Hello there reader! Sorry I haven't written in such a long time, I've been a bit busy.
Ivan: So what's going to happen on this chapter?
You'll be going somewhere…
Ivan: With Raguna?
Raguna: Knowing her…
We'll see Ivan…We'll see
Sophie: Anyhow;
"Speaking"
\thoughts\
((telepathy)) ((telepathy))
Underline is another language!
Ivan, Raguna, and Sophie: Onwards with the story!
Chapter 7: Troublesome Call
The morning light shone in through the curtains, the birds were singing, the water was dancing, something was buzzing…wait, buzzing?
BZZ BZZ BZZ
Raguna woke up from his sleep to hear the alarm ringing…sweet sweet life on the farm! Raguna sat up on the bed and looked around.
"Um, Matt…What are you doing?"Raguna asked. Matt looked terrified and Raguna was confused as to why.
"What is that sound Raguna! Is it a monster of some sort?" Matt asked Raguna.
"A-A monster? No! It's an alarm clock! Here, see?" Raguna showed Matt the alarm clock and pressed down on the top to turn it off. Matt seemed to calm down quite a bit after Raguna turned it off.
"Alarm clock?"
"Yeah, you set it to a certain time, like 6:00am and it starts ringing at that time. It's to help wake you up." Raguna explained
"Oh, so it's like the Parrots that we have." Matt compared the alarm clock, making Raguna confused.
"Parrot?" Raguna asked Matt
"Yes. They fly to our beds and keep repeating 'it's time to wake up' in our ears until we wake up." Matt explained
"That's gotta be annoying." Raguna murmured
"Yeah, it sort of is." Raguna then went into the kitchen to cook some breakfast. Some minutes of comfortable silence later, Ivan walked in.
"Morning, Raguna." Ivan greeted
"Good morning, Ivan." Raguna greeted back to him.
\It seems that Raguna has quite a bit of manners in him if he's doing the formal greeting. I wonder where he's been for him to learn this stuff.\
"The food is done; you can help yourself to whatever you wish, Ivan." Raguna brought Ivan back to reality.
"Oh thanks! You didn't have to cook though; I could've bought something at the Inn." Ivan said.
"None-sense, you're my guest, it's only normal to be a good host and make sure the guest are well cared for." Raguna off-handedly commented.
"Yeah, I guess it is." \Raguna didn't learn these things from us, that much is certain. We never had to worry about serving the guests ourselves; we never learned how to cook either. Where has he been all this time?\ Ivan served himself some food and sat down at the table, thinking things over a bit more. The food was garlic tasting eggs with sweet mouth-watering bacon, some blueberry pancakes, and naturally made orange juice.
Raguna watched as Ivan took his first bite, he hoped that the food was, at the very least, decent. Ivan eyes widened comically.
"This is great! Where did you learn how to cook like this?" Ivan inquired
"I'm glad you liked it. *small pleased smile* I was actually thought some things by Micah and Kyle but, I mostly picked things up here in there." Raguna responded
"This is amazing though, even more amazing if you're mostly self-taught." Ivan praised and Raguna blushed
"I-It can't be that good…" Raguna stammered and casted his eyes to his hands, his features adapting a far-away look.
\He's modest…and doesn't seem to take compliments to well. Raguna, I'm sorry I failed you…failed to protect you, keep you safe, and give you something resembling a family, I'm sorry Raguna.\ Ivan almost showed his emotion through that though but, he managed to school his features into a happy smile.
"It's good, trust me on that one." Ivan noticed Raguna smiled, it filled Ivan with a sense of satisfaction that the smile was because of what he said.
"Thanks Ivan." Raguna said timidly.
BRR BRR BRR
Ivan took a phone out of his pocket and read who the caller was; it was labeled as 'DAD'. Ivan let out a small sigh.
"I need to take this call, Raguna, may I go take it outside." Ivan said.
"Of course." With that Ivan bowed his head to Raguna and went outside.
++++(Ivan's POV)
I walk outside and take the call.
"Ivan! What took you so long to pick up!"
*sigh* "I was with someone else, dad."
"I don't care! If I call, you pick up, is that understood!"
"Yes, dad. What do you want!"
"What? Can't I call my son?"
"No! Now what are you going to ask me?"
"Have you found your brother?"
I stay silent for a few seconds, when I answer him my voice is calm but, really? I was silently seething! How dare he—
"No, I haven't found my brother, father. Maybe I wouldn't have to go looking for him if you'd actually done what you were supposed to do! You've got the gall to ask me that!?" I responded, steadily raising my voice.
"I'm your father, Ivan! Show some more respect! Now, why haven't you found your brother yet!"
"Respect? You were disowned by your own family! I'll give you my respect and trust when you earn it back! My brother has been missing since he was 8 years old, only 3 years ago did you even show an interest in that fact! Do you really think I would tell you even if I did find him?" I asked incredulously.
"I am his father! I have the right to know!" that sentence ticked me off.
"NO! You didn't show any interest when he disappeared, you didn't care about where he was at the time! Only three years ago did you even ask where he was! You are not my father and never will be! I'm willing to give you a second chance but not like this! You were never a father to us! I'm glad that our cousin and uncle disowned you from the family; you're a disgrace to the family name! Do you really think I don't know about what happened mother? I HATE you!" With that, I hung up the phone. I took a deep breath to calm myself down.
BRR BRR BRR
Ugh…You've got to be kidding me, again! I look down at the caller ID, ready to yell at him again, when I noticed that it didn't say 'DAD', it said 'COUSIN'. My anger mellows down and I take the call.
"Ivan, are you alright! You usually don't take too long to pick up, are you hurt? If you are I can send a—"
*small laugh* "No-no, I'm fine, I promise. Thanks for your concern cousin. I was just reeling in my anger that's all." I explained, talking to my cousin always seemed to calm me down.
"Anger? What happened? Did someone try to fight you or something? Poor person, I think the whole kingdom knows about your wrath by now. *laugh*"
"Ha-ha, very funny cousin. It was father-"
"What did he want" the venom in my cousins voice surprised me, I don't ever remember hearing him sound like that.
"To know if I found my brother." That simple answer had a not-so-simple reaction.
"Why that base-turd-it how dare he show any concern for his youngest son! That same son was gone for 4 years and he didn't give a care in the world. The dragons help me…if I see him I will cut his head off!" Then he got to the really colorful insult list. Let's not dwell on that though, right?
"I don't think the dragons would stop you, in-fact, Firesome would be more than happy to help you burn him alive." A moment of silence on the other end of the line…he isn't considering what I just said, right?
"flipitty-flop with the pancake, that's sadistic! I like it!" I can tell he's adding that one to the list of torture. I love my cousin and uncle to death but, you just don't get on either of their bad sides, it never ends well.
"Anyhow, Ivan, I need you to come back home for a bit. I need your help! Please come back." He sounded desperate; I couldn't just pass this one off.
"What's going on?" I said, worried for my cousin.
"I'm not sure who sent this but, it's some sort of threat. I need help tracking the person, the threat has been translated a bit. It was in some kind of code, but even the translated part is in some sort of code, it doesn't make any sense. Please come quick! I need extra hands on this one." A threat? To my cousin? This can't end well. I must go back, I need to tell Raguna first though.
"Alright, I'll be right there, just give me a day to get there."
"Thank you, Ivan"
"No problem cousin!" With that I hung up and went to find Raguna.
++++(Normal POV)
Raguna was in the living room when Ivan entered, he looked troubled, no matter how much Ivan tried to hide that fact.
"Ivan? What's wrong?" Raguna asked.
"Nothing's wrong Raguna. I just need to go back to the capital for a while, you don't mind if I leave right? I promise I'll come back." Ivan said. Raguna studied Ivan a bit before answering.
"Of course you can go, I won't mind. You shouldn't worry too much about me. *Ivan looked surprised that Raguna had noticed that he was worried about Raguna* Micah and Kyle are here, so if anything should happen I can always count on them for help. I have a phone, so you could contact me that way. It's a problem at home right? You should put that first, I'm not in any danger right now, I haven't survived these past years with no survival/danger skills, after all." Ivan was surprised at Raguna's ability to land on the right thing. Ivan hadn't mentioned that it was a problem at home, yet Raguna still managed to pick that one up. Ivan and Raguna exchanged phone numbers.
"Thanks Raguna, I'll make sure to call. Stay safe alright. I think it'd be a good idea to let Micah and Kyle stay with you." Ivan saw that Raguna seemed to be considering it.
"You're right; Kyle, Micah, and I have a lot of catching up to do anyway."Raguna mused over. I wondered how long Raguna had known Micah and Kyle.
After some time Raguna and Ivan said goodbye to each other and Ivan went to the capital. Raguna went to sit on the couch and hoped that Ivan wouldn't be too late. Whatever was happening at Ivan's home, it left Raguna with a nasty taste of dread.
((He'll be alright Raguna))
((I can only hope that you're right Matt…))
((You feel it too don't you?))
((The feeling of dread in the air? Yeah, yes I do, and I don't like it one bit))
((Me neither but, maybe inviting the other two can form some kind of comfort?))
((Maybe…What I can't believe is that the mayor of this town knows a leader from that organization.))
With that last thought, Raguna went out to do farm work and walk around town. Who knew? Maybe he'd bump into Micah and Kyle along the way. The day went one with Raguna getting a fishing rod and trying to fish, selling the fish, buying seeds, more farming, and talking to Matt. All in all, it was a pretty good day, that would be true if the feeling of foreboding would leave Matt and Raguna alone!
1,892 words without counting this part! I tried to make it longer than most of the other chapters.
Raguna: How was this chapter? Also, what happened with father?
Ivan*muttering*: You don't wanna know…
Shopie: Interesting chap..
So, did you guys like it? What do you think about the dialogues here? Matt, poor Matt was terrified! What about the phone conversations that Ivan had. Any questions about those?
Sophie: So, Ivan's leaving…I wonder what's wrong back home! A threat they said?
Raguna: Ivan, if you need help deciphering the threat, just let me know! I'm more perceptive than I seem you know!
Ivan: I'll keep that in mind Raguna, I just don't want to drag you into this mess.
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