Midnight Angels

Chapter 14

'Versus the Family'

The shield broke. The strongest barrier in the entire realm broke because of Zia. Agad na tinakpan ni Matthew ng shield ang team noong sumabog ang barrier. Zia's wings immediately protected her from the blow and she greeted the witches of the north with a smile then flew towards a tree.

Zia sat there acting as if nothing happened.

"How the hell did she break the shield?" tanong ni Walter at tiningnan si Xin na kakahilom lang ng sugat sa tagiliran niya. Duke was tending to Jayden wings habang si Matthew naman ang gumagamot kay Joshua.

"What did you do to my sister?!" galit na sigaw ni Xy sa mga witches dahil napansin niyang bigla nalang naging ganoon si Zia matapos niyang sabihin na may naririnig siya. Xy immediately figured out that it might be the witches' doing.

One of the witches smiled at him, confirming his theory.

"Jun... get our daughter," sabi ni Xin at tumingin naman si Jun kay Zia na nakaupo parin sa ibabaw ng puno at namamanghang nakatingin sa koku niya. Zia then looked at Jun from below the tree. "Zia, can you come down from the tree, baby?" tanong ni Jun sa kanya pero nakatingin lang si Zia sa kanya.

"You look familiar." Pasimple nitong sabi kay Jun at napalunok nalang si Jun sabay tingin kay Hoshi na nasa tabi na niya pala.

"Baby hammie, come on. Kailangan nating pumasok sa bahay. The team is going to play a little rough tonight and it might be dangerous—" hindi na natapos ni Hoshi ang sasabihin niya dahil bigla nalang may kumalabog sa likuran nila at doon nila nakita si Wolfie na tumilapon sa bahay ni Duke.

"I think you're the one who should get inside. They came here to kill, not to play." Nakangiting sabi ni Zia sa kanila kaya tumalon na si Jun para pababain si Zia mula sa puno pero tiningnan lang siya ni Zia at tumilapon narin si Jun dahilan para mapatingin na ang iba sa kanya.

Xy immediately ran towards him at tiningnan si Zia.

"Zia, what's going on?" tanong niya dito pero tumingin si Zia sa mga witches na isa-isa nang pumasok sa Alpha Village. Matthew was shielding the team habang nag-iisip naman si Xin ng pwede nilang gawin. The witches were swarming them already.

"Dino, what are their weaknesses?" tanong ni Seth sa kanya at agad namang nag-isip si Dino pero napailing siya at tumingin kay Xin. "Let's do what we did at UHT." Sabi ni Xin sa kanila. Because they have fought these witches before at ang dali lang nilang napatumba ang mga 'to sa UHT.

Xin and the team immediately attacked the witches like how they attacked them at UHT. And indeed, ang dali lang nilang napatumba ang mga 'to.

Nagtataka pa si Xin kung bakit ganoon lang sila kadaling patumbahin. Matthew already created another shield for the village to protect them from the rain. Because unlike what happened last time, Matthew was now well aware of the deadly rain that comes after the battle of the witches of the north.

At habang nilalabanan nila ang mga matitirang witches ay nakatingin lang si Zia sa kanila habang pilit nila itong kinakausap.

They did not attempt to take her down from the tree by force dahil ayaw nilang magaya kay Jun na tiningnan lang ni Zia at tumilapon na ito kaagad. Zia looked at Xin who was quick on her moves at ngumiti siya rito. She found everything fascinating.

From her transformation, the familiar faces around her, and the fight that she was witnessing.

"Was that all of them?" tanong ni Walter habang nagpupunas ng dugo mula sa kamay niya. Tumango si Matthew at tiningnan ang shield kung saan umuulan na sa labas. Tinapik ni Seth ang balikat ni Matthew at saka na sila tumingin sa gawi ni Zia.