Discoveries

Alisa couldn't figure this out but she felt she knew this boy from her past but not as a boy rather as a man. As someone whose shoulders she had often used to lay her head on, as someone whose face she had often caressed and eyes she had often tried to read. This felt like an age old bond. She saw flashes of them holding hands, laughing, she heard his voice but it was slightly deeper he said-Ella my beautiful wife. She saw herself turning and calling out his name with a hint of laughter in her voice- cillian. Marriage? When? She had no idea. Was it her imagination? she wasn't even aware anymore. It felt so real, she kept having flashbacks of them holding hands, laughing, cooking together. But everything felt so different. They didn't even feel like the same people, they were older and looked different but somehow she was sure that this was them. Him and her.

Then Ryan took a step back and all those flashbacks stopped in an instant. She recollected where she was and looked up.

Alisa looked at him and said "cillian? "

"Yes Ella" he smiled widely.

Having seen those flashbacks suddenly the air didn't seem breatheable to her. She felt heavily nauseated. It was almost like the incident of yesterday night which troubled her all day and eventually, led her to run out to have fresh air in the mountains when she met Ryan and Betty.

She slightly pushed Ryan aside and gasped for air. Seeing her reaction, Ryan stayed back. He looked inside the house and saw a bottle of water on the dinning table. He rushed in and out with the bottle and gave her to drink. she took it and gulped nearly half of it. She sat down and kept looking down. Her head buzzing still.

"Are you alright? Perhaps I shouldn't have been so hasty? " he questioned but he spoke so softly that it sounded like murmer.

she looked towards him, tears in her eyes. "What did you do to me? My head is hurting so bad" And her voice almost broke.

"I am really sorry. I was really selfish and greedy. I didn't realize what this swould do to you." Ryan spoke really concerned.

"Who are you? And why am I going through all this? " she spoke in a really low voice still trying to breathe better.

"I shall answer all your questions but first take me to others" saying so Ryan gave her his hand to lift her up.

" Others? where? who? " Alisa looked very puzzled.

"Take me to your friends, They shall all be at night school right?" He spoke his hand still held out waiting for her to patiently take it.

" Yes, But how do you know that? " Alisa asked suspiciously

"Trust me Ella, I shall explain everything. Just take me there for now! I promise I shall tell you everything."

"My name is Alisa and there is still time for the night school to start! "

"Just take me there, we can wait for them to arrive but I need to see them all" He said growing a bit impatient by the minute.

Wiping of the remainder of the tears in her eyes, Alisa took his outstretched hand and got up.

She wasn't sure why she was trusting him but from the moment she had set her eyes on him. Something in her called out to her to trust this person with all of heart. And even though she knew that since this did not make sense and she should tell her parents. She went ahead and took him to night school.

The night school was basically a building full of surveillance cameras and kids went there to study foreign languages as per their choice through videos. At least this was what it was made for, instead kids chatted, played games, plotted the maps and discussed where they would go once they were of age.

They were alone there, nobody had arrived yet.

"Have you never thought Alisa why you are all attending night school when everyone else in the village is sleeping?"

"What is there to wonder? We were infected as kids and although the vaccine saved our lives, it took away our ability to sleep. So, we use the night for more productive things like learning languages. You should be knowing this even if you were living outside. You must have read about us infected kids or that we were being bred separately" Alisa said in a matter-of-fact voice.

"The only news about you all outside this place is that years ago a virus outbreak happened and it infected some 500 people including babies and now there are only 30 kids remaining out of those 500 as When they were given vaccines they responded well to the vaccine, others couldn't survive. But since you still carry the virus inside you, you all have been quarantined and shall never come out of these bounds! People don't even know where exactly is this place. And have been advised to report authorities as soon as someone claims to be one of those kids." Ryan said in a pitiful voice.

"What? That is absolutely rubbish. why haven't we been seeing anything in that regard on the internet or anything? We watch the same news as the others or the same entertainment as the outside world." Alisa questioned almost aggressively.

"I know this will be a shock but the internet here is heavily guarded, even news channels have been advised to never talk about the quarantined kids and similarly for the entertainment channels. Any speculation programmes made about you guys are banned before release." Ryan spoke softly.

"But.. but.. " she went quiet then suddenly determined she asked "And how do you know this? If nobody knows how come you do? And what exactly did you do to me when you kissed me? "

"I have come a very very far way just to talk to you all. I shall explain everything, let everyone come. Give me few minutes, it's almost time now. "

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