Rafael found the twins on a bed in a dazed trance. When he entered the room, he could feel a strange smell permeating the air. The light in their eyes was gone and the only door was locked. Sylvia made a barrier over the twins and looked sadly at Rafael.
Rafael rampaged around and found an air humidifier. He tossed it out the window and frowned deeply wondering what was happening.
"Mi..ster?" Alexander groaned
Rafael went to the twins and held them, "What happened...?"
"....It hurts...." Alexandra cried
Rafael hugged them," It's okay....shh..."
Sylvia turned into a twin baby carrier, Rafael buckled it up and put the twins inside the carrier's pockets. He took a paperclip from the drawer, twisted it, and unlocked the door. He tossed a ball from his pocket outside, and it sprayed out gas everyone and Rafael only came out when the gas finished.
He found Leonard with two other men passed out in the living room. He looked through the documents on the table and they seemed like any normal work-related stuff.
"Everyone is a suspect." Rafael recited to himself "Treat everyone as if they were a criminal."
Rafael stared at the paper and took out his tiny flashlight. He shone over the paper and analyzed it and smiled to himself. He read: Kill the Mayor now, he's useless now. The other documents had the map of the Mayor's house and office.
"Wait...I don't have time for this." Rafael remembered and started walking away
He went to Leonard's office and unlocked it with the paperclip. He found a drawer with medications and many packs of syringes. He carefully read all the medications, uses, and side effects.
"Found it." Rafael sighed
He injected the antidote into the twins' veins and looked around the office. Rafael was drawn to a book with an odd lock without a keyhole. He found Leonard's documents of being quite the accomplished doctor.
"He could have gone to a far better city with these qualifications." Rafael thought " Either he really loved his wife or something else."
He opened another drawer and found a picture of a woman with two babies. The photo seemed to be stabbed by something and he assumed the person was filled with rage with sorrow. Since they failed to stab at the woman's face.
Sylvia made Rafael turn towards a ghost in the corner. It was a boy, probably older than Alexander although malnourished.
"I can see you," Rafael said to the ghost
"You....can see me?" the boy reacted in shock and flew towards him
He gripped Rafael's shoulders, and his nails dug into his skin but Rafael wasn't bothered. He looked at the ghost and gave a firm nod to affirm his suspicion.
"Please....." the boy went as black tears ran down his cheeks " I want revenge."
"How does that help me?" Rafael smirked "There's no free lunch out there."
"Power." the boy went with glowing eyes
"Why would I want that?" Rafael frowned
The boy smiled, "Two organizations. One, I want revenge for what they did to me and they both want the Monarchs."
Rafael froze at his words and looked at him with a cold stare. Everything seemed to center around the kids as if they were stuck in a spiderweb and Rafael felt choked up by the unknown.
"Let's get out of here first." the boy smiled looking at the door "Who knows when they'll wake up? So can you release me?"
"What?" Rafael wondered
"I'm trapped in this house, actually this room. Didn't you find it strange how the Monarchs didn't find me?" the boy sighed
Rafael understood what he meant. Since entering the room, he was having difficulty channeling his energy so Leonard was hiding something else in there.
"How do I release you?" Rafael asked as he continued rampaging around
"Like that female ghost. I need a medium, so we can try attaching myself to something you have," he told
Rafael nodded, "Alright, I get it. Any idea what he's hiding in here?"
The boy thought, "Did you check the drawers?"
"Only a book," Rafael said
"Take it." he told "That's the only thing I've seen him pay particular attention to."
"Fine. I don't have time for this." Rafael sighed
He finally decided to take the book and the old picture as well. He applied glue on the edges of the drawer face and shut it tightly. After attaching the ghost to his wristwatch, he snuck out the window and closed it behind him.
"So for both organizations to prosper....they need these kids." Rafael thought with a bitter taste in his mouth
"How do you know the Monarchs?" the boy asked with interest
Rafael didn't answer and continued his speeded walk towards Lucielle's place.
"Well, I knew the twin Monarchs' mother...." the boy said with a sad expression
"What?" Rafael paused
The boy went, "Sadly...she was killed too."
"Didn't she die from disease?" he asked
The ghost seemed confused by Rafael's statement, "Wait....didn't you know. The twins' mother was a Monarch."
"What....?"
Rafael saw Alexander half-awake looking at the boy ghost. His expression wasn't good and he had a cold sweat. He quickly gave in to the medication and was asleep again. Rafael snuck into an open window on the first floor.
He heard Brenda's cackling voice. Rafael took out his mirror and saw that the married pair were drunk as skunks. They were celebrating something but he didn't see Lucielle anywhere which he expected.
"We can finally get rid of that brat!!" Brenda laughed
Rafael froze in the shadows and waited for any information after all, in wine there is truth. They'll naturally say their minds even if they're not drunk since they are in the safety of their own house.
"I agree." Charles laughed "I have no idea why they'd give us such a high price for that blind brat."
The wall behind Rafael was cracking as the boy was trying to take him somewhere.
"I know right!!" Brenda giggled "If I knew they'd cost so much, I would have kept her parents alive-"
"Well, they're asking for her now. We need to quickly think of the price we should ask---did you to close the windows!!" Charles snapped "You want to kill me too!!"
The couple started to argue as Rafael's mind was blank. Almost blank, something pushed forward in his mind. Energy concentrated around him and his eyes coldly looked at the bickering couple.
"Kill them...."