew everything, right? Maybe he could use his supposed god-like powers to save Zoe, instead of steal my girlfriend this time. "How?" I asked, one word to prove my own point.
He frowned, thinking about it for a moment. Sonya was thoughtful as well, still hopeful. Those little fools. Only you understand what is going on, my special boy. Make them pay for doubting you. Tatiana told me, irritating me. It had been a while since she had made an appearance, making me think I had better control over my spirit side-effects. This was only a reminder of how unstable my mind really was.
"If you can't answer that question, then stop telling me I'm wrong. I did not say that I didn't want to help, I am only claiming that we can't help." I told them, shaking my head. I got up and grabbed the keys Dimitri had left on the counter. At least they had a car to drive, unlike me. Today, I would be borrowing it. They stared at me as I walked out, concern on their faces and in their auras. With so many problems and no solutions, I really needed a drink. It was about time I did something about that for a change.