Garuvy’s eyes are widened after hearing Gileth’s words. “You… have been searching for any information for years… but all of them are just false information?” She shouted.

Gileth turns ahead as his eyebrows are furrowed. “Yeah.”

Negato’s eyebrows are furrowed. “That’s true.”

They remained silent for a few seconds.

Garuvy looks down with a crumpled face.  “Is TLBC the one arranging all this?”

“We don’t know,” Negato replied.

“Anyway, we must keep searchin’. That’s the only way,” Gileth added.

They remain silent for a minute.

Garuvy turns to Negato. “I’m hungry.”

“Relax.” Negato turned to Garuvy before he added. “My friends will bring lunch for you. They’ll also bring plenty of mats just in case.”

“Ah, yeah.” Gileth turned to Garuvy before he continued. “How do you eat your breakfast?”

“Oh, I stood on the ground and stretched my hands backward. Mrs. Lighel fed me with a spoon. Mr. Andark and Mr. Goode moved the rocks away while I’m eating,” Garuvy explained.

“Good!” Gileth smiled before he continued. “We’ll do that later. I’m the one who’ll feed you.” He makes Garuvy smile.

“And also, when you sleep tonight, make sure you lie at the edge of the mat. Tilt your reclinin’ body towards the land and stretch your hands forward. Therefore, you don’t have to worry about the mat so you can sleep well,” Negato added.

Garuvy turns to Negato. “Oh!” Her eyes widened and her eyebrows rose before she added. “I should have done that last night!”

Negato’s eyebrows are knitted. “Didn’t Andark tell you?”

“No.” Garuvy shook her head before she added. “He didn’t.”

“Damn, that Andark.” Negato turned ahead and smiled before he continued. “Did he forget?”

“Well.” Gileth smiled before he continued. “There are indeed some incompetent people.”

A few moments later, it started to rain. The water cannot penetrate the barrier. While stretching her hands backward, Garuvy is having lunch from a blue food box brought by Gileth.

The food box contains rice, chicken soup, and a spoon. Negato moves the incoming rocks with his circular reflective barrier.

Garuvy turns to Gileth. “This barrier is just like the barrier in the cities, right? It can block the rain!”

“Yeah.” Gileth nodded before he added. “But in the city, when it rains, they’ll open the upper part of the barrier for three hours so that we can get water. They’ll warn us before doin’ so. After three hours, they close it again, and after an hour, they’ll reopen it if it’s still rainin’.”

“Yes.” Garuvy nodded before she continued. “I remember the time I had to hurry home before they open it.”

Around 11 pm, Macy, Rubert, and Gina are inside the restroom barrier. They slept on a green mat spread out on the ground outside the blue earth dome. There are some backpacks on the mat.

Inside Garuvy’s barrier, Garuvy has closed her eyes. She lied on the edge of the mat while tilting her body towards the land.

She had stretched her hands forward, so they were placed on the land. Negato sat beside her on the mat. There are four red mats, three blue mats, and three green mats placed on the edge of the barrier.

Suddenly, blue auras appeared around her hands. It makes Negato stand up. The rocks are floating and moving without her realizing it.

When there are some rocks coming towards her, Negato moves them away with his circular reflective barrier. When he runs out of Reflect Bothyner, he pushes the incoming rocks with his hands.

At a certain time, Garuvy is on the verge of shifting her sleeping position. Negato stops her without waking her up.

***

On March 25, 1993, in an empty area of the Bothyzard Region, around 4 am.

Garuvy’s eyes are still closed. Negato shakes her body with his right hand.

“Hey.”

“Garuvy.”

After she opened her eyes, she saw the messy land in front of her. After she rises from the mat, she sees Negato, Gileth, and Watra standing on the land. She also sees a white food box in Watra’s hands.

Negato smiles. “Good mornin’.”

Watra smiles. “Your breakfast is ready.”

Garuvy remains silent for three seconds. “Yes…” She starts to wear her sandals and stands on the land. “Last night, I…”

“Yeah.” Gileth nodded before he added. “Your power is activated again. We kept you in position, so the mat didn’t tear.”

Garuvy lifts her hands while keeping her palms facing down. “My hands are aching…”

Watra’s face is crumpled. “We know that we forced you to stay in position, but you have to be patient until your quarantine is over.

“Okay…” Garuvy stretches her hands backward. There is only empty land behind her. “I’m ready to eat…”

“Alright!” Watra smiled before she added. “Here is your breakfast today!” She opens the food box in her hands.

Inside the food box, Garuvy can see fried rice with an omelet and a spoon. While Watra feeds Garuvy, Negato and Gileth move the incoming rocks away.

Rubert, Gina, and Macy are standing outside the barrier. They see Andark, Lighel, and Goode, each of whom rides a flying Bothasus in the air.

After their Bothasuses land on the ground, the three get off from their Bothasuses and approach Gina, Rubert, and Macy.

“Good mornin’!” Andark greeted.

“Good morning!” Rubert replied.

The six of them point their right palms at their chests and release a blue aura around their right hands.

After a minute, all of them lower their right hands and make the blue aura around their right hands disappear.

Gina smiles. “Garuvy is still having breakfast. Wait until she finishes, sir.”

A few minutes later, after she finishes eating, Garuvy drinks the water can held by Watra. After she finishes drinking, Andark and his friends enter the barrier through the barrier hole.

“Hey!” Andark shouted.

Negato smiled as he turned to Andark. “Hey, pal!”

The six of them point their right palms at their chests and release a blue aura around their right hands.

After a minute, all of them lower their right hands and make the blue aura around their right hands disappear.

Negato smiles. “Garuvy is fine, but you should have told her to sleep at the edge of the mat and stretch her hands towards the land! You’re so forgetful!”

After hearing that, Andark, Goode, and Lighel’s eyebrows rose.

“Well…” Andark looks down. Goode and Lighel also look down.

Negato smiles. “You could keep her up for days, then!”

“… We understand… The problem is, we still don’t have experience as the bodyguards of the Bothyner Disorder Patients…” Lighel explained.

“We have only performed this task three times before… No one in our neighborhood told us about it… Luckily, our previous patients did not suffer from insomnia lasting for days…” Goode explained.

“But we received some reports from our Bothyzard friends that there are some patients who can’t sleep for days…” Andark explained.

“I understand, but don’t do it again, okay? And pass this on to those who don’t know yet,” Negato ordered.

“Right.” Lighel nodded. Andark and Goode nodded as well.

Negato smiles. “Besides, when Garuvy’s power is activated, one of you should stay here and help Garuvy move away the rocks. She can’t just keep avoidin’ them, you know!”

“I understand.” Andark nodded before he added. “I’ll do it.”

“Oh!” Negato’s eyebrows rose before he added. “You’re a good dad for her!” He pats Andark’s right shoulder with his right hand twice.

“Oh.” Andark smiled before he added. “So, you don’t want to adopt her?”

“Oh!” Negato smiled before he continued. “I’ll adopt her if you become a bad dad!”

Lighel smiled. “He’s a bad dad now. Just adopt her right away.”

“What?” Andark turned to Lighel before he added. “Isn’t she your daughter?”

“Well, it’s fine.” Lighel replied.

“Oooh…” Goode smiled before he continued. “So, you want to live with him, Lighel?”

Everyone is laughing.

“Nah, I’m just kiddin’!” Negato lifted his hands before he added. “I’m off now!”

“Me too!” Watra shouted.

“I want to rest!” Gileth shouted.

Gileth, Negato, and Watra waved at Garuvy before they left the place with their Bothasuses.

Right after that, blue auras appeared around Garuvy’s stretched hands. Three stomach-sized rocks move towards Garuvy. Andark, Lighel, and Goode push the rocks away with their hands.

Andark turns to Lighel. “What are you doin’ here? This is my job!”

Lighel turns to Andark. “She’s my daughter!”

Goode smiles. “Our daughter!”

Andark’s eyebrows are furrowed. “Yeah, yeah, I know, but don’t forget about the monsters! Get out!”

Lighel’s eyebrows are narrowed. “Okay, boss!”

Goode and Lighel get out of the barrier through the barrier hole.

Garuvy smiles. “Thank you, Mr. Andark.” She sits on the mat while levitating rocks.

“You shouldn’t be thankin’ me.” Andark turned to Garuvy before he continued. “I failed you, but I promise that I do better!”

Garuvy smiled and nodded.

Around 11 pm, inside Garuvy’s barrier, Garuvy has closed her eyes. She lied on the edge of the mat while tilting her body towards the land.

Andark pushes the rocks away when Garuvy’s power is activated. When Garuvy is on the verge of shifting her sleeping position, he holds her arms to stay on the ground. It makes her open her eyes a bit, but she closes her eyes again after a minute.

***

On March 26, 1993, in an empty area of the Bothyzard Region, around 11 pm.

Garuvy closed her eyes. She lied on the edge of the mat while tilting her body towards the land.

Negato moves the rocks away when Garuvy’s power is activated. When Garuvy is on the verge of shifting her sleeping position, he holds her arms to stay on the ground.

Garuvy opens her eyes a bit. She sees a motorcycle-sized rock coming towards her. Her eyes are widened.

Negato moves the rock away with his circular reflective barrier. Then he turns to Garuvy. “Go back to sleep, dear.” It makes her close her eyes back.

***

On March 30, 1993, in an empty area of the Bothyzard Region, around 11 pm.

Inside her barrier, Garuvy is levitating rocks. Negato moves the incoming rocks away with his circular reflective barrier.

Negato sees the watch on his right hand. Then he smiles as he turns to Garuvy. “This will all be over soon.”

“Right!” Garuvy’s eyebrows are narrowed. “My hands have been aching constantly… My clothes already smell bad…”

After levitating rocks for a while, at 0.00 am, the blue auras around her hands disappeared.

Negato smiles. “It’s time.”

Garuvy remains silent for a few seconds. “It is done?”

“Yeah.” Negato nodded. He extends his right hand towards Garuvy. “Congratulatons! You’re now a Bothyner user.”

Garuvy smiles broadly. She reaches his right hand with her right hand. “You’re the best teacher for me!”

Negato’s eyebrows are raised. He remains silent for a few seconds before he smiles. “Glad to hear that.”

After shaking hands with Garuvy, Negato walks towards the barrier hole. Garuvy approaches the mat and lies down on it. She looks at the sky. She smiles again.

A few minutes later, Negato comes back along with Gileth, Watra, Rubert, Gina, and Macy. It makes Garuvy stand up from the mat.

Watra turns to Gileth. “I will go first!”

Gileth turns to Watra. “No, I’m first!”

“Ladies first!” Watra shouted.

“No, me!” Gileth shouted and rushed towards Garuvy. “Congratulations, girl!” He shakes hands with Garuvy.

Watra shakes hands with Garuvy. “Congratulations on completing the quarantine period!” She hugs Garuvy’s body.

Gina shakes hands with Garuvy. “Congratulations, Garuvy!”

Rubert shakes hands with Garuvy. “Congratulations!”

Macy shakes hands with Garuvy. “Congratulations!”

Garuvy smiles broadly. “Thank you, thank you, everyone!”

“No need to be surprised. All Bothyzards did this to any Bothyner Disorder Patients who have just gone through the quarantine period,” Rubert explained.

Negato turns to Garuvy. “Now wait for Andark and his friends. They’ll pick you up.”

After waiting for several minutes. Andark and his friends finally arrived with their flying Bothasuses. After they land on the ground, Andark and his friends enter Garuvy’s barrier.

Andark shakes hands with Garuvy. “Congratulations, dear.” He hugs Garuvy’s body. “Your Bothyner Disorder is gone.”

“Yes.” Garuvy nodded.

Lighel shakes hands with Garuvy. “Congratulations!” She hugs Garuvy’s body. “You have preserved your light till the end!”

Goode shakes hands with Garuvy. “Congratulations! Keep your good spirit, girl!” It makes Garuvy nod.

Andark turns to his friends. “Mission accomplished. Good job, everyone.” He smiles. Everyone else nodded.

Goode approaches the barrier edge and touches it with his right hand. “Barrier Bothyner: Eliminate Barrier: Right Hand.” He makes the barrier disappear.

Rubert eliminates the other barrier with the same method. Gina places her hands on the blue land. Light blue auras appeared around her hands.

“Controllable Land: Vanish.” The blue land disappeared along with the blue earth dome, the blue toilet, and the blue water tub.

The blue water dipper and the water inside the blue water tub remained. Rubert destroys the dipper with his blue thunder.

***

On March 31, 1993, in Bahageey City, around 1 am.

Inside Andark’s house, Garuvy opens the bathroom door from the inside. She is now wearing a yellow T-shirt with green pants. She dries her hair with a pink towel.

She enters her room and approaches a table. She picks up a small frame containing a photo of her as a child standing in the middle with an adult male on her right side and an adult female on her left side.

Garuvy smiles. “Dad… Mom… I did it! I’m a Bothyner user now!” Her smile disappears. Her eyebrows are furrowed. “Don’t worry, Dad, Mom… I will definitely find that person!”

This is the end of the first arc, Garuvy’s Quarantine Arc.

To be continued.