Zana's POV

I reread the letter again and now feel more scared. Did I do something? Was I supposed to home early? God...whatever it is...I can't run...I walk into my room and place everything where it belongs. I put my dirty clothes in the basket and other items back. I then walk to his office which is down the hall.

I took the shortest steps as possible as I stare at the door. Those small steps made me stand right outside his door. I watch as my hand shakes as I turn the doorknob. I looked in to see his desk, his chair facing towards the fireplace. I look around and close the door. It was dark and I think he is just...sitting there. I knock on the door to get his attention and clear my throat.

"Master, you needed me," I say, looking at his chair. He turns it around to looks at me...tired. He eyes lit up though as he smiles.

"Yes, come to sit down," he says pointing at a chair in front of his desk. I stare in confusion but oblige. The chairs were comfortable and...realizing it...I never sat in his chairs.

"Master-" I say.

"Don't," he says as I flinch," Call me that anymore."...What... A drop of sweat drips from my chin as he rubs his temples. I stare, confuse, and try to think of what to call him.

"Ma-I mean...What do I call you then?" I ask, staring at his baggy eyes, mess up hair, and the way he slouches in his seat. He looks at me surprised and then stares at his desk in...shame? Guilt

"I never did give you my real name...Didn't I?" he says, sadly. I stare at him confused and...amazed?

"Yes...You never did...You said that I heard your name...you'd...kill me," I say slowly, remembering the day I ask him why I should call him Master. He sighs and looks up.

"Well, don't worry... I won't do anything to you...My name is Dalton Gilbert," he says. I look at him surprised and confuse? I don't understand my feelings...yet, so I have no idea if I should feel something for the person that my life a living hell to this day...

"Well then...um...May I call you Dalton then?" I ask. He nods as I sigh in relief in my head...Though...I feel calmer about it...

"I understand if you don't trust me...," he turns his chair and faces the fire," I'm sorry...with my life." I stare at his chair and re-thought on what he just said to me. "You didn't know and I put you through so much pain." He turns his chair more tired. I stare at him worried and confuse.

"...Dalton...I don't....understand," I say, but more of a question because of the confusion of feelings I have in me...I also feel awkward to call him that...He stares and rubs his temples, again. He faces back to the fire as I just stare at the back of his chair.

"Let's just start at the beginning...Every since 4 years ago... I had Dissociative Identity Disorder, a rare condition that made my dominate personality take over...They ruined me to this day. I haven't slept in a week, reliving my memories of every bad thing I did...and now...you are all that is left of those memories and I can't even look at you without feeling sorry," he says.

"Oh...I didn't know," I say, remembering very...little...detail...of...my..life...He rubs his eyes and faces me. I honestly didn't think he'll...change...

"Now, I've snapped out of it...the doctors have told me this and my...wife and son...," he says. I look up...he was the one to always talk...his wife and son seemed to have gone with it..."I notice everything now...My wife and son hid behind me, used me, and hurt everything around me...I did my research on my actions and found out many things...I will be going to court in 2 months...I want you to be there and explain everything to that judge...," he says.

His words make me feel something inside. This man has been trapped for so long he not been able to get out since then...What am I suppose to feel?... Is this really happening? That's...usually me, so...I'm I...suppose to feel...sorry?

"I will do it...I...do believe you, but what about the consequences? I trying to process on what just happened, so bear with me...." I say...knowing that most of his problems aren't even his fault...now knowing his illness...I have witnessed it before and...it wasn't pretty...

"Will not be a problem...and take your time...because...," he starts," I'm dying..." Those words shattered me...for an odd reason. I don't understand...

"What...?" I say, dumbfounded.

"I have been in that state too long and the only reason why it went away is that I the medicine I refuse to take during my state...I saw all the medicine diagnose to me and saw each bottle in a bag...not even opened...the doctors said I'll die about a month from now... I only called you here to please go to that court and explain what I have done...You are the only witness...and my biggest regards and regret that I have made...You'll be challenging my family's lawyer and...them..." he says. I have so many questions to ask him."I'm so sorry," he says as he puts his head down. I hear the soft whimpers of him crying. I walk by his side and rub his back. I never thought in my life I would say this.

"I forgive you," I say as I look down at him. His shoots up his head up as he looks at me. I give a smile as I hug him. He continues to cry, on my shoulder, while I was thinking of what just happened.

I have never seen him like this. I never saw how broken he was...Then again this is me every day. I hug him as his eyes were red and tears stains were on me and his face.

"Thank you...I have no words to explain how grateful it is to hear that from you," he says smiling. I smile back. He brings out a laptop and passes it to me." I never made a password, so you may look," he says. I look at him, hesitantly.

I opened it and an app is opened. I didn't understand until I read it correctly.

"No...I can't....this is too much," I said...rereading the amount of money he is giving me...around 5 million dollars...

"It is a gift I was willing to give to you...Knowing you, I believe you'll use it for good use...," he says. I look back on the computer and was unsure, but nod at him. He gave me the information about the codes, passwords, e-mails, and usernames for the bank. "Oh... one more thing," he says before I get up," Once I die, I have no control over you. My family and I never had control over you...You may do whatever to this house, too...I giving you everything in your hands and do please...watch our guests," he says. I smile, pushing my confusion away, and give him a hug.

He gave me his laptop as I walk out of his office. I quickly went to my room and closed the door. I check the time on my phone. 5:30m am...This went on since this morning?! I walk back an forward in my room thinking of what just happened. He gave me 5 million dollars, said he sorry, and put everything in my hands...?!

What about his family? What about me? What about him? What am I suppose to do? Is he really giving me 5 million fri**en dollars? Can he be trusted? I'm I sleeping? Is this an illusion? Where is his family? Why I'm I challenging them? Why was he crying? Am I one of his regrets? Why didn't I question it? Why did I smile and hug him and not say my confusion out loud? Why am I questioning things that I know the answer to most of them? I don't know!

I stressed my situation all the way. I didn't check my time and I have the urge that I am forgetting something, but too into what just happened.

Daven POV

"What do you mean you have no idea where she is?! She lives in the same g*d*mn house as you!" I yell at Lafayette and Zara.

"I don't know! She is the one that wakes us up. Lafayette, somewhat, got used to waking up early and realize she wasn't there. We look in her room and other places, but she wasn't there We kept searching and it turned 7 am, so we had to leave for school," Zara says as Lafayette is just terrified along with Martin and Mulligan. I'm breathing hard at me screaming at them since an hour ago. I'm about to say something until that st*pid bell rang.

I sigh loudly and sat down worried than ever as Lafayette and Zara sit down with me. Martin and Mulligan left for there classroom...quickly... I have no idea why, but I have a bad feeling of her absence. I mean she could be late... The second bell rang and as homeroom passed...she is still not here. As I thought more about it...she could be sick...though, Lafayette and Zara would have known.

I continue to stress out more knowing that anything could have happened to Zana. I remember her face when she walked into that house. I knew it...I knew that something bad is going to happen and look at what it did.

As the day went on, her absence is concerning me the most, so I grab Martin, Mulligan, Lafayette, and Zara and drag them to her house, after school. While doing that, I call Zana for the 19 time. We made it and I drop all of them by the sidewalk. I stomp to the door, but before I reach it, Martin pulls me back by the shoulder.

"Dude. Chill out. We are worried, too, and we will help you, but you need. To. Chill," he says, worried. I look at all of them and breathe in and out. I nod, but still determined to fine Zana. We quickly went up to the door as Lafayette opens the door with the Zana keys. He opens that door as we all walk inside. It was dark, to say the least. We spread out and look everywhere. Lafayette and Zara check all the rooms while Martin, me, and Mulligan look in the places where we can go.

We finished most of the house while I was about to explode. I took a breather and call Zana again...A phone went off as I shot up, looking around for it. I look around and saw that it was on the ground in there backyard and I look up to see...Zana... I quickly call everyone as they look at Zana.

I first realize the amount of blood on her arm and left side of her eye. She walked back and forward speaking...fast...She's rambling about something, but she's talking too fast for me to understand.

"...Zana...," I say, softly, but seem to have gotten her attention. She stares at us like we're aliens. We stay in a very uncomfortable silence as she continues to breathe heavily and drops of blood hit the floor.

"D-Daven," she says as she takes a step forward. She instantly falls to the floor...God! Why are we just standing here? Lafayette calls an ambulance as Martin and Mulligan put her on their lap. She was bleeding out of her...eye... It is still sewed up but is bleeding out. I look at half of her face is scarred by...burnt marks...I worried more as I started to cry...Her other eye...was full of tears. I have no idea how this works, but I stop questioning and thought more of the ambulance coming.

Zana was taken away to a hospital as I told everyone to run to my house. I quickly explained everything to my mother as she drove us there.

"We're here for Zana Green!" I scream at the lady at the desk as she looks through the computer.

"Oh, yes! Room 45 down the hall," she says. I thank her and we run down the hall. Once we made it, they wouldn't let us in. They needed to patch things ups before we could enter.

2 hours went by and I kept walking back and forward. My mother tries to calm me down and I don't listen. Zara fell asleep with tears in her eyes as she lies on Martin. Martin just sat there, eyes wide. Lafayette is the calm along with my mother and tries to calm Mulligan, who is laying in his arms crying. After one more hour, a doctor came out.

"You may see Zana, but please restrain doing any physical contact to her face," he says. I nod instantly and run in the room. She's attached to wires sitting up. Bandages when around her head and knuckle.

"Zana..." I say, crying. She looks up and smiles. I run to her and hug her bottom, remembering to not touch her face. I hug her tightly and continue to cry.

Zana POV

Everyone is here...They care. They look...sad as I give everyone a promising look. I continue to hug Daven as everyone else crowd around me.

Martin, Mulligan, and Zara were crying, but not Lafayette. He smiles but sadly. The tears flow more as I watch them. They do care...

They truly care...about me...I wanted to cry again, but couldn't, knowing blood will come out of my eye...

"Uh...Guys...," Lafayette says after everyone's tears went away," I think you owe us an explanation." He looks at me seriously. I'm...honestly not surprised anymore. I took a breath and look at them.

"Remeber the contact, you guys saw when you looked on my phone. The contact I...was afraid of, I had to call him that...About a week ago everything had...change...," I say and continue on. I explain what happened this morning and what I was doing."I was so overwhelmed by the thought of him that I punch...a wall and accidentally hit my eye and now I am here...," I say.

Suprisenly, they just sat there. None were surprise and none were worried. They all just smile and hug me. They did it around me, away from my face. Martin and Mulligan just stay by my bed. It lasts for a while as I start to daydream. I turn my head when I heard a knock on the door. I look up to see the doctor. He is about to speak until he stops as I give him a confused look. He looks at them and smiles as I look down. They...were sleeping...I'm surprised, but I just smile at him...How long have we've been hugging? I look at the clock on the wall, to see that they were hugging for almost two hours and is still going. He walks by me and we talk by writing. He gave me a piece of paper and a pen.

Is there something you need, Doctor?

Yes, I do. But I'll ask, tomorrow, since it is late. I'm sure you must be tired...I believe they were, too

...Yes, I suppose...Is it needed for them to leave?

I point at Daven, Mulligan, Martin, Zara, and Lafayette. He looks at them and shakes his head.

No, but if you want to then, Yes.

Okay then, no. Thank you...I will leave them here to rest.

Alright. If anything happens, press that button.

He points to the red button on the table attached to some cords. I look back at him and nod. He smiles and walks out, closing the door on his way out. I look back at them as the rest peacefully on the bed... I did worry about how they were lying down though. They all sat on chairs and just place their upper body on the bed. I worried that they will have sore muscles when they wake up. I shake my head and smile. I look around the room to see that Daven mother is also here...sleeping.

I then got a little tired and laid back. After a while, I fell asleep.

*Dream*

I wake up to the same black void. I have never been so excited to see black. I blink a couple times to see the sky again. I look at the amazing sky and watch as it slowly moves.

After a long wait, I felt something touch my cheek. I turn to see...Daven, Mulligan, Martin, Lafayette, and Zara...I stare at them in disbelief, but they were a little bright. They just smile and sat down next to me. I just smile back and just enjoy their presence and the view.

I honestly was getting tried again from feeling so peaceful. I lay down as everyone joins me. They lie down next to me as I drifted to sleep. The last thing I remember was the feeling of that warmth on my cheek...

It felt...real.

*Dream*

My eyes flutter open as I look around the room. Everyone was still sleeping except for Daven. She and her mother were not here. I'm slightly worried but felt better when I saw something on the desk, by me. I took it and read it.

If anyone wakes up and read this, me my mother went to grab some food. The doctor's said we can get food for Zana/you, so we will be right back. -Daven

She has nice handwriting as I stare back at the everyone else. Martin was still on my bed with Mulligan as Zara and Lafayette were on chairs with blankets. I smile and just look for my phone. It was in a box next to me as it had other stuff. I place the box back down as I only took out my phone. I decide to read something, so I scrolled on Wattpad for stories.

I found a story that interested me by the cover. It was a girl, around my age, but wore a face mask around her mouth. I'm interested in it because I wore something like that before, but they were expensive and it went around half of my face. I read the first 5 chapters. They were incredible. I'm a character and I had similar features to the person in the book. It sounded similar to Assassination Classroom.

I continued to read until...

"We're back," Daven says as the door opens slowly. I look up as she has bags of food. She places it on a table as she looks at me. She smiles and comes by me.

"Hi, Daven," I say smiling at her. She smiles back and hugs me. I hug her back and enjoy it for a while. She lets go after a while.

"I'll wake up Lafayette and Zara," she says as she walks to the other side of the bed.

I shake Martin and Mulligan slowly, to get them up.

"Martin...Mulligan, get up" I say. They groan and slowly got up. They notice me that woke them up and smile. They embrace me as I hug them back.

"Please don't punch a wall again, mon ami," Lafayette says, hugging me with Zara. I just smile and enjoy them embracing me.

Another long hug after, we ate. I believe this food is from...Jack in a Box...? Is that right?

I watch as they start to eat. Everyone was eating something different; Mulligan is eating a burger as Lafayette is eating pancakes. Zara eats about 5 sandwiches and is...now finish and Martin is also eating pancakes. Daven pops by my side with a plate.

"I didn't know what you wanted, so I got you eggs, rice, and sausage," she says. I smile at her and open it. It smells amazing as she also passes me a hashbrown.

We continue to eat and just sat there enjoying each other's presences.

I then heard a knock on the door and look up. we all look to see the Doctore smiling.

"Hi, I'm sure you don't know my name, so my name is Doctor John. Zana and everyone else, I just need to ask a few questions then you can leave," he says. I smile and nod. He sits by my side as everyone huddles around us.

*Time skip*

The questions were fairly easy. He just needed to know what I did and how I feel.

We were walking out of the hospital. I had a few bandages on me, so they told me to not do anything that could reopen the cuts on me. I walk to Daven's mother's car and we drove off.

Everyone somewhat didn't tell their parents that they stayed the night at the hospital. We all went to there houses and told every single one of them that they stayed the night and I am very grateful.

They were all surprised at first, I believe by my appearance, but gave them hugs and said "Thank you" back. They...were really kind and I couldn't help, but smile. The last parent is Daven's mother. I thank her for the food and staying the night with Daven. She smiles and hugs me.

"If you need anything, contact us, okay?" she says. I stare in surprise but nod at her. I gave Daven a hug before I walk back to...home. I... wasn't worried at all...for once but...I'm just worried for Dalton...He has 28 more days until October.

I open the door to see the same silence and darkness I have been doing for 4 years. I honestly didn't want to do anything...for once. I felt the urge to lie down. I walk to my room and place my stuff down. I lie in bed carefully and lay upwards. I immediately fell asleep.

*Dream*

I wake up straight away when I closed my eyes. I look around to be met with the same void, but...no feelings...that make me feel safe. I just look around the void until something touches me on the shoulder.

...And for the first time...I shiver at the touch...I never did that before. I swiftly turn around to see...mom?

I close look at her. She had the same features ...she had the hole in her arm...the same size as the tube...where... she...gave...her blood...to...me.

I'm on the verge to cry. I question if she is real? I forgot about the void, this dream and just stare at her. I then see something emerge from behind her.

Martha...Mary...Frances...Aria...Charly...Phoenix...Carly...Izzy...Nora... Leah...Hazel...Grandma...Grandpa...?

I didn't know I was sobbing. It continued on to people I knew...and cared about. They were all here... I thought about some of the people and knew who they were...

"You-No-I thought-"I...stutter...I never stutter. They were all here. Every single person I knew that died. They were all here...Smiling at me.

"We all love you," mom said. Once she said that I was sobbing. I stood up to hug them, but...I just pass through them like ghosts. They all give a concerning look as I just cry more. I fell to the floor staring at them.

"I-I-I l-love you, t-too," I sob out. More tears flow as they just watch me.

*Dream*

I shot up, sobbing. I quickly notice and try not to push too hard on my tears. I stop my crying enough to make sure my eye doesn't bleed.

I stare at the darkness. Everything is happening in just these two days. It's...Too much.

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