Chapter 11 – Family
Sara was sat still on the chair in the hospital lounge. While she was allowed to go back home, she still had to visit her doctor so that she could find out if she needed more treatment.
"Sara Shawkat." Said one of the nurses out loud. Sara stood up and walked towards the nurse. The nurse took her towards the room of the family doctor, she sat down on the chair while the doctor kept staring at the screen.
"Sara, being a Dermine you were of course able to recover a little better. However, you should still be careful, luckily you only sprained your back, and you got some broken ribs, however they should heal naturally. Take a break from Dermine fighting for a little and let your body heal." The doctor said.
"Oh ok, thank you doctor." She said while slowly getting up. She then got out of the room, the amount of pain she felt wasn't that much, but it was enough to change her way of walking for a little.
"Tsk, it hurts." She murmured while walking outside the hospital.
***
At the Shawkat residence, Sara was sat down on her couch. No tv on, no phone, no noise, nothing. She was just deep in her thoughts, her hands shivering.
"I'll get you myself!" She suddenly said.
"Those bastards think they know anything, I know you're innocent, so come back to me!" She was barely able to get those words out as she sobbed a little. Her eyes widened up after hearing the door knock. She wiped away her tears and started slowly walking up towards the door. As she opened the door her head started looking up towards Normine.
"Sara!" She said enthusiastically and began hugging her.
"Ms. Normine…. That hurts!" She murmured.
"Oh sorry, I was just so happy that you were alright." She got off Sara.
"Ms. Normine, can you help Sa-iq?" Sara asked desperately.
"I-I-I'm sorry but I tried my best, but there really isn't much I can do, all we can do is hope the Agency goes easy on him once they find him." She responded. Sara started staring down at her feet, her eyes sharpened and her teeth started gritting.
"T-then, I will help him!" She blurted out.
"No, you won't! You can barely walk right, plus Sa-iq is a vessel now, it's best we let the Agency handle this, just forget this Sara, the Sa-iq you once knew is not the same one that is currently roaming around!" Normine responded.
"I mean God damn it he killed 13 people, and one of them is your mother!" She said suddenly. Sara began sobbing more and more.
"N-no! I was the one who killed mother." Sara said suddenly, Normine was shocked, as her eyes widened up.
"You don't know anything about what happened! Mom tried to kill him and Sa-iq turned into a demon, the only reason mom died is because I kept holding on to her, instead of moving away and taking her to safety. What I am trying to say is if I did anything that day this would never happened. I could've stopped mom from trying to kill him, I could've noticed that something was wrong with Sa-iq, but I didn't!" She stopped rambling to start breathing in.
"But- but why would Layla do that? She isn't that kind of woma-" Normine thought back.
"Sa-iqs tooth, Sa-iqs injuries. Sa-iq healed faster than anyone, I just brushed it off, but no, Layla noticed it and knew. So, I was the fool not Layla." She whispered, Normine just stood still. Not knowing what to say.
"Ha, he's my only family left, just let me have him." She was able to get out.
"I understand you, but I can't let you go, it's too dangerous." Normine then got down to Saras height and began rubbing her hair.
"How about this, I'll go looking for him and bring him back to you." Normine said calmly. Sara slowly stopped sobbing, she just looked at Normine.
"S-sure." She whimpered.
"I'll go and leave you alone now, but please promise me you won't do anything." Normine said. Sara nodded at her while wiping away her last tears. Once Normine left Sara closed the door after her and went back to the couch.
"I will go!" She thought to herself. She lied on the couch for about 5 minutes, before she heard knocking at her door again. She went up to open the door, thinking it was just Normine. As she opened she got surprised seeing Sa-iqs 2 friends standing at the door.
"Can I help you?" The 2 boys stood there a little, Sam noticed Sami staring a little too much at Sara. Sami had never gotten that great of a look at Sara before, so just now he began thinking about how "cute" she is. Sam looked back at Sara and greeted her. "Can me and my friend here come inside, we want to talk about Sa-iq" Sami said, he then punched Sami a little so that Sami could stop staring.
"Uhh, sure." Sara responded, she opened the door wide open and let them in. They both took off their shoes and walked inside the home. Sa-iqs room was closed as some construction workers were planning to go there and fix the hole in the wall, however the rest of the house was still intact.
"So, what happened exactly with Sa-iq? All we know is that Normine told us to say that we got attacked by a demon. She also told us to not mention Sa-iq at all to the coming agent, because that might escalate the situation. Me and Sami are confused here, because we both know what we saw, a demonic looking Sa-iq." Sam said while looking at her with serious eyes.
"She- why did she never tell me to do that? I told that agent everything about that night." She thought to herself, the stress making her bite her index finger.
"Oh, please don't do that, if you don't want to you don't need to answer, you must be under much stress right now." He stuttered. Sara looked at him and calmed down a little.
"I'm sorry I got caught up in my thoughts. But yeah Sa-iq somehow turned into a demon, but I swear it isn't him who did all of this!" Sara said worryingly.
"Oh, don't worry we believe you, Sa-iq is a little cocky but even he can tell pure evil apart. He would never do this." Sam said calmly.
"It also doesn't help that Sa-iq is too weak to take down an entire building am I right?" He chuckled.
"Oh well the only reason we came here is because we felt that we needed to atleast tell you about this. Me and Sami are planning to find him and help him run away. We wanted to ask if you wanted to come along." Sam said Sara was surprised.
"So, they want to look for him too?" She thought to herself. Sara looked at Sam, his serious expression almost staring right into her soul. She looked at Sami and he was just a little red in his face.
"Don't go after Sa-iq, the demon in him will just take control of Sa-iq and kill you, leave this to the agency." Sara blurted out. Sam looked at her, confused and surprised.
"But the agency wants to arrest him!" He said.
"Tsk so persistent! I don't know how Sa-iqs relationship with these 2 is, but it is definitely strong enough to make them risk their lives for him. Just don't do it it's too dangerous for 2 newbies to do such stuff." Sara thought to herself.
"And? He's a danger to people now, even if it isn't within his control, he still possesses a threat to the public and shall be imprisoned to not risk anyone's lives." She said. Sam was completely surprised.
"Bu-but he's your brother!" Sam said.
Sara hesitated, but she knew saying it was for the best "No demon is my brother!" She shouted. Even Sami was shocked from this.
"Oh alright, well sorry for bothering you." Sam said awkwardly, they both started getting up.
"But yeah you're right, we should just leave this to the agency." Sam said. He then got up and left. Sami slowly followed him, and Sara followed to close the door after them.
Sara got the sudden urge to sneeze, as she sneezed she hurt her ribcage. She then began falling to the ground after breaking her balance. Sami out of instinct went on to catch her. Sam looked at them surprised, because from their POV it looked like they were hugging. Sami immediately let go of her, his face redder than a tomato.
"I-I-I'm so sorry! Bye!" He stuttered. He then closed the door behind him so fast that Sara had no time to respond, she too was blushing from this.
"The hell are you doing? Sa-iq would kill you if he was here." Sam said.
"IT WAS A MISTAKE!" He shouted.
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"I had to lie to them, it's too dangerous for them to look for him." Sara whispered to herself while walking around the house.
"No, this is between family, they shouldn't get involved." She kept on going. Sara then began packing her stuff up and walked towards the door. Her heart beating faster and faster. She opened the front door and walked outside, she then closed the door and locked it.
"Even if you don't want me to look for you, I'll find you, Sa-iq." She said clenching her fist.