VISION:Unraveling

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1 week. It's been 1 week since Zaza returned but she never talks to me. She's so aloof. I don't even know if we're still friends. Should I call her? I rarely see her after the bout that brought victory to Ruru. And I'm afraid to call until now.

"Hah!" Humiga ako ng pabagsak sa kama.

I am so busy with my thoughts upon lying my bed when I suddenly I saw a tiny ant on my ceiling very clearly! Bigla akong napaupo. What just happened? I looked up again and saw unimaginably clear every movement the ant makes.

You ask, what's so special about that? Well, my ceiling is 7 meters high! And the way I see the ant, it looks just a ruler away from me. Moments later, I felt dizzy and then my sight came back to normal.

Lumabas ako ng kwarto para sabihin kay Seven kung ano ang nangyari. I was about to go to his underground lab because that's his workplace everyday when I heard him talking to someone at our garden. He's on phone.

"They made their first step. This is getting dangerous, Alfy."

Who's Alfy? Lumapit pa ako ng konti para mas marinig ang usapan.

"Don't worry. Mio doesn't know anything and she's fine."

Napakunot ang noo ko.

"Yes, I will proceed with what's planned. I'll see you after a few months. Bye."

Lumingon si Seven pagkatapos niyang makipag-usap, nagulat siya ng makita ako. Ako naman, naistatwa ng saglit.

"Mio..." kinakabahang tawag niya. "Hindi ka pumasok? I saw you leaving to school earlier."

"Ah... H-ha? Ah... parang wala kasi ako sa mood pumasok eh kaya bumalik ako." Sinubukan kong ngumiti. This is the second time I heard something that's unusual. Something Seven hides from me.

Napapikit-pikit si Seven. Ganun din ako. I should act like I haven't heard anything.

"Uhm, bumaba lang ako kasi may sasabihin sana ako."

"What is it?"

Something weird happened to me.
"Something weird... ah, wala! Yung cellphone ko medyo weird. Hehe. Sige, balik na ako na kwarto ko."

"May sakit ka ba?"

"Wala, wala... Sige." Bumalik ako sa kwarto ko at isinara ang pinto.

Seven, you certainly are hiding something from me.

With troubled thoughts, I got dressed and went outside.

Nilibang ko ang sarili ko buong maghapon para hindi ako makapagisip. I went to SM (Sari Mall) and played games. Ngayon, masilim-silim na and I have to go home already. I took a sip from the milktea I bought from PriiTea before starting to walk. Trivia, whims really prefer walking even with great distances. I always walk from school to home.

Kanina pa ako naglalakad at habang papalapit ako sa bahay, nararamdaman kong may kanina pang sumusunod sa akin. Binilisan ko ang paglalakad at saglit pa akong tumingin sa gilid para makita ko sa peripheral vision ko kung may sumusunod pa rin sa akin. And I was right, it's still following me. Kinabahan ako dahil gabi na tapos mag-isa ko pa.

I was about to run when the whim following me, grabbed my hand then covered my mouth by his other hand. His face is fully covered except his eyes.

High, Telepathy, 1 minute activation period.

Agad niya akong binitawan ng malaman niya ang nasa isip ko since his ability is telepathy. Hindi niya siguro akalain na ang kapangyarihan ko ay makabasa ng kapangyarihan. He's hiding his identity pero nalaman ko ang ability niya.

Muli niya akong hinawakan. He closed his eyes, shortly after I feel like I was about to sleep. He's sending energy in my brain and it's making me feel sleepy. Before I completely lost consciousness, nakita ko siyang tinamaan ng isang energy beam at nakaramdam ng mga brasong sumalo sa akin.

I woke up in my room. Agad kumunot ang noo ko. "Anong ginagawa niyo dito?" I asked.

Inalala ko ang nangyari, may isang lalaking sumusunod sa akin kanina, ginamitan niya ako ng enerhiya para makatulog, tapos...

Don't tell me, one of them saved me.

Umupo ako. Ruru, Lui, Shinwoo, and Harley are all here inside my room. Nakakainis because I never gave them the permission to enter my room. This is my privacy.

"I let them in." Biglang pumasok si Seven sa kwarto.

"Anong meron?" tanong ko.

"We need to discuss about something."

I looked outside, gabi na.

Dahil wala naman akong nararamdamang masama, tumayo ako at lumabas ng kwarto, dumiretso sa sala sa baba.

They followed me.

"Wala talagang galang." Rinig ko pang sabi ni Harley.

"If we need to talk about something, we should do it here. My room is not subject to such things. It's not a meeting hall in the first place." Salita ko ng hindi nakatingin kay Harley. I said it like I was talking to myself.

"May kinalaban ba kayo dun sa lalaking may balak gawin sa aking masama kanina?"

"You must be aware that one of our attackers at Alacastar was able to flee. We just learned that each of us is being followed by their people."

That means I'm in danger. As well as Seven. Great! Just Great!

"I'm sorry but for your safety, you need to pretend to be one of us."

"Ano? How am I supposed to do that? Everyone at school knows I'm an inferior."

"Inside the school you are an inferior. It's ok because not even one student knows about our missions and Legion. But outside the school you must pretend to be a high. Miss Hadia will sort everything out. You must understand, they'd attack you if they will know you're just an inferior."

"Not only that..." singit ni Harley kay Lui "They may take you as hostage to threaten us all. It's not just for you."

Nakagat ko ang labi ko. "Why do you sound like it's my fault? You dragged me into this, don't you?"

"Partly..." sagot niya sakin.

"Harley." Finally nagsalita na si Ruru.

"What? Totoo naman a---"

"Stop." Ruru looked at me. "Hindi na rin safe dito sa bahay niyo. You will need to move out."

"What? Seve---" Ngayon ko lang napansin na wala pala si Seven dito sa salas. Itatanong ko sana kung papayag ba siya sa sinasabi ng mga mokong na to.

Lumabas siya sa kwarto ko dala ang isang maleta. "Seven..." dahan-dahan kong nabanggit.

Mabilis akong tumakbo paakyat ng kwarto. Everything doesn't make sense right now!