Tamaraw Exodus

Chapter 21 - Bathala

At the clinic of the Tamaraw. Maria was taking a look at the cabinet as Adhika was suffering an intense fever. Her body drench in sweat as the anito was quite weaken from what had happened. All the while a pale Jazzy was besides her with him looking at the new mark in his hands. "What happened?" She asked in return as Jazzy was on the sides looking out and quite unsure about the sudden visions, afflictions and so. "We had a vision." He said making Maria look at him before sighing in return knowing not how to fix up an anito and most of all how to alleviate an supernatural affliction. 

"I'm calling over one of them." She spoke out as she sent out the requests and soon enough heard running as a multitude of Anitos flocked to the clinic. "I only need one." She said before grabbing the nearest one as they looked on not knowing what this is. "What happened?" One of the older ones a male which seems to have fluffy ears similar to that of a bear. Along with the absence of a tail. 

"She and the admiral saw a dream." She said before taking out a IV and soon enough injecting the needle towards her ensuring that she had nutrients as she found out how to deal with her. "What?!" He spoke out making her look at him before she unbutton the sleeve of Adhika before showing it to him which looked on with happiness, horror and most of all surprised as he shuttered for a bit before going towards her. "Its a calling." He spoke out as he looked at her vitals before seeing the fever and even pulling out due to how hot it was. 

"She is being freed of her obligations as a new god had taken her as his speaker." He said as he was happy at all of this as he examined her markings. "Don't explain tell me is it bad or good." She said as she was not going to let him monologue until she died off. "Its good that means she will no longer be a damned." He said making her look at her nurses and soon enough barked out orders. Making them all move as she had them all start preparing to take care of her for a prolonged time. 

"Fatal?" She added making him shake his head as she examined her eyes still unresponsive, then her pulse and then her fever. "She is burning up." She said as soon enough one of the nurses would get a sponge and soon enough wash and dry her skin while also removing some of her coverings as Maria let them take her place for a bit as she motioned to Jazzy. "I want you to help out." She said before pulling out the tablet. "Rex." She muttered making him nod. "We don't know what to do so if its better I would like to have someone of a healer to be close with her." She said knowing that while they had a sizeable population it was rather telling that she was still not sure how they functioned in a way. 

While she looks at the commander urging him to come talk with her in her office. As she pulled him in likely eager to know what this nonsense was about some gods and being not damned. As she went in towards her office and room noted by the lining of soft material at the side which was likely her bed and the various things that she scrounged up as one of them was the cages of chickens on the sides along with the rabbits that she smuggled onboard. 

All of which were making quite the ruckus but, he couldn't fail her knowing that with them they were able to last as long as they could. "Pardon them for not captain I've wanted to know about this god business." She said as she took her seat and gestured for him to do the same. As she was calm yet it was clear that she was not happy with all of this and more. "So god?" She asked of him making him look at his markings and soon enough muttered a name. "Bathala." He said making her raise her eyebrows at the sudden revelation. A tagalog god?" She asked knowing that she personally had lost any hope for a deity knowing of how bad their origins were but, seeing what she saw now she believed that some deity did felt pity on them and let them have a second chance. 

"What?" He muttered still unsure how she knew. "Tagalog is our language?" He asked of her making her sigh as she pulled out a book. "Philippine Folk Literature. " It reads out showcasing just how she knows. "The Zeus for the indigenous Tagalog people of the philippines." She said which made him look at it. "Your mother should have a copy we did destroy a whole forest just to print them for some project in the past." She spoke out knowing that someone in the past tried to rebuild and strengthen their identities as Filipinos in the past.