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Chapter 7
Loss of condition
Luke ran, he ran as if his life depended on it. Catherine had just made the point that he did not belong in this world anymore. And Luke had finally realized this, too. All Luke wanted to do now was getting back at the hotel, Layton had rented and he seriously hoped that his mentor would be there. Of course he'd still be hurt by the Raven's attack, but Luke just wanted his mentor, 'his father' to forgive him. When Luke finally was about to cross the street, that separated him from the Professor's hotel he recognized some teens, by whom he was suddenly surrounded.
"The Ravens!",Luke thought, while clinching his fists.
:"What the hell do you want from me!?", he screamed.
No one answered. Now was one of those times where Luke just wanted the Professor to be with him. He was afraid of what was about to happen to him. One of the 'Ravens' a tall young man with a bird-looking-mask, lunged forward and then stopped right in front of Luke, who was 'now' more scared then ever before.
The Raven lifted his head, which had been down all time long until he said:
"We want you, Luke!"
The rest of the Ravens lunged to Luke and all Luke could do was just screaming:
"Noooooo..!".
And with that Luke and the Ravens disappeared in the night.
When his old family-drug-gang had finally found him in a river, outside the city Luke was unconscious. Céline was worried sick, when no one could wake him up. Everyone was helpless. They couldn't take Luke to a hospital. Félippy and Black-Pearl have had a few drug problems with the town's hospital. So finally Catherine made a good decision, when she spoke up:
"Guys.. You know exactly, where we have to take him! Luke needs help, and the only one who can help him right now is.. 'The Professor'. She pointed out while getting angry, what was really untypical for Caty. Of course everyone had thought like:
"What if he's still angry with Luke?"
Or like:
"Maybe he's going to be too sick to help or if he doesn't even want to!?"
But there was no other choice. Layton was their only opportunity.
...
"Are you really sure about this Caty?", Félippy asked, when they arrived at Layton's hotel room.
Caty shot him a very serious look...
"If Looks could kill..",was on everybody's thoughts.
"Alright.. alright... Go ahead, knock", Félippy said, while still carrying, the still unconscious Luke, with Pearl's help.
Slowly Catherine walked closer to the door and knocked...
Knock
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Knock
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Knock
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The door opened...
:"My word !. Luke!", Said a very shocked and worried Professor. He still had some injuries, but he didn't look like he was close to death.
:"Hello... Sir... We kind of ... n-need your help.", Félippy began struggling
The Professor didn't even think of hesitating, He opened his door a bit more and gave the teens a signal, to show that they were allowed to enter.
:"What happened?!", The Professor asked very worriedly, when he had lay Luke down in his bed.
The whole group look at each other's faces until Céline said:
"We don't know, Sir. He .. well he was out alone in the evening and this morning when we walked down the outside river... We found Luke in the water. And he didn't reacted on anything. So we ... We wanted to b-." Caty interrupted her to finish the sentence:
"-To bring him here."
The Professor thought for a moment. Even he had no real idea, of how he could probably help his little boy.
:"Please Sir... Please you gotta help him!. PLease I'm begging you. Please! You're the only one who can help us!", Céline spoke up and broke into tears when she leaned over Luke's lifeless body.
:"No need to worry, my dear. I promise I'll do everything in my strength to help Luke."
It was then when suddenly everyone recognized a noise, which came from under the blankets. He actually sounded like a kind of groan.
Everyone turned to the bed and the Professor ran next to Luke's site and froze when his eyes suddenly swung open.
:"Er... H-uh- W-Where am I ?", the obviously confused boy asked, when all people around him couldn't believe their eyes.
:"You're safe Luke, That's all that matters.", Céline said when she was about to brush Luke's cheek, but he directly wiped away.
:"My boy, is everything all right?", The Professor said worriedly, when he looked at the boy with concern.
Luke looked like a mess and when Luke finally spoke again, there followed a long and deep silence...
:"Who are you.!?"