Chapter 8: Rocket Show

Someone called her name from a distance. She looked at her side, only to see her fellow cousins running towards her with some of their bags clinging unto them. This was also the very first time to see them all over again after their strained relationship with each other.

"Everyone…" She said while her hands were shaking as her hands were covering her mouth. Her eyes widen in shock. But she shook her head and looked at them at relieved.

It's been two months since she last saw them before Kleirra went to shut herself up in her room all this time, because of the guilt kept inside.

"What happened?"

The youngest of them all, Dexter, asked as both of his hands was shaking because of the terror.

Kleirra looked down. It's been a while someone talked to her more than her mother who trusted her. So, she doesn't know what to say. "I don't know too." Kleirra replied as she placed her right hand to her other elbow and pinched it.

"But…" she continued, "One thing is for sure. We're safe." she added as she smiled at him. Earnestly. She wanted to bent down and pat him on his shoulder, but because of that incident, she doesn't, in order to avoid them in any means.

But she assure the youngest of her cousins nonetheless. That's what it all matters. It's been a while since she gave an advice to him, the considered most intelligent kid in this family.

"Or not…" Benz, on the other hand, stated as he looked at the sky. Upon hearing it, the cousins looked baffledly with each other.

"What do you mean?" Aela asked; The very person who was poisoned supposedly to death by kleirra. If her friends did not inform her about it, she died that time.

She looked at her brother, only to see his eyes widens as he looked above, resulting everyone to looked at above. "What the . . . hell . . ." ramiel said slowly as he looked above.

The rest of them looked above and they were stunned. In broad daylight, silent trails of countless missiles were seen in one direction across the sky. The once clear blue sky was soon turned into red bloody sky . . .

Kleirra's eyes followed the missiles as she moved her gazed to the left.

"…what…"

"This is phenomenal! I've never seen anything like this in my entire life!" Xavion said excitedly but his older brother, punch him in the head while everyone was still processing what had happened.

"You brat! You're happy when you see like this?"

Who couldn't be surprised at this? Several missiles in broad daylight. What is the government doing?

"What…happened?" That's what Aela asked as she looked above, thinking what will happen now. Then out of the sudden, Kleirra said something, "Maybe that was coming from the odyssey. . . It came from sky "

Everyone flinches as kleirra said those.

Both Kenelm and Jeremiah's hands formed into fists. They knew that she is their cousin, but after trying to poison Aela, they started to not believe any of her crap anymore.

Jeremiah looked at her while wrinkles formed, "The hell Kleirra, don't think about like that! You know that the presidents were just joking about that, don't take it too seriously" he said as he raised his voice while looking at her.

As soon as she heard it, she looked and started thinking that she shouldn't have commented that. Ever since that day happened, Kleirra began to change. She started to ignore them. She felt that every thing she do or speak, there'll be always someone correcting her, as if they're not trusting her.

Even her sisters is not an exception.

She started to locked herself up in her room. Ever If her sister visit their house, she will not come out. The very reason was, even her two sisters hated her too and were ashamed of what she did even though she was just framed.

She's innocent of all of this.

Kleirra knew that she is somewhat an outcast among the Duciel cousins. At first she didn't take it seriously. But to think that the people who she considers an actual sibling will forget her.

It made Kleirra to developed Social Anxiety even amongst her family relatives.

Her sisters always outshine her.

Even If she heard her name, she will silently bit her lower lip and tried to pass all the words she heard to the other ear. She is conservative and sensitive. Mere words from others but for her, it was something else.

Her expression tired but resigned as she looked at her eldest cousin with low esteem voice, " then what do you think it is? " she quickly asked and then looked back at the ground again.

Cristian on the other hand looked at her and realized that something is wrong as he witness the sad reaction of his once cheerful cousin, "Maybe a rocket show perhaps" cris suggesting with a hint of a joke tone on his voice as he smiled at her.

Kleirra looked at Cristian, "A rocket show? Do you think they need this flashy entrance?" Kleirra questioned him. "Well, maybe. It is a show after all " Ken replied instead of cris, surprising Kleirra.

"Rocket show or not, but I'm sure this will be a hell not good," Xavion says, And then out of the blue Xavion looked at the skies above. "By the way…Who's whistling? That's very loud" Xavion said as he heard something.

Aela and Kleirra unexpectedly looked at each other. Neither one of them were whistling. Yet now, they could hear whistling. Kleirra glanced at his cousin, Dexter, but he's not whistling either.

Slowly, Kleirra looked above . . .

The missiles continued to stay at its course at the bloody skies. All except for one.

One missile was separated its course and was coming at them from above, and the whistling sound grew louder, enough for her cousins to become irritated

"Who the hell—"

"Everybody Down!" Kleirra raised her voiced as she dived for the ground and put her hands around her head, protecting it. Her cousins sat down while covering their heads as they let go their things onto the ground, as the missile slammed into the ground behind them, throwing them in different directions.

The blast washed over them in dirt.

Finally, the whistling noise has gone. Kleirra and her cousins was unconscious because of the blast. The phone beside Kleirra suddenly begun vibrating, causing Kleirra to regain her consciousness.

Wiping her face covered with dirt, Kleirra stand up. As she stands up, she blinked twice. Smoked was seen behind her. Gradually, Kleirra smelled this so she turned around, only to see a burnt missile on the ground.

– A missile..?

Kleirra walked as she approached where the 'rocket' had hit. She sighs in relief when she learnt that she survived that terrifying event that can haunt her.

"The hell . . . What happened really"

Her cousin, Jeremiah yelled as he wiping his face. He was thrown out near the pond. Kleirra quickly stand up and looked at him but at first, hesitated to help him as she only looked at him.

Kleirra went near to him and said, "Are you okay?" she asked him.

Jeremiah looked at Kleirra with a disdain looks and an angry voice while speaking to her, "Do you think that i'm okay Kleirra? I'm thrown out because of the blast and covered with dirt, worst, i'm near in the f*cking pond. Do you think i'm okay?" Jeremiah answered irritatedly as he brushed off the his clothes.

Kleirra extends her hand even though she was shaking in front of him and said, "At least you're not dead. I would say that you're okay. Come here" as she helped her cousin to stand up.

After it landed, Jeremiah was still wondering what in the world had happened to them. "What happened by the way? Why did one of those hit us?" he asked her.

Kleirra looked at the skies as she recalled what did she saw earlier as she spoke, "One of them changed its course. That's why i said everybody down earlier"

Jeremiah blink as he processed what did he heard. "Er—you said that? I didn't hear it" he asked as he looked at kleirra, as if he was hesitating.

Kleirra shrugged off her cousin's stare as she turned around, "It's okay. You naturally will hesitate to the person who wanted to poison one of her cousins… but…" she stopped while Jeremiah was looking at her.

She added with choice words, "I think we should go. . . Many people will come here in any minute, we need to flee" she said as she looked at her unconscious cousins.

What Kleirra stated was true. Since the impact was strong, in just few hours, there will be many visitors in here. Not only that, Kleirra is avoiding many people since she has sociophobia.

After that, The two begun waking up their other cousins from unconsciousness.

September 18, 2020, the first sign that an incoming war came into light. It's the welcome present that came from an unknown entity to the people the reside on the earth.

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