Nicole looked down, only to find Evie, looking back at her with her doe eyes.

"What is it Evie?

" Nicole asked with a gentle tone.

"Is Kizy sleeping peacefully? If not, can Evie read a story to her?

" Evie asked innocently, her baby voice making all the people like her instantly.

But Nicole looked at Markus, seeking permission about what to do.

Markus just nodded his head, while Evie came back to sit beside Markus, reciting an entire story, her baby voice filling the whole room.

By the time Evie ended her story, Catherine was emotional, not understanding how such a young child could be so mature.

All of them stayed for some more time, before leaving one after another, deciding to meet soon again.

On the fifth day, Kizy' mom, Kate arrived at the hospital, her face tearstained after watching her daughter being in such bed ridden condition.

But none of them had disclosed any information about the professor or this masteran to Kate.

After all, Kizy was the one who had kept it hidden from Kate, so how could they reveal such an important piece of news without asking her.

Thus they made up a fake story, saying that Kizy was hit by a car in a road side accident. The driver was supposedly drunk, and after hitting Kizy, it collided with a huge bus, with the driver dying on the spot.

Kate was informed about all this the day the doctor had announced about Kizy being in a coma.

But Kate was out of station, doing some social work. Thus she got this information yesterday at midnight, and she travelled through the night to reach the hospital in the morning.

It had been very difficult for Markus and Mary to compose Kate, asking her to calm down.

Once she had calmed down significantly, she saw Markus and Mary properly.

Markus looked dead tired, his face covered with dark circles, hair undone, clothes creased.

While Mary had lost weight running to and fro between 'Stardust' and 'Purple'.

"Child you should rest for sometime.

" Kate said, thinking that Markus had been awake last night, making him look so tired.

"No mother. I am fine.

" Markus replied immediately.

"You look tired.

" Kate said, pointing out the obvious.

"No no. I am not tired.

" Markus said once again.

Mary felt emotional, watching her son being as sensible as his late father, her beloved late husband.

Kate and Mary talked a little, Kate deciding to stay in A city till Kizy was back to normal.

This way almost a week had passed, but Kizy never woke up or did even the slightest movement.

Markus would only look at her, occasionally talking with her when no one else was present in the room except those two.

*TENTH DAY IN HOSPITAL*

"Stop giving her that mournful look.

" Jason said while entering the room.

No matter how much he tried, he couldn't make it in himself to come to this place where Kizy was present.

Markus just looked at Jason before reverting back to his original posture, looking towards Kizy.

"I said stop giving those negative sad vibes. You should be talking to her, telling her some cheerful news, making her excited to come back from her deep sleep.

" Jason said, though his voice cracked a little at the end, showing how emotional he was.

"You love her, don't you?

" Suddenly Markus said, making Jason freeze at his place.

Luckily he had closed the door behind him, plus he was the only person visiting today, thus nobody heard this.

Jason paused for a minute before he resumed walking towards the bed, where Kizy was lying lifelessly.

"What's the use? She will never know that.

" He said with a sigh.

"Why did you let her go? She told me about how she met you, the reasons why she joined your group and how successfully it was working, even being invited to the gala.

" Markus asked, wanting to know everything clearly.

"Then did she mention the things that happened at Gala?

" Jason asked, not knowing how much information Kizy had already revealed.

"Yeah. About the professor as well.

" Markus said, showing he knew about the entire incident.

"Exactly. That's the reason why.

" Jason said, his tone full of disappointment.

"What do you mean?

" Markus asked again.

"When did she tell you about all this?

" Jason asked.

"On her birthday.

" Markus said.

"Why though?

" Jason asked back, his eyebrows knitting.

"We received a parcel on her birthday. From the professor.

" Markus said, his tone serious.

"What??

" Jason asked, not being able to keep his cool anymore.

"Yes.

" Markus reolied in one word.

"What was the parcel?

" Jason asked, panicking, knowing how much Kizy was scared of the professor.

"The mask she had left behind at the gala. Along with a cake. I tried to trace back its sender, but it wasn't possible.

" Markus said, his voice dejected.

"No matter what you try, you can't trace them easily.

" Jason said from his own experience.

"So you were talking about why she left the group.

" Markus said, bringing attention back to the original topic.

"After returning back from the gala, I increased security around our place, knowing that because of hacking into their monitors, they would find our identities soon.

Plus the professor was crazy about her. I could understand that from the beginning.

Thus we didn't accept any missions for the first month after returning.

After a month, we finally took a big mission, but we didn't let Diamond accompany us, knowing her safety was more important than our missions.

We completed almost seven missions without Diamond, all of them big huge ones. No matter how sad or irritated she would become, we never allowed her on missions.

But she couldn't wait like this anymore. You won't believe it, but Diamond had her first argument with me in the past two years over this topic.

Thus finally we took her on the mission, and the thing I wanted to avoid actually happened.

" Jason paused, taking a deep breath, remembering old memories.

"We were trapped inside a bungalow, a bait laid by the professor.

" Jason continued.

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Sorry for uploading a little late today. Have a great day!

- Kizy