Inside an inconspicuous room of the Medical Ward…
Jacob lay on one of the beds, his figure starting to sweat unnaturally in his sleep. He moaned in a soft voice and ruffled quietly as his eyelids twitched under some dark thoughts.
"n… no… no…"
Suddenly as if struck by lightning, Jacob's eyes flashed open widely and he jerked up, screaming.
"NOOOOOOO!"
Quickly, a pair of soft hands held his chest from front and back, trying to console him. Jacob, in his reverie, tried to shook that person aside and speak incipiently.
"No! We can't! Everything… Everything is gone!"
Seeing that her efforts were not working, the person gave a sharp slap.
"!!!"
Jacob's head numbed at that and he stopped his actions. He blinked in pale confusion and looked at the person whose slap still resounded in his eardrums.
"Alice?... why did you slap me?"
"You were acting crazy just now, though that's nothing new." Alice sighed as she saw him calming down and sat down on her round stool.
