❝Dark was the night, cold was the ground.❞
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DIALOGUE
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"Kid, hey, where you going?" Levi asked. The boy didn't listen, as usual, he got some funny ideas in his head and took off. Just like his dad. "Don't make me hunt ya down."
"Focus on Vakira."
Grell returned from his check on Loretta looking worse for wear. "I called Dr Atarashi, he's on his way." Grell nodded to the glass, "She talk?"
Levi smirked, "No, but I can shock her till she does."
"Be careful."
"I can't promise that." He tapped the pane, the woman in black was draped over the rusted railing. She turned back, insect eyes glittered in the dim light. Her lips quirked into a tilted grin. "Can't keep me locked up forever, dearest."
"You got my kid, that's the only thing keepin' you alive."
"Then I propose a deal, you govee what I want and I can see about returning your son."
"The Phantom, yeah, sorry, not happening sister."
She shrugged, "Then his death is on you, it's not that difficult really. Give me the girl and I'll return Zero."
"I'm not making any deals with you."
"Then I'm afraid you'll never see him again." She chuckled and gave her back to them. "Get me something to drink at least, I'm parched."
"Nah, I think I'll let you choke on your own tongue."
Her shoulders shook with laughter. "You're the worst house guest you know, this is no way to treat your—"
He pounded at the glass, "Shup up. You're my prisoner."
"Am I?" She glanced over her shoulder, "I'm exactly where I want to be, dearest."
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The vault door, where is it? Course Ren had remembered its odd design, like something ancient and foreign. Yet his wonderings had him going in circles and he ended up walking into her room. Father had created that darkness in her. Did it mean only she could find it? But why her? Why did he plant something so dark into a human?
There she was curled up in bed, wires and IV lines, almost a mummy in all those bandages. No one had told her, but she acted like she already knew. The air was dry and chilled. A strange weight pressed down on him and he paused.
Stupid brother and his lies. He nearly turned back, he had to find the vault, even if Zero wasn't around. But a sickly feeling made his stomach turn. He couldn't leave yet, he had to do something here. But what? He closed the distance between himself and the bed. He gripped the rail of the footboard and shook it. "Zero and I, there was something we had to do. But now, it's not just us." He had to get it out somehow, "You're apart of this family, and I know it's what he'd want. So, Loretta, come with me."