Bottle of Stories (45)

What they saw behind those iron doors, are adults. There are many of them. Like many people, you can see in a fast-food chain but instead of trays, the workers are holding blueprints. The people are wearing the same polo shirt that Justine wears.

They stepped outside the elevator but the people who are wearing uniforms didn't bother to look at them.

This place looks like our faculty room in the school. Annie thought. But this is wider.

Rey noticed that there are windows now. Its dawn but the people are already busy in their seats in front of their tables and the others are walking to and fro.

"I can't take it..."

Annie looked at Cy.

"...anymore."

THUD

The sound makes Rey looked at his back. He saw Cy lying on the floor. Catching her breath with pale skin.

Annie was concerned about what she saw so she approached her. She rolled her and pushed her back so she can breathe easily.

"What hurts?" Annie asked.

Cy's tears start to fall while looking at Annie's eyes. She puts her right hand at her heart like singing the national anthem.

"Anything else?" Annie asked.

"Head," Cy answered with a trembling voice.

"How?" Annie asked herself. "Help! Help us!" She shouted weakly. Some people turned their heads to her but they didn't do anything.

Rey can't do anything. He looked around. But there's no one. There's no one willing to help his friends. The actions of the people around him make him angry.

"HELP!"

He put all his energy on that cry. And at last, they all stopped because of the surprise that there are children in their office.

"Zhein!" Others shouted. They approached them.

Others just watched them.

"Are you okay?" Said the girl who is wearing a ponytail before she put her palm at Cy's forehead.

"Why are you holding a gun?" The man said and took the gun from her.

"Of course, it's Justine. You know that guy is crazy. Even kids get included in his doings." The curly-haired woman said.

"No... For self-defense," Cy said even it's hard for her.

Rey and Annie thought. Is that really the reason? A question that only Justine can answer.

"You? What happened? You're with her right? Where did you come from?" The other guy asked.

"Below! There are two guys holding a gun, and they are fighting our friend and that Sir." Rey said because he saw what happened when she went to Zhein.

The guy who took Zhein's gun went near the elevator. He pushed the button beside it.

"Let's bring her to the hospital," Annie said to the people who are surrounding them.

Zhein shook her head. "No..."

"No way," said the curly-haired woman.

"It's not allowed," the same man added.

"Why?" Rey asked but no one answered.

Minutes passed and the elevator still won't open so the guy holding the gun cursed.

"You always do everything on your own!" He shouted angrily at the elevator.

The door opened. What they saw are Jayson's hand combing his hair and Justine carrying the two mysterious man. They come out and all the eyes were pinned on them.

"Why did you not ask for help? Don't you know that we're worried?" The man scolded to Justine.

"We don't really care if something happens to you," said the curly-haired woman to Justine.

"I agree," the man added.

"The kids are affected. What if something bad happens?" Said the pony-tailed girl.

"Do not pretend to be a good person," said Jayson.

"Huh?" The curly-haired woman almost wants to punch Jayson.

"He's right." The woman was stunned because of what Justine said. "Let's go, you two also," he said to Jayson, Annie, and Rey.

Jayson followed him so Annie and Rey have no choice to do the same.

"And you," said Justine to the man who's holding the gun. "Carry Zhein."

"Yes!" He answered.

The people surrounding Cy should have stopped them but they remembered that one of them is holding a gun so they didn't continue.

"That's what I don't like from you. You'll not do it unless it was said to you." He carried Cy on his back before he left.

•••

Even there's no guarantee it's safe, they followed the two adults. They brought them in front of the building where they came from.

Rey looked at it. The building has two floors because of the four rows of windows that can see from the outside.

"Bring them to George," Justine said while walking towards his car.

"You have no respect. How do you teach your students good manners?" The man said.

"What I teach are TLE and Computer subjects. I'm not a Values teacher to teach them good manners," he said while putting the two-man at the backseat.

"But it's your duty as a teacher," said the man.

"Nevermind him, Dan, you always..." Cy whispered.

"I know, I always point everything," said Dan in a sarcastic tone.

"You don't sound like a real man," said Cy without consideration.

"What! How could you?" He shouted making the birds fly from the electric wires.

What just happened is funny. But, it did not change the fact that they don't know what will happen next.

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