For the next 10 minutes, Lexie kept on bending her head down trying to think of something that would guarantee the survival of her and her family and the little Ciel.
The only thing that appears to be the right thing to do was the plan of escape, she had to go outside of this place immediately before the fire reached them.
" Mom" She shouted as she finally made up her mind about a single idea, her mom looked at her right away and so did Ciel because she drove him away from the scary thought that he was having.
" I think i made up my mind, i am the one who was outside the place, and i know for sure that the state outside is much worse than we ever imagined and that even if we stay here we will never be able to survive in the basement"
" I know, just by looking at both of you, I think that you witnessed a lot of horrors tonight," Her mom tried to comfort her.
"Well we have to leave mom, immediately, but we are not going to leave on our own"
" What do you mean by that? " ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel⸺fire.net
" I mean that everyone around us is hiding in their basements, none of them walked outside to see what was happening around in such a night, none of them know what is happening tonight"
" You want to inform them !" Her mom said with a high tone, she was both pissed and surprised by the way her daughter was thinking.
" Yes, i want that "
Her mother gazed at her then said with a deep look in her eyes:" I think i put you under some much pressure when your dad died, you were a little kid and i gave you huge responsibility, that is why you try to help everyone and fix everything that is broken, i think and it is an automatic reaction to this".
" Mom, it is not the time to talk about such a thing, we need to hurry, let's save all of this to another time," Lexie said trying to press her to make a decision herself.
" We are wasting our time with such a conversation" Lexie added, " We have to start now to finish fast"
" I am going to get your sisters, and you better get going with what you want to do now, but first we have to change his clothes, he can't be seen with us when he is wearing clothes that are not ours"
" But we only have girls' clothes!"
" So be it, i don't really care if that is going to help me survive the night " Her mother assured.
Ciel was looking at both of them very confused, they were really trying to help him to survive the night? and he found that very strange, somehow he remembered Isiah .
Isiah was the only one that helped him when he got here, he didn't judge him as everyone did, and he genuinely helped him to stay alive that is until he died in that cruel way to be left all by himself wandering in the district one.
For the past month, he managed to live soundly in Isiah's house because people didn't go near it after that, he learned some basics to grab food from Isiah so he didn't have any problems through that.
" Now, follow me, little kid, i will give you one of my kid's dresses, i am sorry if that is uncomfortable for you but, it is the only way that you accompany us "
Ciel didn't think that wearing a dress is a bad thing, he just nodded to her and then followed her to do exactly what she asked him to do, while Lexie went outside the house toward their closest neighbor's house, Arino's house was only 2 minutes away from her house, so she runs towards it very fast, she started to knock the door with strong knocks with her fist, she didn't got a reply from anyone because they obviously didn't hear her .
" Mister Arino, open the door …open the door, this important, the fire is coming, the fire is coming"
She kept on saying those expressions while exhaling heavily due to her run .
She didn't stop causing a mess even though she would have grabbed the attention of the monsters, when she remembered that she raised her sight towards the sky to confirm if there was a portal next to her, but she didn't see any purple or red aurora, so she sighed out of relaxation then continued to knock the door very loudly this time.
After a few minutes, he opened the door to her with a surprised face, then he said while entering his house immediately:" What are you doing here Lexie? Does your mom know that you are here in the middle of the triple full moon? "
" We have to run away? " She said impulsively.
" What do you mean Lexie, you have to go back home, to your basement, you will be safe, or you could stay here with me and my wife and our little kid, what do you think ? "Arino tried to comfort her, yet she didn't calm down.
" The forest is burning and we have to leave this place, it is very close, you can see it from the door, if it reaches us we will be doomed "
" Yes, and it is very close to us, take a look "
" You were outside? Why? How do you know all of this? "
" That's a story for another time, now you have to bring your wife and kid and leave, now if you excuse me i am going to join my family"
Arino opened the door the moment she said that, he looked towards the forest to confirm her words, he knew Lexie since she was a kid and he knew that with her character she would never say something in vain, he saw the flames from afar? Then he felt the heat coming from the forest.
" Wait, don't go anywhere, I will lead you, okay …"
" I have to tell everyone next to us"
" Yes, of course …you go right and I'll go left, let's meet near your house, and Lexie…thank you …you really remind me of your father".