50.The Pain of Defeat

Mia "Dad!" The boys called out in surprise as we all turned to stare at Albert. I couldn't tell if he didn't hear us or intentionally ignored us as he didn't reply and just raced into the house. We looked at each other, wondering what was wrong with him and without hesitation, we all ran after him.  That wasn't a normal expression on his face. The Albert I knew was calm and wouldn't have run inside like that. Being without my mum was another reason something was wrong with him. "Dad, is there anything wrong with you?" Quinn asked, even as we all raced after him. Where was he going? What was he looking for?  He ran to the cave, not even stopping in shock at the sight of the open door as we all did when we saw it. He ran straight ahead till we got to the cage where the dark wizard was kept. "No!" He screamed, going down on his knees as he stared at the open cage. "I knew it and hoped that I was wrong." The triplets looked at one another. They couldn't even talk. If I hadn't been here bef