3 Where She Came From - 1.3 (2/2)

There was nothing she could do no matter how much she wanted to help. All she could do was hide in a dark corner and muffle her crying as she waited for the monster to finish.

Finally he got a call and he left the room which gave her the chance to sneak into the room and get close to Sayaka. The sight of Sayaka's beaten and bloodied body made her almost retch but still she crawled over to her and hugged her in her small arms.

Crying, her tears fell down and dripped onto Sayaka's cheeks, making Sayaka regain her consciousness and as soon as Sayaka saw her, she saw fear and concern for her which made her cry even more.

”Little sister you have to go.” she murmured quietly as her own tears fell down her pale bruised cheeks.

Shaking her head, Ai closed her eyes and resolutely gathered Sayaka closer as she sobbed.

Ai heard Sayaka whisper words of love and worry in her ears as she pleaded for Ai to leave but the little girl just stubbornly held on to her.

The two of them were both in their own worlds as they cried and held onto each other that when the door suddenly swung open, they both let out a shriek of fright.

Upon seeing the Ai embracing Sayaka in her small arms, the head caretaker was filled with alarm which slowly turned to anger.

He knew that if anyone found out what he did with Sayaka that he would get into a whole lot of trouble and if any of the authorities find out, he may not only face criminal charges, he may possibly end up in jail!

Or worse, dead!

Storming over to the two little girls, he swiftly kicked the two of them eliciting cries of pain.

He beat the two of them until they were both black and blue and all throughout, Sayaka kept doing her best to shield Ai as much as she can until she was on the verge of passing out.

Finally the man stopped and after scanning them briefly, he quickly made his way out, muttering to himself and planning on how to cover his mess.

Both Sayaka and Ai had stayed limp and pretended to be unconscious as he left and as soon as they couldn't hear his foot steps anymore, they opened their eyes and looked at each other.

Sayaka then lifted a shaky hand to tuck Ai's hair that was stuck on her face due to blood that seeped out from a cut on her forehead behind her ear.

Then she gave Ai a kiss and a pain-filled smile.

”Go.”

Falling limp, Sayaka's whole body fell down on Ai after she said that one last word as she closed her eyes.

Ai tried shaking her after she rolled Sayaka to her side but got no response. Putting her ear on top of Sayaka's chest, she struggled to hear a heartbeat.

Yet there was nothing but silence.

With a choked cry, she struggled to get out of the room, practically crawling as she tried to get away quietly with no one the wiser.

Soon she made her way to the orphanage's backdoor and managed to slip out undetected and into the cold, dark night.

That was the night where she learned how not all people were humans.

Some were just monsters.