"What do you mean he doesn't exist?!" I say sitting up on the bed. Luke looks around the room like he's looking for something.
"Just as I said, this brother you're looking for doesn't exist," Luke says as he lifts up a pile of books. "Ah, here it is," Luke picks out a piece of paper under the books and hands it to me.
"What's this?" I say taking the paper and looking at it.
"Read the paper, you're brother left it up here like 2 or 3 weeks ago. I naturally hid it to use as blackmail to get out of here but it's of no importance to your dad, he said so himself,"
"But how did he…" I say as I look down at the paper, which reads
1. Trick Karma into searching for our "brother"
2. Make sure she doesn't return
3. Help Kami get the war
"But why would he do this?" I say holding the paper tightly in my hands.
"Beats me but what're you going to do now?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well you've seen his plans so w
I stood there looking at Kaname, he sighed and said "Karma, I was going to tell yo-" "WHEN?! When would you have told me huh?! I knew it was suspicious the way she just left without saying anything to me first and the way I couldn't call or text her. How long were going to hide this from me?! Why didn't you tell me!?" I yelled at Kaname as I walked into the room, I wasn't planning on addressing the information Luke gave me but that and now this was too much. "I couldn't at the time," I pushed Kaname out of the way and looked down at Kami who sat on her bed, smirking at me. "How did you know?" I asked Kami, standing in front of her trying not to do anything I'd regret. "I was the cause of the sorry-ass state she's in, now that we're getting somewhere I wan-" I slapped Kami across her face before she could finish her sentence. "You're holding your own mother as a hostage to try and get something that isn't within your reach! Let my mother go,"
"I wonder if anything was left-back?" I say as I rummage through the fridge for something to eat."Probably not," Gem said standing behind me, idly watching."There's a bowl of fruits, a salad, and some apple juice. That's enough to last me about 2 days,""You plan on staying here for 2 days?" Gems ask me."Well, I can't go back to Father's place yet, the answer I want to give Kam will only endanger more people,""I'm surprised you're taking this so calmly,""Oh I was a mess before I completely lost it with Kaname. I want to save mom but I'd be putting everyone else at risk, and if I decide to take on the war then I lose the closest person to me,""And if you don't answer in the time given?""I assume Mom dies,""Why don't you save that decision for later, instead think of a way you can have both,""How am I going to have both?""Well if we happen to find a way to heal your mother without Kamiya finding out
"Yes, she has a few of the symptoms such as memory loss, headaches, and weakness in the limbs. The doctor said she's getting worse rapidly, Kami did say that she'd die after sunset on the third day of Karma didn't give her the war,""So what're you planning now?" I asked Kaname."Nothing,""Nothing?!" Sinn and I asked in shock."What do you mean nothing? You've always got something planned," Sinn said in disbelief at the situation."There's nothing I could plan, Karma's in a lose/lose situation. No matter what she chooses it'll be worse for anyone or everyone. Personally, I'd hate to say it but Karma should choose the war if we're looking at the bigger picture. Mother's death will affect her greatly but I know with time she'll be ok given time and it may even fuel the fire to find our sibling. Gem, she may hate me right now but relay this message to her,""I will but I don't think she'll listen though,""Thanks, I just hope one day sh
I wake up the morning I'm going to see my mother, I've never been more excited about anything. Mom is like the light at the end of the tunnel for me, she's been my best friend and biggest support line. Although after the separation, I wouldn't see her often despite being homeschooled in her house. Spending the day at my mother's house made me feel a sense of closeness with her again, growing up I was inseparable from her. I open my closet and pick out her favourite shirt. She bought it for me not too long ago. It was a sleeveless white shirt with roses around the chest area. I put on my favourite pair of blue jeans and put on a light blue cardigan. I did my hair in a high ponytail and put o her favourite blue earrings. Just as I got finished getting ready Gem came into the room. "Ready to go?" I took a death breath and said "ready as I'll ever be," Gem teleported us to Kaname's room. Once there I'm almost face to face with Kaname, he looks shocked. "Wow, I-I
"You know if she finds out herself you're fucked right?" Luke whispered."Yes I'm aware," Kaname whispered back."How are you going to get out of this one?" Luke said with a smirk."I…don't know," Kaname said defeated."Well you might as well tell her while you're ahead, we both know it'll crush her regardless so rip off the bandaid," Luke said slapping Kaname on the back pushing him forward."Hey K, can we talk for a minute?" Kaname asked, nervously."Sure," I got up and followed Kaname to the far side of the room. "um I wanted to apologize for blowing up on you earlier,""No no it's fine," you'll probably blow up on me again just now anyways, Kaname thought to himself. "I wanted to talk to you about mom's condition actually,""Good, tell me everything you know please," I said as my eyes filled with worry for mom."Well for starters she has a tumour and one of the symptoms is memory loss," Kaname said."Ok
I had fallen asleep while sitting next to mom but when I woke up she was nowhere to be found. I panicked, frantically looking around the room for mom. Just as I was about to call for Luke, she walked into the room. "Should you be walking around in your condition mom?" I asked, rushing to her side. "Don't worry dear, I'm starting to feel better so I thought I'd get up to stretch my legs," Mom said walking back over to the bed. "Oh, you're feeling better? That's great to hear but you shouldn't strain yourself or you might get worse," I explained hoping mom would take extra caution. "Alright I'll be careful, anyway what should we do today?" Mom asked sitting on the bed. "I'm not sure I just want to spend the day with you," "Well then, let's head out," she said standing back up, I looked up at her shocked, "what? I don't want to be in bed all day and I'm sure that you don't want to hang around me bedside all day either, so let's go out and
I walked back to the house and up to Kami's room, where Kaname and Kami were waiting for me."Told you she'd come, you owe me $15," Kaname said with a smirk.Kami sighed and asked me "have you come to decision yet?""I have but I have a few questions first, " I said giving Kami a serious look, Kaname and Kami looked at each other then back at me."Shoot, " Kami said smirking."Whatever you did to mom only affects her cause she's our mom right?" I raised the question hoping my hunch was right."That's correct, where are you going with this?" Kami asked looking at me and Kaname suspiciously."Your power affects the subconscious so if she were to truly believe that she isn't our mother then would it be enough to free her?" I asked, hoping this would be my way out."Even if she were to truly believe that, nothing would change. My power indeed affects the mind but I have complete control over it from the moment I lay a hand on you."
"Luke!" I said as I entered the bunker, "Luke are you still here?""Of course I'm still here where am I going to go?," Luke said poking his head in my direction, "also stop yelling, nobody's supposed to know about this place,""I just wanted to make sure you're still here,""It's literally one narrow hallway leading to this room then from this room it breaks into 3 others," Luke explained. "Anyways what do you want?""Is Mom around?" I asked excitedly."Actually no, this morning a few maids came to take her to the hospital as Kaname requested," he said organizing a few things."Oh, I was hoping to spend time with her today,""Well, she isn't here so what will you do now?""We could hang out together," I said excited, "I actually don't know anything about you but you know so much about me,""Your family is common knowledge to the public, your father did start a whole war you know," he said giving me a side-eyed look refus