At University of Torminas.
"Ugh...."
A dull ache pulsed through his skull before anything else returned.
It was a kind of pain that didn't stab ~ It lingered, heavy and suffocating, like a weight pressing down on his head. His eyelids felt like a stone, reluctant to move, but eventually they fluttered open.
Darkness.
Comforting shade of night under open skies ~ but suffocating, cramped darkness, broken by a faint flicker of orange light somewhere beyond.
His breathe hitched.
Cold.
The ground beneath him was damp, not comforting. The air smelled of rust, mildew... and something worse. Something metallic.
Blood.
He pushed himself up, His body trembled, as it doesn't belong to him anymore. A chain rattled sharply.
Clink.
He froze.
A second later, The realization crept in. His wrist, wrapped around by iron chain.
Cold iron bit into his skin, the chain leading back into shadowed wall behind him.
"Where....", He mummer.
His breathing grew heavier. He forced his eyes to adjust, to hover.
Bars.
Thich, blackened iron bars stood before him, stretching upward into darkness. Beyond them, a narrow corridor lit by dying torches. Shadows danced along the walls, flickering with every shift of flame.
A prison.
He was at same place from where he escaped but it was different.
His grip tightened against the chain.
Panic tried to rise~ but something colder crushed it down.
He wasn't safe.
A slow deliberate footstep echoed somewhere.
step...step...step
It was getting louder and louder.
The game never ended when he became unconscious.
His heart started pounding faster and faster.
soon, a sound of footstep stop.
A mysterious figure was standing at the front of him, beyond the bars.
A Girl.
The little girl, of the age same as Kira and same height.
Kira eyes wide opened.
His heart which was pounding faster, finally become normal.
"Hey, does Archeon really died.", She spoke up with a sadness across her face.
"Um....", Kira spoke up with a little bit of confuse expression.
But Kira reaction was dissatisfied for her.
Her emotions soon turned into anger.
"Answer me...", she said.
"Yes, he died", Kira said with the depressed face~ Which he was carrying for five whole days but this time, it was mix with sadness and guilt.
"It's true huh..., ok then I will go. Don't tell anyone that I have visited you.", she said while clinching her teeth and a little bit of sadness.
She turned her body sideways and started walking but she stops, due to the foolish question which Kira ask.
Kira rise my back still shaking and trembling.
"Hey, are you related to Arc. If so then, I am sorry.", Kira said wiping his tears by his shoulders.
"Why do I have to tell you that I am related or not. I don't need any apology, Cursed child.
Silence.
She left the room, stunning Kira.
He fall towards the ground.
Memories flickering through his mind.
Suffering which he faced till now.
He wept.
Suddenly a footstep started echoing through the narrow passage.
It was getting louder and louder.
Suddenly a shadow enters. It was visible for Kira eyes as he senses its approach.
It enters.