I closed my eyes and took a nap, trying to mute out the sound of my own daughter screaming like someone gorilla smacked her.

“Maam, please wake up…”

I was being shaken from my slumber as a tiny faint voice filled my ears. I jolted awake and noticed that the plane was empty except for Noel and Loonai waiting for me. I quickly got up from the chair and glanced over at Loonai.

“Okay honey, you have to keep your bits hidden so bad people don’t try and take you from me okay?”

Loonai nodded her head before taking out a set of black sneakers. She slipped them on even though they didn’t fit her tiny paw-like feet. She then hid her ears within her hair and hid her tail within the sweats she was wearing. Her skin soon turned to a caramel tone and before I could say anything, Loonai nearly looked exactly like a little human girl, and I didn’t like that one bit. I quickly grabbed her hand before getting off of the plane, leaving Noel to gather our belongings. Once we were all off, our team members were already in the limo that was sent to pick us up. Loonai rushed into the vehicle while Noel and I practically bodyslmmed everyone’s bagging into the trunk. After the bag fight, Noel and I got into the limo, relaxing ourselves once again as we took off towards the house we would be staying at.

After a half hour drive, we came across a secluded house that was big enough to fit a whole state within it. I saw everyone’s jaw drop except for Loonai due to the bag over her head but I felt her excitement. When the limo stopped everyone rushed out of the car, grabbed their things, and immediately ran to find a room. Loonai waited for Noel and I while the others took off like there wasn’t a mission right around the corner. 

As we all headed into the house, I was amazed by how beautiful the house decor actually was. I was merely falling in love with the house even though it wasn’t even mine. When  everyone chose a room and got situated, Noel granted everyone a thirty minute break to relax and not dwell on chaotic things. Going towards the room that I chose I threw myself onto the bed, soon followed by a smaller thud to be heard beside me. Loonai. I rolled onto my back and she launched herself on top of me. She returned her skin back to normal and all of her bits were out of hiding.

“Mommy! Loonai! Outside!”

“I take it you want to go outside with Mommy, Loonai? Well if you want to go outside then you have to be extra careful,” I said before rolling Loonai off of me.

She jumped off the bed and ran to go and tell her  father but before she left, she engulfed me into a nice warm hug, which I instantly returned. I kicked off my shoes, closed the door, and went to the in-room bathroom to go and wash up. I soaked my body up in the warmth of rose scented milk water and decided to enjoy the bath before roughing up my skin again. As tanquility filled my mind, the bathroom door swung open and Nate barged into the bathroom. 

“Nate what in the hell are you doing in here?!”

Nate stomped over towards me before kneeling down beside the bathtub. Her eyes did a little sparkle so I knew she wanted me to do something for her. Well so much for a relaxed bath moment. A sigh left my lips which granted Nate the ability to say what was on her mind.

“Yurina! You have to let me take Loonai out! I want to go and enjoy time with her! S-So let me take her! Please?”

I squinted my eyes as I looked into her eyes. Nate taking Loonai outside was suspicious but the fact that Nate was saying please was more shocking than that. I splashed some water at Nate before snatching her down by the collar of her t-shirt.

“You better keep a very close fucking eye on my ddaughter. So help me god if anything happens to Loonai I will break each and everyone of your goddamn fingers and make sure you fucking choke on them…!”

With that, I released her from my grip, soaking my body back down into the water. Nate fixed her collar before giddy running off, screaming Loonai’s name as she rushed out of the bedroom.

“This isn’t going to go well isn’t it…Well, I should at least trust Nate just a bit.”

My own words stung my heart like a blade as I glared towards the water. An uneasy feeling was lingering onto my soul and I wasn’t enjoying it at all. I lowered my body until I was fully submerged into the water. I kept my head under water until I felt as if something was pulling me down. I opened my eyes within the water and was greeted by darkness, except for a bright figure crouching down. My body remotely moved towards the figure until I was right behind it. As I stared out at the figure, I noticed that the figure was making a sound. The sound reminded me of crying. The figure was crying. The more I looked at the figure, the more I noticed the figure resembled Loonai, yet the figure didn’t have a back over its head. I extended my hand out towards the figure only for the figure to turn into a dark ink based monster. I couldn’t see anything except white eyes and razor sharp teeth. I tried to speak but my lungs were suddenly filled with a form of liquid which I’m guessing was water. I began to choke up on the water as the monster roared at me before swallowing me whole, leaving my last vision to be a set of razor sharp teeth and a monsterous voice screaming ‘Give me back my daughter!’ 

I shot up from the water, trying to gasp for air as I dragged myself out of the tub. I opened up the toilet and began to throw up the water that was punching my lungs. As my lungs cleared up, I inhaled deeply before slowly helping myself get up. I weakly glanced into the mirror to see the same creature I saw from within the water. The creature snarled at me before running towards the mirror, roaring at me before shattering the mirror with a decent blow from its fists. I glided my hand over the mirror to notice that my side was completely fine but it was broken on the other.

‘Bring her back to me you thief!’

‘You stole her you monster..’

‘Give us back our sister!’

Voices flooded my head as I slowly crept towards the bedroom. I got myself dressed in a set of white sweats and a pink t-shirt. I laid myself down and took out my phone, opening it up towards the phone app. I glanced at my contacts and clicked on the one that I felt was necessary to call, my mother. I dialed her up and once she answered I began to talk to her about how everything was going within my life. My mother was the only one in the family that knew about me being an agent and all because she was one herself, so she knows the stress I deal with at times. My mother also knew about Loonai and her first time meeting Loonai was like watching a pup get greeted by a she-wolf. As I was going to bring up the situation I was dealing with, the door swung open and I was greeted by Noel, who was out of breath for some reason. I turned my attention towards Noel who snatched me out from the bed. He placed some sandals on me and dragged me out of the house. It smelt like smoke for some reason, which I guess was someone barbequing. I was trying to get Noel to slow down but he didn’t stop. 

“N-Noel! Wait! S-Slow Down! Noel!”

Noel didn’t say a single word but he continued to run while gripping my hand. My other hand was busy holding my phone. Noel busted a sharp edge right after we crossed a bridge and that’s when I saw what was filling my nose with the scent of burnt wood. A fire, and a big one. A gasp flew past my lips as I turned towards Noel who’s grip tightened around my hand.

“Noel, why the hell are we here? Shouldn’t we wait for the fire department to put it out-”

Noel extended his arm out and his hand made a pointing motion. He was pointing towards someone who was rushed out from within the flames. Nate. Just Nate. I immediately yanked his hand off of mine and rushed over towards Nate.

“What the hell happened?! Are you okay?! Where is Loonai?!”

I noticed Nate glancing away as she made fists with her hands. She avoided eye contact with me as she suddenly broke down. She bit her lip before gripping her shorts with her fists.

“She’s gone…Yurina I’m so sorry…Some people came and took her from my grasp..I’m so sorry..”

My heart sunk as those words left her lips. Anger and sorrow filled my heart as I raised my hand readying myself to land a firm slap against Nate’s cheek but I just couldn’t bring myself to it. I pushed past Nate and ran into the flames.

“Yurina, wait! Where are you going?!” Nate said with sadness in her voice.

“I’m going to go and get my fucking daughter back! Either you help me look for her or you shut the fuck up and go away!”