Legends of Olympus (On Hold)

A Stone

Your voice. All I need is just to hear your voice, and I'll be fine.

Lumipas ang isang buong minuto at hindi ko pa rin narinig ang boses niya sa isipan ko, dahilan na mapatulala ako.

Tinuyo ko ang isang luha na nakatakas mula sa mata ko. 

This is all that demigod's fault. Ever since Bella used her light to save him, I never heard her voice again.

So, why?! Why did she do it?!

Niyakap ko ang aking mga tuhod at isinubsob ang aking mukha dito.

It's all because of him. Everything's wrong because of him.

Sa sumunod na mga minuto, wala akong ibang ginawa kundi patahanin ang sarili ko.

I never knew maintaining a body is overwhelming. But I have to. Until my sister comes back, I have to take care of it.

Napaangat ako ng ulo pagkatapos makarinig ng mga pagsabog mula sa labas ng facility.

Huminga ako nang malalim at pinakawalan ito, bago tumayo at inayos ang sarili ko.

I cleared my throat and finally came out of the dark corner after silently panicking and contemplating if I should kill the one who did this to us.

"Dito!" Narinig kong sigaw ni Amber.

Sinundan ko ang boses niya.

Amber stood in front of the furthest wall inside the facility. On the right was a staircase leading to the upper floor and on the left, were stairs going down.

Once Ash and Zack arrived, Amber's palm bursted with flame and a large sign appeared to be engraved on the entire wall behind her.

In the middle of the wall, was a circle with two borders. And inside, were ten stars systematically placed.

They weren't randomly placed, and I realized this when I saw three of the stars in the middle aligned almost to a straight line.

"Guess the founders weren't that far in naming the organization," ani Ash.

The three stars were the Tres Marias, meaning we were looking at a particular constellation.

Inside the border of the circle was the ancient Greek word Ὠρίων written repeatedly.

Dahan-dahang umangat ang isang sulok ng aking labi.

Finally. A name.

Isang katawan ang lumipad mula sa entrada ng facility at sumalpok sa gitna ng simbolo.

Pumiling ang aking ulo sa gilid nang makita si Vance na duguan at nakadipa sa pader. Bumagsak siya nang nakahulod.

Pasimple siyang tumayo at isa-isa kaming tinignan.

"We have it," sabi ni Ash. "The name of the organization."

"That's-" Hindi pa nga natapos ni Vance ang sasabihin niya ay nakapag-summon ako ng lumiliwanag na katana at pinalihis ang isang palaso na lumusot mula sa bubong.

"-great," dugtong niya. "Anything else?"

Sunod-sunod ang paglitaw ng palaso kaya kung saan-saan ako sumulpot malapit sa mga kasama ko upang salubungin ang mga ito.

"We still have to go to the other floors," sagot ni Ash. "But are you sure you're fine?"

"See you," paalam ni Vance bago tumakbo papalabas ng facility.

Tumigil ako sa tabi ni Amber nang maiwan na naman kaming apat. Nagtinginan lang kami hanggang sa magsalita si Zack.

"Kambal sa taas," aniya. "Kami sa baba."