Floating Threads

Baby Doll still lay on the ground with her eyes still cloudy. No one seems to notice. Their focus had been on Masayuki. Now, the angels have to investigate what was going wrong. They all decided that there had to be some interference of some sort. The question was where.

The angels all spread out to look around the house. Izumi, Natalia, and Liz took the downstairs while Yoshiko and Himeko took the upstairs. They weren’t the only ones to notice that something was wrong.

Ben wandered into the living room and noticed Taro staring at the front door. Curious, the man walked over to the boy.

“She something interesting?” Ben asked. Taro turned his head. He pointed behind him.

“Who are those people?” he asked.

“Huh?” Ben asked. He looked over at the living room. He too say the couple and the baby looking around the seemingly empty apartment. Ben tilted his head.

“What the hell?” he asked. Ben tried to flag them down.

“Hey! Hey! What are you doing here?! Hey! Hey!” he shouted. The couple started walking towards them. Ben and Taro looked at each other.

“They are coming here,” Taro said. Ben waved with both of his hands.

“Hey! Hey! Hey!” he shouted. The couple walked closer and just disappeared. Ben lowered his hands.

“They didn’t see us,” he said. Taro stood, blinking.

“What just happened?” he asked. The boy and the man looked at each other. What the hell was going on?

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Izumi looked around a corner. Come to think of it, she hadn’t seen Baby Doll around lately. Maybe if she found her, they could get some answers.

“Hello?” she whispered near the kitchen. “Baby, are you here?” Izumi took slow steps inside. Her eyes shifted back and forth. She paused when her foot touched something. The angel looked down. She covered her mouth as she gasped.

“Baby Doll!” she said. “Speak to me! Hey! Hey!” Izumi scooped the catatonic angel into her arms. She started shaking her, but no response. The older angel took a listen to her chest. She could feel a faint beating inside.

“Oh good,” Izumi said. But then another thought crossed her mind.

“Are you causing this?” she asked. Baby Doll just laid silent with empty eyes in her arms.

“Guys! Come quick! I think I found the problem!” Izumi shouted. It didn’t take long for everyone to crowd around her.