Chapter 4 - Marcus's Death

Time seemed to stop for Lucas, he would never have realized that that night was the last day he talked with his grandfather. Lucas felt a deep sadness, at this time he was reluctant to even move from the chair where he always talked with his grandfather before they went to sleep. That night, he heard no more joyful laughter, or did he do it. Only the sound of the quiet wind now overpowered the chill of the old wooden house.

Syuhhh ...

The cold wind hit Lucas's body who was now walking out of the wooden house, which he did not pay attention to. It was already the fourth night after his grandfather's death, and Lucas hasn't done anything since then. The sadness he felt, made him who was alone made him no longer have a purpose in life.

Lucas felt that he is a lost and lost child who will never find and find a way because his grandfather who was like his own parents and so loved was gone.

"You have to find them, Lucas. "A whisper was heard in Lucas's ear, and it made him surprised. Instinctively Lucas glanced left and right to see who had just whispered in his ear. However, Lucas didn't find anyone there.

Lucas realized and remembering that it was her grandfather's last wish. Lucas went back into the house and stared at the roll of paper stored in the box on the table beside his grandfather's rocking chair. Lucas also walked over to the box and took the scroll.

He looked again closely at the symbol in the old, yellowed roll of paper, which in the end made Lucas again have the determination to find and collect the eleven stars that fell along with him.

The symbol depicted by the paper almost resembles Lucas's birthmark, but Lucas has a symbol with a shape like a letter N with the first line and diagonal lines that are almost united and have no sharp sides. Make the symbol have five lines, or similar to a number two facing up.

Meanwhile, the symbol drawn on the paper is shaped almost like Lucas's with a shape that looks more like a cobra with six lines. Like the number five facing the right side but not rounded and the ends end down.

"I have to find out, what symbol is this" Lucas muttered to himself, he decided to start looking, after he had prepared all the objects and tools needed by him, including a change of clothes and some food.

That night he prepared a bag, which would later be filled with several pieces of clothes, pants, mineral water, whole wheat bread, and also the money that had been collected by him and his grandfather, not so much, maybe only around a thousand dollars.

When the sun rose to the top, Lucas immediately put on his old shoes and started leaving the house. He decided to go to town and find out which symbol he had, on the city internet. Not forgetting, he also said goodbye to some of his grandfather's friends and said that he would go around to freshen up himself and leave their fields and homes with his grandfather's friend.

Although in fact, Lucas has never left his territory too far away and the farthest is the city and peak of the Himalayas, but he dares to do it in order to meet eleven other stars.

Lucas walked and kept walking towards the nearest town from his home. His step now enters one of the internet spaces that the city always provides for its citizens, and in one of the computer desks that line the room, Lucas selects number twelve and starts looking for the symbol he wants to know.

Capitalizing on his knowledge, he searched for the phrase 'The meaning of the letter N which has a head like a snake', but what he found was the mythology of snakes in the history of civilization and also the symbolism of snakes which had no resemblance to what was in his picture.

This made Lucas return to enter the search sentence 'the meaning of the letter N is not perfect', but what he found were lists of female baby names starting with the letter N. It made Lucas be amazed by it,

"Why is it a name for a baby girl ?? " he muttered, confused by the results, and it certainly made Lucas feel quite frustrated.

"Tsk!" annoyed and tired cries from Lucas did not stop there, he was still looking for ways to find the same symbol as his own using sentences that were simpler to very complicated.

But none of the search sentences entered by Lucas produced anything he wanted, so Lucas felt that this search would not be easy.

NEEET!

A voice that was quite loud surprised Lucas, who now turned his head at the lamp above, which was now showing its red color, and it indicated that the internet service in the city had run out and they had to immediately leave the room because the service would be closed for the day. this.

Lucas's gaze now turned to the clock that was already showing eight o'clock in the evening, and it made Lucas realize that he forgot about the time, he so focused on looking for the symbol.

There was nothing Lucas could do that day but prepare to return home, or at least find a place to take shelter and rest because Lucas felt that his body would not be strong if he walked back home. It was as if her tiredness had made her forget that she could use her teleport to return home whenever she wanted.

Lucas walked unsteadily through the buildings in the city, trying to find a motel or at least a cheap inn where he could rest.

"Please!" a scream could be heard from the end of the alley where he had just passed, causing Lucas to turn his head down the hall.

"Please!!" and Lucas heard the scream again for the second time, he immediately ran and entered the quite dark alley.

He ran in there and found a woman who was being held by five men who were now swarming around her, it made Lucas think that she needed help from him right now.

"Hey!!" Lucas called quite loudly, making the five men who were surrounding the woman now turn around and turn to look at Lucas who was standing right behind them.

"Oh ... something bothering ?!" Said one of the fat men, it didn't make Lucas feel scared or shaken, he turned his head to look at the woman who now looks crying in fear behind there. Makes Lucas speak out loud.

"Let him go, let him go!" Lucas said to the five people who were now laughing in front of him,

"It's good ... we found it first!" Answered one of the tall and thin men among them, Lucas chuckled at the answer.

"He's nothing, you idiot! She is a woman, ah… Are you blind ?? So that you can't tell which things are and which are humans, which makes you say that? " Lucas said. of course, the words made the thin man who had just said annoyed and stared at his friends,

"Beat him!" Said the skinny man, causing the other four friends to pull out their sharp weapons, and most of them took out penknives.

"Watch out!" screamed the woman who asked for help, making Lucas give her the best smile.