Chapter 5
Norman was flabbergasted. He simply couldn't believe it. The teen said, trying to deny that if was an illusion or it was real, "Emma?
Is that truly you?"
The teen nods silently, as to really reassure him, as she said simply, "Norman."
He couldn't hold his emotions that he had held since she was shipped on that night. The memories of what he had experienced, and he couldn't bear of hiding hidden feelings any more.
Emma and Norman run towards each other, as if that it was truly a magical moment, just the two of them.
As they finally reunited, Emma said, holding Norman, "I'm so relieved that you made it out of the House.
I'm so proud of you, Norman."
Norman pulled out of the embrace, as he touches her cheeks, as that Emma was expecting that.
"Are you really truly Emma? The Emma I truly remember? But how? Where were you all this time, these past two years I thought you were dead. "
She pulled his hands away gently, as she knew that he has to learn about Lambda sooner or later.
"I've been sent to a different farm that night, trust me I was shocked that night when I followed Mama.
But it doesn't matter anymore. We've reunited at last. " She explains to the confused teen.
She reaches into Norman, as that she felt his left ear, but she gasps that his ear was gone.
Norman realized her sudden reaction of that, as he said, "Oh, right, you didn't know about that. I left that back at the House when we escaped.
I was desperate back then, so I took a desperate act on it. Oh, I'm not the only one here. Wait just a sec."
Norman ran back from her office, as Ray spots him. "Norman, what's the big rush for? Did you meet him?"
"It's not a "him" , it's more like a "her." You'll see what I mean." He replies back, leaving all his siblings confused by his words.
Norman led the kids to Emma, which leaves the whole group in shock. "No way."
Emma said, "I'm glad. You really have an extended family members now. Wait, there's only 13 of you from Gracefield. Where's Phil and the other children?"
Norman said, "It's fine. Phil is looking after them back at the House, and he's waiting for us to come back home."
Emma said, "Oh, I see. I'm sorry about the Bunker attack. I should've guessed that would've happened to you guys. It must've been rough ."
Glida said, reassuring her, "We weren't aware of it either, Emma. It's not like we wanted that to happen to us.
Not that matters now. "
Ray couldn't hold his emotions as that he approached his sister that he thought was dead, and without pure hesitation, he slapped her hard to the ground, as Norman and the rest of the group was startled by his actions.
Emma touched the bruise she had received, as that all she could do, was laugh at the situation.
"Man, you really are irate at me for leaving aren't you? " She asked him, as she stands up, "But you managed to see something incredible, right?"
Ray nods, "Yeah, thanks to you and Norman for snapping me out of it."
Norman just smiled but then he turns serious . "Emma, you told me that you been sent to a different farm.
What you mean by that?"
Emma sighs, as she unveils the Lambda symbol. "The farm that I've been sent to was a experimental farm.
Lambda 7214."
Oliver gasps, "The farm from the southwest. I can't believe that you were sent to that farm."
Ray asked, "You said that it is an experimental farm. Does this mean that you were experimented, Emma?"
Emma didn't want to informed them that she was indeed experimented with the fatal drugs that causes seizures, so she had to lie to them.
"Don't worry. I was being tested. " She said.
Norman couldn't help but feeling that she is hiding a secret from the group, as Ray felt it as well.
"When I was in my Lambda cage, I had thought a lot of things. I still remember what I've said back at the House.
"Let's escape together." I meant what I've said. We will escape this Neverland, by using this."
She reveals a liquid, a purple bottle.
"This drug will make all the demons disintegrate and eat each other. They will never bother us again."
The whole group was silent, but then right then, everyone cheered. "Thank goodness!" Anna said.
Gilda turns to Norman, "Isn't this great? We don't need to hide from demons anymore, Norman. We're safe!"
Suddenly, Nat's stomach rumbles and interrupts the happy reunion. "Sorry." He apologizes, but Emma laughs.
"It's fine. You all should've been hungry after all. Hayato will bring our dinner at the great hall. Let's go."
All the children at Paradise Hideout were in shock of seeing Emma out of her office in the first time, and that Emma explains the situation, Hayato said, "Who would've thought? I never guessed that you actually knew them, Boss."
That night, it was Norman who couldn't sleep. He thought about all the events that had happened to him, and that Emma has a Genocide plan to kill all the demons.
He knew in his heart that it wasn't really what he wanted. It was because of Mujika and Sonju. They were the ones who taught them how to survive on their own after they escaped Gracefield House, and that taught him the most important thing : Not all demons are evil, and that they are living beings, just like humans are.
The next morning, Ray decided to talk to his sibling. "Norman. You really aren't ok with Emma's decision to eliminate the demons aren't you?"
Norman said, "I know that demons aren't too kind to us , but we haven't given them the chance to explain . Sonju and Mujika are the only demons who are kind enough to help us the last two years.
I simply can't ignore the fact that Emma want to do this. It's unsettling to me. Is it wrong to feel this way?
I'm such a coward."
"No, you're not a coward, Norman. You've changed, just like I was. C'mon, we have to talk to Emma directly. About your feelings about this, and about Sonju and Mujika. "
Norman asked, "Ask her directly about Sonju and Mujika? Why?"
"Norman , think about it. If Sonju and Mujika are full humanoid, why didn't they eat human in the first place?
Maybe ..."
"Maybe they could provide the blood that demons don't eat humans! Ray!" Norman said, realizing why Ray said it.
When they arrived, they saw Emma's Lambda comrades .
"You must be the Boss' friends from Grace um, Shield, right?"
"Barbra, it's Gracefield. If you want to see the Boss, She is away from a meeting right now. "
"A meeting?" Norman asked.
Emma approaches the leaders of the Demon Lords. "Greetings, William Minvera. We've been waiting for your arrival."
"Pleasure is all mine, and it's time for us to negotiate, shall we?" Emma replied in a cold, deep voice.
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