BLAST

Boom.

Just like that, a loud explosion surprised the three of us. Chastille pushed me down to the floor and covered my head.
Smoke and dust gathered around us. I saw a glint of fire surrounding us.

Tumayo naman si Chastille, at tila gumawa ng barrier sa paligid naming tatlo. "I can feel a lot of magnetic explosions," wika niya. Tumawa naman siya at umiling.

Suddenly his black eyes became gold. He crossed his arms and a big explosion was heard from outside our barrier. Nagulat ako nang bigla siyang lumipad. Woah?

Sinundan ko siya ng tingin at pumunta siya sa isang mataas na building. He was looking around us. Because of curiosity, I did too.

Napaatras naman ako nang makakita ng napakaraming tao sa paligid namin. These guys look like the guys who were following me earlier!

"Monrov. Thank you for leading her here," wika ng isa habang nakatingin kay Ruelle. Did he just call her Monrov? It's her third name, right?

Napatingin naman ako kay Ruelle. She was looking serious now, like this doesn't surprise her at all!

"We shall execute her now," aniya.

Napigil ko ang paghinga ko nang bigla akong napalibutan ng kung anu-anong cyber weapons. W-wait! Do they mean to execute me? Ha? Bakit? Anong ginawa ko?

Because of adrenaline rush, I fastly turned my orb to a barrier. Napapikit at sigaw ako nang maramdaman ang pressure ng mga patama nila sa orb ko.
Sa isang iglap, bigla na ring nawala ang pressure na 'yon. Pagmulat ko ng mata ko, nakita ko si Chastille sa harap ko.

Nakataas ang kaniyang kamay na tila pinatigil ang lahat ng mga weapons.
He turned to Ruelle, "Anong ibig sabihin nito, Ruelle?"

She looked at him with guilt. Pumunta siya sa side kung s'an naroon ang kalaban. I saw a hint of betrayal in Chastille's eyes.

"Ah!" napasigaw naman ako nang bigla kong naramdamang na may kung anong sensasyon sa dugo ko. I feel blood coming out from my eyes.

"Ruelle!" galit sa sigaw ni Chastille. "Come to your senses!"

Si Ruelle ang may gawa sa'kin nito? Is her power hemokinesis? The power to manipulate blood cells?

"Don't be afraid, Four. They will not really kill you," once again, I heard Zero's voice in my head. "This is only a facade, so they could summon me. See me, and catch me."

"As I told you before, they sent you here to reach me. Now they're doing everything they can. Those enemies in front are you are part of the Orphic Administration. They brought you here, so they wouldn't be caught too. They can easily fake identify themselves as part of underground societies, and avoid controversy."

H-huh? Ginagamit lang talaga nila ako, at pinapahamak para lang makita si Zero?

"Use the power of the orb, Four. Absorb the power attacking you. I won't let them catch me." At iyon ang huling sinabi niya bago siya nawala.

I raised my hands to connect with the orb, while my eyes were closed. Slowly, I felt the hemokinesis control free away from my body. I panted and gasped for breath. Napunasan ko ang pisngi ko, at tila napuno ako ng galit nang makitang may dugo 'yon.

Damn them. Do they really have to hurt me? Napakabobo.

"Are you okay, Four?" pasigaw na tanong ni Chastille sa'kin. Napasulyap naman ako sa kaniya, ngunit halos hindi siya mahabol ng mata ko dahil mabilis siyang tumatakbo at pinapasabog ang lahat ng weapons ng kalaban namin ngayon.

The next thing he did was flew up to blast the cannons to destruction. He landed right next to me, and panted heavily. Tinaas ko naman ang orb ko at sinimulang magpaulan ng magic shards sa kanila.

My eyes landed to Ruelle who seemed to be searching for something or someone. Is she searching for Zero?

Nanliit naman ang mata niya, at napatingin sa'kin. Napairit naman ako nang bigla akong nakaramdam ng matinding sakit sa loob ko. My knees fell to the ground, and I felt the friction wound my knees.

"Ruelle!" sigaw agad ni Chastille. "Stop this!"

She's only hurting me, not Chastille. Ibig sabihin, gusto niya lang talaga i-provoke si Zero na lumabas!

Gosh, pati ako napo-provoke na rin, ha. Ganito siguro pakiramdam n'ong mga characters na nababasa ko sa wattpad. 'Yong may magpo-provoke na something para malabas powers nila.

Tch, akala nila sila lang ha. Syempre, hindi ako magpapatalo! Ilalabas ko na rin ang powers ko! Sinasaktan nila ako, eh. Hmp. Tapos ako pala ang long lost powerful princess na sasalba sa kanila.

Napangisi ako, at sinimulang gumawa ng mga pasabog sa kanila. Kahit si Chastille ay nagulat. Ang weak naman kasi niya, hindi niya gawing pasabugin 'yang mga 'yan. Takot ata na madamay si Ruelle, eh traydor naman pala.

Tumalipon naman si Ruelle kung s'an, at kaagad na napabalikwas si Chastille. Nag-aalinlangan siyang pumunta roon, pero gumawa ulit ako ng magic bomb kaya hindi na siya tumuloy. Duh, ako na ang kakampi mo ngayon!

I felt the control over my blood loosen. I took that as a chance to raise my hand and create a magic blast to them.
Hindi nila namalayang inabsorb ng orb ko ang kanilang kapangyarihan at energy.

"Hoy, Chastille," tawag ko sa kaniya. Napatingin naman siya sa'kin.

"Kaya mong lumipad 'di ba?" tanong ko. Nagtataka naman siyang tumingin sa'kin at hindi agad sinagot ang tanong ko. Luh, lutang!

"Oo o hindi lang, engot."

Bigla naman siyang tumango kaya't napangiti ako. I went in front of him, and turned my back. "Buhatin mo ako, tapos lipad ka pataas."

"B-bakit?"

"Duh, syempre tatalunin natin sila. Bobo ka ba?"

Napalunok naman siya, at naramdaman kong hindi siya gumalaw. Nainis naman ako, at tumalon nalang sa likod niya para makapag-piggyback ride.

"Lipad nga sabi, eh!" gigil kong wika.
Tsaka lang siya lumipad pataas nang bigla na naman kaming atakihin ng mga kalaban. "Catch the two!" sigaw ng isa sa kanila.

"Sabi sa'yo," asar ko kay Chastille at ngumiti.

I extracted a part of my orb, and threw the big one down to them.

"Ano 'yon?" may halong pag-aalala na tanong ni Chastille sa'kin. Ngumisi naman ako. I think he's worried Ruelle will get hurt. Okay lang 'yon. She'll recover soon.

"It's a magic blast. I consumed all the energy around using the orb, and I think it is the safest way to escape," sagot ko. Sinilip ko ang reaksyon niya at halatang nagulat siya.

"Don't worry. I think it won't kill them. Maybe just knock them out," habol ko.
Pinanood naman naming mag-blast ang orb ko. Napuno ng usok ang paligid, at napikit ko ang mata dahil sa liwanag. Minulat ko naman 'yon at nakitang nag-apoy na sa baba. I smirked. Kala n'yo ha.

I turned to Chastille when he moved his right hand from supporting my leg. Napahawak siya sa kaniyang ulo. He also lost control of his flight, so he tried moving and landing to a rooftop of a building.

"What's wrong?" tanong ko at tumalon mula sa likod niya.

Napikit niya ang mata niya nang mariin. Sumilip naman ako sa baba, at napansing hindi pa rin nawawala ang apoy. Woah, did I really blast the hell out of them?

"Bumalik na raw tayo sa Academy. They sre already on their way here," sabi niya.

"Huh? Paano naman nila nalaman ang daan papunta rito?" kunwaring tanong ko, but they probably know it since the ones here are in behalf of the Orphic administration.

Seriously, ano ba ang goal nila? They could just tell me to catch Zero if they want to do it so bad.

"I used my smart watch. I only disabled it so we can enter, and I activated it just now. I also sent electric signals," sabi niya.

Judging from his abilities and what he did earlier, his power must be magnetism manipulation. He got rid of the weapons that were made of metals and such magnetic force.

"I also made the magnetic attraction stronger. In that way, they'd be able to find out where we exactly are.

At hindi nagtagal, dumating nga sila. Two flying cars blasted from the clouds. Nanliit naman ang mata ko.

Did they really find out they way here because of Chastille, or do they really know the way just what I thought?

The Orphic Secret
By lostmortals
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