Hellbents
Chapter 159: The Second
When her consciousness had just appeared, the first thing Ava felt was a stinging pulse from the back of her head, her eyebrows twitching reflex.
"Ava?"
The sweet voice of Lexa. The back of his hand was also stroked by the rough fingers, Alex.
When she opened her eyes, Ava looked at the white ceiling. And just realized the antiseptic smell around him.
"Ava?" Once again Lexa called, making sure that her friend was fully aware. But Ava's lips felt heavy and dry to open so she just muttered softly to answer, "Hmm."
Attention, Alex brought a glass of water to Ava who was trying to sit down. Half an empty glass, Ava finally spoke, "Thank you."
"We're in the hospital."
The infirmary?
Weary
Uh! A fire!
Ava jumped from the back of the bed, she immediately saw the state of the girl beside her from top to bottom. In addition to some bandaged scratches, Lexa did not have any severe injuries. But to be sure, Ava kept asking, "You okay?" He had heard that the most dangerous thing when a fire occurred was not the fire, but the smoke.
Lexa's voice was still clear, there was no hoarseness or dry cough as she chimed in, "Only minor injuries, nothing to worry about."
Ava's attention turns to Alex, a busy boy justifying the position of the pillow so Ava is comfortable to sit down. In her unconsciousness, she remembered the screams of her friend. So Alex saved them?
Not that Ava hoped Alex would get hurt, but the boy's body was too fine if it was really him who dragged Ava and Lexa out of the fire-covered underground boiler. "Then you're the one who took me?" he was half doubtful.
Silent.
Suddenly the atmosphere became darker than before.
A horrified and somber sensation tickled Ava's nape. He doesn't like this.
"Why are you guys suddenly silent?" Ava pressed the two to answer. "Lexa? Alex? Is something wrong?"
Lexa tightly grasped Ava's palms held together. Slowly, he said, "The director's grandfather saved us."
Oh.
Hm, maybe what Lexa said used to be true. Finally there are responsible adults who see them as ordinary children, not products that can be used or animals that must be domesticated first.
A good adult.
But the pause before Lexa's follow-up sentence, makes Ava suspicious. Shouldn't he hear this? "He also saved the other two children who fell with you."
Ava forgot about them.
... Hold still.
"So .. Is the wound severe?"
Lexa shakes.
Uh, isn't it good then? However, before Ava could breathe a sigh of relief, what she next heard made her completely freeze.
"Sven's grandfather died."
There was a bitter taste at the end of Ava's throat. Ignoring the fur of her standing nape, the girl was more preoccupied with a heart thump that echoed in her head, deafening in the ears.
... Hold still.
Not likely.
"But the new director of his body is fit! He's a former army commander! It should be easy-"
"No one can predict an accident."
Sven was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"Ava, look, I know that Grandpa Sven ...."
Lexa calms Ava who clearly looks unstable. Unfortunately, not a single word entered Ava's ear. Head empty.
Silent.
She ... He didn't even get to call her name.
Sven.
Ava always called him "director", "old grandfather", or "hey".
Sven is a cool name.
His second murder.
Again, Ava's impulsive actions lead to the loss of one's life.
This time, there was no reason to protect her from guilt.
Karen Sven's grandfather was a good man.