Thursday, August 25th
(Angel's Pov)
I had a free period so I decided to go to the library whilst the others decided to head over to the cafeteria. So at the moment for the past ten minutes, I've been sitting in the empty library, going over some notes for one of my classes. First time in all this chaos that I actually cared about being a student. We've been in the Mid realm for nearly four weeks... our parents and families don't even know about this- they've all been told that me and my friends were rewarded with scholarships to go to an incredible school in London, and my family's memories of me 'waking up dead' had been removed so they don't think I'm a walking corpse. We lied to them... just to keep the Mid realm's existence and our 'Hypnotic' curse secret, and also keep them protected... but I can't help but feel guilty. Thankfully time in both Mid and the Human Realm is the exact same, and I still get texts and calls from my family, but it's not the same. I miss my family and my home town... and I can tell the others do too.
I heard someone rush through the library doors and run over to the table I was sitting at "Oh great, you're here" a voice signed in breathless relief. I lifted my head to see Tord, tired and struggling to gain back his breath "You alright?" I asked, raising a brow as Tord straightened back up with a determined and proud smile. Tord then shifted into the booth so he was sitting beside me before placing an old photo in front of me "What's this?" I asked "Class photo of 2002 graduated class 1A from Rieannie Ego University" Tord stated, still seeming awfully proud of himself. "Okay, and you're showing me this... why?" "Look closely at the girl- here" Tord pointed as I turned my attention to the photo.
The picture was in colour yet it was all mostly dull. All students were dressed nicely in formal-like clothing that perfectly represented each of them, and it was so obvious that in whatever amount of time they had together, they all became their own family. Unlikely relationships and friendships between demons and angels... they were all so happy. I followed where Tord pointed to the middle group of people, there were seven that caught my attention. Surely through Tord's eyes, the picture is clear as day yet looking at these seven kids... they were their own coloured blurs, but one... seemed too familiar. A girl with darkly dulled purple-blue hair that seemed almost black, pale skin that seemed even more paler than the black dress she wore, blood red lips and dark blue eyes that were so full of joy yet also seemed like they were glaring daggers at the camera man taking the picture.
"Who is she...?" "Elizabeth Reaper" Tord answered- my eyes widened as I looked up at him "What? I thought that I was the first girl to be born-" "Elizabeth isn't exactly... okay" Tord signed before looking back to me "Elizabeth wasn't born into the royal family, her mother arrived in Hell and married Grim Reaper" Tord explained "So... that would make Elizabeth Grim's step-daughter and Jackal's... sister?" I questioned as Tord shrugged his shoulders. "Well 'step sister' and not really, after her mother died (again) she only seemed part of the family, nothing more but... that didn't stop them making her a princess" Tord told me "She was never 'properly crowned or named' as a princess because she found out the truth right before graduating as an ego student" Tord further explained. "Ego student?" "I'll explain that another day, but anyway... after doing some digging, I found the register of egos to humans and..." Tord pulled out a book and opened it to its marked page, showing a complete list of human names with celestial names of 'egos' that were 'assigned' to them. I found my name at the top of the list, ignoring other names written by it as I saw Elizabeth's marked right at the top, directly next to mine. My eyes widened a bit in disbelief "She's..." "Now here's my suggestion" I turned my head back to Tord "The person you're 'hearing' or saw on Saturday night... could've been this girl plus her nickname back then... was 'Angel'" Tord told me as I sat there, completely speechless "And maybe, Vixen or Green's current 'problems' are also related to their egos... although it's just a suggestion- rather long shot but..." Tord's words faded as he rubbed at the slight bags under his eyes. "Sorry, it must sound stupid and insane-" "Tord" he turned his head to me "Trust me, I've heard worse and... your theory does make a little sense-" ..."First days in new worlds is sometimes the worst, you're given a short time to adjust to everything and-" "Where am I?" Angelina asked as the woman turned her head to the girl. "So she talks-" "That doesn't answer the question" Angelina interrupted as she glared up at the doctor "You're at Hills General Hospital" the woman answered... I held my head as the sudden memory burned its way through.
The woman's face, completely blurred and her voice was also distorted, as if my own memories didn't want me to remember the woman she knew helped me, my friends and several other children.
"Tord... answer me honestly, okay?" "Alright..." Tord fell silent as I let out a shaky breath "The GACTC... that was originally Hills General Hospital, right?" "Yeah, it was" Tord confirmed my statement as I looked down at the table "What happened to it?" I asked "Well most of it has been torched from the fire someone lit at the time, but it's all pretty much still in one piece or well, the best condition building ruins can be and is no longer an operating Grey Army base" Tord answered. "Where is the hospital exactly?" I asked another question "Hillsdale, a town here in Mid-" Tord's eyes widened a bit at realisation before he narrowed them "No Angel, don't tell me you're thinking about-" "Just hear me out" I somewhat begged him, a few sceonds later, the older teen hesitantly agreed to hear my words. "If blurred memory and my assumptions are right, all Grey Army personnel would've ditched everything during the fire- there could be camera footage or written reports still in that hospital, completely or smally damaged" "Angel... Mid realm authorities have been through the GACTC" Tord told me, brows frowned. "They couldn't recover anything-" "Still doesn't mean that there isn't anything there-" "Hillsdale is a deadzone town" Tord interrupted as I raised a confused brow "Deadzone towns are abandoned towns and cities in Mid, either in ruins or holds a grim war story that destroyed it" Tord explained "Hillsdale is a deadzone town right by the walls of Dark Nation, there's a possible chance that there are still Grey Army soldiers in the area". I looked down at the table again "I just know there was a bigger reason to why me and my friends, and all those other children were taken to that place" I told him "If it has anything to do with the Hypnotic curse or something else... then I want to know" I looked back up at Tord "I want to know the entire truth, not just for me... but my friends as well" Tord pinched the bridge of his nose before signing in annoyance.
"Fine, but I'm going with you" he stated "Tord, no... you're human-" "I'm the next Red Leader" he whispered, just in case if someone walked in at that exact moment "It'll be stupid to let one of my fellow leaders walk into a death trap by themselves... plus I know where and how to get to Hillsdale" he told me as I rolled my eyes. "Fine, you can come, but no one else" I warned him "Right, I guessing you're already planning on bring two or three of your friends along, anyway" Tord said and he was right, three or four Hypnotics can do a lot more damage than one Hypnotic and a human armed with a gun. "So, when do you want to do this?" Tord questioned, picking up the photo and register book as I thought about it for a minute or two "...this Saturday" I answered "Right, I'll get you guys at about eight in the morning then" Tord stated... I'm really hoping this wasn't a bad idea.
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