Uri appeared to Clement's astonishment and fear. He rushed forward and pushed Uri away, and shouted:
"Get out of here now!"
Uri didn't do what Clement wanted; he looked at Richard resolutely. "I have come at your request. Let go of my sister!"
"Very good!" Richard laughed. "We will release your sister. But I don't trust you and your father. If you want to save your sister, you must let us give you an anesthetic."
"Can not," Clement shouted. "Uri, they are liars; you must not believe them. Get out of here now!"
"Dad!" Uri looked at Clement. "Thank you for worrying about me. But I don't want Anthea to go to prison. I want to save her."
"I won't let you do that; I can think of another way." Clement grabbed Uri. "Let's go now!"
Two men rushed over and grabbed Clement's hands. He angrily twisted his elbow and hit a man in the stomach. The two men immediately restrained him with force, pinned him to the ground, and clasped his hands behind his back.
Richard walked in front of Uri, smiling. "If you run, your sister will go to jail."
Uri stood still, he wanted to hit the people pinning Clement to the ground, but he couldn't. Because Anthea was still in their hands, he had to rescue her.
"I don't run; I want to see my sister. When you return her to my father, I will let you inject me with the anesthetic."
"Okay, then let's go see your sister." Richard had achieved his goal, so he spoke freely.
"Richard, you are a disgrace!" Clement shouted angrily; he struggled to escape the control of the two muscular men.
Richard laughed. "I just need to achieve the goal."
He ordered two men to hold Uri on both sides, escorting him out of the forest. Seeing the group of people accompanying Uri away, Clement hurried after them; he knew what was waiting for Uri ahead.
The two men pressed Uri into the backseat of a black car; then, they sat beside him. Seeing Uri obediently sit in the car, Richard calmly took the backpack containing Uri's artifacts and got into another vehicle. He led the convoy to the boulevard, towards the Red Leaves organization's headquarters on another city's outskirts.
Clement also got into his car, following the convoy. He blamed himself for not being able to protect Uri. This time he fell into the hands of the Red Leaf organization, meaning he could not survive.
...The headquarters of the Red Leaves organization is a large, sturdy building. Surrounding the building is a forest and gray stone walls. From a distance, it resembles a medieval fortress. There is a large lake in front of the building, so the air here is very fresh.The convoy stopped in front of the building's gate. Two muscular men escorted Uri out of the car and followed Richard into the building.
Clement also immediately entered the building, he had not been here in a long time, but the place remained unchanged.
Richard led Uri and Clement to a closed room; he pointed to the iron door and said:
"Your sister is here."
Then he opened the iron door wide. Inside, Anthea sat on a bench in the middle of the white-painted room.
Seeing the door open, she quickly looked up and saw her father and brother. She immediately rushed to hug Clement and Uri, tears streaming down her face.
"Dad, brother, they kidnapped me here."
Richard grabbed Anthea's hand, pulled her towards him, and then looked at Uri. "You have seen your sister safe. I'll let your dad take your sister home, but you have to let us give you the anesthetic."
Uri scowled at Richard. "I need you to destroy all the evidence you have built against my sister."
"Of course," Richard said and handed Clement a USB stick. "These are all clips of your daughter and son entering the museum; you can check it out."
Clement took the USB and sneered. "Do you think I believe in liars like you?"
"If you don't believe it, that's fine," Richard replied. "Your son is already here; it's too late for him to run away."
Just as Richard finished speaking, a man held a syringe and injected Uri in the neck, causing him to faint from the anesthetic.
An angry Clement rushed to hug Uri, but the two men behind him grabbed him and held him tight.
"Your son is already in my hands. Do you think he will escape?" Richard laughed in Clement's face. "We need that boy, not you or your daughter. So rest assured, we will let you and your daughter out of here."
"You must not harm my son," Clement shouted.
Richard did not answer Clement; he waved to the group of people standing around. "Get him and his daughter out of here."
Men wearing red leaf badges on their lapels dragged Clement and Anthea out, pushing them into the car.
Anthea realizes that she is the bait for people to capture Uri. She hugged her face and cried.
"Dad, it's my fault; I was too curious to go to the museum. When will they release him?"
"They never released him," Clement replied. "Let's go home; there's nothing we can do here."
"Can't get out? So he's going to die in there?" Anthea cried out in horror.
Clement drove out of the Red Leaves headquarters, speeding down the avenue.
"I'll find a way to get Uri out; I can't let them kill him."
...When Uri regained consciousness, he realized that his feet and hands were tied to a small bed. Because he knew in advance that death would come to him, he was unafraid to observe this strange place calmly.It is a room with four white painted walls, no windows on the walls, and nothing in the room except a bed.
He stared at the closed gray iron door and waited for the arrival of the Red Leafs. When those people appeared, he knew he would have to face the worst of his short life.
Uri doesn't need to wait for a long time. After he woke up, the door of the room opened. In front of the door appeared two men wearing white suits, white shoes, and white hats covering their faces, looking very similar to the clothes of the staff in the laboratory.They silently entered the room and pushed out the bed that Uri was lying on. It is the type of bed usually used in the hospital emergency room; the four legs of the bed have wheels for easy movement.Uri looked up at the two men and asked:"Where are you taking me?"The two men didn't seem to hear him; they didn't answer but silently pushed the bed along a corridor lit only by a few electric light bulbs hanging from the ceiling.The hallway had no windows, only light from electric bulbs, so Uri didn't know if it was day or night. The sound of wheels grinding against the brickwork and the electric light strained his spirits.Uri felt that the corridor seemed to lead underground because the path was sloping down and revolved
On the highway, a white car sped in the afternoon sun towards the city of Dawn. The driver was a middle-aged man wearing a navy blue jacket; on the back seat was a young man about eighteen years old wearing a black coat, shoulder backpack, and silver hair messed up by the wind from the car window. "Uri!" The man nervously looked at the eight-lane highway in front of him. "Someone wants to arrest you; they even want to kill you. If you see them, you must run fast, don't let them catch you." The young man named Uri leaned forward in surprise, looking at the man. "Dad, I'm not breaking the law. Why do they want to arrest me?" The man said quickly: "Now there is not much time, listen carefully, if someone is chasing you, try to run into the forest, find our wooden house and wait there; I will come to find you, then I'll explain everything." Suddenly the man's hands trembled, his eyes widened, and he looked straight ahead, panicking: "Uri, they block the front. Turn off your phone, don
The morning sun shining down on the forest and birds chirping woke Uri up. Although he only slept a little in the early morning, his health had completely recovered. He stretched and sat up dreamily, looking around. It took him a while to realize where he was and what had happened. Sighing, he splashes water on his face to wake up, then takes out a packet of cookies from his backpack and eats it. The dry crackers were nothing like the delicious hot breakfast Mrs. Jane had, which his mother made for him and his sister every morning. After eating, Uri jumped off the tree branch and started moving forward. He had to find the wooden house he and Clement had built three years ago to shelter from the harsh summer sun. The wooden house is very close to a small stream, surrounded by a fence of climbing roses, and inside there is a small courtyard. In this dense forest, Uri could not locate him. The fastest way to know the location was to open the phone to locate, but if he did, he would ind
Egan took Uri very deep into the forest until a waterfall fell from the top of the mountain to stop. "Our abode is behind this waterfall; join me in it." Uri looked at the tall waterfall with white foam, not knowing what was behind it. Egan pointed to a ledge in the middle of the waterfall. "You see that ledge over there? There is a cave door. You should be like me." He jumped straight into the waterfall and disappeared behind it. The height from the ground to the ledge was very high. Uri had never tried to jump that high, so he was a bit scared. But Egan can do it; indeed, he can too. He took the momentum to plunge into the waterfall exactly where Egan had just jumped. The water poured down and soaked his clothes when he crossed the waterfall. Fortunately, he landed on the wet ground in the mountain cave behind the waterfall. The cave is vast; inside, there is only darkness and the sound of Egan's footsteps. Uri could see everything clearly in the dark and quickly followed Egan
Finn and Uri walked for a long time until they reached the wooden house next to the small stream, so obscured by the trees that it was difficult to spot. The house was in the dark; the vines covered the walls, the fence fell, and dry leaves covered the courtyard. Finn carefully traced the vines, opening the wooden door enough for one person to slip in. Uri followed him into the house; inside was full of beds, wardrobes, tables and chairs, and a small kitchen. "My dad hasn't been here yet." Uri took the candles from the cupboard and pulled a lighter from her pocket. Finn held his hand. "Don't light candles. We can see in the dark; the light will make it easier for humans to spot this place." Uri paused; it had only been a day that he had forgotten about the need to run away from pursuing a strange organization called Red Leaves. "I forgot. Sorry!" "There's no need to apologize because you're not used to a life of always hiding like me." Finn looked anxiously out into the dark fore
The small wooden house is hidden discreetly in the dense trees; it is difficult to see it from afar. Every day, Finn teaches Uri to catch fish and catch hares. Uri learned very quickly; he could catch fish, rabbits, and even a relatively large deer in just a few days. The venison didn't finish; Finn burned the pieces of meat with charcoal, then hung the dried meat in the kitchen. "We don't have a refrigerator. We can only do this to preserve food." Uri memorized everything Finn taught him; survival knowledge like this is essential. Day after day, Clement did not come, making Uri extremely impatient. But the wooden house was the rendezvous point. He did not dare to go anywhere and could only wait patiently. Fortunately, with Finn by his side, life is less tedious and feels safer. On the eighth night, a flashlight glimmered in the woods, approaching the wooden house. Finn was the first to notice footsteps in the distance, nervously pulling Uri out of the house and jumping onto a hid
"Three thousand years ago, vampires and humans lived together on earth. But vampires always win all wars with a power that surpasses a human's." Clement's voice echoed in the wooden house lit by a small candle. Outside, the forest was dark, with the occasional sound of wild animals hunting and insects chirping. "Vampires are extremely warlike and slaying; they treat humans as food, sucking human blood when thirsty or killing when they want to amuse themselves." Uri blurts out: "Vampires are warlike and love to kill? Dad said I'm a vampire, so why have I never thought about killing people?" Clement patted Uri's arm. "Listen to the story three thousand years ago, and you will know." Uri silently listened to Clement's story. "Faced with extinction, mankind was forced to perform a sacrifice to ask for salvation from the god of Genesis." "A sacrificial ritual? I have never read this in the history books of humanity?" Uri said. "Because this sacrificial ritual was so scary, it became
The celebrant got up and held the torch high, and the others stood around him, their burning torches raised to the sky."We accept the terms of Genesis. If this is not true, the body will die, and the soul will go to hell." The celebrant shouted.The crowd in the magic circle chanted in unison: "We accept Genesis's terms. If this is not true, the body will die, and the soul will go to hell."Outside the magic circle, the Vampire King roared like a mad dog."Genesis, go away. Lowly humans, you won't be saved by him."The people around the celebrant Marius prayed with one heart, looking forward to the light in the night sky. That is the only one who can save them from the clutches of the vampires. They believe in this powerful god and vow to leave humanity's fate in the hands of Genesis.Feeling the sincerity and firm faith of those who performed the sacrificial ritual, the booming voice again resounded throughout the sky."I accept your oath. From now on, humans will be the masters of