It was a fresh morning. The sun had just risen.
Icard opened his eyes then in a world outside the frost tower after what felt like ages now.
Then suddenly, he jerked up in a flash, breathing fast and unstably, his eyes darting everywhere and back on his body like he had just had a nightmare.
And following him was Alia who screamed as well from Icard's sudden movement.
"What...are you okay?!" she asked on seeing Icard wake up that way.
The others followed immediately; Reya and Eric.
"What's wrong?!"
***
"How long was I out?" Icard asked after calming down.
"Since yesterday. It was all yesterday" Alia answered.
Icard quietened. He looked at all of them and noticed Jack wasn't with them.
"Where's Jack?" Icard asked. The question shifted the atmosphere a bit.
"Uhh. About that, Jack...left us" Alia explained and an awkward silence followed.
"He left not long after you went to gates. And he said he wasn't going to come back" Reya said.
"Why?"
Reya sighed then.
