Legends of Olympus (On Hold)

Unmasked

"Sabi ko ngang di ko kasalanan, diba?" naiiritang sagot ni Amber sa kanya. "Bingi ka ba?"

"Yeah, and what if I sleep with your twin brother?" pagbabanta ni Cleo. "Gusto mo ba 'yon? O magtanggalan nalang tayo ng anit?"

"Pfft-" Hindi makapaniwala si Amber. "Si Ash? Eh di pa nga n'yan nahahalikan yung jowa n'yan na goddess of pleasure pa, eh."

"So, magtanggalan nalang tayo ng anit?" suhestyon ni Cleo.

"Can all of you just shut your gods-damned mouths even for just a few minutes?" Kai, son of Poseidon, leaned back on his chair with a troubled sigh. "This room makes me want to kill myself."

Mabilis ang paglingo'ng ginawa ni Bella sa kanya. "Kai?!" nananabik nitong sambit.

"I should not have said that, have I?" tanong ni Kai kay Vance na nakaupo sa tapat niya at tinanguan siya. 

I turned to one more Alpha who just entered the conference room. It was Sylvia, daughter of Poseidon.

"Sorry I'm late," paumanhin niya nang maupo sa tabi ni Kai. "I dropped Maeve at the clinic. She won't be here because she's finalizing her eyeglass adjustments."

"Good morning, Sylvia," Grey, who was seated across her, calmly greeted her.

Umayos siya sa pagkakaupo at umusog papalapit sa mesa. "Morning," she greeted back. "Anything I missed?"

"Magtatanggalan daw ng anit sina Cleo at Amber," sagot ni Zack. 

"Di nga lang namin alam kung kailan," dugtong ni Miles.

"Now, stupid," sabi ni Cleo.

"Ngayon na, gago," sagot din ni Amber.

Meanwhile, Zack and Miles repeatedly hit their fists on the table while chanting, "Away! Away! Away!"

Sumali na rin si Denzel nang kasunod siyang sumipol. "Woooh!" Pumalakpak siya. "Ito yung gusto kong warm-up bago yung misyon!"

Sabay na tumayo sina Amber at Cleo mula sa kanilang mga upuan at akmang aalis, nang biglang bumukas ang pinto ng silid para ibungad sina Luke at Reign na kapapasok lang.

"We said stop!"

Pareho silang napaigtad sa gulat sa sandaling sumigaw sina Sophia at Paige.

Samantalang, mabilisan namang bumagsak sa upuan nila sina Amber at Cleo, at umaktong parang wala lang sa kalagitnaan ng paghahanda para magsabunutan.

Finally, I thought after silence followed. Peace and quiet.

• • •

"What Vance saw was the most interesting," Luke said after Grey showed to their class each one of our memories during the attack at the Orion's headquarters.

"He was able to hit the masked huntsman, but it was him who got blown away?" pagsisigurado ni Sylvia sa nakita niya. "And what was that ringing sound?"

"Trust me," ani Vance. "It's worse when you hear it yourself."

"Play that again, Grey," tugon ni Reign na nakatayo sa tabi ni Luke.

Purple mist gathered in the middle of the table to show us Vance's memory when he hit the huntsman's neck with a sword, followed by the thin painful sound of something ringing. He then took a few steps back, as his vision of the enemy doubled.