52 Attic (1/2)

Suddenly, a bad premonition rose within Misha's heart as she slowly made her way towards the place she heard the bangs. Her powers could take her faster there, but she forgot about them in her nervousness.

As she reached a narrow alley, she saw the person she was finding all this while standing surrounded by people with guns. Time seemed to have stopped for Misha. A bullet seemed to be moving towards the person she waited for so long to meet. A single teardrop escaped her eyes and slid down her cheeks landing on the ground, mixing with the ground. A small beautiful flower grew out of the place where the tear fell.

No one realised, but time actually froze at that moment. Misha ran towards Brad as he stood there surrounded by uniformed men and a bullet was moving in slow motion almost close to his heart.

Misha madly dashed towards Brad and forced him out of the way and stood in his place, and faced the strange looking instruments and the bullet, which seemed heavily lethal to her.

She spun around, grabbed Brad's hand and madly dashed towards the riverside. She jumped over the fence and pulled Brad inside the fence. Without looking back, she ran straight towards the direction of East Village.

She knew that his destination was East Village, but she did not know who those attackers were. She looked back to see Brad's face all scrunched up and his eyebrows were knitted closely together. She stopped and asked in a most gentle voice she could muster, ”Are you alright?”

”Yeah, we are short on time. Let's go!” Brad answered. She could tell that he was not okay, but she had to move forward, and as he said, they were short on time. Climbing over the fences, jumping over the benches, she did what she could do to bring him to the East Village at the fastest speed possible.

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East Village, Firenice Mansion:

In the courtyard, a lovely lady was sitting with her daughter and her mother in law on a throne specifically made for her. She glanced at the attic and said, ”I wonder when he would arrive.”

”How do you know who will arrive?” Asked her daughter.

”The thing that is upstairs can only be taken by a girl, but she needs someone to accompany her, and without him, she would never be able to retrieve the item.”

”Wow, there is such a thing too. I am amazed at these things. Mom, please allow me to see what the thing is, please.”

”No. No one can open the attic door.”

”So we have to wait?”

”Yes.”

”Alright then, I shall wait. I would request that person to show it to me.”

The old and the young said nothing as they sat in silence together. A slight piano melody was playing on the gramophone.

They waited for a certain person's arrival.

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Outside the residence:

”Master, I advise you not to go through the front door. I can sense some ill intentions coming from the people sitting in the hallway.” Olympia told Brad from the consciousness space.

”Alright, we will do as you say.” He replied to her before turning towards Misha and saying, ”Dear Lady, I don't know your name. What should I call you? Many thanks for saving my life again.”