Normal POV
Warden is pissed off.
There's a lot of reasons to be.
First, the stones are still missing, and he doesn't know who took it.
Second, the whole Barrel Zone are on chaos because of the Aetheral knights' rampage and ransacking the place.
And lastly, she's missing.
Warden effortlessly lift the table and the chair in his office.
He sit down and look pissed.
His grip on her bunny stuffed toy tightens as he slump down to his chair.
He never lose cool before, no one ever saw him lose cool.
He's supposed to be composed and in control, but Yuu always driving him crazy.
Did the Aetheral knights already captured her?
No, if they did, he'll know it right away.
He put the bunny plushie in his table in sitting position.
"I really failed you, aren't I?" He said while caressing the bunny's head.
A sudden sting in his left eye.
His eye's starts to blur, still looking at the bunny plushie in front of him.
"I really failed as her father..." He murmurs.
...
Yuu hold her left eye as she felt a sting.
Sarah looked at her worriedly.
"Hey? You okay?" She gently ask as she observed her.
Yuu only look away, ignoring her.
This makes Sarah snapped.
"Look I'm just worried, if your gonna stick to your attitude, then be it!" She snarled as she climb down the treehouse leaving Yuu and Levi left alone.
"Hmm..." Levi continue to watch Yuu, crossing his arms together, leaning against the trunk.
Yuu continue to silently wince in the floor.
It's really hurting her this time.
She needs her syringe, she needs her Momo.
"Lu...Lucian..." She manage to say his name between her grunts.
"He's out..." Levi answered as he continue to watch her suffering in pain.
Yuu look up to him but her vision's getting blurry.
She tried to reach out to him but he seems far away.
Levi, with a little bit of mercy, he took a step closer allowing Yuu hold into him.
"W-where..is..he!?" Yuu grab him by his collar, he remain unhinged.
"He looked for your Momo" he answered immediately but remain calm.
Yuu only cleanches her teeth.
She hates it when she's like this, useless.
If only she didn't stole those damn stone.
No...
Everything is going just right.
It's about time that the Barrel Zone need to change.
...
"You lost your worth..." A random oldman told to the Warden before he became the Warden.
It's true, up until now, he still thinking about the phrase repeatedly in his mind.
Everytime he look at Yuu, he always remember the hell his been through.
No, he doesn't hate her, rather he wants her.
He wants to be better for her, to save her.
Just as he promised to 'her'.
The Warden knows where she should belong, and it's not here.
She belongs out there, she should be shining, not rotting down here.
But he kept her anyway, to protect her.
His grip on her stuff toy tightens. He hate that he was frustrated because of her.
"Why you look so lost?" A man walk behind the Warden.
"Zen..." The Warden murmured.
He looked at the stuffed toy that the Warden is holding.
"I feel like I lost her again..." the Warden continue.
"No, you're just tired..." Zen pat the Warden's shoulder and walk away.
Is the Warden really tired? He didn't think so.
Because the moment he take rest, everything in the Barrel Zone will crumble down.
Just like right now...
She was right, he didn't save the Barrel Zone. He's not the strongest here.
The Warden is just like the Leader, the person he hated the most.
Maybe she ran because he hurt her? Maybe she was scared of him? Like 'her'.
He was becoming like his father?
The Warden walk through the people who's suffering in the Barrel Zone, he's not in his right mind.
People screaming and shouting for his help, he only stare in his path blurring every scream and noise around him.
He's lost without her.
Without Yuu.
As he walks in the alleyway and chaos.
He finally reach his destination.
He knocked on the door, gently not his usual bursting through doors.
The man with white hair and hazel eyes open the door.
"Zen..." The Warden called out.
The man only stares at the Warden.
"I made a mistake, what should I do?" The Warden asked.
Zen's eyes widen, it's been a long time to see the Warden asking help from him.
Suddenly, an image of a little boy flash through his mind while staring at the Warden.
Damn, being immortal is indeed a curse.
...
Lucian returned in the treehouse with a fake bunny stuffed toy.
The moment he step inside, Yuu jumped on him and hug her tightly.
"Yuu... I'm sorry, I can't—" before Lucian complete his reason, he was cut off by the sound of her sobs.
She nuzzle against his shirt like clinging to her life.
"Where did you go?" She said between her sobs.
"It hurts...Lucian..." She continue.
Lucian tried to hand the fake bunny stuffed toy to her but she only slap it away.
"I don't need it...I need to go to father..." Her voice is failing.
"I'm sorry...Yuu.." Lucian didn't let her go, he only hugs her tightly.
"Please..." She cried even more.
One of the bandits shouted from below the tree house.
He was running, and gasping for air.
"The Barrel Zone is swarming with Aetheral knights!" He warns.
Levi immediately ran to the terrace of the treehouse to see the shouting bandit from below.
"What!?" He asked.
"The Warden is missing and we can't practically get out through the usual pipes because it has a lot of Aetheral knights put there..." The bandit answered.
"So are you saying that we're stuck here!?" Sarah complained.
"We can't be stuck here! Not especially this time when we need to move faster than the Aetheral..." She continue.
Levi immediately look at confused Lucian, as the girl still clinging on him.
"Is there other way?" He asked.
Lucian hesitate to answer, he noticed that his grip on Yuu tightens, making her groan a little bit in pain.
"I know a way, but..." He didn't continue.
"But what?" Levi asked again but this time his tone was impatient.
"But,. it's straight through the Capitol..." Lucian bit his lip as if he just said a curse.
But it was indeed, his grandmother mentioned him before that the place they're staying is the heart of the Barrel Zone.
Each pipes can lead to other places, that includes the Capitol and the Harvest Zone.
"We can take it—" before Levi walk back to the terrace and announce the news to other bandits, Lucian stopped him.
"We can't!" He shouted.
Levi was taken a back because of his shout.
"What do you mean we can't?" He asked.
"It was sealed long ago, it might be dangerous for us to use the other pipes..." The boy explained and the leader of the bandits sigh in frustration.
"I can lure the Aetheral knights while you escape..." Yuu suddenly suggested making everyone fall in silent.
Lucian look down at her, how can she say that?
The Aetheral knights are swarming the zone because of her.
"Are you an idiot?" Levi broke the silence.
"W-wait—" Sarah tried to called out for him but he cuts her off.
"This is all because of you..." Levi hissed.
"Don't blame her!" Lucian shouted in defense while pulling Yuu into his back.
"Levi, stop being a jerk!" Sarah stomp her foot making everyone look in her way.
"Don't defend a criminal, Sarah." Levi turn his head to his little sister.
"We're a fucking criminal, Levi" Sarah snapped back.
Levi closed his eyes trying to calm himself.
"Enough! I'll think of other way." Lucian said as he pinch the bridge of his nose.
"What way? The only ways we can escape this place are fighting the Aetheral head on, using her as a bait, or use the other pipes even though they have cursed in it." Levi snarled.
"We can't just sacrifice her, Levi...she's--" before Sarah could finished her sentence, Yuu is already gone.
Lucian look at his back, she was really gone.
He clench his jaw as he look down from the tree house to see the other bandits tried to chase after her.
"Miss!" They called out to her but they were blocked by a smoke bomb she stole from Lucian's pocket.
"Fuck!" Levi muttered as he jump down the terrace trying to chase after her.