SHAPESHIFTERS
Part 17's
Perhaps due to being asleep for so long for a dozen years, without ever moving her body at all, other than speaking, Sister Martha had since realized earlier, could only move her hands, and a little bit of her head.
Sister Martha still has trouble stabilizing her hand movements.
His strength was almost nonexistent, limp and unable to stop trembling, as Sister Martha tried to move her hand, even if she simply moved her hand from her chest to the top of the bed, or vice versa.
"He probably knew you were here...!" chirps sister Martha.
"I'm sorry Sister! But, what can the nurse tell you, about how you were found unconscious, and did not wake up again, until now?" marco asked curiously.
"Does Sister still remember the incident?" ask Marco again.
Sister Martha closed her eyes for a while, and seemed to take a deep breath, then exhaled slowly.
Until several times Sister Martha was seen to regulate her breath, as if trying to calm herself.
Sister Martha opened her eyes, and again saw Marco, who was still sitting next to her.
Before long, Sister Martha was seen staring straight at the ceiling of the room.
"She came that time, and wondered who had received a baby, which a man had ushered into an orphanage...
No one understands what that means, except me...
When our eyes met, I was really scared. Because, there was something in her eyes that seemed to show horror." said Sister Martha.
"I, trembling in fear, walked away leaving her with the other sisters...
At that time, I thought that he would not suspect me. Especially if I am no longer dealing with him...
Apparently, my guess was wrong." continued Sister Martha who told her story slowly.
"She came to me, who was going to the back of the orphanage, and pretended to be busy cleaning the vegetable plants from the weeds, and asked me...
He wanted to know where you were, and he wanted me to meet you with him...
But, I still pretended not to understand the purpose of the conversation." said Sister Martha.
"It's obvious that he doesn't believe my words...
He then said, if Alpha is dead, and before his last breath, Alpha told him that you were in this orphanage...
That's something I can't believe...
I can't believe Alpha told you about your whereabouts voluntarily...
I kept my promise to Alpha, that I would protect you, and not tell anyone, where you are." continued Sister Martha.
"He looked very upset, and seemed to be hitting me right then and there, as I insisted that I knew nothing...
Before he left that time, he told me that he would come back the next morning, and I had to take you to meet him, if I didn't want something bad to happen...
I didn't say anything, and just let her go." Sister Martha said.
Sister Martha again looked to take a deep breath, before continuing to tell a story.
"Like Alpha, he also kept his word...
The next morning, he went back to the orphanage and immediately met me, who was picking wild berries, behind the orphanage...
She looked very angry, when I kept insisting, to pretend not to know anything, and I could not bring the child she meant, to meet her.." continued Sister Martha.
"Agrily, he said that he would make me feel misery, rather than make me feel death...
If one of the shapeshifters does not come to release me, then I will still be immersed in that misery...
He then changed his body shape into a snake, then pecked at my hand, without any chance for me, to escape...
Marco, who had listened to the story of Sister Martha, was still dissatisfied.
It is true that Marco now knows that there is someone else in common with him.
But...
Why didn't his real parents try to protect Marco, instead entrusting him to others?
Now, it's likely true that his Daddy is dead.
Then, how's Mommy?
What do the shapeshifters look like, which Sister Martha meant in her story?
Where do they live?
How do they live, unbeknownst to ordinary people?
There are still a lot of questions in Marco's head.
"I'm sorry, Sister! The current nurse might have been exhausted. But, is there anything else, the sisters know?" ask Marco carefully.
"Is there a clue, perhaps, to the existence of the shapeshifters?" marco, who was still very curious.
Sister Martha looked at Marco, looked up at the ceiling of the room, saw Marco again, and finally stopped looking at the ceiling.
Looking at her movements, it was as if Sister Martha was trying to remember everything.
"Hmmm... I don't think there's anything else I know. I've told you everything." replied Sister Martha.
Suddenly, sister Martha was seen frowning, pursing her lips.
"It looks like there's something Alpha said. But I don't remember it well. Because at that time, you cried when Alpha returned you to me" Sister Martha said.
"Oh, yes! The locket!" sister Martha exclaimed, with a stifled voice.
Sister Martha was now staring fixedly at Marco.
"Pendant yours...! Is there still with you? Do you still keep it?" ask sister Martha.
Marco nodded his head.
"Yes, Sister! I still keep that locket. But, in my opinion, it was just ordinary jewelry...
Many times I noticed it, even looking around if there was anything that could be a clue. Still nothing." replied Marco limp.
"Hmmm... Really true?" ask sister Martha.
Marco nodded his head.
"Yes, Sister! In fact, I've seen pendants that are very similar to my pendant, and that's just jewelry that my ex-husband bought, from the woman who sold it." Marco replied.
"When, if it's not wrong, Alpha says that in the locket, you will know about your people, if you are a shapeshifter." said sister Martha, who looked confused.
"Sorry, Sister! But, why does the nurse seem to trust Alpha so much?" ask Marco carefully.
"Marcos... Don't you read my story well?" Sister Martha asked back.
Marco was speechless and could not answer Sister Martha's question.
It's not that Marco didn't listen, but, with all the stories that sound like scary bedtime stories, it's hard for ordinary people to believe them.
"Alpha said, that she was worried that in case her brother was after your life, it was evident. In fact, I was also a victim...
Maybe I won't believe what he says?" ask sister Martha.