Part 3: The Crying Boy

Divine was sitting in his office, located at the top floor of the Acadia Movement Building, going through a bunch of files he had recently discovered. Apparently there was a young girl with interesting powers, but extracting her might prove complicated. Her parents didn't appear to be overly attached, but there was this rather disturbingly close relationship with her twin brother. The boy, unfortunately, possessed no special abilities whatsoever and was therefore utterly useless to Divine's cause.

A knock at his door made him look up. It was a little past midnight and way too late for one of the children to roam the building, but who else would want to bother him? "Yes?", he inquired and the door opened, revealing Yusei, already in his pajamas. "Is there a problem, Yusei?", he asked kindly, despite the fact that the boy really should be in bed.

"Toby is crying, Divine.", he explained as if that was reason enough to turn night to day. "He misses his sister."

Siblings, indeed, a constant source of trouble. "Didn't he visit her just last week?", he asked and beckoned Yusei into the room.

Yusei entered and closed the door behind him. "It's been worse since then. He hasn't been eating right. He's so lonely. But he's...", he stocked then, looking away from Divine and out the window, over the sea of light that was Neo Domino City and the distant dark of Satellite.

Divine stepped closer to him to lay an arm around him and pull him close. Physical comfort worked wonders on Yusei, despite his reluctance to seek it out on his own. As expected he instantly molded himself to Divine, picking up the conversation. "I think Aki told him to ask you for help, but he's afraid to. I don't know why.", he seemed honestly puzzled by Toby in this case. Of course to him, Divine was both protecting father and trusted friend, the concept of not confiding in him had to strike him as alien.

Divine stroked Yusei's back in circling patterns. "I'll talk to him then. See what's wrong. I'm sure we'll figure something out, don't worry."

Yusei sighed with relief. "Thank you, Divine."

"No problem.", he replied, still not breaking contact, "You know I always take care of you. All of you."

The teen nodded. "I know."

*

A week later Toby left the Arcadia Movement without saying good-bye. In fact, no one even saw him leave, but Divine told them that Toby had gone back to his family after all.

None of the children had heard the screams.