Gone

Chapter 3 | Hope

They never were so ashamed of themselves and filled with such guiltiness like right now. Those feelings make their stomach turn in a painfully way and a wave of nausea settles in, waiting for release. They shuddered, even though the temperature in the Kitchen was mild and goosebumps decorates their Skin.

Non of them dared to look up, nor did they wanted to make eye contact with each other. They just stared either at their lap or the Table. They didn't spoke, stayed in silence and waited. Even breathing was too loud in their ears.

Oh how they wanted to disappear forever, being swallowed by Earth and to atone the dreadful sin they have committed. Even death sounds, in a way, welcoming.

When Bruce has asked them that night what exactly happen and when everyone had told their side, all they had expected a small lecture from him. But Bruce's respond took their breath completely away, shook them to the ground and let their Heart beat so fast, it felt as if it would jump out of their Chest any minute and run away and leaving them still alive.

Bruce looked at his Sons with such utter disappointment and a hint of sadness. It didn't took long till his gaze turned into a icy glare. How could they? How?

Then he begun to spoke, his voice firm and steady. And when he was finish with voicing his disappointment, he took a sit at the Table, inhaling deeply and massages his temples. He spoke up again, telling that they need to act quick now and how this conversation is still not over.

When Alfred and Cassandra came back the next morning, both couldn't believe what had happen in such a short time.

Alfred scolded the Boys making it clear that he was disappointed and gave them a silent treatment for 3 days and after those 3 days they talked it out.

Cassandra acted different, she screamed at her Brothers, till she couldn't speak anymore, throwing stuff at them and at one point she tried to attack them, if Bruce hadn't't interfere there would have been a lot of Blood and probably an almost dead body. She had making her point crystal clear, how furious she was. She just felt so angry and sad at the same time.

Cassandra took the silent treatment to a whole new level, she didn't spoke with her Brothers for Two and a half month.

Cassandra cherished [Name] and it pained her that she wasn't with him at this dreadful night to protect him. Her baby Brother gone and probably in pain and she could nothing do about it.

She felt helpless, restless and it was making her slowly depressed.