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Even happens that you go to a room for a pair of socks for yourself but when you get there, you forget what we're you went in there in the first place?

Well, it happens a lot of people but it's not the point here.

The condition is, someone just paused my mind for a second, played the whole scene in slow motion and then replayed my mind.

And that someone is none other but David Sebastian who for some reason fell on the floor playing a prank on me thinking that I'll get trap in it.

But no, I won't. Cause I can't.

I didn't know why everyone was crying specially Chloe who was practically over Dave's chest and begging him to get up.

Or Stephen who, as calm as himself, had panic plastered on his face.

Or Greg , who, as serious as himself , crying on the shoulder of twins.

Or twins , who as jolly and optimistic they are, had tears slipping down their cheek.

Or Leo whose face had all it's colours drained out of it as if someone painted it white.

I knew it all was a prank. Maybe they were acting good but they're pranksters. They know how to fool someone but above them all was Dave who was still unconsciously lying on the floor with his hands sprawled around and his eyes closed. I eyed him, I knew he'll get up. He just can't give up like this. He can't.

My worries were lifted when Dr. Madison came up , taking Dave's hand in hers to check his pulses.

Now, he'll be caught. I assured myself.

Her hand then travelled up to Dave's carotid artery on the side of his wind pipe. Her hands stayed there for a second or so, her face was stern as if trying hard to concentrate due to the noise from around. Everyone gathered were eagerly waiting for her response.

She lifted her head and looked at everyone but no one at the same time. Then her lips moved in a sync for which I wanted to yell at her.

'He is no more.' She whispered loud enough to let the ones around hear her. 'Dead.' And that's when I knew there prank has gone too far.

I pushed aside Chloe who was crying madly over just there prank. I gripped a handful of Dave's suit's jacket and pulled him upwards. 'Hey bud,' I told him. 'Listen here! You can't prank like this alright?' My voice grew louder and louder with every word. 'It's wrong. It's dangerous! Get up now!' I ordered him but he didn't even budge.

My heart sank in my chest and my lips quivered. Is he really...

I shook my head to push aside the horrible thought that battled to dominate my mind. 'David Sebastian! I'm taking to you!' I warned. 'Get your ass up! Your pranks are exceeding their limits! Everyone is here worrying as hell about you! You fucking need to get your shit up!' My vociferously told him to but he still didn't move. I shook him violently. 'Dave! Get up! Enough of this shit! Get up!' I yelled at him.

'Elsa he's dead.' Dr. Madison told me but I shook my head.

'No! He isn't! You're lying! He can't be! It's my fucking birthday and he just can't!' I yelled at her before pulling my attention back to Dave. 'Hey bro! GET UP NOW!'

Someone slipped theirs hands in my armpits and tried to pull me back. 'Elsa come one now.' Mom softly told me and her almost too soft voice sent shrilly down my spine. A tear involuntarily escaped my eyes.

'Mom Dave's not getting up. Tell him to.' I begged mom, looking at her but she shook her head.

'Elsa he left us. There's a terrorised attack and I want you to get out now.' She said.

'NO!' I tried to reason with her until a loud thud made my ears jump.

'Where's Elsa?' A heavy , raspy voice bellowed from the corner but I didn't care.

I shook Dave more , begging him with my tears eyes as more arms, more restrictions forced me not to. 'Jewel come one we need to go.' Leo whispered and picked me up in bridal style. I weighed myself down until Leo had to give up and stood on my own feet.

'Are you nuts?' I yelled at him but he composed himself. 'What the fuck are you talking about?! I can't leave him. He needs to get up.' My voice broke in the end and tears blurred my vision. 'Why isn't he Leo?'

'Cause he left us Jewel.' Leo almost whispered and the same hurt ravelled in his voice. 'He's dead.' Leo said and even though those words stabbed, I refused to believe them.

A loud thud shortly followed by a firing sound reverberated in the hall room and suddenly every one circled around me trapping me in. They had their weapons alarmed. Leo pushed me behind him and took out the gun from his waistband.

'Get your asses out here or you'll pay heavily.' Leo threatened—when I peeked from his shoulder—to a group of men heavily loaded with guns. They were a lot and it didn't take me much to know that they were from Hades.

'Give us Elsa,' A voice bellowed and I as slowly as I could lifted my dress off and took the knife strapped to my leg out. 'And we'll be gone.' He finished.

'Never.' Were the only words before the whole hall broke into chaos.

The circle around me kept moving backwards , contracting me in. 'What is happening?' The circle of people around me silently stepped back and so did I but no one consider to tell me anything.

In front of me were Mom and Leo who and on my back were Stephen, Greg  who were carrying Dave's body and my heart ached again still not considering the fact of his death. The twins who were supporting a crying Chloe while circling me around and protecting me.

Mom showed Leo three fingers. Leo glared at Marie's three fingers and his forehead puckered with his eyes locked at the fingers. Suddenly his eyes widened and terror took over his face. He looked back at Marie who sternly looked back at him, even her eyes ordered him. He shook his head in no but Marie gave him a death glare.

He slowly nodded and looked back. I followed his gaze and found a door through which, many people were slipping out silently contracting the circle. Mom's yes locked into mine sending me a telepathic message. One of her finger folded down leaving only two. Her eyes welled  up in tears and it seemed as if she wanted to tell me goodbye. 'You're the only one now,' She said. 'Don't fail.'

'Mom?' My voice broke but she simply nodded and then looked back at Leo who, frightened to, but nodded. Her another finger folded. I heard Leo gulped down and then there was a last finger which folded too...turning everything in a chaos.

A booming wailed in the building and the loudness made me cover my ears. Leo instantly slipped his hand around my wrist and began pulling me. I ran with him to the door which seemed miles away even though it was only a couple of feet's away.

I ran but just as I stepped out, something seemed wrong. I looked back and abruptly stopped as the ground sunk beneath my feet. Everything was in a slow-mo and the sound around faded leaving me with only my slow heart beat.

Mom.

She was there. She didn't run. Two guns were in her hands as she kept shooting the sectators. 'MOM!' I yelled and threw my knife at the guy who was about to shoot mom. The knife stabbed in his throat and he fell. This pulled their attention to me. One of them pointed at me and their pace increased. I snatched away the gun from Leo who had two and shot at the sectators and Leo copied my actions.

This gave mom some time as she began to step back ...guns in her hands...the army attacking her...her skills protecting her...I was shooting and so was Leo. Another step back and then one more and then another. The door was just a mere centimetres away . I waited for her last step but somehow I failed to.

Leo pushed me hardly towards the opposite direction and even though I tried not to, he did drag me a few feet away.

BOOM!

The whole building erupted in flames but mom didn't come out.

The blow was so strong that I flew in the air , letting go of Leo's hand , until the force reduced and I ended up landing on a car hardly. My body fell hard on a random car's roof , denting it.

My head hurt hard as I tried to prob myself up. The vision blurred before me and my head throbbed. My hands vibrated until I controlled them to get a hold of something. I somehow managed to sit up with my feeble body. A terrible pain sheeted through my back up to my head. I tried to get down the car but my foot slipped and rather I fell hard on the ground with my vision  blacking out.

But for some reason, I never saw the last step.

A/n

Two chapters in two days! Yes, even I can't believe.

Well this is the most depressing chapter I've written so far and the ending left me in tears.

I loved the 'three fingers ' scene , I don't why but I just did. What was your favourite? Don't try to kill me by thinking that I killed two characters, just wait and let the story go.

Also I recommended the song above is of the fault in our stars which I'm reading these days and that song helped me to come in the mood. Have you read the book? If yes then what do you think about it? If no, then what others books have you read that are currently your most favourites?

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Next chapter would be on tuesday as I need to think a lot about it. I'll see ya then.

Bye guys.
Love, huzaila