CoDeNaMe

Chapter 1: Unity

I finished everything inside the bathroom, wore my school uniform and took my ID before going downstairs. Sitting in our living room was a boy, having an age same as mine. Mom let him felt hospitality by offering him a cup of coffee in which he accepted it gently.

"Blake?" he asked to assure himself, "Take a seat."

Grim possibilities covered my head. What will he ask? Is it about what happened yesterday? Whatever it is, I will refuse any accusations about me from what happened last night.

I sat in front of him. The glass table separates us for a few meters.  My mother is still busy in cleaning up the whole house.

"Blake. I just want to ask you a question."

"What is it?" I asked. His face turned terribly unpleasant. As it's like asking what is his question reminded him of disastrous things.

"What did you saw last night?" he asked.

My heart trembled in nervousness and fear. What does he know? Every possible idea came to my head. I think I need to come up with a plan and be careful with every word I say.

"Tell me Blake!" He stood up and smashed the table, looking at me viciously. Mom sure have heard the loud sound he created.

"Sir, can I please ask you to leave? This is my house." she said.

The man's face turned even more ferociously. I slowly walked backwards to have a safe distance from the man, then covered my mother. Kill me dude, just not my mom.

"Not unless you tell me Blake what you saw yesterday!" he shouted.

I'm gonna tell him. Yes. Just not hurt my mother. She's the most precious girl I have.

"What I saw is..."

Something crashed on our door. A whoosh of wind was heard through the area. People screamed as soon as we heard the sound. Those were screams of panic.

It was an arrow. Around its feather base are glitters of blue flying orbs revolving slowly. The man surely was also shocked. But, that was only my impression. I looked at his face to see his eyes turned black with his cornea still intact in white. His hair stood up like it was fixed with hair gel. He slowly turned back to face the arrow. It was a surprise to me to see that someone was holding the arrow. A man with a hood covered in blue. His eyes are also covered in black, but I think it is the typical normal black eye that is with you when you were born to the world. He holds a bow with his left hand and an arrow with his right hand which he picked up right after he fired it near our door.

"They're innocent people, Disaster." the archer said.

Disaster? What an unusual name.

"Innocent? Wow, Matrix. You think that I'll be fooled by your pity lies?" Disaster said.

That archer is named Matrix? They're really weird.

"I will be giving you your last warning." Matrix said.

A change of ambiance is what I felt at that time. I want to move away from them but fear makes me cripple and paralyzed.

"Very well then." Disaster said.

Suddenly, a black sword formed from nowhere in Disaster's right hand. A large burst of wind made us fly away from our static position. I hurriedly checked my mother to see if she is okay. Fortunately, she is.

I thought that magical powers were just in the movies. Little did I know that those are real. Stuff like that happens in real life. It was really surprising to be witnessing this but at the same time, scary as hell. I don't wanna die.

I brought myself up and walked towards our door. Outside, the sky begins to be darker than before. The atmosphere that I felt yesterday was far more different than today. I looked at my right side to see that they're continuously fighting back to back. Arrows, and slashes of sword are heard from afar. The two forces are fighting very harsh that every movement of them makes me nervous.

Destruction reigned over the place. Both of them fight devastatingly while people shakes in fear. It was after a while when Matrix has been hit by the sword of Disaster. Pain overcomes Matrix as he is lying down on the ground. I want to help Matrix but how? How can I help powerful people without powers at the first place? How can an ordinary person offer his help for special people? Right. I must think of something else.

I can hear them exchange their words. I can hear Matrix speak of something else. Will it be his last series of words?

"Matrix, Matrix, Matrix. You are full of words yet you lack the power to destroy me." pointing his sword right in front of Matrix's face.

Matrix is trying his best to try and damage the enemy in front of him. He was unable to do so since his legs are bruised and cut by Disaster's black sword.

His struggle made me realize something. Is it him who helped me in the test? Is it him? Then I must help him. I should do something. Even if it's just a simple thing that he did, I must help.

"I won't keep the pain so long..."

While Disaster is speaking, I rushed to the nearest backyard. Surely, I trust that he will be able to do something with the herbs. Picking up leaves from the herbs that are planted over there, I'll make use of it to make a medicine. I picked up the whole plant, tied it by its stem and pressed the whole plant to release its extracts. Then threw it beside Matrix.

Coincidentally, Matrix was about to be stabbed when he dodged it, leaving Disaster's sword plucked to the ground.

"Nice instincts, Blake." The herb as soon as Matrix picked it up turned blue, bombarding it by a light then pushed it inside his wounds positioned at the legs. He was healed completely, as the herb feels like an instant medicine.

Matrix got up on his feet, placed an arrow on his bow and fired it will all his strength, leaving Disaster lying on the ground while he was taking his time pulling up his sword.

"Take your mother! Quickly! Then come back here. I'll call someone then we should go." Matrix said.

As fast as I can, I told mother that I can explain things just as soon as we go out. It was again a lie since I do not know everything that happened. Both of us ran outside while still hearing arrows being fired by Matrix.

In front of us is a man, covered in orange armor. He holds a shield with both of his hands, having a cross mark like a multiply and shaped like a knight's shield being seen in the movies. Both of them is now seen having colored auras. Matrix doesn't have that before but now, he changed.

"Let's go." the orange man said.

Matrix fired his last arrow while Disaster is running towards us, making him limp.

"Cowards! Come back here!" Disaster shouted.

The idea of a retreat means that these two cannot defeat Disaster by their own. What is happening? I don't know what to do by now.

As soon as Matrix held the orange man's shield, we were instantly teleported to somewhere. I think it's a headquarters.

The whole place is covered by black steel and iron forming a flower-like shape when closed. The room was lighted by slight blue light. It was kinda dark inside of here. In front of us are computers. The keyboards are typing on its own. In the monitors are maps of the whole, showing different locations as the monitor is hovering over different places. The atmosphere is not so cold yet not so hot either. It feels like everything is at balance here.

Something has caught my eye when I looked behind me. There are four flags, having their own colors. Blue, orange, and green placed at the bottom of a yellow flag. Each of them has their own names on it. The blue with Matrix, the orange with Reborn, and the yellow with Anonymous. Matrix! The archer! Reborn! The man with the shield. Anonymous? Then why is his name at the top? Is that a symbol that the yellow is above all them?

The green one doesn't have a name. Why?

A flash of yellow light appeared behind me. The light was so bright that it colored everything inside the place.

"There he is." Matrix said.

A mysterious voice is what I heard.

"Now, we are all united."