Sylvie has always dreamed of Jon Gavelan, the most celebrated starship captain in the entire Solstice Fleet. But when he finally steps into her life, she discovers that their connection is far more electric--and dangerous--than anything she ever ima...
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Isang pagtatalo ang naging mitsa ng lahat—ito ang naging testimonya ni Pol. Aniya, pinag-awayan daw nila ni Jared Fylior kung ano ang magiging stratehiya sa pagpasok at pagbaba namin sa kweba.
May nasabi raw siya na hindi ikinatuwa ni Jared na kilala naman ng lahat na maikli ang pisi. Tinutukan daw nito ng baril si Pol at saka sila nag-agawan. That was the reason why a bullet grazed his side.
Then, the echoes of the bullet shots rippled across the cave, causing a collapse. Nakalabas daw si Pol. Nadaganan naman kami ni Jared at natuhog ako ng malaking tipak ng bato, dahilan para masira ang aking helmet at astrasuit.
Jared, who had instantly passed away from the impact of the collapse, was trapped deep inside the cave, making it impossible for Pol to reach him. Meanwhile, I was lying at the mouth of the cave, which allowed Pol to pull me out to safety.
"Then, yeah. That's it. You know what happened next," ani Pol kina Jon at Dylan na parehas na nakahalukipkip sa harap namin.
"But still, that does not explain what happened to your rover," ani Dylan. "Half of it was destroyed, alright. Tons of heavy metals like that, let alone most of it were titanium, crumpled like a piece of paper. And where the heck did its main door go?"
Nahalata ko ang pagsinghap ni Pol. "Honestly, officer, I'm not entirely sure what happened too. My theory is that perhaps the shock wave from the cave collapse reached our parked rover—"
"At half a mile?" Jon interrupts. "A cave collapse isn't like an atom bomb, Napoleon. An energy wave doesn't crunch things, it blows them up apart. And if it's really that strong that it was able to ruin titanium, your own helmet would've been crushed too, given that you're in the cave's immediate vicinity. Clearly, you're not telling us everything."
Pagkatapos nito, sunod akong binalingan ng tingin ng dalawa. Tipong nangu-usig ang mga ito. Nananakot. Yumuko ako't kinapa ang nakabenda pa ring sugat sa tiyan ko.
"Still can't remember anything. I'm sorry."
Naghawi si Jon ng buhok, halatang balisang-balisa. "I need to smoke."
Halos isang linggo kasi nilang hinintay na magising ako. Ganoon na rin nila katagal na paulit-ulit na tinatanong si Pol, ang tanging makakapagsabi ng buong katotohanan.
Maraming beses daw kasing napundi ang communication system noong isinasagawa namin ang misyon. Even Ayaz Gurel, who was supposed to monitor the activities of the two teams from the control room of our starship, claimed he had no clue. It seemed that anything that happened down in Vesta didn't register on Solstice18's satellite signals, as if some sort of strange anomaly had covered it up.
Kaya naman hanggang ngayon, wala pa ring mapigang sagot sina Jon at Dylan na pwede nilang paniwalaan.
Once Jon steps out of the consultation chamber, Dylan turns to us. "Let's do this again tomorrow. Same time. Until you, Pol, tell us the truth."
