Bumalik na sa palasyo ang mga babaylang ipinadala ko sa District IX tatlong araw na ang nakalilipas bukod kay Clara, ang naatasan kong mamuno sa kanila dahil siya ang pinakamalakas. Bumalik sila upang ipabatid sa akin na wala ni isang gumaling sa panggagamot nila.
"Even Clara, Queen Alena. Hindi rin niya mapagaling ang mga tao. Napaghihilom namin ang mga sugat pero kusang bumabalik ang mga iyon at mukhang mas lumalala pa nga. Paumanhin po, mahal na Reyna." sambit ni Henessy.
Lahat sila ay isa lang ang gustong iparating. That this occurrence of malignant disease was but an impasse.
"Ali. I need you to come with me." I closed my eyes as I tried to reach for Ali through nexus. Please respond, c'mon.
"Why so serious? Where is it?"
Dahil kailangan, I made my senses very open. I needed to hear and see. I needed to feel my surroundings.
Narinig ko pa ang pagmumura ni Ali noong sabihin kong pupunta kami sa District IX dahil halos nag-aagaw buhay na ang mga tao.
I closed my eyes to concentrate. I felt the footsteps of my servants and even Ali. He arrived. I heard all of them talk, I saw them cleaning, patrolling. I smelled all the scents of everything that was inside the palace.
Farther, Alena.
I saw children covered with gruesome wounds, crying and shouting out of pain. The elders who were also infected couldn't help but cry 'cause they couldn't do anything.
I gasped and opened my eyes as I heard a loud bang on the floor. Sound of a broken glass. A vast chandelier.
"That was... close." said Ali. Nasa gitna rin kasi siya ng hall, sa tapat mismo ng chandelier na nahulog.
"Jesus. That's what needs controlling. Whenever you have a negative feeling, things around you automatically break as fuck. So expensive, man."
Ali was surprised when he saw me already standing in front of him. Hinawakan ko ang kamay niya at sa isang iglap ay nasa entrance na kami ng District IX kasama ang ilang mga kawal.
"Will you stop doing that?! Wrong. Could you please alert me at least? I feel like my head's spinning, dude. Not cool."
"You are all under my protection. You can't be transmitted by the epidemic but still be careful. Do not touch anything unless I say so." anunsyo ko bago pa man kami makapasok sa arch ng baryo.
"Ali, need you to inspect thoroughly. When you see or hear something, tell me. Don't ever crash my mind, I tell you you're not gonna like it this time." I warned him. Dahil sa aming dalawa, ako lang naman ang mas nangangailangan ng tamang kontrol kung ayaw kong mabaliw.
He turned to look at me. Curious. He was so obvious, his body was telling me what he was about to do. Okay.
Nakipagtitigan ako sa kanya. Challenging him more. Ilang segundo lang ay napahawak na siya sa sentido niya habang ilang beses na nagmura.
"Now I seriously wonder how you still manage to keep it cool when your mind is in complete havoc. I pity you, sister." he said making a sad face as he spread his arms.
Nagdiretso lang ako sa paglakad at nilampasan siya.
"Did you guys see that? Your queen is fucking rude. She's so annoying!" rinig kong reklamo niya sa mga kawal. Kung ibang tao ang magsasabi niyan sa kanila ay malamang naparusahan na nila, pero kilala ng mga tao sa palasyo si Ali. That adventurous kid who abdicated his royalty to accomplish his dreams and goals not in our world, but in the world of humans.
BINABASA MO ANG
Live, Alena (Luctus Academy)
FantasyAlena Clementine, the youngest queen of Mesqueta, witnessed how her parents died. Justice. That was what she craved. But how would she find one when she's too pure and innocent? Too kind and weak? And so, she changed. From being weak to being wicked...
