The Orphic Secret

Chapter 30

EQUAL

"You are alive again, my fourth creation," aniya. Ngumiti siya sa'kin at tila binalewala na si Callista. His power bended the waters and he created a ball of water around me. Napapikit naman ako dahil sa maliliit na talsik ng tubig sa mukha ko.

I gasped when the ball of water pushed me away from the two of them.

"Thank you for the start-up, Four. I will handle this for now," Seraphin said and then my body crashed into the water again, but I didn't drown.

Napatingin ako sa likod ko at napansing kasama ko na ang apat pa. Napagtanto ko ring nawala na si Rory, 'pagkat nakokontrol ko na ulit ang katawan ko.

"What the hell happened, Four?" bungad ni Chastille sa'kin.

Nagbuntong-hininga naman ako, "Hindi ako 'yon!"

"What-"

"Si Aurora Calytrix 'yon. She took control over my body that was why I managed to do those things," sabat ko agad.

"But if it was your body that did it, then you can certainly do it too," Lein claimed. Napaisip din naman ako d'on. Oo nga 'no? Tutal katawan ko naman 'to. Baka nga kaya ko! Baka lang naman.

"On the other hand, it seems like I can't grasp my powers. Maaari kayang dahilan ay dahil nasa isip lang natin kung pa'no gawin pero hindi pa talaga nakakapag-adjust ang katawan natin?" kuryosong pag-iisip ni Iris.

I nodded, "Yes. Callista said something with the same thought earlier. Na hindi raw kayo kasinlakas kumpara sa lakas niyo sa virtual dimension."

"But still, knowledge is power, right?" Lein echoed. Tumango naman kaming lahat. Kaya siguro hindi rin ako powerful, kasi wala akong knowledge? Charot.

Hiniwalay ko naman ang tingin ko sa kanila at pinanood si Callista at Seraphin. Callista scoffed loudly, "After a long time, you finally showed yourself again, Seraphin."

Tumikhim si Seraphin, "When will you stop harming my children?"

"When they're all in the afterlife, Seraphin." Callista turned the water around her to ice, and she managed to make herself afloat.

Luh, may invisible sparks sa pagitan nila!

"You're still not over that belief, Callista?" asik ni Seraphin. "I told you that you are welcome here and you do not need to return-"

"But I want to return! I want to return to my own realm, Seraphin!" Nagulat naman ako nang biglang mamuo ang luha sa mata ni Callista. Her own realm? There's another realm besides this realm?

"I hate this pla-" naputol naman ang sasabihin ni Callista nang biglang nasa harap niya na agad si Seraphin. Kahit ako'y nagulat sa biglang teleport ni Seraphin.

Seraphin looked at her with so much intensity, and then feel ko mas lalong dumami ang sparks between them! Halos nalaglag ang panga naming lahat nang biglang hawakan ni Seraphin ang baba ni Callista. Seraphin's cheeks went red.

What? Tama ba kutob ko? Oh my Seraphin!

"I still couldn't understand you until now, Callista. But I'm not letting you kill anyone of my creations again," Seraphin uttered.

"I didn't-" bago pa ulit makatapos si Callista sa pagsasalita'y may bumalot na tubig sa katawan niya, like a rope or something. She gritted her teeth and turned the water to ice.

Nagulat naman ako nang bigla na namang makita si Zero sa tabi namin. "They finally met again," aniya.

"Bakit ka andito?!" tanong ko agad.

"To watch them. Their fight will eventually lead to nothing, though."

"Bakit naman?" This time, it was Iris that asked. Bakit ba laging napaka-curious ng babaeng 'to?

Zero glanced at her, "Because they are equal. Their strengths and powers are equal."

"Really? Pero si Seraphin ang creator natin, 'di ba? Shouldn't he be the most powerful of all?" tanong ko.

Tumango naman, "He is, indeed. But Callista is from another realm that we do not know. She claims that to have the permission to go back to her realm, she needs to kill as many as peculiars."

"Luh," sambit ko. "At totoong ginawa niya talaga? Ang idiot naman."

He nodded, "She claimed herself as Queen of that realm." Napangiwi naman ako dahil d'on. Evil Queen? I glanced at them again and saw that they were really fighting each other.

Halos walang nagpapatalo. Bakit kaya hindi pisikalin ni Seraphin si Callista? Kuh po, isang suntok lang, tumba agad 'yang babaeng 'yan!

"She is that unknown creature that killed me- I mean Rory, right?"

Zero nodded. "Hindi ko pa rin alam kung anong klaseng creature siya."

"Baka daga," I said and Zero looked at me with disbelief. I fake smiled at him, and just looked at the two again.

Callista's snow and ice and melted and that caused her to move more. She looked at our direction, and I suddenly felt like she's planning something bad against us.

Suddenly, a blast of snowballs was thrown to us. Seraphin turned his head immediately, but then Chastille fastly moved in front of all of us and turned the snowballs to fire, and it soon melted.

Callista looked at him confusingly, "He inherited powers of Caster. Fire manipulation."

Huh? Ang akala ko ba magnetism manipulation ang kapangyarihan niya? And who is Caster? The name sounds familiar. Pinikit ko ang mata ko para alalahinin, pero biglang nagsalita si Zero.

"Caster? Eight? Chastille?" napatitig siya kay Chastille at tila malalim ang iniisip.

Napasigaw naman ako nang bigla kaming lumulublob sa tubig. It seems like Seraphin lost control over the waters. Napatingin din ako kay Zero, pero nawala na naman siya.

I suddenly felt someone pulling me down again, so I firmly held Nicolas' arm. He hissed at me, "Ano ba?"

"May humihila na naman sa'kin," sagot ko.

"Guni-guni mo lang 'yon," aniya ngunit bigla rin siyang napalublob lalo pababa. He splashed his hand up, and then gasped for breath.

"What the fuck was that?"

"Sabi sa'yo, eh." Napatingin naman ako sa tubig pero wala naman akong makitang humihila sa'min. Unless it's Callista's magic.

Si Lein naman ang napairit ngayon. Nicolas got her with his other hand. "Ano ba 'yon?"

"It's Callista's power. She's trying to absorb your powers." My head snapped once again when I heard Zero. Nasa gitna siya namin ni Nicolas, at nakakunot ang noo. Nakiki-swimming.

"Keep me here, Four. We can temporarily scare Callista off if I am here," dagdag pa ni Zero.

"Huh? Bakit naman?" tanong niya.

"Para akalain niyang nakawala na ako mula sa ice shell niya. She'll be shocked to see me unfrozen," he replied.

Napataas-kilay naman ako. Zero, panakot sa daga?

The Orphic Secret
By lostmortals
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