Destined To Be

Destination 19

Seven

Matapos kong basahin ang panghuling pahina ay itiniklop ko na ang librong ibinigay sa akin ni Axon kanina.

Ang aklat na tungkol sa aking Noble Gift. Ang aklat na bigay ni Antaneous Dark.

Axon also told me about him, and how we're alike.

Antaneous is also the mysterious man I met during the plantation bombing. He's also the one who sent me the folder about Mira Sphinx.

It's as if he's really eager to let me discover who I am, and I wonder why.

Ngunit ngayong tuluyan na akong naliwanagan sa aking Noble Gift, at kung paaano ka espesyal ang tulad namin sa aming clan, hindi ko mapigilang maalala ang mga winika niya noon.

"I had many names...many personas...but one single soul. I am no one...but you are...like me."

"Are you really...Seven Villacastro?"

"When the time comes that you will finally find out who you truly are, everything I said will make sense. And I can feel it... that time is so near. Prepare yourself, dear. You might can't handle it."

"In the right time, you will know. But, as I told you before, I am like you, and you are just...like me. We came from same roots and shared same blood...but with different stories."

That time, I had no idea what he's talking about. But after reading this book, after discovering my identity, it all made sense now. He has the same power as mine. He has the flame of the phoenix. And we came from the same clan, shared the same blood.

But what about his different story?

Limitado lang ang alam ko tungkol sa kanya. Kahit si Axon ay walang masyadong alam tungkol kay Antaneous maliban sa ito raw ang pinakamatandang bampirang nabubuhay.

How old is he anyway?

I sighed.

Sinabi na rin sa akin ni Axon ang detalyadong pangyayari sa buong Gabiarmun simula noong mamatay ako. In fact, inabot kami ng ilang oras kaya naman ay hapon na ako nakapasok sa office.

I smiled silently when I remembered what happened earlier.

"Now that I'm done with my storytelling...can I get my reward?" Seryoso niyang sambit.

The reward.

Biglang nag-init ang pisngi ko. Tumayo ako at akmang aalis sa harap niya ngunit laking gulat ko nang nasa harapan ko na pala siya.

Bampira nga pala siya. Great.

"Can I kiss you already?"

I gulped.

"Hindi pa nga nagsisink in lahat ng sinabi mo sa utak ko ay dadagdag ka pa."

It's true. Medyo sumakit ang ulo ko sa mga nalaman ko. Lalo na ang tungkol kay Katus Constantine at sa kanyang Curse of Eight, na ako pala ang pampitong biktima.

That explains the seven dots on my forehead before.

Napaisip naman ako. Kung ganoon, si Katus ba ang unang nakadiskubre ng totoo kong pagkatao?

Chills. Bigla akong kinabahan. The way Axon described him, he is without doubt fearsome.

"Answer my question, Peanut."

Bigla akong napabalik sa kasalukuyan. Kasalukuyang nasa harap ko na si Axon at ilang pulgada na lang ang distansiya ng mukha niya sa akin.

"Okay," wala sa sarili kong sagot kaya napangisi siya.