CHAPTER THREE -MOCHI-

I woke up to a loud alarm going off repeatedly making me get out of bed to go find out where the ringing sound was coming from. I found out that it was coming from the alarm clock that was sitting on the nightstand on the other side of the bed. I took a deep breath and turned off the alarm clock since the wringing sounds were getting really annoying to listen to. Since I was already out of bed I decided that I should probably get ready for the day. I got dressed in the clothing that I had taken with me then I proceeded to do my morning routines before going downstairs to see if anyone else was up. After I got downstairs I saw that everyone was already awake and ready to start the day.  I felt a little bad about making everyone wait for me for such a long period of time.

“Oh finally your awake. What did I tell you Luka he would sleep the entire day away if he could. Luckily you put that alarm in his room so he would actually get up and not sleep forever.” Jewon said.

“Yah you suggested it so I did. Hopefully we will be on time getting to the church. We don’t want anyone knowing we are there so we don’t get into any trouble.” Luka responded

“Can I atleast get something to eat and drink before we go because I’m starving and I want breakfast.” I said groaning

Luka looked at me and laughed softly as he hugged me from behind and kissed my cheek in a loving way. Jewon gagged a little at the romantic things that Luka and I were doing since Jewon wasn’t into romance and loving another person. Luka let me go and walked into the kitchen to go make me something to eat so I wasn’t starving when we went to the church. Jewon looked at me and rolled his eyes a little as he got up off of the couch and went to go help Luka with breakfast. After a couple of minutes they came back into the dining room and we all sat down at the table and ate together.

“So Luka what are you going to do if our father finds out that your dating Mochi?” Jewon said making me choke on my drink.

“I haven’t thought about that yet and honestly I don’t think I want to think about it right now. All I want right now is to be with Mochi, but when we come up to that bridge I’ll find a way over it.” Luka said and took my hand in his.

“Thats kind of stupid to say.” Jewon said and I looked at him

“Yah and everything that comes out of your mouth is stupid Jewon. Stop being such a stick in the mud and actually be happy for me for once in your life. I know I’m not the best brother at times but you need to stop sitting on sticks.” I said.

Right then I got up from my seat and cleared my place. I sighed softly and took a deep breath as I washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. I could hear Luka and Jewon talking in the dining room but I didn’t bother to listen to anything that they were saying since I wanted to give them some privacy during their conversation. I relaxed a little and headed out of the kitchen and out the door onto the deck. I waited for the others on the deck, after about an hour or two we headed out to the church. I didn’t know why but I had a gut feeling that something was going to happen today and I didnt think that it was going to be good. Luka noticed how uneasy I was and put his arm around me trying to make me feel a little better.

“Hey Mochi are you ok? You seem a bit off?” He said in a calming voice.

“Yah I’m fine. I just have a bad feeling about today. like something is going to happen and I don’t think that it’s a good thing.” I said.

Luka nodded at what I had said, I knew that he didn’t want to press any more questions. I relaxed a little and followed the road to the church. After a long hike to the abandoned building we made sure to look around it to see if there was any entrance to the basement so we could drain the water without having to go inside. I found a small window that had touched the ground and had a clear view into the basement. I kneeled down and removed one of the panels on the window. I looked over at Jewon and he put his backpack down and pulled out a long tube. I grabbed part of the tube and lowered it down into the water till I couldn’t lower it anymore. Jewon made the water come out of the tube and we put it on the ground facing one of the storm drains on the road.

“Ok that should be it we are all set to go inside and figure out if we can find any clues to see what is happening.” I said and all of us nodded.

We headed inside and decided to split up for this task. I headed upstairs into the atic to see what was up there. I pulled a flashlight out of my bag and turned it on to see if i could find anything of use. I fully got into the atic and looked atound, some furniture had cloths over them, there were stacks of books, pappers, news articles, pictures, paintings, and other objects. As I was going through the box’s I landed across a gun. Something about that gun seemed very familiar. After staring at the gun for a while i realized where it was from. The night my mom was murdered at the hands of a human. The last time I had ever stepped foot onto an airship.

 

I was only eight years old. I was holding onto my mothers hand as she brought me to the docs. She had on a white and brown dress with little gears on the bottom of it. She had her black hair tied up in a bun as she smiled down at me.

“Are you ready to come with me on this trip Mochi?” She asked with a sweet smile.

I nodded my head as we stepped onto the Airship. One of the men put our luggage on the ship and brought us to the rooms that we were going to be staying in during out trip. I sat on my bed and played with a action figure that i had gotten from the woodcarver the other day. After a couple minutes of paying my mother came into the room and took my hand leading me out to the deck. We stood there for a minute and waved bye to the people on the docs as we departed from the docs. I watched as the city got father and father away making me a little homesick but I was glad that my mother was there with me.

“Now Mochi it’s getting late so let’s get you to bed. I’ll wake you up tomorrow first thing in the morning!” She said and brought me to my room.

I got changed and put all my things away before getting into bed. My mother came into the room and tucked me into bed and pulled out a book. She smiled at me and sat on the rocking chair and flipped through the pages as she read the stories to me. When the book was finished she put it down on the nightstand and fixed the covers on the bed before kissing my forehead and giving me a little hug. Never once had her smile been brighter then it was then.

“Goodnight my darling son. I’ll see you tomorrow morning. I love you Mochi.” She said in a kind and sweet way she could.

She left my room and turned off the lights and closed the old wooden door. I could hear her footsteps as she walked away from the door slowly fading away to where I could only hear the rumble of the engine on the airship. The song slowly made me fall into a warm embrace of sleep. But that didn’t last long at all. My eyes shot open when I heard a ear piercing scream from above me. A couple more years followed with loud gunfire and boots stomping against the wood above. I got out of bed and grabbed the bear off my nightstand. I could tell something was wrong just by the inanity of the outside world. I ran over to the door and pulled open the door only to see people running down the hallway to get away from the chaos above. I followed after trying to find my mothers room. After I arrived at my destination I saw that the door was open and the lights were out in the room. I stepped inside and looked around to see where my mother was but all there was inside the room was a couple pieces of furnichure and a empty bed. Spinning on my heel I was off again trying to find where my mom had disappeared to. I checked everywhere but one place. On the deck.

I reached the staircase and slowly walked up the steps to the deck. Bodys of people littered the ground around me. Blood staining every piece of clothing that they had on. Tears came to my eyes as I looked for my mother, all I could do was hope that she was ok, hope that she wasn’t amongst the body’s, hope she was safe. But all my hope was for nothing when I saw my mother with a gun to her head she looked over at me then at the man.

“I heard you brought a little boy on board. He would do just fine on my crew.” He said in a raspy voice

“Please don’t hurt him. He’s only a little boy. You can do whatever you want to me just leave my son alone.” She cried.

The man holding the gun let out a low laugh before he smirked at her. There was a loud bang and then the silence was interrupted by the sound of a scream… my scream. The man holding the gun looked over to where I was frozen in fear, gripping the brown bear in my little arms as tight as I possibly could. He walked over to me a kneeled down pushing his hat up so I could see his face perfectly. He gave a sick and gruesome smile, the smell of rum was intoxicating and made me gag a little at the semll.

“Son. Here’s a lesson for you. Love gets you killed.” He said before standing up again.

And that was the last time I ever saw him.

This was the gun he used. The man who had killed my mother in cold blood.

 

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