Chapter 202 - 202: Buried (1/2)

Chapter 202 - 202: Buried

"Ho!?"

Van let out a loud gasp He knew that his eyes were now open, but the only thing that his eyes could see was darkness He could feel his cheek touching so cold… no, it wasn't only his cheek, his chest, stos were all cold

Was he currently planted on the ground soround of dirt bundle in his palms

"Where… where am I?" Van could not help but let out a whisper, his words quickly bouncing towards his ear

"!!!"

With this fa his ears, Van quickly moved his hands

"N… no… no," Van's words started to stutter as he was not able to stretch his ar His fears were right, he was currently trapped somewhere

"A… anyone?" Van's breaths started to whimper, he tried to lift hi waretting even stronger and even ain, Van stuttered, his ar as he curled up into a ball "Anyone… anyone!?"

Once again, only the sound of his voice echoed through this confining darkness that Van now found himself in His stuttered breaths and his heart which drummed uncontrollably was as if a choir that harmonized with voice-- an orchestra of his deepest fears

"Please… please enough," A single tear suddenly trickled froasp for air, "I… I can't breathe, please…

father Please… let me out Please… I I would behave," his while tear beca doards as his jaw trembled

"No, no, no… please… let me--"

"Shut the fuck up, boy!"

"!!!"

Van quickly opened his eyes wide as soon as he heard another voice entering his ears, he rotated his body and lied on his back as he tried to look around But alas, not even a single light permeated

"Is… is anyone here?" Van sniffled

"I'ht in front of you, boy"

"M… miss Charlotte!?" Van squinted his eyes as he tried to deter frohness of the voice came from Charlotte, "Miss Charlotte!? Where are you!?"

"I already said I ah and a war his head down

"Oi, what are you doing!?"

"S… sorry," Van quickly retracted his hands, Charlotte truly was in front of hi that someone else ith hi and deep breath, "Where… are we, Miss Charlotte?"

"Underground," Charlotte quickly replied

"U… undergrou--"

"!!!"

Before Van could finish his words, he re he saw before he blacked out How a colossal boulder, aled fro the New Wall and their base whole

"Harvey and the others!?" Van once again shouted

"Lower your voice, !" Charlotte roared, and as soon as she did so, a slight cracking noise ruround that served as their casket started to tremble, "And worry about others later, we have even more problems now"

"Miss… Charlotte you…" Van whispered as she realized why Charlotte was on top of him, "You… protectednow As he stopped to look at the effect of the colossal boulder, Charlotte rushed towards him and covered him from all the debris and dirt that threatened to rip him apart pore by pore

"Why?" Van breathed, "Weren't you… trying to kill me?"

"What?" Charlotte quickly replied, "Why would I try to kill randson-in-law?"