-Is it... my turn? I'm not quite sure, but here goes. Letter me if it's not.-
Written by-O.Light
Next turn-C.S(Crazy Snail)
"Here."
Tobias, after returning from his spy duty, handed Karos a sheet of paper which was folded carefully. On one side was written 'Code Color Black'.
After unfolding the paper, Karos traced carefully on the spy's report with his eyes. Seconds later, it was wide open with shock.
Jane was late a bit. Just as she was entering the cave, crawling out of a narrow passageway of earth, Karos had finished his word. The meeting had already started.
"Sorry."
Jane said, panting a little.
"Sit. Quickly."
Karos spoke with an impatient manner. He started, a second after registering Jane sitting in her positioned seat.
"No one may ever speak a word about it. It had gotten worse-worse than worse."
He paused. Every and each member of the association was waiting for him to continue, tension filling the room amid of earth.
"Code Color Black. As some of you might remember it, this level had only been once, only once, issued before.
"One of the third graders now gone, as Tobias here reported, with their entire family-"
He stopped abruptly. A sign of a person near the entrance.
"WHO'S THERE?"
The small cave flashed with sudden brightness, revealing a small figure near the entrance.
"Chris?"
Jane, Karos, and all the others could see him clearly, covering his eyes with his arms by the sudden flash of a dozen bonfires.
"Didn't we told you not to sneak in like this?"
Caros said, exasperatedly.
"Well-Tobias showed me, and I thought it was okay to enter-"
Chris said, clearly stunned by their behavior. Karos glared at Tobias, who looked as surprised as Chris, and Karos himself.
"So, then," Karos said, obviously trying to said in a calm voice, "What was written in what Tobias showed you-if it's true?"
"Absolutely? From first to last sentence? Detailed? Whole?"
"Not that much."
Chris inhaled a deep breath, and spoke,
"Well, what I read was about a person even outside school was gone, wasn't it?"
Karos said, still glaring at his spy,
"Right, and never show things that important to anybody again, Tobias."
Who was, in Jane's eyes, fighting down the effort to protest.
The meeting ended quite soon. Jane's mind was heavy with thoughts and stress as she left the cave. Now outside school wasn't safe, and the boundary of their activities will be widened, too much for them to manage.
Power of X-or what they thought as-was stretching.
-to be continued by C.S.-
-Strangely, for these few days, I feel that I cannot write as well as I could do weeks ago. Feels like my brain is strained or somewhat. I think I'll rest for a week or two-but still, I'll remain as a member of this Gold Clouds Team.