Ten Earths. Interstellar voyagers. Cloned rebels. Astral witches. A forbidden love that could reshape humanity's grand history.
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5,000 years from now, reality has dramatically transformed. Humans enjoy much longer lives and can unlock the full...
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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 thin piece of paper. And where the heck did its main door go?"
Nahalata ko ang panandaliang 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 interrupted. "A cave collapse isn't like an atom bomb, Napoleon. And an energy wave doesn't crunch things, it blows them up apart. Clearly, you're not telling us everything."
Pagkatapos nito, sunod akong binalingan ng tingin ng dalawa. Iyong tipong nangu-usig. Nananakot. Bahagya tuloy akong napayuko at nakapa ang nakabenda pa ring sugat sa tiyan ko.
"Still can't remember anything. I'm sorry," kako.
Nagbuntong-hininga si Jon. "I need to smoke," sabi niya habang hinahawi ang sariling buhok, halatang balisang-balisa.
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 activity 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 had stepped out of the consultation chamber, Dylan turned to us. "Let's do this again, tomorrow. Same time. Until you, Pol, tell us the truth."
