Chapter 25

Eureka ran out of the room, not glancing behind or slowing down one bit. She knew that the person was Renton and had the exact same physical appearance, but something was still not right. "Maybe I'm over reacting." She thought. It was only a feeling but Eureka continued running down the hallway. Matthieu strolled down the hallway. "Hey Eureka." He said and waved at her. She pushed him aside and continued running. "Wow, someone's angry." Matthieu said to himself while scratching his head. "I wonder what Renton did that made her run." He thought for a moment. "Ah, who cares?" Matthieu shrugged and walked on.

Matthieu turned the corner and came upon Talho. "Matthieu, do you know where Renton and Eureka are? They're not in the kitchen." Talho questioned him.

"Well, Eureka ran down the hallway and Renton…. I don't know where he is. Now that you mentioned it, Eureka did seem upset about something."

"Talho sighed, "Something's wrong."

Matthieu nodded and Talho continued down the hallway.

Talho walked on for a while and then came to Maeter, Linck, and Maurice.

"Have you guys seen Renton, Eureka, and Holland?"

Maeter started talking.

"We don't know where mama and papa are, but…"

Linck, who had came up from behind and smacked her arm, interrupted Maeter.

"Ow! That Hurts and you're not suppose to hit people in tag!"

"You're it!" Linck laughed and ran off through the hallway."

Maeter rubbed her arm and chased after Linck.

"Holland is in his room." Maurice added before he ran after Maeter and Linck.

"Something is definitely wrong between Renton and Eureka." Talho thought and headed for Holland's room.

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Holland sat on his bed and wore nothing except for his orange shorts. He stared into the black vortex of the television. Lost in thought, he pondered about the recent events.

"Why is Dewey alive?" He thought.

"What does he want? What did he do to Renton?"

From the moment he saw Renton, he had a strange feeling in his gut. Holland could not grasp the situation and could not tell what was wrong with Renton. Just then, the bedroom doors slide apart and entered Talho. "There you are." Talho said and sat down next to Holland.

"What's bothering you?" She asked.

"Nothing."

Talho glared at him.

"That's not what your face is saying."

Holland sighed and turned to face her.

"Alright, alright. It's about Dewey.

Talho made a face at the name. She remembered the time she was Dewey's girlfriend. They brought back painful and sour memories. Back then, Talho had thought that he loved her. However, that was from the truth. Instead, he exploited her, used her, trashed her up without care, and threw her aside as if she was junk. Talho remembered that she was once pregnant before. It was Dewey's child but Dewey had forced her to abort. After that, Dewey left her. Talho could remember that moment when Holland came into the hospital, picked her up, and took her away from all the misery.

Holland continued talking, "Yeah, he's alive… Somehow…"

"What!?!"

"Even worse, something is wrong with Renton."

Talho nodded, "Yeah, I know…"

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Renton stared after Eureka as she ran out of the room. Her movement, curves, hair, everything about Eureka entranced Renton. He did not know why he was attracted to her though. "So she's the target." He said quietly and flipped out a cell phone Dewey handed him.

"Renton here." He said into the phone. "I have found the target."

"Good." Dewey's voice rang through.

"What do you want me to do now?"

"Kill her."

"O-ok…" Renton stuttered and snapped the phone shut.

For some strange reason, Renton felt uneasy about killing the girl.