21. Ceiling

Edward opens his eyes, He saw a lamp hanging to the ceiling, there was a small flame lit inside. Lighting the whole room in a dim light that can get extinguished at any moment. He moves his gaze and looks at his body while lying down on the floor. he touched his stomach there was clothes above his body, he got up and sat. Cold strikes his whole body despite there being some clothes over his body.

He shivers and sneezes.

Acho….

Wiping his running rose with his hand, he looks at the clothes and realizes, that they were over his body. He was not wearing them. He quickly wears them over his naked body, there were three gowns over his body, covering and shielding him form the cold. He wears them one by one.

Upon wearing the last Gown he looks around, he found that he was lying on ashes. Then he shivers, realizing that he was sitting on Gomut’s ashes. He got away form the spot, where he was lying, in a hurry.

Then he looked around he saw boxes, almost every box is empty now. Then there was a charred corpse where Robert ambushed Dan. A chill spread through Edward’s spine as he didn’t know who’s body was that. Then he looked at his wrist, there was nothing on it.

Edward cursed silently and mummers,

“Ahh… he is going to kill me.”

Edward looked around and find himself alone with the empty boxes. He shouts out loudly,

“Hey! Everyone! Where are you?!”

No reply came. He was met with complete silence and a freezing wind, it felt he was in a cold storage. Edward crosses his arms around his shoulders and rub them to generate some heat, he shouted again,

“Hello! Everyone! can you come out?”

His voice echoed a little, but there was only his voice. An uneasy feeling emerges in his mind, making his Heart tremble. But he didn’t stop he continues to shout.

“Violet?”

“Stuart?”

Edward starts to stutter a little, but he continues,

“M…May?”

“A…Anyone??”

Edward gritted his teeth, and shouted with a tattered voice,

“Robert? Buddy? Tell me that you are,… that you are at least here.”

But Robert didn’t answer back. As there was no one in the room except Edward.

…..

No point in feeling depressed, I have been here. I should check what is left here, Edward looked towards the wooden, he wants to open it and procced towards the cellar, the heck the floor is cold as ice, it was not like that before. He got near the wooden door

Creaks..

The wooden door opens and Edward saw nothing but a dark passage leading to nowhere. The lamp which was lighting the way before, was completely extinguish. Leaving only darkness. Then a foul stench hits his nose, it smelled like rotten flesh.

I shouldn’t go there, Ishould rethink my decision, Edward closes then wooden door with a loud noise.

Bam…

As the door closes he lefts the storage room and move upstairs, braving through the cold and darkness he steps on the cold stairs and with each step, thoughts one after another pops in his head.

Why did they leave me? Why after I did everything? Couldn’t they have waited for me? Even Violet? Forget about her she was like that from the start. But Robert? I am really that bad at judging people around me?.... Edward sighed…. Forget it. Let’s focus on surviving, hating them won’t get me out of here.

…

Tap...tap…tap.

He reaches the spot, where there was suppose to be a metal door and he chuckles as he remembers, … ahh that stupid man, he opens the door and then confirms that I am his guy or not? Hahha…

Edward saw the room with his both eyes, the light was already dim, only lighting up the centre. From what can he see, he finds wooden tables and flasks some were broken some were completely intact, there were some burners around the flasks scattered, from the look of it they were empty.

Edward get close to the burner and check it … yeah right… it’s empty that’s why it’s got left behind. Edward shakes his head. He moves toward the stairs leading to the floor above.

…

Tap.. tap.. tap..

As he walks Edward thought… ahh it’s hopeless, please there must be something. At least give me warm clothes, or maybe some food, or may be a ride?

Soon, he reaches the door of the next floor this time the door was made of wood, he opens it with a sigh, creaks…

shit.. this dim light I hate it.. can’t it be a little bright here... Edward cursed as he looks around, he founds a table surrounded by three chairs, and a bed at the opposite end of the room above there was a light mattress. Edward gloomy mood lit up as he shouts while looking at the furniture,

“Fire! and clothes!”

Edward, smiles and ran towards the bed and jumps on it.

Bam…

The bed collapsed, leaving Edward and the light mattress inside the crater made by his jump, Edward curses as he got up,

“Shouldn’t have done that.”

Standing up he looks at the collapse bed as he shakes his head,… I should first check out the floors above.

With destroying the bed, he moves towards the stairs once again, that will lead up toward the next room. Edwards starts to hums a rhythm as he walks on the stairs.

Tap…tap…tap…

….

This time he was met with the open door. He walks past it, the cold in the air gets deeper and starts to sweep under his skin. He crosses his arm and hugs himself to make his body warmer.

He looks around and finds nothing, though the room was big enough to accommodate, like a dozen of long selves, both in huge height and width, but now it was empty. There was a window in front of him and a door that looks like it would lead to outside, from the window it was hard to tell what was outside, but then the door that was leading to the outside, opens.

Creak…

A woman in a medical gown, violet coloured hair and golden eyes, with a beautiful facial feature. Came from the outside the door, holding bunch of green plants. She looks at Edward and asks with a little soft and straight voice,

“Honey badger?”