Zio Costa

"WHAT?!" Zio abruptly stood from his comfy sofa in an office room. Or rather, it was a medical room, judging by the looks of it and his white coat along with the stethoscope hanging on his neck.

He just got a call from Henry and heard of the news regarding Aurina.

"Tch!! This happened sooner than I thought!" Zio gritted his teeth in anger, feeling the rage that has been boiling in his heart since the death of his cousin and her husband.

There was something weird about their death, and Zio sure that there was someone who orchestrated the whole thing including the things that have been happening sometime before 'that' day.

"Uncle, I don't know much of the detail yet, but I hope that this is only Alfizar being paranoid. He told me to call you and see if you can get more help from your... old connections." Henry's voice from the other side sounded so worried and hopeful at the same time. How much Zio wished that it was only a mistake and Aurina was actually alright. But he can't risk it.

Zio shook his head, although Henry couldn't see it.

"I really can't! They will find us, and I can't let that happen! We don't know who is our real enemy yet! It's too dangerous!" Zio gripped his hands so much that his nails actually wounded his palm until his blood dripped to the floor.

"Uncle! But we also can't risk Aurina!" Zio pulled his phone a bit further from his ear because Henry just howled to his phone from the other side. It was obvious that Henry was angered.

Zio fell into silence, he was in deep thinking. Zio could hear the wind hitting against Henry's phone along with the sound of his breathless breath, he was probably running around the school, hoping to spot Aurina in the school ground. While Henry was there, he was just standing there in his office, doing nothing to help.

He even debated with himself whether to call 'them' or not! Didn't he say that he has considered Aurina, Alfizar, and Henry as his own children? Then, why did he hesitate when one of his children possibly in danger?

Zio has decided, he will bite the bullet. Let's just wish to the ruler of the heavens that the one he will contact is actually on their side.

"I understand," Zio said with a strangely calm voice. "Be careful, I'll see what I can do."

And with a simple yes, soon Henry hung up on him. Zio then took out an old battered small notebook from his coat, this was where he kept all the old important contact information.

Then his eyes stopped on a certain name. Someone who used to be his cousin's husband's sworn brother. Someone who had decided to separate himself from the main company and decided to make one of his own. He had the least reason to lust over the main company.

He might be the best choice Zio currently had.

***

Alfizar quickly knelt beside a girl who was half-lying on the floor, she looked unfocused and probably dizzy, her left leg was in cast. She probably had a broken bone. Alfizar helped her to lean against the wall.

"What happened?" Alfizar urged her to quickly answer, not because he was heartless, but he needed to move fast in hope to save Aurina. Alfizar has a feeling that he knew what she was going to say.

"I don't know, I was wheeling myself to CDC's room to cheer for my brother since he was going to take my place on the tournament," she glanced at her left leg sadly.

Alfizar thought of himself as heartless now, because he didn't care about the rest of her words other than the word 'wheeling'. So she was using a wheelchair.

It's possible that Alfizar's theory was more than 60% right. But what was the use of it? He still didn't know where she was right now!

"Can you take me to the nurse's office?" The girl asked him with a helpless expression. Of course, as someone from CDC, most of them were people who always proud of their power and being able to things by themselves, Alfizar understands that very well. But too bad, although he would usually help someone in need, he can't do it now.

Without answering the girl, Alfizar randomly ran to look for someone and he asked them to help the girl. And he left just like that. A small part of his brain scolded this decision of his, which was very irresponsible of him.

Then Alfizar began to ran, looking for any deserted part of the school.

***

The boy, who shot the arrow a few days ago let out a sigh of relief as he pushed the unconscious girl on the wheelchair into a storage room, somewhere in the school. He was waiting for Sweinzrev, that guy who had been threatening him into doing the dirty job by pulling back the investment of his father's company.

How did he know that it was Swerinzrev? He would be a fool if he didn't know after what Sweinzrev said a few days ago! Didn't he say "the only investor"? Of course, it was the Sweinzrev Group! Wasn't that so fucking obvious?!

The boy took off the hat and two side jacket he was using and harshly threw it to the ground. He was angry, but he can't let his father's years of hard work gone into nothingness.

His hands trembling with fear. No, it's not fear to that guy, but to his family's company's future! What if Sweinzrev thought it was funny to cancel all the deal between the companies?

His body was wet with cold sweat. He is also afraid for himself, what if someone comes and beat the day out of him? Mistook him for the culprit? Of course, he knew that a group of boys were looking for him now. Then again, technically, he was the real culprit.

Blinded by anger, the boy stepped on his jacket and hat with so much force that people will think that he hated the jacket or probably the jacket had done something to him.

"What? Unhappy?"