Warmth and coldness

Dev was absent-mindedly eating, he still felt a bit hazy. It was like a layer of fog covering all his five senses. He kept thinking about his older brother.

When he was called by those higher-ups, he had a bad feeling about it.

A slender hand waved in front of him, pulling him out of his thoughts. Lyn looked at him, a bit bothered by that blank expression on his face. Lex sat next to him, with his arms folded, " Dev, what happened ? ", Ander immediately chimed in, " Yeah, that's really unlike your usual self ! ".

Dev slowly lifted his face, " My brother left ". The other exchanged a gaze. " He left like our parents did ". With this sentence the entire room fell silent. He hugged his knees, his hands were trembling imperceptibly. His expressionion was hidden, but his voice was broken when he said the last sentence.

He buried his head in his knees, he felt so helpless, he couldn't do anything to stop his brother from leaving.

A pair of arms hugged him. Those hidden purplish eyes reddened.

Esm hugged him, on the verge of tears, " Don't worry Dev, he will be fine ". The others all went to hug him.

They all knew his family's history, he lost his parents when he was young. That accident left a deep wound that kept bleeding. Those fellows were stuck together for a few years already, each of them developed quite an understanding for each other.

The figure who was enveloped by them was still, but tears started to roll down.

The door was carefully closed by the butler. He sighed, the last generation of the Mills family was really filled with unlucky happenings. But at least his young master had someone near him in those difficult times. Then he furrowed his brows, yesterday he tried to contact the elder master, but the communication was completely cut off. There were only two options : either the device was turned off or… in the worst scenario it was destroyed. But in the last case he should have received an emergency message. None arrived, so he could only pray for his safety.

In a lab, there were various cilindric boxes that were arranged neatly in long rows. Then steps were heard, the sounds rang crisply in the room. A pair of silver boots reflected on the clean floor. A woman strode slowly in front of each box and time by time she dragged data from the floating window to her own screen-device. The metallic surface reflected a woman with a pair of moss green eyes and orange tangerine hair. A clip was on her left chest, it showed a few letters and numbers : Dr. A1.

Then a warning light lit up, assuming a reddish hue. She walked towards the source, glancing at the metallic-glass like cabin. As her gaze lay on the surface, it slowly turned half-transparent, revealing its contents.

A pale human shaped figure showed, its eyelids were slightly opened, revealing purplish irish. A flash appeared in her eyes. What refined features ! She didn't personally check out the recent batch of subjects, so she only now noticed the beauty of this man in front of her. Wires like snakes were wrapped around his limbs. But a frown formed on his face, as his lips moved, as if he wanted to say something. No sound came out.

Such an interesting one, uh ? Dr. A1 curved her smile, while she looked at him with a mad glint. " Take this one off, I'll personally conduct experiments on him ". Few agents step forward to execute her order.

She tapped on the floating window and those threads retracted from the figure, the liquid disappeared. She took another glance at the information that she gathered. It seemed like that it was a certain Mr. Mills....

Four teenegers walked out from the room, trying to not make big noises, as they were leaving.

They went down, meeting the butler, " Shhh, Dev is sleeping ", whispered softly Esm. The butler nodded, then accompanied them to the gate, bidding farewell.

Lyn now was strangely silent, usually the quietest between them was Lex. Ander looked at them, " Agh, stop being so gloomy all of you! I really can't stand it ! ", he added " I'm gonna to let Dev remember the fact that he cried, for the rest of his life ". His sniggering was immediately stopped by a pink glare. " Let's go back for now, we'll pay a visit to him as soon as we can ", Lex spoke up, stopping the incoming bickering.

Lyn called for a car and so they returned to the school compound. In the car no one talked, each of them looked outside the windows. A myriad of thoughts were on their minds.

When they reached the dorms they bid farewell to each other, as they parted their ways. Lyn glanced at Esm, " I'm going to the canteen, want to come ? ", she nodded.

A tempting fragrance reached their nose, even before they put a foot in. It somehow eased their gloom. Lyn grinned, while running in, but she didn't forget to drag her friend along.

They quickly seated themselves in the empty spots and checked the menù on the screen-tablet. There were light meals, easily to digest, but at the same time tasty. Their meal was delivered by a handing structure that was placed on the tray, it lifted the lid before leaving. An appetizing scent immediately wafted out. The girl's eyes were sparkling, they were ready to dig in !

" ahhhhh ", Lyn sprawled herself on the bed. Then she rubbed her belly, maybe I ate too much, she thought. Then she tapped on her screen, now it was the evening call's time. She called her parents, she only had to wait a few seconds before it was picked up.

As soon as they appeared, they immediately warned her about the current situation in the city. The reason was the same as Adeus's one, so the matter was still unsolved.

The minutes passed one by one, and soon Lyn went to sleep, as she was tired.