Legends of Olympus (On Hold)

Imprisoned

Reign's POV

Napayuko ako pagkatapos ipakita sa'min ni Mama ang alaala ni Mikhail kung kailan huli niyang nakausap si Hedone.

Sa tabi ko ay si Amber na napasandal sa kanyang upuan sabay hawak ng buhok. Napabuntong-hininga rin siya kasabay yung iba.

Diniretso namin sa clinic sina Celeste at Mikhail, pati na yung ibang mga bata, pagkatapos nilang magpakita ulit kaninang madaling araw.

"They were brought in the Underworld." Si Tito Cal ang nagbasag ng katahimikan. "I don't know where, but she's obviously stuck in the Underworld."

"You're telling me, that the children, including ours' were brought into the Underworld?" tanong ni Dad na nakaupo sa tapat niya. "By a trance?"

"A few trances work like that," sabi ni Tita Kara. "Where they act like a gateway to the other realms."

"My daughter was carried all the way into the Underworld..." Dad said again, but with a stiffer tone. "From the Academy? From our protection?"

"Nakuha ko na yung stats ng barrier sa mga sandaling nakapasok ang trance," sabi ni Tita Thea. "Trev, walang gumalaw sa barrier."

"Yung trance na nakapasok, gawa yun sa mist, at nakapasok ito dahil gawa rin sa mist ang barrier natin," pagbibigay-alam niya. "Pure mist lang ito, at walang halong ibang presensya o ibang kapangyarihan. Mist lang talaga, kaya huli na nang ma-detect ng barrier ito."

"Dahil naging trance lang ito pagkapasok na sa barrier," dugtong niya. "Mist una para malagpasan ang barrier, at naging trance sa loob para makuha yung mga bata, at naging mist ulit para makalabas."

"Posible ba talaga 'yan?" kunot-noong tanong ni Tita Art. "Ngayon pa lang din ako nakarinig ng kapangyarihan na 'yan, eh."

If you're wondering where the rest of my classmates are, well, we're still here in the same conference room with the founders, except Doctor Seht who is taking care of the children.

"Do you know how much control it takes for a power such as that?" ani Tita Ria. "Turning the mist into a trance?"

"Or disguising a trance as a mist," dugtong ni Tita Kara. "We are still not sure about the exact process that took place."

"O baka may sariling utak pala yung mist, inang  'yan," sabat ni Tito Chase. "Ito na naman tayo na nagsisimula sa walang kaalam-alam."

A mist... that turned into a trance, a portal... before turning back into mist again.

"That's some specific ability," puna ko. 

Aunt Ria was right. Whoever summoned it must have a very strong control of his or her own power.

"Do you think it's a god's?" tanong ni Tito Dio na ikinatahimik naming lahat. "We've seen a few deities who are powerful enough and might be able to do it."

A god...

Napatakip ako ng bibig gamit ang aking magkasalikop na palad.

A god tried to snatch the children?

Hiniwalay ko ang aking mga kamay sa pamamagitan ng paghagod ng aking magkabilang pisngi patungo sa aking mga tenga.

Why would a god do that? And who would it be?

"You know..." mahinang sabi ni Tita Kara. "It is more likely that it could be our enemies who did it for revenge, after one of their headquarters was destroyed."