The Puppeteer Part 3

The Puppeteer - William's dream family

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He had never seen Zylen this way before.. everytime William raise him up to sit and turn his head away he herd a thud and whenever he turn back he will find Zylen collapsed to the floor.

He barely have his consciousness.. it took two weeks after that night for him to finally wake up. But he was extremely quiet. Not even a sound when William put the baby right next to him on the bed.

William has let Zylen sleep on his bed, and he was sleeping there at night too, hugging him as he was motionless. Praying he will open his eye

..Wake up Zylen..

..Wake up..

For Zylen who woke up in his master's bed after his long slumber, he didn't say a word. The oxygen mask on him and the drip on his hand doesn't seems to bothers him at all too. He just stay motionless. And when William woke up and saw him he quickly embrace him

"Zylen!"

"Zylen listen, I'm sorry for what I did to you.. I shouldn't have sent you there, I'm the worse- Zylen?"

But there was no reply..

Zylen's eye is definitely open but it seems he's unconscious and can't snap out of it when William shakes him.

It was shocking for William to learn how much the incident at that place has effected him. William do learn from the news, three days after he took Zylen home. Some locals report to the police after they saw a few dead horse from afar. And when the outhorities reach the area, according to the news those guys who has been found dead has been suspected to die appromaxitely two weeks in prior.

If that is true, then it means Zylen has been there alone in the dark, surviving by eating their flesh..

According the report as well, there are signs of fights and arguments among them, attempting them to shoot one another, and the last man suicide by hanging himself.

William frowned as he feed him. Who knows what actually happened there.. who knows what Zylen had witnessed being the only survivor..

Zylen doesn't seem to even munching the porridge poured into his mouth. He was frozen, hard as a rock.

"I know I've said this far too many times.. it sucks to keep repeating the same thing.. I'm truly sorry for what I have done to you"

No reply, William had his usual sigh..

The next day he bring the small baby to Zylen. Zylen gave no response even the baby cried when he saw his young father, wanting his affection because he miss him. The small hands waving in the air. "Wanna take him? We should name it don't you think?"

And his no reaction doesn't surprise William anymore. He wondered if he had amnesia, because it was obvious he suffered from concussions for multiple times.

..Maybe he will remember if I try harder..

And so he did by placing the baby at him. And he saw Zylen was having pain because he jerked himself and soon the  bed was wet.

William pull off the crying baby and sigh "You wet yourself again.. didn't you? Don't worry I'll take care of it" he walk away and put the baby in the crib nearby the bed, the crib that used to belong to his adopted daughter and his baby son, the crib he made himself when they were expecting their first child. 

Then William slowly pull off the blanket from Zylen, lift him up but when he pull his pants off Zylen was shaking. "Don't worry.. I know you're not ready" he whispered "I'm just going to clean this mess" he lifted Zylen up then put him laying down on the couch and walk back inside to replace the bed sheet.