The Devil's Sweetheart

Although Leena knows Devin never gets irritated, she bugs him every hour if he goes on a business trip. She can\'t imagine spending a day without talking to Devin. Without seeing him is like serving a life sentence in hell.

She wanted to tear these people\'s faces apart for making Devin undergo this pain without properly studying his medical condition. But she held back her fury. Right now, bringing Devin back to this world is her priority. If the people here are incapable, she knows a person who can bring Devin back to reality. \'\'Morvena.\'\' She muttered, squirming her hands over the mobile. Decided to talk with her, she dialed her number, which she exchanged with Morvena at her house. The call got connected on the second ring. \'\'Hello, Morvena_\'\'

\'\'Devin is not waking up?\'\' Morvena dropped a bomb.

Leena was taken aback. \'\'You..you knew this?\'\' 

\'\'If you have called me expecting my help, I have to say, I am sorry. You have called the wrong number,\'\' Morvena added on. \'\'I can find where he is hiding, but I cannot bring him back. Recall the words I told you at my house. If you are wise enough, you will understand what I meant. I have done my part. Bye.\'\'

\'\'Wait..Morvena!\'\' Leena screamed to hold on, but she disconnected the call already. Pursing her lips, Leena walked towards Devin. \'\'Get ready. I will drag you even if you are hiding in the hell.\'\'

She made a decision already, just that she was scared to let out. \'\'I will bring Devin back.\'\' She declared.

Walter immediately made a statement. \'\'You can\'t go inside_\'\'

\'\'Do you have a better option?\'\' Leena questioned Walter before turning to the team. \'\'Please make the arrangements.\'\'

Elias nodded and motioned the team to get ready for another memory lane. Nico grabbed the drug and wristwatch from Bella and personally handed it to Leena. He wanted to initiate a conversation with this barbie, but the situation was not right. He will not be surprised if she beats him. Nico also grabbed the tube from Elias\'s hand and connected it to Leena\'s brain.

Nick, who was watching Nico\'s movements keenly, knocked on Nico\'s head. \'\'What\'s with you, kiddo. Are you trying to impress her?\'\'

\'\'I am not a kiddo. I am eighteen years old. To answer your last question, yes, I am. I am a big fan of Leena,\'\' Nico said as he looked at Leena, earnestly studying the Toconin drug.

\'\'Leena,\'\' Walter spoke up. \'\'We cannot stay inside Devin\'s memories for a long time. He might kill us there. I have set the timer to fifteen minutes.\'\'

Leena nodded, slowly closing her eyelids.

As Elias watched Leena slowly drifting into sleep, he signaled the others to get ready. He then turned to Nick. He couldn\'t help but ask, observing Nick\'s athletic build. \'\'Are you into martial arts?\'\' 

\'\'I am a professional Krav Maga fighter.\'\' He proudly added.

\'\'Is it? Good to have another fighter.\'\' Elias nodded and told Bella to give him the Toconin.

\'\'Why..why am I..\' Nick\'s voice trailed off as the brown-haired Bella forced him to drink the disgusting liquid that is sour than the tamarinds \'\'Don\'t panic if you see something weird.\'\' Bella pushed Nick\'s body onto the lounge chair. Pleasantly drowsy, Nick had no urge to fight off the sleep. \'\'I don\'t know anything..\'\' 

\'\'I am switching on the button.\'\' Bella pressed the button. Nicks\'s voice went into the void, and his vision went into blackness.

...

Standing in front of the hospital, Leena stared at the building. She could hear her wretched cries from every corner of the hospital.

\'\'We need to move, Leena,\'\' Watler said. \'\'Devin started sending enemies\'\' He pointed his eyes to Nico and Nick, who were dealing with the local thugs.

\'\'Is your boss that poor to send the local thugs?\'\' Nick yelled at the man as he threw his back on the ground. \'\'Leena, go and search the house. He must be there.\'\'

As Nick suggested, Leena went home accompanied by Elias and Walter. Every nook and corner, she searched, but the man in question was not still missing. She went to his office, the cliff in Seattle where she fell, Wang family house, but the search went in vain. \'\'Where are you, Devin! Please show up.\'\' The amount of energy she wasted in searching, she lost the strength to utter a word. 

The alarm beeped on Walter\'s watch, indicating the time. \'\'We have two minutes left. Nick and Nico are also tired. They can\'t fight anymore."

"Please...Devin." Along with her giddiness, her frustration flared up. She searched all the places she was familiar with. Where could he hide? Morvena snapped into Leena\'s head to remind her. \'Recall the words I told at my house, Leena\' 

What did she say? Leena thought hard. She recalled the incidents happened in the house.

\'There is not a day he cried, screaming your name.\' 

\'My sixth sense says you need this.\'

\'Use the key wisely.\' 

Leena opened her eyes when the realization dawned upon her. \'\'The key! He must be hiding there.\'\' She opened the google maps on her mobile and teleported to the address immediately.

\'\'What\'s this place?\'\' Walter asked, looking at the wooden house, which was in a secluded area.

Leena keyed the virtual key into the lock and stepped inside. In the room filled with girly stuff, precisely the stuff that she liked, Leena saw Devin lying on the floor, clutching a photo frame to his chest.

\'\'Devin,\'\' Leena slowly walked towards him and dropped to her knees in front of him. 

He tilted his eyes and stared at Leena like she was an alien descended on to the earth. Leena could understand Devin thought of her as another projection of his memory. She would have laughed if it was some other day because he looked damn cute.

Devin lifted the photo frame. \'\'She is beautiful, isn\'t it?\'\'

\'\'Hmmm..She is.\'\' Leena answered.

\'\'She is dying.\'\' His voice laced in pain.

\'\'She is not." Leena corrected him. "You saved her. Go to the future, and see. She is alive and happy. You met her again after five years in a bathroom. Do you remember the incident?\'\'

\'\'Hmmm.\'\' Slowly, but surely he nodded. \'\'I called her pervert?"

Pervert, my foot! Is he not leaving the name even at this state? \'\'I came to remind you that she is waiting for you."

Devin shuddered at the overflowing memories as Leena squeezed his hand.

\'\'I have come to take you with me, Devin.\'\' Leena smiled at him. \'\'This is world is not real. Wake up. Let\'s live together happily."

"Is she really waiting for me?"

"Yes."Gazing at her, Devin put aside the picture frame, and got up.

...

Opening her eyes, Leena turned to Devin, a smile never left on her face as she watched him sleeping. \'\'Is he back?\'\'

\'\'Taking a tour on rest of his memories. He will come back soon.\'\' Elias smiled. "You brought him back."

Leena exhaled a deep breath and then looked at Nick. \'\'I have somewhere to go.\'\'

\'\'Wait until he gets up.\'\'

\'\'He knows the place I am going.\'\' Having said that, Leena drove to the house she last met Devin in his memories. A man who was guarding the house smiled at her knowingly.

The rooms was neat like it was maintained neatly.

The cupboards filled with dresses of her favorite brand, and her portraits hung on to the wall. While opening the cabinets, Leena found a letter neatly folded in one of the cabinets. She unfolded and read it loud.

[My dear Leena,

I know you will never get a chance to read this letter. This will be the last letter I will be writing to you. It\'s been five months since I saw you. It hurts..a lot. I forgot your favorite color, but then the dresses here reminded me that you love blue. Soon, I am going to lose my memories of you completely. I was a coward in the past. But If I am given a chance, I want to be born as Devin again. To love you, to confess you boldly, to live happily...\'\' Before Leena finished the letter, the front door burst open and stood the man of her dreams. 

\'\'Leena...\'\'

Like a child who saw a candy at a store, she ran and threw her arms around his back.