Chapter 19: Chapter 19

"Splendid to arrive alone in a foreign country and feel the assault of difference, here they are all along, busy with living, they don't talk or look like me, the rhythm of their life is entirely different, I am foreign"

-Frances Mayer-

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Phoebe's P.O.V

Time flies really slowly when you have nothing to do, I have been in this plane garage for hours now and I am still on the same kind of position since the beginning because I really don't want any of them to catch even the glimpse sight of me, because trouble would most likely to occur.

My whole body hurts and I feel like I can't feel my muscle anymore, like I am trapped in a small box and I can't move.

Gosh, I just wish time would fly by quicker.

The sound from the room where they are at could be heard from here even though it's not very clear, they have been putting on some loud Russian music which words I completely don't understand, and I also hear the sound of them talking and even though they are talking about some important matter instead of talking about little things, they don't appear to be in an immense serious situation, even after what happened with Ivan, and maybe that is also thanks to their lifestyle in general, they prefer to take time to relax whenever they can because 90% of the time, they are facing dangers and risks from what they are doing.

After a while, I can feel the jet starting to go down to land and I have to hold on tight to the case and the wall for my dear life because it's shaking quite badly back here.

The jet finally stops moving and I can hear the plane door slowly opening up and the men are putting on their weapons on their clothes and head outside in a ready mode.

I have to wait a little while more until no one notices me, but at the same time, I have to be quick on the right timing because this jet is going to fly back to Russia because they are going to be here for the next three days.

After everything has settled down, I go out of the room and I realize that the pilot and his co-pilot is currently outside and they left the door open.

Is this a coincidence or is it thanks to Anna? Nonetheless I feel so lucky about this situation

I get out and realize that we are on a the top of a building near the city, and from where I am at, I can see the town from up here and I think it's beautiful, not an aesthetic beauty,and I am not surprised about it because Tokyo, to the best of my knowledge is a crowded and busy city, and there aren't a lot of empty space for private jet landing, and I wonder if this is a private property of someone.

I quickly sneak out of this area, immediately welcomed by a strange city area, and it's pretty crowded in here. I guess this is the main place for fancy business in Japan, since Tokyo is the head city of Japan.

Now the real question is, how do I get out of this building?

I sigh as I walk into the unguarded door and I have to be very careful to not meet anyone which I know will be hard, so what I do is taking the emergency stairs which door was right beside the exit of the rooftop, lucky me, and I make my way all the way to the ground floor, and since no one is using it I don't stress about any of them witnessing me.

When I reach the ground floor the exit door is on the lobby area and I have to pretend that I didn't just get out from the emergency room and I can feel the people staring at me as I walk toward the front door.

What do I expect? Being a red head with blue eyes in a place filled with Japanese people which have black hair and brown eyes makes me stand out so much.

I can feel the suspicion rising from them, and it makes me feel incredibly uncomfortable, but I eventually make it outside without any problems, and now I am outside, in the city of Tokyo, filled with people with language and customs I do not understand, and it's making me feel like a stranger.

I need to find help, but from whom? I don't have my phone with me and I am in a foreign country with almost no identity, if any cops find me they will probably think I am a dark immigrant or one of those tourist who lost her stuff, I prefer the second one because if they think so then I will have a chance to go back home for they will most likely send me back to my country.

But to the best of my knowledge, there aren't a lot of foreigners in Japan and only few people here speaks fluent English, and that truly worries me.

I take a sit on a bench park somewhere and I think I have to think about what I am going to do.

I see two little girls playing with each other, and all of a sudden, I am reminded of my sister. I wonder how she is doing now, I hope she is doing just fine because no matter how horrible she treated me back then, I still love her, she is the only family member I have left, after all.

When I am daydreaming, I feel my stomach begins to grumble so I think I should get something to eat first, but the problem is I have no idea how to buy a food using Japanese, Anna gave me a few yen for me to be used here, I don't bother to know where she got it from, but what's the point if I can't order the food?

Which is why it takes me a while to find a place where someone understands what I am saying and I end up buying some bento box from a street side restaurant, and the owner's son just happened to be there and he spoke English for me.

Thank goodness, or else I would starve.

I pay for my food and eat in the restaurant and even so, I can feel people staring at me again, but I don't mind them anymore as I eat the bento in front of me, and this is also the first time I try a bento, and I guess it tastes pretty good, quite different from French food, but still good.

After I am done eating, I get out from the restaurant and starts to wonder where I am going to go again.

Maybe I should just go to the police station and hope any of them can help me, I'm not too optimistic about this, though.

I hold on tight to my suitcase and begins searching for the police station, and that is when I hear a commotion from afar.

Foolishly, driven by my curiosity, I walk toward the commotion which is happening on a small area on the corner of the town and it's a group of people fighting a man.

How unfair, how can they fight an unarmed man like that?

I watch them from a good distance as they continue to fight, and then something I didn't expect comes, as the man who was being attacked pulls out a gun and begin shooting on of the man, making his way toward the rest of them.

He did it so quickly, from the moment he pulls out the gun to the moment he shot them, it takes less than a minute.

The small group of people who witnessed it quickly ran away, as they scream, but I am standing here, frozen from what I just saw.

I am about to get out from here as soon as I see a gun being pulled and when i turn my back I see the man already had his back facing the other way while one of the man he just shot pulled out a gun and was about to shoot him.

"Watch out!" I say as I run toward the man, and there is a gunshot heard, as I feel a sharp pain on the lower part of my stomach.

My vision turns blurry, before I hear quick footsteps coming from somewhere, and I hear men talking which sounds so vague on my ears.

"Rinkou-Sama, daijoubu desu ka?"(Formal: Mr Rinkou, are you okay?)

"Ore wa daijoubu." (I am fine)

The light in front of me begins to disappear, and I can feel darkness overcome me, as life slowly fades away from my body.

Am I going to die?