Lost and found

AURORA'S P.O.V

I looked at Rick in confusion as he muttered two words which struck curiosity a high point on my gut. he turned the paper upside down and searched for something.

"what happened?" I asked him. I was perplexed at the reactions that were drawn on his face.

"We didn't see Jo, from the time you were admitted to the hospital" he murmured and looked tense, he looked into my eyes searching for something, but all he found out was I had no idea what was going on.

"relate this!! She was going to see the headmistress, but she never came back! she's trapped in there" he told me, and that's when my brain worked. she never came back.

"We need to tell Rose and Vii about this" I shouted, without realising we're in a place where even walls had ears.

"I need to know more about the drug which is suppressing your blood abilities, you go, I'll catch up with you" I started running the moment he told me to go, the rest sentence was barely audible to me

I ran through the corridor dashing and the students saw me with suspicious looks which punched me In my gut because by now, I was really scared of this place, it brought creeps to me, I didn't know where they were, I was so rude to them earlier and I had asked them to scram away.

I simply guessed they might me in Vii's room since Rick was working alone in the lab, I crossed my room and heard a ruffling sound, I didn't consider it important but I knew it would be the room cleaning group who were surely appointed to spy on us, I clutched the white metal box close to my heart and dashed into Rick's room without knocking.

"Hey!!" Vii shouted breaking away from the kiss and Rose blushed when she saw me, I got into the room and locked it tight.

"Don't tell me you are gonna join us" Rose winked her eye.

"I'm in no mood for it Love birds" when I didn't laugh or react much for her pun, she looked serious.

"what happened?" Rose asked me, I really wanted everything to chill down, I wanted the time to go slow on me, but not everything happens as I expect.

Vii stood up and made me sit on the other bed which I guessed it was Rick's, Rose sat beside me and hugged me close to her, I handed them the crushed letter which I had kept in my pocket since I was lazy enough to put it in the original position.

their reaction was no different from Rick's. they stared at the letter for such a long time even after reading it, I knew they'll think the same thing Rick thought about what happened to Jo.

"did you tell Rick?" Vii asked me, folding the letter and putting it back into the box.

"The first person I told to," I said, looking down at the shoes which were becoming dirtier by the passing day, but I was happy because if I had to run, I had something comfortable to run with.

"wherever you go, we'll come with you, be there for you, you need us, "Vii told me and patted me on my shoulders, Rose nodded in acknowledgement.

"We have nothing to lose anymore, except our friendship" Rose told

"And Love" Vii added looking at Rose without hiding any emotions this time, Just pure Love which he always wanted to show her.

I felt so lucky to have people like this around me, and I felt secure around them and the realisation that I wasn't alone anymore, made me feel comfortable to the extent that I thought it was never possible after my parent's death.

"Let's get back to my room, we have to plan to get Jo back and get the hell out of this place" I whispered, finally I was going to see Kaz, I wondered how he was doing. I missed Qwez, even though I knew I had to confess what I exactly felt towards him even though it'll hurt him, I'm gonna wait till Kaz accepts me and I had hope that he surely would for some reason.

"yes" Rose mouthed and we walked towards my room in a hurry, the corridor was empty indicating that it was time to have lunch, but I wasn't feeling hungry anymore, I wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible.

I opened the room absentmindedly, but the room opened without inserting the card, and Vii held me back from entering. Rose looked alarmed since the room keeping tray wasn't anywhere near, but the room was open

"what if it's Jo?" I whispered and Vii released my hand from the firm grip, I opened the door and I was shocked to see the person who stood before me, I rushed and hugged her, tears gushing down from my eyes, ruining all the bold attire I was wearing on.

"Shhh, it's okay, I'm here" she whispered into my ears and I hugged her more tightly in a fear that she'd leave somewhere.

I pulled away, still holding her and looked into her grey-green eyes which shined bright as usual, her long blonde here was flowing due to the Air passing through the open window.

"you need to say 'Hungry', to tell me that you want food" Camille giggled picking up a year old Aurora and placing her in the lap.

"unndeee" Aurora smiled with the small teeth which were just developing, Mille had never seen something so cute.

"hunnnnn" Mille dragged.

"unnnn" Aurora repeated with a laugh.

"grrryyyyy" Mille smiled and placed the food in her mouth before Aurora realises Mille did that to distract her.

"ddeeee" Aurora giggled with food in her mouth.

"Now tell me my name sweetie pie" Camille pushed another spoonful of food into her mouth and Aurora gobbled in ease in a hurry to say her name.

"Camillee" Aurora said, and this was the only word she told properly until now.

someday, she's going to be the prettiest girl the world will be seeing, Camille thought and smiled at the little Aurora

"you know her?"Rose asked me eying the person holding me, on one side she felt happy for me to meet someone I recognise, and on the other side, she was worried about this new person.

"hey, I guess we haven't formally been introduced, I'm Camille Rizore" she smiled at Rose and Vii cocked his eyebrows still suspicious.

"don't let gooo" Aurora clutched Camille's hand with her left and grabbed the cycle's handle in the other hand.

"I won't!" Camille laughed

"ready! set! gooo!" Diva whistled and Camille pushed the bicycle ahead and Aurora relished the air smacking her face.

"don't leave" Aurora screamed through the air and Camille pushed the cycle fast, Aurora had already started peddling in confidence, she lunged forwards and screamed.

"It's fun" Aurora screamed and she peddled even faster when she found the air hitting her face to be addictive.

she placed both legs on the road and huffed.

"Mill-" she was cut midway when she realised Camillie wasn't pushing anymore, she had been riding the cycle on her own

she could see Camillie's smile in a distance and that was the first time she felt confidence.

"I thought you were dead" I sobbed again and she comforted me again, and I realised just then, that how much I missed her, how much I missed her voice and her beautiful dimpled smile, she was like a mother to me, losing all the people I love, included her, until the moment I met her.

"I'm not, and I'm here to get you out of here" she made me sit on the bed and I was now wondering how did she know that I was here, how did she know to enter this place without being noticed.

"How did you know Aura was here?" Vii asked her as if he read my mind.

"I knew Jo, I was helping her to find the type of blood she needed, I was furious about what she did to you, but she's no more and she didn't deserve that," Mille said sadly.

"What?!?!" Rose shouted in horror

"what do you mean by she's dead?!?" Vii said in an offended tone, I knew for sure he didn't like her and shared the same feelings about her with me. but after her letter, we surely felt different about what we felt.

"she said she'll come back!!" I shouted not realising too many people shouting like this would grab attention and I checked the door to see a small green box embedded on the door.

"It makes the room soundproof" Mille answered realising that I was wondering about the box for too long.

"It was because of Jo I got to know you were here, I suggested a backup plan, but she should've known better about the ruthless murderers, Aura hand me the box" Mille hissed at the word Murderers and I placed the box on her hands. I was still in a surprise of observing her as something which I've never seen.

"what do we do now?" Rose asked.

"We need to get out of this place, I'll help you, but we need to make sure that everyone who hates this place, leaves this place, we aren't abandoning anyone," she said and picked a few items from her black backpack which was matching her bold black outfit.

"and you'll need this for security, Rose here, when you eject a small liquid on someone's skin, they'll doze off for 8 hours, remember to imprint your skin sequence on this, so it wouldn't affect you," she handed and Rose was surprised when she heard her name uttered by a random person whom she just knew, she examined the little blue rectangular device and placed her skin on the glass surface as Mille had instructed.

"and Vid, take this, this is a zapping device which sends out an electronic impulse which will make them go down for 12 hours, and imprint your skin pattern on this, just as how Rose did" she handed a purple, finger long pole. He nodded and did the same as Rose did.

"and Aura, this button will make you go invisible since you're gonna do most of the investigatory works and guys, you all can have one for emergency purposes, and Aura this bag contains various other things and take it wisely" she handed her backpack taking out few things for herself and headed out of the door, grabbing the green box

"where are you going?" I asked her.

"I have a revenge to take care of, for old times sake" she winked at me